Director:
Alexander Singer James Frawley Reza Badiyi

Casting:
Tyne Daly,
Al Waxman,
John Karlen,

USA, 1981

Cagney & Lacey
Crime , Drama , Mystery
Director:
Gregory Hoblit Christian I. Nyby II David Anspaugh

Casting:
Daniel J. Travanti,
Taurean Blacque,
Bruce Weitz,

USA, 1981

Hill Street Blues
Drama
Director:
Daniel Haller Hollingsworth Morse Bruce Bilson

Casting:
Lee Majors,
Douglas Barr,
Heather Thomas,

USA, 1981

The Fall Guy
Action , Adventure
Director:
Steven Spielberg

Casting:
Harrison Ford,
Karen Allen,
Paul Freeman,

USA, 1981

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Action , Adventure
Director:
D. Paul Thomas

Casting:
Gary Bayer,
Alana Rader,
Malcon McCaiman,

USA, Canada, 1981

Years of the Beast
Sci-Fi
Director:
Jean-Jacques Annaud

Casting:
Everett McGill,
Ron Perlman,
Nicholas Kadi,

Canada, France, USA, 1981

Quest for Fire
Adventure , Drama , History
Director:
Reza Badiyi Harry Harris Robert Foxworth

Casting:
Jane Wyman,
Lorenzo Lamas,
Chao Li Chi,

USA, 1981

Falcon Crest
Drama
Director:
Michael Mackenroth Michael Kreindl Peter Adam

Casting:
Claus Theo Gärtner,
Renate Kohn,
Paul Frielinghaus,

West Germany, 1981

A Case for Two
Crime , Thriller
Director:
Mark Rydell

Casting:
Katharine Hepburn,
Henry Fonda,
Jane Fonda,

UK, USA, 1981

On Golden Pond
Drama
Director:
Frank Hof Alexander Arnz Martin Keiffenheim

Casting:
Thomas Gottschalk,
Frank Elstner,
Mirjam Weichselbraun,

Germany, Austria, Switzerland, 1981

Wetten, dass..?
Comedy , Game-Show , Music
Director:
Irving J. Moore Don Medford Jerome Courtland

Casting:
John Forsythe,
Linda Evans,
Joan Collins,

USA, 1981

Dynasty
Drama
Director:
Bigas Luna

Casting:
Dennis Hopper,
Michael Moriarty,
Antonella Murgia,

Spain, USA, Italy, 1981

Reborn
Drama , Thriller , Fantasy
Director:
Kevin Bishop Bill Wilson John Bishop

Casting:
Kenny Everett,
Cleo Rocos,
Sheila Steafel,

UK, 1981

The Kenny Everett Television Show
Comedy , Music
Director:
Howard R. Cohen

Casting:
Richard Benjamin,
Paula Prentiss,
Jeffrey Tambor,

USA, 1981

Saturday the 14th
Comedy , Fantasy , Horror
Director:
Joel Schumacher

Casting:
Lily Tomlin,
Charles Grodin,
Ned Beatty,

USA, 1981

The Incredible Shrinking Woman
Sci-Fi , Comedy , Fantasy
Director:
Byron Quisenberry

Casting:
Pepper Martin,
Hank Worden,
Ethan Wayne,

USA, 1981

Scream
Horror , Thriller , Mystery
Director:
Moustapha Akkad

Casting:
Anthony Quinn,
Oliver Reed,
Irene Papas,

Libya, USA, 1981

Lion of the Desert
Biography , Drama , History
Director:
James Ivory

Casting:
Alan Bates,
Maggie Smith,
Isabelle Adjani,

UK, France, 1981

Quartet
Drama , Romance
Director:
Robert Tronson Michael Rolfe Robert Young

Casting:
John Nettles,
Terence Alexander,
Sean Arnold,

UK, Australia, 1981

Bergerac
Crime , Drama , Mystery
Director:
John Schlesinger

Casting:
David Rasche,
Paul Jabara,
Howard Hesseman,

USA, UK, 1981

Honky Tonk Freeway
Action , Comedy
Director:
Vincent McEveety Sigmund Neufeld Jr. Burt Kennedy

Casting:
Gerald McRaney,
Jameson Parker,
Mary Carver,

USA, 1981

Simon & Simon
Action , Mystery , Drama
Director:
Bob Rafelson

Casting:
Jack Nicholson,
Jessica Lange,
John Colicos,

USA, West Germany, 1981

The Postman Always Rings Twice
Crime , Drama , Thriller
Director:
Herb Freed

Casting:
Christopher George,
Patch Mackenzie,
E. Danny Murphy,

USA, 1981

Graduation Day
Horror , Mystery , Thriller
Director:
Arnold Laven Ivan Dixon Rod Holcomb

Casting:
William Katt,
Robert Culp,
Connie Sellecca,

USA, 1981

The Greatest American Hero
Adventure , Comedy , Sci-Fi
Director:
Franco Zeffirelli

Casting:
Brooke Shields,
Martin Hewitt,
Shirley Knight,

USA, 1981

Endless Love
Drama , Romance
Director:
Kinji Fukasaku

Casting:
Shin'ichi Chiba,
Kenji Sawada,
Akiko Kana,

Japan, 1981

Samurai Reincarnation
Action , Fantasy , Horror
Director:
George Miller

Casting:
Mel Gibson,
Bruce Spence,
Michael Preston,

Australia, 1981

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
Action , Adventure , Thriller
Director:
Peter Yates

Casting:
William Hurt,
Sigourney Weaver,
Christopher Plummer,

USA, 1981

Eyewitness
Thriller
Director:
Noel Marshall

Casting:
Tippi Hedren,
Noel Marshall,
Melanie Griffith,

USA, 1981

Roar
Adventure , Thriller
Director:
John Blanchard Jim Drake John Bell

Casting:
John Candy,
Joe Flaherty,
Eugene Levy,

Canada, USA, 1981

SCTV Network
Comedy
Director:
Manmohan Desai

Casting:
Amitabh Bachchan,
Shatrughan Sinha,
Rishi Kapoor,

India, 1981

Naseeb
Action , Musical , Romance
Director:
Penelope Spheeris

Casting:
Alice Bag Band,
Alice Bag,
Claude Bessey,

USA, 1981

The Decline of Western Civilization
Documentary , History , Music
Director:
Burt Reynolds

Casting:
Burt Reynolds,
Vittorio Gassman,
Brian Keith,

USA, 1981

Sharky's Machine
Action , Crime , Drama
Director:
Jeff Lieberman

Casting:
George Kennedy,
Mike Kellin,
Chris Lemmon,

USA, 1981

Just Before Dawn
Horror , Thriller
Director:
Francesco Rosi

Casting:
Philippe Noiret,
Michele Placido,
Vittorio Mezzogiorno,

Italy, France, 1981

Three Brothers
Drama
Director:
Christopher Miles

Casting:
Ian McKellen,
Janet Suzman,
Ava Gardner,

UK, 1981

Priest of Love
Biography , Drama , Romance
Director:
Hal Cooper Jim Drake Linda Day

Casting:
Nell Carter,
Lara Jill Miller,
Lauri Hendler,

USA, 1981

Gimme a Break!
Comedy
Director:
Michael Apted

Casting:
John Belushi,
Blair Brown,
Allen Garfield,

USA, 1981

Continental Divide
Comedy , Romance
Director:
Sidney Lumet

Casting:
Treat Williams,
Jerry Orbach,
Richard Foronjy,

USA, 1981

Prince of the City
Crime , Drama , Thriller
Director:
Karel Reisz

Casting:
Meryl Streep,
Jeremy Irons,
Hilton McRae,

UK, 1981

The French Lieutenant's Woman
Drama , Romance
Director:
Terry Gilliam

Casting:
John Cleese,
Sean Connery,
Shelley Duvall,

UK, 1981

Time Bandits
Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy
Director:
Jean-Loup Hubert

Casting:
Isabelle Adjani,
Thierry Lhermitte,
Bernard Crombey,

France, 1981

Next Year If All Goes Well
Comedy
Director:
J. Lee Thompson

Casting:
Melissa Sue Anderson,
Glenn Ford,
Lawrence Dane,

Canada, 1981

Happy Birthday to Me
Horror , Mystery , Thriller
Director:
François Migeat

Casting:
Sanvi Panou,
Emilie Benoît,
Jacques Perrin,

France, 1981

Le sang du flamboyant
Drama
Director:
Milos Forman

Casting:
James Cagney,
Brad Dourif,
Moses Gunn,

USA, 1981

Ragtime
Drama
Director:
Peter Hyams

Casting:
Sean Connery,
Peter Boyle,
Frances Sternhagen,

UK, 1981

Outland
Action , Crime , Sci-Fi
Director:
Robert Aldrich

Casting:
Peter Falk,
Vicki Frederick,
Laurene Landon,

USA, 1981

...All the Marbles
Action , Comedy , Drama
Director:
Michael Schultz

Casting:
George Segal,
Susan Saint James,
Jack Warden,

USA, UK, 1981

Carbon Copy
Comedy
Director:
Michael Wadleigh

Casting:
Albert Finney,
Diane Venora,
Edward James Olmos,

USA, 1981

Wolfen
Horror , Thriller
Director:
John G. Avildsen

Casting:
John Belushi,
Kathryn Walker,
Cathy Moriarty,

USA, 1981

Neighbors
Comedy
Director:
Richard C. Sarafian

Casting:
Michael Nouri,
Brian Benben,
Joe Penny,

USA, 1981

Gangster Wars
Biography , Crime , History
Director:
David Greene

Casting:
Jan-Michael Vincent,
Kim Basinger,
Michael Parks,

USA, 1981

Hard Country
Drama , Western
Director:
Ray Patterson Carl Urbano Rudy Zamora

Casting:
Don Messick,
Danny Goldman,
Lucille Bliss,

USA, Belgium, 1981

Smurfs
Animation , Family , Fantasy
Director:
Bruce Malmuth Gary Nelson

Casting:
Sylvester Stallone,
Billy Dee Williams,
Lindsay Wagner,

USA, 1981

Nighthawks
Action , Crime , Thriller
Director:
Georges Lautner

Casting:
Jean-Paul Belmondo,
Jean Desailly,
Cyrielle Clair,

France, 1981

The Professional
Action , Crime , Drama
Director:
Bertrand Tavernier

Casting:
Philippe Noiret,
Isabelle Huppert,
Jean-Pierre Marielle,

France, 1981

Coup de torchon
Comedy , Crime , Drama
Director:
Martyn Burke

Casting:
Lee Majors,
Burgess Meredith,
Chris Makepeace,

Canada, USA, 1981

The Last Chase
Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi
Director:
Wolfgang Petersen

Casting:
Jürgen Prochnow,
Herbert Grönemeyer,
Klaus Wennemann,

West Germany, 1981

Das Boot
Action , Adventure , Drama
Director:
Claude Lelouch

Casting:
Robert Hossein,
Nicole Garcia,
Geraldine Chaplin,

France, 1981

Bolero
Drama , Music
Director:
Volker Schlöndorff

Casting:
Bruno Ganz,
Hanna Schygulla,
Jerzy Skolimowski,

West Germany, France, 1981

Circle of Deceit
Drama , War
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