Director:
Steven Spielberg

Casting:
Harrison Ford,
Karen Allen,
Paul Freeman,

USA, 1981

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Action , Adventure
Director:
Ivan Reitman

Casting:
Bill Murray,
Harold Ramis,
Warren Oates,

USA, 1981

Stripes
Comedy , War
Director:
Chi Wong

Casting:
Dennis Chan,
Philip Chan,
Roy Chiao,

Hong Kong, 1981

Chuang ban shen tan dian zi gui
Director:
Clive Donner

Casting:
Peter Ustinov,
Lee Grant,
Angie Dickinson,

USA, 1981

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
Comedy , Mystery
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:
Desmond Davis

Casting:
Laurence Olivier,
Claire Bloom,
Maggie Smith,

USA, 1981

Clash of the Titans
Adventure , Fantasy
Director:
Martin Ritt

Casting:
Sally Field,
Tommy Lee Jones,
David Keith,

USA, 1981

Back Roads
Adventure , Comedy , Romance
Director:
Reza Badiyi Harry Harris Robert Foxworth

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

USA, 1981

Falcon Crest
Drama
Director:
Jeremy Joe Kronsberg

Casting:
Tony Danza,
Jessica Walter,
Stacey Nelkin,

USA, UK, 1981

Going Ape!
Comedy , Crime , Family
Director:
John Carpenter

Casting:
Kurt Russell,
Lee Van Cleef,
Ernest Borgnine,

UK, USA, 1981

Escape from New York
Action , Sci-Fi
Director:
Alexander Singer James Frawley Reza Badiyi

Casting:
Tyne Daly,
Al Waxman,
John Karlen,

USA, 1981

Cagney & Lacey
Crime , Drama , Mystery
Director:
Robert Tronson Michael Rolfe Robert Young

Casting:
John Nettles,
Terence Alexander,
Sean Arnold,

UK, Australia, 1981

Bergerac
Crime , Drama , Mystery
Director:
George Miller

Casting:
Mel Gibson,
Bruce Spence,
Michael Preston,

Australia, 1981

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
Action , Adventure , Thriller
Director:
Gregory Hoblit Christian I. Nyby II David Anspaugh

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

USA, 1981

Hill Street Blues
Drama
Director:
Howard Avedis

Casting:
Karen Black,
Tony Lo Bianco,
Arlene Golonka,

USA, 1981

Separate Ways
Drama
Director:
Jim Henson

Casting:
Jim Henson,
Frank Oz,
Dave Goelz,

UK, 1981

The Great Muppet Caper
Comedy , Crime , Family
Director:
Harold Becker

Casting:
George C. Scott,
Timothy Hutton,
Ronny Cox,

USA, 1981

Taps
Drama
Director:
Peter Yates

Casting:
William Hurt,
Sigourney Weaver,
Christopher Plummer,

USA, 1981

Eyewitness
Thriller
Director:
Terry Gilliam

Casting:
John Cleese,
Sean Connery,
Shelley Duvall,

UK, 1981

Time Bandits
Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy
Director:
Peter Bonerz

Casting:
Gabe Kaplan,
Alex Karras,
Robert Klein,

USA, 1981

Nobody's Perfekt
Comedy
Director:
John Landis

Casting:
Joe Belcher,
David Naughton,
Griffin Dunne,

UK, USA, 1981

An American Werewolf in London
Horror
Director:
Daniel Haller Hollingsworth Morse Bruce Bilson

Casting:
Lee Majors,
Douglas Barr,
Heather Thomas,

USA, 1981

The Fall Guy
Action , Adventure
Director:
Alain Tanner

Casting:
Trevor Howard,
Mick Ford,
Bernice Stegers,

Switzerland, France, 1981

Light Years Away
Drama
Director:
Ray Patterson Carl Urbano Rudy Zamora

Casting:
Don Messick,
Danny Goldman,
Lucille Bliss,

USA, Belgium, 1981

Smurfs
Animation , Family , Fantasy
Director:
Vincent McEveety Sigmund Neufeld Jr. Burt Kennedy

Casting:
Gerald McRaney,
Jameson Parker,
Mary Carver,

USA, 1981

Simon & Simon
Action , Mystery , Drama
Director:
Larry Cohen

Casting:
Adam Arkin,
Roz Kelly,
Ed McMahon,

USA, 1981

Full Moon High
Comedy , Horror , Fantasy
Director:
Moustapha Akkad

Casting:
Anthony Quinn,
Oliver Reed,
Irene Papas,

Libya, USA, 1981

Lion of the Desert
Biography , Drama , History
Director:
Ulu Grosbard

Casting:
Robert De Niro,
Robert Duvall,
Charles Durning,

USA, 1981

True Confessions
Crime , Drama
Director:
Michael Crichton

Casting:
Albert Finney,
James Coburn,
Susan Dey,

USA, 1981

Looker
Drama , Sci-Fi , Thriller
Director:
Robert V. Barron Byrd Ehlmann Tom Wyner

Casting:
Eduardo Jover,
Gloria Cámara,
Manuel Peiró,

UK, Spain, Japan, 1981

Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds
Animation , Adventure , Comedy
Director:
Franklin J. Schaffner

Casting:
Lesley-Anne Down,
Frank Langella,
Maurice Ronet,

USA, Netherlands, 1981

Sphinx
Adventure , Mystery , Thriller
Director:
Jean-Jacques Annaud

Casting:
Everett McGill,
Ron Perlman,
Nicholas Kadi,

Canada, France, USA, 1981

Quest for Fire
Adventure , Drama , History
Director:
Peter Medak

Casting:
George Hamilton,
Lauren Hutton,
Brenda Vaccaro,

USA, 1981

Zorro: The Gay Blade
Action , Adventure , Comedy
Director:
Richard C. Sarafian

Casting:
Michael Nouri,
Brian Benben,
Joe Penny,

USA, 1981

Gangster Wars
Biography , Crime , History
Director:
Alvin Rakoff

Casting:
Elliott Gould,
Kate Jackson,
Rich Little,

Canada, 1981

Dirty Tricks
Comedy
Director:
John Boorman

Casting:
Nigel Terry,
Helen Mirren,
Nicholas Clay,

USA, UK, 1981

Excalibur
Adventure , Drama , Fantasy
Director:
Walter Hill

Casting:
Keith Carradine,
Powers Boothe,
Fred Ward,

USA, Switzerland, UK, 1981

Southern Comfort
Adventure , Drama , Thriller
Director:
Gerald Potterton

Casting:
Don Francks,
Caroline Semple,
Richard Romanus,

Canada, 1981

Heavy Metal
Animation , Adventure , Fantasy
Director:
Sydney Pollack

Casting:
Paul Newman,
Sally Field,
Bob Balaban,

USA, 1981

Absence of Malice
Drama , Romance , Thriller
Director:
Claude Whatham

Casting:
John Hargreaves,
Judy Davis,
Dennis Miller,

Australia, 1981

Hoodwink
Crime , Drama , Romance
Director:
Manmohan Desai

Casting:
Amitabh Bachchan,
Shatrughan Sinha,
Rishi Kapoor,

India, 1981

Naseeb
Action , Musical , Romance
Director:
Martyn Burke

Casting:
Lee Majors,
Burgess Meredith,
Chris Makepeace,

Canada, USA, 1981

The Last Chase
Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi
Director:
James Ivory

Casting:
Alan Bates,
Maggie Smith,
Isabelle Adjani,

UK, France, 1981

Quartet
Drama , Romance
Director:
Krzysztof Zanussi

Casting:
Sam Neill,
Christopher Cazenove,
Lisa Harrow,

Italy, UK, Poland, 1981

From a Far Country
Biography , Drama
Director:
Jean-Claude Tramont

Casting:
Gene Hackman,
Barbra Streisand,
Diane Ladd,

USA, 1981

All Night Long
Comedy , Drama , Romance
Director:
Joel Schumacher

Casting:
Lily Tomlin,
Charles Grodin,
Ned Beatty,

USA, 1981

The Incredible Shrinking Woman
Sci-Fi , Comedy , Fantasy
Director:
John Blanchard Jim Drake John Bell

Casting:
John Candy,
Joe Flaherty,
Eugene Levy,

Canada, USA, 1981

SCTV Network
Comedy
Director:
Aldo Lado

Casting:
Stefania Sandrelli,
Teresa Ann Savoy,
Mario Adorf,

Italy, France, 1981

La disubbidienza
Drama
Director:
Sidney Lumet

Casting:
Treat Williams,
Jerry Orbach,
Richard Foronjy,

USA, 1981

Prince of the City
Crime , Drama , Thriller
Director:
Gary Graver

Casting:
Cameron Mitchell,
Cameron Mitchell Jr.,
Maureen McCormick,

USA, 1981

Texas Lightning
Action , Drama
Director:
Ovidio G. Assonitis

Casting:
Trish Everly,
Michael MacRae,
Dennis Robertson,

Italy, 1981

And When She Was Bad
Horror
Director:
Eric Weston

Casting:
Clint Howard,
R.G. Armstrong,
Joe Cortese,

USA, 1981

Evilspeak
Horror
Director:
Andrew Bergman

Casting:
Ryan O'Neal,
Jack Warden,
Mariangela Melato,

USA, 1981

So Fine
Comedy
Director:
George Bowers

Casting:
Leon Isaac Kennedy,
Jayne Kennedy,
Perry Lang,

USA, 1981

Body and Soul
Drama
Director:
Warren Beatty

Casting:
Warren Beatty,
Diane Keaton,
Edward Herrmann,

USA, 1981

Reds
Biography , Drama , History
Director:
Michael Mann

Casting:
James Caan,
Tuesday Weld,
Willie Nelson,

USA, 1981

Thief
Action , Crime , Drama
Director:
Steve Carver

Casting:
Chuck Norris,
Christopher Lee,
Richard Roundtree,

USA, 1981

An Eye for an Eye
Adventure , Action , Crime
Director:
Harvey Hart

Casting:
Timothy Bottoms,
Linda Purl,
George Sims,

Canada, 1981

The High Country
Adventure
Director:
Menahem Golan

Casting:
Franco Nero,
Susan George,
Shô Kosugi,

USA, 1981

Enter the Ninja
Action , Drama
Director:
Lee Philips

Casting:
Gary Coleman,
Maureen Stapleton,
Norman Fell,

USA, 1981

On the Right Track
Comedy , Romance
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