Director:
Chi Wong

Casting:
Dennis Chan,
Philip Chan,
Roy Chiao,

Hong Kong, 1981

Chuang ban shen tan dian zi gui
Director:
Daniel Petrie

Casting:
Paul Newman,
Edward Asner,
Ken Wahl,

USA, 1981

Fort Apache the Bronx
Crime , Drama
Director:
Gerald Potterton

Casting:
Don Francks,
Caroline Semple,
Richard Romanus,

Canada, 1981

Heavy Metal
Animation , Adventure , Fantasy
Director:
Larry Cohen

Casting:
Adam Arkin,
Roz Kelly,
Ed McMahon,

USA, 1981

Full Moon High
Comedy , Horror , Fantasy
Director:
John Carpenter

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

UK, USA, 1981

Escape from New York
Action , Sci-Fi
Director:
Ivan Reitman

Casting:
Bill Murray,
Harold Ramis,
Warren Oates,

USA, 1981

Stripes
Comedy , War
Director:
Desmond Davis

Casting:
Laurence Olivier,
Claire Bloom,
Maggie Smith,

USA, 1981

Clash of the Titans
Adventure , Fantasy
Director:
Margarethe von Trotta

Casting:
Jutta Lampe,
Barbara Sukowa,
Rüdiger Vogler,

West Germany, 1981

Marianne and Juliane
Drama , History
Director:
Sidney Lumet

Casting:
Treat Williams,
Jerry Orbach,
Richard Foronjy,

USA, 1981

Prince of the City
Crime , Drama , Thriller
Director:
Robert Tronson Michael Rolfe Robert Young

Casting:
John Nettles,
Terence Alexander,
Sean Arnold,

UK, Australia, 1981

Bergerac
Crime , Drama , Mystery
Director:
Clive Donner

Casting:
Peter Ustinov,
Lee Grant,
Angie Dickinson,

USA, 1981

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
Comedy , Mystery
Director:
Claude Lelouch

Casting:
Robert Hossein,
Nicole Garcia,
Geraldine Chaplin,

France, 1981

Bolero
Drama , Music
Director:
Howard Avedis

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

USA, 1981

Separate Ways
Drama
Director:
Michael Apted

Casting:
John Belushi,
Blair Brown,
Allen Garfield,

USA, 1981

Continental Divide
Comedy , Romance
Director:
Kevin Bishop Bill Wilson John Bishop

Casting:
Kenny Everett,
Cleo Rocos,
Sheila Steafel,

UK, 1981

The Kenny Everett Television Show
Comedy , Music
Director:
Ernest Pintoff

Casting:
Art Carney,
David Huffman,
Cassie Yates,

USA, 1981

St. Helens
Adventure , Drama
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:
Robert Butler

Casting:
Dirk Benedict,
Melanie Griffith,
Rick Podell,

USA, 1981

Underground Aces
Comedy
Director:
Albert Brooks

Casting:
Albert Brooks,
Kathryn Harrold,
Tyann Means,

USA, 1981

Modern Romance
Comedy , Romance
Director:
George Cukor

Casting:
Jacqueline Bisset,
Candice Bergen,
David Selby,

USA, 1981

Rich and Famous
Drama
Director:
Liliana Cavani

Casting:
Marcello Mastroianni,
Ken Marshall,
Alexandra King,

Italy, France, 1981

La pelle
Drama , War
Director:
Eric Weston

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

USA, 1981

Evilspeak
Horror
Director:
Hal Needham

Casting:
Burt Reynolds,
Roger Moore,
Farrah Fawcett,

USA, Hong Kong, 1981

The Cannonball Run
Action , Comedy
Director:
Walerian Borowczyk

Casting:
Udo Kier,
Marina Pierro,
Patrick Magee,

France, West Germany, 1981

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
Horror
Director:
David Steinberg

Casting:
Burt Reynolds,
Beverly D'Angelo,
Norman Fell,

USA, 1981

Paternity
Comedy , Romance
Director:
John G. Avildsen

Casting:
John Belushi,
Kathryn Walker,
Cathy Moriarty,

USA, 1981

Neighbors
Comedy
Director:
Bertrand Blier

Casting:
Patrick Dewaere,
Ariel Besse,
Maurice Ronet,

France, 1981

Beau Pere
Drama
Director:
Volker Schlöndorff

Casting:
Bruno Ganz,
Hanna Schygulla,
Jerzy Skolimowski,

West Germany, France, 1981

Circle of Deceit
Drama , War
Director:
Ulu Grosbard

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

USA, 1981

True Confessions
Crime , Drama
Director:
Franco Castellano Giuseppe Moccia

Casting:
Adriano Celentano,
Ornella Muti,
Adolfo Celi,

Italy, 1981

Madly in Love
Comedy , Romance
Director:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Casting:
Hanna Schygulla,
Giancarlo Giannini,
Mel Ferrer,

West Germany, 1981

Lili Marleen
Drama , Music , Romance
Director:
Peter Weir

Casting:
Mark Lee,
Bill Kerr,
Harold Hopkins,

Australia, 1981

Gallipoli
Adventure , Drama , History
Director:
Bruce Malmuth Gary Nelson

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

USA, 1981

Nighthawks
Action , Crime , 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:
Ted Berman Richard Rich Art Stevens

Casting:
Mickey Rooney,
Kurt Russell,
Pearl Bailey,

USA, 1981

The Fox and the Hound
Animation , Adventure , Drama
Director:
Muzaffar Ali

Casting:
Rekha,
Farooq Shaikh,
Naseeruddin Shah,

India, 1981

Umrao Jaan
Drama , Musical
Director:
Brian De Palma

Casting:
John Travolta,
Nancy Allen,
John Lithgow,

USA, 1981

Blow Out
Mystery , Thriller
Director:
John Glen

Casting:
Roger Moore,
Carole Bouquet,
Topol,

UK, 1981

For Your Eyes Only
Action , Adventure , Crime
Director:
Ray Patterson Carl Urbano Rudy Zamora

Casting:
Don Messick,
Danny Goldman,
Lucille Bliss,

USA, Belgium, 1981

Smurfs
Animation , Family , Fantasy
Director:
Hugh Hudson

Casting:
Nicholas Farrell,
Nigel Havers,
Ian Charleson,

UK, 1981

Chariots of Fire
Drama , History , Sport
Director:
Mark Rydell

Casting:
Katharine Hepburn,
Henry Fonda,
Jane Fonda,

UK, USA, 1981

On Golden Pond
Drama
Director:
Wolfgang Petersen

Casting:
Jürgen Prochnow,
Herbert Grönemeyer,
Klaus Wennemann,

West Germany, 1981

Das Boot
Action , Adventure , Drama
Director:
Andrew Birkin

Casting:
Sacha Puttnam,
Judy Campbell,
Lila Kaye,

UK, 1981

Sredni Vashtar
Short , Fantasy
Director:
William A. Fraker

Casting:
Klinton Spilsbury,
Michael Horse,
Christopher Lloyd,

USA, UK, 1981

The Legend of the Lone Ranger
Action , Adventure , Western
Director:
Tony Maylam

Casting:
Brian Matthews,
Leah Ayres,
Brian Backer,

USA, Canada, 1981

The Burning
Horror
Director:
Shyam Benegal

Casting:
Shashi Kapoor,
Rekha,
Raj Babbar,

India, 1981

Kalyug
Drama
Director:
Terence Young

Casting:
Laurence Olivier,
Jacqueline Bisset,
Ben Gazzara,

South Korea, USA, 1981

Inchon
Drama , History , War
Director:
Martin Ritt

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

USA, 1981

Back Roads
Adventure , Comedy , Romance
Director:
Jean-Claude Tramont

Casting:
Gene Hackman,
Barbra Streisand,
Diane Ladd,

USA, 1981

All Night Long
Comedy , Drama , Romance
Director:
Franklin J. Schaffner

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

USA, Netherlands, 1981

Sphinx
Adventure , Mystery , Thriller
Director:
Michael Wadleigh

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

USA, 1981

Wolfen
Horror , Thriller
Director:
Daniel Haller Hollingsworth Morse Bruce Bilson

Casting:
Lee Majors,
Douglas Barr,
Heather Thomas,

USA, 1981

The Fall Guy
Action , Adventure
Director:
Michel Deville

Casting:
Isabelle Huppert,
Jean-Louis Trintignant,
Sandrine Kljajic,

France, 1981

Eaux profondes
Crime , Drama
Director:
Andrzej Zulawski

Casting:
Isabelle Adjani,
Sam Neill,
Margit Carstensen,

France, West Germany, 1981

Possession
Drama , Horror
Director:
Bruce Kimmel

Casting:
Cindy Williams,
Bruce Kimmel,
Leslie Nielsen,

USA, 1981

The Creature Wasn't Nice
Comedy , Horror , Musical
Director:
Gary Sherman

Casting:
James Farentino,
Melody Anderson,
Jack Albertson,

USA, 1981

Dead & Buried
Horror
Director:
John Badham

Casting:
Richard Dreyfuss,
John Cassavetes,
Christine Lahti,

USA, 1981

Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Drama
Director:
Vincent McEveety

Casting:
Jenny Agutter,
Barry Newman,
Kathleen Nolan,

USA, 1981

Amy
Family , Drama
Director:
Ed Bianchi

Casting:
Lauren Bacall,
James Garner,
Maureen Stapleton,

USA, 1981

The Fan
Drama , Horror , Thriller
Director:
Hal Cooper Jim Drake Linda Day

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

USA, 1981

Gimme a Break!
Comedy
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