Director:
Gregory Hoblit Christian I. Nyby II David Anspaugh

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

USA, 1981

Hill Street Blues
Drama
Director:
Alexander Singer James Frawley Reza Badiyi

Casting:
Tyne Daly,
Al Waxman,
John Karlen,

USA, 1981

Cagney & Lacey
Crime , Drama , Mystery
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:
Bob Rafelson

Casting:
Jack Nicholson,
Jessica Lange,
John Colicos,

USA, West Germany, 1981

The Postman Always Rings Twice
Crime , Drama , Thriller
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:
Jean-Jacques Annaud

Casting:
Everett McGill,
Ron Perlman,
Nicholas Kadi,

Canada, France, USA, 1981

Quest for Fire
Adventure , Drama , History
Director:
James L. Conway

Casting:
Rebecca Balding,
Fred McCarren,
Anne-Marie Martin,

USA, 1981

The Boogens
Horror
Director:
Oliver Stone

Casting:
Michael Caine,
Andrea Marcovicci,
Annie McEnroe,

USA, 1981

The Hand
Drama , Horror , Thriller
Director:
Jean-Loup Hubert

Casting:
Isabelle Adjani,
Thierry Lhermitte,
Bernard Crombey,

France, 1981

Next Year If All Goes Well
Comedy
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:
D. Paul Thomas

Casting:
Gary Bayer,
Alana Rader,
Malcon McCaiman,

USA, Canada, 1981

Years of the Beast
Sci-Fi
Director:
Mamoru Oshii Kazuo Yamazaki Iku Suzuki

Casting:
Fumi Hirano,
Toshio Furukawa,
Saeko Shimazu,

Japan, 1981

Urusei yatsura
Animation , Comedy , Sci-Fi
Director:
Chi Wong

Casting:
Dennis Chan,
Philip Chan,
Roy Chiao,

Hong Kong, 1981

Chuang ban shen tan dian zi gui
Director:
Wolfgang Petersen

Casting:
Jürgen Prochnow,
Herbert Grönemeyer,
Klaus Wennemann,

West Germany, 1981

Das Boot
Action , Adventure , Drama
Director:
John Badham

Casting:
Richard Dreyfuss,
John Cassavetes,
Christine Lahti,

USA, 1981

Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Drama
Director:
Ivan Reitman

Casting:
Bill Murray,
Harold Ramis,
Warren Oates,

USA, 1981

Stripes
Comedy , War
Director:
Peter Hyams

Casting:
Sean Connery,
Peter Boyle,
Frances Sternhagen,

UK, 1981

Outland
Action , Crime , Sci-Fi
Director:
Peter Bogdanovich

Casting:
Audrey Hepburn,
Ben Gazzara,
Patti Hansen,

USA, 1981

They All Laughed
Comedy , Romance
Director:
Michael Apted

Casting:
John Belushi,
Blair Brown,
Allen Garfield,

USA, 1981

Continental Divide
Comedy , Romance
Director:
Friz Freleng

Casting:
Mel Blanc,
June Foray,
Stan Freberg,

USA, 1981

Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
Family , Animation , Comedy
Director:
Franco Zeffirelli

Casting:
Brooke Shields,
Martin Hewitt,
Shirley Knight,

USA, 1981

Endless Love
Drama , Romance
Director:
Ed Hunt

Casting:
Lori Lethin,
Melinda Cordell,
Julie Brown,

USA, 1981

Bloody Birthday
Horror , Thriller
Director:
Alf Kjellin Phil Bondelli John Florea

Casting:
Bo Svenson,
Walter Barnes,
Harold Sylvester,

USA, 1981

Walking Tall
Crime , Drama , Action
Director:
Ken Wiederhorn

Casting:
Lauren Tewes,
Jennifer Jason Leigh,
John DiSanti,

USA, 1981

Eyes of a Stranger
Horror , Thriller
Director:
Stewart Raffill

Casting:
James Brolin,
Anthony Quinn,
Lindsay Wagner,

USA, Mexico, UK, 1981

High Risk
Action , Crime
Director:
David Greene

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

USA, 1981

Hard Country
Drama , Western
Director:
Matthew Robbins

Casting:
Peter MacNicol,
Caitlin Clarke,
Ralph Richardson,

USA, 1981

Dragonslayer
Action , Adventure , Fantasy
Director:
Brian Cosgrove Keith Scoble Chris Randall

Casting:
David Jason,
Terry Scott,
Edward Kelsey,

UK, 1981

Danger Mouse
Animation , Comedy , Family
Director:
Norman J. Warren

Casting:
Robin Clarke,
Jennifer Ashley,
Stephanie Beacham,

UK, 1981

Horror Planet
Horror , Sci-Fi
Director:
Ulu Grosbard

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

USA, 1981

True Confessions
Crime , Drama
Director:
Robert Tronson Michael Rolfe Robert Young

Casting:
John Nettles,
Terence Alexander,
Sean Arnold,

UK, Australia, 1981

Bergerac
Crime , Drama , Mystery
Director:
Hal Cooper Jim Drake Linda Day

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

USA, 1981

Gimme a Break!
Comedy
Director:
Peter Yates

Casting:
William Hurt,
Sigourney Weaver,
Christopher Plummer,

USA, 1981

Eyewitness
Thriller
Director:
Bigas Luna

Casting:
Dennis Hopper,
Michael Moriarty,
Antonella Murgia,

Spain, USA, Italy, 1981

Reborn
Drama , Thriller , Fantasy
Director:
Tobe Hooper

Casting:
Elizabeth Berridge,
Shawn Carson,
Jeanne Austin,

USA, 1981

The Funhouse
Horror
Director:
John Boorman

Casting:
Nigel Terry,
Helen Mirren,
Nicholas Clay,

USA, UK, 1981

Excalibur
Adventure , Drama , Fantasy
Director:
Daniel Petrie

Casting:
Paul Newman,
Edward Asner,
Ken Wahl,

USA, 1981

Fort Apache the Bronx
Crime , Drama
Director:
John Schlesinger

Casting:
David Rasche,
Paul Jabara,
Howard Hesseman,

USA, UK, 1981

Honky Tonk Freeway
Action , Comedy
Director:
Tom Donovan

Casting:
Richard Burton,
Kate Mulgrew,
Nicholas Clay,

USA, 1981

Lovespell
Drama , Fantasy , Romance
Director:
Tony Dow Ray Butt Susan Belbin

Casting:
David Jason,
Nicholas Lyndhurst,
Roger Lloyd-Pack,

UK, 1981

Only Fools and Horses....
Comedy , Crime
Director:
Irving J. Moore Don Medford Jerome Courtland

Casting:
John Forsythe,
Linda Evans,
Joan Collins,

USA, 1981

Dynasty
Drama
Director:
Prakash Mehra

Casting:
Zeenat Aman,
Vikas Anand,
Amitabh Bachchan,

India, 1981

Laawaris
Drama , Action , Musical
Director:
Frank Perry

Casting:
Faye Dunaway,
Diana Scarwid,
Steve Forrest,

USA, 1981

Mommie Dearest
Biography , Drama
Director:
Joel Schumacher

Casting:
Lily Tomlin,
Charles Grodin,
Ned Beatty,

USA, 1981

The Incredible Shrinking Woman
Sci-Fi , Comedy , Fantasy
Director:
Glenn Jordan

Casting:
Marsha Mason,
Kristy McNichol,
James Coco,

USA, 1981

Only When I Laugh
Comedy , Drama
Director:
Peter Graham Scott Alex Kirby Ken Price

Casting:
Pamela Salem,
Charlie Caine,
Ron Moody,

UK, 1981

Into the Labyrinth
Family , Fantasy
Director:
Moustapha Akkad

Casting:
Anthony Quinn,
Oliver Reed,
Irene Papas,

Libya, USA, 1981

Lion of the Desert
Biography , Drama , History
Director:
Bruno Pischiutta

Casting:
Gianfranco Molaro,
Richard Coleman,
Liliana Tari,

Italy, 1981

The Comoedia
Drama
Director:
William A. Fraker

Casting:
Klinton Spilsbury,
Michael Horse,
Christopher Lloyd,

USA, UK, 1981

The Legend of the Lone Ranger
Action , Adventure , Western
Director:
Charles Wallace

Casting:
John Betjeman,
Susannah York,
Beryl Reid,

UK, 1981

Late Flowering Love
Short , Drama
Director:
David Gladwell

Casting:
Julie Christie,
Christopher Guard,
Leonie Mellinger,

UK, 1981

Memoirs of a Survivor
Sci-Fi
Director:
John Carpenter

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

UK, USA, 1981

Escape from New York
Action , Sci-Fi
Director:
André Génovès

Casting:
Marcha Grant,
André Génovès,
Caroline Aguilar,

France, 1981

Les folies d'Élodie
Comedy
Director:
Dave Teubner

Casting:
Kirk Alyn,
Bob Burns,
Vern Dietsche,

USA, 1981

Superbman: The Other Movie
Short , Comedy
Director:
Alan Beattie

Casting:
Patricia Pearcy,
David Hayward,
John Dukakis,

USA, 1981

Delusion
Horror
Director:
Robert Guenette

Casting:
Orson Welles,
Philip L. Clarke,
Ray Laska,

USA, 1981

The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
Biography , Drama , History
Director:
Jim Sharman

Casting:
Jessica Harper,
Cliff De Young,
Richard O'Brien,

USA, 1981

Shock Treatment
Comedy , Musical
Director:
Richard Franklin

Casting:
Stacy Keach,
Jamie Lee Curtis,
Marion Edward,

Australia, 1981

Road Games
Drama , Thriller
Director:
Bob Claver

Casting:
Fritz Weaver,
Gretchen Corbett,
Jon Korkes,

USA, 1981

Jaws of Satan
Horror
Other movies