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:
D. Paul Thomas

Casting:
Gary Bayer,
Alana Rader,
Malcon McCaiman,

USA, Canada, 1981

Years of the Beast
Sci-Fi
Director:
Steven Spielberg

Casting:
Harrison Ford,
Karen Allen,
Paul Freeman,

USA, 1981

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Action , Adventure
Director:
Jean-Jacques Annaud

Casting:
Everett McGill,
Ron Perlman,
Nicholas Kadi,

Canada, France, USA, 1981

Quest for Fire
Adventure , Drama , History
Director:
Byron Quisenberry

Casting:
Pepper Martin,
Hank Worden,
Ethan Wayne,

USA, 1981

Scream
Horror , Thriller , Mystery
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:
Bob Rafelson

Casting:
Jack Nicholson,
Jessica Lange,
John Colicos,

USA, West Germany, 1981

The Postman Always Rings Twice
Crime , Drama , Thriller
Director:
Stewart Raffill

Casting:
James Brolin,
Anthony Quinn,
Lindsay Wagner,

USA, Mexico, UK, 1981

High Risk
Action , Crime
Director:
Hal Cooper Jim Drake Linda Day

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

USA, 1981

Gimme a Break!
Comedy
Director:
Oliver Stone

Casting:
Michael Caine,
Andrea Marcovicci,
Annie McEnroe,

USA, 1981

The Hand
Drama , Horror , Thriller
Director:
Armand Weston

Casting:
Robin Groves,
Christopher Loomis,
Michael David Lally,

USA, 1981

The Nesting
Horror
Director:
Reza Badiyi Harry Harris Robert Foxworth

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

USA, 1981

Falcon Crest
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:
Ralph L. Thomas

Casting:
Nick Mancuso,
Saul Rubinek,
Meg Foster,

Canada, 1981

Ticket to Heaven
Drama
Director:
Vincent McEveety Sigmund Neufeld Jr. Burt Kennedy

Casting:
Gerald McRaney,
Jameson Parker,
Mary Carver,

USA, 1981

Simon & Simon
Action , Mystery , Drama
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:
James L. Conway

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

USA, 1981

The Boogens
Horror
Director:
Michael Wadleigh

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

USA, 1981

Wolfen
Horror , Thriller
Director:
Larry Cohen

Casting:
Adam Arkin,
Roz Kelly,
Ed McMahon,

USA, 1981

Full Moon High
Comedy , Horror , Fantasy
Director:
Terence Young

Casting:
Laurence Olivier,
Jacqueline Bisset,
Ben Gazzara,

South Korea, USA, 1981

Inchon
Drama , History , War
Director:
Jean-Loup Hubert

Casting:
Isabelle Adjani,
Thierry Lhermitte,
Bernard Crombey,

France, 1981

Next Year If All Goes Well
Comedy
Director:
John Landis

Casting:
Joe Belcher,
David Naughton,
Griffin Dunne,

UK, USA, 1981

An American Werewolf in London
Horror
Director:
Daniel Petrie

Casting:
Paul Newman,
Edward Asner,
Ken Wahl,

USA, 1981

Fort Apache the Bronx
Crime , Drama
Director:
Irving J. Moore Don Medford Jerome Courtland

Casting:
John Forsythe,
Linda Evans,
Joan Collins,

USA, 1981

Dynasty
Drama
Director:
Desmond Davis

Casting:
Laurence Olivier,
Claire Bloom,
Maggie Smith,

USA, 1981

Clash of the Titans
Adventure , Fantasy
Director:
Peter Bogdanovich

Casting:
Audrey Hepburn,
Ben Gazzara,
Patti Hansen,

USA, 1981

They All Laughed
Comedy , Romance
Director:
Peter R. Hunt

Casting:
Charles Bronson,
Lee Marvin,
Andrew Stevens,

USA, Hong Kong, 1981

Death Hunt
Action , Adventure , Crime
Director:
Ulu Grosbard

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

USA, 1981

True Confessions
Crime , Drama
Director:
Rick Rosenthal

Casting:
Jamie Lee Curtis,
Donald Pleasence,
Charles Cyphers,

USA, 1981

Halloween II
Horror , Thriller
Director:
François Leterrier

Casting:
Christian Clavier,
Marie-Anne Chazel,
Anémone,

France, 1981

Les babas cool
Comedy
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:
Geoff Murphy

Casting:
Tony Barry,
Kelly Johnson,
Claire Oberman,

New Zealand, 1981

Goodbye Pork Pie
Action , Adventure , Comedy
Director:
Brian Cosgrove Keith Scoble Chris Randall

Casting:
David Jason,
Terry Scott,
Edward Kelsey,

UK, 1981

Danger Mouse
Animation , Comedy , Family
Director:
Philippe de Broca

Casting:
Patrick Dewaere,
Anny Duperey,
Jean-François Stévenin,

France, 1981

Psy
Comedy
Director:
Peter Hyams

Casting:
Sean Connery,
Peter Boyle,
Frances Sternhagen,

UK, 1981

Outland
Action , Crime , Sci-Fi
Director:
Mel Brooks

Casting:
Mel Brooks,
Dom DeLuise,
Madeline Kahn,

USA, 1981

History of the World: Part I
Comedy , History , Musical
Director:
John Duigan

Casting:
Judy Davis,
Bryan Brown,
Cathy Downes,

Australia, 1981

Winter of Our Dreams
Drama , Romance
Director:
Richard C. Sarafian

Casting:
Michael Nouri,
Brian Benben,
Joe Penny,

USA, 1981

Gangster Wars
Biography , Crime , History
Director:
David Lowell Rich

Casting:
Alan Arkin,
Carol Burnett,
Jack Warden,

USA, 1981

Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
Comedy
Director:
Gus Trikonis

Casting:
Robert Hays,
Barbara Hershey,
David Keith,

USA, 1981

Take This Job and Shove It
Comedy
Director:
Richard Marquand

Casting:
Donald Sutherland,
Stephen MacKenna,
Philip Martin Brown,

UK, 1981

Eye of the Needle
Romance , Thriller , War
Director:
Kevin Bishop Bill Wilson John Bishop

Casting:
Kenny Everett,
Cleo Rocos,
Sheila Steafel,

UK, 1981

The Kenny Everett Television Show
Comedy , Music
Director:
Robert Aldrich

Casting:
Peter Falk,
Vicki Frederick,
Laurene Landon,

USA, 1981

...All the Marbles
Action , Comedy , Drama
Director:
Charles Wallace

Casting:
John Betjeman,
Susannah York,
Beryl Reid,

UK, 1981

Late Flowering Love
Short , Drama
Director:
Hal Needham

Casting:
Burt Reynolds,
Roger Moore,
Farrah Fawcett,

USA, Hong Kong, 1981

The Cannonball Run
Action , Comedy
Director:
George Miller

Casting:
Mel Gibson,
Bruce Spence,
Michael Preston,

Australia, 1981

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
Action , Adventure , Thriller
Director:
Franklin J. Schaffner

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

USA, Netherlands, 1981

Sphinx
Adventure , Mystery , Thriller
Director:
Steve Gordon

Casting:
Dudley Moore,
Liza Minnelli,
John Gielgud,

USA, 1981

Arthur
Comedy , Romance
Director:
Norman J. Warren

Casting:
Robin Clarke,
Jennifer Ashley,
Stephanie Beacham,

UK, 1981

Horror Planet
Horror , Sci-Fi
Director:
Eric Till

Casting:
Alan Arkin,
Mariette Hartley,
Monica Parker,

Canada, 1981

Improper Channels
Comedy
Director:
Ernest Day

Casting:
Ryan O'Neal,
Anne Archer,
Omar Sharif,

UK, 1981

Green Ice
Adventure , Romance
Director:
John Carpenter

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

UK, USA, 1981

Escape from New York
Action , Sci-Fi
Director:
David Hemmings

Casting:
Ken Wahl,
Lesley Ann Warren,
Donald Pleasence,

Australia, New Zealand, USA, 1981

Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr
Action , Drama , Adventure
Director:
Steve Rash

Casting:
Chevy Chase,
Carrie Fisher,
Eve Arden,

USA, 1981

Under the Rainbow
Comedy
Director:
Alan J. Pakula

Casting:
Jane Fonda,
Kris Kristofferson,
Hume Cronyn,

USA, 1981

Rollover
Drama , Mystery , Romance
Director:
Terry Gilliam

Casting:
John Cleese,
Sean Connery,
Shelley Duvall,

UK, 1981

Time Bandits
Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy
Director:
Sydney Pollack

Casting:
Paul Newman,
Sally Field,
Bob Balaban,

USA, 1981

Absence of Malice
Drama , Romance , Thriller
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