Director:
Steven Spielberg

Casting:
Harrison Ford,
Karen Allen,
Paul Freeman,

USA, 1981

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

Casting:
Gary Bayer,
Alana Rader,
Malcon McCaiman,

USA, Canada, 1981

Years of the Beast
Sci-Fi
Director:
Daniel Haller Hollingsworth Morse Bruce Bilson

Casting:
Lee Majors,
Douglas Barr,
Heather Thomas,

USA, 1981

The Fall Guy
Action , Adventure
Director:
Jean-Jacques Annaud

Casting:
Everett McGill,
Ron Perlman,
Nicholas Kadi,

Canada, France, USA, 1981

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

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

USA, 1981

Falcon Crest
Drama
Director:
Bob Rafelson

Casting:
Jack Nicholson,
Jessica Lange,
John Colicos,

USA, West Germany, 1981

The Postman Always Rings Twice
Crime , Drama , Thriller
Director:
Byron Quisenberry

Casting:
Pepper Martin,
Hank Worden,
Ethan Wayne,

USA, 1981

Scream
Horror , Thriller , Mystery
Director:
Mark Rydell

Casting:
Katharine Hepburn,
Henry Fonda,
Jane Fonda,

UK, USA, 1981

On Golden Pond
Drama
Director:
Robert Tronson Michael Rolfe Robert Young

Casting:
John Nettles,
Terence Alexander,
Sean Arnold,

UK, Australia, 1981

Bergerac
Crime , Drama , Mystery
Director:
Moustapha Akkad

Casting:
Anthony Quinn,
Oliver Reed,
Irene Papas,

Libya, USA, 1981

Lion of the Desert
Biography , Drama , History
Director:
Hal Cooper Jim Drake Linda Day

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

USA, 1981

Gimme a Break!
Comedy
Director:
Wolfgang Petersen

Casting:
Jürgen Prochnow,
Herbert Grönemeyer,
Klaus Wennemann,

West Germany, 1981

Das Boot
Action , Adventure , Drama
Director:
John Schlesinger

Casting:
David Rasche,
Paul Jabara,
Howard Hesseman,

USA, UK, 1981

Honky Tonk Freeway
Action , Comedy
Director:
Irving J. Moore Don Medford Jerome Courtland

Casting:
John Forsythe,
Linda Evans,
Joan Collins,

USA, 1981

Dynasty
Drama
Director:
George Miller

Casting:
Mel Gibson,
Bruce Spence,
Michael Preston,

Australia, 1981

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
Action , Adventure , Thriller
Director:
Vincent McEveety Sigmund Neufeld Jr. Burt Kennedy

Casting:
Gerald McRaney,
Jameson Parker,
Mary Carver,

USA, 1981

Simon & Simon
Action , Mystery , Drama
Director:
Kevin Bishop Bill Wilson John Bishop

Casting:
Kenny Everett,
Cleo Rocos,
Sheila Steafel,

UK, 1981

The Kenny Everett Television Show
Comedy , Music
Director:
James Ivory

Casting:
Alan Bates,
Maggie Smith,
Isabelle Adjani,

UK, France, 1981

Quartet
Drama , Romance
Director:
Michael Apted

Casting:
John Belushi,
Blair Brown,
Allen Garfield,

USA, 1981

Continental Divide
Comedy , Romance
Director:
J. Lee Thompson

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

Canada, 1981

Happy Birthday to Me
Horror , Mystery , Thriller
Director:
George Bowers

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

USA, 1981

Body and Soul
Drama
Director:
Peter Yates

Casting:
William Hurt,
Sigourney Weaver,
Christopher Plummer,

USA, 1981

Eyewitness
Thriller
Director:
Burt Reynolds

Casting:
Burt Reynolds,
Vittorio Gassman,
Brian Keith,

USA, 1981

Sharky's Machine
Action , Crime , Drama
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:
John Duigan

Casting:
Judy Davis,
Bryan Brown,
Cathy Downes,

Australia, 1981

Winter of Our Dreams
Drama , Romance
Director:
Bruce D. Clark

Casting:
Edward Albert,
Erin Moran,
Ray Walston,

USA, 1981

Galaxy of Terror
Action , Adventure , Horror
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:
Jon Else

Casting:
Hans Bethe,
Holm Bursom,
Haakon Chevalier,

USA, 1981

The Day After Trinity
Documentary , Biography
Director:
Franco Zeffirelli

Casting:
Brooke Shields,
Martin Hewitt,
Shirley Knight,

USA, 1981

Endless Love
Drama , Romance
Director:
John Carpenter

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

UK, USA, 1981

Escape from New York
Action , Sci-Fi
Director:
Terence Young

Casting:
Laurence Olivier,
Jacqueline Bisset,
Ben Gazzara,

South Korea, USA, 1981

Inchon
Drama , History , War
Director:
Tsugunobu Kotani

Casting:
Richard Boone,
Toshirô Mifune,
Mike Starr,

USA, UK, 1981

The Bloody Bushido Blade
Action , Drama , History
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:
Jeremy Summers David Askey Pennant Roberts

Casting:
Ann Bell,
Stephanie Cole,
Claire Oberman,

Australia, UK, 1981

Tenko
Drama , War
Director:
Peter R. Hunt

Casting:
Charles Bronson,
Lee Marvin,
Andrew Stevens,

USA, Hong Kong, 1981

Death Hunt
Action , Adventure , Crime
Director:
Sidney Lumet

Casting:
Treat Williams,
Jerry Orbach,
Richard Foronjy,

USA, 1981

Prince of the City
Crime , Drama , Thriller
Director:
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Yoshiyuki Tomino

Casting:
Tôru Furuya,
Shûichi Ikeda,
Hirotaka Suzuoki,

Japan, 1981

Kidô senshi Gandamu II: Ai senshihen
Animation , Action , Drama
Director:
Andrew Bergman

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

USA, 1981

So Fine
Comedy
Director:
Richard C. Sarafian

Casting:
Michael Nouri,
Brian Benben,
Joe Penny,

USA, 1981

Gangster Wars
Biography , Crime , History
Director:
Larry Cohen

Casting:
Adam Arkin,
Roz Kelly,
Ed McMahon,

USA, 1981

Full Moon High
Comedy , Horror , Fantasy
Director:
Andrzej Zulawski

Casting:
Isabelle Adjani,
Sam Neill,
Margit Carstensen,

France, West Germany, 1981

Possession
Drama , Horror
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:
John Landis

Casting:
Joe Belcher,
David Naughton,
Griffin Dunne,

UK, USA, 1981

An American Werewolf in London
Horror
Director:
David Steinberg

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

USA, 1981

Paternity
Comedy , Romance
Director:
Moshé Mizrahi

Casting:
Annie Girardot,
Jean-Pierre Cassel,
Pierre Dux,

France, 1981

La vie continue
Drama , Romance
Director:
Stewart Raffill

Casting:
James Brolin,
Anthony Quinn,
Lindsay Wagner,

USA, Mexico, UK, 1981

High Risk
Action , Crime
Director:
Peter Zinner

Casting:
Franco Nero,
Anthony Quinn,
Martin Balsam,

USA, Italy, UK, 1981

The Salamander
Thriller
Director:
Karel Reisz

Casting:
Meryl Streep,
Jeremy Irons,
Hilton McRae,

UK, 1981

The French Lieutenant's Woman
Drama , Romance
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:
Roger Coggio

Casting:
Roger Coggio,
Michel Galabru,
Jean-Pierre Darras,

France, 1981

Les fourberies de Scapin
Comedy
Director:
Michael Crichton

Casting:
Albert Finney,
James Coburn,
Susan Dey,

USA, 1981

Looker
Drama , Sci-Fi , Thriller
Director:
Don Leaver James Cellan Jones Simon Cellan Jones

Casting:
Judi Dench,
Michael Williams,
Susan Penhaligon,

UK, 1981

A Fine Romance
Comedy , Romance
Director:
Desmond Davis

Casting:
Laurence Olivier,
Claire Bloom,
Maggie Smith,

USA, 1981

Clash of the Titans
Adventure , Fantasy
Director:
Ray Patterson Carl Urbano Rudy Zamora

Casting:
Don Messick,
Danny Goldman,
Lucille Bliss,

USA, Belgium, 1981

Smurfs
Animation , Family , Fantasy
Director:
Terry Gilliam

Casting:
John Cleese,
Sean Connery,
Shelley Duvall,

UK, 1981

Time Bandits
Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy
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