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:
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:
Michael Mackenroth Michael Kreindl Peter Adam

Casting:
Claus Theo Gärtner,
Renate Kohn,
Paul Frielinghaus,

West Germany, 1981

A Case for Two
Crime , Thriller
Director:
Chi Wong

Casting:
Dennis Chan,
Philip Chan,
Roy Chiao,

Hong Kong, 1981

Chuang ban shen tan dian zi gui
Director:
Robert Tronson Michael Rolfe Robert Young

Casting:
John Nettles,
Terence Alexander,
Sean Arnold,

UK, Australia, 1981

Bergerac
Crime , Drama , Mystery
Director:
Michael Mann

Casting:
James Caan,
Tuesday Weld,
Willie Nelson,

USA, 1981

Thief
Action , Crime , Drama
Director:
Christopher Miles

Casting:
Ian McKellen,
Janet Suzman,
Ava Gardner,

UK, 1981

Priest of Love
Biography , Drama , Romance
Director:
Peter Yates

Casting:
William Hurt,
Sigourney Weaver,
Christopher Plummer,

USA, 1981

Eyewitness
Thriller
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:
Ivan Reitman

Casting:
Bill Murray,
Harold Ramis,
Warren Oates,

USA, 1981

Stripes
Comedy , War
Director:
Reza Badiyi Harry Harris Robert Foxworth

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

USA, 1981

Falcon Crest
Drama
Director:
Jean-Jacques Annaud

Casting:
Everett McGill,
Ron Perlman,
Nicholas Kadi,

Canada, France, USA, 1981

Quest for Fire
Adventure , Drama , History
Director:
Mika Kaurismäki

Casting:
Aki Kaurismäki,
Pirkko Hämäläinen,
Juuso Hirvikangas,

Finland, West Germany, 1981

The Liar
Comedy , Drama
Director:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Casting:
Barbara Sukowa,
Armin Mueller-Stahl,
Mario Adorf,

West Germany, 1981

Lola
Comedy , Drama
Director:
Sydney Pollack

Casting:
Paul Newman,
Sally Field,
Bob Balaban,

USA, 1981

Absence of Malice
Drama , Romance , Thriller
Director:
David Gladwell

Casting:
Julie Christie,
Christopher Guard,
Leonie Mellinger,

UK, 1981

Memoirs of a Survivor
Sci-Fi
Director:
Oliver Stone

Casting:
Michael Caine,
Andrea Marcovicci,
Annie McEnroe,

USA, 1981

The Hand
Drama , Horror , Thriller
Director:
Daniel Petrie

Casting:
Paul Newman,
Edward Asner,
Ken Wahl,

USA, 1981

Fort Apache the Bronx
Crime , Drama
Director:
Mark Rydell

Casting:
Katharine Hepburn,
Henry Fonda,
Jane Fonda,

UK, USA, 1981

On Golden Pond
Drama
Director:
Peter R. Hunt

Casting:
Charles Bronson,
Lee Marvin,
Andrew Stevens,

USA, Hong Kong, 1981

Death Hunt
Action , Adventure , Crime
Director:
Mamoru Oshii Kazuo Yamazaki Iku Suzuki

Casting:
Fumi Hirano,
Toshio Furukawa,
Saeko Shimazu,

Japan, 1981

Urusei yatsura
Animation , Comedy , Sci-Fi
Director:
Gus Trikonis

Casting:
Robert Hays,
Barbara Hershey,
David Keith,

USA, 1981

Take This Job and Shove It
Comedy
Director:
Irving J. Moore Don Medford Jerome Courtland

Casting:
John Forsythe,
Linda Evans,
Joan Collins,

USA, 1981

Dynasty
Drama
Director:
Glenn Jordan

Casting:
Marsha Mason,
Kristy McNichol,
James Coco,

USA, 1981

Only When I Laugh
Comedy , Drama
Director:
Larry Cohen

Casting:
Adam Arkin,
Roz Kelly,
Ed McMahon,

USA, 1981

Full Moon High
Comedy , Horror , Fantasy
Director:
Roy Ward Baker

Casting:
Vincent Price,
Donald Pleasence,
John Carradine,

UK, 1981

The Monster Club
Comedy , Horror
Director:
Theodore J. Flicker

Casting:
Ben Johnson,
Dub Taylor,
Ann Wedgeworth,

USA, 1981

Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
Comedy
Director:
D. Paul Thomas

Casting:
Gary Bayer,
Alana Rader,
Malcon McCaiman,

USA, Canada, 1981

Years of the Beast
Sci-Fi
Director:
Aldo Lado

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

Italy, France, 1981

La disubbidienza
Drama
Director:
Jim Henson

Casting:
Jim Henson,
Frank Oz,
Dave Goelz,

UK, 1981

The Great Muppet Caper
Comedy , Crime , Family
Director:
John Duigan

Casting:
Judy Davis,
Bryan Brown,
Cathy Downes,

Australia, 1981

Winter of Our Dreams
Drama , Romance
Director:
Charles Jarrott

Casting:
Michael Crawford,
Oliver Reed,
Barbara Carrera,

UK, 1981

Condorman
Action , Adventure , Comedy
Director:
Chris Taylor Ivor Wood Sue Pugh

Casting:
Ken Barrie,
Carole Boyd,
Kulvinder Ghir,

UK, 1981

Postman Pat
Animation , Family
Director:
Franklin J. Schaffner

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

USA, Netherlands, 1981

Sphinx
Adventure , Mystery , Thriller
Director:
Jean-Loup Hubert

Casting:
Isabelle Adjani,
Thierry Lhermitte,
Bernard Crombey,

France, 1981

Next Year If All Goes Well
Comedy
Director:
Ed Hunt

Casting:
Lori Lethin,
Melinda Cordell,
Julie Brown,

USA, 1981

Bloody Birthday
Horror , Thriller
Director:
Byron Quisenberry

Casting:
Pepper Martin,
Hank Worden,
Ethan Wayne,

USA, 1981

Scream
Horror , Thriller , Mystery
Director:
Tony Dow Ray Butt Susan Belbin

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

UK, 1981

Only Fools and Horses....
Comedy , Crime
Director:
Franco Zeffirelli

Casting:
Brooke Shields,
Martin Hewitt,
Shirley Knight,

USA, 1981

Endless Love
Drama , Romance
Director:
John Blanchard Jim Drake John Bell

Casting:
John Candy,
Joe Flaherty,
Eugene Levy,

Canada, USA, 1981

SCTV Network
Comedy
Director:
Robert Aldrich

Casting:
Peter Falk,
Vicki Frederick,
Laurene Landon,

USA, 1981

...All the Marbles
Action , Comedy , Drama
Director:
Michael Steinke Hans-Jürgen Tögel Karola Meeder

Casting:
Heide Keller,
Horst Naumann,
Siegfried Rauch,

West Germany, 1981

Das Traumschiff
Drama , Comedy , Romance
Director:
Howard R. Cohen

Casting:
Richard Benjamin,
Paula Prentiss,
Jeffrey Tambor,

USA, 1981

Saturday the 14th
Comedy , Fantasy , Horror
Director:
Michael Apted

Casting:
John Belushi,
Blair Brown,
Allen Garfield,

USA, 1981

Continental Divide
Comedy , Romance
Director:
Franco Rosso

Casting:
David N. Haynes,
Trevor Laird,
Victor Romero Evans,

UK, Italy, 1981

Babylon
Drama
Director:
Andrzej Zulawski

Casting:
Isabelle Adjani,
Sam Neill,
Margit Carstensen,

France, West Germany, 1981

Possession
Drama , Horror
Director:


Casting:
George DiCenzo,
Linda Gary,
Patrick Pinney,

USA, 1981

Blackstar
Animation , Adventure , Family
Director:
Moustapha Akkad

Casting:
Anthony Quinn,
Oliver Reed,
Irene Papas,

Libya, USA, 1981

Lion of the Desert
Biography , Drama , History
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:
James Ivory

Casting:
Alan Bates,
Maggie Smith,
Isabelle Adjani,

UK, France, 1981

Quartet
Drama , Romance
Director:
Georges Lautner

Casting:
Jean-Paul Belmondo,
Jean Desailly,
Cyrielle Clair,

France, 1981

The Professional
Action , Crime , Drama
Director:
Claude Whatham

Casting:
John Hargreaves,
Judy Davis,
Dennis Miller,

Australia, 1981

Hoodwink
Crime , Drama , Romance
Director:
Milos Forman

Casting:
James Cagney,
Brad Dourif,
Moses Gunn,

USA, 1981

Ragtime
Drama
Director:
Clive Donner

Casting:
Peter Ustinov,
Lee Grant,
Angie Dickinson,

USA, 1981

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
Comedy , Mystery
Director:
Steve Miner

Casting:
Amy Steel,
John Furey,
Adrienne King,

USA, 1981

Friday the 13th Part 2
Horror , Mystery , Thriller
Director:
Juan Piquer Simón

Casting:
Terence Stamp,
Peter Cushing,
Ian Sera,

Spain, USA, 1981

Mystery on Monster Island
Adventure , Comedy , Horror
Director:
James L. Conway

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

USA, 1981

The Boogens
Horror
Director:
Jeff Lieberman

Casting:
George Kennedy,
Mike Kellin,
Chris Lemmon,

USA, 1981

Just Before Dawn
Horror , Thriller
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