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Films Released in 1981   (75 Most Notable)

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 RANK   TITLE   YEAR   DIRECTOR  COUNTRY MEDIA
76 Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 Spielberg, Steven USA DS
245 Reds 1981 Beatty, Warren USA DB
308 Chariots of Fire 1981 Hudson, Hugh UK YU
428 Pixote 1981 Babenco, Hector Brazil Y
510 The Road Warrior 1981 Miller, George Australia DBU
546 Diva 1981 Beineix, Jean-Jacques France DS
557 Das Boot 1981 Petersen, Wolfgang West Germany Y
572 Gallipoli 1981 Weir, Peter Australia DU
722 Man of Iron 1981 Wajda, Andrzej Poland Y
878 On Golden Pond 1981 Rydell, Mark USA YS
888 Body Heat 1981 Kasdan, Lawrence USA DBUPS
890 Mephisto 1981 Szabó, István West Germany / Hungary / Austria Y
1089 Lola 1981 Fassbinder, Rainer Werner West Germany Y
1356 Gregory's Girl 1981 Forsyth, Bill UK Y
1369 Prince of the City 1981 Lumet, Sidney USA D
1439 The Evil Dead 1981 Raimi, Sam USA DUS
1460 My Dinner with Andre 1981 Malle, Louis USA Y
1470 An American Werewolf in London 1981 Landis, John USA / UK D
1470 Three Brothers 1981 Rosi, Francesco France / Italy Y
1523 Circle of Deceit 1981 Schlöndorff, Volker France / West Germany D
1559 Cutter's Way 1981 Passer, Ivan USA Y
1578 The French Lieutenant's Woman 1981 Reisz, Karel UK Y
1621 Time Bandits 1981 Gilliam, Terry UK Y
1658 Absence of Malice 1981 Pollack, Sydney USA DUP
1717 Arthur 1981 Gordon, Steve USA YUPS
1728 Beau-père 1981 Blier, Bertrand France
1736 Quest for Fire 1981 Annaud, Jean-Jacques Canada / France / USA YU
1743 Modern Romance 1981 Brooks, Albert USA D
1797 Marianne and Juliane 1981 von Trotta, Margarethe West Germany V
1846 The Chosen 1981 Kagan, Jeremy Paul USA Y
1859 Smash Palace 1981 Donaldson, Roger New Zealand Y
1901 Southern Comfort 1981 Hill, Walter USA / Switzerland / UK D
1906 Blow Out 1981 De Palma, Brian USA D
1954 The Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man 1981 Bertolucci, Bernardo Italy
2012 Eijanaika 1981 Imamura, Shohei Japan Y
2017 All Night Long 1981 Tramont, Jean-Claude USA D
2017 The Aviator's Wife 1981 Rohmer, Eric France D
2017 Excalibur 1981 Boorman, John USA / UK D
2017 From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China 1981 Lerner, Murray USA D
2017 Tuck Everlasting 1981 Keller, Frederick King USA
2017 Whose Life Is It Anyway? 1981 Badham, John USA D
2047 True Confessions 1981 Grosbard, Ulu USA D
2059 Pennies from Heaven 1981 Ross, Herbert USA Y
2121 The Boat Is Full 1981 Imhoof, Markus Switzerland / West Germany / Austria Y
2123 Outland 1981 Hyams, Peter UK DS
2161 Ticket to Heaven 1981 Thomas, Ralph L. Canada D
2172 Ragtime 1981 Forman, Milos USA YUP
2190 History of the World: Part I 1981 Brooks, Mel USA D
2190 Orderly or Unorderly 1981 Kiarostami, Abbas Iran
2190 Two Portraits 1981 Thompson, Peter USA
2190 The Vulture 1981 Yosha, Yaki Israel
2190 You Are Not I 1981 Driver, Sara USA
2234 Light Years Away 1981 Tanner, Alain Switzerland / France
2235 For Your Eyes Only 1981 Glen, John UK / USA DS
2245 Taxi zum Klo 1981 Ripploh, Frank West Germany
2248 Muddy River 1981 Oguri, Kôhei Japan
2250 La Chèvre 1981 Veber, Francis France / Mexico Y
2258 Thief 1981 Mann, Michael USA Y
2264 The Four Seasons 1981 Alda, Alan USA Y
2264 S.O.B. 1981 Edwards, Blake USA Y
2264 Zoot Suit 1981 Valdez, Luis USA YU
2270 Four Friends 1981 Penn, Arthur USA D
2270 Montenegro 1981 Makavejev, Dusan Sweden / UK V
2270 The Tree of Knowledge 1981 Malmros, Nils Denmark
2272 The Woman Next Door 1981 Truffaut, François France YS
2279 Christiane F. 1981 Edel, Uli West Germany D
2279 Clash of the Titans 1981 Davis, Desmond UK DUS
2279 Raggedy Man 1981 Fisk, Jack USA DU
2279 Stripes 1981 Reitman, Ivan USA DU
2279 This Is Elvis 1981 Leo, Malcolm / Solt, Andrew USA D
2279 Wolfen 1981 Wadleigh, Michael USA D
2296 Mommie Dearest 1981 Perry, Frank USA DUP
2300 Do You Remember Dolly Bell? 1981 Kusturica, Emir Yugoslavia Y
2300 Francisca 1981 de Oliveira, Manoel Portugal
2300 They All Laughed 1981 Bogdanovich, Peter USA Y
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D   DVD
V   VHS
Y   Yes (DVD or VHS, unspecified)
B   Blu-ray Disc
U   Unbox Download
P   Preview Trailer
S   Soundtrack
 
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