You Are Not Alone ( Du er ikke alene )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/02/1981
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Danish
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ernst Johansen, Lasse Nielsen
Actors: Anders Agensø, Peter Bjerg, Ove Sprogøe, Elin Reimer, Jan Jørgensen, Jørn Faurschou
Plot: A Danish student (Bo) arrives at a strictly-run boarding school befriends the headmaster's son. Bo is besieged by confusing emotions and mixed feelings of sexuality as his friendship grows closer.
Basket Case
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1981
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Frank Henenlotter
Actors: Kevin Van Hentenryck, Terri Susan Smith, Beverly Bonner, Robert Vogel, Diana Browne, Lloyd Pace
Plot: Duane Bradley seems to be a charming redneck but the basket he carries hides a deadly secret: his deformed Siamese twin, who wants nothing more than vengeance against the doctors who cruelly separated them years before.
Bob Marley
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1981
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stefan Paul
Actors: Bob Marley
Breakthrough ( Steiner - Das eiserne Kreuz, 2. Teil )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1981
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Actors: Richard Burton, Rod Steiger, Helmut Griem, Klaus Löwitsch, Michael Parks, Werner Pochath
The Bushido Blade
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1981
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Shusei Kotani
Actors: Richard Boone, Toshirô Mifune, Sonny Chiba, James Earl Jones, Mako, Mike Starr
Cannibal Terror ( Terreur cannibale )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1981
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alain Deruelle
Actors: Silvia Solar, Gérard Lemaire, Pamela Stanford, Olivier Mathot, Burt Altman, Antonio Mayans
Carnival Magic
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1981
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Al Adamson
Actors: Don Stewart, Jennifer Houlton, Howard Segal, Regina Carrol, Joe Cirillo, Mark Weston
Plot: A telekinetic and mind-reading magician, along with his talking chimp sidekick, become the main-attraction in the carnival
Cheaper to Keep Her
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1981
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ken Annakin
Actors: Mac Davis, Tovah Feldshuh, Jack Gilford, Chuck Hicks, Ian McShane, Gwen Humble
Choices
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1981
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Silvio Narizzano
Actors: Paul Carafotes, Victor French, Lelia Goldoni, Val Avery, Demi Moore, Stephen Nichols
Conquest of the Earth
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1981
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Barry Crane, Sidney Hayers, Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
Actors: Lorne Greene, Robyn Douglass, Robert Reed, James Patrick Stuart, John Colicos, Kent McCord
A Day of Judgment
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1981
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Charles Reynolds
Actors: William Hicks, Harris Bloodworth, Deborah Bloodworth, Susan Bloodworth, Carlton Bortell, Jonas Bridges
Plot: In a 1930's small southern town rife with lust, corruption and sin rides a
man in black, welding a scythe, and ready to cut an unholy path of
righteousness via lots of killing.
Death of a Prophet
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1981
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Woodie King Jr.
Actors: Morgan Freeman, Yolanda King, Ossie Davis, Sam Singleton, George Harris, Amiri Baraka
Design, The ( Projekt )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1981
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Czech
Genre: Animation
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jirí Barta
Duel of the Century ( Liu Xiao Feng zhi jue zhan qian hou )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1981
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Yuen Chor
Actors: Tony Liu, Li Ching, Piao Chin, Fai Wong Lam, Tien Hsiang Lung, Chih-Ching Yang
Plot: Swordsman Lu Hsiao-Feng attempts to determine why two other swordsmen have agreed to a duel at the Forbidden City, even though both men are held in high regard. In the process of his investigation, Lu encounters treachery, doubles, hidden identities, and a plot against the emperor himself.
Elvis Gratton
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1981
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Pierre Falardeau, Julien Poulin
Actors: Julien Poulin, Little Beaver, Marie-Claude Dufour, Pierre Falardeau, Denise Mercier
Father and Son ( Foo ji ching )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1981
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Allen Fong
Actors: Yu-Ngor Cheung, Lei Shih, Sin-Mei Yun, Wai-Man Yung, Hong Zhu
Frankenstein Island
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1981
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jerry Warren
Actors: Robert Clarke, John Carradine, George Mitchell, Katherine Victor, Cameron Mitchell, Robert Christopher
Full Moon High
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1981
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Larry Cohen
Actors: Adam Arkin, Ed McMahon, Alan Arkin, Pat Morita, Roz Kelly, Kenneth Mars
Plot: A former high school jock is transformed into a werewolf during a family
visit to Transylvania.
Gulliver's Travels
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1981
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Peter R. Hunt
Actors: Richard Harris, Catherine Schell, Norman Shelley, Meredith Edwards, Julian Glover, Robert Rietty
Home on the Rails ( Het Treinhuisje )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1981
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Dutch
Genre: Animation/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Paul Driessen
Plot: For an old couple that lives off of gold that comes from the river, life is good. But will it last?
Maxwell Street Blues
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1981
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Linda Williams, Raul Zaritsky
Actors: Jim Brewer, John Henry Davis, Blind Arvella Gray, Robert Nighthawk, Coot Venson
My Young Auntie ( Cheung booi )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1981
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Chia-Liang Liu
Actors: Chia-Liang Liu, Kara Hui, Hou Hsiao, Lung Wei Wang, Tat-wah Cho, Chia Hui Liu
Outside In
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1981
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stephen Dwoskin
Actors: Suzan Crowley, Tony Haygarth, Tony Rohr, Olimpia Carlisi, Jane Janovic, Marie Manet
pont du Nord, Le
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1981
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jacques Rivette
Actors: Bulle Ogier, Pascale Ogier, Pierre Clémenti, Jean-François Stévenin, Benjamin Baltimore, Steve Baës
Public Enemy Number One
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1981
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: David Bradbury
Salome
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1981
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Other
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Laurice Guillen
Actors: Gina Alajar, Dennis Roldan, Johnny Delgado, Bongchi Miraflor, Bruno Punzalan, Tony Santos
Scream
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1981
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Byron Quisenberry
Actors: Pepper Martin, Hank Worden, Ethan Wayne, Ann Bronston, Julie Marine, Nancy St. Marie
Plot: On a river rafting trip, a group of friends make a pit stop at a ghost town. When they get back, the raft has disappeared, and soon they are being killed off one by one...
Shaolin Handlock ( Shi zi mo hou shou )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1981
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Meng Hua Ho
Actors: David Chiang, Ping Chen, Lieh Lo, Wai-Man Chan, Shen Chan, Dick Wei
Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1981
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Don McDougall
Actors: Nicholas Hammond, Robert F. Simon, Rosalind Chao, Benson Fong, Ted Danson, Ellen Bry
Story of the Forest: Mavka, A ( Lesnaya pesnya. Mavka )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1981
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Yuri Ilyenko
Actors: Lyudmila Efimenko, Viktor Kremlyov, Mayya Bulgakova, Ivan Mykolaichuk, Lyudmila Lobza, Boris Khmelnitskiy
Plot: Based on folktales from the Carpathian region, the film tells the story of a doomed
romance between a nymph called Mavka and a mortal man.
Tale of Africa, A ( Afurika monogatari )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1981
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Susumu Hani, Simon Trevor
Actors: Kathy, Philip Sayer, Heekura Simba, James Stewart, Eleonora Vallone
Tell Me a Riddle
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1981
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Lee Grant
Actors: Melvyn Douglas, Lila Kedrova, Brooke Adams, Dolores Dorn, Bob Elross, Jon Harris
Time Slip aka G. I. Samurai ( Senjoku jietai )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1981
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mitsumasa Saito
Actors: Sonny Chiba, Masashi Ishibashi, Haruki Kadokawa, Isao Natsuyagi, Hiroyuki Sanada, Mizuho Suzuki
Traveller
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1981
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joe Comerford
Actors: Judy Donovan, Davy Spillane, Alan Devlin, Johnny Choil Mhaidhc, Paddy Donovan, Joe Pilkington
Underground Aces
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1981
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Robert Butler
Actors: Dirk Benedict, Melanie Griffith, Sid Haig, Jerry OrbachFrank Gorshin, Michael Winslow, Frank Gorshin
Whoever Says the Truth Shall Die ( Wie de Waarheid Zegt Moet Dood )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1981
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Philo Bregstein
Actors: Bernardo Bertolucci, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Maria Antonietta Macciocchi, Nino Marazzita, Laura Betti, Alberto Moravia
Windwalker
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1981
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Western
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Kieth Merrill
Actors: Trevor Howard, Nick Ramus, James Remar, Serene Hedin, Dusty McCrea, Silvana Gallardo
The World of Gilbert & George
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1981
Overall Rating: 1.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: George Passmore, Gilbert Proesch
Actors: George Passmore, Gilbert Proesch
