Top Movies of 1981


The top movies of 1981 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

91. Deadly Blessing

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wes Craven
Actors: Maren Jensen, Sharon Stone, Susan Buckner, Jeff East, Ernest Borgnine, Douglas Barr
Plot: In an Hittite Amish community, a widow is charged as being an "incubus" after her husband dies in a mysterious tractor accident and must figure out the real culprit before she becomes the next victim.

92. Permanent Vacation

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Actors: Richard Boes, Ruth Bolton, Sara Driver, María Duval, Frankie Faison, Jane Fire

93. Island of the Fishmen ( isola degli uomini pesce, L' )

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Adventure/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sergio Martino
Actors: Barbara Bach, Claudio Cassinelli, Richard Johnson, Beryl Cunningham, Joseph Cotten, Franco Iavarone

94. All Night Long

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jean-Claude Tramont
Actors: Gene Hackman, Barbra Streisand, Diane Ladd, Dennis Quaid, Kevin Dobson, Ann Doran

95. The Postman Always Rings Twice

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bob Rafelson
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange, John Colicos, Michael Lerner, Anjelica Huston, John P. Ryan
Plot: When the seductive wife of a roadside cafe owner starts an affair with a seedy drifter, the two plot a way to get the husband out of the picture.

96. Roadgames ( Road Games )

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Richard Franklin
Actors: Stacy Keach, Jamie Lee Curtis, Marion Edward, Grant Page, Thaddeus Smith, Steve Millichamp

97. Woman Next Door, The ( femme d'à côté, La )

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: François Truffaut
Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Henri Garcin, Michèle Baumgartner, Roger Van Hool, Véronique Silver
Plot: Two former lovers (Gerard Depardieu and Fanny Ardant) wind up living next
door to each other. Though they are both married to others, they embark
on a passionate affair, with dire consequences.

98. Blood Beach

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jeffrey Bloom
Actors: David Huffman, Marianna Hill, Burt Young, Otis Young, Lena Pousette, John Saxon

99. Absurd aka Horrible ( Rosso sangue )

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joe D'Amato
Actors: George Eastman, Annie Belle, Charles Borromel, Katya Berger, Kasimir Berger, Ted Rusoff

100. The Boogens

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James L. Conway
Actors: Rebecca Balding, Fred McCarren, Anne-Marie Martin, Jeff Harlan, John Crawford, Med Flory
Plot: When some local people open up an abandoned silver mine, they accidentally
release the monstrous boogens that were imprisoned there for a century.
Set free, the boogens, gigantic scaly, turtle-like creatures with sharp
teeth, go on a killing rampage.

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