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.

171. Oberwald Mystery, The ( mistero di Oberwald, Il )

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Actors: Monica Vitti, Paolo Bonacelli, Franco Branciaroli, Luigi Diberti, Elisabetta Pozzi, Amad Saha Alan

172. Lovespell

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tom Donovan
Actors: Richard Burton, Kate Mulgrew, Nicholas Clay, Cyril Cusack, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Niall Toibin

173. Rich and Famous

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: George Cukor
Actors: Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen, David Selby, Hart Bochner, Meg Ryan, Nicole Eggert

174. An Eye for an Eye

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Steve Carver
Actors: Chuck Norris, Christopher Lee, Richard Roundtree, Matt Clark, Mako, Maggie Cooper

175. The Hand

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Oliver Stone
Actors: Michael Caine, Andrea Marcovicci, Annie McEnroe, Bruce McGill, Viveca Lindfors, Rosemary Murphy
Plot: A grisly car wreck causes Jonathan to lose one of his hands, which is not recovered at the accident scene. Later, people who've angered the now-paranoid cartoonist begin to disappear. Is Jonathan's severed hand capable of a killing spree?

176. Caveman

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Carl Gottlieb
Actors: Ringo Starr, Dennis Quaid, Shelley Long, Jack Gilford, Carl Lumbly, Cork Hubbert
Plot: Lovesick Atouk (the smallest and weakest caveman of his tribe) struggles
to win the heart of the beautiful Lana. But to do so, he'll have to
contend with Lana's mate, the hulking chief of the tribe.

177. The Sea Wolves

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/War
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Actors: Gregory Peck, Roger Moore, David Niven, Trevor Howard, Barbara Kellerman, Patrick Macnee

178. You Are Not Alone ( Du er ikke alene )

Year of Release: 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.

179. Buddy Buddy

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Billy Wilder
Actors: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Paula Prentiss, Klaus Kinski, Dana Elcar, Michael Ensign
Plot: Hitman Trabucco was tasked to eliminate a hood named Rudy "Disco" Gambola. While on the job Trabucco encounters a suicidal Victor Clooney. Both become close and try to help each other.

180. Dr. Jekyll and His Women aka Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne, The ( Docteur Jekyll et les femmes )

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Walerian Borowczyk
Actors: Udo Kier, Marina Pierro, Patrick Magee, Gérard Zalcberg, Howard Vernon, Clément Harari

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