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.

221. Lightning Over Water

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nicholas Ray, Wim Wenders
Actors: Wim Wenders, Tom Farrell, Nicholas Ray, Tom Kaufman, Pierre Cottrell, Edward Lachman

222. Conquest of the Earth

Year of Release: 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

223. Duel of the Century ( Liu Xiao Feng zhi jue zhan qian hou )

Year of Release: 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.

224. Home on the Rails ( Het Treinhuisje )

Year of Release: 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?

225. Story of the Forest: Mavka, A ( Lesnaya pesnya. Mavka )

Year of Release: 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.

226. voyage en douce, Le

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michel Deville
Actors: Dominique Sanda, Geraldine Chaplin, Jacques Zabor, Jean Crubelier, Valerie Masterson, Cécile Le Bailly

227. Force: Five

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Clouse
Actors: Joe Lewis, Bong Soo Han, Sonny Barnes, Richard Norton, Benny Urquidez, Amanda Wyss

228. Hollywood High Part II

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Caruth C. Byrd, Lee Thornburg
Actors: April May, Brad Cowgill, Donna Lynn, Donna Lynn, Drew Davis, Bruce Dobos

229. Paternity

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: David Steinberg
Actors: Burt Reynolds, Beverly D'Angelo, Norman Fell, Paul Dooley, Elizabeth Ashley, Lauren Hutton
Plot: A single man searches for a woman who will bear his baby with no strings
attached.

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