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.

231. 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

232. 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.

234. Hardly Working

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jerry Lewis
Actors: Jerry Lewis, Susan Oliver, Roger C. Carmel, Deanna Lund, Harold J. Stone, Steve Franken

235. The Private Eyes

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Lang Elliott
Actors: Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Trisha Noble, Bernard Fox, Grace Zabriskie, Irwin Keyes
Plot: Two bumbling detectives try solving a murder.

236. Galaxy of Terror

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bruce D. Clark
Actors: Edward Albert, Erin Moran, Ray Walston, Robert Englund, Sid Haig, Zalman King

237. Take This Job and Shove It

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Gus Trikonis
Actors: Robert Hays, Art Carney, Barbara Hershey, David Keith, Tim Thomerson, Martin Mull

238. Private Lessons

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 1.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alan Myerson
Actors: Sylvia Kristel, Howard Hesseman, Eric Brown, Meridith Baer, Ed Begley Jr., Ron Foster

239. Going Ape!

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jeremy Joe Kronsberg
Actors: Tony Danza, Jessica Walter, Stacey Nelkin, Danny DeVito, Frank Sivero, Leon Askin

240. Carbon Copy

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Michael Schultz
Actors: George Segal, Denzel Washington, Susan Saint James, Jack Warden, Dick Martin, Paul Winfield
Plot: White executive Walter Whitney learns unexpectedly that he has a teenage black son, Roger. Fearing that his uptight neighbors won't approve, Walter tries to dismiss his new houseguest's arrival as race-related research. But soon his secret's out, and he loses his job and his wife. Forced to start over with nothing, Walter learns firsthand about the challenges facing many minorities.

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