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. 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.

232. 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

233. 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

234. 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

235. 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

236. 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.

237. Fear No Evil

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Frank LaLoggia
Actors: Stefan Arngrim, Elizabeth Hoffman, Kathleen Rowe McAllen, Frank Birney, Daniel Eden, Richard Jay Silverthorn
Plot: A high school student turns out to be personification of Lucifer.

238. Rollover

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Actors: Jane Fonda, Kris Kristofferson, Hume Cronyn, Josef Sommer, Bob Gunton, Macon McCalman

239. Heartbreak High ( Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats, The )

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 1.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mark Warren
Actors: John Vernon, Norman Fell, Robert Forster, Thom Haverstock, Terry Swiednicki, Keith Brown

240. Tattoo

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bob Brooks
Actors: Bruce Dern, Maud Adams, Leonard Frey, John Getz, Cynthia Nixon, Frederikke Borge

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