41. Halloween II
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rick Rosenthal
Actors: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Charles Cyphers, Jeffrey Kramer, Lance Guest, Leo Rossi
Plot: After surviving her ordeal, Laurie Strode is rushed to the hospital. While Sheriff Brackett and Dr. Loomis scour Haddonfield for Michael Myers, the killer has discovered Laurie's whereabouts and turns the hospital into his own killing field.
42. Last Metro, The ( dernier métro, Le )
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: François Truffaut
Actors: Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Poiret, Andréa Ferréol, Paulette Dubost, Jean-Louis Richard
43. Dead and Buried
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gary Sherman
Actors: James Farentino, Melody Anderson, Jack Albertson, Robert Englund, Barry Corbin, Dennis Redfield
Plot: Citizens of a small town believe a series of murders have been committed by the eccentric local coroner.
44. Outland
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter Hyams
Actors: Sean Connery, Peter Boyle, Frances Sternhagen, James Sikking, John Ratzenberger, Kika Markham
Plot: Futuristic "High Noon" in outer space. The marshal of an orbiting space colony must face hired gunslingers to rid miners from a bad mine boss.
45. Scanners
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Cronenberg
Actors: Michael Ironside, Jennifer O'Neill, Stephen Lack, Patrick McGoohan, Lawrence Dane, Robert A. Silverman
Plot: Scanners are powerful psychics able to control the minds of others - to the point of death if necessary. An underground group of scanners seeks control of the world, while a rival group seeks to destroy the movement by using a rogue scanner against his own.
46. Taxi to the Toilet ( Taxi zum Klo )
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Frank Ripploh
Actors: Frank Ripploh, Bernd Broaderup, Orpha Termin, Peter Fahrni, Dieter Godde, Klaus Schnee
47. Absence of Malice
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sydney Pollack
Actors: Paul Newman, Sally Field, Bob Balaban, Melinda Dillon, Luther Adler, Wilford Brimley
Plot: Michael Colin Gallagher is the son of a long dead Mafia boss who is a
simple liquor warehouse owner. Frustrated in his attempt to solve a
murder of a union head, a prosecutor leaks a false story that Gallagher
is a target of the investigation, hoping that he will tell them
something for protection. As his life begins to unravel, others are hurt
by the story. Megan Carter, the reporter, is in the clear under the
Absence of Malice rule in slander and libel cases. Knowing nothing to
trade to the prosecutors, Gallagher must regain control of his life on
different ground.
48. Nighthawks
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bruce Malmuth
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Billy Dee Williams, Lindsay Wagner, Rutger Hauer, Persis Khambatta, Nigel Davenport
Plot: Two New York cops are tracking an international terrorist, while he changes his target to those cops, who he sees as a nuisance to be dealt with.
49. The Prowler
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Joseph Zito
Actors: Vicky Dawson, Christopher Goutman, Lawrence Tierney, Farley Granger, Cindy Weintraub, Lisa Dunsheath
50. Pixote ( Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco )
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Portuguese
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Hector Babenco
Actors: Fernando Ramos da Silva, Jorge Julião, Gilberto Moura, Edilson Lino, Zenildo Oliveira Santos, Claudio Bernardo
