51. 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.
52. 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
53. Whose Life is It Anyway?
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Badham
Actors: Richard Dreyfuss, John Cassavetes, Christine Lahti, Bob Balaban, Kenneth McMillan, Kaki Hunter
54. The French Lieutenant's Woman
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Karel Reisz
Actors: Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Hilton McRae, Emily Morgan, Charlotte Mitchell, Lynsey Baxter
Plot: The lives and loves of an actor and actress echo that of a movie being filmed.
55. Inglorious Bastards ( Quel maledetto treno blindato )
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Enzo G. Castellari
Actors: Bo Svenson, Peter Hooten, Fred Williamson, Michael Pergolani, Jackie Basehart, Michel Constantin
Plot: Two officers (Bo Svenson, Ian Bannen) lead military misfits on a mission to steal a Nazi V-2 rocket gyroscope.
56. From the Life of the Marionettes ( Aus dem Leben der Marionetten )
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Actors: Robert Atzorn, Christine Buchegger, Martin Benrath, Rita Russek, Lola Müthel, Walter Schmidinger
Plot: One of Ingmar Bergman's later works, "From the Life of the Marionettes" explores a couple's troubled marriage, and the motives behind the husband's murder of a call girl.
57. Antropophagus
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Joe D'Amato
Actors: Tisa Farrow, Saverio Vallone, Serena Grandi, Margaret Mazzantini, Mark Bodin, George Eastman
58. 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
59. Haunting of Julia, The ( Full Circle )
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Loncraine
Actors: Mia Farrow, Keir Dullea, Tom Conti, Jill Bennett, Robin Gammell, Cathleen Nesbitt
60. Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure aka Friend is a Treasure, A ( Chi trova un amico, trova un tesoro )
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Actors: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, John Fujioka, Louise Bennett, Salvatore Borghese, Kainowa Lauritzen
