61. The Burning
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tony Maylam
Actors: Brian Matthews, Leah Ayres, Brian Backer, Jason Alexander, Holly Hunter, Larry Joshua
Plot: A former summer camp caretaker, horribly burned from a prank gone wrong, lurks around an upstate New York summer camp bent on killing the teenagers responsible for his disfigurement.
62. Ms. 45
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NC-17
Director: Abel Ferrara
Actors: Zoƫ Lund, Albert Sinkys, Darlene Stuto, Helen McGara, Nike Zachmanoglou, Abel Ferrara
Plot: A mute and withdrawn seamstress is raped twice in one day and goes on a
killing spree after dark - a trusty .45 in her hand and any man she comes
across her target.
63. Polyester
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Waters
Actors: Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey, David Samson, Mary Garlington, Mink Stole
64. For Your Eyes Only
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John Glen
Actors: Roger Moore, Carole Bouquet, Topol, Julian Glover, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Jill Bennett
Plot: Bond is one the case when a British spy ship sinks with an ATAC encryption device and the Russians send their own agents after it.
65. Friday the 13th Part 2
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Steve Miner
Actors: Amy Steel, John Furey, Adrienne King, Kirsten Baker, Stuart Charno, Warrington Gillette
Plot: Five years after his mother's death, it is the thought-to-be-drowned Jason Voorhees who exacts his revenge as a new campsite is built uncomfortably close to Crystal Lake.
66. Windwalker
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Western
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Kieth Merrill
Actors: Trevor Howard, Nick Ramus, James Remar, Serene Hedin, Dusty McCrea, Silvana Gallardo
67. Death Hunt
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter R. Hunt
Actors: Charles Bronson, Lee Marvin, Andrew Stevens, Carl Weathers, Angie Dickinson, Ed Lauter
Plot: Loosely based on a real 1930's event. A Canadian trapper (Bronson) is framed for murder, and becomes the focus of an extensive manhunt, led by a lawman (Marvin).
68. The Cannonball Run
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Hal Needham
Actors: Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr.
Plot: Teams of unpredictable, wild racers compete in a highly illegal cross-country car race.
69. The Four Seasons
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Alan Alda
Actors: Alan Alda, Carol Burnett, Len Cariou, Rita Moreno, Sandy Dennis, Jack Weston
70. Ragtime
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Milos Forman
Actors: James Cagney, Brad Dourif, Moses Gunn, Elizabeth McGovern, Mandy Patinkin, Mary Steenburgen