Films: 1981

Our 15 Favorite Films of 1981

1. Gallipoli (Peter Weir)

2. Time Bandits (Terry Gilliam)

3. My Dinner With Andre (Louis Malle)

4. Blow Out (Brian de Palma)

5. Atlantic City (Louis Malle)

6. Absence of Malice (Sydney Pollack)

7. Tess (Roman Polanski)

8. Scanners (David Cronenberg)

9. Body Heat (Lawrence Kasdan)

10. Reds (Warren Beatty)

11. Arthur (Steve Gordon)

12. Escape From New York (John Carpenter)

13. Stripes (Ivan Reitman)

14. The Evil Dead (Sam Raimi)

15. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg)

BEST ACTOR: Paul Newman in Absence of Malice

BEST DIRECTOR: Peter Weir for Gallipoli

BEST SCREENPLAY: Kurt Luedtke for Absence of Malice

 

 

 

 

 

Written by G. William Locke