1981 Movies

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My Top Picks

  1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
  2. Excalibur
  3. Mad Max 2
  4. Das Boot
  5. The Evil Dead

Notable Mentions ("Surprise" Films)

  1. Time Bandits
  2. An American Werewolf in London
  3. Clash of the Titans
  4. Escape from New York
  5. Gallipoli
  6. Christiane F.
  7. Gregory's Girl
  8. Dragonslayer

The Biggest Disappointments

  1. Quest for Fire: A couple of hours of grunting does not make a movie.
  2. Friday the 13th Part 2: Why is Jason's mom scarrier than Jason himself?
  3. The Survivor: A great book with pathetic screen treatment - ripe for a remake.
  4. For Your Eyes Only: No Gadgets and a bond that was getting a little old for the role.

All the films I've seen from 1981 at the Cinema

  • Clash of the Titans
  • Excalibur
  • Gallipoli
  • Great Muppet Caper, The
  • History of the World: Part I
  • Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie, The
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark

All the films I've seen from 1981 on the Small Screen

  1. American Werewolf in London, An
  2. Arthur
  3. Bustin' Loose
  4. Cannonball Run, The
  5. Christiane F.
  6. Condorman
  7. Chariots of Fire
  8. Das Boot
  9. Day of the Triffids (BBC Series)
  10. Dead & Buried
  11. Dragonslayer
  12. Entity, The
  13. Escape from New York
  14. Evil Dead, The
  15. For Your Eyes Only
  16. Fox and the Hound, The
  17. Friday the 13th Part 2
  18. Gallipoli
  19. Goodbye Pork Pie – (New Zealand)
  20. Gregory's Girl
  21. Halloween II
  22. Howling, The
  23. Inseminoid
  24. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
  25. Masada (Mini-Series)
  26. Omen III: The Final Conflict
  27. On Golden Pond
  28. Outland
  29. Porky's
  30. Quest for Fire
  31. Reds
  32. Scanners
  33. Stripes
  34. Superman II
  35. Survivor, The
  36. Taps
  37. Time Bandits
  38. Wolfen

What's Left to see from 1981?

  1. ...All the Marbles
  2. Absence of Malice
  3. All Night Long
  4. Amateur, The
  5. American Pop
  6. Amy
  7. An Eye for an Eye
  8. Aviator's Wife, The (La femme de l'aviateur) – (France)
  9. Back Roads
  10. Beau-père – (France)
  11. Betrayal (Løperjenten) – (Norway)
  12. Bianco, rosso e Verdone – (Italy)
  13. Blind Chance (Przypadek) – (Poland)
  14. Blood Wedding (Bodas de sangre) – (Spain)
  15. Blood of Hussain, The – (Pakistan)
  16. Blow Out
  17. Boat Is Full, The (Das Boot ist voll) – (Switzerland)
  18. Body Heat
  19. Body and Soul
  20. Buddy Buddy
  21. Buriki no kunsho – (Japan)
  22. Burning, The – (United States/Canada)
  23. Bushido Blade, The
  24. Carbon Copy
  25. Cattle Annie and Little Britches
  26. Caveman
  27. Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
  28. Charlotte – (Netherlands)
  29. Chosen, The
  30. Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
  31. Circle of Deceit (Die Fälschung) – (West Germany) *
  32. Continental Divide
  33. Coup de torchon – (France)
  34. Cutter's Way
  35. Dance Craze – (U.K.)
  36. Dark Night of the Scarecrow *
  37. Deadly Blessing
  38. Death Hunt
  39. Decline of Western Civilization, The
  40. Deprisa, Deprisa (Hurry, Hurry!) – (Spain)
  41. Devil and Max Devlin, The
  42. Die Berührte – (West Germany)
  43. Diva – (France)
  44. Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (Sjecas li se Doli Bel?) – (Yugoslavia)
  45. Dreszcze (Shivers) – (Poland)
  46. Eijanaika (Why Not?) – (Japan)
  47. Ek Duuje Ke Liye (Made for Each Other) – (India)
  48. Endless Love
  49. Escape to Victory (aka Victory)
  50. Eye of the Needle – (U.K.)
  51. Eyewitness
  52. Fan, The
  53. Fever (Gorączka) – (Poland)
  54. First Monday in October
  55. Fort Apache
  56. Four Friends
  57. Four Seasons, The
  58. French Lieutenant's Woman, The
  59. Full Moon High
  60. Funhouse, The
  61. Gangster Wars
  62. Garde à Vue – (France)
  63. Gas – (Canada)
  64. Ghost Story
  65. Girl with the Red Hair, The (Het meisje met het rode haar) – (Netherlands)
  66. Going Ape!
  67. Graduation Day
  68. Great Muppet Caper, The
  69. Grendel Grendel Grendel – (Australia)
  70. Hand, The
  71. Hands Up! (Ręce do góry) – (Poland) – originally made in 1967 but withheld
  72. Happy Birthday to Me – (Canada)
  73. Hard Country
  74. Hardly Working
  75. Harry's War
  76. Heartbeeps
  77. Heavy Metal – (Canada)
  78. Hell Night
  79. Honky Tonk Freeway
  80. Hound of the Baskervilles, The (Priklyucheniya Sherloka Kholmsa i doktora Vatsona: Sobaka Baskerviley) – (U.S.S.R.)
  81. I Love You (Eu Te Amo) – (Brazil)
  82. Il Marchese del Grillo – (Italy)
  83. Il minestrone – (Italy)
  84. Incredible Shrinking Woman, The
  85. Inventor, The (Der Erfinder) – (Switzerland/West Germany)
  86. Just Another Missing Kid – (Canada)
  87. Killing Heat (Gräset Sjunger) – (Sweden/Zambia)
  88. Killing of Angel Street, The – (Australia)
  89. Knightriders
  90. Kranti (Revolution) – (India)
  91. La Pelle (The Skin) – (Italy)
  92. Ladies and Gentlemen
  93. Lady Chatterley's Lover
  94. Land of Hunger, The (Aakali Rajyam) – (India)
  95. Last Chase, The
  96. Lawaaris – (India)
  97. Le Pont du Nord – (France)
  98. Le confort et l'indifférence (Comfort and Indifference) – (Canada)
  99. Legend of the Lone Ranger, The
  100. Les Uns et les Autres – (France)
  101. Light Years Away (Les Années lumière) – (France)
  102. Lili Marleen – (West Germany)
  103. Lion of the Desert – (Libya)
  104. Little Fox, The (Vuk) – (Hungary)
  105. Lola – (West Germany)
  106. Looker
  107. Looks and Smiles – (U.K.)
  108. Loophole
  109. Man of Iron (Człowiek z żelaza) – (Poland)
  110. Mandala – (South Korea)
  111. Marianne and Juliane (Die bleierne Zeit) – (West Germany)
  112. Melody Haunts My Memory, The (Samo jednom se ljubi) – (Yugoslavia)
  113. Mephisto – (Hungary/West Germany/Austria)
  114. Modern Romance
  115. Mommie Dearest
  116. Montenegro – (Sweden)
  117. Ms. 45
  118. Muzhiki! – (U.S.S.R.)
  119. My Bloody Valentine – (Canada)
  120. My Dinner with Andre
  121. Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians, The (Tajemství hradu v Karpatech) – (Czechoslovakia)
  122. Mystery of the Third Planet, The (Tayna tretyey planety) – (U.S.S.R.)
  123. Naseeb (Destiny) – (India)
  124. National Heritage (Patrimonio nacional) – (Spain)
  125. Neighbors
  126. Nesting, The
  127. Nice Dreams, a Cheech & Chong film
  128. Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia, The
  129. Nighthawks
  130. Nobody's Perfekt
  131. Oil, the Baby and the Transylvanians, The (Pruncul, petrolul şi ardelenii) – (Romania)
  132. On the Right Track
  133. Only When I Laugh
  134. Passion of Love (Passione d'amore) – (Italy)
  135. Paternity
  136. Pennies from Heaven
  137. Pixote – (Brazil)
  138. Polyester
  139. Possession – (France/West Germany)
  140. Postman Always Rings Twice, The
  141. Priest of Love – (UK)
  142. Prince of the City
  143. Private Lessons
  144. Prodigal Son, The (Bai ga jai) – (Hong Kong)
  145. Pursuit of D. B. Cooper, The
  146. Quartet – (U.K.)
  147. Race for the Yankee Zephyr – (New Zealand)
  148. Raggedy Man
  149. Ragtime
  150. Rich and Famous
  151. Ritam zločina – (Yugoslavia)
  152. Roadgames – (Australia)
  153. Roar
  154. Rollover
  155. Ruckus
  156. S.O.B.
  157. Salamander, The
  158. Saturday the 14th
  159. Shaolin and Wu Tang (Shao Lin yu Wu Dang) – (Hong Kong)
  160. Sharky's Machine
  161. Shaukeen – (India)
  162. Shikake-nin Baian – (Japan)
  163. Shock Treatment *
  164. Short Working Day – (Poland)
  165. Silence of the North – (Canada)
  166. Simple-Minded Murderer, The (Den Enfaldige Mördaren) – (Sweden)
  167. Sixth, The (Shestoy) – (U.S.S.R.)
  168. Smash Palace – (New Zealand)
  169. Sogni d'oro (Golden Dreams) – (Italy)
  170. Southern Comfort
  171. Sphinx
  172. Station (Eki Station) – (Japan)
  173. Strange Affair (Une étrange affaire) – (France)
  174. Strange Behavior – (New Zealand)
  175. Student Bodies
  176. Suddenly at Midnight (Gipeun bam, gapjagi) – (South Korea)
  177. Take This Job and Shove It
  178. Tales of Ordinary Madness (Storie di ordinaria follia) – (Italy/France)
  179. Tarzan, the Ape Man
  180. Tattoo
  181. Taxi zum Klo (Taxi to the Toilet) – (West Germany)
  182. Teheran 43 – (U.S.S.R./France/Switzerland)
  183. They All Laughed
  184. Thief aka Violent Streets
  185. This Is Elvis, a documentary
  186. Three Brothers (Tre fratelli) – (Italy)
  187. Threshold – (Canada)
  188. Ticket to Heaven – (Canada)
  189. Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man (La tragedia di un uomo ridicolo) – (Italy)
  190. Tree of Knowledge (Kundskabens træ) – (Denmark)
  191. True Confessions
  192. True Story of Ah Q, The (Ā Q zhèng zhuàn) – (China)
  193. Tuck Everlasting
  194. Under the Rainbow
  195. Variola Vera – (Yugoslavia)
  196. Vernon, Florida, a documentary
  197. Whose Life Is It Anyway?
  198. Will
  199. Winter of Our Dreams – (Australia)
  200. Woman Next Door, The (La Femme d'à côté) – (France)
  201. Woman Who Exposes Herself (Misetagaru onna) – (Japan)
  202. Zoot Suit
  203. Zorro, The Gay Blade
  204. Útlaginn (Outlaw: The Saga of Gisli) – (Iceland)