Top Movies of 1981


The top movies of 1981 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

131. Chanel Solitaire

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: George Kaczender
Actors: Marie-France Pisier, Timothy Dalton, Rutger Hauer, Brigitte Fossey, Karen Black, Leila Fréchet

132. Menschenfrauen

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Valie Export
Actors: Renée Felden, Maria Martina, Susanne Widl, Klaus Wildbolz, Hermann Hendrich, Helmut Richter

133. You Are Not Alone ( Du er ikke alene )

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: Danish
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ernst Johansen, Lasse Nielsen
Actors: Anders Agensø, Peter Bjerg, Ove Sprogøe, Elin Reimer, Jan Jørgensen, Jørn Faurschou
Plot: A Danish student (Bo) arrives at a strictly-run boarding school befriends the headmaster's son. Bo is besieged by confusing emotions and mixed feelings of sexuality as his friendship grows closer.

134. Loophole

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Quested
Actors: Albert Finney, Martin Sheen, Jonathan Pryce, Susannah York, Colin Blakely, Robert Morley

135. High Risk

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Stewart Raffill
Actors: James Brolin, Anthony Quinn, Lindsay Wagner, James Coburn, Ernest Borgnine, Bruce Davison

136. The Plumber

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Peter Weir
Actors: Judy Morris, Ivar Kants, Robert Coleby, Candy Raymond, Henri Szeps, Yomi Abioudan

137. Blood Beach

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jeffrey Bloom
Actors: David Huffman, Marianna Hill, Burt Young, Otis Young, Lena Pousette, John Saxon

138. The Devil and Max Devlin

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern
Actors: Elliott Gould, Bill Cosby, Susan Anspach, Adam Rich, David Knell, Julie Budd
Plot: When Max Devlin is killed in a car crash, he goes to hell where he makes a bargain with the Devil. If Max can convince three innocent people to sell him their souls within a two month period, he can go back to earth and resume living his life.

139. Basket Case

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Frank Henenlotter
Actors: Kevin Van Hentenryck, Terri Susan Smith, Beverly Bonner, Robert Vogel, Diana Browne, Lloyd Pace
Plot: Duane Bradley seems to be a charming redneck but the basket he carries hides a deadly secret: his deformed Siamese twin, who wants nothing more than vengeance against the doctors who cruelly separated them years before.

140. Condorman

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Charles Jarrott
Actors: Michael Crawford, Oliver Reed, Barbara Carrera, James Hampton, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Dana Elcar
Plot: A cartoonist becomes the superhero he created and helps a Soviet spy defect to the West.

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