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.

171. The Hand

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Oliver Stone
Actors: Michael Caine, Andrea Marcovicci, Annie McEnroe, Bruce McGill, Viveca Lindfors, Rosemary Murphy
Plot: A grisly car wreck causes Jonathan to lose one of his hands, which is not recovered at the accident scene. Later, people who've angered the now-paranoid cartoonist begin to disappear. Is Jonathan's severed hand capable of a killing spree?

172. Caveman

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Carl Gottlieb
Actors: Ringo Starr, Dennis Quaid, Shelley Long, Jack Gilford, Carl Lumbly, Cork Hubbert
Plot: Lovesick Atouk (the smallest and weakest caveman of his tribe) struggles to win the heart of the beautiful Lana. But to do so, he'll have to contend with Lana's mate, the hulking chief of the tribe.

173. The Sea Wolves

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/War
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Actors: Gregory Peck, Roger Moore, David Niven, Trevor Howard, Barbara Kellerman, Patrick Macnee

174. Buddy Buddy

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Billy Wilder
Actors: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Paula Prentiss, Klaus Kinski, Dana Elcar, Michael Ensign
Plot: Hitman Trabucco was tasked to eliminate a hood named Rudy "Disco" Gambola. While on the job Trabucco encounters a suicidal Victor Clooney. Both become close and try to help each other.

175. Dr. Jekyll and His Women aka Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne, The ( Docteur Jekyll et les femmes )

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Walerian Borowczyk
Actors: Udo Kier, Marina Pierro, Patrick Magee, Gérard Zalcberg, Howard Vernon, Clément Harari

176. Carnival Magic

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Al Adamson
Actors: Don Stewart, Jennifer Houlton, Howard Segal, Regina Carrol, Joe Cirillo, Mark Weston
Plot: A telekinetic and mind-reading magician, along with his talking chimp sidekick, become the main-attraction in the carnival

177. Paternity

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Plot: A single man searches for a woman who will bear his baby with no strings attached.

178. The Unseen

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Danny Steinmann
Actors: Stephen Furst, Barbara Bach, Sydney Lassick, Lelia Goldoni, Karen Lamm, Douglas Barr
Plot: A trio of Female reporters find themselves staying overnight in a house occupied by a hostile being known only The Unseen.

179. Man of Marble ( Czlowiek z marmuru )

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Polish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Actors: Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Krystyna Janda, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Jacek Lomnicki, Michal Tarkowski, Piotr Cieslak

180. The Nesting

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Armand Weston
Actors: Robin Groves, John Carradine, Gloria Grahame, Christopher Loomis, Bill Rowley, Michael David Lally

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