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. Lili Marleen

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Actors: Hanna Schygulla, Giancarlo Giannini, Mel Ferrer, Karl-Heinz von Hassel, Udo Kier, Erik Schumann

172. Don't Go in the Woods... Alone!

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Bryan
Actors: Jack McClelland, Mary Gail Artz, James P. Hayden, Angie Brown, Ken Carter, David Barth
Plot: Four campers go backpacking through the mountains. While other campers are
being killed around them, they are being stalked by the killer.

173. Model

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Frederick Wiseman
Actors: Andy Warhol

174. Oberwald Mystery, The ( mistero di Oberwald, Il )

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Actors: Monica Vitti, Paolo Bonacelli, Franco Branciaroli, Luigi Diberti, Elisabetta Pozzi, Amad Saha Alan

175. Lovespell

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tom Donovan
Actors: Richard Burton, Kate Mulgrew, Nicholas Clay, Cyril Cusack, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Niall Toibin

176. Rich and Famous

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: George Cukor
Actors: Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen, David Selby, Hart Bochner, Meg Ryan, Nicole Eggert

177. 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?

178. 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.

179. 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

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

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.2 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.

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