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.

231. The Private Eyes

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Lang Elliott
Actors: Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Trisha Noble, Bernard Fox, Grace Zabriskie, Irwin Keyes
Plot: Two bumbling detectives try solving a murder.

232. Private Lessons

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 1.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alan Myerson
Actors: Sylvia Kristel, Howard Hesseman, Eric Brown, Meridith Baer, Ed Begley Jr., Ron Foster

233. Going Ape!

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jeremy Joe Kronsberg
Actors: Tony Danza, Jessica Walter, Stacey Nelkin, Danny DeVito, Frank Sivero, Leon Askin

234. Carbon Copy

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Michael Schultz
Actors: George Segal, Denzel Washington, Susan Saint James, Jack Warden, Dick Martin, Paul Winfield
Plot: White executive Walter Whitney learns unexpectedly that he has a teenage black son, Roger. Fearing that his uptight neighbors won't approve, Walter tries to dismiss his new houseguest's arrival as race-related research. But soon his secret's out, and he loses his job and his wife. Forced to start over with nothing, Walter learns firsthand about the challenges facing many minorities.

235. Rollover

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Actors: Jane Fonda, Kris Kristofferson, Hume Cronyn, Josef Sommer, Bob Gunton, Macon McCalman

236. Heartbreak High ( Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats, The )

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 1.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mark Warren
Actors: John Vernon, Norman Fell, Robert Forster, Thom Haverstock, Terry Swiednicki, Keith Brown

237. Frankenstein Island

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jerry Warren
Actors: Robert Clarke, John Carradine, George Mitchell, Katherine Victor, Cameron Mitchell, Robert Christopher

238. The Seven Dials Mystery

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tony Wharmby
Actors: John Gielgud, Harry Andrews, Cheryl Campbell, James Warwick, Joyce Redman, Terence Alexander

239. The Disappearance

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Stuart Cooper
Actors: Donald Sutherland, Francine Racette, David Hemmings, John Hurt, Christopher Plummer, David Warner

240. Agatha et les lectures illimitées

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Marguerite Duras
Actors: Bulle Ogier, Yann Andréa

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