51. From the Life of the Marionettes ( Aus dem Leben der Marionetten )
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Actors: Robert Atzorn, Christine Buchegger, Martin Benrath, Rita Russek, Lola Müthel, Walter Schmidinger
Plot: One of Ingmar Bergman's later works, "From the Life of the Marionettes" explores a couple's troubled marriage, and the motives behind the husband's murder of a call girl.
52. Dead and Buried
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gary Sherman
Actors: James Farentino, Melody Anderson, Jack Albertson, Robert Englund, Barry Corbin, Dennis Redfield
Plot: Citizens of a small town believe a series of murders have been committed by the eccentric local coroner.
53. The Funhouse
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tobe Hooper
Actors: Elizabeth Berridge, Shawn Carson, Jeanne Austin, Jack McDermott, Kevin Conway, William Finley
Plot: Four teenage friends spent the night in a carnival funhouse and are stalked by a deformed man in a Frankenstein mask.
54. Strange Behavior
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Laughlin
Actors: Michael Murphy, Louise Fletcher, Dan Shor, Fiona Lewis, Charles Lane, Arthur Dignam
55. Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure aka Friend is a Treasure, A ( Chi trova un amico, trova un tesoro )
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Actors: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, John Fujioka, Louise Bennett, Salvatore Borghese, Kainowa Lauritzen
56. Ms. 45
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NC-17
Director: Abel Ferrara
Actors: Zoë Lund, Albert Sinkys, Darlene Stuto, Helen McGara, Nike Zachmanoglou, Abel Ferrara
Plot: A mute and withdrawn seamstress is raped twice in one day and goes on a
killing spree after dark - a trusty .45 in her hand and any man she comes
across her target.
57. The Prowler
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Joseph Zito
Actors: Vicky Dawson, Christopher Goutman, Lawrence Tierney, Farley Granger, Cindy Weintraub, Lisa Dunsheath
58. Polyester
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Waters
Actors: Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey, David Samson, Mary Garlington, Mink Stole
59. For Your Eyes Only
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John Glen
Actors: Roger Moore, Carole Bouquet, Topol, Julian Glover, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Jill Bennett
Plot: Bond is one the case when a British spy ship sinks with an ATAC encryption device and the Russians send their own agents after it.
60. Friday the 13th Part 2
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Steve Miner
Actors: Amy Steel, John Furey, Adrienne King, Kirsten Baker, Stuart Charno, Warrington Gillette
Plot: Five years after his mother's death, it is the thought-to-be-drowned Jason Voorhees who exacts his revenge as a new campsite is built uncomfortably close to Crystal Lake.
