61. Death Hunt
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter R. Hunt
Actors: Charles Bronson, Lee Marvin, Andrew Stevens, Carl Weathers, Angie Dickinson, Ed Lauter
Plot: Loosely based on a real 1930's event. A Canadian trapper (Bronson) is framed for murder, and becomes the focus of an extensive manhunt, led by a lawman (Marvin).
62. 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.
63. Pit, The ( Teddy )
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lew Lehman
Actors: Sammy Snyders, Jeannie Elias, Sonja Smits, Laura Hollingsworth, John Auten, Laura Press
Plot: A sexually precocious 12 year old boy takes revenge on the people who make his life miserable by feeding them to his imaginary friends, meat eating creatures he calls "Tra-la-logs". Along the way he partakes in some extremely questionable behavior involving the ladies in his life. The blatant perversity makes this a particularly tasty and delicious gem of a movie.
64. The Burning
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tony Maylam
Actors: Brian Matthews, Leah Ayres, Brian Backer, Jason Alexander, Holly Hunter, Larry Joshua
Plot: A former summer camp caretaker, horribly burned from a prank gone wrong, lurks around an upstate New York summer camp bent on killing the teenagers responsible for his disfigurement.
65. The Cannonball Run
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Hal Needham
Actors: Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr.
Plot: Teams of unpredictable, wild racers compete in a highly illegal cross-country car race.
66. The Four Seasons
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Alan Alda
Actors: Alan Alda, Carol Burnett, Len Cariou, Rita Moreno, Sandy Dennis, Jack Weston
67. Ragtime
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Milos Forman
Actors: James Cagney, Brad Dourif, Moses Gunn, Elizabeth McGovern, Mandy Patinkin, Mary Steenburgen
68. This is Elvis
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Malcolm Leo, Andrew Solt
Actors: David Scott, Paul Boensch III, Johnny Harra, Lawrence Koller, Rhonda Lyn, Knox Phillips
69. Dragonslayer
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Matthew Robbins
Actors: Peter MacNicol, Ian McDiarmid, Caitlin Clarke, Ralph Richardson, John Hallam, Peter Eyre
Plot: A small kingdom wants to kill a dragon in order stop the yearly virgin sacrifices. A small group travel afar to seek the help of a wizard to slay the dragon.
70. Bustin' Loose
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Oz Scott
Actors: Richard Pryor, Cicely Tyson, Ángel Ramírez, Jimmy Hughes, Edwin DeLeon, Edwin Kinter
Plot: A convict is hired to drive a group of troubled children and their teacher cross-country to a farm, and learns there is more to life than looking out for himself.
