11. Thief
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Mann
Actors: Tuesday Weld, James Caan, James Belushi, Dennis Farina, Willie Nelson, Robert Prosky
Plot: A safe cracker is trying to begin a normal life when the mob comes calling for one last job as he scrambles to protect the ones he loves.
12. Chariots of Fire
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sport/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Hugh Hudson
Actors: Ian Holm, Nigel Havers, Nicholas Farrell, Ian Charleson, Daniel Gerroll, John Gielgud
Plot: During the 1924 Olympics a Jewish boy and a Christian boy compete heavily.
13. Lion of the Desert
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Moustapha Akkad
Actors: Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Irene Papas, Rod Steiger, John Gielgud, Raf Vallone
Plot: General Rodolfo Graziani is assigned directly by Benito Mussolini to subdue the Arabs in Libya. But early victory is out of his hands as Omar Mukhtar and his army of Bedouins win battle after battle. But the cruel Graziani sets upon a plan to target the civilian population: the aged, the women and the children in order to get Mukhtar to surrender.
14. Teddy Bear ( Mis )
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Polish
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stanislaw Bareja
Actors: Stanislaw Tym, Barbara Burska, Christine Paul-Podlasky, Krzysztof Kowalewski, Bronislaw Pawlik, Ewa Bem
15. Reds
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Warren Beatty
Actors: Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Edward Herrmann, Jack Nicholson, Paul Sorvino, Jerzy Kosinski
Plot: An American journalist joins the communist revolution in Russia in the beginning of the twentieth century.
16. Blow Out
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Brian De Palma
Actors: John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Dennis Franz, Peter Boyden, Curt May
Plot: A sound technician inadvertently records a car crash one evening while sampling noises. As he listens to the recording, he realizes that it wasn't an accident.
17. Excalibur
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Boorman
Actors: Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Gabriel Byrne, Liam Neeson, Patrick Stewart, Nicholas Clay
Plot: The legendary sword Excalibur is plunged into stone and only the chosen King can remove it. A squire named Arthur removes it and the tales of Camelot, Merlin and Lancelot begin in the time of knights and magic.
18. Arthur
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Steve Gordon
Actors: Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, John Gielgud, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Jill Eikenberry, Stephen Elliott
Plot: Happy drunk Arthur is given an ultimatum - if he want to keep the family fortune he stands to inherit, he must marry Susan, a woman who has means but who Arthur feels nothing for. When he meets an ordinary women he actually falls in love with, he must decide if she's worth more to him than his lifestyle.
19. Over the Edge
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Actors: Matt Dillon, Vincent Spano, Michael Eric Kramer, Pamela Ludwig, Harry Northup, Ellen Geer
Plot: In New Grenada, a desert community, the adults look to attract industry to their town while completely neglecting their children. With only a Rec center (that closes at 6 pm), the kids are soon taking part in petty crime to pass the time. When a cop shoots a teen brandishing an unloaded gun - the town gathers to discuss their children's lawlessness, only to find the kids have had enough.
20. My Dinner With Andre
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Louis Malle
Actors: Wallace Shawn, Andre Gregory, Jean Lenauer, Roy Butler
Plot: Semi-autobiographical movie features Andre Gregory conversing with a laconic Wallace Shawn.
