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.

61. 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.

62. Friday the 13th Part 2

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.4 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. 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.

64. 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.

65. 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

66. 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

67. Death Hunt

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.5 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).

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. Roar

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Noel Marshall
Actors: Tippi Hedren, Noel Marshall, Melanie Griffith, John Marshall, Jerry Marshall, Frank Tom

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