Movie List for "1981"

Kopaszkutya (1981)

A Hungarian band plays American rock & roll and blues hits with great enthusiasm and passion, but success seems to avoid them… Year 1981.

Generes: Drama, Musical
Director: György Szomjas
Writer: István Kardos, György Szomjas
Actors: Gyula Deák Bill, László Földes, József Körös, István Mareczky

Firecracker (1981)

Femme fatale martial arts expert teaches the mafia a lesson. Year 1981.

Generes: Action, Drama, Thriller
Director: Cirio H. Santiago
Writer: Ken Metcalfe (story), Cirio H. Santiago (story), Ken Metcalfe (screenplay), Cirio H. Santiago (screenplay), Allan Holzman (additional scenes)
Actors: Jillian Kesner, Darby Hinton, Rey Malonzo, Ken Metcalfe

Improper Channels (1981)

A couple fights for justice to get their injured daughter out of a foster care center. Year 1981.

Generes: Comedy
Director: Eric Till
Writer: Morrie Ruvinsky (screenplay), Ian Sutherland (screenplay), Adam Arkin (screenplay), Morrie Ruvinsky (original story)
Actors: Alan Arkin, Mariette Hartley, Monica Parker, Harry Ditson

Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)

Mrs. Voorhees is dead, and Camp Crystal Lake is shut down, but a camp next to the infamous place is stalked by an unknown assailant. Year 1981.

Generes: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Steve Miner
Writer: Ron Kurz, Victor Miller (characters)
Actors: Amy Steel, John Furey, Adrienne King, Kirsten Baker

Fruits of Passion (1981)

A girl loves an older man. He demands that she goes in a brothel, as evidence that she loves him. Year 1981.

Generes: Drama
Director: Shûji Terayama
Writer: Dominique Aury (novel), Shûji Terayama (adaptation), Rio Kishida (adaptation), Dominique Aury (text)
Actors: Isabelle Illiers, Klaus Kinski, Arielle Dombasle, Pîtâ

Gas (1981)

Susan Anspach stars in this comedy as a news reporter who investigates a story about stolen milk causing milk and gas prices to rise. During the course of her investigation, other people … Year 1981.

Generes: Comedy
Director: Les Rose
Writer: Susan Scranton (story), Dick Wolf (screenplay), Dick Wolf (story)
Actors: Susan Anspach, Howie Mandel, Sterling Hayden, Helen Shaver

Chashme Buddoor (1981)

Two womanizing slackers, Omi and Jai (Rakesh Bedi and Ravi Baswani respectively) attempt to woo the new girl in the neighbourhood, and fail – miserably. Their third room-mate, shy, and a … Year 1981.

Generes: Comedy, Family, Romance
Director: Sai Paranjape
Writer: Sai Paranjape (dialogue), Sai Paranjape (screenplay), Sai Paranjape (story)
Actors: Farooq Shaikh, Deepti Naval, Saeed Jaffrey, Rakesh Bedi

Why Not? (1981)

Near the turbulent end of the Edo era, a man returning to Japan after exile in America searches for his wife and becomes swept up in the current of revolution in this incisive period drama from the great Shohei Imamura. Year 1981.

Generes: Drama
Director: Shôhei Imamura
Writer: Shôhei Imamura, Ken Miyamoto
Actors: Kaori Momoi, Shigeru Izumiya, Ken Ogata, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

The Cannonball Run (1981)

A wide variety of eccentric competitors participate in a wild and illegal cross-country road race. However, the eccentric entrants will do anything to win the road race, including low-down, dirty tricks. Year 1981.

Generes: Action, Comedy, Sport
Director: Hal Needham
Writer: Brock Yates
Actors: Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dom DeLuise

Bad Blood (1981)

During World War 2, a farmer in New Zealand murders seven people, and the police, along with local Maori trackers, hunt him in the bush country. Year 1981.

Generes: Drama, Thriller
Director: Mike Newell
Writer: Andrew Brown, Howard Willis (novel)
Actors: Jack Thompson, Carol Burns, Denis Lill, Donna Akersten

Beatlemania (1981)

Four guys who look and sound moderately like the Beatles play a plethora of Lennon/McCartney classics, while footage of memorable sixties events flashes by. Year 1981.

Generes: Music
Director: Joseph Manduke
Writer: N/A
Actors: David Leon, Mitch Weissman, Tom Teeley, Ralph Castelli

Das Boot (1981)

The claustrophobic world of a WWII German U-boat; boredom, filth and sheer terror. Year 1981.

Generes: Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Writer: Wolfgang Petersen (screenplay), Lothar G. Buchheim (novel)
Actors: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch

Years of the Beast (1981)

College professor Stephen Miles (Gary Bayer), his wife, a young girl, and a drifter (Jerry Houser) are suddenly faced with a society where money is worthless, food is scarce, your neighbor … Year 1981.

Generes: Horror, Sci-Fi
Director: D. Paul Thomas
Writer: Gary Bayer (script collaborator), Leon Chambers (novel), Daniel L. Quick (screenplay), D. Paul Thomas (script collaborator)
Actors: Gary Bayer, Alana Rader, Malcon McCaiman, Jerry Houser

Paydirt (1981)

Movie Year 1981.

Generes: Crime, Thriller
Director: Penny Allen
Writer: Penny Allen
Actors: Eric Silverstein, Lola Desmond, Daniel Odell, Melody Bates

Heartbreak High (1981)

Two long-time rival high school football coaches lead their respective teams into battle for the city football championship. However, before the opening kickoff, various students from each … Year 1981.

Generes: Comedy
Director: Mark Warren
Writer: Bruce Calnan, Douglas Ditonto, Richard Sauer
Actors: John Vernon, Norman Fell, Robert Forster, Thom Haverstock

P.S. I Love You (1981)

Movie Year 1981.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Eddie Garcia
Writer: Edgardo Reyes (screenplay)
Actors: Sharon Cuneta, Gabby Concepcion, Barbara Perez, Boots Anson-Roa