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Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Summary: In 1936, archaeologists and adventurers of the U.S. government hired Indiana Jones to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis could obtain its extraordinary powers.

Release Date: June 12, 1981

Genres: Action, Adventure

Director: Steven Spielberg

Writers: Lawrence Kasdan

, George Lucas

, Philip Kaufman

Runtime: 1 h 55 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Paramount Pictures, Lucasfilm

Distributor: Paramount Home Entertainment, American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Indiana Jones

Movie budget: $ 18,000,000

Domestic: $ 248,159,971

International: $ 141,766,000

Das Boot (1981)

Summary: A German U-boat stalks the frigid waters of the North Atlantic as its young crew experience the sheer terror and claustrophobic life of a submariner in World War II.

Release Date: February 10, 1982

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Thriller

Director: Wolfgang Petersen

Writers: Wolfgang Petersen

, Lothar G. Buchheim

Runtime: 2 h 29 min

Production: Bavaria Film, Twin Bros. Productions, Radiant Film GmbH, Süddeutscher Rundfunk (SDR), Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)

Distributor: Producers Sales Organization (PSO), Triumph Films, RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, Columbia Pictures, Columbia TriStar Home Video, RCA (II)

Country: West Germany

Language: German

Movie budget: $ 32,000,000

Domestic: $ 11,487,676

International: $ 1,102

The Evil Dead (1981)

Summary: Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.

Release Date: May 26, 1983

Genre: Horror

Director: Sam Raimi

Writer: Sam Raimi

Runtime: 1 h 25 min

MPAA: R

Production: Renaissance Pictures

Distributor: Congress Video Group, USA Network, Anchor Bay Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Evil Dead

Movie budget: $ 350,000

Domestic: $ 2,400,000

International: $ 495,590

For Your Eyes Only (1981)

Summary: Secret service agent James Bond is assigned to find a missing British vessel equipped with a weapons encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands.

Release Date: June 26, 1981

Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller

Director: John Glen

Writers: Richard Maibaum

, Michael G. Wilson

, Ian Fleming

Runtime: 2 h 07 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Eon Productions

Distributor: 20th Century Fox Video, Home Box Office (HBO), MGM/UA Home Entertainment, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), CBS/Fox, MGM Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Franchise: James Bond

Movie budget: $ 28,000,000

Domestic: $ 54,812,802

International: $ 24,894

Escape from New York (1981)

Summary: In 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.

Release Date: July 10, 1981

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director: John Carpenter

Writers: John Carpenter

, Nick Castle

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

MPAA: R

Production: AVCO Embassy Pictures, International Film Investors, Goldcrest Films International

Distributor: Nelson Entertainment, Embassy Home Entertainment, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Image Entertainment, PolyGram Video, MGM Home Entertainment

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 6,000,000

Domestic: $ 25,244,626

International: $ 31,180

The Fox and the Hound (1981)

Summary: A fox named Tod and a hound named Copper vow to be best friends forever. But as Copper grows into a hunting dog, their unlikely friendship faces the ultimate test.

Release Date: July 10, 1981

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Animation

Directors: Ted Berman

, Richard Rich

, Art Stevens

Writers: Daniel P. Mannix

, Larry Clemmons

, Ted Berman

Runtime: 1 h 23 min

MPAA: G

Production: Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Productions

Distributor: Buena Vista Distribution Company, Disney+, Disney Channel, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 12,000,000

Domestic: $ 63,456,988

An American Werewolf in London (1981)

Summary: American college students David Kessler and Jack Goodman on a walking tour of Britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists. Jack dies. David recovers in a hospital, where he has nightmares.

Release Date: August 21, 1981

Genres: Comedy, Horror

Director: John Landis

Writer: John Landis

Runtime: 1 h 37 min

MPAA: R

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 10,000,000

Domestic: $ 30,565,292

International: $ 253,991

Blow Out (1981)

Summary: A movie sound recordist accidentally records the evidence that proves that a car accident was actually murder and consequently finds himself in danger.

Release Date: July 24, 1981

Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Director: Brian De Palma

Writers: Brian De Palma

, Bill Mesce Jr.

Runtime: 1 h 48 min

MPAA: R

Production: Filmways Pictures, Geria Productions, Geria Productions, Cinema 77, Viscount Associates

Distributor: Filmways Pictures, Home Box Office (HBO), RCA SelectaVision VideoDiscs, Vestron Video, Warner Home Video, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), MGM/UA Home Entertainment, GoodTimes Home Video, Image Entertainment, Orion Home Video, MGM Home Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, The Criterion Collection, Criterion Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 18,000,000

Domestic: $ 12,000,000

International: $ 1,495

Halloween II (1981)

Summary: While Dr. Loomis hunts for Michael Myers, a traumatized Laurie is rushed to Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, and The Shape is not far behind her.

Release Date: October 30, 1981

Genre: Horror

Director: Rick Rosenthal

Writers: John Carpenter

, Debra Hill

Runtime: 1 h 32 min

MPAA: R

Production: Dino De Laurentiis Company, Universal Pictures

Distributor: Universal Pictures, Home Box Office (HBO), MCA Videocassette, MCA Videodisc, WGN, MCA Television, GoodTimes Home Video, Goodtimes Entertainment, Universal Studios Home Video, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), Scream Factory

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Halloween

Movie budget: $ 2,500,000

Domestic: $ 25,533,818

Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)

Summary: Five years after the events of the first film, a summer camp next to the infamous Camp Crystal Lake is preparing to open, but the legend of Jason is weighing heavy on the proceedings.

Release Date: May 01, 1981

Genres: Thriller, Horror, Mystery

Director: Steve Miner

Writers: Ron Kurz

, Victor Miller

, Sean S. Cunningham

Runtime: 1 h 27 min

MPAA: R

Production: Georgetown Productions Inc., Sean S. Cunningham Films

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, Paramount Home Entertainment, Scream Factory

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Friday the 13th

Movie budget: $ 1,250,000

Domestic: $ 21,722,776

History of the World: Part I (1981)

Summary: Mel Brooks brings his one-of-a-kind comic touch to the history of mankind covering events from the Old Testament to the French Revolution in a series of episodic comedy vignettes.

Release Date: June 12, 1981

Genres: Comedy, Musical, History

Director: Mel Brooks

Writer: Mel Brooks

Runtime: 1 h 32 min

MPAA: R

Production: Brooksfilms

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Video, CBS/Fox, Key Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 11,000,000

Domestic: $ 31,672,907

Quest for Fire (1981)

Summary: This story takes place in prehistoric time when three tribesmen search for a new fire source.

Release Date: February 12, 1982

Genres: Adventure, Drama, History

Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud

Writers: Gérard Brach

, J.H. Rosny Sr.

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: R

Production: International Cinema Corporation (ICC), Ciné Trail, Belstar Productions, Stéphan Films, Gruskoff Film Organization, Royal Bank of Canada, Famous Players Limited

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Countries: Canada, France

Language: French

Movie budget: $ 12,500,000

Domestic: $ 20,959,585

International: $ 3,030

Scanners (1981)

Summary: A scientist trains a man with an advanced telepathic ability called "scanning" to stop a dangerous Scanner with extraordinary psychic powers from waging war against non scanners.

Release Date: January 14, 1981

Genres: Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi

Director: David Cronenberg

Writer: David Cronenberg

Runtime: 1 h 43 min

MPAA: R

Production: Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC), Filmplan International, Montreal Trust Company of Canada

Distributor: AVCO Embassy Pictures, 20th Century Fox Video, Home Box Office (HBO), Embassy Home Entertainment, Nelson Entertainment, Image Entertainment, MGM Home Entertainment, Encore Movie Channel, Janus Films, The Criterion Collection, HBO Max, The Criterion Channel

Country: Canada

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 4,100,000

Domestic: $ 14,225,876

Time Bandits (1981)

Summary: A young boy accidentally joins a band of time travelling dwarves, as they jump from era to era looking for treasure to steal.

Release Date: November 06, 1981

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Director: Terry Gilliam

Writers: Michael Palin

, Terry Gilliam

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

MPAA: PG

Production: HandMade Films

Distributor: AVCO Embassy Pictures, Paramount Home Entertainment, CBS, Paramount Pictures, Anchor Bay Entertainment, The Criterion Collection, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, The Criterion Channel, HBO Max

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 5,000,000

Domestic: $ 42,365,581

International: $ 2,444

The Girl with the Red Hair (1981)

Summary: The story of Hannie Schaft of the Dutch resistance told in flashbacks how she tries to bring collaborators and criminals to justice in 1945.

Release Date: September 17, 1981

Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller

Director: Ben Verbong

Writers: Ben Verbong

, Pieter de Vos

, Theun de Vries

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Meteor Film Productions, Movies Productions B.V., Quendo, The Movies, Trio Film, VNU, Verenigde Arbeiders Radio Amateurs (VARA)

Distributor: United Artists Classics

Country: Netherlands

Language: Dutch

Domestic: $ 39,001

Body Heat (1981)

Summary: During an extreme heatwave, a beautiful Florida woman and a seedy lawyer engage in an affair while plotting the murder of her rich husband.

Release Date: August 28, 1981

Genres: Drama, Romance, Crime

Director: Lawrence Kasdan

Writer: Lawrence Kasdan

Runtime: 1 h 53 min

MPAA: R

Production: The Ladd Company

Distributor: Warner Bros., CBS, Warner Home Video, HBO Max, The Criterion Channel, RCA (II)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 9,000,000

Domestic: $ 24,058,838

Ik ben Joep Meloen (1981)

Summary: Joep is a piano tuner, and not the best in his profession. His fiancee ends their relationship and Joep wants to end his life. Then he meets Dorien. They fall in love, but they must deal with some issues from the past--like an ex-...

Release Date: December 17, 1981

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Guus Verstraete Jr.

Writer: Vince Powell

Runtime: 1 h 35 min

Production: André van Duin Produkties, Joop van den Ende Filmproducties

Country: Netherlands

Language: Dutch

Movie budget: $ 2,500,000

Chariots of Fire (1981)

Summary: Two British track athletes, one a determined Jew and the other a devout Christian, are driven to win in the 1924 Olympics as they wrestle with issues of pride and conscience.

Release Date: May 15, 1981

Genres: Drama, Sport, Biography

Director: Hugh Hudson

Writer: Colin Welland

Runtime: 2 h 05 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Enigma Productions, Allied Stars Ltd.

Distributor: Warner Home Video

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 5,500,000

Domestic: $ 58,972,904

International: $ 344,472

Zeg 'ns Aaa (1981)

Summary: Sitcom related to the daily life of Dr. Lydia van der Ploeg, her children Gert-Jan and Nancy, her surgeon boyfriend Hans Lansberg, and her close neighbors.

Release Date: January 01, 1981

Genre: Comedy

Runtime: 0 h 23 min

Production: Verenigde Arbeiders Radio Amateurs (VARA)

Country: Netherlands

Language: Dutch

The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)

Summary: The sensuous wife of a roadside diner proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordid, steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.

Release Date: March 20, 1981

Genres: Drama, Romance, Crime

Director: Bob Rafelson