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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

3k - OFDb

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

2k - OFDb

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

2k - OFDb

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

2k - OFDb

The Road Warrior (1981)

Summary: In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline-rich community get rid of a horde of bandits.

Release Date: May 21, 1982

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director: George Miller

Writers: Terry Hayes

, George Miller

, Brian Hannant

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: R

Production: Kennedy Miller Productions

Distributor: Warner Bros., Warner Home Video, National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Country: Australia

Language: English

Franchise: Mad Max

Movie budget: $ 3,000,000

Domestic: $ 23,667,907

International: $ 2,946

1k - OFDb

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

1k - OFDb

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

1k - OFDb

The Beyond (1981)

Summary: A young woman inherits an old hotel in Louisiana where, following a series of supernatural "accidents", she learns that the building was built over one of the entrances to Hell.

Release Date: November 11, 1983

Genre: Horror

Director: Lucio Fulci

Writers: Dardano Sacchetti

, Giorgio Mariuzzo

, Lucio Fulci

Runtime: 1 h 27 min

MPAA: R

Production: Fulvia Film

Distributor: Aquarius Releasing, Thriller Video, Astro, Grindhouse Releasing, Rolling Thunder Pictures, Anchor Bay Entertainment, Diamond Entertainment Group (DEG), Indie Rights, KOCH International, SGL Entertainment, Shudder, TGG Direct

Country: Italy

Language: Italian

Movie budget: $ 400,000

Domestic: $ 123,843

1k - OFDb

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

991 - OFDb

The House by the Cemetery (1981)

Summary: A New England home is terrorized by a series of murders, unbeknownst to the guests that a gruesome secret is hiding in the basement.

Release Date: June 01, 1984

Genre: Horror

Director: Lucio Fulci

Writers: Elisa Briganti

, Dardano Sacchetti

, Giorgio Mariuzzo

Runtime: 1 h 26 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Fulvia Film

Distributor: Levy Films, Almi Television, Anchor Bay Entertainment, Blue Underground, Diamond Entertainment Group (DEG), Mill Creek Entertainment, Miracle Pictures, Reel Media International, St. Clair Vision, TGG Direct, Vestron Video

Country: Italy

Language: Italian

967 - OFDb

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

825 - OFDb

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

731 - OFDb

Cannibal Ferox (1981)

Summary: Three friends set out to disprove cannibalism on a trip to the Amazonian jungle, where they meet two men trying to escape a vicious cannibal tribe.

Release Date: April 24, 1981

Genres: Adventure, Horror

Director: Umberto Lenzi

Writer: Umberto Lenzi

Runtime: 1 h 33 min

MPAA: R

Production: Dania Film, Medusa Distribuzione, National Cinematografica

Distributor: Aquarius Releasing, Tubi TV

Country: Italy

Language: Italian

715 - OFDb

Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure (1981)

Summary: On a small pacific island, Alan and Charlie try to find a war treasure left behind by the Japanese army in World War II.

Release Date: December 10, 1981

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Director: Sergio Corbucci

Writers: Mario Amendola

, Sergio Corbucci

Runtime: 1 h 48 min

Production: El Pico S.A., Take 1 Productions

Countries: Italy, United States

Language: Italian

712 - OFDb

The Cannonball Run (1981)

Summary: 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.

Release Date: June 19, 1981

Genres: Action, Comedy, Sport

Director: Hal Needham

Writer: Brock Yates

Runtime: 1 h 35 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Golden Harvest Company, Eurasia Investments, Twentieth Century Fox, Eurasia Investments, Paragon Films Ltd.

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, Home Box Office (HBO), Vestron Video, CBS, Video Treasures, Promotional Concept Group, HBO Video

Countries: Hong Kong, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 18,000,000

Domestic: $ 72,179,579

683 - OFDb

Outland (1981)

Summary: A federal marshal stationed at a mining colony on the Jupiter moon of Io uncovers a drug-smuggling conspiracy. He gets no help from the workers or authorities when he finds himself marked for murder.

Release Date: May 01, 1981

Genres: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi

Director: Peter Hyams

Writer: Peter Hyams

Runtime: 1 h 49 min

MPAA: 18A

Production: The Ladd Company

Distributor: The Ladd Company, Warner Bros., Warner Home Video

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 16,000,000

Domestic: $ 17,374,595

641 - OFDb

Southern Comfort (1981)

Summary: During a routine exercise, a team of National Guardsmen are threatened by angry and violent locals.

Release Date: October 22, 1981

Genres: Action, Thriller

Director: Walter Hill

Writers: Michael Kane

, Walter Hill

, David Giler

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

MPAA: 18A

Production: Cinema Group Ventures, Phoenix Films

Distributor: Home Box Office (HBO), Embassy Home Entertainment, United American Video, HBO Video, MGM Home Entertainment, Shout! Factory

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 5,000,000

641 - OFDb

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

592 - OFDb

Nighthawks (1981)

Summary: When one of Europe's most lethal terrorists shows up in New York, an elite undercover cop is assigned to take him down by any means necessary.

Release Date: April 10, 1981

Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller

Directors: Bruce Malmuth

, Gary Nelson

, Sylvester Stallone

Writers: David Shaber

, Paul Sylbert

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

MPAA: R

Production: Universal Pictures, Martin Poll Productions, The Production Company, Herb Nanas Productions, Layton Productions

Distributor: Universal Pictures, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), MCA Home Video, MCA/Universal Home Video, GoodTimes Home Video, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 5,000,000

Domestic: $ 14,905,359

International: $ 5,000,000

588 - OFDb

The Howling (1981)

Summary: After a bizarre and near deadly encounter with a serial killer, a television newswoman is sent to a remote mountain resort whose residents may not be what they seem.

Release Date: April 10, 1981

Genre: Horror

Director: Joe Dante

Writers: Gary Brandner

, John Sayles

, Terence H. Winkless

Runtime: 1 h 31 min

MPAA: R

Production: AVCO Embassy Pictures, International Film Investors, Wescom Productions

Distributor: AVCO Embassy Pictures, Embassy Home Entertainment, Image Entertainment, MGM Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Television, Scream Factory, Rialto Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,000,000

Domestic: $ 17,985,893

The Evil Dead (1981)

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Escape from New York (1981)

Das Boot (1981)

The Road Warrior (1981)

Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)

Halloween II (1981)

The Beyond (1981)

An American Werewolf in London (1981)

The House by the Cemetery (1981)

For Your Eyes Only (1981)

Scanners (1981)

Cannibal Ferox (1981)

Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure (1981)

The Cannonball Run (1981)

Outland (1981)

Southern Comfort (1981)

Time Bandits (1981)

Nighthawks (1981)

The Howling (1981)

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