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The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (1981)

Summary: A small-town stud wants to go to Nashville to be a big country star. His ambitious kid sister works as his manager. Their dream hits jeopardy when they cross paths with a small-town sheriff.

Release Date: June 05, 1981

Genres: Drama, Music

Director: Ron Maxwell

Writers: Bob Bonney

, Bobby Russell

Runtime: 1 h 52 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Viacom Enterprises

Distributor: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Trans World Entertainment (TWE)

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 14,923,752

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

On Golden Pond (1981)

Summary: Curmudgeon Norman is estranged from his daughter Chelsea. Nevertheless, at Golden Pond he and his wife agree to look after Billy, the son of Chelsea's new boyfriend, and a most unexpected relationship blooms.

Release Date: February 12, 1982

Genre: Drama

Director: Mark Rydell

Writer: Ernest Thompson

Runtime: 1 h 49 min

MPAA: PG

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 7,500,000

Domestic: $ 119,285,432

International: $ 378

Mommie Dearest (1981)

Summary: The abusive and traumatic adoptive upbringing of Christina Crawford at the hands of her mother, screen queen Joan Crawford, is depicted.

Release Date: September 25, 1981

Genres: Drama, Biography

Director: Frank Perry

Writers: Christina Crawford

, Frank Yablans

, Frank Perry

Runtime: 2 h 09 min

MPAA: R

Production: Paramount Pictures

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, CBS, The Criterion Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 5,000,000

Domestic: $ 19,032,261

International: $ 1,895

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

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

Thief (1981)

Summary: After years in prison, ace safe-cracker Frank owns a car dealership and a cocktail lounge, which are fronts for high-stakes jewelry heists. He wants to complete one last big heist for the Mob before he goes straight.

Release Date: March 27, 1981

Genres: Action, Drama, Crime

Director: Michael Mann

Writers: Frank Hohimer

, Michael Mann

Runtime: 2 h 03 min

MPAA: R

Production: Mann/Caan Productions

Distributor: United Artists, Magnetic Video, CBS/Fox, MGM Home Entertainment, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, The Criterion Collection, HBO Max

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 5,500,000

Domestic: $ 11,492,915

International: $ 1,897

Muddy River (1981)

Summary: In post-War Japan, a boy from a noodle store-owning family befriends a neighboring boy living in poverty.

Release Date: January 30, 1981

Genre: Drama

Director: Kôhei Oguri

Writers: Teru Miyamoto

, Takako Shigemori

Runtime: 1 h 45 min

Production: Kimura Productions, Toei Company

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

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

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

Diva (1981)

Summary: Two tapes, two Parisian mob killers, one corrupt policeman, an opera fan, a teenage thief, and the coolest philosopher ever filmed all twist their way through an intricate and stylish French-language thriller.

Release Date: March 11, 1981

Genres: Thriller, Music

Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix

Writers: Daniel Odier

, Jean-Jacques Beineix

, Jean Van Hamme

Runtime: 1 h 57 min

MPAA: G

Production: Les Films Galaxie, Greenwich Film Productions, Antenne 2 (A2)

Distributor: United Artists Classics, Anchor Bay Entertainment, Rialto Pictures, Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment, The Criterion Channel, Kino Lorber, The Criterion Collection

Country: France

Language: French

Domestic: $ 183,425

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

Taps (1981)

Summary: Military cadets take extreme measures to ensure the future of their academy when its existence is threatened by local condo developers.

Release Date: December 25, 1981

Genre: Drama

Director: Harold Becker

Writers: Darryl Ponicsan

, Robert Mark Kamen

, James Lineberger

Runtime: 2 h 06 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Major Studio Partners, Twentieth Century Fox

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 14,000,000

Domestic: $ 35,856,053

Lili Marleen (1981)

Summary: In 1938, a German singer falls in love with a Jewish composer in Zurich, who helps Jews flee Nazi Germany. She wants to help but is forced back to Germany. Her song "Lili Marleen" becomes a hit with soldiers and the Nazi top brass.

Release Date: January 14, 1981

Genres: Drama, Romance, Music

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writers: Manfred Purzer

, Joshua Sinclair

, Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Runtime: 2 h 00 min

MPAA: R

Production: Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), CIP Filmproduktion GmbH, Rialto Film, Roxy Films, Roxy-Film GmbH & Co. KG

Distributor: United Artists Classics

Country: West Germany

Language: German

Movie budget: $ 10,500,000

Domestic: $ 8,144

International: $ 4

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

Samurai Reincarnation (1981)

Summary: Centuries ago, a samurai survives the massacre of 35,000 Christians and denounces God for ignoring the pleas of the believers. He sells his soul to the devil and receives the power to resurrect the dead to join him on a murderous ...

Release Date: June 06, 1981

Genres: Action, Fantasy, Horror

Director: Kinji Fukasaku

Writers: Kinji Fukasaku

, Tatsuo Nogami

, Fûtarô Yamada

Runtime: 2 h 02 min

Production: Kadokawa Haruki Jimusho, Toei Company

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

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

Clash of the Titans (1981)

Summary: Perseus must battle Medusa and the Kraken to save the Princess Andromeda.

Release Date: June 12, 1981

Genres: Action, Adventure, Family

Director: Desmond Davis

Writer: Beverley Cross

Runtime: 1 h 58 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Charles H. Schneer Productions, Peerford Ltd.

Distributor: MGM/CBS Home Video, WGN, Disney Channel, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, MGM Home Entertainment

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 41,092,328

Rich and Famous (1981)

Summary: Liz and Merry become BFFs in college. A decade later, Liz is a serious writer with writer's block, and Merry is a homemaker and a mom who has written a novel. Other bestsellers, riches, and fame follow.

Release Date: October 09, 1981

Genre: Drama

Director: George Cukor

Writers: Gerald Ayres

, John Van Druten

Runtime: 1 h 57 min

MPAA: R

Production: Jaquet, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Distributor: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 14,492,125

Only When I Laugh (1981)

Summary: A Broadway actress fresh out of rehab navigates sobriety, her career, demanding daughter, and supporting her troubled friends' personal crises.

Release Date: September 25, 1981

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Glenn Jordan

Writer: Neil Simon

Runtime: 2 h 00 min

MPAA: R

Production: Columbia Pictures, Rastar Films

Distributor: National Broadcasting Company (NBC), RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 25,524,778

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