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Only Fools and Horses (1981)

Summary: Comedy that follows two brothers from London's rough Peckham estate as they wheel and deal through a number of dodgy deals and search for the big score that'll make them millionaires.

Release Date: September 08, 1981

Genre: Comedy

Runtime: 1 h 35 min

MPAA: PG

Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

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

The Funhouse (1981)

Summary: Teenage Amy Harper, her boyfriend Buzz Dawson, and their friends Richie Atterbury and Liz Duncan visit a local carnival for a night of innocent amusement, but soon witness a fortune teller's murder and find that the exits are locked.

Release Date: March 13, 1981

Genre: Horror

Director: Tobe Hooper

Writer: Lawrence J. Block

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: R

Production: Universal Pictures, Mace Neufeld Productions

Distributor: Universal Pictures, MCA/Universal Home Video, GoodTimes Home Video, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), Scream Factory, MCA Videocassette, TeleFutura, The Criterion Channel, The Sci-Fi Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 7,886,857

International: $ 142

Smurfs (1981)

Summary: The Smurfs are tiny blue creatures that live in mushroom houses in a peaceful forest. They repeatedly try to outwit Gargamel, an evil sorcerer, his apprentice, Scruple, and his mangy cat, Azrael.

Release Date: September 12, 1981

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Animation

Runtime: 0 h 30 min

MPAA: G

Production: Jade Animation Company, Jade Animation, Pacific Rim Productions, Lafig Belgium, SEPP International S.A.

Countries: United States, Belgium

Language: English

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

Hill Street Blues (1981)

Summary: The lives and work of the staff of an inner city police precinct.

Release Date: January 15, 1981

Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Runtime: 1 h 00 min

MPAA: TV-14

Production: MTM Enterprises, MTM Productions

Country: United States

Language: English

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

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

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

Reds (1981)

Summary: A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia, and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States.

Release Date: December 25, 1981

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Warren Beatty

Writers: Warren Beatty

, Trevor Griffiths

Runtime: 3 h 15 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Barclays Mercantile Industrial Finance, JRS Productions

Distributor: Paramount Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 32,000,000

Domestic: $ 40,382,659

International: $ 129

Ms .45 (1981)

Summary: After being attacked and raped twice in one day, a timid, mute seamstress goes insane, takes to the streets of New York City after dark, and randomly shoots men with a .45 caliber pistol.

Release Date: April 24, 1981

Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller

Director: Abel Ferrara

Writer: Nicholas St. John

Runtime: 1 h 20 min

MPAA: R

Production: Navaron Films

Distributor: Drafthouse Films, Complete Entertainment, Family Home Entertainment (FHE), Hollywood Media Bridge, Image Entertainment, Tubi TV, U.S.A. Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 62,000

Victory (1981)

Summary: As allied P.O.W.s prepare for a soccer game against the German National Team to be played in Nazi-occupied Paris, the French Resistance and British officers are making plans for the team's escape.

Release Date: July 31, 1981

Genres: Drama, Sport, War

Director: John Huston

Writers: Yabo Yablonsky

, Djordje Milicevic

, Jeff Maguire

Runtime: 1 h 56 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Lorimar Film Entertainment, Victory Company, New Gold Entertainment

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, CBS, HBO Max, MGM/CBS Home Video, Warner Home Video

Countries: United Kingdom, United States, Italy

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 10,000,000

Domestic: $ 10,853,418

Eye of the Needle (1981)

Summary: A ruthless German spy, trying to get out of Britain with vital information about D-Day, must spend time with a young woman and her crippled husband.

Release Date: July 24, 1981

Genres: Romance, Thriller, War

Director: Richard Marquand

Writers: Ken Follett

, Stanley Mann

Runtime: 1 h 52 min

MPAA: R

Production: Kings Road Entertainment

Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Video, CBS/Fox, Image Entertainment, MGM Home Entertainment, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, Twilight Time, Warner Home Video

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Domestic: $ 17,583,634

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

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

The Great Muppet Caper (1981)

Summary: Kermit the Frog, The Great Gonzo, and Fozzie Bear are reporters who travel to Britain to interview a rich victim of jewel thieves and help her along with her secretary, Miss Piggy.

Release Date: June 26, 1981

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Director: Jim Henson

Writers: Tom Patchett

, Jay Tarses

, Jerry Juhl

Runtime: 1 h 37 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Henson Associates (HA), ITC Entertainment, Incorporated Television Company (ITC), Henson Associates (HA)

Distributor: Universal Pictures, Associated Film Distribution (AFD), 20th Century Fox Video, CBS, CBS/Fox, Disney Channel, Buena Vista Home Video, Jim Henson Video, Jim Henson Home Entertainment, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Walt Disney Home Entertainment, Disney+, RCA (II)

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Franchise: The Muppets

Domestic: $ 31,206,251

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

Wolfen (1981)

Summary: A New York cop investigates a series of brutal deaths that resemble animal attacks.

Release Date: July 24, 1981

Genres: Thriller, Horror

Director: Michael Wadleigh

Writers: Whitley Strieber

, Michael Wadleigh

, David Eyre

Runtime: 1 h 55 min

MPAA: R

Production: Orion Pictures, King-Hitzig Productions

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

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 17,000,000

Domestic: $ 10,626,725

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

Excalibur (1981)

Summary: Merlin the magician helps Arthur Pendragon unite the Britons around the Round Table of Camelot, even as dark forces conspire to tear it apart.

Release Date: April 10, 1981

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Director: John Boorman