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Urusei yatsura (1981)

Summary: An unlucky, womanizing high schooler becomes the unwilling target of a vivacious alien girl's affections after winning an interplanetary game of tag against her.

Release Date: October 04, 1992

Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Anime

Runtime: 0 h 23 min

MPAA: TV-PG

Production: Fuji Television Network, Kitty Films, Studio Gallop, Pierrot

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

10 - OFDb
2 votes

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

10 - OFDb
1 votes

Malou (1981)

Summary: Malou feels that the difficulties she is experiencing in her relationships lie in her past and so she searches out information about her mother. Her mother, a nightclub singer who lived in Germany, France and Argentina, becomes th...

Release Date: March 20, 1981

Genres: Drama, Romance, Biography

Director: Jeanine Meerapfel

Writers: Jeanine Meerapfel

, Grischa Huber

, Michael Juncker

Runtime: 1 h 35 min

MPAA: R

Production: Inter West Film, Regina Ziegler Filmproduktion, Robert van Ackeren Filmproduktion

Country: West Germany

Language: German

9 - OFDb
1 votes

A Town Like Alice (1981)

Summary: Set against the brutal chaos of World War II, a love story begins that will take two lovers through a living nightmare of captivity, across three continents and two decades.

Release Date: October 04, 1981

Genres: Drama, Romance, War

Runtime: 5 h 01 min

Production: Mariner Films, 7 Network, The Australian Film Commission

Country: Australia

Language: English

8.6 - OFDb
2772 votes

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

8.6 - OFDb
7 votes

Le Pont du Nord (1981)

Summary: Young unhinged female ex-con with a motorcycle helps a sickly young homeless woman in red discover what the map of Paris she took from her gangster boyfriend leads to.

Release Date: March 24, 1982

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Crime

Director: Jacques Rivette

Writers: Bulle Ogier

, Pascale Ogier

, Suzanne Schiffman

Runtime: 2 h 09 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Les Films du Losange, Lyric International, La Cecilia

Country: France

Language: French

Domestic: $ 17,110

8.5 - OFDb
1784 votes

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

8.4 - OFDb
3220 votes

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

8.3 - OFDb
6 votes

American Pop (1981)

Summary: The story of four generations of a Russian Jewish immigrant family of musicians whose careers parallel the history of American popular music in the 20th century.

Release Date: February 13, 1981

Genres: Drama, Animation, History

Director: Ralph Bakshi

Writer: Ronni Kern

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: R

Production: Bakshi Productions, Aspen Productions (I), Columbia Pictures, Polyc International BV

Distributor: Columbia Pictures, Columbia TriStar Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,500,000

8.2 - OFDb
15 votes

This Is Elvis (1981)

Summary: The life and career of Elvis Presley are chronicled in home movies, concert footage, and dramatizations. Subjects include early performances, army service, Ed Sullivan Show appearance, marriage, 1968 comeback, health decline and d...

Release Date: April 10, 1981

Genres: Music, Documentary, Biography

Directors: Malcolm Leo

, Andrew Solt

Writers: Malcolm Leo

, Andrew Solt

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

MPAA: PG

Production: David L. Wolper Productions

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

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 5,000,000

Domestic: $ 2,028,612

8.1 - OFDb
14 votes

Le bunker de la dernière rafale (1981)

Summary: A military group of men is locked up in a bunker in an unknown future. All those soldiers are waiting for an eventual enemy. But the discovery of a certain project will cause several catastrophies and will make those men kill each...

Genres: Sci-Fi, Short

Directors: Marc Caro

, Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Writers: Gilles Adrien

, Marc Caro

, Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Runtime: 0 h 26 min

Production: Zootrope

Country: France

Language: French

8 - OFDb
10 votes

The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)

Summary: A look into the Los Angeles punk rock scene, that was largely ignored by the rock music press of the time.

Genres: Music, Documentary, History

Director: Penelope Spheeris

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Spheeris Films

Distributor: Image Entertainment, Media Home Entertainment, Shout! Factory, The Criterion Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 100,000

8 - OFDb
5 votes

No Mercy, No Future (1981)

Summary: Doctors say that Veronika, a woman in her 20s, is schizophrenic. She is compliant, which makes her an easy target for men. She's religious, believing she is God's favorite child; she searches for Jesus. She has sent a letter to a ...

Release Date: November 18, 1981

Genre: Drama

Director: Helma Sanders-Brahms

Writers: Rita G.

, Helma Sanders-Brahms

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

Production: Helma Sanders Filmproduktion, Mainline

Country: West Germany

Language: German

8 - OFDb
1 votes

Father Murphy (1981)

Summary: John Murphy leads a struggle against a mining boss that causes some children to be orphaned. he poses as a priest to circumvent the authorities. He and schoolteacher Mae struggle to provide everyday needs for two dozen children.

Release Date: November 03, 1981

Genres: Drama, Family, Western

Runtime: 0 h 48 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: NBC Productions

Country: United States

Language: English

7.9 - OFDb
1917 votes

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

7.9 - OFDb
1534 votes

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

7.9 - OFDb
22 votes

The Killing of America (1981)

Summary: A documentary of the decline of America. It features footage (most exclusive to this film) from race riots to serial killers and much, much more.

Release Date: September 05, 1981

Genres: Crime, Documentary

Director: Sheldon Renan

Writers: Leonard Schrader

, Chieko Schrader

Runtime: 1 h 30 min

MPAA: R

Production: Filmlink International, Towa Productions

Distributor: Indie Rights, Severin Films

Countries: Japan, United States

Language: English

7.9 - OFDb
15 votes

Montenegro (1981)

Summary: A bored wealthy housewife on the verge of insanity cuts loose with some lively Yugoslavian immigrants who delight in their bohemian lifestyle.

Release Date: October 09, 1981

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Dusan Makavejev

Writers: Donald Arthur

, Dusan Makavejev

, Branko Vucicevic

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: R

Production: Europa Film, Smart Egg Productions, Viking Film

Distributor: Thorn EMI Video, The Criterion Collection

Countries: Sweden, United Kingdom

Language: Swedish

7.9 - OFDb
7 votes

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

7.8 - OFDb
8 votes

Nero Wolfe (1981)

Summary: The short-lived adventures of portly detective Nero Wolfe, who would rather eat and tend to his orchids than hit the streets tracking down leads. That's why he hired hunky Archie Goodwin, who provides the brawn that complements Wo...

Release Date: January 16, 1981

Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Runtime: 1 h 00 min

Production: Paramount Television

Country: United States

Language: English

Urusei yatsura (1981)

Only Fools and Horses (1981)

Malou (1981)

A Town Like Alice (1981)

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Le Pont du Nord (1981)

Das Boot (1981)

The Evil Dead (1981)

American Pop (1981)

This Is Elvis (1981)

Le bunker de la dernière rafale (1981)

The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)

No Mercy, No Future (1981)

Father Murphy (1981)

Escape from New York (1981)

The Road Warrior (1981)

The Killing of America (1981)

Montenegro (1981)

Muddy River (1981)

Nero Wolfe (1981)

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