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Dragonslayer (1981)

Summary: A young wizarding apprentice is sent to kill a dragon which has been devouring girls from a nearby kingdom.

Release Date: June 26, 1981

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Matthew Robbins

Writers: Hal Barwood

, Matthew Robbins

Runtime: 1 h 49 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Paramount Pictures, Walt Disney Productions

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, CBS, Disney Channel, Paramount Home Entertainment, Pioneer, RCA (II), Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 18,000,000

Domestic: $ 14,110,013

My Bloody Valentine (1981)

Summary: A decades-old folk tale surrounding a deranged murderer killing those who celebrate Valentine's Day turns out to be true to legend when a group defies the killer's order and people start turning up dead.

Release Date: February 13, 1981

Genres: Thriller, Horror, Mystery

Director: George Mihalka

Writers: Stephen A. Miller

, John Beaird

Runtime: 1 h 30 min

MPAA: R

Production: Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC), Famous Players, Secret Films

Distributor: Home Box Office (HBO), Paramount Home Entertainment, Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment, Lionsgate Home Entertainment, Scream Factory

Country: Canada

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,300,000

Domestic: $ 5,672,031

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

Stripes (1981)

Summary: Two friends who are dissatisfied with their jobs decide to join the army for a bit of fun.

Release Date: June 26, 1981

Genres: Comedy, War

Director: Ivan Reitman

Writers: Len Blum

, Daniel Goldberg

, Harold Ramis

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

MPAA: R

Production: Columbia Pictures

Distributor: Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, RCA SelectaVision VideoDiscs, Home Box Office (HBO), American Broadcasting Company (ABC), CBS, Columbia Pictures Television Distribution, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 10,000,000

Domestic: $ 85,297,000

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

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

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

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

Writers: Thomas Malory

, Rospo Pallenberg

, John Boorman

Runtime: 2 h 20 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Cinema '84, Orion Pictures

Distributor: Orion Pictures, Warner Bros., CBS, Warner Home Video

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 11,000,000

Domestic: $ 34,967,437

International: $ 3,699

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

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

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

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

Porky's (1981)

Summary: In 1954, a group of Florida high-school guys try to help their buddy lose his virginity, which leads them to seek revenge on a sleazy nightclub owner and his redneck sheriff brother for harassing them.

Release Date: March 19, 1982

Genre: Comedy

Director: Bob Clark

Writer: Bob Clark

Runtime: 1 h 34 min

MPAA: R

Production: Astral Bellevue Pathé, Melvin Simon Productions

Distributor: CBS/Fox, Home Box Office (HBO), USA Network, Fox Video, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Country: Canada

Language: English

Franchise: Porky's

Movie budget: $ 2,500,000

Domestic: $ 111,289,673

Heavy Metal (1981)

Summary: A glowing green orb that embodies ultimate evil terrorizes a young girl with an anthology of bizarre and fantastic stories.

Release Date: August 07, 1981

Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Animation

Directors: Gerald Potterton

, John Bruno

, John Halas

Writers: Daniel Goldberg

, Len Blum

, Dan O'Bannon

Runtime: 1 h 26 min

MPAA: R

Production: Columbia Pictures, Guardian Trust Company, Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC), Potterton Productions

Distributor: Columbia TriStar Home Video, TBS Superstation

Countries: United Kingdom, Canada, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 9,300,000

Domestic: $ 546,545

International: $ 1,015

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

Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)

Summary: A satire of American progression in which a mayor tries to bribe an official to ensure a ramp connects Ticlaw to an up-and-coming intrastate. When his plan fails, the town residents are forced to take matters into their own hands.

Release Date: August 21, 1981

Genres: Action, Comedy

Director: John Schlesinger

Writer: Edward Clinton

Runtime: 1 h 47 min

MPAA: PG

Production: EMI Films, Honky Tonk Freeway Company, Kendon Films

Distributor: Universal Pictures, Associated Film Distribution (AFD), Anchor Bay Entertainment, Kino Lorber

Countries: United States, United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 24,000,000

Domestic: $ 2,004,742

Heartbeeps (1981)

Summary: Two household robots run away and try to start a family.

Release Date: December 18, 1981

Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi

Director: Allan Arkush

Writer: John Hill

Runtime: 1 h 18 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Universal Pictures

Distributor: Universal Pictures, MCA Videocassette, Showtime Networks, Home Box Office (HBO), Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), TGG Direct, Kino Lorber

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 12,000,000

Domestic: $ 2,154,696

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

True Confessions (1981)

Summary: A worldly ambitious monsignor clashes with his older brother, a cynical Los Angeles homicide detective who is investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute.

Release Date: September 25, 1981

Genres: Drama, Crime

Director: Ulu Grosbard

Writers: John Gregory Dunne

, Joan Didion

, Gary S. Hall

Runtime: 1 h 48 min

MPAA: R

Production: Chartoff-Winkler Productions

Distributor: MGM Home Entertainment, WGN, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Kino Lorber

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 10,000,000

Domestic: $ 12,850,276

Scream (1981)

Summary: A group of friends on a rafting trip down a river stop in at an old ghost town to spend the night. Soon their rafts disappear, and then they begin to be eliminated one by one by a mysterious killer.

Release Date: January 01, 1981

Genres: Horror, Mystery

Director: Byron Quisenberry

Writer: Byron Quisenberry

Runtime: 1 h 22 min

MPAA: R

Production: Calendar International Pictures, Cougar Films

Distributor: Media Blasters, Showtime Networks, Shriek Show, Vestron Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 1,083,395

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