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Hell Night (1981)

Summary: Four college fraternity and sorority pledges spend the night in a deserted old mansion as part of a hazing ritual during hell night, where they are stalked by the only survivor of a family massacre from the mansion's sordid past.

Release Date: August 28, 1981

Genres: Thriller, Horror

Director: Tom DeSimone

Writer: Randy Feldman

Runtime: 1 h 41 min

MPAA: R

Production: BLT Productions, Media Home Entertainment

Distributor: Best Film & Video Corp., Anchor Bay Entertainment, MCA TV, NBC Universal Television Distribution, Scream Factory, Universal Domestic Television, Universal Television

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,400,000

Street Music (1981)

Summary: A singer (Elizabeth Daily) and her bus-driver boyfriend (Larry Breeding) try to help elderly tenants save their San Francisco hotel.

Genre: Drama

Director: Jenny Bowen

Writer: Jenny Bowen

Runtime: 1 h 33 min

MPAA: R

Production: Pacificon Films

Distributor: Specialty Films

Country: United States

Language: English

The Devil and Max Devlin (1981)

Summary: Max, a dead corrupt businessman, makes a Faustian pact with Satan's henchman to drive three people to Hell in exchange for longer life. Soon Max realizes that there still may be good in him.

Release Date: March 06, 1981

Genres: Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Director: Steven Hilliard Stern

Writers: Mary Rodgers

, Jimmy Sangster

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Hanna-Barbera Productions, Walt Disney Productions

Distributor: Buena Vista Distribution Company, Disney Channel, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Anchor Bay Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 16,000,000

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

Butterfly (1981)

Summary: In 1937 Nevada, silver mine caretaker Jess Tyler is reunited with his teenage daughter Kady who will do anything to persuade Jess to let her have claim to the mine.

Release Date: February 05, 1982

Genres: Drama, Crime

Director: Matt Cimber

Writers: James M. Cain

, Matt Cimber

, John F. Goff

Runtime: 1 h 48 min

MPAA: R

Production: Par-Par Productions

Distributor: Analysis Film Releasing Corporation, Vestron Video, Industrial Entertainment, Cinema Epoch

Country: United States

Language: English

Ghost Story (1981)

Summary: Two generations of men find themselves haunted by the presence of a spectral woman. When the son of one of the elderly men returns to his hometown after his brother's mysterious death, they attempt to unravel her story.

Release Date: December 18, 1981

Genres: Drama, Thriller, Horror

Director: John Irvin

Writers: Peter Straub

, Lawrence D. Cohen

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

MPAA: R

Production: Universal Pictures

Distributor: Universal Pictures, MCA Home Video, MCA/Universal Home Video, Image Entertainment, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), Scream Factory

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 13,500,000

Domestic: $ 23,371,905

Vernon, Florida (1981)

Summary: A documentary on the eccentric residents of Vernon, Florida.

Genre: Documentary

Director: Errol Morris

Runtime: 0 h 55 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Thirteen / WNET, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), Errol Morris Films

Countries: United States, West Germany

Language: English

Bloody Birthday (1981)

Summary: Three children are born at the height of an eclipse of the sun. Ten years later, they begin to murder the people around them - even their family members.

Release Date: April 28, 1981

Genres: Thriller, Horror

Director: Ed Hunt

Writers: Ed Hunt

, Barry Pearson

Runtime: 1 h 25 min

MPAA: R

Production: Judica Productions

Distributor: Wm. Lange & Associates, Arrow Films, Home Box Office (HBO), Prism Entertainment, Severin Films, Starmaker Entertainment, Tubi TV, Turner Classic Movies (TCM), VCI Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

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

Comin' at Ya! (1981)

Summary: Tragedy strikes as two ruthless brothers kidnap a bride during her wedding. Hurt and angry, H.H. begins his quest to find the love he lost, and take vengeance upon the wicked. Comin' at Ya.

Release Date: July 24, 1981

Genre: Western

Director: Ferdinando Baldi

Writers: Wolfe Lowenthal

, Lloyd Battista

, Gene Quintano

Runtime: 1 h 31 min

MPAA: R

Production: Lupo-Anthony-Quintano Productions

Distributor: Filmways Pictures, Rhino Home Video, Drafthouse Films, MVD Distribution, Tubi TV

Countries: Italy, Spain, United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 12,000,000

All Night Long (1981)

Summary: A middle-aged executive's lifestyle and values are turned upside down after he is demoted to chain-store night manager.

Release Date: March 06, 1981

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Jean-Claude Tramont

Writer: W.D. Richter

Runtime: 1 h 27 min

MPAA: R

Production: Universal Pictures

Distributor: Universal Pictures, MCA Videocassette, CBS, NBC Universal Television Distribution, GoodTimes Home Video, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), Kino Lorber Studio Classics

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 14,000,000

Domestic: $ 4,454,295

Strong Medicine (1981)

Summary: Adaptation of an avant-garde play about Rhoda, a hysterical heroine who feels oppressed by the people around her. She suffers through her birthday party, goes to see a doctor, plans a vacation, argues a lot and even breaks the fou...

Release Date: November 25, 1981

Genre: Drama

Director: Richard Foreman

Writer: Richard Foreman

Runtime: 1 h 24 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Country: United States

Language: English

Harry's War (1981)

Summary: After his aunt dies of a heart attack while fighting the IRS, Harry Johnson decides to take up the cause.

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Kieth Merrill

Writer: Kieth Merrill

Runtime: 1 h 38 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Taft International Pictures

Distributor: Halestone Distribution, Image Entertainment, Paramount Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

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

Quartet (1981)

Summary: Finding herself penniless after her art-dealer husband Stephan is convicted of theft, Marya Zelli accepts the hospitality of a strange couple, H.J. and Lois Heidler, who let her live in their home.

Release Date: October 25, 1981

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: James Ivory

Writers: Jean Rhys

, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

, Michel Maingois

Runtime: 1 h 41 min

MPAA: R

Production: Merchant Ivory Productions, Lyric International, National Film Trustee Company

Distributor: Home Vision Entertainment (HVE), The Criterion Collection, Cohen Media Group, Cohen Film Collection, Warner Home Video

Countries: United Kingdom, France

Language: French

Domestic: $ 12,042

Carbon Copy (1981)

Summary: When a rich white corporate executive finds out that he has an illegitimate black son, things start falling apart for him at home, work, and in his social circles.

Release Date: September 25, 1981

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Michael Schultz

Writer: Stanley Shapiro

Runtime: 1 h 32 min

MPAA: PG

Production: DeHaven/Shapiro Productions, Hemdale, RKO Pictures, RKO Pictures

Distributor: Home Box Office (HBO), Embassy Home Entertainment, CBS, Nelson Entertainment, MGM Home Entertainment, TGG Direct, Shout! Factory

Countries: United States, United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 6,000,000

Domestic: $ 9,566,593

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 Greatest American Hero (1981)

Summary: A teacher is asked to be a superhero using a special alien suit with powers he can barely understand or control.

Release Date: March 18, 1981

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Runtime: 1 h 00 min

MPAA: TV-14

Production: Stephen J. Cannell Productions

Country: United States

Language: English

Quest for Fire (1981)

Summary: This story takes place in prehistoric time when three tribesmen search for a new fire source.

Release Date: February 12, 1982

Genres: Adventure, Drama, History

Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud

Writers: Gérard Brach

, J.H. Rosny Sr.

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: R

Production: International Cinema Corporation (ICC), Ciné Trail, Belstar Productions, Stéphan Films, Gruskoff Film Organization, Royal Bank of Canada, Famous Players Limited

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Countries: Canada, France

Language: French

Movie budget: $ 12,500,000

Domestic: $ 20,959,585

International: $ 3,030

East of Eden (1981)

Summary: Screen adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel which begins in the years after the American Civil War and, through the story of the Trask family, brings to light a struggle and conflict inherent in the human condition.

Release Date: February 08, 1981

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 8 h 00 min

Production: Barney Rosenzweig Productions, Mace Neufeld Productions, Viacom Productions

Country: United States

Language: English

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