Movies released in 1981

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Victory (1981)

Victory

1981Feature Film

66/100

As allied POWs 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.

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Outland (1981)

Outland

1981Feature Film

66/100

In the distant future, a police marshal stationed at a remote mining colony on the Jupiter moon of Io uncovers a drug-smuggling conspiracy, and gets no help from the populace when he later finds himself marked for murder.

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Arthur (1981)

Arthur

1981Feature Film

69/100

Arthur is a happy drunk with no pretensions at any ambition. He is also the heir to a vast fortune which he is told will only be his if he marries Susan. He does not love Susan, but she ... See full summary »

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Thief (1981)

Thief

1981Feature Film

74/100

Coming closer to his dream of leading a normal life, a professional safecracker agrees to do a job for the Mafia, who has other plans for him.

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The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)

The Postman Always Rings Twice

1981Feature Film

66/100

The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.

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Possession (1981)

Possession

1981Feature Film

74/100

A woman starts exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking her husband for a divorce. Suspicions of infidelity soon give way to something much more sinister.

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Christiane F. (1981)

Christiane F.

1981Feature Film

76/100

This movie portrays the drug scene in Berlin in the 1970s, following tape recordings of Christiane F. 14-year-old Christiane lives with her mother and little sister in a typical multi-story... See full summary »

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Reds (1981)

Reds

1981Feature Film

74/100

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

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Quest for Fire (1981)

Quest for Fire

1981Feature Film

74/100

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

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The Beyond (1981)

The Beyond

1981Feature Film

69/100

A young woman inherits an old hotel in Louisiana where, following a series of supernatural "accidents", she learns that the building was built over one of the entrances to Hell.

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The Final Conflict (1981)

The Final Conflict

1981Feature Film

56/100

The now adult Antichrist plots to eliminate his future divine opponent while a cabal of monks plot to stop him.

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Taps (1981)

Taps

1981Feature Film

68/100

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

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Blutiger Valentinstag (1981)

Blutiger Valentinstag

1981Feature Film

63/100

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.

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My Dinner with Andre (1981)

My Dinner with Andre

1981Feature Film

78/100

Two old friends meet for dinner; as one tells anecdotes detailing his experiences, the other notices their differing worldviews.

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Nighthawks (1981)

Nighthawks

1981Feature Film

64/100

Conservative street cop DaSilva reluctantly agrees to terminate an international terrorist who has demanded media attention. But DaSilva's "at-home" tactics are very much put to the challenge.

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Southern Comfort (1981)

Southern Comfort

1981Feature Film

72/100

During a routine exercise, a team of National Guards are threatened by angry and violent locals.

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The Burning (1981)

The Burning

1981Feature Film

65/100

A former summer camp caretaker, horribly burned from a prank gone wrong, lurks around an upstate New York summer camp bent on killing the teenagers responsible for his disfigurement.

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Dragonslayer (1981)

Dragonslayer

1981Feature Film

67/100

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

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Mommie Dearest (1981)

Mommie Dearest

1981Feature Film

67/100

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

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The Great Muppet Caper (1981)

The Great Muppet Caper

1981Feature Film

72/100

Kermit, Gonzo, and Fozzie are reporters who travel to Britain to interview a rich victim of jewel thieves and help her along with her secretary, Miss Piggy.

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The Professional (1981)

The Professional

1981Feature Film

76/100

Victim of a plot which has resulted in his imprisonment in a Central African jail for two years, a French secret agent arrives in Paris to settle accounts.

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The House by the Cemetery (1981)

The House by the Cemetery

1981Feature Film

62/100

A New England home is terrorized by a series of murders, unbeknownst to the guests that a gruesome secret is hiding in the basement.

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Absence of Malice (1981)

Absence of Malice

1981Feature Film

69/100

When a prosecutor leaks a false story that a liquor warehouse owner is involved in the murder of a union head, the man's life begins to unravel.

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The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)

The French Lieutenant's Woman

1981Feature Film

70/100

A film is being made of a story, set in 19th century England, about Charles, a biologist who's engaged to be married, but who falls in love with outcast Sarah, whose melancholy makes her ... See full summary »

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Diva (1981)

Diva

1981Feature Film

73/100

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

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