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| 1 |  | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) |  4.0000 98 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Thriller, Romance |
$43.99
| In 1936, as WWII looms near, Indiana Jones is hired by the Government to find the Ark of the ...more about Raiders of the Lost Ark starring Harrison Ford and Karen Allen |
| 2 |  | Time Bandits (1981) |  3.5164 63 reviews | NA | Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Family |
$9.10
| A young boy joins a group of dwarfs on an adventure through time. He follows them through ...more about Time Bandits starring John Cleese and Sean Connery |
| 3 |  | Reds (1981) |  3.2084 21 reviews | PG | Drama, Biography, Romance |
$8.97
| Writing has been the only escape of Louise Bryant until she goes to a lecture one night in 1912 and ...more about Reds starring Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton |
| 4 |  | Evil Dead, The (1981) | 3.1519 152 reviews | NC-17 | Thriller, Fantasy, Horror |
$6.84
| Five college friends are forced to spend the night in a remote abandoned cabin. There they find the ...more about Evil Dead starring Bruce Campbell and Ellen Sandweiss |
| 5 |  | Body Heat (1981) | 3.1220 32 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$8.68
| Ned Racine is a seedy small town lawyer in Florida. During a searing heatwave he's picked up by ...more about Body Heat starring William Hurt and Kathleen Turner |
| 6 |  | American Werewolf in London, An (1981) | 3.0937 97 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Romance, Comedy |
$4.49
| A Werewolf attacks two American students on tour of England. The surviving student begins to have ...more about American Werewolf in London starring David Naughton and Jenny Agutter |
| 7 |  | Excalibur (1981) | 3.0893 61 reviews | NA | Adventure, Fantasy |
$4.50
| The myth of King Arthur brought once again to the screen. Uthur Pendragon is given the mystical ...more about Excalibur starring Nigel Terry and Helen Mirren |
| 8 |  | Chariots of Fire (1981) | 3.0638 61 reviews | PG | Drama, History, Biography, Sports |
$18.18
| A Scotsman and Jew each sprinting in the 1924 Olympics for Great Britain. One runs for God the ...more about Chariots of Fire starring Nicholas Farrell and Nigel Havers |
| 9 |  | Escape from New York (1981) | 3.0614 105 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Thriller, Sci-Fi |
$9.99
| In 1997 the island of Manhattan has been converted into a maximum security prison. When Air Force ...more about Escape from New York starring Kurt Russell and Lee Van Cleef |
| 10 |  | Howling, The (1981) | 3.0507 54 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror |
$4.76
| After a traumatizing incident with a serial killer and a series of nightmares, Karen checks herself ...more about Howling starring Patrick Macnee and Dennis Dugan |
| 11 |  | Blow Out (1981) | 3.0460 46 reviews | R | Thriller, Mystery |
$5.99
| This stylish Brian DePalma thriller plays off the theme of the unsuspecting witness who discovers a ...more about Blow Out starring John Travolta and Nancy Allen |
| 12 |  | Mad Max 2 (1981) | 3.0173 36 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi |
$4.99
| In "The Road Warrior" the sequel to "Mad Max," Max joins a struggling group tring to build a ...more about Mad Max 2 starring Mel Gibson and Bruce Spence |
| 13 |  | Arthur (1981) | 3.0111 21 reviews | NA | Romance, Comedy |
$4.59
| Arthur is a happy drunk with no pretensions at any ambition. He is also the heir to a vast fortune ...more about Arthur starring Dudley Moore and Liza Minnelli |
| 14 |  | Dragonslayer (1981) | 2.9821 49 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Fantasy |
$3.90
| A King has made a pact with a dragon where he sacrfices virgins to it, and the dragon leaves his ...more about Dragonslayer starring Peter MacNicol and Caitlin Clarke |
| 15 |  | Stripes (1981) | 2.9777 38 reviews | R | War, Comedy |
$4.43
| Thanks to a run of bad luck and go-nowhere jobs, John convinces Russell to join the army so they ...more about Stripes starring Harold Ramis and Warren Oates |
| 16 |  | For Your Eyes Only (1981) | 2.9532 49 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Thriller |
$9.27
| A British spy trawler is accidentally sunk off the coast of a Warsaw pact county. On board is a ...more about For Your Eyes Only starring Roger Moore and Carole Bouquet |
| 17 |  | Dead & Buried (1981) | 2.9439 48 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$8.62
| Potters Bluff, Rhode Island. may seem to be a sleepy little town. At least for the casual visitor ...more about Dead & Buried starring James Farentino and Melody Anderson |
| 18 |  | Great Muppet Caper, The (1981) | 2.9386 26 reviews | G | Musical, Comedy, Family, Disney |
$13.99
| Kermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy ...more about Great Muppet Caper starring Jim Henson and Charles Grodin |
| 19 |  | Clash of the Titans (1981) | 2.9372 55 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Family |
$3.59
| Perseus has to rescue Andromeda, before she has to marry a monster. Zeus has set up a few tests for ...more about Clash of the Titans starring Laurence Olivier and Claire Bloom |
| 20 |  | Outland (1981) | 2.9065 28 reviews | NA | Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Crime | N/A | Marshal W.T. O'Niel is assigned to a mining colony on Io, one of Jupiter's moons. During his tenure ...more about Outland starring Sean Connery and Peter Boyle |
| 21 |  | Gallipoli (1981) | 2.9058 39 reviews | NA | Drama, War |
$4.94
| The story of a group of young Australian men who leave their various backgrounds behind and sign up ...more about Gallipoli starring Mark Lee and Bill Kerr |
| 22 |  | Thief (1981) | 2.8994 21 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$9.72
| Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specializing in high-profile diamond jobs. After ...more about Thief starring James Caan and Tuesday Weld |
| 23 |  | Heavy Metal (1981) | 2.8808 55 reviews | R | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Musical, Animation |
$19.19
| Loc-Nar, a glowing green orb and embodiment of evil, shows a little girl nine animated shorts ...more about Heavy Metal starring Don Francks and Al Waxman |
| 24 |  | My Dinner with Andre (1981) | 2.8752 13 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory, apparently playing themselves, share their lives over the course ...more about My Dinner with Andre starring Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory |
| 25 |  | Dogs of War, The (1981) | 2.8522 15 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, War |
$8.65
| Mercenary Paul Shannon (Christopher Walken), on a reconaissance job to the African nation of ...more about Dogs of War starring Christopher Walken and Jos� Rabelo |
| 26 |  | On Golden Pond (1981) | 2.8439 22 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy |
$7.14
| The loons are back again on Golden Pond and so are Norman Thayer, a retired professor, and Ethel ...more about On Golden Pond starring Katharine Hepburn and Henry Fonda |
| 27 |  | Entity, The (1981) | 2.8439 21 reviews | NA | Horror |
$6.06
| Carla Moran awakens one night to find herself being beaten and raped by an unseen presence. ...more about Entity starring Barbara Hershey and Ron Silver |
| 28 |  | Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) | 2.8414 61 reviews | NA | Action, Thriller, Horror, Mystery |
$2.10
| After killing the crazy Mrs. Voorhees, who was avenging her son Jason's death, Alice can finally ...more about Friday the 13th Part 2 starring Amy Steel and John Furey |
| 29 |  | Scanners (1981) | 2.8357 50 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$5.10
| Darryl Revok is the most powerful of all the scanners, and is the head of the underground scanner ...more about Scanners starring Jennifer O'Neill and Stephen Lack |
| 30 |  | Mommie Dearest (1981) | 2.8139 51 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography |
$6.38
| An account of the life and times of one of our greatest actresses as seen through the eyes of an ...more about Mommie Dearest starring Faye Dunaway and Diana Scarwid |
| 31 |  | Wolfen (1981) | 2.8005 24 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror |
$4.49
| A city cop is assigned to solve a bizarre set of violent murders where it appears that the victoms ...more about Wolfen starring Albert Finney and Diane Venora |
| 32 |  | French Lieutenant's Woman, The (1981) | 2.7851 16 reviews | NA |
$6.20
| A film is being made of a story, set in 19th century England, about Charles, a biologist who's ...more about French Lieutenant's Woman starring Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons | |
| 33 |  | Fox and the Hound, The (1981) | 2.7808 26 reviews | G | Drama, Family, Animation, Disney |
$10.99
| A young fox named Tod is taken in by an old woman after his mother is killed by a hunter. Full of ...more about Fox and the Hound starring Mickey Rooney and Kurt Russell |
| 34 |  | Knightriders (1981) | 2.7693 18 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama | N/A | A travelling troupe of jousters and performers are slowly cracking under the pressure of hick cops, ...more about Knightriders starring Ed Harris and Gary Lahti |
| 35 |  | Just Before Dawn (1981) |  2.7437 15 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror |
$12.28
| Five campers arrive in the mountains to examine some property they have bought, but are warned by ...more about Just Before Dawn starring George Kennedy and Chris Lemmon |
| 36 |  | Funhouse, The (1981) | 2.7152 20 reviews | NA | Horror |
$9.99
| Two young couples on a double date go to a mysterious carnival. As a prank they decide to spend the ...more about Funhouse starring Elizabeth Berridge and Shawn Carson |
| 37 |  | Prowler, The (1981) | 2.7152 29 reviews | NA | Horror |
$13.47
| The film begins with the return home of a wwII veteran who was the recipient of a "Dear John ...more about Prowler starring Vicky Dawson and Christopher Goutman |
| 38 |  | Modern Romance (1981) | 2.7015 31 reviews | NA | Romance, Comedy |
$2.12
| Robert Cole, a film editor, is constantly breaking up with and reconciling with long-suffering girl ...more about Modern Romance starring Albert Brooks and Kathryn Harrold |
| 39 |  | History of the World: Part I (1981) | 2.6994 22 reviews | NA | History, Comedy |
$6.88
| From the dawn of man to the distant future, mankind's evolution (or lack thereof) is traced. Often ...more about History of the World: Part I starring Mel Brooks and Dom DeLuise |
| 40 |  | Ms. 45 (1981) | 2.6885 21 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime | N/A | A mute woman gets raped twice coming home from work and decides to take matters into her own hands. ...more about Ms. 45 starring Albert Sinkys and Darlene Stuto |
| 41 |  | My Bloody Valentine (1981) | 2.6854 44 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror |
$7.99
| There's a big valentine-party planned in the little miningtown Valentine's Bluff. It is the first ...more about My Bloody Valentine starring Paul Kelman and Lori Hallier |
| 42 |  | Hell Night (1981) | 2.6555 35 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror |
$13.49
| Before being able to join Alpha Sigma Rho fraternity and its sister sorority, four pledges must ...more about Hell Night starring Linda Blair and Vincent Van Patten |
| 43 |  | Cutter's Way (1981) | 2.6511 22 reviews | NA |
$5.80
| John Heard came back from the war minus an eye, a leg and an arm. He drinks a lot and abuses his ...more about Cutter's Way starring Jeff Bridges and John Heard | |
| 44 |  | Ragtime (1981) | 2.6464 10 reviews | NA | Drama |
$3.90
| The story runs in the 1910's New York. Coalhouse Walker Jr. is a black man piano player. He has won ...more about Ragtime starring James Cagney and Brad Dourif |
| 45 |  | Burning, The (1981) | 2.6349 23 reviews | NA | Horror | N/A | A janitor at a summer camp is accidently burned severely from a prank. Years later, he is released ...more about Burning starring Leah Ayres and Brian Backer |
| 46 |  | Sharky's Machine (1981) | 2.6322 8 reviews | NA |
$5.99
| Sharky is a narcotics cop in Atlanta who, while chasing a dealer, gets involved in a shootout that ...more about Sharky's Machine starring Burt Reynolds and Vittorio Gassman | |
| 47 |  | Evilspeak (1981) | 2.6232 33 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$6.97
| A military cadet (Clint Howard) who happens to be a social outcast taps into a way to summon demons ...more about Evilspeak starring Clint Howard and R.G. Armstrong |
| 48 |  | S.O.B. (1981) | 2.6025 14 reviews | NA | Comedy |
$9.76
| A film-within-a-film: a fading movie producer has a plan for a successful movie: get a actress ...more about S.O.B. starring Julie Andrews and William Holden |
| 49 |  | Halloween II (1981) | 2.5635 33 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror |
$3.92
| It's the same night as the original Halloween. Michael Myers is around the neighborhood, after ...more about Halloween II starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Pleasence |
| 50 |  | Incubus, The (1981) | 2.5587 20 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror |
$7.82
| In the small New England town of Galen, a young teenage boy claims he has dreams of young women ...more about Incubus starring John Cassavetes and John Ireland |
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