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| 1 |  | 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 |
| 2 |  | 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 |
| 3 |  | 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 |
| 4 |  | 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 |
| 5 |  | 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 |
| 6 |  | 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 |
| 7 |  | 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 |
| 8 |  | 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 |
| 9 |  | 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 |
| 10 |  | Pennies from Heaven (1981) | 2.5130 13 reviews | NA | Drama, Musical, Romance, Comedy |
$8.68
| It's the depression era and Chicago. Sheet music salesman Arthur Parker is trying to sell his ...more about Pennies from Heaven starring Bernadette Peters and Christopher Walken |
| 11 |  | New York Beat Movie (1981) | 2.4815 34 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy |
$18.95
| The film is a day in the life of a young artist, Jean Michel Basquiat, who needs to raise money to ...more about New York Beat Movie |
| 12 |  | Continental Divide (1981) | 2.4356 13 reviews | NA | Romance, Comedy |
$3.92
| Ernie Souchak ('John Belushi' (qv)), a tough Chicago reporter, gets a little too close to the Mob, ...more about Continental Divide starring John Belushi and Blair Brown |
| 13 |  | Cannonball Run, The (1981) | 2.3411 21 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Romance, Comedy |
$5.57
| A wild, illegal, and popular cross-country car is organized, and the eccentric entrants will do ...more about Cannonball Run starring Burt Reynolds and Roger Moore |
| 14 |  | Shock Treatment (1981) | 2.3070 12 reviews | NA | Horror, Musical, Comedy |
$9.99
| Following on from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", this musical is set several years later in Brad ...more about Shock Treatment starring Jessica Harper and Cliff De Young |
| 15 |  | Caveman (1981) | 2.2717 16 reviews | NA | Comedy |
$6.62
| A simple caveman accidently becomes leader of a clan of cavemisfits and outcasts. But he ultimately ...more about Caveman starring Ringo Starr and Dennis Quaid |
| 16 |  | All Night Long (1981) |  2.1127 9 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy |
$4.91
| Executive George Dupler loses his temper and is demoted to the night manager at a 24 hour drugstore. ...more about All Night Long starring Gene Hackman and Barbra Streisand |
| 17 |  | Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie, The (1981) | 2.0866 1 reviews | G | Western, Crime, Comedy, Family, Animation, Music | N/A | This is the second feature-length film containing classic Warner Brothers cartoons linked together ...more about Looney starring Stan Freberg and June Foray |
| 18 |  | Four Seasons, The (1981) | 2.0838 5 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy |
$8.07
| Three middle-aged wealthy couples take vacations together in Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. ...more about Four Seasons starring Alan Alda and Carol Burnett |
| 19 |  | Devil and Max Devlin, The (1981) | 1.9848 8 reviews | PG | Fantasy, Comedy, Family, Disney |
$10.98
| When Max dies in an accident, he goes straight to hell. But the devil Barney makes him an offer: if ...more about Devil and Max Devlin starring Elliott Gould and Bill Cosby |
| 20 |  | Nice Dreams (1981) | 1.9209 7 reviews | NA | Comedy |
$7.21
| Cheech and Chong house sit for a marijuana grower and rip off the crop. Stalked by keystone-style ...more about Nice Dreams starring Tommy Chong and Benita Barrie |
| 21 |  | Condorman (1981) | 1.9039 9 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Disney | N/A | Comic artist and writer Woody (Michael Crawford) performs a simple courier operation for his friend ...more about Condorman starring Michael Crawford and Oliver Reed |
| 22 |  | Private Eyes, The (1981) | 1.8902 5 reviews | NA | Mystery, Comedy |
$23.31
| This spoof of the Sherlock Holmes stories finds Inspector Winship and Dr. Tart investigating a ...more about Private Eyes starring Tim Conway and Don Knotts |
| 23 |  | Polyester (1981) | 1.8156 10 reviews | NA | Comedy |
$10.05
| Francine Fishpaw is a upper middle class suburban housewife in Baltimore. Unfortunately for this ...more about Polyester starring Divine (I) and Tab Hunter |
| 24 |  | Zorro, the Gay Blade (1981) |  1.7341 7 reviews | NA | Comedy |
$11.01
| When the new Spanish Governor begins to grind the peasants under his heel, Don Diego Vega becomes ...more about Zorro starring George Hamilton and Lauren Hutton |
| 25 |  | Saturday the 14th (1981) | 1.7091 7 reviews | NA | Horror, Comedy | N/A | Primarily a spoof of the Friday the 13th series, but also takes shots at several other horror films. ...more about Saturday the 14th starring Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss |
| 26 | | Full Moon High (1981) | 1.6239 4 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Horror, Comedy | N/A | ...more about Full Moon High starring Adam Arkin and Roz Kelly |
| 27 |  | Carbon Copy (1981) | 1.6026 1 reviews | NA | Comedy |
$4.10
| A white corporate executive is surprised to discover that he has a black teen-age son who can't ...more about Carbon Copy starring George Segal and Susan Saint James |
| 28 |  | Back Roads (1981) | 1.5995 9 reviews | NA | Comedy |
$10.99
| ...more about Back Roads starring Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones |
| 29 | | Incredible Shrinking Woman, The (1981) | 1.5995 5 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Comedy | N/A | After being exposed to a bizarre mixture of household chemicals, Pat Kramer begins to shrink. This ...more about Incredible Shrinking Woman starring Lily Tomlin and Charles Grodin |
| 30 | | Only When I Laugh (1981) | 1.5417 4 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy | N/A | A boozy Broadway actress (Marsha Mason) comes out of a 12-week cure to face the problems of her ...more about Only When I Laugh starring Marsha Mason and Kristy McNichol |
| 31 | | Neighbors (1981) | 1.5417 5 reviews | NA | Comedy | N/A | One man's quiet suburban life takes a sickening lurch for the worse when a young couple move into ...more about Neighbors starring John Belushi and Kathryn Walker |
| 32 |  | Private Lessons (1981) | 1.5090 6 reviews | NA | Comedy |
$9.99
| Phillip Filmore is a naive, 15-year-old, preoccupied with sex, who develops a crush on Nicole ...more about Private Lessons starring Sylvia Kristel and Howard Hesseman |
| 33 | | Student Bodies (1981) | 1.5067 12 reviews | NA | Horror, Mystery, Comedy | N/A | A killer named the Breather terrorizes students at a high school. Whenever the killer finds ...more about Student Bodies starring Kristen Riter and Richard Brando |
| 34 | | Buddy Buddy (1981) | 1.4875 7 reviews | NA | Comedy | N/A | Walter Matthau plays a professional killer going by the name of Trabucco, who is on his way to rub ...more about Buddy Buddy starring Jack Lemmon and Ben Lessy |
| 35 | | Puberty Blues (1981) | 1.4542 7 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy | N/A | Meet Sue, a teenage Australian girl in the late 70s, whose life mainly consists of doing what ...more about Puberty Blues starring Nell Schofield and Jad Capelja |
| 36 | | Pacific Banana (1981) | 1.4473 3 reviews | NA | Comedy | N/A | The story of a pair of Australian pilots working for a small South Pacific airline. Paul, a wildly ...more about Pacific Banana starring Graeme Blundell and Robin Stewart |
| 37 |  | Honky Tonk Freeway (1981) | 1.4473 4 reviews | NA | Action, Comedy |
$12.36
| Ticlaw, a small town in Florida, has only one attraction: a safari park. The government constructs ...more about Honky Tonk Freeway starring Al Corley and William Devane |
| 38 |  | Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981) | 1.4412 6 reviews | NA | Mystery, Comedy | N/A | Famous detective Charlie Chan (Peter Ustinov) is called out of retirement to help a San Francisco ...more about Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen starring Peter Ustinov and Lee Grant |
| 39 | | Paternity (1981) | 1.4199 3 reviews | NA | Comedy | N/A | ...more about Paternity starring Burt Reynolds and Beverly D'Angelo |
| 40 |  | First Monday in October (1981) | 1.4085 7 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy | N/A | Ruth Loomis (Jill Clayburg) becomes the first woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court. A ...more about First Monday in October starring Walter Matthau and Jill Clayburgh |
| 41 |  | They All Laughed (1981) | 1.4017 5 reviews | NA | Comedy |
$13.71
| New York's Odyssey Detective Agency is hired by two different clients to follow two women suspected ...more about They All Laughed starring Audrey Hepburn and Ben Gazzara |
| 42 | | On the Right Track (1981) | 1.4017 1 reviews | NA | Comedy | N/A | Lester is a homeless shoeshine boy living in a railway station. He's got this funny knack for ...more about On the Right Track starring Gary Coleman and Maureen Stapleton |
| 43 | | Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (1981) | 1.3629 4 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy, Music | N/A | Corrine Burns retreats far into plans for her band, The Fabulous Stains, after her mother's death. ...more about Ladies and Gentlemen starring Diane Lane and Ray Winstone |
| 44 |  | ...All the Marbles (1981) | 1.3286 2 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Romance, Comedy | N/A | Harry manages The California Dolls, a female wrestling tag team endlessly touring America. He is ...more about ...All the Marbles starring Peter Falk and Vicki Frederick |
| 45 | | Earthbound (1981) | 1.3286 1 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi, Comedy, Family | N/A | Originally meant to be the pilot for a hopeful new TV series, meant to follow the adventures of a ...more about Earthbound starring Burl Ives and Christopher Connelly |
| 46 |  | High Risk (1981) |  1.0204 5 reviews | NA | Action, Crime, Comedy |
$3.95
| Four American friends, badly needing money, decide to make a commando-like raid into a South ...more about High Risk starring James Brolin and Anthony Quinn |
| 47 | | Heartbeeps (1981) | 0.9935 7 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi, Comedy |
$10.01
| Val and Aqua are two household servant robots who start feeling emotions for each other. After ...more about Heartbeeps starring Andy Kaufman and Bernadette Peters |
| 48 |  | Modern Problems (1981) |  0.4885 2 reviews | NA | Comedy |
$6.06
| Air traffic controller Max Fiedler is unhappy with his career and his second marriage. An exposure ...more about Modern Problems starring Chevy Chase and Patti D'Arbanville |
| 49 | | Take It or Leave It (1981) |  No Score 0 reviews | NA | Comedy, Documentary, Music | N/A | Autobiographical account of the cult 80's British pop group Madness, with members of the group ...more about Take It or Leave It starring Mark Bedford and Lee Thompson |
| 50 | | Getting Over (1981) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Comedy | N/A | ...more about Getting Over starring John Daniels and Gwen Briscoe |
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