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| 1 |  | 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 |
| 2 |  | 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 |
| 3 |  | 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 |
| 4 |  | 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 |
| 5 |  | 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 |
| 6 |  | 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 |
| 7 |  | 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 |
| 8 |  | 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 |
| 9 |  | 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 |
| 10 |  | 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 |
| 11 |  | 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 |
| 12 |  | 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 |
| 13 |  | Nighthawks (1981) | 2.5411 12 reviews | NA | Action, Drama |
$5.95
| Deke DaSilva and Matthew Fox are two New York cops who get transferred to an elite anti-terrorism ...more about Nighthawks starring Sylvester Stallone and Billy Dee Williams |
| 14 |  | 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 |
| 15 |  | 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 |
| 16 |  | Ghost Story (1981) | 2.4756 15 reviews | NA | Drama, Horror |
$7.17
| Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year old ...more about Ghost Story starring Fred Astaire and Melvyn Douglas |
| 17 |  | Inseminoid (1981) | 2.4696 20 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$44.98
| A group of scientists are working in a lab located on a distant planet. One of them, Sandy, is ...more about Inseminoid starring Robin Clarke and Jennifer Ashley |
| 18 |  | Postman Always Rings Twice, The (1981) | 2.4650 11 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance |
$4.49
| This remake of the 1946 movie of the same name accounts an affair between a seedy drifter and a ...more about Postman Always Rings Twice starring Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange |
| 19 |  | Possession (1981) | 2.4577 17 reviews | NA | Drama, Horror | N/A | A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the ...more about Possession starring Isabelle Adjani and Margit Carstensen |
| 20 |  | Taps (1981) | 2.4416 8 reviews | NA | Drama |
$8.99
| An announcement that the venerable Bunker Hill Military Academy, a 141 year old institute, is to be ...more about Taps starring George C. Scott and Timothy Hutton |
| 21 |  | Absence of Malice (1981) | 2.3950 16 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance |
$10.23
| Paul Newman plays the son of a long dead Mafia boss who is a simple liquor warehouse owner. ...more about Absence of Malice starring Sally Field and Bob Balaban |
| 22 |  | Victory (1981) | 2.2738 8 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, War, Sports |
$4.49
| In World War II, a group of Nazi officers come up with a propiganda event in which an all star Nazi ...more about Victory starring Sylvester Stallone and Michael Caine |
| 23 |  | Night Crossing (1981) |  2.2266 6 reviews | PG | Drama, Family, Disney |
$7.02
| Two men want to escape from East Germany (under Communist rule) but they will only go if they can ...more about Night Crossing starring John Hurt and Jane Alexander |
| 24 |  | Face in the Crowd, A (1981) | 2.1464 9 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | ...more about Face in the Crowd |
| 25 |  | Lion of the Desert (1981) | 2.1322 7 reviews | NA | Drama, War |
$14.95
| This movie is about Omar Mukhtar, a Muslim and Arabian rebellion who fought against the Italian ...more about Lion of the Desert starring Anthony Quinn and Oliver Reed |
| 26 |  | 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 |
| 27 |  | American Pop (1981) | 2.1110 16 reviews | R | Drama, Animation, Music |
$13.99
| "American Pop" is the animated story of a very talented and troubled family starting with 19th ...more about American Pop starring Gene Borkan and Hilary Beane |
| 28 |  | 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 |
| 29 |  | Chosen, The (1981) | 1.9519 7 reviews | NA | Drama |
$5.75
| Two Jewish teenagers in 1940s New York meet as playground rivals. After accidentally injuring ...more about Chosen starring Rod Steiger and Robby Benson |
| 30 | | Prince of the City (1981) | 1.9204 10 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | New York cop Daniel Ciello is involved in some questionable police practices. He is approached by ...more about Prince of the City starring Treat Williams and Jerry Orbach |
| 31 |  | Southern Comfort (1981) | 1.8473 7 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Thriller |
$9.99
| A squad of National Guards on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana swamp must fight for ...more about Southern Comfort starring Keith Carradine and Powers Boothe |
| 32 |  | Four Friends (1981) | 1.8446 8 reviews | NA | Drama |
$7.68
| ...more about Four Friends starring Craig Wasson and Jodi Thelen |
| 33 |  | Kill and Kill Again (1981) | 1.8418 7 reviews | NA | Action, Drama | N/A | Dr. Horatio Kane has been kidnapped, and is being forced to create an army of martial artists who ...more about Kill and Kill Again starring James Ryan and Anneline Kriel |
| 34 |  | Looker (1981) | 1.8400 5 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$12.71
| A plastic surgeon gets suspicious when models he has operated on begin to die in mysterious ways. ...more about Looker starring Albert Finney and James Coburn |
| 35 | | Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981) |  1.7061 7 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Ken Harrison is an artist that makes sculptures. One day he is involved in a car accident, and is ...more about Whose Life Is It Anyway? starring Richard Dreyfuss and John Cassavetes |
| 36 |  | Fort Apache the Bronx (1981) | 1.6756 7 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime |
$1.96
| From the sight of a police officer this movie depicts the life in New York's infamous South Bronx. ...more about Fort Apache the Bronx starring Edward Asner and Ken Wahl |
| 37 |  | True Confessions (1981) | 1.6695 8 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime |
$5.69
| De Niro (a Catholic Priest) and Duvall (a Homicide Detective) play brothers drawn together after ...more about True Confessions starring Robert De Niro and Robert Duvall |
| 38 |  | Smash Palace (1981) | 1.6619 8 reviews | NA | Drama |
$5.45
| Al Shaw's life revolves around motor racing and his back country junkyard, the "Smash Palace". His ...more about Smash Palace starring Bruno Lawrence and Greer Robson |
| 39 | | Burning an Illusion (1981) | 1.6300 3 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | ...more about Burning an Illusion |
| 40 | | Scared to Death (1981) | 1.6208 2 reviews | NA | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Romance | N/A | An ex-cop, now working as a hack novelist, is called out of retirement to help investigate a string ...more about Scared to Death starring John Stinson and Diana Davidson |
| 41 | | Agoniya (1981) | 1.6163 4 reviews | NA | Drama, History | N/A | Russia, 1916. Be it by craft or madness, Rasputin exercises power over the indecisive Nicholas, and ...more about Agoniya starring Anatoli Romashin |
| 42 | | This Is Elvis (1981) | 1.5660 9 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Music | N/A | ...more about This Is Elvis starring David Scott and Paul Boensch III |
| 43 |  | Inchon (1981) | 1.5569 1 reviews | NA | Drama, History, War | N/A | A noisy and absurd re-telling of the great 1950 invasion of Inchon during the Korean War which was ...more about Inchon starring Laurence Olivier and Jacqueline Bisset |
| 44 | | Winter of Our Dreams (1981) | 1.5478 7 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance | N/A | ...more about Winter of Our Dreams starring Judy Davis and Bryan Brown |
| 45 | | 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 |
| 46 | | Tattoo (1981) | 1.5234 7 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller | N/A | Karl Kinsky, an unbalanced tattoo artist, becomes dangerously obsessed with Maddy, a model he meets ...more about Tattoo starring Bruce Dern and Maud Adams |
| 47 |  | Ticket to Heaven (1981) | 1.5113 4 reviews | NA | Drama |
$5.00
| After his girlfriend of many years leaves him, David participates at a summer camp in the country. ...more about Ticket to Heaven starring Michael Wincott and Saul Rubinek |
| 48 | | Enter the Ninja (1981) | 1.4899 12 reviews | NA | Action, Drama | N/A | After just completing his training at a ninja school, an army vet (Franco Nero) travels to the ...more about Enter the Ninja starring Susan George and Christopher George |
| 49 | | 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 |
| 50 | | Goodbye Pork Pie (1981) | 1.4382 2 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama | N/A | Local goon, Gerry, hires a yellow mini in Kaitaia using a stolen license. John's wife has just left ...more about Goodbye Pork Pie starring Tony Barry and Kelly Johnson |
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