25 films released in 1981

Christiane F. (Christiane F. – Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo)

Uli Edel, 1981, West Germany

131 mins
8 / 10 (4422)
16 countries
11 months
Drama

The Skin (La pelle)

Liliana Cavani, 1981, France

134 mins
7 / 10 (175)
2 countries
10 months
Drama War

The Woman Next Door (La femme d'à côté)

François Truffaut, 1981, France

101 mins
7.8 / 10 (3060)
90 countries
10 months
Drama Romance

Documenteur

Agnès Varda, 1981, France

65 mins
8.2 / 10 (3663)
8 countries
10 months
Drama

Mur Murs

Agnès Varda, 1981, France

82 mins
8.6 / 10 (2875)
3 countries
10 months
Documentary

Quartet

James Ivory, 1981, France

101 mins
6.8 / 10 (2137)
128 countries
7 months
Drama Romance

The Outsider (Szabadgyalog)

Béla Tarr, 1981, Hungary

123 mins
6.2 / 10 (146)
3 countries
6 months
Drama

The Son of the White Mare (Fehérlófia)

Marcell Jankovics, 1981, Hungary

86 mins
8.6 / 10 (558)
2 countries
5 months
Animation Cult Adventure Fantasy

Blind Spot (Die Reise nach Lyon)

Claudia von Alemann, 1981, West Germany

112 mins
8 / 10 (767)
121 countries
4 months
Drama

Orderly or Disorderly (Be Tartib ya Bedoun-e Tartib )

Abbas Kiarostami, 1981, Iran

17 mins
7.6 / 10 (149)
1 country
4 months
Short Avant-Garde

A Broken Love Story (Kırık Bir Aşk Hikâyesi)

Ömer Kavur, 1981, Turkey

94 mins
8.4 / 10 (1229)
1 country
4 months
Drama

Escape from New York

John Carpenter, 1981, United States

99 mins
7.4 / 10 (3722)
2 countries
3 months
Action Sci-Fi Thriller Adventure

Possession

Andrzej Żuławski, 1981, France

124 mins
8.6 / 10 (6054)
1 country
2 months
Drama Horror

An American Werewolf in London

John Landis, 1981, United Kingdom

98 mins
7.6 / 10 (4541)
18 countries
2 months
Comedy Horror Thriller

Stations of the Elevated

Manfred Kirchheimer, 1981, United States

45 mins
8.2 / 10 (181)
2 countries
59 days
Documentary

Scanners

David Cronenberg, 1981, Canada

103 mins
7 / 10 (3510)
1 country
58 days
Horror Sci-Fi Thriller

Jean Genet: An Interview with Antoine Bourseiller (Jean Genet: Entretien avec Antoine Bourseiller)

Antoine Bourseiller, 1981, France

52 mins
8.2 / 10 (91)
2 countries
Unlimited
Documentary

Travel Songs

Jonas Mekas, 1981, United States

23 mins
7.4 / 10 (1781)
23 countries
Unlimited
Short Avant-Garde

Merry-Go-Round

Jacques Rivette, 1981, France

160 mins
6.8 / 10 (587)
126 countries
Unlimited
Drama Crime

The Black Cat (Gatto nero)

Lucio Fulci, 1981, Italy

92 mins
5.8 / 10 (386)
1 country
Unlimited
Horror

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne (Docteur Jekyll et les femmes (The Bloodbath of Doctor Jekyll / Bloodlust / The Experiment))

Walerian Borowczyk, 1981, West Germany

91 mins
7.4 / 10 (258)
1 country
Unlimited
Horror Drama

Golden Dreams (Sogni d'oro)

Nanni Moretti, 1981, Italy

100 mins
7.2 / 10 (609)
112 countries
Unlimited
Comedy Drama Fantasy

Fruits of Passion (Les fruits de la passion)

Shûji Terayama, 1981, France

80 mins
6.6 / 10 (2561)
126 countries
Unlimited
Drama Cult Erotica

Junkopia

Frank Simeone John Chapman Chris Marker, 1981, France

6 mins
7 / 10 (2851)
126 countries
Unlimited
Documentary Short Avant-Garde