17 films released in 1981

Quartet

James Ivory, 1981, France

101 mins
6.8 / 10 (1547)
87 countries
1 year
Drama Romance

The Son of the White Mare (Fehérlófia)

Marcell Jankovics, 1981, Hungary

86 mins
8.6 / 10 (464)
2 countries
11 months
Animation Cult Adventure Fantasy

Mur Murs

Agnès Varda, 1981, France

82 mins
8.6 / 10 (2772)
2 countries
8 months
Documentary

Documenteur

Agnès Varda, 1981, France

65 mins
8.2 / 10 (3309)
2 countries
8 months
Drama

El crack

José Luis Garci, 1981, Spain

119 mins
7.4 / 10 (54)
1 country
5 months
Crime Thriller Drama

Scanners

David Cronenberg, 1981, Canada

103 mins
7 / 10 (3291)
2 countries
4 months
Horror Sci-Fi Thriller

Trances

Ahmed El Maanouni, 1981, Morocco

90 mins
8.4 / 10 (798)
120 countries
52 days
Documentary Musical Music

Possession

Andrzej Żuławski, 1981, France

124 mins
8.6 / 10 (5707)
1 country
12 days
Drama Horror

The Skin (La pelle)

Liliana Cavani, 1981, France

134 mins
7 / 10 (148)
2 countries
11 days
Drama War

The Black Cat (Gatto nero)

Lucio Fulci, 1981, Italy

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

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 (517)
126 countries
Unlimited
Drama Crime

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

Junkopia

Frank Simeone John Chapman Chris Marker, 1981, France

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

Fruits of Passion (Les fruits de la passion)

Shûji Terayama, 1981, France

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

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

Antoine Bourseiller, 1981, France

52 mins
8.2 / 10 (79)
2 countries
Unlimited
Documentary