1981 year. Motion pictures, movies and films

	Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior [1981, USA] Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi,

Director: George Miller,   Actors: Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Vernon Wells, Story: Max is travelling in a post apocalypse Australia where Gasoline is the most valuable commodity. He becomes involved in a struggle between bandits and a town that has build defenses around a small refinery. He must cross the no man's land several times to allow them to make a dash for freedom, pursued by the bandits in their vehicles. >> Certificates:

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	Evil Dead, The [1981, USA] Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller, Can They Be Stopped? (1 more taglines...)

Director: Sam Raimi,   Actors: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Betsy Baker, Theresa Tilly, Philip A. Gillis, Dorothy Tapert, Cheryl Guttridge, Barbara Carey, David Horton, Wendall Thomas, Don Long, Stu Smith, Story: Five friends go up to a cabin in the woods where they find unspeakable evil lurking in the forest. They find the Necronomicon and the taped translation of the text. Once the tape is played, the evil is released. One by one, the teens become deadly zombies. With only one remaining, it is up to him to survive the night and battle the evil dead. >> Certificates: West Germany:(Banned), Germany:18, UK:18, Canada:R, USA:R, Malaysia:(Banned), Finland:K-18, USA:X, USA:Not Rated, South Korea:18, Finland:K-16, Canada:14A, Germany:16, Germany:18, Argentina:16, Netherlands:16, UK:X, UK:(Banned), Chile:14, Australia:R, Canada:13+, France:-12, Hong Kong:III, Iceland:(Banned), Ireland:(Banned), Ireland:18, Japan:R-15, New Zealand:R16, Norway:15, Portugal:M/16, Portugal:M/18, Singapore:(Banned), Spain:18, Sweden:15, USA:NC-17,

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	007 For Your Eyes Only [1981, UK, USA] Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller, No one comes close to JAMES BOND 007

Director: John Glen,   Actors: Roger Moore, Carole Bouquet, Topol, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Julian Glover, Cassandra Harris, Jill Bennett, Michael Gothard, John Wyman, Jack Hedley, Lois Maxwell, Desmond Llewelyn, Geoffrey Keen, Walter Gotell, James Villiers, Story: James Bond Adventure. A British spy-ship, the St. Georges, accidently hits a mine and sinks near a Warsaw Pact country. On aboard is ATAC, a communications device that could order Western subs to attack friendly areas. 007 is sent to recover the ATAC and the Russians, interested in getting ATAC, send a message to their local "contact". Bond's in... >> Certificates: Australia:M, Brazil:14, Canada:PG, Finland:K-16, Ireland:15, Norway:15, Norway:16, Singapore:PG, Sweden:15, UK:A, UK:PG, USA:PG, West Germany:12,

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	Excalibur [1981, UK, USA] Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, No mortal could possess it! No kingdom could command it! (1 more taglines...)

Director: John Boorman,   Actors: Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Nicholas Clay, Cherie Lunghi, Paul Geoffrey, Nicol Williamson, Robert Addie, Gabriel Byrne, Keith Buckley, Katrine Boorman, Liam Neeson, Corin Redgrave, Niall O'Brien, Patrick Stewart, Clive Swift, Story: As the title would suggest, it follows the travels of the legendary sword Excalibur through Arthurian myth, from the violent, powerful hands of Uther Pendragon, to a long-years' rest in the stone to being redrawn by Uther's son Arthur, who uses it to defeat the evil invaders and establish the great court of Camelot and the great Knights of the R... >> Certificates: Canada:R, Argentina:13, Australia:M, Canada:13+, Canada:PA, Chile:14, Finland:K-16, Ireland:15, Singapore:M18, UK:15, USA:PG, USA:R, West Germany:12,

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	Body Heat [1981, USA] Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller, It's a hot summer. Ned Racine is waiting for something special to happen. And when it does... He ... (2 more taglines...)

Director: Lawrence Kasdan,   Actors: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Ted Danson, J.A. Preston, Mickey Rourke, Kim Zimmer, Jane Hallaren, Lanna Saunders, Carola McGuinness, Michael Ryan, Larry Marko, Deborah Lucchesi, Lynn Hallowell, Thom Sharp, Story: Ned Racine is a seedy small town lawyer in Florida. During a searing heatwave he's picked up by married Matty Walker. A passionate affair commences but it isn't long before they realise the only thing standing in their way is Matty's rich husband Edmund. A plot hatches to kill him but will they pull it off? >> Certificates: Australia:M, Singapore:M18, Canada:14+, South Korea:18, New Zealand:R16, Philippines:R-18, Argentina:16, Australia:MA, Finland:K-16, Norway:15, Peru:18, Portugal:M/16, Sweden:15, UK:18, USA:R, West Germany:18, Ireland:18, UK:X, Iceland:16,

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	Taps [1981, USA] Genres: Drama, This school is our home, we think it's worth defending.

Director: Harold Becker,   Actors: George C. Scott, Timothy Hutton, Ronny Cox, Sean Penn, Tom Cruise, Brendan Ward, Evan Handler, John P. Navin Jr., Billy Van Zandt, Giancarlo Esposito, Donald Kimmel, Tim Wahrer, Tim Riley, Jeff Rochlin, Rusty Jacobs, Story: An announcement that the venerable Bunker Hill Military Academy, a 141 year old institute, is to be torn down and replaced with condos sets off the young cadets led by their stodgy commander (George C. Scott). Under the command of a student cadet major (Timothy Hutton), the cadets seize the campus, refuse entry of the construction crews and ulti... >> Certificates: Iceland:16, Australia:PG, Finland:K-16, UK:PG, USA:PG, Singapore:PG,

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	American Werewolf in London, An [1981, UK] Genres: Comedy, Horror, Romance, Thriller, John Landis - the director of Animal House brings you a different kind of animal. (10 more taglines...)

Director: John Landis,   Actors: David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne, John Woodvine, Lila Kaye, Joe Belcher, David Schofield, Brian Glover, Rik Mayall, Sean Baker, Paddy Ryan, Anne-Marie Davies, Frank Oz, Don McKillop, Paul Kember, Story: Two American students are on a walking tour of England and are attacked by a Werewolf. One is killed, the other is mauled. The Werewolf is killed, but reverts to it's human form, and the townspeople are able to deny it's existence. The surviving student begins to have nightmares of hunting on 4 feet at first, but then finds that his friend and o... >> Certificates: Singapore:R21, Singapore:R21, Canada:13+, Canada:13+, Canada:R, Canada:R, UK:X, UK:X, Argentina:18, Argentina:18, Australia:MA, Australia:MA, Australia:M, Australia:M, Chile:18, Chile:18, Finland:K-18, Finland:K-18, France:-12, France:-12, Norway:18, Norway:18, Sweden:15, UK:18, UK:18, USA:R, USA:R, West Germany:16, West Germany:16, Peru:18, Peru:18, Brazil:18, Brazil:18, Iceland:16, Iceland:16,

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	Indiana Jones and Raiders of the Lost Ark [1981, USA] Genres: Action, Adventure, If you don't go to the movies - you won't see... (3 more taglines...)

Director: Steven Spielberg,   Actors: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey, John Rhys-Davies, Denholm Elliott, Alfred Molina, Wolf Kahler, Anthony Higgins, Vic Tablian, Don Fellows, William Hootkins, Bill Reimbold, Fred Sorenson, Patrick Durkin, Story: The year is 1936. A professor who studies archeology named Inidana Jones is venturing in the jungles in South America searching for a golden statue. Unfortunately, he sets off a deadly trap doing so, miraculously, he escapes. Then, Jones hears from a museum curator named Marcus Brody about a biblical artifact called The Ark of the Covenant, whic... >> Certificates: Iceland:12, Italy:T, USA:R, South Korea:12, Brazil:Livre, Canada:A, Finland:K-11, USA:PG, Argentina:13, Australia:M, Australia:PG, Canada:PA, Canada:PG, Chile:14, Finland:K-16, France:U, Israel:PG, Netherlands:12, Norway:15, Norway:16, Portugal:M/12, Singapore:PG, Spain:T, Sweden:15, UK:A, UK:PG, UK:PG, West Germany:16, Canada:G, Canada:13+,

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	Stripes [1981, USA] Genres: Comedy, War, The story of a man who wanted to keep the world safe for democracy...and meet girls

Director: Ivan Reitman,   Actors: Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates, P.J. Soles, Sean Young, John Candy, John Larroquette, John Voldstad, John Diehl, Lance LeGault, Roberta Leighton, Conrad Dunn, Judge Reinhold, Antone Pagan, Glenn-Michael Jones, Story: When New York City cab driver John Winger is fired from his job, his car is repossessed, he loses his apartment, and his girlfriend leaves him — all in the same day — John and his best friend Russell Ziskey decide to join the army. After enlisting, John and Russell are sent to Fort Arnold to undergo basic training under tough drill s... >> Certificates: Iceland:L, Canada:14, Canada:R, Spain:13, Finland:K-12, Canada:14A, Canada:PG, Finland:K-11, Australia:M, Norway:16, Singapore:NC-16, Sweden:11, UK:15, USA:R, West Germany:12, Argentina:Atp, Peru:14,

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	Howling, The [1981, USA] Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Imagine your worst fear a reality

Director: Joe Dante,   Actors: Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan, Christopher Stone, Belinda Balaski, Kevin McCarthy, John Carradine, Slim Pickens, Elisabeth Brooks, Robert Picardo, Margie Impert, Noble Willingham, James Murtaugh, Jim McKrell, Kenneth Tobey, Story: There is a serial killer on the loose, Karen White is the only reporter he communicates with. After a near fatal encounter with him at a Pussycat Theater, she is ordered to take a vacation. Eddie was killed by Police, but Karen doesn't want to let it go and discovers that he came from a tiny community in the woods and that's where she decides to... >> Certificates: Canada:13+, Argentina:18, Finland:K-18, Finland:K-18, Australia:M, Canada:R, Iceland:16, Australia:R, France:-12, Singapore:M18, Sweden:15, UK:18, USA:R, West Germany:16, Norway:18, Norway:(Banned),

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	Time Bandits [1981, UK] Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller, All the dreams you've ever had and not just the good ones (1 more taglines...)

Director: Actors: John Cleese, Sean Connery, Ian Holm, Michael Palin, Ralph Richardson, Peter Vaughan, David Warner, David Rappaport, Kenny Baker, Malcolm Dixon, Mike Edmonds, Jack Purvis, Tiny Ross, Craig Warnock, David Daker, Story: A young boy's wardrobe contains a time hole. Through this hole an assortment of short people (i.e. dwarfs) come while escaping from their master, the supreme being. They take Kevin with them on their adventures through time from Napoleonic times to the Middle Ages to the early 1900s, to the time of Legends and the Fortress of Ultimate Darkness w... >> Certificates: Iceland:12, Australia:PG, Canada:PG, Finland:K-12, France:U, Sweden:15, UK:PG, USA:PG, West Germany:6, Singapore:PG,

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	Final Conflict, The [1981, UK, USA] Genres: Horror, Thriller, The power of evil is no longer in the hands of a child. (2 more taglines...)

Director: Graham Baker,   Actors: Sam Neill, Rossano Brazzi, Don Gordon, Lisa Harrow, Barnaby Holm, Mason Adams, Robert Arden, Leueen Willoughby, Marc Boyle, Milos Kirek, Tommy Duggan, Louis Mahoney, Richard Oldfield, Tony Vogel, Arwen Holm, Story: Damien, the anti-Christ, is a thirty-something CEO of a huge multinational corporation and the new ambassador for Great Britain (Scotland, England & Wales), but he lusts for control of the world. The Dark One's only enemies are seven monks sworn to Damien's destruction with sacred daggers forged for that one purpose. As the monks hunt Damien, he... >> Certificates: Canada:14A, South Korea:18, Iceland:16, Australia:R, Finland:K-18, France:-12, Norway:18, Singapore:M18, Sweden:15, UK:18, USA:R, West Germany:16,

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	Clash of the Titans [1981, USA] Genres: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance, An Epic Entertainment Spectacular! (4 more taglines...)

Director: Desmond Davis,   Desmond Davis,   Actors: Laurence Olivier, Laurence Olivier, Claire Bloom, Claire Bloom, Maggie Smith, Maggie Smith, Ursula Andress, Ursula Andress, Jack Gwillim, Jack Gwillim, Susan Fleetwood, Susan Fleetwood, Pat Roach, Pat Roach, Harry Hamlin, Harry Hamlin, Judi Bowker, Judi Bowker, Burgess Meredith, Burgess Meredith, Siân Phillips, Siân Phillips, Flora Robson, Flora Robson, Anna Manahan, Anna Manahan, Freda Jackson, Freda Jackson, Tim Pigott-Smith, Tim Pigott-Smith, Story: By answering a seemingly impossible riddle, Perseus, the son of Zeus, wins the hand of the Princess Andromeda in marriage. Trouble appears in the shape of Calibos, the princess's former love, and his mother, the Goddess Thetis. In order that the dreaded Kraken not be released, Andromeda has to be sacrificed and Perseus searches for the Medusa; h... >> Certificates: Iceland:12, Canada:PG, Canada:PG, UK:12, UK:12, Canada:A, Canada:A, USA:PG, USA:PG, Canada:13+, Canada:13+, UK:15, UK:15, UK:A, UK:A, Australia:PG, Australia:PG, Finland:K-12, Finland:K-12, Sweden:15, Sweden:15, West Germany:12, West Germany:12, Norway:16, Norway:16, Singapore:PG, Singapore:PG,

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	Haunting of M., The [1981, USA] Genres: Horror,

Director: Anna Thomas,   Actors: Sheelagh Gilbey, Nini Pitt, Evie Garratt, Alan Hay, Jo Scott Matthews, William Bryan, Peter Austin, Ernest Bale, Isolde Cazelet, Varvara Pepper, Peter Stenson, Jenny Greenaway, Gwen Williams, Ruby Melvin, Willie Payne, Story: This ghost story, set at the turn of the century, centers on the plight of elderly dowager Marianna (Sheelagh Gilbey), who is tormented by the alleged specter of a young man roaming the corridors of her mansion. After spotting a face in an old photograph that seems to match the old woman's description of the "visitor", Marianna's sister (Nina Pi... >> Certificates:

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	Night Crossing [1981, UK] Genres: Drama, Family, The East German border: 836 miles of barbed wire walls, automated machine guns, armed guards, and...

Director: Delbert Mann,   Actors: John Hurt, Jane Alexander, Doug McKeon, Keith McKeon, Beau Bridges, Glynnis O'Connor, Geoffrey Liesik, Michael Liesik, Ian Bannen, Anne Stallybrass, Matthew Taylor, Klaus Löwitsch, Günter Meisner, Sky Dumont, Jan Niklas, Story: Two men want to escape from East Germany (under Communist rule) but they will only go if they can take their families with them. Based on a true story. >> Certificates: Iceland:L, Sweden:11, UK:A, UK:PG, USA:PG,

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	Lady Chatterley's Lover [1981, UK, France, West Germany] Genres: Drama, Romance, She was beautiful and sensual, trapped in a loveless marriage. He was her husband's servant. Born... (2 more taglines...)

Director: Just Jaeckin,   Actors: Sylvia Kristel, Shane Briant, Nicholas Clay, Ann Mitchell, Elizabeth Spriggs, Pascale Rivault, Peter Bennett, Anthony Head, Frank Moorey, Bessie Love, John Tynan, Michael Huston, Fran Hunter, Ryan Michael, Mark Colleano, Story: A film adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's novel. After a crippling injury leaves her husband impotent, Lady Chatterly is torn between her love for her husband and her physical desires. With her husband's consent, she seeks out other means of fulfilling her needs. >> Certificates: UK:18, UK:X, Iceland:16, Finland:K-16, Finland:K-18, Australia:R, France:-12, Italy:VM14, Norway:16, USA:R, West Germany:16,

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	Deadly Blessing [1981, USA] Genres: Horror, Thriller, A gruesome secret, protected for generations, rises to give its... (1 more taglines...)

Director: Wes Craven,   Actors: Maren Jensen, Sharon Stone, Susan Buckner, Jeff East, Colleen Riley, Douglas Barr, Lisa Hartman, Lois Nettleton, Ernest Borgnine, Michael Berryman, Kevin Cooney, Bobby Dark, Kevin Farr, Neil Fletcher, Jonathon Gulla, Story: A former Hittite (a member of an Amish-like sect) dies in a mysterious tractor "accident", and his widow is left to face the frightening Hittites who view her as "the incubus" and may have sinister designs on her. >> Certificates: Iceland:16, Norway:(Banned), Argentina:18, Australia:M, France:-12, Sweden:15, UK:18, USA:R, Finland:K-18, Finland:(Banned), Germany:BPjM Restricted,

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