| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes
|
| 1981
|
| An American Werewolf in London |
John Landis |
Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne |
Comedy/horror |
|
| The Appointment |
Lindsey C. Vickers |
Edward Woodward, Jane Merrow |
Horror |
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|
| Burning an Illusion |
Menelik Shabazz |
Cassie McFarlane, Victor Romero |
Drama |
|
| Bushido Blade |
Shusei Kotani |
Richard Boone, Toshirō Mifune, Sonny Chiba |
Historical drama |
|
| Carbon Copy |
Michael Schultz |
Denzel Washington, George Segal |
Comedy |
Co-production with the US
|
| Chanel Solitaire |
George Kaczender |
Marie-France Pisier, Timothy Dalton, Rutger Hauer |
Biopic |
|
| Chariots of Fire |
Hugh Hudson |
Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nigel Havers |
Biopic |
Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Picture
|
| Clash of the Titans |
Desmond Davis |
Laurence Olivier, Harry Hamlin, Judi Bowker |
Fantasy |
|
| Concert for Kampuchea |
Keith McMillan |
Wings, The Clash |
Musical documentary |
|
| Condorman |
Charles Jarrott |
Michael Crawford, Oliver Reed, Barbara Carrera |
Action/adventure/comedy |
|
| Dance Craze |
Joe Massot |
The Specials, The Beat, Bad Manners |
Musical documentary |
|
| Emmanuelle in Soho |
David Hughes |
Angie Quick, Julie Lee and John M. East |
Sex comedy |
|
| Excalibur |
John Boorman |
Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Nicol Williamson, Nicholas Clay, Cherie Lunghi, Paul Geoffrey, Robert Addie, Gabriel Byrne, Liam Neeson, Patrick Stewart |
Epic medieval fantasy |
|
| Eye of the Needle |
Richard Marquand |
Donald Sutherland, Kate Nelligan |
World War II |
|
| For Your Eyes Only |
John Glen |
Roger Moore, Julian Glover, Carole Bouquet |
Spy/action |
|
| The French Lieutenant's Woman |
Karel Reisz |
Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Hilton McRae |
Drama |
|
| The Good Soldier |
Kevin Billington |
Robin Ellis, Vickery Turner, Jeremy Brett, Susan Fleetwood |
Drama |
|
| The Great Muppet Caper |
Jim Henson |
Jim Henson, Frank Oz |
Comedy |
|
| Gregory's Girl |
Bill Forsyth |
John Gordon Sinclair, Dee Hepburn, Clare Grogan |
Comedy |
|
| Green Ice |
Ernest Day |
Ryan O'Neal, Anne Archer, Omar Sharif |
Adventure |
|
| Inseminoid |
Norman J. Warren |
Robin Clarke, Jennifer Ashley |
Sci-fi |
|
| Lady Chatterley's Lover |
Just Jaeckin |
Sylvia Kristel, Nicholas Clay |
Drama Romance
|
| The Legend of the Lone Ranger |
William A. Fraker |
Klinton Spilsbury, Michael Horse |
Western |
Co-production with the US
|
| Looks and Smiles |
Ken Loach |
Graham Green, Carolyn Nicholson |
Drama |
Entered into the 1981 Cannes Film Festival
|
| Loophole |
John Quested |
Albert Finney, Martin Sheen |
Thriller |
|
| Memoirs of a Survivor |
David Gladwell |
Julie Christie, Christopher Guard |
Sci-fi |
Screened at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival
|
| The Monster Club |
Roy Ward Baker |
Vincent Price, David Carradine, Donald Pleasence, Stuart Whitman |
Comedy horror |
|
| Omen III: The Final Conflict |
Graham Baker |
Sam Neill, Lisa Harrow, Rossano Brazzi |
Horror |
|
| Outland |
Peter Hyams |
Sean Connery, Peter Boyle, Frances Sternhagen |
Science fiction |
|
| Priest of Love |
Christopher Miles |
Ian McKellen, Janet Suzman, Ava Gardner |
Biopic |
|
| Quartet |
James Ivory |
Alan Bates, Isabelle Adjani, Maggie Smith |
Period |
|
| Riding High |
Ross Cramer |
Eddie Kidd, Irene Handl |
Drama |
|
| Time Bandits |
Terry Gilliam |
John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall |
Fantasy |
|
| Urgh! A Music War |
Derek Burbidge |
Various rock groups of the time |
Music documentary |
|
