Best movies of 1981 that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Harrison Ford, Paul Freeman, John Rhys-Davies, Karen Allen,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

Archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis.

Actors : Nicholas Farrell, Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nigel Havers,
Directors : Hugh Hudson,

Two British track athletes, one a determined Jew, and the other a devout Christian, compete in the 1924 Olympics.

Actors : Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne, David Naughton, Joe Belcher,
Directors : John Landis,

Two American college students on a walking tour of Britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.

Actors : Warren Beatty, Jerzy Kosinski, Edward Herrmann, Diane Keaton,
Directors : Warren Beatty,

A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States.

Actors : John Gielgud, Dudley Moore, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Liza Minnelli,
Directors : Steve Gordon,

Arthur he does as he pleases. All of his life, his master's toys. Deep in his heart, he's just, he's just a boy.

Actors : Doug McKeon, Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, Jane Fonda,
Directors : Mark Rydell,

Norman is a curmudgeon with an estranged relationship with his daughter Chelsea. At Golden Pond, he and his wife nevertheless agree to care for Billy, the son of Chelsea's new boyfriend, and a most unexpected relationship blooms.

Actors : Meryl Streep, Hilton McRae, Jeremy Irons, Emily Morgan,
Directors : Karel Reisz,

A film is being made of a story, set in 19th century England, about Charles, a biologist who's engaged to be married, but who falls in love with outcast Sarah, whose melancholy makes her ...

Actors : Rolf Hoppe, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Ildikó Bánsági, Krystyna Janda,
Directors : István Szabó,

A German stage actor finds unexpected success and mixed blessings in the popularity of his performance in a Faustian play as the Nazis take power in pre-WWII Germany. As his associates and ...

Actors : Vernel Bagneris, Bernadette Peters, Steve Martin, Jessica Harper,
Directors : Herbert Ross,

During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent school teacher.

Actors : Joan Hackett, Marsha Mason, James Coco, Kristy McNichol,
Directors : Glenn Jordan,

A boozy Broadway actress comes out of a 12-week cure to face the problems of her best friends as well as her needy daughter. She tries to balance the terrors of returning to work with the ...