Best Survival movies of 1981

Actors : Griffin Dunne, David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, 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 : Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jeffrey Kramer, Charles Cyphers,
Directors : Rick Rosenthal,

While Sheriff Brackett and Dr. Loomis hunt for Michael Myers, a traumatized Laurie is rushed to hospital, and the serial killer is not far behind her.

Actors : Kate Nelligan, Philip Martin Brown, Stephen MacKenna, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Richard Marquand,

A ruthless German spy, trying to get out of Britain with vital information about D-Day, must spend time with a young woman and her crippled husband.

Actors : Vincent Van Patten, Peter Barton, Kevin Brophy, Linda Blair,
Directors : Tom DeSimone,

Four college pledges are forced to spend the night in a deserted old mansion, where they are stalked by the monstrous survivor of a family massacre years earlier.

Actors : John Phillip Law, Sam Neill, Mel Gibson, Chris Haywood,
Directors : Tim Burstall,

A group of Australian commandos launch a secret mission against Japanese forces in World War II.

Actors : Alfred Böhm, Marte Harell, Hans Holt, Karl Merkatz,
Directors : Franz Antel,

A politically naive Viennese butcher (Bockerer) manages to survive the Nazi occupation of Austria and the second world war.

Actors : Jacques Dutronc, Robert Dhéry, Michel Serrault, Jacques Villeret,
Directors : Christian de Chalonge,

In southern France, in a quite little town, the mayor, who also owns a castle with some cattle, is in the wine cellar with some other people: the pharmacist, the veterinary, and some of his...

Actors : Albert Salmi, Cassie Yates, Art Carney, David Huffman,
Directors : Ernest Pintoff,

Dramatization of the 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens. The movie begins with the volcano's awakening on March 20 and ends with its eruption on May 18, 1980.

Actors : Murray Ord, Sheri McFadden, Riva Spier, Georgie Collins,
Directors : Jim Makichuk,

A group of three friends on a snowmobiling trip find themselves stranded at an abandoned lodge isolated in the mountains. They discover that an old woman resides in the hotel, along with an evil entity that she is keeping in the basement.

Actors : Christopher Guard, Julie Christie, Leonie Mellinger, Debbie Hutchings,
Directors : David Gladwell,

Set in a bleak future where roving gangs of children terrorize city streets, and reality is often an illusion...

Actors : Joseph Campanella, Meredith MacRae, Burl Ives, Christopher Connelly,
Directors : James L. Conway,

A family of space aliens crash lands on Earth when their spaceship conks out.

Actors : Ed Harris, Erin Nico, Paul Reubens, Luce Rains,
Directors : Ed Harker,

Dream On! takes real risks with cinema as form...manifesting a kind of narrative-collage. The film's action follows a group of young actors as they struggle to survive in L.A. and hang on to their artistic principles.