Best movies of 1981

Actors : Juan Antonio Jiménez, Antonio Gades, Carmen Villena, Cristina Hoyos,
Directors : Carlos Saura,

Group of dancers put Lorca's 'Blood Wedding' on stage, the tragic play about a married man who is still in love with his ex girlfriend, and tries to get back to her despite her planned wedding.

Actors : Philippe Noiret, Andréa Ferréol, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Michele Placido,
Directors : Francesco Rosi,

Three men face their mother's death.

Actors : Jan Sterling, Jill Clayburgh, Barnard Hughes, Walter Matthau,
Directors : Ronald Neame,

For the first time in history a woman is appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, where she becomes a friendly rival to a liberal associate.

Actors : Dusica Zegarac, Aleksandar Bercek, Rade Markovic, Dara Dzokic,
Directors : Milos 'Misa' Radivojevic,

A normal boy receives a blow to the head which sets him off to do rebellious acts.

Actors : Rishi Kapoor, Hema Malini, Shatrughan Sinha, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Manmohan Desai,

Naseeb, a story of destiny and fate, begins with a lottery ticket. A drunk who cannot pay his tab trades his 'winning' ticket to the waiter, Namdev (Pran), instead. Namdev decides to share ...

Actors : Josef Abrhám, Daniela Bakerová, Zdenek Sverák, Libuse Safránková,
Directors : Ladislav Smoljak,

A comedy concerning a down on his luck bookshop owner with a penchant for women who decides to make some money by pretending to be a waiter and collecting cash from unsuspecting diners.

Actors : Edwige Fenech, Sylva Koscina, Adriano Celentano, Renato Salvatori,

Asso, THE best poker-player in town, was killed in his wedding night, because he won too much against a bad loser. In the 'final' game in heaven the clerk on duty also lost, so Asso can ...

Actors : Michel Galabru, Catherine Deneuve, Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Alain Corneau,

Two men break out of prison; a rival gang ambushes them. One is mortally wounded and tells the other, Mickey, to take him to the estate of a retired robber, Noel, who lives in comfort with ...

Actors : Lino Banfi, Francesco Salvi, Anna Mazzamauro, Paolo Villaggio,
Directors : Neri Parenti,

The world's greatest criminal and the world greatest loser share the same face... now they'll share the same life!

Actors : Poul Bundgaard, Kirsten Walther, Ove Sprogøe, Morten Grunwald,
Directors : Erik Balling,

This is the last of the two-part finale of the Olsen Banden series (apart from the 1998 revival). Egon comes up with one brilliant plan after another to get the red suitcase in an attempt ...

Actors : Marin Kanter, Willem Dafoe, Robert Gordon, J. Don Ferguson,

Trouble ensues when a motorcycle gang stops in a small southern town while heading to the races at Daytona.

Actors : Ed Flanders, Robert Duvall, Treat Williams, Kathryn Harrold,

A speculation on the fate of the famous hijacker who parachuted with his ransom and disappeared in the mountains, has Cooper following a meticulous plan to disappear into anonymity despite ...

Actors : Lesley-Anne Down, John Gielgud, Maurice Ronet, Frank Langella,
Directors : Franklin J. Schaffner,

Egyptologist Erica Baron finds more than she bargained for during her long-planned trip to The Land of the Pharoahs: murder, theft, betrayal, love, and a mummy's curse.

Actors : Lindsay Wagner, James Coburn, Anthony Quinn, James Brolin,
Directors : Stewart Raffill,

Four naive Americans, in need of easy cash, decide to fly to Colombia and raid the safe of a notorious drug lord with connections to the corrupt military regime.

Actors : Alisa Freyndlikh, Anatoliy Romashin, Velta Line, Aleksey Petrenko,
Directors : Elem Klimov,

Details the life of the Russian monk Rasputin. The film shows his rise to power and how it corrupted him. His sexual perversions and madness ultimatly leads to his gruesome assasination.

Actors : Sunil Thapa, Rati Agnihotri, Kamal Haasan, Madhavi,
Directors : K. Balachander,

Hindi-speaking collegian Sapna lives a wealthy lifestyle in Dona Paula, near Panaji, Goa, India, along with her Professor dad, Kundanlal, and mom. Their immediate neighbors are ...

Actors : Orson Welles, Ray Laska, Bob Ruggiero, Philip L. Clarke,
Directors : Robert Guenette,

Hosted by Orson Welles, this documentary utilizes a grab bag of dramatized scenes, stock footage, TV news clips and interviews to ask: Did 16th century French astrologer and physician ...

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 ...

Actors : Nell Schofield, Jad Capelja, Geoff Rhoe, Tony Hughes,
Directors : Bruce Beresford,

The mating rituals of two teenage surf chicks from the southern suburbs of Sydney.

Actors : Roz Kelly, Ed McMahon, Adam Arkin, Joanne Nail,
Directors : Larry Cohen,

A teenager (Adam Arkin) becomes a werewolf after a family vacation in Transylvania.