1981

Excalibur A surreal adaptation of Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur", chronicling Arthur Pendragon's conception, his rise to the throne, the search by his Knights of the Round Table for the Holy Grail, and ultimately his death.

7.4

IMDB: 7.4/10 51,530 votes

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Excalibur

1981

7.7

The Decline of Western Civilization The Los Angeles punk music scene circa 1980 is the focus of this film. With Alice Bag Band, Black Flag, Catholic Discipline, Circle Jerks, Fear, Germs, and X.

7.7

IMDB: 7.7/10 2,743 votes

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The Decline of Western Civilization

1981

8.5

Raiders of the Lost Ark When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime.

8.5

IMDB: 8.5/10 766,820 votes

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Raiders of the Lost Ark

1981

7.5

Gallipoli As World War I rages, brave and youthful Australians Archy and Frank, both agile runners, become friends and enlist in the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps together. They later find themselves part of the Dardanelles Campaign on the Gallipoli peninsula, a brutal eight-month conflict which pit the British and their allies against the Ottoman Empire and left over 500,000 ...

7.5

IMDB: 7.5/10 32,870 votes

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Gallipoli

1981

6.3

Wolfen A New York cop investigates a series of brutal deaths that resemble animal attacks.

6.3

IMDB: 6.3/10 7,643 votes

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Wolfen

1981

5.5

An Eye for an Eye Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He decides to fight alone and follows a trail of drug traffickers into unexpected high places.

5.5

IMDB: 5.5/10 3,003 votes

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An Eye for an Eye

1981

5.2

Cannibal Ferox Three friends out to disprove cannibalism meet two men on the run who tortured and enslaved a cannibal tribe to find emeralds, and now the tribe is out for revenge.

5.2

IMDB: 5.2/10 7,813 votes

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Cannibal Ferox

1981

6.6

Halloween II After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis, Michael Myers has followed Laurie to the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, where she's been admitted for Myers' attempt on her life. The institution proves to be particularly suited to serial killers, however, as Myers cuts, stabs and slashes his way through hospital ...

6.6

IMDB: 6.6/10 59,498 votes

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Halloween II

1981

7.0

Time Bandits Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon, Robin Hood ...

7.0

IMDB: 7.0/10 51,087 votes

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Time Bandits

1981

7.2

Escape from New York In 1997, the island of Manhattan has been walled off and turned into a giant maximum security prison within which the country's worst criminals are left to form their own anarchic society. However, when the President of the United States crash lands on the island, the authorities turn to a former soldier and current convict, Snake Plissken, to rescue him.

7.2

IMDB: 7.2/10 106,054 votes

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Escape from New York

1981

7.3

The Fox and the Hound When a feisty little fox named Tod is adopted into a farm family, he quickly becomes friends with a fun and adorable hound puppy named Copper. Life is full of hilarious adventures until Copper is expected to take on his role as a hunting dog -- and the object of his search is his best friend!

7.3

IMDB: 7.3/10 72,702 votes

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The Fox and the Hound

1981

7.4

Blow Out Jack Terry is a master sound recordist who works on grade-B horror movies. Late one evening, he is recording sounds for use in his movies when he hears something unexpected through his sound equipment and records it. Curiosity gets the better of him when the media become involved, and he begins to unravel the pieces of a nefarious conspiracy. As ...

7.4

IMDB: 7.4/10 34,216 votes

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Blow Out

1981

7.6

The Road Warrior Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre warriors commanded by the charismatic Lord Humungus, a violent leader whose scruples are as barren as the surrounding landscape.

7.6

IMDB: 7.6/10 149,500 votes

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The Road Warrior

1981

6.1

Friday the 13th Part 2 Five years after the horrible bloodbath at Camp Crystal Lake, it seems Jason Voorhees and his demented mother are in the past. Paul opens up a new camp close to the infamous site, ignoring warnings to stay away, and a sexually-charged group of counselors follow -- including child psychologist major Ginny. But Jason has been hiding out all this time, ...

6.1

IMDB: 6.1/10 47,747 votes

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Friday the 13th Part 2

1981

3.8

Jaws of Satan A preacher whose ancestors were Druids battles Satan, who has taken the form of a huge snake.

3.8

IMDB: 3.8/10 556 votes

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Jaws of Satan

1981

5.9

The Funhouse Rebellious teen Amy defies her parents by going to a trashy carnival that has pulled into town. In tow are her boyfriend, Buzz, and their friends Liz and Richie. Thinking it would be fun to spend the night in the campy "Funhouse" horror ride, the teens witness a murder by a deformed worker wearing a mask. Locked in, Amy ...

5.9

IMDB: 5.9/10 10,239 votes

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The Funhouse

1981

5.8

Condorman Comic artist and writer Woody performs a simple courier operation for his friend Harry who works for the CIA. But when he successfully fends off hostile agents, he earns the respect of the beautiful Natalia, who requests his assistance for her defection. Woody uses this request as leverage to use the CIA's resources to bring his comic book creation, Condorman, ...

5.8

IMDB: 5.8/10 3,998 votes

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Condorman

1981

6.2

The Prowler A masked killer, wearing World War II U.S. Army fatigues, stalks a small New Jersey town bent on reliving a 35-year-old double murder by focusing on a group of college kids holding an annual Spring Dance.

6.2

IMDB: 6.2/10 7,443 votes

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The Prowler

1981

6.8

Scanners Darryl Revok is the most powerful of all the scanners, and is the head of the underground scanner movement for world domination. Scanners have great psychic power, strong enough to control minds; they can inflict enormous pain/damage on their victims. Doctor Paul Ruth finds a scanner that Revok hasn't, and converts him to their cause - to destroy the underground ...

6.8

IMDB: 6.8/10 40,716 votes

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Scanners

1981

5.1

Enter The Ninja After completing his training of ninjutsu within Japan, an American Vietnam veteran by the name of Cole (Franco Nero) visits his war buddy Frank Landers (Alex Courtney) and his newly wed wife Mary Ann Landers (Susan George), who are the owners of a large piece of farming land in the Philippines. Cole soon finds that the Landers are being repeatedly ...

5.1

IMDB: 5.1/10 3,476 votes

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Enter The Ninja

1981

Action 8,424
Action & Adventure 444
Adult 16
Adventure 5,112
Animation 2,838
Biography 1,997
Comedy 14,745
Crime 6,305
Documentary 5,861
Drama 22,938
Family 4,379
Fantasy 3,792
Film-Noir 129
Game-Show 10
History 1,922
Horror 8,473
Kids 142
Music 2,004
Musical 859
Mystery 4,547
n/A 36
News 228
Reality 672
Reality-TV 82
Romance 7,689
Sci-Fi 4,038
Sci-Fi & Fantasy 468
Science Fiction 3,391
Short 1,625
Soap 29
Sport 1,233
Talk 67
Talk-Show 38
Thriller 12,461
TV Movie 1,690
Uncategorized 0
War 1,375
War & Politics 44
Western 802

1981

Excalibur

The Decline of Western Civilization

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Gallipoli

Wolfen

An Eye for an Eye

Cannibal Ferox

Halloween II

Time Bandits

Escape from New York

The Fox and the Hound

Blow Out

The Road Warrior

Friday the 13th Part 2

Jaws of Satan

The Funhouse

Condorman

The Prowler

Scanners

Enter The Ninja

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