Keep the films in alphabetical order, ignoring leading articles (The, A or An).
Please keep number of cast members down to 3 or 4.
Entries in the 'Notes' column should be outstanding details about this film in
relation to other films in the same period. Anything about the film itself can
be discovered by following the link to the film.
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| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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| 1981 |
| An American Werewolf in London | John Landis | Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne | Comedy/horror | |
| The Appointment | Lindsey C. Vickers | Edward Woodward, Jane Merrow | Horror | [1] |
| 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 |
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>| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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1. ^https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082025/?ref_=nv_sr_2