Top 1000 · 1981
Weighted toward critics
- 1
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981 · Steven Spielberg
86.68/8 sources
- 1
Das Boot
1981 · Wolfgang Petersen
86.68/8 sources
- 3
Blow Out
1981 · Brian De Palma
81.28/8 sources
- 4
My Dinner with Andre
1981 · Louis Malle
80.38/8 sources
- 5
Diva
1981 · Jean-Jacques Beineix
79.96/8 sources
- 6
Mad Max 2
1981 · George Miller
78.98/8 sources
- 7
Thief
1981 · Michael Mann
78.68/8 sources
- 8
Possession
1981 · Andrzej Żuławski
78.37/8 sources
- 9
Reds
1981 · Warren Beatty
78.27/8 sources
- 10
Mephisto
1981 · István Szabó
77.66/8 sources
- 11
Body Heat
1981 · Lawrence Kasdan
77.57/8 sources
- 12
Coup de Torchon
1981 · Bertrand Tavernier
77.36/8 sources
- 13
Gallipoli
1981 · Peter Weir
76.97/8 sources
- 13
Prince of the City
1981 · Sidney Lumet
76.97/8 sources
- 15
On Golden Pond
1981 · Mark Rydell
75.77/8 sources
- 15
The Woman Next Door
1981 · François Truffaut
75.76/8 sources
- 17
Time Bandits
1981 · Terry Gilliam
75.27/8 sources
- 18
Chariots of Fire
1981 · Hugh Hudson
74.77/8 sources
- 19
Christiane F.
1981 · Uli Edel
74.66/8 sources
- 19
Quest for Fire
1981 · Jean-Jacques Annaud
74.68/8 sources
- 21
The Evil Dead
1981 · Sam Raimi
74.48/8 sources
- 22
Escape from New York
1981 · John Carpenter
74.07/8 sources
- 23
An American Werewolf in London
1981 · John Landis
73.97/8 sources
- 24
The Great Muppet Caper
1981 · Jim Henson
71.86/8 sources
- 25
Ragtime
1981 · Miloš Forman
71.67/8 sources
- 26
The Fox and the Hound
1981 · Ted Berman
70.97/8 sources
- 27
Arthur
1981 · Steve Gordon
70.87/8 sources
- 28
Ms .45
1981 · Abel Ferrara
70.77/8 sources
- 29
Southern Comfort
1981 · Walter Hill
70.17/8 sources
- 30
Excalibur
1981 · John Boorman
69.87/8 sources
- 31
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981 · Karel Reisz
69.16/8 sources
- 32
Absence of Malice
1981 · Sydney Pollack
68.26/8 sources
- 33
Dead & Buried
1981 · Gary Sherman
67.67/8 sources
- 33
Eye of the Needle
1981 · Richard Marquand
67.67/8 sources
- 35
Dragonslayer
1981 · Matthew Robbins
67.56/8 sources
- 36
American Pop
1981 · Ralph Bakshi
67.07/8 sources
- 37
Stripes
1981 · Ivan Reitman
66.37/8 sources
- 38
Scanners
1981 · David Cronenberg
66.17/8 sources
- 39
The Howling
1981 · Joe Dante
65.66/8 sources
- 40
They All Laughed
1981 · Peter Bogdanovich
65.37/8 sources
- 41
La Chèvre
1981 · Francis Veber
64.96/8 sources
- 42
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1981 · Bob Rafelson
64.77/8 sources
- 43
Clash of the Titans
1981 · Desmond Davis
64.27/8 sources
- 44
The Beyond
1981 · Lucio Fulci
63.27/8 sources
- 45
Heavy Metal
1981 · Gerald Potterton
62.57/8 sources
- 46
Escape to Victory
1981 · John Huston
62.47/8 sources
- 47
For Your Eyes Only
1981 · John Glen
61.97/8 sources
- 48
The Burning
1981 · Tony Maylam
61.87/8 sources
- 49
Mommie Dearest
1981 · Frank Perry
61.67/8 sources
- 50
Nighthawks
1981 · Bruce Malmuth
61.57/8 sources
- 50
Taps
1981 · Harold Becker
61.57/8 sources
- 52
Outland
1981 · Peter Hyams
61.37/8 sources
- 53
History of the World: Part I
1981 · Mel Brooks
60.87/8 sources
- 54
My Bloody Valentine
1981 · George Mihalka
57.97/8 sources
- 55
Rich and Famous
1981 · George Cukor
57.16/8 sources
- 56
Halloween II
1981 · Rick Rosenthal
54.37/8 sources
- 57
Neighbors
1981 · John G. Avildsen
53.16/8 sources
- 58
The House by the Cemetery
1981 · Lucio Fulci
52.46/8 sources
- 59
Graduation Day
1981 · Herb Freed
51.56/8 sources
- 60
The Cannonball Run
1981 · Hal Needham
50.77/8 sources
- 61
Friday the 13th Part 2
1981 · Steve Miner
50.57/8 sources
- 62
Porky's
1981 · Bob Clark
50.37/8 sources