Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
1981 |
An American Werewolf in London | John Landis | Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne | Comedy, Horror | |
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 4 Academy Awards including Best Picture |
Clash of the Titans | Desmond Davis | Laurence Olivier, Harry Hamlin, Judi Bowker | Fantasy | |
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 | |
Excalibur | John Boorman | Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren | Drama | |
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 |
Omen III: 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 times | Music Documentary | |