Movies in 1981

1981 Wide-release movies

January–March

• January 1981
  • January 7
    • Scream
  • January 14
    • Scanners
  • January 28
    • Blood Beach
  • January 30
    • Earthbound
    • The Incredible Shrinking Woman
• February 1981
  • February 11
    • My Bloody Valentine
    • Sphinx
  • February 13
    • American Pop
    • Eyewitness
• March 1981
  • March 6
    • All Night Long
    • The Devil and Max Devlin
    • Maniac
    • On the Right Track
  • March 13
    • Back Roads
    • The Funhouse
    • Modern Romance
  • March 20
    • Amy
    • Omen III: The Final Conflict
    • The Postman Always Rings Twice
  • March 27
    • Eyes of a Stranger
    • Thief

April–June

• April 1981
  • April 3
    • Alice in Wonderland (re-release)
    • Hardly Working
  • April 4
    • This Is Elvis
    • Nighthawks
  • April 10
    • Excalibur
    • Going Ape!
    • The Howling
    • Knightriders
  • April 17
    • Caveman
  • April 24
    • Cattle Annie and Little Britches
    • The Hand
    • Ms. 45
    • Night School
    • Take This Job and Shove It
  • April 28
    • Bloody Birthday
• May 1981
  • May 1
    • Friday the 13th Part 2
    • Graduation Day
    • King of the Mountain
  • May 3
    • Image of the Beast
  • May 8
    • The Burning
  • May 15
    • The Fan
  • May 21
    • Death Hunt
  • May 22
    • Bustin' Loose
    • The Four Seasons
    • The Legend of the Lone Ranger
  • May 29
    • Dead & Buried
    • Polyester
    • The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
• June 1981
  • June 5
    • Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams
    • Final Exam
    • Tuck Everlasting
  • June 12
    • Clash of the Titans
    • Freaky Friday (re-release)
    • Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (re-release)
    • Herbie Goes Bananas (re-release)
    • History of the World, Part I
    • Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • June 19
    • The Cannonball Run
    • Superman II
    • Swiss Family Robinson (re-release)
  • June 26
    • Dragonslayer
    • For Your Eyes Only
    • The Great Muppet Caper
    • Stripes

July–September

• July 1981
  • July 1
    • S.O.B.
  • July 10
    • Escape from New York
    • The Fox and the Hound
  • July 17
    • Arthur
    • Endless Love
    • Zorro, The Gay Blade
  • July 24
    • Blow Out
    • Wolfen
  • July 31
    • Under the Rainbow
• August 1981
  • August 7
    • Heavy Metal
    • Student Bodies
  • August 14
    • Deadly Blessing
    • An Eye for an Eye
    • They All Laughed
  • August 21
    • An American Werewolf in London
    • First Monday in October
    • Prince of the City
  • August 28
    • Body Heat
    • Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
    • Hell Night
    • Private Lessons
• September 1981
  • September 18
    • Continental Divide
    • Mommie Dearest
    • Raggedy Man
  • September 23
    • Only When I Laugh
    • Rich and Famous
  • September 25
    • The Boogens
    • Carbon Copy
    • So Fine

October–December

• October 1981
• Galaxy of Terror
  • October 2
    • Enter the Ninja
    • Paternity
  • October 9
    • Full Moon High
    • Tattoo
  • October 11
    • My Dinner with Andre
  • October 14
    • Just Before Dawn
  • October 16
    • All the Marbles
  • October 23
    • Nightmare
    • Silence of the North
  • October 30
    • Looker
    • Halloween II
• November 1981
  • November 6
    • The Prowler
    • Fantasies
    • Time Bandits
  • November 13
    • Porky's
    • The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper
  • November 20
    • The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
    • Ragtime
• December 1981
  • December 4
    • On Golden Pond
    • Reds
  • December 11
    • Buddy Buddy
    • Dawn of the Mummy
    • Four Friends
    • Pennies from Heaven
    • Rollover
  • December 18
    • Absence of Malice
    • Cinderella (re-release)
    • Ghost Story
    • Neighbors
    • Sharky's Machine
  • December 20
    • Taps
  • December 25
    • Modern Problems

Resources

• Wikipedia, 1981 in film