Temporal Top Ten – 1981

Number of movies seen from this year – 70
Number of movies reviewed – 38 (including 1 Encore Review)

 

My list for 1981 includes a very eclectic group of movies which range from comedy cult classics to Blockbuster action/adventure to strong dramas to a bunch of movies that I’d be surprised if most of you have heard of or even seen.

My #1 and #2 were easy choices because of the fact that they are both unbelievable movies in their respective genres and both would gave been worthy enough to win that year.

#3, #5-#6 are the movies I mentioned earlier about being amazing but quite obscure. I am actually trying to find copies of them in order to rewatch and review them properly. I suspect #6 will be very difficult to find, but I haven’t given up hope yet.

#4 is a powerful movie that shows the amazing talent of 3 young up and coming actors who would help change Hollywood elitism, 1 won an Oscar the previous year, another would go on to win 2 Oscars and the 3rd is still seeking his first win despite numerous nominations and being known as a superstar

#7 and #10 are both cult classic comedies that continue to be funny no matter how many times one views them.

#8 is a great police thriller with an all-star cast

And finally #9 is the eventual Oscar Best Picture Winner of the year. It does have a great epic feel to it, but I’m still a bit baffled as to how it won being that there were much stronger candidates that year.

My Top Ten

10. Stripes

9. Chariots of Fire

8. Fort Apache: The Bronx

7. History of the World Part I

6. Skokie

5. Masada

4. Taps

3. The Wave

2. On Golden Pond

1. Raiders of the Lost Ark

Here’s a complete list of movies that I’ve seen from 1981

 

1. Absence of Malice
2. An American Werewolf in London
3. Arthur
4. Berlin Tunnel 21
5. Blow Out
6. Body Heat
7. The Brady Girls Get Married
8. Buddy Buddy
9. Bustin’ Loose
10. The Cannonball Run
11. Carbon Copy
12. Chariots of Fire
13. The Chosen
14. Clash of the Titans
15. Condorman
16. Continental Divide
17. Das Boot
18. The Devil and Max Devlin
19. Dragonslayer
20. Escape from New York
21. Escape to Victory (aka Victory)
22. Excalibur
23. An Eye for an Eye
24. Eye of the Needle
25. Eyewitness
26. First Monday in October
27. For Your Eyes Only
28. Fort Apache, The Bronx
29. The Four Seasons
30. The Fox and the Hound
31. Going Ape!
32. The Great Muppet Caper
33. Hard Country
34. Harry’s War
35. History of the World, Part I
36. Honky Tonk Freeway
37. The Howling
38. Inchon
39. The Incredible Shrinking Woman
40. The Legend of the Lone Ranger
41. Loveless, The
42. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
43. Man Who Saw Tomorrow, The
44. Masada
45. Mommie Dearest
46. Neighbors
47. Nighthawks
48. The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
49. On Golden Pond
50. Only When I Laugh
51. Outland
52. Pennies from Heaven
53. Prince of the City
54. The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper
55. Raggedy Man
56. Ragtime
57. Raiders of the Lost Ark   Encore Review
58. Reds
59. S.O.B.
60. Saturday the 14th
61. Sharky’s Machine
62. Skokie
63. Southern Comfort
64. Stripes
65. Taps
66. Thief
67. Time Bandits
68. Under the Rainbow
69. The Wave
70. Whose Life Is It Anyway?

 

 

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