British Film Database

1980s

British films of 1981

59 films, in order of release. 45 with no exact release date are listed after them.

ReleasedTitleDirector
23 JanuaryInseminoidNorman J. Warren
FebruaryDance CrazeJoe Massot
20 MarchOmen III: The Final ConflictThe Final ConflictGraham Baker
30 MarchChariots of FireHugh Hudson
2 AprilThe Monster ClubRoy Ward Baker
10 AprilExcaliburJohn Boorman
23 AprilGregory's GirlBill Forsyth
1 MayOutlandPeter Hyams
18 MayMemoirs of a SurvivorDavid Gladwell
25 MayMontenegroDušan Makavejev
AugustNightshift
21 AugustAn American Werewolf in LondonJohn Landis
15 SeptemberFrom a Far CountryKrzysztof Zanussi
11 OctoberPriest of LoveChristopher Miles
—4D Special Agents
—Animal Farm
—The Animals FilmVictor Schonfeld, Myriam Alaux
—Buddy BuddyBilly Wilder
—Burning an IllusionMenelik Shabazz
—The Bushido BladeTsugunobu Kotani
—Carbon CopyMichael Schultz
—Chanel SolitaireGeorge Kaczender
—Clash of the TitansDesmond Davis
—Emmanuelle in SohoDavid Hughes, Ray Selfe
—Eye of the NeedleRichard Marquand
—The Filleting MachineMurray Martin
—Flower StoriesKate Canning
—For Your Eyes OnlyJohn Glen
—The French Lieutenant's WomanKarel Reisz
—The GatheringRex Bloomstein
—Great ExpectationsJulian Amyes
—The Great Muppet CaperJim Henson
—Great Railways Flying ScotsmanTony Wheeler
—Greatest FlixKeith McMillan, Derek Burbidge and others
—High RiskStewart Raffill
—Honky Tonk FreewayJohn Schlesinger
—How Sleep the BraveLindsay Shonteff
—Invaders from the DeepDesmond Saunders, John Kelly and others
—Lady Chatterley's LoverJust Jaeckin
—Looks and SmilesKen Loach
—LoopholeJohn Quested
—Mozart In SalzburgBarrie Gavin
—Murder of the Jews
—Nailed
—Outside InStephen Dwoskin
—PiafGary Halvorson
—The Pied Piper Of Hamelin: CinderellaMark Hall
—QuartetJames Ivory
—RagtimeMiloš Forman
—Riding HighRoss Cramer
—Rise and Fall of Idi AminSharad Patel
—The SalamanderPeter Zinner
—Samson Et DalilaJohn Vernon
—The Search for Alexander the GreatPeter Sykes
—Soldier GirlsNick Broomfield
—Take It or Leave ItDave Robinson
—Time BanditsTerry Gilliam
—To the Western WorldMargy Kinmonth
—VenomTobe Hooper, Piers Haggard