Favorite Films Released in 1981

This is an absolutely brutal year to rank, so many of my favorite movies were released in 1981;

1. The Burning
2. My Bloody Valentine
3. Friday the 13th: Part 2
4. The Funhouse
5. Halloween II
6. Possession
7. The Evil Dead
8. The Howling
9. An American Werewolf in London
10. Just Before Dawn


Runners up: Scanners, The Prowler, The Beyond, Dark Night of the Scarecrow, Body Heat, Blow Out, Excalibur, Night School, Eyes of a Stranger, Clash of the Titans, Dragonslayer, Dead and Buried, Bloody Birthday, The Pit.

My Dinner With Andre
Thief
Beau-père
Looks and Smiles

In alphabetical order ...
Absence of Malice
Blow Out
Body Heat
The Chosen
Das Boot
Excalibur
Heavy Metal
Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains
Quest for Fire
Raiders of the Lost Ark
and yes, I do own all of these on either DVD or Blu-ray

"Body Heat" with Kathleen Turner. She was hot back in the day before becoming Chandler's drag queen "Dad" on "Friends ".

Anyone here remember her?

--Michael D. Clarke

Chariots of Fire!

Dang. Great list from a great year. 50 of 66 I rated 6/10+, so this is gonna be tough. More or less in order:

An American Werewolf in London
Das Boot
Excalibur
Time Bandits
Arthur
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Southern Comfort
Blow Out
History of the World: Part I
Strange Behavior

So many others I could have picked, but it had been so long, my memory wouldn't have been reliable enough. I've had Ms 45 on deck for years. Gotta get to that....

1) Ms 45
2) Das Boot
3) Body Heat
4) An American Werewolf in London
5) ...All the Marbles
6) Mad Max 2
7) The Beyond
8) Eyes of a Stranger
9) Christiane F
10) Possession

The Evil Dead
Nighthawks
The Road Warrior
Scanners
House by the Cemetery
Southern Comfort
Burial Ground
The Beyond
Friday the 13th: Part 2
Nightmare