#119 – Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981, Steven Spielberg
When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime.
#389 – Mandala, (만다라), 1981, Im Kwon-taek
The lives and interactions of two Buddhist monks living in South Korea.
#395 – Das Boot, 1981, Wolfgang Petersen
A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.
#550 – Blow Out, 1981, Brian De Palma
Jack Terry is a master sound recordist who works on grade-B horror movies. Late one evening, he is recording sounds for use in his movies when he hears something unexpected through his sound equipment and records it. Curiosity gets the better of him when the media become involved, and he begins to unravel the pieces of a nefarious conspiracy. As he struggles to survive against his shadowy enemies and expose the truth, he does not know whom he can trust.
#620 – Possession, 1981, Andrzej Żuławski
A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is involved. But gradually, he finds out more and more strange behaviors and bizarre incidents that indicate something more than a possessed love affair.
#668 – Muddy River, (泥の河), 1981, Kôhei Oguri
Two boys, whose parents ply their trade by the mouth of a muddy river in Osaka, become close friends.
#904 – An American Werewolf in London, 1981, John Landis
Two American tourists in England are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.
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