The Most Popular Movies of 1981
July 26, 2026The most popular 1981 movie right now is Raiders of the Lost Ark. Rankings reflect today's audience buzz for all 128 movies released in 1981, not box office or critic scores. Updated daily.
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Movie
Attention ScoreAttention
1
Raiders of the Lost Ark
3.8
2
The Fox and the Hound
1.8
3
Das Boot
1.7
4
Excalibur
1.5
5
Escape from New York
1.3
6
The Four Seasons
1.1
7
Chariots of Fire
1.0
8
An American Werewolf in London
1.0
9
Heavy Metal
0.9
10
Thief
0.9
11
For Your Eyes Only
0.9
12
Eyewitness
0.9
13
Escape to Victory
0.8
14
Body Heat
0.8
15
Endless Love
0.8
16
My Dinner with Andre
0.8
17
Scanners
0.7
18
The Cannonball Run
0.7
19
Blow Out
0.7
20
Time Bandits
0.7
21
On Golden Pond
0.7
22
Mommie Dearest
0.7
23
Porky's
0.6
24
Friday the 13th Part 2
0.6
25
Reds
0.6
26
The Final Conflict
0.6
27
Stripes
0.5
28
Southern Comfort
0.5
29
Quest for Fire
0.5
30
Looker
0.5
31
Taps
0.4
32
Polyester
0.4
33
Ragtime
0.4
34
History of the World: Part I
0.4
35
Dragonslayer
0.4
36
Halloween II
0.4
37
Gallipoli
0.4
38
The French Lieutenant's Woman
0.4
39
Shock Treatment
0.3
40
The Howling
0.3
41
Absence of Malice
0.3
42
Knightriders
0.3
43
The Burning
0.3
44
Nighthawks
0.3
45
True Confessions
0.3
46
Outland
0.3
47
The Great Muppet Caper
0.2
48
Caveman
0.2
49
Condorman
0.2
50
Bustin' Loose
0.2
51
American Pop
0.2
52
They All Laughed
0.2
53
Galaxy of Terror
0.2
54
S.O.B.
0.2
55
Ghost Story
0.2
56
The Chosen
0.2
57
Ms .45
0.2
58
Only When I Laugh
0.2
59
The Funhouse
0.2
60
Pennies from Heaven
0.2
61
Wolfen
0.2
62
Eye of the Needle
0.2
63
Cutter's Way
0.2
64
Deadly Blessing
0.2
65
Take This Job and Shove It
0.2
66
Death Hunt
0.2
67
Dead & Buried
0.2
68
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
0.2
69
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
0.2
70
Hell Night
0.2
71
Happy Birthday to Me
0.2
72
The Prowler
0.2
73
Lady Chatterley's Lover
0.2
74
Carbon Copy
0.2
75
Lion of the Desert
0.2
76
Zorro, The Gay Blade
0.1
77
Private Lessons
0.1
78
Modern Problems
0.1
79
Inchon
0.1
80
Prince of the City
0.1
81
Fort Apache, the Bronx
0.1
82
Going Ape!
0.1
83
Raggedy Man
0.1
84
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
0.1
85
Sharky's Machine
0.1
86
The Hand
0.1
87
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
0.1
88
Enter the Ninja
0.1
89
Continental Divide
0.1
90
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
0.1
91
Roadgames
0.1
92
Zoot Suit
0.1
93
Permanent Vacation
0.1
94
Madman
0.1
95
Student Bodies
0.1
96
Modern Romance
0.1
97
Evilspeak
0.1
98
Graduation Day
0.1
99
The Boogens
0.1
100
Rich and Famous
0.1
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