What was your favorite film of 1981?

[Ron78]

What was the best movie released in 1981?

 

[grego]

When I was in my early teens - in the early days of HBO - they used to play 'the four seasons' all the freaking time. 

 

It wasnt a kid movie, but I would always tune in (cuz I was a kid and it was HBO) but grew to appreciate it. 

 

Jeezuz..... Stop posting drunk....

[grego]

Loved stripes. Might have influenced me joining the military (not for the tight reasons necessarily). 

 

History of the world, classic, cannonball run, also great at my age then. 

 

Fun some strange reason, I never saw raiders until fairly recently. Weird childhood I guess. Great movie though. 

 

Time bandits, Das boot and endless love may get some chatter for not being on the list. 

[Momma There Goes That Man]

Raiders easily. What a classic. 

[DM72]

Superman 2.

 

Watching the Christopher Reeve Superman movies on ABC was a big deal back in the day. The effects are dated now, but were kick ass in the 80's.

[TradeTheBeal!]

History of the World is essentially 100 minutes of world class "dick jokes".  Starring John Hurt as Jesus Christ!

 

 

[Mournblade]

Another no brainer -- Raiders of the Lost Ark. 

 

My #2 would be Chariots of Fire. 

[Kosher Ham]

Deez was the best movie by far. 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Raiders would still be an awesome movie if it came out today.

[China]

 

[Kosher Ham]

Seriously, Stripes is my favorite. 

Lots of good ones though. 

Side note : I am not an Indiana Jones fan. So all of those movies are just okay to me... I have seen none of them throughout... I really don't think I have. 

I am old enough to have seen Scarface with Pacino, ET, Karate Kid, and Star Wars in the theaters. 

[Chew]

Raiders.

[BornaSkinsFan83]

32 minutes ago, Kosher Ham said:

Seriously, Stripes is my favorite. 

Lots of good ones though. 

Side note : I am not an Indiana Jones fan. So all of those movies are just okay to me... I have seen none of them throughout... I really don't think I have. 

I am old enough to have seen Scarface with Pacino, ET, Karate Kid, and Star Wars in the theaters. 

 

Old af

 

 

Agree on Stripes being great. Disagree on it being better than Raiders of the Lost Ark. That's my vote. Much easier than 1980.

[nonniey]

Das Boot for me.

[Captain Wiggles]

Probably

 

 

or

 

[Kosher Ham]

6 hours ago, BornaSkinsFan83 said:

 

Old af

 

 

Agree on Stripes being great. Disagree on it being better than Raiders of the Lost Ark. That's my vote. Much easier than 1980.

 

Yeah, one of the first folks to have HBO in DC. 

[TimmySmith]

1. Raiders.

 

1b. Road Warrior

 

3, Stripes.

[Corcaigh]

8 hours ago, nonniey said:

Das Boot for me.

 

Excellent choice.

[TradeTheBeal!]

Excalibur is tough to beat.

[LeesburgSkinFan]

Raiders for me.  Other movies of note:  Absence of Malice, Heavy Metal, Ragtime, Wolfen, S.O.B.

[Springfield]

Gonna have to go with Aliens.

[TradeTheBeal!]

2 minutes ago, Springfield said:

Gonna have to go with Aliens.

 

Aliens was 1979.  I think you mean Aliens 2:The Quickening.

[Rattlesnake88]

40 minutes ago, TryTheBeal! said:

 

Aliens was 1979.  I think you mean Aliens 2:The Quickening.

(It just fit, lol sorry)

[FrFan]

 

[Riggo-toni]

I picked Raiders.

Wasn't Fast Times 1981?