Movies Using the English Language and Released in 1981
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The list below includes all films using the English language, including movies using other languages as well.
Note: Since we are still actively researching languages, we consider this chart to be in beta mode.
While we make every effort to collect all available data, there are inevitably omissions and errors. Please help us by sending corrections to corrections@the-numbers.com.
| Movie | Language(s) | Genre | Production
Budget | Worldwide
Box Office
to Date | Trailer |
|---|
| Raiders of the Lost Ark |
Arabic,
English,
German,
Hebrew,
Nepali,
Spanish |
Adventure |
$20,000,000 |
$367,451,914 |
|
| For Your Eyes Only |
English |
Action |
$28,000,000 |
$195,300,000 |
|
| Superman II |
English |
Adventure |
$54,000,000 |
$190,400,000 |
|
| On Golden Pond |
English |
Drama |
|
$119,285,432 |
|
| Stripes |
English |
Comedy |
$10,000,000 |
$85,300,000 |
|
| Arthur |
English |
Comedy |
|
$81,464,486 |
|
| An American Werewolf in London |
English |
Horror |
|
$61,968,388 |
|
| Chariots of Fire |
English |
Drama |
$5,500,000 |
$61,910,507 |
|
| The Cannonball Run |
English |
Action |
|
$57,498,710 |
|
| Clash of the Titans |
English |
Adventure |
$15,000,000 |
$44,400,000 |
|
| The Fox and the Hound |
English |
Adventure |
|
$43,899,231 |
|
| The Four Seasons |
English |
Comedy |
$6,500,000 |
$42,488,161 |
|
| Time Bandits |
English |
Adventure |
$12,000,000 |
$37,400,000 |
|
| Endless Love |
English |
Drama |
|
$33,000,000 |
|
| Sharky's Machine |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$32,984,898 |
|
| Bustin' Loose |
English |
Comedy |
|
$31,261,000 |
|
| The Great Muppet Caper |
English |
Comedy |
|
$31,206,251 |
|
| Neighbors |
English |
Black Comedy |
|
$29,916,207 |
|
| Victory |
English |
Action |
|
$27,453,000 |
|
| Halloween II |
English |
Horror |
$2,500,000 |
$25,533,818 |
|
| Escape from New York |
English |
Action |
$6,000,000 |
$25,276,350 |
|
| Mommie Dearest |
English |
Drama |
$5,000,000 |
$25,032,000 |
|
| Graduation Day |
English |
Horror |
$250,000 |
$23,894,000 |
|
| Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior |
English |
Action |
$2,000,000 |
$23,668,407 |
|
| The French Lieutenant's Woman |
English |
Drama |
|
$22,600,000 |
|
| Friday the 13th Part 2 |
English |
Horror |
$1,250,000 |
$21,722,776 |
|
| The Private Eyes |
English |
Comedy |
|
$18,000,000 |
|
| The Howling |
English |
Horror |
$1,000,000 |
$17,985,130 |
|
| Ragtime |
English |
Drama |
|
$17,468,158 |
|
| Ghost Story |
English |
Horror |
|
$16,202,210 |
|
| Continental Divide |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$15,578,000 |
|
| Scanners |
English |
Horror |
|
$14,200,000 |
|
| The Legend of the Lone Ranger |
English |
Western |
$18,000,000 |
$13,400,000 |
|
| Sphinx |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
$10,000,000 |
$11,400,000 |
|
| Wolfen |
English |
Horror |
|
$11,000,000 |
|
| Raggedy Man |
English |
Drama |
|
$11,000,000 |
|
| Happy Birthday To Me |
English |
Horror |
|
$10,609,514 |
|
| Atlantic City |
English |
Drama |
|
$10,000,000 |
|
| Prince of the City |
English |
Drama |
|
$9,000,000 |
|
| All Night Long |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$7,800,000 |
|
| The Funhouse |
English |
Horror |
|
$7,000,141 |
|
| Heartbeeps |
English |
Comedy |
$10,000,000 |
$6,000,000 |
|
| Gallipoli |
English |
Drama |
$3,000,000 |
$5,732,587 |
|
| Thief |
English |
Action |
|
$4,301,338 |
|
| Southern Comfort |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$2,939,174 |
|
| Hell Night |
English |
Horror |
|
$2,300,000 |
|
| Roar |
English |
Adventure |
$17,000,000 |
$2,110,050 |
|
| The Hand |
English |
Horror |
|
$2,000,000 |
|
| Honky Tonk Freeway |
English |
Comedy |
|
$939,423 |
|
| Tattoo |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$860,472 |
|
| Eyes of a Stranger |
English |
Horror |
|
$546,724 |
|
| This is Elvis |
English |
Documentary |
|
$429,146 |
|
| Dead & Buried |
English |
Horror |
|
$216,166 |
|
| Les Uns et les Autres |
English,
French,
German,
Russian |
Drama |
|
$122,054 |
|
| Cattle Annie and Little Britches |
English |
Western |
|
$115,679 |
|
| Babylon |
English |
Drama |
|
$109,749 |
|
| Modern Romance |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$29,137 |
|
| My Dinner with Andre |
English |
Comedy |
$475,000 |
$15,063 |
|
| The Wobblies |
English |
Documentary |
|
$12,232 |
|
| Lady Chatterley's Lover |
English |
Drama |
|
$5,406 |
|
| The Pit |
English |
Horror |
|
$560 |
|
| Goodbye Pork Pie |
English |
Action |
|
$394 |
|
| Condorman |
English |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Glen or Glenda |
English |
|
|
$0 |
|
| The Dogs of War |
English |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Sunday Lovers |
English |
|
|
$0 |
|
| Enter the Ninja |
English |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| How the Grinch Stole Christmas |
English |
Adventure |
|
$0 |
|
| Shoot the Sun Down |
English |
Western |
|
$0 |
|
| Knightriders |
English |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Final Exam |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Evilspeak |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Demonoid |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| St. Helens |
English |
Adventure |
|
$0 |
|
| Roadgames |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$0 |
|
| Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Loophole |
English |
Adventure |
|
$0 |
|
| The Sea Wolves |
English,
German,
Portuguese |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Madhouse |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie |
English |
Adventure |
|
$0 |
|
| Full Moon High |
English |
|
|
$0 |
|
| The Jericho Mile |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Saturday The 14th |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Galaxy of Terror |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Polyester |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Fear No Evil |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| The Fan |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$0 |
|
| Subway Riders |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$0 |
|
| Shock Treatment |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Just Before Dawn |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| My Bloody Valentine |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Scream |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| The Burning |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Nightmare |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
