- Song Hye-kyo
- Teo Yoo
- Mistik (film)
- Max Amini
- Mohammed Amer
- Nasim Pedrad
- David F. Sandberg
- Bhanurekha Ganesan
- Cho Yeo-jeong
- Jon Watts
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- Dragonslayer (1981 film)
- Possession (1981 film)
- Naseeb (1981 film)
- Nighthawks (1981 film)
- Silsila (1981 film)
- Laawaris (1981 film)
- Honey (1981 film)
- Arthur (1981 film)
Bolero: Dance of Life (1981)
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Halloween II (1981)
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The following is an overview of events in 1981 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.
Highest-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten films released in 1981 by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Events
January 20 – Former Governor of California and film actor Ronald Reagan is inaugurated president.
March 30 – The 53rd Academy Awards are postponed due to the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan earlier that day. They are held the following day with a message from the President recorded for the ceremony prior to the assassination attempt.
May 16 – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. UA was humiliated by the astronomical losses on the $40,000,000 movie Heaven's Gate, a major factor in the decision of owner Transamerica to sell it.
June 8 – Marvin Davis acquires 20th Century Fox for $720 million.
June 12 – Raiders of the Lost Ark is released by Paramount Pictures. It became Paramount's highest-grossing film of all time and set a major standard for many action-adventure movies to date and spawned four sequels.
August 21 – An American Werewolf in London is released and becomes a landmark in Visual Effects and Makeup.
October 1 – MGM president and chief operating officer David Begelman becomes chairman and chief executive officer of United Artists.
November 1 – United International Pictures is created to handle international distribution of films for United Artists, MGM, Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures to replace Cinema International Corporation following MGM's acquisition of UA.
November 25 – Norman Lear and his partner Jerry Perenchio agree to buy Avco Embassy for $25 million.
November 29 – Actress Natalie Wood drowns in a boating accident off Santa Catalina Island.
Awards
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
Man of Iron (Człowiek z żelaza), directed by Andrzej Wajda, Poland
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
Marianne and Juliane (Die Bleierne Zeit), directed by Margarethe von Trotta, W. Germany
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
Faster, Faster (Deprisa, deprisa / Vivre vite), directed by Carlos Saura, Spain / France
1981 films
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Births
January 1 - Eden Riegel, American actress
January 6
Betty Gabriel, American actress
Rinko Kikuchi, Japanese actress and director
Jérémie Renier, Belgian actor
January 8 – Genevieve Cortese, American actress
January 15 - Pitbull, American rapper and actor
January 17
Scott Mechlowicz, American actor
Diogo Morgado, Portuguese actor
January 18 - Antje Traue, German actress
January 20
Daniel Cudmore, Canadian actor
Crystal Lowe, Canadian actress and director
January 21
Amanda Aday, American actress
Izabella Miko, Polish actress and dancer
David F. Sandberg, Swedish filmmaker
January 22
O. T. Fagbenle, British actor, writer and director
Willa Ford, American singer, songwriter, model, television personality and actress
Beverley Mitchell, American actress
January 23 - Julia Jones, American actress
January 24 – Carrie Coon, American actress
January 25 - Charlie Bewley, English actor and producer
January 28
Gen Hoshino, Japanese actor and singer
Elijah Wood, American actor
January 29 - Tenoch Huerta, Mexican actor
January 30 – Chieko Higuchi, Japanese voice actress
January 31 – Justin Timberlake, American singer and actor
February 2 - Emily Rose, American actress
February 5
Lee Eon, South Korean actor and model (d. 2008)
Sara Foster, American actress
Nora Zehetner, American actress
February 8 – Jim Parrack, American actor
February 9 – Tom Hiddleston, English actor
February 10
Uzo Aduba, American actress
Stephanie Beatriz, Argentine actress
February 11
Sonia Rolland, French-Rwandan actress
Kelly Rowland, American singer and actress
February 12
Jesse Hutch, Canadian actor
Lauri Lagle, Estonian actor, director and screenwriter
February 14 - Patrick Heusinger, American actor
February 17 –
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, American actor
Paris Hilton, American media personality, singer and actress
February 19 – Beth Ditto, American singer-songwriter
February 20 - Majandra Delfino, American actress and singer
February 22 – Elodie Yung, French actress
February 23
Josh Gad, American actor and comedian
Mai Nakahara, Japanese voice actress
February 25 - Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Mexican actor
February 26 - Demetrius Grosse, American actor and producer
February 27 - Josh Groban, American singer-songwriter and actor
March 2
Amos Crawley, Canadian actor
Bryce Dallas Howard, American actress
March 3
Austin Highsmith Garces, American actress
Eugene, South Korean actress and singer
March 5 - Hanna Alström, Swedish actress
March 6 – Ellen Muth, American actress
March 11
David Anders, American actor
Matthias Schweighöfer, German actor and filmmaker
March 17 - Nicky Jam, American singer and actor
March 18 - Chris Geere, English actor
March 20 - Jake Hoffman, American actor and writer
March 21 - Rini Bell, American actress
March 22 - Tiffany Dupont, American actress
March 23 - Luciana Carro, Canadian actress
March 24 - Philip Winchester, American actor
March 27 - Quim Gutiérrez, Spanish actor
March 28 – Julia Stiles, American actress
March 29
Alexander Fehling, German actor
Alain Moussi, Canadian/Gabonese actor and stuntman
March 30 - Katy Mixon, American actress
March 31 – Ryōko Shintani, Japanese voice actress
April 1 - Hannah Spearritt, English actress and singer
April 8 - Taylor Kitsch, Canadian actor and model
April 10
Laura Bell Bundy, American actress
Michael Pitt, American actor
April 13 – Courtney Peldon, American actress
April 17 - Charlie Hofheimer, American actor
April 19
Hayden Christensen, Canadian actor
Catalina Sandino Moreno, Colombian actress
April 23 – Gemma Whelan, English actress
April 26
Mariana Ximenes, Brazilian actress
Luke Ford, Canadian-Australian actor
Amit Shah, English actor
April 28
Jessica Alba, American actress
Toby Leonard Moore, Australian actor
Catherine Reitman, Canadian-American actress, producer and writer
April 29 - Alex Vincent, American actor and writer
April 30
Kunal Nayyar, British actor
Emma Pierson, English actress
Rose Rollins, American actress
May 2 – Rina Satō, Japanese voice actress
May 3 – Natalie Tong, Hong Kong actress and model
May 5
Danielle Fishel, American actress
Farid Kamil, Malaysian actor and film director
May 10 – Qurrat Ann Kadwani, American actress
May 11
JP Karliak, American actor, voice actor and comedian
Austin O'Brien, American actor
May 12 – Rami Malek, American actor
May 13 - Ryan Piers Williams, American actor, director and writer
May 15 – Jamie-Lynn Sigler, American actress
May 16 - Joseph Morgan, English actor
May 18 - Allen Leech, Irish actor
May 28 – Laura Bailey, American voice actress
May 29
Justin Chon, American actor, director and YouTube personality
Anders Holm, American actor, comedian, writer and producer
June 1
Johnny Pemberton, American actor, comedian and podcaster
Amy Schumer, American actress and comedian
June 4 – T.J. Miller, American actor, stand-up comedian, producer and writer
June 7 – Larisa Oleynik, American actress
June 9 – Natalie Portman, Israeli-American actress
June 10 – Jonathan Bennett, American actor
June 12
Jeremy Howard, American actor
Malachi Pearson, American actor
June 13 – Chris Evans, American actor
June 14 – Chauncey Leopardi, American actor
June 20 – Alisan Porter, American former actress
June 23 - Joe Taslim, Indonesian actor and martial artist
June 26 - Jimmy Ray Bennett, American actor
June 28 - Jon Watts, American filmmaker
June 30
Tom Burke, English actor
Anna Slotky, American former actress
July 1 - Amanda Lucas, American retired professional mixed martial artist and actress
July 3 - Rebecca Honig, American voice actress
July 4 - Tahar Rahim, French actor
July 5 - Ryan Hansen, American actor and comedian
July 13
Fran Kranz, American actor and director
Michael Mando, Canadian actor
July 17 - Michiel Huisman, Dutch actor
July 21
Davide Perino, Italian actor and voice actor
Romeo Santos, American singer-songwriter and actor
July 22 - Josh Lawson, Australian actor and filmmaker
July 24
Mohammed Amer, Palestinian-American stand-up comedian and actor
Summer Glau, American actress
Lauren Miller Rogen, American actress, comedian, screenwriter and director
July 28 - Neil Casey, American actor, writer and comedian
July 30 – Lisa Wilhoit, American actress
July 31 - Eric Lively, American former actor
August 1 – Taylor Fry, American former child actress
August 3 – Travis Willingham, American voice actor
August 4
Marques Houston, American singer and actor
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, American former actress and model
Valerie LaPointe, American storyboard artist and director
Abigail Spencer, American actress
August 5 - Jesse Williams, American actor, director and producer
August 6 – Leslie Odom Jr., American actor
August 8
Tongayi Chirisa, Zimbabwean actor and singer
Meagan Good, American actress
August 10 - Jon Prescott, American actor
August 20 – Ben Barnes, English actor
August 22
Ross Marquand, American impressionist, actor and producer
Takumi Saito, Japanese actor
August 24 – Chad Michael Murray, American actor
August 25 – Rachel Bilson, American actress
August 27
Patrick J. Adams, Canadian actor
Sugar Lyn Beard, Canadian actress and radio personality
August 29 - Émilie Dequenne, Belgian actress
September 1
Michael Adamthwaite, Canadian actor
Boyd Holbrook, American actor
September 3 - Evgeniya Brik, Russian actress (d. 2022)
September 4 – Beyoncé Knowles, American singer and actress
September 8 – Jonathan Taylor Thomas, American actor
September 9 - Julie Gonzalo, Argentine-American actress
September 12
Jennifer Hudson, American singer and actress
Elle LaMont, American actress
September 14 - Miyavi, Japanese guitarist, singer-songwriter and actor
September 15 - Ben Schwartz, American actor, voice actor, comedian, improviser, writer, director and producer
September 16
Fan Bingbing, Chinese actress, model, producer and singer
Alexis Bledel, American actress
September 17 - Griff Furst, American actor, producer and director
September 18 - Jennifer Tisdale, American actress and singer
September 22 - Ashley Eckstein, American actress
September 23 – Misti Traya, American actress
September 26 – Christina Milian, American singer and actress
September 29 – Shay Astar, American singer and actress
September 30 – Ashleigh Aston Moore, American-Canadian former child actress (d. 2007)
October 1 – Rupert Friend, English actor
October 3
Seth Gabel, American actor
Giselle Itié, Mexican-born Brazilian actress
October 9 – Zachery Ty Bryan, American actor
October 12
Tom Guiry, American actor
Brian J. Smith, American actor
October 17 - Liam Garrigan, English actor
October 18 – Graham Moore, American screenwriter
October 22 – Michael Fishman, American actor
October 23 - Jackie Long, American actor, writer, musician, director and producer
October 30
Fiona Dourif, American actress and producer
Shaun Sipos, Canadian actor
November 1 - Matt Jones, American actor, voice artist, comedian, rapper and singer
November 2 - Katharine Isabelle, Canadian actress
November 6 – Lee Dong-wook, South Korean actor
November 7 - Lotta Losten, Swedish actress
November 9 – Scottie Thompson, American actress
November 10 – Perla Liberatori, Italian voice actress
November 14 - Vanessa Bayer, American actress and comedian
November 15 - Sammy Sheik, Egyptian-American actor
November 16 – Caitlin Glass, American voice actress
November 17 - Bojana Novakovic, Serbian-Australian actress
November 18
Nasim Pedrad, Iranian-American actress and comedian
Christina Vidal, American actress and singer
November 20 – Andrea Riseborough, English actress
November 23 - John Lavelle, American actor and playwright
December 2 – Britney Spears, American singer and actress
December 3
Maddy Curley, American actress
Liza Lapira, American actress
December 5
Adan Canto, Mexican actor (d. 2024)
Lydia Leonard, British actress
December 8 - Dov Tiefenbach, Canadian actor and musician
December 13 – Amy Lee, American singer-songwriter (Evanescence)
December 15
Brendan Fletcher, Canadian actor, screenwriter and producer
Victoria Summer, English actress, model and singer
December 16 – Krysten Ritter, American actress
December 27
Emilie de Ravin, Australian actress
Jay Ellis, American actor
December 28 – Sienna Miller, English actress
December 29 - Charlotte Riley, English actress
December 30 - Leila Farzad, British actress
Deaths
Film debuts
Notes
References
External links
List of 1981 films at IMDb
1981 Domestic Grosses at Box Office Mojo
List of 1981 deaths at IMDb
List of 1981 births at IMDb
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