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1981 Top Ten List

1. Modern Romance (Albert Brooks)
2. The Aviator’s Wife (Éric Rohmer)
3. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg)
4. Blow Out (Brian De Palma)
5. Vernon, Florida (Errol Morris)
6. Southern Comfort (Walter Hill)
7. Das Boot (Wolfgang Petersen)
8. The Road Warrior (George Miller)
9. Thief (Michael Mann)
10. Ms .45 (Abel Ferrara)

Other 1981 Films I Enjoyed

• An American Werewolf in London (John Landis)
• Scanners (David Cronenberg)
• Cutter’s Way (Ivan Passer)
• The Decline of Western Civilization (Penelope Spheeris)
• Body Heat (Lawrence Kasdan)
• Stripes (Ivan Reitman)
• The Evil Dead (Sam Raimi)