Films set in 1981

2019 musical film directed by Todd Phillips

2016 film directed by Zack Snyder

2018 film directed by Bryan Singer

2006 film by Gabriele Muccino

2011 film directed by Phyllida Lloyd

1984 film directed by Wes Craven

1982 film directed by Sylvester Stallone

1997 film by Paul Thomas Anderson

1996 film directed by Barry Levinson

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It is a 2021 American supernatural horror film directed by Michael Chaves, with a screenplay by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick from a story by Johnson-McGoldrick and James Wan. The film is a sequel to The Conjuring (2013) and The Conjuring 2 (2016), and the seventh installment in The Conjuring Universe. Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga reprise their roles as paranormal investigators and authors Ed and Lorraine Warren, with Ruairi O'Connor, Sarah Catherine Hook in her feature film debut, and Julian Hilliard also starring. Wan and Peter Safran return to produce the film, which is based on the trial of Arne Cheyenne Johnson, a murder trial that took place in 1981 Connecticut, in addition to The Devil in Connecticut, a book about the trial written by Gerald Brittle.

2011 film by Mark Waters

1988 film directed by Newt Arnold

2000 American sports film directed by Boaz Yakin

2017 film directed by Doug Liman

Barbarian is a 2022 American horror film written and directed by Zach Cregger in his solo screenwriting and directorial debut. It is produced by Arnon Milchan, Roy Lee, Raphael Margules, and J. D. Lifshitz. The film stars Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgård, and Justin Long. The story follows a woman who rents a house on Airbnb and discovers a dark secret inside.

1987 film by James L. Brooks

2008 film directed by Steve McQueen

2014 animated film directed by Tomm Moore

1999 film by Wes Craven

2014 film by J. C. Chandor

1981 film by Ivan Reitman

1981 film directed by Lucio Fulci

2016 film directed by Stephen Gaghan

2018 film directed by David Lowery

1993 film directed by Roger Spottiswoode

1999 film directed by Risa Bramon Garcia

1988 film directed by Kevin Reynolds

Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere is a 2025 American biographical musical drama film starring Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen. Written and directed by Scott Cooper, and based on the 2023 book Deliver Me from Nowhere by Warren Zanes, as well as some elements from Springsteen's 2016 autobiography Born to Run, it chronicles Springsteen's personal and professional struggles during the conception of his 1982 album Nebraska. The film also stars Jeremy Strong, Paul Walter Hauser, Stephen Graham, and Odessa Young.

2018 film directed by Kirill Serebrennikov

1981 film directed by Bruce Malmuth

2005 film directed by Uwe Boll

1981 film directed by Steve Carver

2002 film directed by Seth Kearsley

2003 film directed by James Cox

1981 film by Graham Baker

2022 film directed by Colm Bairéad

2001 film by David Wain

2019 film directed by Gideon Raff

1981 film by Tony Maylam

2021 film directed by Sean Penn

2021 film by Jia Ling

2024 film directed by Sean McNamara

2021 film directed by Nicolas Bedos

2018 film by Emily Atef

1982 film by Mark Rosman

2002 American film by Nicolas Cage

2019 film directed by Jeff Tremaine

2016 film directed by Vikram Gandhi

2000 film by Gina Prince-Bythewood

2022 film directed by Mikhaël Hers

1981 animated feature film directed by Friz Freleng

1994 American short film

Moffie is a 2019 biographical war romantic drama film co-written and directed by Oliver Hermanus. Based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by André Carl van der Merwe, the film depicts mandatory conscription into the notorious South African Defence Force (SADF) during apartheid through the eyes of a young closeted character Nicholas van der Swart (Kai Luke Brümmer) as he attempts to hide his attraction to another gay recruit (Ryan de Villiers) in a hostile environment. The title derives from a homophobic slur in South Africa used to police masculinity.

Mahanati () is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language biographical drama film based on the life of actress Savitri. It is written and directed by Nag Ashwin, and produced by Priyanka Dutt under Vyjayanthi Movies and Swapna Cinema. The film features Keerthy Suresh as Savitri while Dulquer Salmaan (in his Telugu debut) plays Savitri's husband Gemini Ganesan. The film also stars Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Vijay Deverakonda, while Rajendra Prasad, Bhanupriya, Divyavani, Mohan Babu and Prakash Raj appear in supporting roles. The plot follows Savitri's life, depicting her turbulent rise to prominence, marriage

1981 film by Joe D'Amato

2011 film by Waldemar Krzystek

film directed by Peter Chan

1982 film by Sidney Poitier

2023 film by Rubin Stein

2017 film directed by Joko Anwar