List of LGBT-related films of 1981

LGBT cinema
LGBT films by year
1895–1919
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films released in 1981. It contains theatrically released films that deal with important gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device.

Films

Title	Director	Country	Genre	Cast	Notes
Caligula et Messaline	Bruno Mattei, Antonio Passalia, Jean-Jacques Renon	France  Italy	Action	Vladimir Brajovic, Betty Roland, Françoise Blanchard, Raul Cabrera, Gino Turini (credited as John Turner), Angelo Arquilla, Piotr Stanislas, Vincent Lo Monaco, Fanny Magier, Laurence Lovall, Antonio Passalia (credited as Anthony Pass), Dominique Irissou, Marie-Noëlle Arnoult, Silvie Dezabauneix and Kathy Sadik
Christiane F. – We Children from Bahnhof Zoo	Uli Edel	West Germany	Biography, drama	Natja Brunckhorst, Rainer Wölk, Jan Georg Effler, Christiane Reichelt, Daniela Jaeger, Kerstin Richter, David Bowie and Christiane Lechle
Culo e camicia	Pasquale Festa Campanile	Italy	Comedy	Enrico Montesano, Daniela Poggi, Gianni Agus, Gino Pernice, Umberto Zuanelli, Ennio Antonelli, Renato Pozzetto, Leopoldo Mastelloni, Maria Rosaria Omaggio, Carlo Bagno and Carla Monti
End of the Fame	Orhan Aksoy	Turkey	Drama, romance	Bülent Bilgiç, Ekrem Bora, Bülent Ersoy, Semsi Inkaya, Yusuf Sezgin and Serpil Çakmakli	Aka "Söhretin Sonu"
Gay Club	Ramón Fernández	Spain	Comedy	Manuel Alexandre, Francisco Algora, Rafael Alonso, Amel Amor, Marciano Buendía, José María Caffarel, Fernando Calonje, José Manuel Cervino, Florinda Chico, Fernando Chinarro, José Luis Chinchilla, Luis Ciges, Rafael Conesa, Felix De Utrera and Paco España
Nessuno è perfetto	Pasquale Festa Campanile	Italy	Comedy, drama, romance	Renato Pozzetto, Ornella Muti, Lina Volonghi, Felice Andreasi, Massimo Boldi and Gabriele Tinti	Aka "Nobody is perfect"
Pixote, the Law of the Weakest	Hector Babenco	Brazil	Action, crime, drama	Fernando Ramos da Silva, Jorge Julião, Gilberto Moura, Edilson Lino, Zenildo Oliveira Santos, Claudio Bernardo, Israel Feres David, Jose Nilson Martin dos Stos, Marília Pêra, Jardel Filho, Rubens de Falco, Elke Maravilha, Tony Tornado, Beatriz Segall and João José Pompeo
Taxi zum Klo	Frank Ripploh	West Germany	Comedy	Frank Ripploh, Bernd Broaderup, Orpha Termin, Peter Fahrni, Hans-Gerd Mehrtens, Dieter Godde, Klaus Schnee, Bernd Kroger, Markus Voigtlander, Irmgard Lademacher, Gregor Becker, Marguerite Dupont, Eberhard Freudenthal, Beate Springer, Millie Büttner, Gitta Lederer and Toller Cranston	Aka "Taxi to the Toilet"
El vicari d'Olot	Ventura Pons	Spain	Drama	Enric Majó, Enric Cusí, Maria Aurèlia Capmany, Marina Rossell, Núria Feliu, Carla Cristi, Marta May, Carmen Pérez (as Carme Pérez), Jordi Brau, Rosa Morata, Montserrat Carulla, Carles Lloret, Fernando Guillén, Antonio Rovira (as Antoni Rovira) and Mary Santpere	Aka "The Victor of Olot"
Zorro, The Gay Blade	Peter Medak	United States	Comedy	George Hamilton, Lauren Hutton, Brenda Vaccaro, Ron Leibman, Donovan Scott, James Booth, Helen Burns, Clive Revill, Carolyn Seymour, Eduardo Noriega, Pilar Pellicer, Jorge Russek, Eduardo Alcaraz, Carlos Bravo y Fernández, Roberto Dumont, Jorge Bolio and Frank Welker