1981 Film List (Yearly film list)
TV 26 (27)
Numbers in parentheses include films in production and non-Chinese language films.| Title | Chinese Title (sp) | Chinese Title (td) | Region | ||
| 1 |  The Chinese Detective (1981) [non-Chinese] | The Chinese Detective | The Chinese Detective | UK | |
| 2 | Faces & Places: Floating Clouds (1981) | 香港香港－浮云 | 香港香港－浮雲 | Hong Kong | |
| 3 | Faces & Places: Till We Meet Again (1981) | 香港香港－江湖再见 | 香港香港－江湖再見 | Hong Kong | |
| 4 | The Fate (1981) | 火凤凰 | 火鳳凰 | Hong Kong | |
| 5 | The Fist (1981) | 陈真 | 陳真 | Hong Kong | |
| 6 | The Hawks (1981) | 飞鹰 | 飛鷹 | Hong Kong | |
| 7 | Legendary Fok (1981) | 大侠霍元甲 | 大俠霍元甲 | Hong Kong | |
| 8 | The Lonely Hunter (1981) | 过客 | 過客 | Hong Kong | |
| 9 | Love Forever (1981) | 四季情 | 四季情 | Hong Kong | |
| 10 | The Misadventure of Zoo (1981) | 流氓皇帝 | 流氓皇帝 | Hong Kong | |
| 11 | Princess Cheung Ping (1981) | 武侠帝女花 | 武俠帝女花 | Hong Kong | |
| 12 | The Shell Game II (1981) | 千王群英会 | 千王群英會 | Hong Kong | |
| 13 | Yong Wong Fei Hung (1981) | 少年黄飞鸿 | 少年黃飛鴻 | Hong Kong | |
| 14 | The Young Heroes of Shaolin (1981) | 英雄出少年 | 英雄出少年 | Hong Kong | |
| 15 | Young's Female Warriors (1981) | 杨门女将 | 楊門女將 | Hong Kong | |
| 16 | pinyin | ci4 qing1 (1981) | 刺青 | 刺青 | Hong Kong |
| 17 | pinyin | dou4 ya2 meng4 (1981) | 豆芽梦 | 豆芽夢 | Hong Kong |
| 18 | pinyin | feng1 huo3 fei1 hua1 (1981) | 烽火飞花 | 烽火飛花 | Hong Kong |
| 19 | pinyin | feng1 yu3 qing2 (1981) | 风雨晴 | 風雨晴 | Hong Kong |
| 20 | pinyin | fo2 shan1 zan4 xian1 sheng1 (1981) | 佛山赞先生 | 佛山贊先生 | Hong Kong |
| 21 | pinyin | long2 hu3 shuang1 ba4 tian1 (1981) | 龙虎双霸天 | 龍虎雙霸天 | Hong Kong |
| 22 | pinyin | miao4 shou3 shen2 tou1 (1981) | 妙手神偷 | 妙手神偷 | Hong Kong |
| 23 | pinyin | qing2 mi2 (1981) | 情迷 | 情謎 | Hong Kong |
| 24 | pinyin | ta1 de yi4 sheng1 (1981) | 他的一生 | 他的一生 | Hong Kong |
| 25 | pinyin | wei1 shui3 shi4 jia1 (1981) | 威水世家 | 威水世家 | Hong Kong |
| 26 | pinyin | wei4 liao3 qing2 (1981) | 未了情 | 未了情 | Hong Kong |
| 27 | pinyin | xia1 qiu2 zhuan4 (1981) | 虾球传 | 蝦球傳 | Mainland China |
