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== Events ==
* '''March 22''': The RCA Capacitance Electronic Disc was released.
* '''September''': Andre Blay leaves Magnetic Video Corporation.
* '''October''': Vestron Video was formed from the assets of Time-Life Video.
* '''November''': Worldvision Home Video was formed by Worldvision Enterprises to release TV shows on videocassette.
== VHS and Beta ==
=== January ===
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| ''Airplane!'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || January 12, 1981 ||
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| ''Amarcord'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || January 26, 1981 ||
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| ''The Amazing World of Psychic Phenomena'' || Video Corporation of America || Video Corporation of America || January 26, 1981 ||
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| ''Auditions'' || Wizard Video || Sound/Video Unlimited || January 12, 1981 ||
* Copyrighted in 1980.
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| ''Barefoot in the Park'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || January 12, 1981 ||
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| ''Beyond the Valley of the Dolls'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || January 12, 1981 ||
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| ''Big Bad Mama'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || January 26, 1981 ||
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| ''The Big Bird Cage'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || January 26, 1981 ||
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| ''Black Marble'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || January 12, 1981 ||
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| ''Brief Encounter'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || January 12, 1981 ||
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| ''Caddyshack'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || January 26, 1981 ||
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| ''Can I Do It... Till I Need Glasses?'' || Media Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || January 1981 ||
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| ''Coast to Coast'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || January 12, 1981 ||
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| ''Cries and Whispers'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || January 26, 1981 ||
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| ''Crystal Voyager'' || Wizard Video || Sound/Video Unlimited || January 12, 1981 ||
* Copyrighted in 1980.
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| ''Death Race 2000'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || January 26, 1981 ||
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| ''The Devil and Daniel Mouse'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || January 26, 1981 ||
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| ''Farewell My Lovely'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || January 12, 1981 ||
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| ''Friday the 13th'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || January 12, 1981 ||
|-
| ''
* Copyrighted in 1980.
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| ''Honeysuckle Rose'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || January 26, 1981 ||
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| ''Humanoids from the Deep'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || January 26, 1981 ||
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| ''The Hunter'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || January 12, 1981 ||
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| ''Lovers and Other Strangers'' || ABC Video Enterprises || Magnetic Video Corporation || January 12, 1981 ||
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| ''Magnum Force'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || January 26, 1981 ||
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| ''Mary Poppins'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || January 19, 1981 ||
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| ''Ms. Don Juan'' || Wizard Video || Sound/Video Unlimited || January 12, 1981 ||
* Copyrighted in 1980.
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| ''My Pleasure Is My Business'' || Wizard Video || Sound/Video Unlimited || January 12, 1981 ||
* Copyrighted in 1980.
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| ''Myra Breckinridge'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || January 12, 1981 ||
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| ''Nelvanamation: Four Cosmic Fantasies in One'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || January 26, 1981 ||
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| ''NFL SymFunny/Super Bowl III'' || Video Corporation of America || Video Corporation of America || January 26, 1981 ||
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| ''Night Games'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || January 12, 1981 ||
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| ''"Oh, God!" Book II'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || January 26, 1981 ||
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| ''One Trick Pony'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || January 26, 1981 ||
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| ''Pelé: The Master and His Method'' || Magnetic Video Sports || Magnetic Video Corporation || January 12, 1981 ||
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| ''Roller Boogie'' || Media Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || January 1981 ||
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| ''Romie-0 and Julie-8'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || January 26, 1981 ||
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| ''Rough Cut'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || January 12, 1981 ||
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| ''Seven Blows of the Dragon'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || January 26, 1981 ||
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| ''Shogun'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || January 12, 1981 ||
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| ''Small Change'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || January 26, 1981 ||
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| ''Smokey and the Bandit'' || MCA Videocassette, Inc. || MCA Distributing Corporation || January 12, 1981 ||
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| ''The Space Movie'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || January 26, 1981 ||
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| ''Sugar Cookies'' || Video Corporation of America || Video Corporation of America || January 26, 1981 ||
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| ''The Thing'' || Video Corporation of America || Video Corporation of America || January 26, 1981 ||
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| ''Tom Horn'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || January 26, 1981 ||
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| ''Too Hot to Handle'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || January 26, 1981 ||
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| ''Urban Cowboy'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || January 12, 1981 ||
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| ''The Wicker Man'' || Media Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || January 1981 ||
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| ''Willie Nelson's 4th of July Picnic'' || Wizard Video || Sound/Video Unlimited || January 12, 1981 ||
* Copyrighted in 1980.
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| ''Xanadu'' || MCA Videocassette, Inc. || MCA Distributing Corporation || January 12, 1981 ||
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! Title !! Label !! Distributor !! Released !! class="unsortable" | Note(s)
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| ''
* Spanish-dubbed version of ''"10"''.
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| ''
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| ''
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| ''Carny'' || CBS Video Enterprises || CBS Video Enterprises || February 2, 1981 ||
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| ''Cruising'' || CBS Video Enterprises || CBS Video Enterprises || February 2, 1981 ||
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| ''El exorcista'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || February 2, 1981 ||
* Spanish-dubbed version of ''The Exorcist''.
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| ''Fame'' || MGM/CBS Home Video || CBS Video Enterprises || February 2, 1981 ||
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| ''Fleetwood Mac: Documentary and Live Concert'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || February 2, 1981 ||
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| ''Gary Numan: The Touring Principle'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || February 2, 1981 ||
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| ''Great Figures in History: John F. Kennedy'' || CBS Video Enterprises || CBS Video Enterprises || February 2, 1981 ||
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| ''Madame Sin'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || February 9, 1981 ||
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| ''The Man with the Golden Arm'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || February 9, 1981 ||
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| ''The Medusa Touch'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || February 9, 1981 ||
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| ''The Moon Is Blue'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || February 9, 1981 ||
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| ''Mutiny on the Bounty'' || MGM/CBS Home Video || CBS Video Enterprises || February 2, 1981 ||
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| ''Oklahoma!'' || CBS Video Enterprises || CBS Video Enterprises || February 2, 1981 ||
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| ''Operación Dragón'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || February 2, 1981 ||
* Spanish-dubbed version of ''Enter the Dragon''.
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| ''Rod Stewart: Live at the Los Angeles Forum'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || February 2, 1981 ||
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| ''Treasure Island'' || MGM/CBS Home Video || CBS Video Enterprises || February 2, 1981 ||
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| ''The World's Greatest Lover'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || February 9, 1981 ||
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| ''Zorba the Greek'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || February 9, 1981 ||
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! Title !! Label !! Distributor !! Released !! class="unsortable" | Note(s)
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| ''Bedtime for Bonzo'' || MCA Videocassette, Inc. || MCA Distributing Corporation || March 30, 1981 ||
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| ''The Bridge on the River Kwai'' || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || March 1, 1981 ||
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| ''California Suite'' || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || March 1, 1981 ||
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| ''Cat Ballou'' || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || March 1, 1981 ||
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| ''Flash Gordon'' || MCA Videocassette, Inc. || MCA Distributing Corporation || March 30, 1981 ||
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| ''The Guns of Navarone'' || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || March 1, 1981 ||
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| ''The Island'' || MCA Videocassette, Inc. || MCA Distributing Corporation || March 30, 1981 ||
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| ''The Killers'' || MCA Videocassette, Inc. || MCA Distributing Corporation || March 30, 1981 ||
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| ''Myra Breckinridge'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || March 1, 1981 ||
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| ''Nine to Five'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || March 1, 1981 ||
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| ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'' || MCA Videocassette, Inc. || MCA Distributing Corporation || March 30, 1981 ||
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| ''Somewhere in Time'' || MCA Videocassette, Inc. || MCA Distributing Corporation || March 30, 1981 ||
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| ''The Sorrow and the Pity'' || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || March 1, 1981 ||
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| ''The Stunt Man'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || March 1, 1981 ||
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| ''Wifemistress'' || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || March 1, 1981 ||
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| ''
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=== April ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Title !! Label !! Marketer !! Distributor !! Released !! class="unsortable" | Note(s)
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| ''Cabaret'' || CBS Video Enterprises || CBS Video Enterprises || CBS Video Enterprises || April 6, 1981 ||
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| ''The Champ'' || MGM/CBS Home Video || CBS Video Enterprises || CBS Video Enterprises || April 6, 1981 ||
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| ''Fist of Fear, Touch of Death'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || Sound/Video Unlimited || April 13, 1981 ||
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| ''Forbidden Planet'' || MGM/CBS Home Video || CBS Video Enterprises || CBS Video Enterprises || April 6, 1981 ||
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| ''The Formula'' || MGM/CBS Home Video || CBS Video Enterprises || CBS Video Enterprises || April 6, 1981 ||
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| ''The Hostages: From Capture to Freedom'' || CBS Video Enterprises || CBS Video Enterprises || CBS Video Enterprises || April 6, 1981 ||
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| ''My Fair Lady'' || CBS Video Enterprises || CBS Video Enterprises || CBS Video Enterprises || April 6, 1981 ||
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| ''One Night Stand: A Keyboard Event'' || CBS Video Enterprises || CBS Video Enterprises || CBS Video Enterprises || April 6, 1981 ||
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| ''Pink Flamingos'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || Sound/Video Unlimited || April 13, 1981 ||
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| ''Sextoons'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || Sound/Video Unlimited || April 13, 1981 ||
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| ''Tarzan, the Ape Man'' || MGM/CBS Home Video || CBS Video Enterprises || CBS Video Enterprises || April 6, 1981 ||
|}
=== May ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Title !! Label !! Distributor !! Released !! class="unsortable" | Note(s)
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| ''Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || May 4, 1981 ||
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| ''The Beast Must Die'' || The Nostalgia Merchant || The Nostalgia Merchant || May 1, 1981 ||
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| ''Billy Jack'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || May 4, 1981 ||
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| ''Black Magic'' || The Nostalgia Merchant || The Nostalgia Merchant || May 1, 1981 ||
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| ''Candy'' || ABC Video Enterprises || Magnetic Video Corporation || May 3, 1981 ||
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| ''A Change of Seasons'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || May 3, 1981 ||
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| ''The Corsican Brothers'' || The Nostalgia Merchant || The Nostalgia Merchant || May 1, 1981 ||
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| ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' || The Nostalgia Merchant || The Nostalgia Merchant || May 1, 1981 ||
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| ''The Dancing Princesses'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || May 3, 1981 ||
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| ''The Dancing Years'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || May 3, 1981 ||
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| ''Giselle'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || May 3, 1981 ||
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| ''HMS Pinafore'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || May 3, 1981 ||
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| ''Inside Moves'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || May 3, 1981 ||
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| ''Jenny'' || ABC Video Enterprises || Magnetic Video Corporation || May 3, 1981 ||
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| ''Kagemusha'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || May 3, 1981 ||
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| ''The Last of the Mohicans'' || The Nostalgia Merchant || The Nostalgia Merchant || May 1, 1981 ||
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| ''Man Friday'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || May 3, 1981 ||
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| ''The Man in the Iron Mask'' || The Nostalgia Merchant || The Nostalgia Merchant || May 1, 1981 ||
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| ''Odyssey'' || Ron Hays Music Image || Magnetic Video Corporation || May 24, 1981 ||
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| ''The Prisoner of Second Avenue'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || May 4, 1981 ||
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| ''The Romantic Englishwoman'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || May 4, 1981 ||
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| ''Santa Fe Trail'' || The Nostalgia Merchant || The Nostalgia Merchant || May 11, 1981 ||
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| ''What's Up, Doc?'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || May 4, 1981 ||
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| ''The Yeoman of the Guard'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || May 3, 1981 ||
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| ''Young Frankenstein'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || May 24, 1981 ||
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| ''Apache'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || June 2, 1981 ||
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| ''The Best of the New York Erotic Film Festival'' || Wizard Video || Sound/Video Unlimited || June 8, 1981 ||
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| ''The Big Red One'' || CBS Video Enterprises || CBS Video Enterprises || June 2, 1981 ||
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| ''The Black Stallion'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || June 2, 1981 ||
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| ''Bloodbrothers'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || June 10, 1981 ||
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| ''The Boogey Man'' || Wizard Video || Sound/Video Unlimited || June 8, 1981 ||
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| ''Bottoms Up '81'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || June 2, 1981 ||
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| ''Cousin, Cousine'' || CBS Video Enterprises || CBS Video Enterprises || June 2, 1981 ||
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| ''
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| ''
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| ''Dire Straits: Making Movies'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || June 10, 1981 ||
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| ''Easy Rider'' || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || June 2, 1981 ||
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| ''Emanuelle Around the World'' || Wizard Video || Sound/Video Unlimited || June 8, 1981 ||
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| ''The Elephant Man'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || June 2, 1981 ||
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| ''Goodbye, Columbus'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || June 2, 1981 ||
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| ''The Great Texas Dynamite Chase'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || June 10, 1981 ||
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| ''Hearts and Minds'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || June 2, 1981 ||
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| ''Hopscotch'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || June 2, 1981 ||
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| ''I Spit on Your Grave'' || Wizard Video || Sound/Video Unlimited || June 8, 1981 ||
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| ''It's My Turn'' || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || June 2, 1981 ||
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| ''The Jazz Singer'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || June 2, 1981 ||
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| ''Just Tell Me What You Want'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || June 10, 1981 ||
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| ''Last Tango in Paris'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || June 2, 1981 ||
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| ''Let It Be'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || June 2, 1981 ||
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| ''The Miss Nude America Contest'' || Wizard Video || Sound/Video Unlimited || June 8, 1981 ||
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| ''My Bloody Valentine'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || June 2, 1981 ||
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| ''Ordinary People'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || June 2, 1981 ||
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| ''Penitentiary'' || Wizard Video || Sound/Video Unlimited || June 8, 1981 ||
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| ''The Pink Panther'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || June 2, 1981 ||
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| ''The Thomas Crown Affair'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || June 2, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Three Stooges:
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| ''Time After Time'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || June 10, 1981 ||
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| ''Tom Jones'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || June 2, 1981 ||
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| ''Tunnel Vision'' || Wizard Video || Sound/Video Unlimited || June 8, 1981 ||
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| ''The Vietnam War'' || CBS Video Enterprises || CBS Video Enterprises || June 2, 1981 ||
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| ''Yankee Doodle Dandy'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || June 2, 1981 ||
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| ''Zombie'' || Wizard Video || Sound/Video Unlimited || June 8, 1981 ||
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! Title !! Label !! Distributor !! Released !! class="unsortable" | Note(s)
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| ''All Quiet on the Western Front'' || MCA Videocassette, Inc. || MCA Distributing Corporation || July
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| ''
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| ''The Awakening'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || July 7, 1981 ||
* Part of Orion Month at Warner Home Video.
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| ''Barefoot Contessa'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || July 28, 1981 ||
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| ''Bilitis'' || Media Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || July 7, 1981 ||
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| ''Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'' || MCA Videocassette, Inc. || MCA Distributing Corporation || July
|-
| ''
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| ''Change of Habit'' || MCA Videocassette, Inc. || MCA Distributing Corporation || July 9, 1981 ||
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| ''Clones of Bruce Lee'' || Media Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || July 7, 1981 ||
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| ''Die Laughing'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || July 7, 1981 ||
* Part of Orion Month at Warner Home Video.
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| ''The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || July 7, 1981 ||
* Part of Orion Month at Warner Home Video.
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| ''Galaxina'' || MCA Videocassette, Inc. || MCA Distributing Corporation || July
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| ''The Great Santini'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || July 7, 1981 ||
* Part of Orion Month at Warner Home Video.
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| ''The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood'' || MCA Videocassette, Inc. || MCA Distributing Corporation || July
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| ''Hard Country'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || July 28, 1981 ||
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| ''Heartbeat'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || July 7, 1981 ||
* Part of Orion Month at Warner Home Video.
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| ''If You Don't Stop It... You'll Go Blind!!!'' || Media Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || July 7, 1981 ||
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| ''The Incredible Shrinking Woman'' || MCA Videocassette, Inc. || MCA Distributing Corporation || July
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| ''Melvin and Howard'' || MCA Videocassette, Inc. || MCA Distributing Corporation || July
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| ''Over the Edge'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || July 7, 1981 ||
* Part of Orion Month at Warner Home Video.
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| ''Play Misty for Me'' || MCA Videocassette, Inc. || MCA Distributing Corporation || July
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| ''Promises in the Dark'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || July 7, 1981 ||
* Part of Orion Month at Warner Home Video.
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| ''Schizo'' || Media Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || July 7, 1981 ||
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| ''Schizoid'' || MCA Videocassette, Inc. || MCA Distributing Corporation || July
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| ''Shogun Assassin'' || MCA Videocassette, Inc. || MCA Distributing Corporation || July
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| ''Simon'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || July 7, 1981 ||
* Part of Orion Month at Warner Home Video.
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| ''The Wanderers'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || July 7, 1981 ||
* Part of Orion Month at Warner Home Video.
|-
| ''
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| ''Yum-Yum Girls'' || MCA Videocassette, Inc. || MCA Distributing Corporation || July 9, 1981 ||
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| ''Zachariah: The First Electric Western'' || ABC Video Enterprises || Magnetic Video Corporation || July 28, 1981 ||
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| ''Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx'' || Video Communications, Inc. || United Entertainment, Inc. || August 18, 1981 ||
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| ''Raging Bull'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || August 18, 1981 ||
* One of the last Magnetic Video releases to preserve Transamerica-era UA logos.
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| ''REO Speedwagon: Live Infidelity'' || CBS Video Enterprises || CBS Video Enterprises || August 25, 1981 ||
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| ''Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?'' || ABC Video Enterprises || Magnetic Video Corporation || August 18, 1981 ||
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| ''Tom Jones: Live in Las Vegas'' || Family Home Entertainment || Caballero Control Corporation || August 1981 ||
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! Title !! Label !! Distributor !! Released !! class="unsortable" | Note(s)
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| ''Airport'' || MCA Videocassette, Inc. || MCA Distributing Corporation || September 3, 1981 ||
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| ''Albino'' || Media Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || September 1, 1981 ||
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* Available for rental only.
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| ''The Amityville Horror'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || September 1, 1981 ||
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| ''Amy'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || September 22, 1981 ||
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| ''Becket'' || Video Communications, Inc. || United Entertainment, Inc. || September 8, 1981 ||
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| ''The Bees'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || September 1, 1981 ||
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| ''Bells Are Ringing'' || MGM/CBS Home Video || CBS Video Enterprises || September 15, 1981 ||
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| ''Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood'' || MGM/CBS Home Video || CBS Video Enterprises || September 15, 1981 ||
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| ''
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| ''Bye Bye Brazil'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || September 1, 1981 ||
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| ''Car Wash'' || MCA Videocassette, Inc. || MCA Distributing Corporation || September 3, 1981 ||
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| ''Cartoon Parade No. 4'' || The Nostalgia Merchant || The Nostalgia Merchant || September 15, 1981 ||
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| ''A Day at the Races'' || MGM/CBS Home Video || CBS Video Enterprises || September 15, 1981 ||
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| ''The Devils'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || September 1, 1981 ||
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| ''Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || September 1, 1981 ||
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| ''A Dream Called Walt Disney World'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || September 22, 1981 ||
* Available in sale and rental versions.
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| ''Dressed to Kill'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || September 1, 1981 ||
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| ''Dumbo'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || September 22, 1981 ||
* Limited sale premiere.
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| ''
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| ''The Fall of the House of Usher'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || September 1, 1981 ||
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| ''For Love of Ivy'' || ABC Video Enterprises || Magnetic Video Corporation || September 22, 1981 ||
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| ''Futureworld'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || September 1, 1981 ||
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| ''The Ghoul'' || Electric Video, Inc. || Electric Video, Inc. || September 22, 1981 ||
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| ''Go West'' || MGM/CBS Home Video || CBS Video Enterprises || September 15, 1981 ||
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| ''Greased Lightning'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || September 1, 1981 ||
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| ''The Great Caruso'' || MGM/CBS Home Video || CBS Video Enterprises || September 15, 1981 ||
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| ''The Image of Bruce Lee'' || Media Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || September 1, 1981 ||
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| ''The Island of Dr. Moreau'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || September 1, 1981 ||
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| ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || September 22, 1981 ||
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| ''Legend of the Werewolf'' || Electric Video, Inc. || Electric Video, Inc. || September 22, 1981 ||
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| ''Let's Do It Again'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || September 1, 1981 ||
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| ''Lisztomania'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || September 1, 1981 ||
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| ''Little Women'' || MGM/CBS Home Video || CBS Video Enterprises || September 15, 1981 ||
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| ''Lolita'' || MGM/CBS Home Video || CBS Video Enterprises || September 15, 1981 ||
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| ''Love at First Bite'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || September 1, 1981 ||
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| ''Man on the Moon'' || CBS Video Enterprises || CBS Video Enterprises || September 15, 1981 ||
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| ''Meteor'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || September 1, 1981 ||
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| ''Midway'' || MCA Videocassette, Inc. || MCA Distributing Corporation || September 3, 1981 ||
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| ''The Mountain Men'' || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || September 15, 1981 ||
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| ''Night of the Living Dead'' || The Nostalgia Merchant || The Nostalgia Merchant || September 15, 1981 ||
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| ''Nighthawks'' || MCA Videocassette, Inc. || MCA Distributing Corporation || September 3, 1981 ||
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| ''No Nukes: The Muse Concerts for a Non-Nuclear Future'' || CBS Video Enterprises || CBS Video Enterprises || September 15, 1981 ||
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| ''Persecution'' || Electric Video, Inc. || Electric Video, Inc. || September 22, 1981 ||
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| ''The Pit and the Pendulum'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || September 1, 1981 ||
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| ''The Postman Always Rings Twice'' || CBS Video Enterprises || CBS Video Enterprises || September 15, 1981 ||
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| ''Purlie'' || CBS Video Enterprises || CBS Video Enterprises || September 15, 1981 ||
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| ''Rabid'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || September 1, 1981 ||
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| ''Romeo and Juliet'' || CBS Video Enterprises || CBS Video Enterprises || September 15, 1981 ||
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| ''Seems Like Old Times'' || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || September 15, 1981 ||
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| ''
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| ''Silent Running'' || MCA Videocassette, Inc. || MCA Distributing Corporation || September 3, 1981 ||
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| ''Sisters'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || September 1, 1981 ||
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| ''Soylent Green'' || MGM/CBS Home Video || CBS Video Enterprises || September 15, 1981 ||
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| ''Super Fly'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || September 1, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Super Memories of the Super Bowl'' || NFL Films Video || NFL Films Video || September 15, 1981 ||
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| ''The Swarm'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || September 1, 1981 ||
|-
| ''A Tale of Two Cities'' || MGM/CBS Home Video || CBS Video Enterprises || September 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Tales of Terror'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || September 1, 1981 ||
|-
| ''That's Entertainment! Part II'' || MGM/CBS Home Video || CBS Video Enterprises || September 15, 1981 ||
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| ''The Toolbox Murders'' || Video Communications, Inc. || United Entertainment, Inc. || September 8, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Uptown Saturday Night'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || September 1, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Used Cars'' || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || September 15, 1981 ||
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* Available in sale and rental versions.
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| ''Watership Down'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || September 1, 1981 ||
|-
| ''What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?'' || ABC Video Enterprises || Magnetic Video Corporation || September 22, 1981 ||
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! Title !! Label !! Distributor !! Released !! class="unsortable" | Note(s)
|-
| ''The Alamo'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || October 20, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Altered States'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Animals Are Beautiful People'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Any Which Way You Can'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Atlantic City'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || October 13, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Bananas'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || October 20, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Blue Lagoon'' || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || October 1, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Blume in Love'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Bobby Deerfield'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Bobo'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Bodyguard'' || Media Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || October 1981 ||
|-
| ''Breaker Morant'' || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || October 1, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Bronco Billy'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Camelot'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Centerfold Girls'' || Media Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || October 1981 ||
|-
| ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || October 20, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Competition'' || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || October 1, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Cool Hand Luke'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Damned'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Day for Night'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Death in Venice'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Dogs of War'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || October 20, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Enforcer'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Excalibur'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Eyes of a Stranger'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Fan'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || October 13, 1981 ||
|-
| ''First Family'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Fortune Cookie'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || October 20, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Friday the 13th Part 2'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || October 13, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Frisco Kid'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Gauntlet'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Girl Friends'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Going Ape'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || October 13, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || October 20, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Great Gatsby'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || October 13, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Green Room'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Hand'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Happy Birthday to Me'' || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || October 1, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Huckleberry Finn'' || ABC Video Enterprises || Magnetic Video Corporation || October 20, 1981 ||
|-
| ''I Love You, Alice B. Toklas'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''I Never Promised You a Rose Garden'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Inheritance'' || Video Corporation of America || Video Corporation of America || October 6, 1981 ||
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| ''The Jazz Singer'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || October 13, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Jeremiah Johnson'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Kramer vs. Kramer'' || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || October 1, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Legend of the Lone Ranger'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || October 20, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Life with Father'' || Media Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || October 1981 ||
|-
| ''Love on the Run'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Maltese Falcon'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || October 20, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Maniac'' || Media Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || October 1981 ||
|-
| ''Mean Streets'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Meatballs'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || October 13, 1981 ||
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| ''Orca: The Killer Whale'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || October 13, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Outland'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Outlaw Josey Wales'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Performance'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Pippin'' || Family Home Entertainment || Caballero Control Corporation || October 6, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Private Benjamin'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Rio Bravo'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Roots'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Scarecrow'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Serpico'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || October 13, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Shining'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''A Shot in the Dark'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || October 20, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Sphinx'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''SS Girls'' || Media Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || October 1981 ||
|-
| ''A Star Is Born'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Stir Crazy'' || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || October 1, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Story of Adele H.'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Story of O'' || Independent United Distributors || Independent United Distributors || October 6, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Straight Time'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Superman II'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Thief'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || October 20, 1981 ||
|-
| ''To Catch a Thief'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || October 13, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Unseen'' || Video Corporation of America || Video Corporation of America || October 6, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Wait Until Dark'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 15, 1981 ||
|}
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| ''An American Werewolf in London'' || MCA Videocassette, Inc. || MCA Distributing Corporation || November 24, 1981 ||
|-
| ''
* Also available in Spanish.
|-
| ''
|-
| ''
|-
| ''
|-
| ''
|-
| ''Can't Stop the Music'' || Thorn EMI Video || Capitol Records || November 15, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Conversation'' || Zoetrope Studios || Paramount Home Video || November 10, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Cosmos: The Championship Years 1977-1980'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || November 12, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Crawling Eye'' || The Nostalgia Merchant || The Nostalgia Merchant || November 10, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Cruel Sea'' || Thorn EMI Video || Capitol Records || November
|-
| ''The Day the Earth Caught Fire'' || Thorn EMI Video || Capitol Records || November
|-
| ''Death on the Nile'' || Thorn EMI Video || Capitol Records || November
|-
| ''Destination Moon'' || The Nostalgia Merchant || The Nostalgia Merchant || November 10, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Divine Madness'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || November 12, 1981 ||
|-
| ''An Evening with Quentin Crisp'' || Family Home Entertainment || Caballero Control Corporation || November 10, 1981 ||
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| ''The Four Seasons'' || MCA Videocassette, Inc. || MCA Distributing Corporation || November 24, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Godfather: The Complete Epic'' ||
|-
| ''The Hideous Sun Demon'' || The Nostalgia Merchant || The Nostalgia Merchant || November 10, 1981 ||
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| ''How to Watch Pro Football'' || MCA Videocassette, Inc. || MCA Distributing Corporation || November 24, 1981 ||
|-
| ''I Am a Dancer'' || Thorn EMI Video || Capitol Records || November
|-
| ''The Incredible Hulk'' || MCA Videocassette, Inc. || MCA Distributing Corporation || November 24, 1981 ||
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| ''Kronos'' || The Nostalgia Merchant || The Nostalgia Merchant || November 10, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Liberace in Las Vegas'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || November 12, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Pinwheel Songbook'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || November 12, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Plan 9 from Outer Space'' || The Nostalgia Merchant || The Nostalgia Merchant || November 10, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Queen: Greatest Flix'' || EMI Music Video || Capitol Records || November
|-
| ''Rocketship X-M'' || The Nostalgia Merchant || The Nostalgia Merchant || November 10, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Royal Wedding'' || Thames Video || Capitol Records || November
|-
| ''Scars of Dracula'' || Thorn EMI Video || Capitol Records || November
|-
| ''Sophia Loren: Her Own Story'' || Thorn EMI Video || Capitol Records || November
|-
| ''S.O.S. Titanic'' || Thorn EMI Video || Capitol Records || November
|-
| ''Space Patrol Vol. 1'' || The Nostalgia Merchant || The Nostalgia Merchant || November 10, 1981 ||
Line 644 ⟶ 1,027:
| ''Tales of Tomorrow Vol. 2'' || The Nostalgia Merchant || The Nostalgia Merchant || November 10, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Times Square'' || Thorn EMI Video || Capitol Records || November
|-
| ''Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Vol. 1'' || The Nostalgia Merchant || The Nostalgia Merchant || November 10, 1981 ||
Line 650 ⟶ 1,033:
| ''Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Vol. 2'' || The Nostalgia Merchant || The Nostalgia Merchant || November 10, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Tubes Video'' || EMI Music Video || Capitol Records || November
|}
Line 662 ⟶ 1,045:
| ''Aerobicise: The Beautiful Workout'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || December 1, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Apocalypse Now'' ||
|-
| ''The Billion Dollar Hobo'' || Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment || CBS Video Enterprises || December 8, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Brannigan'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || December 29, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Clash of the Titans'' || MGM/CBS Home Video || CBS Video Enterprises || December 8, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Dot and the Kangaroo'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || December 1, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Garden of Allah'' || ABC Video Enterprises || Magnetic Video Corporation || December 29, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Going My Way'' || MCA Videocassette, Inc. || MCA Distributing Corporation || December 1, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Great Escape'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || December 29, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Hawaii'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || December 29, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Hell in the Pacific'' || ABC Video Enterprises || Magnetic Video Corporation || December 29, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Holiday Inn'' || MCA Videocassette, Inc. || MCA Distributing Corporation || December 1, 1981 ||
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|-
| ''Ivanhoe'' || MGM/CBS Home Video || CBS Video Enterprises || December 8, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Jackson County Jail'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || December 10, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Jazz Singer'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || December 1, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Jesus'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || December 10, 1981 ||
|-
| ''John Curry's Ice Dancing'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || December 10, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Kid from Not So Big'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || December 10, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Last Wave'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || December 10, 1981 ||
|-
| ''MacArthur'' || MCA Videocassette, Inc. || MCA Distributing Corporation || December 1, 1981 ||
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|-
| ''March or Die'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || December 1, 1981 ||
|-
| ''McQ'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || December 10, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Miracle Worker'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || December 10, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Now, Voyager'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || December 1, 1981 ||
|-
| ''One on One'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || December 10, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Piaf'' || CBS Video Enterprises || CBS Video Enterprises || December 8, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Return of the Street Fighter'' || CBS Video Enterprises || CBS Video Enterprises || December 8, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Rollerball'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || December 29, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Rooster Cogburn and the Lady'' || MCA Videocassette, Inc. || MCA Distributing Corporation || December 1, 1981 ||
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|-
| ''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'' || MGM/CBS Home Video || CBS Video Enterprises || December 8, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Spiral Staircase'' || ABC Video Enterprises || Magnetic Video Corporation || December 29, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Sudden Terror'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || December 1, 1981 ||
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| ''Till the Clouds Roll By'' || MGM/CBS Home Video || CBS Video Enterprises || December 8, 1981 ||
|-
| ''Under the Rainbow'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || December 10, 1981 ||
|-
| ''White Lightning'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || December 29, 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Wiz'' || MCA Videocassette, Inc. || MCA Distributing Corporation || December 1, 1981 ||
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Title !! Label !! Marketer !! Distributor !! Released !! class="unsortable" | Note(s)
|-
| ''The
|-
| ''The Art of Self-Defense'' || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Art of Speed Reading'' || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || 1981 ||
|-
| ''Artur Rubinstein'' || Kultur International Films || Kultur International Films || Electric Video, Inc. || 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Astro Zombies'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || Sound/Video Unlimited || 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Best of Sex and Violence'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || Sound/Video Video || 1981 ||
|-
| ''Blonde Ambition'' || Time-Life Video || Time-Life Video || Time-Life Video || 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Changeling'' || Time-Life Video || Time-Life Video || Time-Life Video || 1981 ||
|-
| ''Charade'' || MCA Videocassette Inc. || MCA Videocassette Inc. || MCA Distributing Corporation || 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Child'' || Family Home Entertainment || Family Home Entertainment || Caballero Control Corporation || 1981 ||
* Released under the "World of Horror" label.
|-
| ''
|-
| ''David Sheehan Interviews the Stars: Cannes 1980'' || Family Home Entertainment || Family Home Entertainment || Caballero Control Corporation || 1981 ||
|-
| ''Deep Throat'' || Arrow Film & Video || Arrow Film & Video || Arrow Film & Video || 1981 ||
|-
| ''Dementia 13'' || King of Video || King of Video || King of Video || 1981 ||
|-
| ''Equinox'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || Sound/Video Unlimited || 1981 ||
|-
| ''Exercise Now!'' || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || 1981 ||
|-
| ''The First Aid Video Book'' || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || 1981 ||
|-
| ''Graham Kerr: Desserts and Beverages'' || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || 1981 ||
|-
| ''Graham Kerr: The Fine Art of Baking Bread'' || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || 1981 ||
|-
| ''Graham Kerr: Soups and Salads'' || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Home Repair Book'' || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || 1981 ||
|-
| ''How to Stop Smoking'' || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || 1981 ||
|-
| ''Journey Into the Beyond'' || Family Home Entertainment || Family Home Entertainment || Caballero Control Corporation || 1981 ||
* Released under the "World of Horror" label.
|-
| ''John Lennon: Interview with a Legend'' || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || 1981 ||
|-
| ''
|-
| ''
|-
| ''
|-
| ''The
|-
| ''
|-
| ''The Pinwheel Songbook'' || Warner Home Video || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Private Eyes'' || Time-Life Video || Time-Life Video || Time-Life Video || 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Prowler'' || VCII || VCII || Video Cassette X-Rated || 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Roots of Happiness'' || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || 1981 ||
|-
| ''Schlock'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || Sound/Video Unlimited || 1981 ||
|-
| ''Season of the Witch'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || Sound/Video Unlimited || 1981 ||
|}
== Laser videodisc ==
=== January ===
=== February ===
=== March ===
=== April ===
=== May ===
=== June ===
=== July ===
=== August ===
=== September ===
=== October ===
=== November ===
=== December ===
=== TBD ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Title !! Label !! Distributor !! Released !! class="unsortable" | Note(s)
|-
| ''Alien'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || 1981 ||
|-
| ''Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'' || MCA DiscoVision || MCA Distributing Corporation || 1981 ||
|-
| ''Grease'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || 1981 ||
|-
| ''Heaven Can Wait'' || MCA DiscoVision || MCA Distributing Corporation || 1981 ||
|-
| ''The Incredible Shrinking Woman'' || MCA DiscoVision || MCA Distributing Corporation || 1981 ||
|-
| ''Melvin and Howard'' || MCA DiscoVision || MCA Distributing Corporation || 1981 ||
|-
| ''Patton'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || Magnetic Video Corporation || 1981 ||
|}
== CED ==
=== January ===
=== February ===
=== March ===
=== April ===
=== May ===
=== June ===
=== July ===
=== August ===
=== September ===
=== October ===
=== November ===
=== December ===
=== TBD ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Title !! Label !! Distributor !! Released !! class="unsortable" | Note(s)
|-
| ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'' || RCA SelectaVision VideoDiscs || RCA Records || 1981 ||
|-
| ''The African Queen'' || RCA SelectaVision VideoDiscs || RCA Records || 1981 ||
|-
| ''Dr. No'' || RCA SelectaVision VideoDiscs || RCA Records || 1981 ||
|-
| ''Fame'' || MGM/CBS Home Video || CBS Video Enterprises || 1981 ||
|-
| ''From Russia with Love'' || RCA SelectaVision VideoDiscs || RCA Records || 1981 ||
|-
| ''The War of the Worlds'' || RCA SelectaVision VideoDiscs || RCA Records || 1981 ||
|}
==Operating VHS and Beta duplicators==
* [[Deluxe Video Services|Bell & Howell]] (serving Fotomat Video, MCA Videocassette Inc., Paramount Home Video, and Thorn EMI Video)
* [[Columbia Pictures Videocassette Services]]
* [[Video Technology Services|Creative Video Services]]
* [[The CBS/Fox Company (Duplicator)|Magnetic Video Corporation]]
* [[Media Home Entertainment (Duplicator)|Media Home Entertainment]]
* [[The Nostalgia Merchant]]
* [[Sound/Video Unlimited]] (also serving Wizard Video)
* [[VCA-Teletronics]] (also serving CBS Video Enterprises, MCA Videocassette Inc., NFL Films Video, Time-Life Video, and Walt Disney Home Video)
* [[VCI Home Video]]
* [[Vantiva Supply Chain Services|The Vidtronics Company]] (serving Walt Disney Home Video and Warner Home Video)
|