1981 (54th Annual Awards)
Nomination Statistics by Film

Listed below are statistics for the films nominated for Academy Awards in 1981. In the chart, the term “Top Six” refers to the number of nominations or wins in the top six award categories (Best Picture, Best Actor and Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Actress, and Directing). The symbol appears next to those films that ultimately won at least one award. Click on the name of a film in the list to display more information about that film. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nomination statistics for that year.

		Nominations				Wins
Film Title		Top Six		Total		Top Six		Total
Absence of Malice		2		3		0		0
Against Wind and Tide: A Cuban Odyssey		0		1		0		0
An American Werewolf in London		0		1		0		1
Americas in Transition		0		1		0		0
Arthur		2		4		1		2
Atlantic City		4		5		0		0
The Boat Is Full		0		1		0		0
Brooklyn Bridge		0		1		0		0
Chariots of Fire		3		7		1		4
Close Harmony		0		1		0		1
Couples and Robbers		0		1		0		0
Crac		0		1		0		1
The Creation		0		1		0		0
Dragonslayer		0		2		0		0
Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott		0		1		0		0
El Salvador: Another Vietnam		0		1		0		0
Endless Love		0		1		0		0
Excalibur		0		1		0		0
First Winter		0		1		0		0
For Your Eyes Only		0		1		0		0
The French Lieutenant’s Woman		1		5		0		0
Genocide		0		1		0		1
The Great Muppet Caper		0		1		0		0
Heartbeeps		0		1		0		0
Heaven’s Gate		0		1		0		0
Journey for Survival		0		1		0		0
Man of Iron		0		1		0		0
Mephisto		0		1		0		1
Muddy River		0		1		0		0
On Golden Pond		5		10		2		3
Only When I Laugh		3		3		0		0
Outland		0		1		0		0
Pennies from Heaven		0		3		0		0
Prince of the City		0		1		0		0
Ragtime		2		8		0		0
Raiders of the Lost Ark		2		9		0		5
Reds		6		12		2		3
See What I Say		0		1		0		0
The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin		0		1		0		0
Three Brothers		0		1		0		0
Urge to Build		0		1		0		0
Violet		0		1		0		1
Winning Films: 11		30		101		6		23
Total Films: 42