| Title | Russian title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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| 1981 |
| The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson | Приключения Шерлока Холмса и доктора Ватсона | | | Crime | |
| Agony | Агония | | | Biopic | |
| At the Beginning of Glorious Days | В начале славных дел | | Dmitri Zolotukhin, Tamara Makarova, Natalya Bondarchuk, Nikiolai Yeryemenko | Drama, history | |
| Carnival | Карнавал | | | Romantic comedy | |
| Could One Imagine? | Вам и не снилось... | | Tatiana Aksyuta, Nikita Mikhailovskiy | Drama | |
| Crazy Money | Бешеные деньги | Vladimir Repnikov | | Comedy | |
| Per Aspera Ad Astra | Через тернии к звёздам | Richard Viktorov, Nikolai Viktorov | Yelena Metyolkina | Science fiction | |
| Everything's Backwards | Всё наоборот | | | Comedy, Romance | |
| Express on Fire | 34-й скорый | Andrei Malyukov | Vasily Badaev | Disaster | |
| Cheers, My Dear! | Будь здоров, дорогой! | Tamaz Gomelauri | | Comedy | |
| Dusha | Душа | | | Musical | |
| Faktas | Факт | | | War film | Entered into the 1981 Cannes Film Festival |
| Farewell | Прощание | | | Drama | |
| Front in the Rear of the Enemy | Фронт в тылу врага | Igor Gostev and Victor Kulle | | War | |
| Gypsy Happiness | Цыганское счастье | | | Drama | |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles | Собака Баскервилей | | | Crime | |
| Ladies Invite Gentlemen | Дамы приглашают кавалеров | Ivan Kiasashvili | | Comedy, Romance | |
| A Limousine The Colour Of Midsummer's Eve | Лимузин цвета белой ночи | | Lilita Bērziņa | Comedy | |
| Lenin in Paris | Ленин в Париже | | | Biopic | |
| Little Alexander | Александр Маленький | Vladimir Fokin | | Drama | |
| Muzhiki! | Мужики! | | | Drama | Entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival |
| The Mystery of the Third Planet | Тайна третьей планеты | | Olga Gromova | Animation | |
| The Old New Year | Cтаpый Нoвый | | Vyacheslav Nevinny, Alexander Kalyagin, Irina Miroshnichenko, Kseniya Minina | Comedy | |
| Say a Word for the Poor Hussar | О бедном гусаре замолвите слово | | | Comedy, drama | |
| Starfall | Звездопад | | | Romance | |
| The Suicide Club, or the Adventures of a Titled Person | Клуб самоубийц, или Приключения титулованной особы | Evgeny Tatarsky | | Adventure | |
| Otvetnyy khod | Ответный ход | | | Action | |
| A Painter's Wife Portrait | Портрет жены художника | Aleksandr Pankratov | | Romance | |
| Plasticine Crow | Пластилиновая ворона | | | Animation | |
| Propavshiye sredi zhivykh | Пропавшие среди живых | | | Crime, Mystery | |
| Sashka | Сашка | Aleksandr Surin | | War | |
| Family Relations | Родня | | | Drama | |
| The Sixth | Шестой | | | Action | |
| Teheran 43 | Тегеран-43 | | | Drama | Won the Golden Prize at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival |
| The Youth of Peter the Great | Юность Петра | | Dmitri Zolotukhin, Tamara Makarova, Natalya Bondarchuk, Nikiolai Yeryemenko | Drama, history | |
| They Were Actors | Они были актёрами | | Zinaida Kirienko | Adventure | |
| Three Times About Love | Трижды о любви | Viktor Tregubovich | | Drama | |
| Easy money | Бешенные деньги | | | Drama | Film adaptation of Alexander Ostrovsky's play |
| Twenty Six Days from the Life of Dostoyevsky | Двадцать шесть дней из жизни Достоевского | | | Biopic | Solonitsyn won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at Berlin |
| Tree Dzhamal | Дерево Джамал | | | Drama | Entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival |
| True of Lieutenant Klimov | Правда лейтенанта Климова | Oleg Dashkevich | | Drama | |
| The Vacancy | Вакансия | | Leonid Kayurov | Comedy | |
| Valentina | Валентина | | Rodion Nahapetov | Drama | |
| Vasili and Vasilisa | Василий и Василиса | Irina Poplavskaya | | Drama | |
| Waiting for Love | Любимая женщина механика Гаврилова | | Lyudmila Gurchenko, Sergey Shakurov, Svetlana Ponomareva, Natalya Nazarova | Romantic comedy | |
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