Films: 1983

Our 20 Favorite Films of 1983 

1. Videodrome (David Cronenberg)

2. Scarface (Brian de Palma)

3. Style Wars (Tony Silver)

4. The King of Comedy (Martin Scorsese)

5. Zelig (Woody Allen)

6. Nostalghia (Andrei Tarkovsky)

7. The Hunger (Tony Scott)

8. National Lampoon’s Vacation (Harold Ramis)

9. Rumble Fish (Francis Ford Coppola)

10. The Dead Zone (David Cronenberg)

11. The Right Stuff (Philip Kaufman)

12. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Nagisa Oshima)

13. Terms of Endearment (James L. Brooks)

14. Christine (John Carpenter)

15. The Big Chill (Lawrence Kasdan)

16. El Norte (Gregory Nava)

17. Star 80 (Bob Fosse)

18. Trading Places (John Landis)

19. Dark Habits (Pedro Almodovar)

20. The Outsiders (Francis Ford Coppola)

21. WarGames (John Badham)

22. Cujo (Lewis Teague)

23. Sans Soleil (Chris Marker)

24. Return of the Jedi (Richard Marquand)

25. Mr. Mom (Stan Dragoti)

26. Valley Girl (Martha Coolidge)

27. Risky Business (Paul Brickman)

28. Bad Boys (Rick Rosenthal)

29. Sleepaway Camp (Robert Hiltzik)

30. A Christmas Story (Bob Clark)

31. Silkwood (Mike Nichols)

32. Sudden Impact (Clint Eastwood)

33. The Dresser (Peter Yates)

BEST ACTOR: Robert De Niro in The King of Comedy

BEST DIRECTOR: Peter Weir for The Year of Living Dangerously

BEST SCREENPLAY: Ingmar Bergman for Fanny and Alexander