1983 Movies

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My Top Picks

  1. The Keep
  2. Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
  3. Christine
  4. 48 Hours
  5. National Lampoon's Vacation
  6. Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

Notable Mentions ("Surprise" Films)

  1. Psycho II
  2. The Right Stuff
  3. Barefoot Gen
  4. Bloodbath at the House of Death
  5. Twilight Zone: The Movie
  6. The Dead Zone

The Biggest Disappointments

  1. Jaws 3-D
  2. Never Say Never Again
  3. Superman III
  4. Of Unknown Origin
  5. Yellowbeard

All the films I've seen from 1983 at the Cinema

  1. Crimson Permanent Assurance, The
  2. Day After, The
  3. Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
  4. Never Say Never Again
  5. Octopussy
  6. Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
  7. Yellowbeard

All the films I've seen from 1983 on the Small Screen

  1. 48 Hours
  2. Barefoot Gen (Hadashi no gen) - (Japan)
  3. Big Chill, The
  4. Bloodbath at the House of Death
  5. Blue Thunder
  6. Brainstorm
  7. Breathless
  8. Christine
  9. Cujo
  10. Curse of the Pink Panther - (U.K.)
  11. Dead Zone, The
  12. Dreamscape
  13. Hunger, The
  14. Jaws 3-D
  15. Keep, The
  16. King of Comedy, The
  17. Krull
  18. Man with Two Brains, The
  19. Mickey's Christmas Carol
  20. Mr. Mom
  21. National Lampoon's Vacation
  22. Of Unknown Origin
  23. Phar Lap
  24. Porky's II: The Next Day
  25. Project A (A Gai Wak) - (Hong Kong)
  26. Psycho II
  27. Right Stuff, The
  28. Risky Business
  29. Scarface
  30. Silkwood
  31. Sleepaway Camp
  32. Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
  33. Sudden Impact
  34. Superman III
  35. Survivors, The
  36. To be or not to be
  37. Trading Places
  38. Twilight Zone: The Movie
  39. V (Mini Series)
  40. V: The Final Battle (Mini Series)
  41. Videodrome
  42. WarGames

What's Left to See from 1983?

  1. 10 to Midnight
  2. Adi Shankaracharya - (India)
  3. All the Right Moves
  4. Americana
  5. Among Grey Stones (Sredi serykh kamney) - (U.S.S.R.)
  6. And the Ship Sails On (E la nave va) - (Italy)
  7. Another Time, Another Place - (U.K.)
  8. Ardh Satya (Half Truth) - (India)
  9. Ascendancy - (U.K.)
  10. Austeria a.k.a. The Inn - (Poland)
  11. Avtaar - (India)
  12. BMX Bandits - (Australia)
  13. Baby It's You
  14. Bad Boys
  15. Balkan Express - (Yugoslavia)
  16. Ballad of Narayama, The (Narayama bushiko) - (Japan)
  17. Beauty and the Beast (Skønheden og udyret) - (Denmark)
  18. Betaab (Impatient) - (India)
  19. Betrayal - (U.K.)
  20. Better Late Than Never
  21. Bill Cosby: Himself
  22. Black Stallion Returns, The
  23. Born in Flames
  24. Boys from Fengkuei, The (Feng gui lai de ren) - (Taiwan)
  25. Bush Christmas - (Australia)
  26. Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
  27. Careful, He Might Hear You - (Australia)
  28. Carmen - (Spain)
  29. Champions - (U.K.)
  30. Christmas Story, A
  31. Circle of Power
  32. City of Pirates (La Ville des pirates) - (France)
  33. Class
  34. Confidentially Yours (Vivement Dimanche) - (France)
  35. Cracking Up
  36. Cross Creek
  37. D.C. Cab
  38. Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island
  39. Daniel
  40. Danton - (France/Poland/West Germany)
  41. Dark Habits (Entre tinieblas) - (Spain) *
  42. Deadly Run (Mortelle randonnee) - (France)
  43. Deal of the Century
  44. Death of Mario Ricci, The (La mort de Mario Ricci) - (Switzerland/France)
  45. Doctor Detroit
  46. Dragon That Wasn't, The (Or Was He?) (Als je begrijpt wat ik bedoel) - (Netherlands)
  47. Dresser, The - (U.K.)
  48. Duvar - (Turkey)
  49. Easy Money
  50. Eddie Macon's Run
  51. Eddie and the Cruisers
  52. Educating Rita - (U.K.)
  53. El Norte - (UK/US)
  54. El Sur (The South) - (Spain)
  55. Entre Nous (Between Us) - (France)
  56. Eréndira - (Mexico)
  57. Eureka
  58. Exposed
  59. Family Game, The (Kazoku Gēmu) - (Japan)
  60. Ferestadeh - (United States/West Germany)
  61. Flashdance
  62. Flesh of Your Flesh (Carne de tu carne) - (Colombia)
  63. Forbidden Relations (Visszaesök) - (Hungary)
  64. Fourth Man, The (De Vierde Man) - (Netherlands)
  65. Funny Dirty Little War (No habrá más penas ni olvido) - (Argentina)
  66. Gabriela, Cravo e Canela - (Brazil)
  67. Get Crazy
  68. Gorky Park *
  69. Growing Up (Xiao Bi de gu shi) - (Taiwan)
  70. Gunman (Mue puen) - (Thailand)
  71. Heart Like a Wheel
  72. Heat and Dust - (U.K.)
  73. High Road to China
  74. Honorary Consul, The - (U.K.)
  75. Illusionist, The - (Netherlands)
  76. In the White City (Dans la ville blanche) - (Switzerland)
  77. Independence Day
  78. Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (Just Let it Go, Friends) - (India)
  79. King for a Day (Gospodin za edin den) - (Bulgaria)
  80. Krull - (U.K.)
  81. L'Argent (Money) - (France)
  82. La Bestia y la Espada Magica (The Beast and the Magic Sword) - (Spain/Japan)
  83. Last Year's Snow Was Falling (Padal proshlogodniy sneg) - (U.S.S.R.)
  84. Le Bal (The Ball) - (Italy/France)
  85. Le Dernier Combat (The Last Battle) - (France)
  86. Les Compères (Co-Dads) - (France)
  87. Lianna
  88. Liquid Sky
  89. Local Hero - (U.K.)
  90. Lone Wolf McQuade
  91. Lords of Discipline, The
  92. Losin' It
  93. Lovesick
  94. Makioka Sisters, The (Sasame-yuki) - (Japan)
  95. Man Who Loved Women, The
  96. Man in the Silk Hat, The (L'homme au chapeau de soie), a documentary about Max Linder - (France)
  97. Man of Flowers - (Australia)
  98. Mandi - (India)
  99. Masoom (The Innocent) - (India)
  100. Max Dugan Returns
  101. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Senjō no Merī Kurisumasu) - (Japan/U.K.)
  102. Moon in the Gutter
  103. Mr. Mom
  104. My Brother's Wedding
  105. Nankyoku Monogatari (South Pole Story) - (Japan)
  106. Narcissus - (Canada)
  107. Nate and Hayes
  108. Never Cry Wolf
  109. Nešto između - (Yugoslavia)
  110. Night in Heaven, A
  111. Nightmares
  112. Nostalghia - (U.S.S.R./Italy)
  113. One Deadly Summer (L'été meurtrier) - (France)
  114. Osterman Weekend, The *
  115. Outsiders, The
  116. Pauline at the Beach (Pauline à la plage) - (France)
  117. Pirates of Penzance, The - (US/UK)
  118. Ploughman's Lunch, The - (U.K.)
  119. Private School
  120. Prénom Carmen (First Name: Carmen) - (France)
  121. Rebetiko - (Greece)
  122. Reuben, Reuben
  123. Rock & Rule, an animated rock musical - (Canada)
  124. Romantic Comedy
  125. Rumble Fish
  126. Running Brave
  127. Sadma (Trauma) - (India)
  128. Sagara Sangamam (The Confluence) - (India)
  129. Sahara
  130. Sans Soleil (Sunless) - (France)
  131. Scarlet and the Black, The *
  132. Season in Hakkari, A (Hakkâri'de Bir Mevsim) - (Turkey)
  133. Sheer Madness (Heller Wahn) - (West Germany)
  134. So Long, Stooge (Tchao Pantin) - (France)
  135. Something Wicked This Way Comes
  136. Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
  137. Star 80
  138. Star Chamber, The
  139. Staying Alive
  140. Sting II, The
  141. Strange Brew
  142. Strange Invaders
  143. Stray Dogs (Deulgae) - (South Korea)
  144. Streamers
  145. Stroker Ace
  146. Sugar Cane Alley (Rue Cases-Negres) - (France/Martinique)
  147. Sweet Bunch - (Greece)
  148. Table for Five
  149. Tender Mercies
  150. Terms of Endearment
  151. Testament
  152. Thorn Birds, The
  153. Three Crowns of the Sailor (Les Trois couronnes du matelot) - (France)
  154. Tight Quarters (Könnyű testi sértés) - (Hungary)
  155. To Our Love (A Nos Amours) - (France)
  156. Toki o Kakeru Shōjo (The Little Girl who Conquered Time) - (Japan)
  157. Tough Enough
  158. Trenchcoat
  159. Twenty Years of African Cinema a.k.a. Caméra d'Afrique - (Tunisia)
  160. Twice Upon a Time
  161. Two of a Kind
  162. Un jeu brutal (A Brutal Game) - (France)
  163. Uncommon Valor
  164. Under Fire
  165. Utu - (New Zealand)
  166. Valley Girl
  167. Very Late Afternoon of a Faun, The (Faunovo velmi pozdní odpoledne) - (Czechoslovakia)
  168. Vigilante
  169. Vlyublyon po sobstvennomu zhelaniyu (Love by Request) - (U.S.S.R.)
  170. Voyage in Time (Tempo di Viaggio) - (Italy)
  171. Walking, Walking (Cammina, cammina) - (Italy)
  172. Wartime Romance (Voenno-polevoy roman) - (U.S.S.R.)
  173. We Are from Jazz (My iz dzhaza) - (U.S.S.R.)
  174. Wild style
  175. Wind in the Willows, The - (U.K.)
  176. Winds of War, The - TV mini-series
  177. Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore
  178. Without a Trace
  179. Wounded Man, The (l'Homme blessé) - (France)
  180. Yentl
  181. Zappa
  182. Zelig *
  183. Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain (Xin shu shan jian ke) - (Hong Kong)