- 1983 in film
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Events
- February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York
- May 25 - Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, the final film in the original Star Wars trilogy, is released. Like the previous films, it goes on to become the top grossing picture of year.
- 1983 was a landmark year in film. More films have gotten an R rating than any other year thus far.
Top grossing films (U.S.)
source: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1983&p=.htm
Awards
- Best Picture: Terms of Endearment
- Best Director: James L. Brooks - Terms of Endearment
- Best Actor: Robert Duvall - Tender Mercies
- Best Actress: Shirley MacLaine - Terms of Endearment
- Best Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson - Terms of Endearment
- Best Supporting Actress: Linda Hunt - The Year of Living Dangerously
- Best Foreign Language Film: Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander), directed by Ingmar Bergman, Sweden
- Drama:
- Best Picture: Terms of Endearment
- Best Actor (tie): Tom Courtenay - The Dresser
- Best Actor (tie): Robert Duvall - Tender Mercies
- Best Actress: Shirley MacLaine - Terms of Endearment
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: Yentl
- Best Actor: Michael Caine - Educating Rita
- Best Actress: Julie Walters - Educating Rita
- Other
- Best Director: Barbra Streisand - Yentl
- Best Foreign Language Film: Fanny and Alexander, Sweden
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- The Ballad of Narayama (楢山節考, Narayama bushiko), directed by Shohei Imamura, Japan
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- Prénom Carmen (First Name: Carmen), directed by Jean-Luc Godard,
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- Ascendancy, directed by Edward Bennett, United Kingdom
- The Beehive (La Colmena), directed by Mario Camus, Spain
Films released in 1983
1983 films: A
- A Nos Amours
- All the Right Moves, starring Tom Cruise, Craig T. Nelson, Lea Thompson
- Americana, directed by and starring David Carradine
- Another Time, Another Place, starring Phyllis Logan
- Ardh Satya, directed by Govind Nihalani, Silver Lotus Award for best Indian Actor Om Puri
- L'Argent, directed by Robert Bresson
- The Atlantis Interceptors
B
- Baby It's You, starring Rosanna Arquette and Vincent Spano
- Bad Boys, starring Sean Penn, Esai Morales, Ally Sheedy, Clancy Brown
- The Ballad of Narayama (remake of the 1958 film) - Palme d'Or award
- Barefoot Gen (Hadashi no gen)
- La Bestia y la Espada Magica
- Betrayal, starring Jeremy Irons and Ben Kingsley
- The Big Chill, directed by Lawrence Kasdan, starring Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly, JoBeth Williams
- Bill Cosby: Himself, a stand-up comedy performance
- Bloodbath at the House of Death
- Blue Thunder, directed by John Badham, starring Roy Scheider, Daniel Stern, Malcolm McDowell
- BMX Bandits, starring Nicole Kidman
- Born in Flames
- Brainstorm, starring Christopher Walken and, in her final film, Natalie Wood
- Breathless, directed by Jim McBride, starring Richard Gere
- Bullshot
- Bush Christmas, debut of Nicole Kidman
C
- Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
- Carmen, directed by Carlos Saura
- Christine, directed by John Carpenter, starring Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, Robert Prosky, Harry Dean Stanton, Kelly Preston
- A Christmas Story, starring Peter Billingsley, Darren McGavin, Melinda Dillon
- Class, starring Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Jacqueline Bisset, Cliff Robertson
- Confidentially Yours (Vivement Dimanche), directed by François Truffaut
- Cracking Up
- The Crimson Permanent Assurance, a Monty Python's short film
- Cross Creek, starring Mary Steenburgen, Peter Coyote, Rip Torn, Alfre Woodard
- Curse Of The Pink Panther
- Cujo, starring Dee Wallace and Danny Pintauro
D
- Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island
- Danton, directed by Andrzej Wajda, starring Gérard Depardieu
- Dark Habits (Entre tinieblas), directed by Pedro Almodóvar
- The Day After (made for television), starring Jason Robards, Steve Guttenberg, JoBeth Williams, John Lithgow
- D.C. Cab, starring Adam Baldwin, Mr. T, Gary Busey
- The Dead Zone, directed by David Cronenberg, starring Christopher Walken
- Deadly Run (Mortelle randonnee), starring Michel Serrault and Isabelle Adjani
- Le Dernier Combat (The Last Battle), directed by Luc Besson
- The Dresser, directed by Peter Yates, starring Albert Finney and Tom Courtenay
- Duvar
E
- Easy Money, starring Rodney Dangerfield, Joe Pesci, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Eddie and the Cruisers, starring Michael Pare and Tom Berenger
- Eddie Macon's Run, starring Kirk Douglas and John Schneider
- Educating Rita, directed by Lewis Gilbert, starring Michael Caine and Julie Walters
- El Norte
- Entre Nous
- Eréndira
- Eureka, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Gene Hackman, Rutger Hauer, Mickey Rourke
F
- The Family Game (家族ゲーム), directed by Yoshimitsu Morita
- Flashdance, directed by Adrian Lyne, starring Jennifer Beals and Michael Nouri
- The Fourth Man (De Vierde Man), directed by Paul Verhoeven
- Funny Dirty Little War (No habrá más penas ni olvido)
G
- Gabriela, Cravo e Canela
- Get Crazy, starring Malcolm McDowell
- Gorky Park, starring William Hurt, Lee Marvin, Joanna Pacula, Ian Bannen, Brian Dennehy
H
- Heart Like a Wheel, directed by Jonathan Kaplan, starring Bonnie Bedelia and Beau Bridges
- Heat and Dust, directed by James Ivory, starring Julie Christie and Shashi Kapoor
- Hercules, starring Lou Ferrigno and Sybil Danning
- High Road to China, starring Tom Selleck and Bess Armstrong
- The Honorary Consul, starring Michael Caine and Richard Gere
- The Hunger, directed by Tony Scott, starring Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon
I
- Independence Day, starring Kathleen Quinlan, David Keith, Dianne Wiest
J
- Jaws 3-D, starring Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Louis Gossett, Jr.
- Un jeu brutal
K
- The Keep, directed by Michael Mann, starring Scott Glenn
- The King of Comedy, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro and Jerry Lewis
- Koyaanisqatsi
Krull starring Ken Marshall, Lysette Anthony
L
- The Last Battle (Le Dernier Combat), directed by Luc Besson
- Local Hero, directed by Bill Forsyth, starring Peter Riegert and Burt Lancaster
- Lone Wolf McQuade, starring Chuck Norris
- The Lonely Lady, starring Pia Zadora
- The Lords of Discipline, starring David Keith and Mark Breland
- Losin' It, starring Tom Cruise and Shelley Long
- Lovesick, starring Dudley Moore, Elizabeth McGovern, Alec Guinness
M
- Man of Flowers
- The Man with Two Brains, directed by Carl Reiner, starring Steve Martin and Kathleen Turner
- Max Dugan Returns, directed by Herbert Ross, starring Marsha Mason, Jason Robards, Donald Sutherland, Matthew Broderick
- Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, directed by Nagisa Oshima, starring David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Mickey's Christmas Carol, a featurette which brings the character Mickey Mouse back to cinemas for the first time since 1953.
- Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, directed by Terry Jones, starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Michael Palin and Jones
- Mr. Mom, starring Michael Keaton and Teri Garr
- My Tutor, starring Caren Kaye and Matt Lattanzi
N
- Nate and Hayes, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Michael O'Keefe
- National Lampoon's Vacation, directed by Harold Ramis, starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo
- Never Cry Wolf, starring Charles Martin Smith
- Never Say Never Again, starring Sean Connery as James Bond with Kim Basinger and Klaus Maria Brandauer
- A Night in Heaven, starring Christopher Atkins and Lesley Ann Warren
- Nightmares
- Nostalghia, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
O
- Octopussy, starring Roger Moore as James Bond with Maud Adams and Louis Jourdan
- Of Unknown Origin
- One Deadly Summer (L'été meurtrier)
- The Outsiders, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze, Emilio Estevez, Tom Cruise, Diane Lane
P
- Phar Lap
- The Pirates of Penzance, a film version of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta
- The Ploughman's Lunch
- Porky's II: The Next Day
- Prénom Carmen (First Name: Carmen) - Golden Lion award
- Project A, starring Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung
- Psycho II, starring Anthony Perkins, Meg Tilly, Robert Loggia, Vera Miles
- Purple Haze - Sundance Grand Jury prize
R
- Reuben, Reuben, starring Tom Conti and the debut of Kelly McGillis
- The Right Stuff, directed by Philip Kaufman, starring Scott Glenn, Sam Shepard, Ed Harris, Fred Ward, Dennis Quaid
- Risky Business, starring Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay
- Rock and Rule
- Rumble Fish, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane, Vincent Spano, Diana Scarwid, Nicolas Cage, Dennis Hopper
- Running Brave, starring Robby Benson
S
- Scarface, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Robert Loggia
- The Scarlet and The Black, directed by Jerry London, starring Gregory Peck, Christopher Plummer, John Gielgud
- Shaka Zulu
- Silkwood, directed by Mike Nichols, starring Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher
- Skullduggery, directed by Ota Richter, starring David Calderisi, Wendy Crewson, Thom Haverstock
- Sleepaway Camp
- Something Wicked This Way Comes
- Star 80, directed by Bob Fosse, starring Mariel Hemingway and Eric Roberts
- The Star Chamber, starring Michael Douglas
- Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, directed by Richard Marquand, starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
- Staying Alive, directed by Sylvester Stallone, starring John Travolta, Cynthia Rhodes, Finola Hughes
- The Sting II, starring Jackie Gleason, Mac Davis, Karl Malden, Oliver Reed, Teri Garr
- Strange Brew, starring Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas
- Strange Invaders, starring Paul Le Mat, Nancy Allen, Diana Scarwid
- Stray Dogs
- Stryker
- Sudden Impact, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood with Sondra Locke
- Sugar Cane Alley (Rue Cases-Negres)
- Superman III, starring Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Margot Kidder
- The Survivors, starring Walter Matthau and Robin Williams
T
- Tender Mercies, directed by Bruce Beresford, starring Robert Duvall and Tess Harper
- Terms of Endearment, directed by James L. Brooks, starring Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Jeff Daniels, John Lithgow
- Testament, starring Jane Alexander and William Devane
- To Be or Not to Be, starring Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Tim Matheson
- Tough Enough, starring Dennis Quaid, Warren Oates, Stan Shaw
- Trading Places, directed by John Landis, starring Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche
- Trenchcoat, starring Margot Kidder and Robert Hays
- Twilight Zone: The Movie, segments directed by John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante and George Miller
- Twice Upon a Time
- Two of a Kind, directed by John Herzfeld, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
U
- Uncommon Valor, starring Gene Hackman, Fred Ward and Patrick Swayze
- Under Fire, starring Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman and Joanna Cassidy
- Utu
V
- Valley Girl, starring Deborah Foreman and Nicolas Cage
- Videodrome, starring James Woods and Deborah Harry
- Vigilante
W
- WarGames, directed by John Badham, starring Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman and Ally Sheedy
- The Winds of War, TV mini-series, starring Robert Mitchum, Ali MacGraw and Polly Bergen
- Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore
- Without a Trace, starring Kate Nelligan and Judd Hirsch
Y
- Yellowbeard
- Yentl, directed by and starring Barbra Streisand with Mandy Patinkin and Amy Irving - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
- Yor Hunter From The Future
Z
- Zelig, directed by and starring Woody Allen
Births
- January 2 - Kate Bosworth, American actress
- February 23 - Emily Blunt, English actress
- March 10 - Carrie Underwood, American singer and actress
- May 6 - Gabourey Sidibe, American actress
- May 14 - Amber Tamblyn, American actress
- June 10 - Leelee Sobieski, American actress
- August 3 - Mamie Gummer, American actress
- August 11 - Chris Hemsworth, Australian actor
- August 14 - Mila Kunis, American actress
- August 29 - Jennifer Landon, American actress
- September 21 - Maggie Grace, American actress
- December 20 - Jonah Hill, American actor
Deaths
- January 8 - Gale Page, actress
- January 19 - Robert Carson, screenwriter
- January 27 - Louis de Funès, actor
- February 25 - Tennessee Williams, playwright
- March 14 - Maurice Ronet, actor, director, writer
- April 4 - Gloria Swanson, actress
- April 16 - Fifi D'Orsay, actress
- April 23 - Buster Crabbe, actor
- June 12 - Norma Shearer, Academy Award winning actress
- July 5 - Harry James, bandleader who appeared in some films, and was once married to actress Betty Grable
- July 29 - Raymond Massey, actor, father of actor Daniel Massey and actress Anna Massey
- July 29 - David Niven, Academy Award winning actor
- August 3 - Carolyn Jones, actress
- August 5 - Judy Canova, entertainer
- August 29 - Simon Oakland, actor
- October 8 - Joan Hackett, actress
- October 10 - Ralph Richardson, actor, one of the theatrical knights of the English stage
- October 15 - Pat O'Brien, actor
- November 15 - John Le Mesurier, British actor
- November 28 - Johnnie Davis, actor, singer
- November 28 - Christopher George, leading film/television actor
- November 29 - Natalie Wood, actress
- December 5 - Robert Aldrich, director
- December 8 - Slim Pickens, actor
- December 28 - William Demarest, actor
Film debuts
- Steven Bauer - Scarface
- Juliette Binoche - Liberty Belle
- Nicole Kidman - Bush Christmas
- Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio - Scarface
- Julie Walters - Educating Rita
- Matthew Broderick - Max Dugan Returns
- Rowan Atkinson
- John Cusack - Class
- Rob Lowe - The Outsiders
- Ray Liotta - The Lonely Lady
- Kiefer Sutherland - Max Dugan Returns
- Andy García - Blue Skies Again
- Mimi Rogers - Blue Skies Again
- Warwick Davis - Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
- Andrew McCarthy - Class
- Lea Thompson - Jaws 3-D
- Kelly McGillis - Reuben, Reuben
- Virginia Madsen - Class
- Jane Krakowski - National Lampoon's Vacation
- Kelly Preston - 10 to Midnight
- Crispin Glover - My Tutor
- Bronson Pinchot - Risky Business
- Curtis Armstrong - Risky Business
- Vincent D'Onofrio - The First Turn-On!
- Chris Elliott - Lianna
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