1983 in film

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The following is an overview of events in 1983 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

See also: List of 1983 box office number-one films in the United States

The top ten 1983 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1983

Rank	Title	Studio	Domestic gross
1.	Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi	Lucasfilm / 20th Century Fox	$252,583,617
2.	Terms of Endearment	Paramount Pictures	$108,423,489
3.	Flashdance	Paramount Pictures / PolyGram	$92,921,203
4.	Trading Places	Paramount Pictures	$90,404,800
5.	WarGames	United Artists	$79,567,667
6.	Octopussy	United Artists	$67,800,000
7.	Sudden Impact	Warner Bros.	$67,642,693
8.	Staying Alive	Paramount Pictures	$64,892,670
9.	Mr. Mom	20th Century Fox	$64,783,827
10.	Risky Business	Warner Bros.	$63,541,777

Events

• 11 February - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York
• 25 May - 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.

Awards

Academy 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

Golden Globe Awards:

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

Notable films released in 1983

U.S.A. unless stated

• 10 to Midnight, directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring Charles Bronson

A

• À Nos Amours (To Our Love),directed by Maurice Pialat, starring Sandrine Bonnaire - (France)
• Adi Shankaracharya, starring Sarvadaman Banerjee, the first film to be made in Sanskrit - (India)
• All the Right Moves, starring Tom Cruise, Craig T. Nelson, Lea Thompson, Chris Penn
• Americana, directed by and starring David Carradine
• Among Grey Stones (Sredi serykh kamney) - (U.S.S.R.)
• And the Ship Sails On (E la nave va), directed by Federico Fellini - (Italy)
• Another Time, Another Place, starring Phyllis Logan - (U.K.)
• Ardh Satya (Half Truth), directed by Govind Nihalani, starring Om Puri (Silver Lotus Award for best actor) - (India)
• L'Argent (Money), directed by Robert Bresson - (France)
• Ascendancy, starring Julie Covington and Ian Charleson, winner of Golden Bear award - (U.K.)
• Austeria a.k.a. The Inn - Poland
• Avtaar, directed by Mohan Kumar, starring Rajesh Khanna - (India)

B

• BMX Bandits, starring Nicole Kidman - (Australia)
• Baby It's You, directed by John Sayles, starring Rosanna Arquette and Vincent Spano
• Bad Boys, starring Sean Penn, Esai Morales, Ally Sheedy, Clancy Brown
• Le Bal (The Ball), directed by Ettore Scola - (Italy/France)
• Balkan Express - (Yugoslavia)
• The Ballad of Narayama (Narayama bushiko), directed by Shohei Imamura (remake of the 1958 film) - (Japan) - Palme d'Or award
• Barefoot Gen (Hadashi no gen) - (Japan)
• Beauty and the Beast (Skønheden og udyret) - (Denmark)
• La Bestia y la Espada Magica (The Beast and the Magic Sword) - (Spain/Japan)
• Betaab (Impatient), starring Sunny Deol and Amrita Singh - (India)
• Betrayal, starring Jeremy Irons and Ben Kingsley - (U.K.)
• Better Late Than Never, starring David Niven and Art Carney
• The Big Chill, directed by Lawrence Kasdan, starring Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Meg Tilly, JoBeth Williams
• Bill Cosby: Himself, a stand-up comedy performance
• The Black Stallion Returns, starring Kelly Reno and Teri Garr
• Bloodbath at the House of Death, starring Kenny Everett - (U.K.)
• Blue Thunder, directed by John Badham, starring Roy Scheider, Daniel Stern, Malcolm McDowell
• Born in Flames, a documentary film by Lizzie Borden
• The Boys from Fengkuei (Feng gui lai de ren) - (Taiwan)
• Brainstorm, starring Christopher Walken, Louise Fletcher, Cliff Robertson and, in her final film, Natalie Wood
• Breathless, directed by Jim McBride, starring Richard Gere
• Bush Christmas, debut of Nicole Kidman - (Australia)

C

• Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?, starring Karen Black
• Careful, He Might Hear You - (Australia)
• Carmen, directed by Carlos Saura - (Spain)
• Champions, starring John Hurt - (U.K.)
• Christine, directed by John Carpenter, starring Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, Robert Prosky, Harry Dean Stanton, Kelly Preston
• A Christmas Story, directed by Bob Clark, starring Peter Billingsley, Darren McGavin, Melinda Dillon
• Circle of Power, starring Yvette Mimieux and Cindy Pickett
• City of Pirates (La Ville des pirates) - (France)
• Class, starring Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Jacqueline Bisset, Cliff Robertson
• Les Compères (Co-Dads), starring Gérard Depardieu and Pierre Richard - (France)
• Confidentially Yours (Vivement Dimanche), directed by François Truffaut, starring Fanny Ardant and Jean-Louis Trintignant - (France)
• Cracking Up, directed by and starring Jerry Lewis
• The Crimson Permanent Assurance, a Monty Python's short film directed by Terry Gilliam - (U.K.)
• Cross Creek, starring Mary Steenburgen, Peter Coyote, Rip Torn, Alfre Woodard
• Curse of the Pink Panther, directed by Blake Edwards - (U.K.)
• Cujo, starring Dee Wallace and Danny Pintauro

D

• D.C. Cab, starring Adam Baldwin, Mr. T, Gary Busey
• Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island
• Daniel, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Timothy Hutton, Mandy Patinkin, Lindsay Crouse, Ellen Barkin
• Danton, directed by Andrzej Wajda, starring Gérard Depardieu - (France/Poland/West Germany)
• Dark Habits (Entre tinieblas), directed by Pedro Almodóvar - (Spain)
• The Day After (made for television), starring Jason Robards, Steve Guttenberg, JoBeth Williams, John Lithgow
• The Dead Zone, directed by David Cronenberg, starring Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Herbert Lom, Tom Skerritt, Martin Sheen
• Deadly Run (Mortelle randonnee), starring Michel Serrault and Isabelle Adjani - (France)
• Deal of the Century, directed by William Friedkin, starring Chevy Chase, Gregory Hines, Sigourney Weaver
• The Death of Mario Ricci (La mort de Mario Ricci), starring Gian Maria Volontè - (Switzerland/France)
• Le Dernier Combat (The Last Battle), directed by Luc Besson - (France)
• Doctor Detroit, starring Dan Aykroyd, Howard Hesseman, Donna Dixon, Fran Drescher, Lynn Whitfield
• The Dragon That Wasn't (Or Was He?) (Als je begrijpt wat ik bedoel) - (Netherlands)
• The Dresser, directed by Peter Yates, starring Albert Finney and Tom Courtenay - (U.K.)
• Duvar - (Turkey)

E

• Easy Money, starring Rodney Dangerfield, Joe Pesci, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Jennifer Jason Leigh
• Eddie and the Cruisers, starring Michael Paré 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 - (U.K.)
• El Norte, directed by Gregory Nava - (U.K./U.S.A.)
• El Sur (The South) - (Spain)
• Entre Nous (Between Us), starring Miou-Miou and Isabelle Huppert - (France)
• Eréndira, starring Irene Papas - (Mexico)
• Eureka, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Gene Hackman, Rutger Hauer, Theresa Russell, Mickey Rourke
• Exposed, directed by James Toback, starring Nastassja Kinski, Rudolf Nureyev, Harvey Keitel

F

• The Family Game (Kazoku Gēmu), directed by Yoshimitsu Morita - (Japan)
• Ferestadeh - (U.S.A./West Germany)
• Flashdance, directed by Adrian Lyne, starring Jennifer Beals and Michael Nouri
• Flesh of Your Flesh (Carne de tu carne) - (Colombia)
• Forbidden Relations (Visszaesök) - (Hungary)
• The Fourth Man (De Vierde Man), directed by Paul Verhoeven - (Netherlands)
• Funny Dirty Little War (No habrá más penas ni olvido) - (Argentina)

G

• Gabriela, Cravo e Canela, starring Sônia Braga and Marcello Mastroianni - (Brazil)
• Get Crazy, starring Malcolm McDowell
• Gorky Park, starring William Hurt, Lee Marvin, Joanna Pacuła, Ian Bannen, Brian Dennehy
• Growing Up (Xiao Bi de gu shi) - (Taiwan)
• Gunman (Mue puen) - (Thailand)

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, Greta Scacchi, Shashi Kapoor - (U.K.)
• High Road to China, starring Tom Selleck and Bess Armstrong
• The Honorary Consul, starring Michael Caine and Richard Gere - (U.K.)
• The Hunger, directed by Tony Scott, starring Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon - (U.K.)

I-J

• The Illusionist - (Netherlands)
• In the White City (Dans la ville blanche), directed by Alain Tanner, starring Bruno Ganz - (Switzerland)
• Independence Day, starring Kathleen Quinlan, David Keith, Dianne Wiest
• Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (Just Let it Go, Friends), starring Naseeruddin Shah - (India)
• Jaws 3-D, starring Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Louis Gossett, Jr.
• Un jeu brutal (A Brutal Game) - (France)

K

• The Keep, directed by Michael Mann, starring Scott Glenn
• King for a Day (Gospodin za edin den) - (Bulgaria)
• The King of Comedy, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro and Jerry Lewis
• Krull, directed by Peter Yates, starring Ken Marshall, Lysette Anthony, Francesca Annis, Liam Neeson - (U.K.)

L

• Last Year's Snow Was Falling (Padal proshlogodniy sneg) - (U.S.S.R.)
• Lianna, directed by John Sayles, starring Linda Griffiths
• Liquid Sky, starring Anne Carlisle
• Local Hero, directed by Bill Forsyth, starring Peter Riegert and Burt Lancaster - (U.K.)
• Lone Wolf McQuade, starring Chuck Norris, David Carradine, Barbara Carrera
• 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

• The Makioka Sisters (Sasame-yuki), directed by Kon Ichikawa - (Japan)
• The Man in the Silk Hat (L'homme au chapeau de soie), a documentary about Max Linder - (France)
• Man of Flowers, starring Norman Kaye - (Australia)
• The Man Who Loved Women, directed by Blake Edwards, starring Burt Reynolds, Julie Andrews, Marilu Henner, Kim Basinger
• The Man with Two Brains, directed by Carl Reiner, starring Steve Martin and Kathleen Turner
• Moon in the Gutter, directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix, starring Gérard Depardieu and Nastassja Kinski
• Masoom (The Innocent), starring Naseeruddin Shah - (India)
• Max Dugan Returns, directed by Herbert Ross, starring Marsha Mason, Jason Robards, Donald Sutherland, Matthew Broderick
• Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Senjō no Merī Kurisumasu), directed by Nagisa Oshima, starring David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto - (Japan/U.K.)
• Mickey's Christmas Carol, a featurette which brings Mickey Mouse back to cinemas for 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 - (U.K.)
• Mr. Mom, starring Michael Keaton, Teri Garr, Martin Mull
• My Brother's Wedding, directed by Charles Burnett

N

• Nankyoku Monogatari (South Pole Story) - (Japan)
• Narcissus - (Canada)
• 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
• Nešto između - (Yugoslavia)
• Never Cry Wolf, starring Charles Martin Smith
• Never Say Never Again, starring Sean Connery (as James Bond) with Barbara Carrera, Kim Basinger, Klaus Maria Brandauer - (U.K.)
• A Night in Heaven, starring Christopher Atkins and Lesley Ann Warren
• Nightmares, starring Cristina Raines and Emilio Estevez
• Nostalghia, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky - (U.S.S.R./Italy)

O

• Octopussy, starring Roger Moore (as James Bond) with Maud Adams and Louis Jourdan - (U.K.)
• Of Unknown Origin, starring Peter Weller - (U.S.A./Canada)
• One Deadly Summer (L'été meurtrier), starring Isabelle Adjani - (France)
• The Osterman Weekend, directed by Sam Peckinpah, starring Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Craig T. Nelson, Dennis Hopper, Meg Foster, Helen Shaver, Burt Lancaster
• The Outsiders, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze, Emilio Estevez, Tom Cruise

P-Q

• Pauline at the Beach (Pauline à la plage), directed by Éric Rohmer - (France)
• Phar Lap, starring Tom Burlinson - (Australia)
• The Pirates of Penzance, a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, starring Kevin Kline, Rex Smith, Angela Lansbury, Linda Ronstadt - (U.S.A./U.K.)
• The Ploughman's Lunch, starring Jonathan Pryce - (U.K.)
• Prénom Carmen (First Name: Carmen), directed by Jean-Luc Godard - (France) - Golden Lion award
• Private School, starring Phoebe Cates, Matthew Modine, Betsy Russell, Ray Walston
• Project A (A Gai Wak), starring Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung - (Hong Kong)
• Psycho II, directed by Richard Franklin, starring Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Meg Tilly and Robert Loggia

R

• Rebetiko - (Greece)
• Reuben, Reuben, starring Tom Conti and Kelly McGillis
• The Right Stuff, directed by Philip Kaufman, starring Scott Glenn, Sam Shepard, Ed Harris, Fred Ward, Dennis Quaid, Barbara Hershey, Pamela Reed
• Risky Business, directed by Paul Brickman, starring Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay
• Rock & Rule, an animated rock musical - (Canada)
• Romantic Comedy, directed by Arthur Hiller, starring Dudley Moore and Mary Steenburgen
• 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

• Sagara Sangamam (The Confluence) - (India)
• Sadma (Trauma) - (India)
• Sahara, starring Brooke Shields and Horst Buchholz
• Sans Soleil (Sunless), directed by Chris Marker - (France)
• A Season in Hakkari (Hakkâri'de Bir Mevsim) - (Turkey)
• 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
• Sheer Madness (Heller Wahn), directed by Margarethe von Trotta, starring Hanna Schygulla - (West Germany)
• Silkwood, directed by Mike Nichols, starring Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher
• Sleepaway Camp, starring Mike Kellin
• Smokey and the Bandit Part 3, starring Jackie Gleason and Jerry Reed
• So Long, Stooge (Tchao Pantin), directed by Claude Berri - (France)
• Something Wicked This Way Comes, starring Jason Robards and Jonathan Pryce
• Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone, directed by Lamont Johnson, starring Peter Strauss and Molly Ringwald
• Star 80, directed by Bob Fosse, starring Mariel Hemingway and Eric Roberts
• The Star Chamber, starring Michael Douglas and Hal Holbrook
• 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 - (Canada)
• Strange Invaders, starring Paul Le Mat, Nancy Allen, Diana Scarwid
• Stray Dogs (Deulgae) - (South Korea)
• Streamers, starring Matthew Modine and David Alan Grier
• Stroker Ace, directed by Hal Needham, starring Burt Reynolds, Loni Anderson, Jim Nabors, Ned Beatty
• Sudden Impact, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, with Sondra Locke
• Sugar Cane Alley (Rue Cases-Negres) - (France/Martinique)
• Superman III, directed by Richard Lester, starring Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Annette O'Toole, Pamela Stephenson, Robert Vaughn
• The Survivors, starring Walter Matthau and Robin Williams
• Sweet Gang, directed by Nikos Nikolaidis - (Greece)

T

• Table for Five, starring Jon Voight, Marie-Christine Barrault, Richard Crenna, Millie Perkins, Roxana Zal
• Tender Mercies, directed by Bruce Beresford, starring Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Betty Buckley, Ellen Barkin
• 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, William Devane, Leon Ames, Roxana Zal
• The Last Ninja
• The Thorn Birds, TV miniseries, starring Rachel Ward, Richard Chamberlain, Bryan Brown, Christopher Plummer, Barbara Stanwyck
• Three Crowns of the Sailor (Les Trois couronnes du matelot) - (France)
• Tight Quarters (Könnyű testi sértés) - (Hungary)
• To Be or Not to Be, starring Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Tim Matheson, Charles Durning, José Ferrer
• Toki o Kakeru Shōjo (The Little Girl who Conquered Time) - (Japan)
• 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
• Twenty Years of African Cinema a.k.a. Caméra d'Afrique - (Tunisia)
• Twilight Zone: The Movie, segments directed by John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante and George Miller, starring Vic Morrow, Scatman Crothers, Kathleen Quinlan, John Lithgow
• Twice Upon a Time
• Two of a Kind, directed by John Herzfeld, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John

U

• Uncommon Valor, directed by Ted Kotcheff, starring Gene Hackman, Fred Ward, Robert Stack, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Patrick Swayze
• Under Fire, directed by Roger Spottiswoode, starring Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy
• Utu - (New Zealand)

V

• Valley Girl, starring Deborah Foreman and Nicolas Cage
• The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun (Faunovo velmi pozdní odpoledne) - (Czechoslovakia)
• Videodrome, starring James Woods and Deborah Harry - (Canada)
• Vigilante, starring Robert Forster
• Vlyublyon po sobstvennomu zhelaniyu (Love by Request) - (U.S.S.R.)
• Voyage in Time (Tempo di Viaggio), directed by Tonino Guerra and Andrei Tarkovsky - (Italy)

W

• Walking, Walking (Cammina, cammina), directed by Ermanno Olmi - (Italy)
• Walking the Edge, starring Robert Forster and Nancy Kwan
• WarGames, directed by John Badham, starring Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, Ally Sheedy
• Wartime Romance (Voenno-polevoy roman), directed by Pyotr Todorovsky - (U.S.S.R.)
• We Are from Jazz (My iz dzhaza) - (U.S.S.R.)
• The Wind in the Willows, starring Richard Pearson, Ian Carmichael, David Jason and Michael Hordern - (U.K.)
• The Winds of War, TV mini-series, starring Robert Mitchum, Ali MacGraw, Polly Bergen, Peter Graves, John Houseman, Ralph Bellamy
• Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore
• Without a Trace, starring Kate Nelligan and Judd Hirsch
• The Wounded Man (l'Homme blessé) - (France)

YZ

• Yellowbeard, starring Graham Chapman and Peter Boyle - (U.K.)
• Yentl, directed by and starring Barbra Streisand, with Mandy Patinkin and Amy Irving - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
• Zappa, directed by Bille August - (Denmark)
• Zelig, directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Mia Farrow
• Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain (Xin shu shan jian ke), starring Sammo Hung - (Hong Kong)

1983 Wide-release movies

January–March

• January 1983
  • January 18
    • Lianna
  • January 21
    • The House on Sorority Row
    • Treasure of the Four Crowns
    • The Year of Living Dangerously
• February 1983
  • February 4
    • The Entity
    • Videodrome
    • Without a Trace
  • February 17
    • Local Hero
  • February 18
    • Lovesick
    • The Pirates of Penzance
    • The Sting II
  • February 19 - Betrayal
• March 1983
  • March 2
    • Sahara
  • March 4
    • Baby It's You
    • Curtains
    • My Tutor
  • March 11
    • 10 to Midnight
    • Trenchcoat
  • March 23
    • Eddie Macon's Run
  • March 25
    • Bad Boys
    • The Black Stallion Returns
    • Max Dugan Returns
    • The Outsiders
    • Spring Break
  • March 31
    • Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

April–June

• April 1983
  • April 1
    • Heart Like a Wheel
    • Screwballs
  • April 6
    • Conquest
  • April 11
    • Flashdance
  • April 15
    • Liquid Sky
    • Lone Wolf McQuade
  • April 22
    • Exposed
    • The Deadly Spawn
    • Losin' It
  • April 29
    • The Hunger
    • Something Wicked This Way Comes
    • Valley Girl
• May 1983
  • May 1
    • The Final Terror
  • May 6
    • Still Smokin
  • May 13
    • Blue Thunder
  • May 18
    • Moon in the Gutter
  • May 20
    • Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
    • Tough Enough
  • May 25
    • Return of the Jedi
  • May 27
    • Chained Heat
• June 1983
  • June 3
    • The Man with Two Brains
    • Psycho II
    • WarGames
  • June 8
    • Trading Places
  • June 10
    • Octopussy
  • June 17
    • Superman III
  • June 24
    • Porky's II: The Next Day
    • Twilight Zone: The Movie
    • Yellowbeard

July–September

• July 1983
  • July 1 - Stroker Ace
  • July 6 - Class
  • July 15
    • Staying Alive
    • Zelig
  • July 22
    • Jaws 3-D
    • Mr. Mom
  • July 29
    • Krull
    • Private School
    • National Lampoon's Vacation
• August 1983
  • August 5
    • Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island
    • Get Crazy
    • Risky Business
    • The Star Chamber
    • Twice Upon a Time
  • August 12
    • Cujo
    • The Man Who Wasn't There
    • Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
  • August 15
    • Prisoners of the Lost Universe
  • August 19
    • Easy Money
    • Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn
    • Yor, the Hunter from the Future
  • August 26
    • Strange Brew
    • Fire and Ice
    • Hercules
  • August 28
    • Young Warriors
  • August 31
    • Microwave Massacre
• September 1983
  • September 2
    • Escape from the Bronx
    • Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
    • Mortuary
  • September 9
    • Nightmares
  • September 16
    • Revenge of the Ninja
    • Strange Invaders
    • Vigilante
  • September 21
    • Educating Rita
  • September 23
    • Eddie and the Cruisers
    • Pieces
  • September 28
    • The Big Chill
  • September 30
    • Brainstorm
    • Going Berserk
    • The Honorary Consul
    • The Lonely Lady

October–December

• October 1983
  • October 7
    • Never Cry Wolf
    • Never Say Never Again
  • October 14
    • The Osterman Weekend
  • October 21
    • All the Right Moves
    • The Dead Zone
    • The Right Stuff
    • Rumble Fish
    • Under Fire (film)
  • October 28
    • The Wicked Lady
• November 1983
  • November 2
    • National Lampoon's Movie Madness
  • November 4
    • Deal of the Century
    • Running Brave
  • November 10
    • Star 80
  • November 18
    • Amityville 3-D
    • The Being
    • A Christmas Story
    • Nate and Hayes
    • A Night in Heaven
    • Sleepaway Camp
  • November 24
    • Of Unknown Origin
• December 1983
  • December 6
    • The Dresser
  • December 9
    • Christine
    • Scarface
    • Sudden Impact
    • Terms of Endearment
    • Yentl
  • December 12
    • Curse of the Pink Panther
  • December 14
    • Silkwood
  • December 16
    • D.C. Cab
    • The Keep
    • Two of a Kind
    • Uncommon Valor
  • December 30
    • The Makioka Sisters

Births

• January 2 - Kate Bosworth, actress
• January 16 - Marwan Kenzari, Dutch actor
• February 21 - Mélanie Laurent, French actress
• February 23 - Emily Blunt, English actress
• March 1 - Lupita Nyong'o, actress and director
• March 4 - Julieta Zylberberg, actress
• March 10 - Carrie Underwood, American singer-songwriter and actress
• March 31 - Ashleigh Ball, Canadian musician and voice actress
• April 21 - Gugu Mbatha-Raw, actress
• May 3 - Ari Magder, Canadian child actor (died 2012)
• May 5 - Henry Cavill, British actor
• May 6 - Gabourey Sidibe, actress
• May 11 - Holly Valance, Australian actress and singer
• May 14 - Amber Tamblyn, actress
• June 10 - Leelee Sobieski, actress
• August 3 - Mamie Gummer, actress
• August 7 - Brit Marling, actress
• August 11 - Chris Hemsworth, Australian actor
• August 14 - Mila Kunis, actress
• August 20 - Andrew Garfield, English actor
• August 29 - Jennifer Landon, actress
• September 21
  • Joseph Mazzello, actor
  • Maggie Grace, actress
• October 3 - Tessa Thompson, actress
• December 20 - Jonah Hill, actor

Notable deaths

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films
January	8	Gale Page	69	USA	Actress	They Drive by Night Knute Rockne, All American
	19	Robert Carson	73	USA	Writer	A Star Is Born Beau Geste
	24	George Cukor	83	USA	Director	The Philadelphia Story My Fair Lady
	27	Louis de Funès	68	France	Actor, Writer, Director	La Grande Vadrouille
	28	Billy Fury	42	UK	Singer, Actor	That'll Be The Day Play It Cool
February	25	Tennessee Williams	71	USA	Writer	A Streetcar Named Desire Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
March	7	Robert Bray	65	USA	Actor	My Gun Is Quick Bus Stop
	9	Faye Emerson	65	USA	Actress	The Mask of Dimitrios Nobody Lives Forever
	14	Maurice Ronet	55	France	Actor, Director, Writer	Elevator to the Gallows Purple Noon
	16	Arthur Godfrey	79	USA	Actor	The Glass Bottom Boat Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
	27	James Hayter	75	Spain	Actor	Oliver! Night and the City
April	4	Gloria Swanson	84	USA	Actress, Producer	Sunset Boulevard Airport 1975
	4	Buster Crabbe	75	USA	Actor, Stuntman	Flash Gordon Jungle Man
	11	Dolores del Río	77	Mexico	Actress	Ramona Bird of Paradise
	21	Walter Slezak	80	Austria	Actor	Lifeboat Ten Thousand Bedrooms
May	5	John Williams	80	UK	Actor	Dial M for Murder To Catch a Thief
	8	Fay Spain	50	USA	Actress	Al Capone God's Little Acre
June	12	Norma Shearer	80	USA	Actress	The Women Way Down East
July	5	Harry James	67	USA	Musician, Actor	How to Marry a Millionaire The Ladies Man
	15	Eddie Foy, Jr.	78	USA	Actor	Yankee Doodle Dandy Bells Are Ringing
	19	Olle Hilding	85	Sweden	Actor	Vandring med månen
	29	Raymond Massey	86	USA	Actor	Arsenic and Old Lace East of Eden
	29	David Niven	73	Switzerland	Actor, Producer	The Pink Panther The Guns of Navarone
	29	Luis Buñuel	83	Spain-Mexico	Writer, Director, Actor	Un Chien Andalou Belle de Jour
August	1	Peter Arne	64	UK	Actor	Straw Dogs Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
	3	Carolyn Jones	53	USA	Actress	The Man Who Knew Too Much Last Train from Gun Hill
	5	Judy Canova	69	USA	Actress	Cannonball The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
	29	Simon Oakland	68	USA	Actor	Psycho West Side Story
October	8	Joan Hackett	49	USA	Actress	Support Your Local Sheriff! The Last of Sheila
	10	Ralph Richardson	80	UK	Actor, Director	Doctor Zhivago Time Bandits
	14	Paul Fix	82	USA	Actor	To Kill a Mockingbird Giant
	15	Pat O'Brien	83	USA	Actor	Some Like It Hot Angels with Dirty Faces
November	2	Michael Spice	52	UK	Actor	A Countess from Hong Kong
	15	John Le Mesurier	71	UK	Actor, Soundtrack	Ben-Hur The Pink Panther
	28	Johnnie Davis	73	USA	Actor, Soundtrack	I Love to Singa Hollywood Hotel
	28	Christopher George	52	USA	Actor	El Dorado Midway
December	2	Fifi D'Orsay	79	USA	Actress, Soundtrack	What a Way to Go! Going Hollywood
	4	Maurice Browning	64	UK	Actor	The Assassination Bureau
	5	Robert Aldrich	65	USA	Director	The Dirty Dozen What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
	8	Slim Pickens	64	USA	Actor	Dr. Strangelove Blazing Saddles
	22	Charles Lloyd-Pack	81	UK	Actor	if.... Dracula
	28	William Demarest	91	USA	Actor	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
	29	Janet Webb	52	UK	Actress	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Joseph Andrews

Film debuts

• Rowan Atkinson - Never Say Never Again
• Steven Bauer - Scarface
• Juliette Binoche - Liberty Belle
• Matthew Broderick - Max Dugan Returns
• John Cusack - Class
• Lolita Davidovich - Class
• Warwick Davis - Return of the Jedi
• Vincent D'Onofrio - The First Turn-On!
• Chris Elliott - Lianna
• Andy García - Blue Skies Again
• Nicole Kidman - Bush Christmas
• Ray Liotta - The Lonely Lady
• Rob Lowe - The Outsiders
• Virginia Madsen - Class
• Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio - Scarface
• Andrew McCarthy - Class
• Kelly McGillis - Reuben, Reuben
• Kelly Preston - 10 to Midnight
• Mimi Rogers - Blue Skies Again
• Kiefer Sutherland - Max Dugan Returns
• Lea Thompson - Jaws 3-D
• Julie Walters - Educating Rita

See also

• List of American films of 1983
• List of British films of 1983
• List of French films of 1983
• List of German films of the 1980s
• List of Bollywood films of 1983
• List of Italian films of 1983
• List of Japanese films of 1983
• List of Swedish films of the 1980s