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The Best Movies of 1983 - Original Release   (104 Most Notable)

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 RATING    TITLE   YEAR   DIRECTOR  COUNTRY MEDIA
# 1 for 1983, # 259 Overall The King of Comedy 1983 Scorsese, Martin USA D
# 2 for 1983, # 361 Overall The Right Stuff 1983 Kaufman, Philip USA DOP
# 3 for 1983, # 489 Overall Terms of Endearment 1983 Brooks, James L. USA DOP
# 4 for 1983, # 523 Overall The Big Chill 1983 Kasdan, Lawrence USA DOP
# 5 for 1983, # 551 Overall The Dresser 1983 Yates, Peter UK YO
# 6 for 1983, # 578 Overall L'Argent 1983 Bresson, Robert France / Switzerland Y
# 7 for 1983, # 615 Overall Scarface 1983 De Palma, Brian USA DBO
# 8 for 1983, # 619 Overall Local Hero 1983 Forsyth, Bill UK D
# 9 for 1983, # 634 Overall The Fourth Man 1983 Verhoeven, Paul Netherlands Y
# 10 for 1983, # 704 Overall El Norte 1983 Nava, Gregory USA / UK DB
# 11 for 1983, # 882 Overall Silkwood 1983 Nichols, Mike USA YS
# 12 for 1983, # 896 Overall A Christmas Story 1983 Clark, Bob USA / Canada DBOP
# 13 for 1983, # 947 Overall Star Wars: Episode VI -
Return of the Jedi
1983 Marquand, Richard USA DBS
# 14 for 1983, # 977 Overall Videodrome 1983 Cronenberg, David Canada / USA DBOS
# 15 for 1983, # 1035 Overall Tender Mercies 1983 Beresford, Bruce USA DO
# 16 for 1983, # 1043 Overall Koyaanisqatsi - Life Out of Balance 1983 Reggio, Godfrey USA YO
# 17 for 1983, # 1114 Overall Danton 1983 Wajda, Andrzej France / Poland / West Germany D
# 18 for 1983, # 1204 Overall Sans Soleil 1983 Marker, Chris France DB
# 19 for 1983, # 1272 Overall Entre Nous 1983 Kurys, Diane France Y
# 20 for 1983, # 1297 Overall Rumble Fish 1983 Coppola, Francis Ford USA DOS
# 21 for 1983, # 1304 Overall Risky Business 1983 Brickman, Paul USA DBOP
# 22 for 1983, # 1448 Overall Nostalghia 1983 Tarkovsky, Andrei Italy / France / Soviet Union Y
# 23 for 1983, # 1492 Overall The Ballad of Narayama 1983 Imamura, Shohei Japan D
# 24 for 1983, # 1540 Overall Yentl 1983 Streisand, Barbra UK / USA / Czechoslovakia YOPS
# 25 for 1983, # 1543 Overall utu 1983 Murphy, Geoff New Zealand V
# 26 for 1983, # 1586 Overall Testament 1983 Littman, Lynne USA Y
# 27 for 1983, # 1696 Overall The Ploughman's Lunch 1983 Eyre, Richard UK
# 28 for 1983, # 1754 Overall In the White City 1983 Tanner, Alain Switzerland / Portugal / UK V
# 29 for 1983, # 1769 Overall Carmen 1983 Saura, Carlos Spain D
# 30 for 1983, # 1900 Overall Zelig 1983 Allen, Woody USA Y
# 31 for 1983, # 1964 Overall Educating Rita 1983 Gilbert, Lewis UK D
# 32 for 1983, # 2019 Overall Sugar Cane Alley 1983 Palcy, Euzhan France Y
# 33 for 1983, # 2023 Overall Under Fire 1983 Spottiswoode, Roger USA D
# 34 for 1983, # 2027 Overall Careful, He Might Hear You 1983 Schultz, Carl Australia Y
# 35 for 1983, # 2052 Overall A Love in Germany 1983 Wajda, Andrzej West Germany / France Y
# 36 for 1983, # 2054 Overall Heat and Dust 1983 Ivory, James UK Y
# 37 for 1983, # 2068 Overall Reuben, Reuben 1983 Miller, Robert Ellis USA
# 38 for 1983, # 2076 Overall WarGames 1983 Badham, John USA DOP
# 39 for 1983, # 2092 Overall Daniel 1983 Lumet, Sidney UK / USA D
# 40 for 1983, # 2109 Overall Star 80 1983 Fosse, Bob USA D
# 41 for 1983, # 2117 Overall Le Dernier Combat 1983 Besson, Luc France D
# 42 for 1983, # 2170 Overall A Private Conversation 1983 Mikhalkov, Nikita Soviet Union
# 43 for 1983, # 2194 Overall Eddie Murphy Delirious 1983 Gowers, Bruce USA D
# 43 for 1983, # 2194 Overall The Keep 1983 Mann, Michael UK V
# 43 for 1983, # 2194 Overall Zu : Warriors from the Magic Mountain 1983 Tsui, Hark Hong Kong D
# 44 for 1983, # 2195 Overall À nos amours 1983 Pialat, Maurice France D
# 45 for 1983, # 2209 Overall Betrayal 1983 Jones, David Hugh UK V
# 46 for 1983, # 2211 Overall Octopussy 1983 Glen, John UK / USA DS
# 47 for 1983, # 2245 Overall The Good Fight 1983 Buckner, Noel / Dore, Mary / Sills, Sam USA D
# 47 for 1983, # 2245 Overall Life Is a Bed of Roses 1983 Resnais, Alain France D
# 47 for 1983, # 2245 Overall Twice Upon a Time 1983 Korty, John / Swenson, Charles / Gallagher, Jennifer USA O
# 48 for 1983, # 2251 Overall Trading Places 1983 Landis, John USA DBO
# 49 for 1983, # 2254 Overall Unknown Chaplin 1983 Brownlow, Kevin / Gill, David UK D
# 50 for 1983, # 2270 Overall The Family Game 1983 Morita, Yoshimitsu Japan
# 51 for 1983, # 2287 Overall Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence 1983 Oshima, Nagisa UK / Japan DBOPS
# 52 for 1983, # 2288 Overall The Outsiders 1983 Coppola, Francis Ford USA DOP
# 53 for 1983, # 2324 Overall Strangers Kiss 1983 Chapman, Matthew USA O
# 54 for 1983, # 2325 Overall The Man with Two Brains 1983 Reiner, Carl USA D
# 55 for 1983, # 2363 Overall Thriller 1983 Landis, John USA DS
# 56 for 1983, # 2365 Overall First Name: Carmen 1983 Godard, Jean-Luc France D
# 57 for 1983, # 2368 Overall Monty Python - The Meaning of Life 1983 Jones, Terry / Gilliam, Terry UK DO
# 58 for 1983, # 2376 Overall Passionless Moments 1983 Campion, Jane / Lee, Gerard Australia
# 59 for 1983, # 2378 Overall Adynata 1983 Thornton, Leslie USA
# 59 for 1983, # 2378 Overall Ananas 1983 Gitai, Amos France
# 59 for 1983, # 2378 Overall Cracking Up 1983 Lewis, Jerry USA YO
# 59 for 1983, # 2378 Overall Fellow Citizen 1983 Kiarostami, Abbas Iran
# 59 for 1983, # 2378 Overall The Gold Diggers 1983 Potter, Sally UK
# 59 for 1983, # 2378 Overall It's a Good Life (Twilight Zone: The Movie) 1983 Dante, Joe USA Y
# 59 for 1983, # 2378 Overall Les Années 80 1983 Akerman, Chantal Belgium / France
# 59 for 1983, # 2378 Overall My Brother's Wedding 1983 Burnett, Charles USA
# 59 for 1983, # 2378 Overall Selva:
A Portrait of Parvaneh Navaï
1983 Klonaris, Maria France
# 59 for 1983, # 2378 Overall Son's Big Doll 1983 Hou, Hsiao-hsien Taiwan
# 60 for 1983, # 2381 Overall Flashdance 1983 Lyne, Adrian USA DO
# 61 for 1983, # 2387 Overall Le Bal 1983 Scola, Ettore Italy / France / Algeria Y
# 61 for 1983, # 2387 Overall The Revolt of Job 1983 Gyöngyössy, Imre / Kabay, Barna Hungary
# 61 for 1983, # 2387 Overall War-Time Romance 1983 Todorovsky, Pyotr Soviet Union
# 62 for 1983, # 2389 Overall The Dead Zone 1983 Cronenberg, David USA DO
# 62 for 1983, # 2389 Overall Gorky Park 1983 Apted, Michael USA DS
# 62 for 1983, # 2389 Overall Never Say Never Again 1983 Kershner, Irvin UK / USA / West Germany DB
# 63 for 1983, # 2391 Overall Cross Creek 1983 Ritt, Martin USA YO
# 64 for 1983, # 2392 Overall Confidentially Yours 1983 Truffaut, François France V
# 65 for 1983, # 2393 Overall Baby It's You 1983 Sayles, John USA D
# 65 for 1983, # 2393 Overall To Be or Not to Be 1983 Johnson, Alan USA DB
# 66 for 1983, # 2394 Overall Dark Circle 1983 Beaver, Chris USA
# 66 for 1983, # 2394 Overall I Married a Shadow 1983 Davis, Robin France
# 66 for 1983, # 2394 Overall Richard Pryor Here and Now 1983 Pryor, Richard USA D
# 67 for 1983, # 2406 Overall Seventeen 1983 DeMott, Joel / Kreines, Jeff USA
# 68 for 1983, # 2411 Overall Angelo My Love 1983 Duvall, Robert USA
# 68 for 1983, # 2411 Overall Lone Wolf McQuade 1983 Carver, Steve USA DS
# 68 for 1983, # 2411 Overall Something Wicked This Way Comes 1983 Clayton, Jack USA D
# 69 for 1983, # 2414 Overall Mickey's Christmas Carol 1983 Mattinson, Burny USA D
# 70 for 1983, # 2432 Overall Lianna 1983 Sayles, John USA DOP
# 70 for 1983, # 2432 Overall The Lords of Discipline 1983 Roddam, Franc USA D
# 70 for 1983, # 2432 Overall Mr. Mom 1983 Dragoti, Stan USA D
# 70 for 1983, # 2432 Overall National Lampoon's Vacation 1983 Ramis, Harold USA DBOPS
# 70 for 1983, # 2432 Overall The Star Chamber 1983 Hyams, Peter USA D
# 70 for 1983, # 2432 Overall Sudden Impact 1983 Eastwood, Clint USA DBOPS
# 70 for 1983, # 2432 Overall Twilight Zone: The Movie  New at Films101! 1983 Dante, Joe / Landis, John / Miller, George / Spielberg, Steven USA DBS
# 70 for 1983, # 2432 Overall Valley Girl  New at Films101! 1983 Coolidge, Martha USA DS
# 71 for 1983, # 2436 Overall And the Ship Sails On 1983 Fellini, Federico France / Italy Y
# 71 for 1983, # 2436 Overall Three Crowns of the Sailor 1983 Ruiz, Raoul France
NR Curse of the Pink Panther 1983 Edwards, Blake UK / USA DO
NR Pauline at the Beach 1983 Rohmer, Eric France DO
NR Superman III 1983 Lester, Richard UK DBO
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Media Availability Codes (Amazon.com)
D   DVD
V   VHS
Y   Yes (DVD or VHS, unspecified)
B   Blu-ray Disc
O   On Demand Video Download
P   Preview Trailer
S   Soundtrack
 
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