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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 Shōhei 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
- A 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 Shōhei 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.)
- 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 Cauldron, a Walt Disney animated film
- 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 Volonté - (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 Pacula, 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
- 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
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, starring Anthony Perkins, Meg Tilly, Robert Loggia, Dennis Franz, Vera Miles
R
- Rembetiko - (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 and 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
- Saagara 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
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 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 (1983 film), starring Richard Pearson (actor), 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)
Births
- January 2 - Kate Bosworth, American actress
- February 21 - Melanie Laurent, French actress
- February 23 - Emily Blunt, English actress
- March 10 - Carrie Underwood, American singer and actress
- May 5 - Henry Cavill, British actor
- 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 7 - Brit Marling, 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
- December 29 - Alison Brie, American actress
Notable deaths
- 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
- July 29 - Luis Buñuel, Spanish filmmaker
- August 3 - Carolyn Jones, actress
- August 5 - Judy Canova, entertainer
- August 29 - Simon Oakland, actor
- October 8 - Joan Hackett, actress
- October 15 - Pat O'Brien, actor
- November 28 - Johnnie Davis, actor, singer
- November 28 - Christopher George, leading film/television actor
- December 28 - William Demarest, actor
Film debuts
- Rowan Atkinson - Never Say Never Again
- Steven Bauer - Scarface
- Juliette Binoche - Liberty Belle
- Matthew Broderick - Max Dugan Returns
- John Cusack - Class
- Warwick Davis - Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
- Vincent D'Onofrio - The First Turn-On!
- 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
- British films of 1983
- French films of 1983
- List of German films: 1980s
- Bollywood films of 1983
- Italian films of 1983
- Japanese films of 1983
- Swedish films of the 1980s
Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
January | 8 | Gale Page | 69 | USA | Actress, Soundtrack | They Drive by Night |
August | 1 | Peter Arne | 62 | UK | Actor | Straw Dogs • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang • The Return of the Pink Panther • Victor Victoria • Trail of the Pink Panther |
October | 10 | Ralph Richardson | 80 | UK | Actor, Director Producer | Doctor Zhivago • Time Bandits • Watership Down • Rollerball • Battle of Britain • Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes |
November | 15 | John Le Mesurier | 71 | UK | Actor, Soundtrack | Ben-Hur • The Pink Panther • The Italian Job • Casino Royale |
December
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22 | Charles Lloyd Pack | 81 | UK | Actor | if.... • Dracula • Night of the Demon • Bedazzled |