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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.)[]
The top ten 1983 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Box-office gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Return of the Jedi | Fox | $252,583,617 |
| 2 | Terms of Endearment | Paramount | $108,423,489 |
| 3 | Flashdance | $92,921,203 | |
| 4 | Trading Places | $90,404,800 | |
| 5 | WarGames | United Artists | $79,567,667 |
| 6 | Octopussy | $67,800,000 | |
| 7 | Sudden Impact | Warner Bros. | $67,642,693 |
| 8 | Staying Alive | Paramount | $64,892,670 |
| 9 | Mr. Mom | Fox | $64,783,827 |
| 10 | Risky Business | Warner Bros. | $63,541,777 |
Events[]
- February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York City.
- May 25 - Return of the Jedi, the final installment in the original Star Wars trilogy, is released. Like the previous films, it goes on to become the highest-grossing film of the year.
- 1983 was a landmark year in film. More films have gotten an R-rating than any other year thus far.
- Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman makes her film debut.
- Brainstorm, the final film of screen star Natalie Wood, is released, 2 years after her death.
- October - Frank Price resigns as president of Columbia Pictures and is replaced by Guy McElwaine.
Awards[]
| Category/Organization | 41st Golden Globe Awards January 28, 1984 |
37th BAFTA Awards March 25, 1984 |
56th Academy Awards April 9, 1984 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drama | Musical or Comedy | |||
| Best Film | Terms of Endearment | Yentl | Educating Rita | Terms of Endearment |
| Best Director | Barbra Streisand Yentl |
Bill Forsyth Local Hero |
James L. Brooks Terms of Endearment | |
| Best Actor | Tom Courtenay The Dresser Robert Duvall Tender Mercies |
Michael Caine Educating Rita |
Michael Caine Educating Rita Dustin Hoffman Tootsie |
Robert Duvall Tender Mercies |
| Best Actress | Shirley MacLaine Terms of Endearment |
Julie Walters Educating Rita |
Shirley MacLaine Terms of Endearment | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Jack Nicholson Terms of Endearment |
Denholm Elliott Trading Places |
Jack Nicholson Terms of Endearment | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Cher Silkwood |
Jamie Lee Curtis Trading Places |
Linda Hunt The Year of Living Dangerously | |
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | James L. Brooks Terms of Endearment |
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Heat and Dust |
James L. Brooks Terms of Endearment | |
| Best Screenplay, Original | Paul D. Zimmerman The King of Comedy |
Horton Foote Tender Mercies | ||
| Best Original Score | Giorgio Moroder Flashdance |
Ryuichi Sakamoto Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence |
Bill Conti The Right Stuff (film) Michel Legrand and Alan and Marilyn Bergman Yentl | |
| Best Original Song | "Flashdance... What a Feeling" Flashdance |
"Up Where We Belong" An Officer and a Gentleman |
"Flashdance... What a Feeling" Flashdance | |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Fanny and Alexander | Danton | Fanny and Alexander | |
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[]
United States unless stated
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- 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
- Amityville 3-D, directed by Richard Fleischer, starring Tony Roberts, Tess Harper, Robert Joy, Candy Clark
- 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)
- 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, Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly, JoBeth Williams, Don Galloway
- 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, Candy Clark, Warren Oates
- 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 and Valerie Kaprisky
- 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 - (UK/US)
- 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, Joe Pesci
- Exposed, directed by James Toback, starring Nastassja Kinski, Rudolf Nureyev, Harvey Keitel
F[]
- The Family Game (Kazoku Gēmu), directed by Yoshimitsu Morita - (Japan)
- Ferestadeh - (United States/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[]
- 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, Cliff DeYoung, Frances Sternhagen, Dianne Wiest
J[]
- Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (Just Let it Go, Friends), starring Naseeruddin Shah - (India)
- Jaws 3-D, starring Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Louis Gossett Jr.
- (A Brutal Game) - (France)
K[]
- The Keep, directed by Michael Mann, starring Scott Glenn, Jurgen Prochnow, Alberta Watson, Ian McKellen, Gabriel Byrne, Robert Prosky
- 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[]
- L'Argent (Money), directed by Robert Bresson - (France)
- 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
- Mandi, directed by Shyam Benegal - (India)
- 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, Takeshi Kitano - (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 and Brian Dennehy
- 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 - (United States/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, Dennis Hopper, Chris Sarandon
- 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, Leif Garrett
P[]
- 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 - (US/UK)
- The Ploughman's Lunch, starring Jonathan Pryce - (U.K.)
- Prénom Carmen (First Name: Carmen), directed by Jean-Luc Godard - (France) - Golden Lion award
- The Prey, starring Debbie Thureson and Steve Bond
- 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)
- Return of the Jedi, directed by Richard Marquand, starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
- 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
- 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
- (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, Parker Stevenson
- 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 Bunch, 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 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)
- 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.)
- Wild style, directed by Charlie Ahearn.
- 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)
Y[]
- 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)
Z[]
- 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 films in the U.S.[]
January–March[]
| Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J A N U A R Y |
7 | Xtro | New Line Cinema | Harry Bromley Davenport (director/screenplay); Michel Perry, Iain Cassie, Robert Smith (screenplay); Philip Sayer, Bernice Stegers, Simon Nash, Maryam d'Abo, Danny Brainin, Peter Mandell, David Cardy, Anna Wing, Robert Fyfe, Katherine Best, Robert Pereno, Sean Crawford, Tim Dry, Arthur Whybrow, Susie Silvey | Sci-Fi, Horror | Live action |
| 18 | Lianna | United Artists Classics | John Sayles (director/screenplay); Linda Griffiths, Jane Hallaren, Jon DeVries, Jo Henderson, Jessica MacDonald, Jesse Solomon, John Sayles, Stephen Mendillo, Betsy Julia Robinson, Nancy Mette, Maggie Renzi, Madelyn Coleman, Robyn Reeves, Chris Elliott, Marta Renzi, Rochelle Oliver | Drama | Live action | |
| 21 | The House on Sorority Row | Artists Releasing Corporation / Film Ventures International | Mark Rosman (director/screenplay); Bobby Fine (screenplay); Kathryn McNeil, Eileen Davidson, Lois Kelso Hunt, Robin Meloy, Harley Kozak, Michael Sergio, Christopher Lawrence, Janis Zido, Jodi Draigie, Ellen Dorsher, Michael Kuhn, Charles Serio, Ruth Walsh | Slasher | Live action | |
| Treasure of the Four Crowns | Cannon Film Distributors | Ferdinando Baldi (director); Lloyd Battista, Jim Bryce, Jerry Lazarus (screenplay); Tony Anthony, Ana Obregón, Gene Quintano, Jerry Lazarus, Francisco Rabal, Emiliano Redondo, Francisco Villena, Lewis Gordon | Action, Adventure | Live action | ||
| 28 | Sacred Ground | Pacific International Enterprises | Charles B. Pierce (director/screenplay); Tim McIntire, L.Q. Jones, Jack Elam, Mindi Miller, Eloy Casados | Drama, Western | Live action | |
| F E B R U A R Y |
4 | The Entity | 20th Century Fox | Sidney J. Furie (director); Frank De Felitta (screenplay); Barbara Hershey, Ron Silver, David Labiosa, George Coe, Margaret Blye, Jacqueline Brookes, Michael Alldredge, Alex Rocco, Allan Rich, Richard Brestoff, Raymond Singer, Natasha Ryan, Melanie Gaffin | Horror | Live action |
| Videodrome | Universal Pictures | David Cronenberg (director/screenplay); James Woods, Deborah Harry, Sonja Smits, Peter Dvorsky, Leslie Carlson, Jack Creley, Lynne Gorman, Julie Khaner, David Bolt, Reiner Schwarz, Lally Cadeau, King Cosmos, Kay Hawtrey, David Tsubouchi | Sci-Fi, Horror | Live action | ||
| Without a Trace | 20th Century Fox | Stanley R. Jaffe (director); Beth Gutcheon (screenplay); Kate Nelligan, Judd Hirsch, David Dukes, Stockard Channing, Danny Corkill, Louise Stubbs, Keith McDermott, David Simon | Drama | Live action | ||
| 11 | Let's Spend the Night Together | Northstar Media | Hal Ashby (director); Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman | Documentary | Live action | |
| 18 | The King of Comedy | 20th Century Fox / Embassy International Pictures | Martin Scorsese (director); Paul D. Zimmerman (screenplay); Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Sandra Bernhard, Diahnne Abbott, Shelley Hack, Margo Winkler, Kim Chan, Frederick De Cordova, Edgar Scherick, Ed Herlihy, Tony Randall, Victor Borge, Joyce Brothers, Catherine Scorsese, Cathy Scorsese, Martin Scorsese, Charles Scorsese, The Clash, Kosmo Vinyl, Ellen Foley, Don Letts, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio | Satire, Black Comedy, Drama | Live action | |
| Local Hero | Warner Bros. | Bill Forsyth (director/screenplay); Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson, Fulton Mackay, Burt Lancaster, Norman Chancer, Peter Capaldi, Rikki Fulton, Alex Norton, Jenny Seagrove, Jennifer Black, Christopher Rozycki, Christopher Asante, John Gordon Sinclair, Caroline Guthrie, John M. Jackson | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
| Lovesick | Warner Bros. / The Ladd Company | Marshall Brickman (director/screenplay); Dudley Moore, Elizabeth McGovern, John Huston, Alec Guinness, Wallace Shawn, Ron Silver, Alan King, Selma Diamond, Larry Rivers, David Strathairn, Christine Baranski, Renée Taylor, Fred Melamed | Romance, Comedy | Live action | ||
| The Pirates of Penzance | Universal Pictures | Wilford Leach (director/screenplay); Kevin Kline, Angela Lansbury, Linda Ronstadt, George Rose, Rex Smith, Tony Azito, David Hatton, Louise Gold, Teresa Codling, Tilly Vosburgh, Stephen Hanan, Alexandra Korey, Marcie Shaw | Romance, Musical, Comedy | Live action | ||
| The Sting II | Universal Pictures | Jeremy Paul Kagan (director); David S. Ward (screenplay); Jackie Gleason, Mac Davis, Teri Garr, Karl Malden, Oliver Reed, Ron Rifkin, José Pérez, Val Avery, Michael D. Aldredge, John Hancock, Larry Hankin, Bert Remsen, Tim Rossovich, Harry James, Woody Parfrey, Max Wright, Benny Baker, Frances Bergen, Larry Bishop, Danny Dayton, Tony Giorgio, Carl Gottlieb, Bob Minor | Comedy | Live action | ||
| Table for Five | Warner Bros. / CBS Theatrical Films | Robert Lieberman (director); David Seltzer (screenplay); Jon Voight, Marie-Christine Barrault, Millie Perkins, Richard Crenna, Roxana Zal, Robby Kiger, Son Hoang Bui, Maria O'Brien, Nelson Welch, Bernie Hern, Moria Turner, Kevin Costner, Cynthia Kania, Marion Russell, Gustaf Unger | Drama | Live action | ||
| 20 | Betrayal | 20th Century Fox | David Jones (director); Harold Pinter (screenplay); Jeremy Irons, Ben Kingsley, Patricia Hodge, Avril Elgar | Drama | Live action | |
| M A R C H |
4 | Baby It's You | Paramount Pictures | John Sayles (director/screenplay); Rosanna Arquette, Vincent Spano, Joanna Merlin, Leora Dana, Bill Raymond, Sam McMurray, Liane Curtis, Fisher Stevens, Tracy Pollan, Matthew Modine, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Davidson, Nick Ferrari, Dolores Messina, Claudia Sherman, Marta Kober, Rachel Dretzin, Susan Derendorf | Comedy, Drama | Live action |
| Curtains | Jensen Farley Pictures | Richard Ciupka (director); Robert Guza, Jr. (screenplay); John Vernon, Linda Thorson, Samantha Eggar, Anne Ditchburn, Lynne Griffin, Lesleh Donaldson, Michael Wincott, Maury Chaykin, Booth Savage, Sandee Currie, Deborah Burgess | Slasher | Live action | ||
| My Tutor | Crown International Pictures | George Bowers (director); Joe Roberts (screenplay); Caren Kaye, Matt Lattanzi, Kevin McCarthy, Bruce Bauer, Clark Brandon, Arlene Golonka, Crispin Glover, Jewel Shepard, John Vargas, Amber Denyse Austin, Maria Melendez, Graem McGavin | Comedy | Live action | ||
| Tender Mercies | Universal Pictures / Associated Film Distribution | Bruce Beresford (director); Horton Foote (screenplay); Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Betty Buckley, Wilford Brimley, Ellen Barkin, Allan Hubbard, Lenny Von Dohlen, Paul Gleason, Michael Crabtree, Norman Bennett | Drama | Live action | ||
| 11 | 10 to Midnight | Cannon Films | J. Lee Thompson (director/screenplay); William Roberts (screenplay); Charles Bronson, Lisa Eilbacher, Andrew Stevens, Gene Davis, Geoffrey Lewis, Wilford Brimley, Robert F. Lyons, Bert Williams, Ola Ray, Kelly Preston, Cosie Costa, Jeana Tomasina, June Gilbert, Sam Chew Jr., Larry Caruso, Anne Lockhart | Crime, Horror, Thriller | Live action | |
| Trenchcoat | Buena Vista Distribution | Michael Tuchner (director); Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman (screenplay); Margot Kidder, Robert Hays, David Suchet, Gila von Weitershausen, Ronald Lacey, John Justin, Leopoldo Trieste, Jennifer Darling, Kevork Malikyan, Vic Tablian, Daniel Faraldo | Action, Comedy | Live action | ||
| 18 | High Road to China | Warner Bros. / Umbrella Entertainment | Brian G. Hutton (director); Sandra Weintraub, S. Lee Pogostin (screenplay); Tom Selleck, Bess Armstrong, Jack Weston, Wilford Brimley, Robert Morley, Brian Blessed, Cassandra Gava, Michael Sheard, Lynda La Plante, Terry Richards, Robert Lee, Jeremy Child, Dino Shafeek, Anthony Chinn, Timothy Bateson, Wolf Kahler, Ric Young, Simon Prebble, Timothy Carlton, Sime Jagarinac, Domagoj Vukusic, Peggy Sirr, Shayur Mehta, Peter Llewellyn Williams, Hai Ching Lim, Chua Kahjoo, Zdenka Hersak, Marc Boyle, Kim Rook Teoh, Daniel Clucas, John Higginson | Adventure, Romance | Live action | |
| 23 | Eddie Macon's Run | Universal Pictures | Jeff Kanew (director/screenplay); Kirk Douglas, John Schneider, Lee Purcell, Lisa Dunsheath, Leah Ayres, Tom Noonan, J.C. Quinn, Gil Rogers, Jay O. Sanders, Todd Allen, Nesbitt Blaisdell, Susan Bongard, Matthew Cowles, Vic Polizos, Bill DeWeese, John Goodman, Mark Margolis, J.T. Walsh, Dann Florek | Action, Thriller, Drama | Live action | |
| 25 | Bad Boys | Universal Pictures / Associated Film Distribution | Rick Rosenthal (director); Richard Di Lello (screenplay); Sean Penn, Esai Morales, Ally Sheedy, Reni Santoni, Eric Gurry, Jim Moody, Clancy Brown, Robert Lee Rush, John Zenda, Alan Ruck, Rick Rosenthal | Coming-of-Age, Crime, Drama | Live action | |
| The Black Stallion Returns | MGM/UA Entertainment Company | Robert Dalva (director); Jerome Kass, Richard Kletter (screenplay); Kelly Reno, Vincent Spano, Allen Garfield, Woody Strode, Ferdy Mayne, Jodi Thelen, Teri Garr, Hoyt Axton, Cass Ole, El Mokhtar | Adventure, Family | Live action | ||
| Max Dugan Returns | 20th Century Fox | Herbert Ross (director); Neil Simon (screenplay); Marsha Mason, Jason Robards, Donald Sutherland, Matthew Broderick, Dody Goodman, Sal Viscuso, Panchito Gomez, Charley Lau, Kiefer Sutherland | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
| The Outsiders | Warner Bros. | Francis Ford Coppola (director); Kathleen Rowell (screenplay); C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe, Diane Lane, Emilio Estevez, Tom Cruise, Leif Garrett, Glenn Withrow, Darren Dalton, Michelle Meyrink, Tom Waits, William Smith, Nicolas Cage, Flea, Melanie Griffith, Trey Callaway | Coming-of-Age, Drama | Live action | ||
| Spring Break | Columbia Pictures | Sean S. Cunningham (director); David Smilow (screenplay); David Knell, Perry Lang, Paul Land, Steve Bassett, Jayne Modean, Corinne Wahl, Donald Symington, Mimi Cozzens, Richard B. Shull, Jessica James, Daniel Faraldo, Fred Buch, Jeff Garlin, Tammy Lynn Leppert | Comedy | Live action | ||
| Tough Enough | 20th Century Fox | Richard Fleischer (director); John Leone (screenplay); Dennis Quaid, Stan Shaw, Carlene Watkins, Pam Grier, Warren Oates, Wilford Brimley, Steve "Monk" Miller, Big John Hamilton | Romance, Drama, Sports | Live action | ||
| 27 | The Thorn Birds | ABC / Warner Bros. Television Distribution / David Wolper-Stan Margulies Productions / Edward Lewis Productions | Daryl Duke (director); Carmen Culver, Lee Stanley (screenplay); Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, Barbara Stanwyck, Christopher Plummer, Jean Simmons, Bryan Brown, Philip Anglim, Richard Kiley, Piper Laurie, Mare Winningham, Ken Howard, John Friedrich, Dwier Brown, Earl Holliman, Brett Cullen, Stephen W. Burns, Barry Corbin, Holly Palance, John de Lancie, Allyn Ann McLerie, Richard Venture, Stephanie Faracy, Antoinette Bower, Sydney Penny, Vidal Peterson | Drama, Romance | Live action | |
| 31 | Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | Universal Pictures | Terry Jones (director); Monty Python (screenplay); Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Carol Cleveland, Simon Jones, Patricia Quinn, Judy Loe, Matt Frewer, John Scott Martin, Andrew Bicknell, Mark Holmes, Valerie Whittington | Musical, Comedy | Live action | |
April–June[]
| Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A P R I L |
1 | Heart Like a Wheel | 20th Century Fox | Jonathan Kaplan (director); Ken Friedman, David E. Peckinpah (screenplay); Bonnie Bedelia, Beau Bridges, Leo Rossi, Hoyt Axton, Bill McKinney, Anthony Edwards, Tiffany Brisette, Leonard Termo | Biography | Live action |
| Screwballs | New World Pictures | Rafal Zielinski (director); Linda Shayne, Jim Wynorski (screenplay); Peter Keleghan, Lynda Speciale, Linda Shayne, Kent Deuters | Teen, Comedy | Live action | ||
| 6 | Conquest | Clemi Cinematgorafica / Golden Sun Producciones Esme | Lucio Fulci (director); Gino Capone, Carlos Vasallo, Jose Antonio de la Loma (screenplay); Andrea Occhipinti, Jorge Rivero, Conrado San Martin, Sabrina Siani, José Gras Palau, Violeta Cela, Gioia Maria Scola | Fantasy | Live action | |
| 11 | Flashdance | Paramount Pictures | Adrian Lyne (director); Tom Hedley, Joe Eszterhas (screenplay); Jennifer Beals, Michael Nouri, Lilia Skala, Sunny Johnson, Kyle T. Heffner, Lee Ving, Ron Karabatsos, Belinda Bauer, Malcolm Danare, Phil Bruns, Micole Mercurio, Lucy Lee Flippin, Don Brockett, Cynthia Rhodes, Durga McBroom, Liz Sagal, Marine Jahan, Stacey Pickren, Bob Harks, Jumbo Red | Romance, Drama | Live action | |
| 15 | Liquid Sky | Cinevista / Media Home Entertainment | Slava Tsukerman (director/screenplay); Anne Carlisle, Nina V. Kerova (screenplay); Anne Carlisle, Paula E. Sheppard, Susan Doukas, Otto von Wernherr, Bob Brady, Elaine C. Grove, Stanley Knap, Jack Adalist, Lloyd Ziff, Harry Lum, Roy MacArthur, Sara Carlisle, Nina V. Kerova, Alan Preston, Christine Hatfull | Sci-Fi | Live action | |
| Lone Wolf McQuade | Orion Pictures | Steve Carver (director); H. Kaye Dyal, B.J. Nelson (screenplay); Chuck Norris, David Carradine, Barbara Carrera, Leon Isaac Kennedy, L.Q. Jones, Robert Beltran, Dana Kimmell, R.G. Armstrong, Sharon Farrell, William Sanderson, Jorge Cervera Jr., Daniel Frishman | Western, Action | Live action | ||
| 22 | Exposed | MGM/UA Entertainment Company / United Artists | James Toback (director/screenplay); Nastassja Kinski, Rudolf Nureyev, Harvey Keitel, Ian McShane, Bibi Andersson, Ron Randell, Pierre Clémenti, James Russo, Tony Sirico, James Toback, Amy Steel, Janice Dickinson, Iman | Drama | Live action | |
| The Deadly Spawn | 21st Century Film Corporation | Douglas McKeown (director/screenplay); Charles George Hildebrandt, Tom DeFranco, Richard Lee Porter, Jean Tafler, Karen Tighe, James Brewster, Elissa Neil, Ethel Michelson, John Schmerling | Sci-Fi, Horror | Live action | ||
| Losin' It | Embassy Pictures Corporation / Tiberius Film Productions / Tijuana Productions | Curtis Hanson (director); Bill L. Norton (screenplay); Tom Cruise, Jackie Earle Haley, John Stockwell, Shelley Long, John P. Navin Jr., Henry Darrow, Hector Elias, Mario Marcelino, John Valby, Rick Rossovich, Kale Browne, Santos Morales | Comedy | Live action | ||
| 29 | The Hunger | MGM/UA Entertainment Co. | Tony Scott (director); Ivan Davis, Michael Thomas (screenplay); Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon, Cliff De Young, Dan Hedaya, Beth Ehlers, Rufus Collins, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow, John Stephen Hill, Ann Magnuson, James Aubrey, Bauhaus, Bessie Love | Horror | Live action | |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes | Buena Vista Distribution / Walt Disney Productions / The Bryna Company | Jack Clayton (director); Ray Bradbury (screenplay); Jason Robards, Jonathan Pryce, Diane Ladd, Pam Grier, Royal Dano, Vidal Peterson, Arthur Hill, Shawn Carson, Mary Grace Canfield, Richard Davalos, Jack Dodson, Bruce M. Fischer, Jack Dengel, Ellen Geer, James Stacy, Angelo Rossitto, Sharan Lea, Tony Christopher | Fantasy, Horror | Live action | ||
| Valley Girl | Atlantic Releasing / Valley 9000 | Martha Coolidge (director); Wayne Crawford, Andrew Lane (screenplay); Nicolas Cage, Deborah Foreman, Elizabeth Daily, Heidi Holicker, Michael Bowen, Cameron Dye, Michelle Meyrink, Lee Purcell, Richard Sanders, Colleen Camp, Frederic Forrest, Joyce Hyser | Teen, Romance, Comedy | Live action | ||
| M A Y |
1 | The Final Terror | Comworld Pictures | Andrew Davis (director); Jon George, Neill D. Hicks, Ronald Shusett (screenplay); Rachel Ward, Daryl Hannah, Adrian Zmed, John Friedrich, Mark Metcalf, Joe Pantoliano, Akosua Busia, Lewis Smith, Jim Youngs, Ernest Harden Jr., Cindy Harrell, Irene Sanders, Richard Jacobs, Donna Pinder, Lori Lee Butler, Tony Maccario | Slasher | Live action |
| V | NBC / Warner Bros. Television / Kenneth Johnson Productions | Kenneth Johnson (director/screenplay); Jane Badler, Frank Ashmore, Bonnie Bartlett, Diane Cary, Michael Durrell, Robert Englund, Faye Grant, Richard Herd, Richard Lawson, Peter Nelson, David Packer, Neva Patterson, Andrew Prine, Marc Singer, Jenny Sullivan, Blair Tefkin, Penelope Windust, Michael Wright, Jason Bernard, Viveka Davis, Leonardo Cimino, George Morfogen, Camila Ashland, Hansford Rowe, Evan C. Kim, Rafael Campos, William Russ, Stack Pierce, Eric Johnston, Jenny Neumann, Greta Blackburn | Sci-Fi | Live action | ||
| 6 | Still Smokin | Paramount Pictures | Tommy Chong (director/screenplay); Cheech Marin (screenplay); Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong | Comedy | Live action | |
| Doctor Detroit | Universal Studios / Brillstein Company | Michael Pressman (director); Bruce Jay Friedman, Carl Gottlieb, Robert Boris (screenplay); Dan Aykroyd, Howard Hesseman, George Furth, James Brown, T.K. Carter, Donna Dixon, Fran Drescher, Lydia Lei, Lynn Whitfield, Kate Murtagh, Nan Martin, Peter Aykroyd, Glenne Headly, Robert Cornthwaite, Parley Baer, John Kapelos, Steven Williams, Andrew Duggan, Blackie Dammett, Cacey Kustosz | Comedy | Live action | ||
| 13 | Blue Thunder | Columbia Pictures / Rastar | John Badham (director); Dan O'Bannon, Don Jakoby (screenplay); Roy Scheider, Warren Oates, Candy Clark, Daniel Stern, Malcolm McDowell, Joe Santos, Paul Roebling, David Sheiner, Anthony James, Ed Bernard, Jason Bernard, Mario Machado, Jack Murdock, James Murtaugh, Pat McNamara, Clifford A. Pellow, Robin Braxton | Action, Thriller | Live action | |
| 16 | Deadly Eyes | Warner Bros. / Golden Harvest | Robert Clouse (director); Charles H. Eglee, James Herbert (screenplay); Sam Groom, Scatman Crothers, Sara Botsford, Cec Linder, Lisa Langlois, Lesleh Donaldson | Horror | Live action | |
| 17 | Nostalghia | Gaumont / RAI 2 / Gaumont Italia / Grange Communications, Inc. / Sovinfilm | Andrei Tarkovsky (director/screenplay); Tonino Guerra (screenplay); Oleg Yankovsky, Erland Josephson, Domiziana Giordano, Delia Boccardo, Patrizia Terreno, Laura De Marchi | Drama | Live action | |
| 18 | Moon in the Gutter | Jean-Jacques Beineix (director/screenplay); Olivier Mergault, David Goodis (screenplay); Gérard Depardieu, Nastassja Kinski, Victoria Abril, Bertice Reading, Gabriel Monnet, Dominique Pinon, Milena Vukotic, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Bernard Farcy, Anne-Marie Coffinet, Katya Berger, Jacques Herlin, Guido Alberti | Drama | Live action | ||
| 20 | Bill Cosby: Himself | 20th Century Fox / Jemmin, Inc. | Bill Cosby (director/screenplay); Bill Cosby | Stand-up comedy | Live action | |
| Eureka | MGM/UA Entertainment Company / Recorded Picture Company / JF Productions / Sunley Productions | Nicolas Roeg (director); Paul Mayersberg (screenplay); Gene Hackman, Theresa Russell, Rutger Hauer, Jane Lapotaire, Mickey Rourke, Ed Lauter, Joe Pesci, Joe Spinell, James Faulkner, Corin Redgrave, Helena Kallianiotes | Drama | Live action | ||
| The Mack (re-release) | Cinerama Releasing Corporation | Michael Campus (director); Robert J. Poole (screenplay); Max Julien, Richard Pryor, Carol Speed, Roger E. Mosley, George Murdock | Blaxploitation | Live action | ||
| Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone | Columbia Pictures | Lamont Johnson (director); David Preston, Edith Rey, Daniel Goldberg, Len Blum (screenplay); Peter Strauss, Molly Ringwald, Ernie Hudson, Michael Ironside, Andrea Marcovicci, Beeson Carroll, Hrant Alianak, Deborah Pratt, Aleisa Shirley, Cali Timmins, Reggie Bennett, Harold Ramis | Space Western | Live action | ||
| 25 | Return of the Jedi | 20th Century Fox / Lucasfilm | Richard Marquand (director); Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas (screenplay); Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse, James Earl Jones, Ian McDiarmid, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, Frank Oz, Alec Guinness, Sebastian Shaw, Michael Pennington, Kenneth Colley, Michael Carter, Denis Lawson, Tim Rose, Dermot Crowley, Caroline Blakiston, Warwick Davis, Jeremy Bulloch, Femi Taylor, Annie Arbogast, Jack Purvis, Mike Edmonds, Jane Busby, Nicki Reade, Debbie Carrington, Sadie Corre, Tony Cox, Phil Fondacaro, Ben Burtt, Richard Marquand, Mike Quinn, Deep Roy, Phil Tippett, Larry Ward, Robert Watts | Sci-Fi, Fantasy | Live action | |
| 27 | Chained Heat | Jensen Farley Pictures / Intercontinental / TAT Filmproduktion | Paul Nicholas (director/screenplay); Aaron Butler (screenplay); Linda Blair, John Vernon, Sybil Danning, Tamara Dobson, Stella Stevens, Sharon Hughes, Henry Silva, Edy Williams, Nita Talbot, Louisa Moritz, Michael Callan, Greta Blackburn, Kate Vernon | Exploitation | Live action | |
| J U N E |
3 | The Man with Two Brains | Warner Bros. / Aspen Film Society | Carl Reiner (director/screenplay); Steve Martin, George Gipe (screenplay); Steve Martin, Kathleen Turner, David Warner, Paul Benedict, George Furth, Peter Hobbs, Earl Boen, Randi Brooks, James Cromwell, Frank McCarthy, Estelle Reiner, Merv Griffin, Jeffrey Combs, Sissy Spacek | Sci-Fi, Comedy | Live action |
| Psycho II | Universal Pictures / Oak Industries | Richard Franklin (director); Tom Holland (screenplay); Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Meg Tilly, Robert Loggia, Dennis Franz, Hugh Gillin, Robert Alan Browne, Claudia Bryar, Ben Hartigan, Lee Garlington, Jill Caroll | Slasher | Live action | ||
| WarGames | MGM/UA Entertainment Company / United Artists / Sherwood Productions | John Badham (director); Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes (screenplay); Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Ally Sheedy, Barry Corbin, Juanin Clay, Dennis Lipscomb, Michael Ensign, William Bogert, John Spencer, Michael Madsen, Alan Blumenfeld, Maury Chaykin, Eddie Deezen, Art LaFleur, Stack Pierce, Stephen Lee, Jesse Goins, James Tolkan, Joe Dorsey, Susan Davis, Irving Metzman, James Ackerman | Sci-Fi, Thriller | Live action | ||
| 8 | Trading Places | Paramount Pictures | John Landis (director); Timothy Harris, Herschel Weingrod (screenplay); Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Denholm Elliott, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kristin Holby, Paul Gleason, Robert Curtis Brown, Alfred Drake, Jim Belushi, Bo Diddley, Kelly Curtis, Frank Oz, Richard Hunt, Tom Davis, Al Franken, Ron Taylor, J.T. Turner, Giancarlo Esposito, Avon Long, Don McLeod | Comedy | Live action | |
| 10 | Octopussy | United International Pictures / United Artists / Eon Productions | John Glen (director); George MacDonald Fraser, Richard Maibaum, Michael G. Wilson (screenplay); Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan, Kristina Wayborn, Kabir Bedi, Steven Berkoff, David Meyer, Anthony Meyer, Desmond Llewelyn, Robert Brown, Lois Maxwell, Michaela Clavell, Walter Gotell, Vijay Amritraj, Geoffrey Keen, Douglas Wilmer, Albert Moses, Paul Hardwick, Eva Rueber-Staier, Peter Porteous, Andy Bradford, Gary Russell | Spy | Live action | |
| 17 | Superman III | Warner Bros. / Dovemead Ltd. | Richard Lester (director); David Newman, Leslie Newman (screenplay); Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Annette O'Toole, Annie Ross, Pamela Stephenson, Robert Vaughn, Margot Kidder, Gavan O'Herlihy, Shane Rimmer, Pamela Mandell | Superhero | Live action | |
| 22 | The Survivors | Columbia Pictures | Michael Ritchie (director); Michael Lesson (screenplay); Walter Matthau, Robin Williams, Jerry Reed, Kristen Vigard, James Wainwright, Skipp Lynch, Annie McEnroe, John Goodman, Marian Hailey, Joseph Carberry, Meg Mundy, Marilyn Cooper | Comedy | Live action | |
| 24 | Porky's II: The Next Day | 20th Century Fox / Astral Films | Bob Clark (director/screenplay); Roger Swaybill, Alan Ormsby (screenplay); Dan Monahan, Wyatt Knight, Mark Herrier, Roger Wilson, Cyril O'Reilly, Tony Ganios, Kaki Hunter, Scott Colomby, Nancy Parsons, Joseph Runningfox, Eric Christmas, Bill Wiley, Edward Winter, Ilse Earl, Cisse Cameron, Art Hindle, Jack Mulcahy, Bill Hindman, Mal Jones, Richard Liberty, Fred Buch, Will Knickerbocker | Comedy | Live action | |
| Twilight Zone: The Movie | Warner Bros. | John Landis (director/screenplay); Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante, George Miller (directors); George Clayton Johnson, Richard Matheson, Melissa Mathison (screenplay); Dan Aykroyd, Albert Brooks, Scatman Crothers, John Lithgow, Vic Morrow, Kathleen Quinlan, Doug McGrath, Charles Hallahan, Kai Wulff, Steven Williams, Al Leong, Stephen Bishop, Thomas Byrd, John Larroquette, Bill Quinn, Martin Garner, Selma Diamond, Helen Shaw, Murray Matheson, Peter Brocco, Priscilla Pointer, Scott Nemes, Tanya Fenmore, Evan Richards, Laura Mooney, Christopher Eisenmann, Richard Swingler, Alan Haufrect, Cheryl Socher, Elsa Raven, Jeremy Licht, Kevin McCarthy, Patricia Barry, William Schallert, Nancy Cartwright, Dick Miller, Cherie Currie, Bill Mumy, Jeffrey Bannister, Abbe Lane, Donna Dixon, John Dennis Johnston, Larry Cedar, Christina Nigra, Eduard Franz, Jeffrey Weissman, Rainer Peets, Sue Dugan, Debby Porter, Annette Claudier, Joseph Hieu, Myca Dinh Le, Renee Shin-Yi Chen, Vincent J. Isaac, Bill Taylor, William S. Taylor, Eddy Donno, Michael Milgron, Norbert Weisser, Charles Knapp, Byron McFarland, Lana Schwab, Margaret Wheeler, Margaret Fitzgerald, Carol Serling, Jeffrey Lampert, Frank Toth | Sci-Fi, Horror, Anthology | Live action | ||
| Yellowbeard | Orion Pictures / Hemdale Film Corporation | Mel Damski (director); Graham Chapman, Peter Cook, Bernard McKenna, David Sherlock (screenplay); Graham Chapman, Peter Boyle, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Peter Cook, Marty Feldman, Martin Hewitt, Michael Hordern, Eric Idle, Madeline Kahn, James Mason, John Cleese, Kenneth Mars, Spike Milligan, Stacey Nelkin, Nigel Planer, Susannah York, Beryl Reid, Ferdy Mayne, Peter Bull, Bernard Fox, Nigel Stock, Monte Landis, David Bowie, Greta Blackburn | Comedy | Live action | ||
July–September[]
| Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J U L Y |
1 | Stroker Ace | Universal Pictures / Warner Bros. / Yahi Productions | Hal Needham (director/screenplay); Hugh Wilson (screenplay); Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Jim Nabors, Parker Stevenson, Loni Anderson, John Byner, Frank O. Hill, Cassandra Peterson, Bubba Smith, Warren Stevens, Alfie Wise, Cary Guffey, Dale Earnhardt, Richard Petty, Neil Bonnett, Harry Gant, Terry Labonte, Kyle Petty, Benny Parsons, Tim Richmond, Ricky Rudd, Cale Yarborough, Ken Squier, David Hobbs, Chris Economaki | Action, Comedy, Sports | Live action |
| 6 | Class | Orion Pictures | Lewis John Carlino (director); Jim Kouf, David Greenwalt (screenplay); Rob Lowe, Jacqueline Bisset, Andrew McCarthy, Cliff Robertson, John Cusack, Alan Ruck, Virginia Madsen | Comedy, Drama | Live action | |
| 15 | Staying Alive | Paramount Pictures / RSO Records | Sylvester Stallone (director/screenplay); Norman Wexler (screenplay); John Travolta, Cynthia Rhodes, Finola Hughes, Steve Inwood, Julie Bovasso, Charles Ward, Norma Donaldson, Jesse Doran, Joyce Hyser, Frank Stallone, Kurtwood Smith, Sylvester Stallone | Dance, Musical | Live action | |
| Zelig | Warner Bros. / Orion Pictures | Woody Allen (director/screenplay); Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Mary Louise Wilson, John Rothman, Deborah Rush, Will Holt, Peter McRobbie, Susan Sontag, Irving Howe, Saul Bellow, Bricktop, Dr. Bruno Bettelheim, Professor John Morton Blum, Charles Lindbergh, Al Capone, Clara Bow, William Randolph Hearst, Marion Davies, Charlie Chaplin, Josephine Baker, Fanny Brice, Carole Lombard, Dolores del Río, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Göring, James Cagney, Jimmy Walker, Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth, Adolphe Menjou, Claire Windsor, Tom Mix, Marie Dressler, Bobby Jones, Pope Pius XI | Mockumentary | Live action | ||
| 22 | Jaws 3-D | Universal Pictures / Alan Landsburg Productions / MCA Theatricals | Joe Alves (director); Richard Matheson, Carl Gottlieb (screenplay); Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Simon MacCorkindale, Louis Gossett Jr., John Putch, Lea Thompson, P.H. Moriarty, Kaye Stevens, Dan Blasko, Liz Morris, Harry Grant, Lisa Maurer | Horror, Thriller | Live action | |
| Mr. Mom | 20th Century Fox / Sherwood Productions | Stan Dragoti (director); John Hughes (screenplay); Michael Keaton, Teri Garr, Martin Mull, Ann Jillian, Christopher Lloyd, Frederick Koehler, Taliesin Jaffe, Courtney and Brittany White, Jeffrey Tambor, Graham Jarvis, Miriam Flynn, Carolyn Seymour, Patti Deutsch | Comedy | Live action | ||
| 29 | Krull | Columbia Pictures / Barclays Mercantile / Industrial Finance | Peter Yates (director); Stanford Sherman (screenplay); Ken Marshall, Lysette Anthony, Freddie Jones, Francesca Annis, Trevor Martin, David Battley, Bernard Bresslaw, Alun Armstrong, Liam Neeson, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Elphick, Dicken Ashworth, Todd Carty, Bronco McLoughlin, Gerard Naprous, Andy Bradford, Bill Weston, John Welsh, Graham McGrath, Tony Church, Clare McIntyre, Belinda Mayne | Sci-Fi, Fantasy | Live action | |
| National Lampoon's Vacation | Warner Bros. | Harold Ramis (director); John Hughes (screenplay); Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Imogene Coca, Randy Quaid, John Candy, Christie Brinkley, Anthony Michael Hall, Dana Barron, Miriam Flynn, Eddie Bracken, Brian Doyle-Murray, James Keach, Eugene Levy, Frank McRae, Jane Krakowski, John P. Navin Jr., Mickey Jones, John Diehl, Harold Ramis, Violet Ramis, James Staley | Comedy | Live action | ||
| Private School | Universal Pictures | Noel Black (director); Dan Greenburg, Suzanne O'Malley (screenplay); Phoebe Cates, Betsy Russell, Matthew Modine, Michael Zorek, Ray Walston, Sylvia Kristel, Fran Ryan, Kathleen Wilhoite, Jonathan Prince, Kari Lizer, Julie Payne, Frank Aletter, Frances Bay, Lynda Wiesmeier | Teen, Comedy | Live action | ||
| A U G U S T |
5 | Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island | Warner Bros. / Warner Bros. Animation | Chuck Jones, Phil Monroe, Robert McKimson (directors); Friz Freleng (director/screenplay); Mel Blanc, June Foray, Les Tremayne | Family, Comedy | Live action |
| Get Crazy | Embassy Pictures | Allan Arkush (director); Danny Opatoshu, Henry Rosenbaum, David Taylor (screenplay); Malcolm McDowell, Allen Garfield, Daniel Stern, Gail Edwards, Ed Begley Jr., Miles Chapin, Stacey Nelkin, Bill Henderson, Lou Reed, Howard Kaylan, Lori Eastside, Lee Ving, John Densmore, Anna Bjorn, Robert Picardo, Bobby Sherman, Fabian Forte, Franklyn Ajaye, Paul Bartel, Dan Frischman, Mary Woronov, Clint Howard, Denise Galik, Linnea Quigley, Jackie Joseph, Dick Miller, Chuck Hanson, Susan Saiger, Barry Diamond | Musical, Comedy | Live action | ||
| Risky Business | Warner Bros. / The Geffen Film Company | Paul Brickman (director/screenplay); Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay, Joe Pantoliano, Nicholas Pryor, Janet Carroll, Richard Masur, Curtis Armstrong, Bronson Pinchot, Shera Danese, Raphael Sbarge, Bruce A. Young, Kevin Anderson, Nathan Davis, Fern Persons, Anne Lockhart | Teen, Comedy | Live action | ||
| The Star Chamber | 20th Century Fox / Frank Yablans Presentations | Peter Hyams (director/screenplay); Roderick Taylor (screenplay); Michael Douglas, Hal Holbrook, Yaphet Kotto, Sharon Gless, James B. Sikking, Joe Regalbuto, Don Calfa, David Faustino, Larry Hankin, Dick Anthony Williams, DeWayne Jessie, David Proval, Michael Ensign, Diana Douglas, Frances Bergen, Robert Costanzo | Crime, Thriller | Live action | ||
| Twice Upon a Time | Warner Bros. / Korty Films / Lucasfilm / The Ladd Company | John Korty, Charles Swenson (directors/screenplay); Suella Kennedy, Bill Couturié (screenplay); Lorenzo Music, Julie Payne, James Cranna, Hamilton Camp, Marshall Efron, Paul Frees, Judith Kahan Kampmann | Fantasy, Comedy | Animation | ||
| 12 | Cujo | Warner Bros. / Taft Entertainment / Sunn Classic Pictures | Lewis Teague (director); Don Carlos Dunaway, Barbara Turner (screenplay); Dee Wallace, Daniel Hugh-Kelly, Danny Pintauro, Christopher Stone, Ed Lauter, Kaiulani Lee, Billy Jacoby, Mills Watson, Jerry Hardin, Sandy Ward, Arthur Rosenberg | Horror | Live action | |
| Curse of the Pink Panther | MGM/UA Entertainment Company / United Artists / Blake Edwards Entertainment / Tilt Productions Inc. | Blake Edwards (director/screenplay); Geoffrey Edwards (screenplay); Ted Wass, Herbert Lom, David Niven, Robert Wagner, Capucine, Robert Loggia, Joanna Lumley, André Maranne, Burt Kwouk, Harvey Korman, Leslie Ash, Ed Parker, Bill Nighy, Roger Moore, Liz Smith, Michael Elphick, Hugh Fraser, Joe Morton, Denise Crosby, Peter Arne | Comedy | Live action | ||
| The Man Who Wasn't There | Paramount Pictures | Bruce Malmuth (director); Stanford Sherman (screenplay); Steve Guttenberg, Jeffrey Tambor, Art Hindle, Morgan Hart, Lisa Langlois, William Forsythe, Ron Canada, Michael Ensign, Richard Paul, Miguel Ferrer | Comedy | Live action | ||
| Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 | Universal Pictures | Dick Lowry (director); Stuart Birnbaum, David Dashev (screenplay); Jackie Gleason, Paul Williams, Pat McCormick, Jerry Reed, Mike Henry, Colleen Camp, Faith Minton, Burt Reynolds, Ava Cadell, Dick Lowry, Jackie Davis, Raymond Forchion | Action, Comedy | Live action | ||
| 15 | Prisoners of the Lost Universe | Premier Releasing / Marcel/Robertson / United Media Finance Ltd. | Terry Marcel (director); Richard Hatch, Kay Lenz, John Saxon, Bill Flynn, Danie Voges, Peter O'Farrell, Ray Charleson, Kenneth Hendel, Philip Van der Byl, Dawn Abraham, Ron Smerczac, Charles Comyn, Ian Steadman, Myles Robertson | Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Action | Live action | |
| 19 | Easy Money | Orion Pictures | James Signorelli (director); Dennis Blair, Rodney Dangerfield, Michael Endler, P.J. O'Rourke (screenplay); Rodney Dangerfield, Joe Pesci, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Candy Azzara, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeffrey Jones, Taylor Negron, Tom Noonan, Val Avery, Tom Ewell, Lili Haydn, Kimberly McArthur, Jeffrey Altman, Arch Johnson, Mary Pat Gleason | Comedy | Live action | |
| Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn | Universal Pictures / Arista Films | Charles Band (director); Alan J. Adler (screenplay); Jeffrey Byron, Mike Preston, Tim Thomerson, Kelly Preston, Richard Moll, R. David Smith, Larry Pennel, Marty Zagon, Mickey Fox | Sci-Fi | Live action | ||
| Yor, the Hunter from the Future | Diamant Film / RAI-Radio Televisione Italiana | Antonio Margheriti (director/screenplay); Robert Bailey (screenplay); Reb Brown, Corinne Cléry, John Steiner, Carole André, Ayshe Gul, Aytekin Akkaya, Sergio Nicolai | Sci-Fi, Fantasy | Live action | ||
| 26 | Daniel | Paramount Pictures | Sidney Lumet (director); E.L. Doctorow (screenplay); Timothy Hutton, Mandy Patinkin, Lindsay Crouse, Edward Asner, Peter Friedman, Lee Richardson, Carmen Mathews, Tovah Feldshuh, Ellen Barkin, Amanda Plummer, Julie Bovasso, John Rubinstein, Colin Stinton, Maria Tucci, Ilan M. Mitchell Smith, Will Lee, David Margulies, Leo Burmester, Rosetta LeNoire, Ron McLarty, Daniel Stern, Lee Wallace, Norman Parker, Joseph Leon, Rita Zohar, Jena Greco, Dael Cohen, Sonia Zomina | Drama | Live action | |
| Fire and Ice | 20th Century Fox / Producers Sales Organization | Ralph Bakshi (director); Gerry Conway, Roy Thomas (screenplay); Susan Tyrrell, Maggie Roswell, Steve Sandor, Leo Gordon, James Bridges, Nathan Purdee, Le Tari, William Ostrander, Stephen Mendel, Elizabeth Lloyd Shaw, Micky Morton, Clare Nono, Big Yank, Greg Wayne Elam, Alan Koss, Hans Howes, Shane Callan, Archie Hamilton, Michael Kellogg, Douglas Payton, Dale Park, Ray Oliver | Epic, Fantasy, Adventure | Adult animation | ||
| Hercules | Cannon Italia SrL / Golan-Globus | Luigi Cozzi (director/screenplay); Lou Ferrigno, Sybil Danning, Brad Harris, Ingrid Anderson, Rossana Podestà, Mirella D'Angelo, William Berger, Bobby Rhodes, Gianni Garko, Yehuda Efroni, Delia Boccardo, Claudio Cassinelli, Frank Garland, Gabriella Giorgelli, Ralph Baldassar, Eva Robin's | Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Adventure | Live action | ||
| Strange Brew | MGM/UA Entertainment Co. | Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas (directors/screenplay); Steve De Jarnatt (screenplay); Dave Thomas, Rick Moranis, Paul Dooley, Max von Sydow, Lynne Griffin, Angus MacInnes, Mel Blanc, Douglas Campbell, Tom Harvey, Len Doncheff, Chris Benson | Comedy | Live action | ||
| 28 | Young Warriors | Cannon Home Video / Star Cinema Productions / Cannon Films | Lawrence D. Foldes (director/screenplay); Russell W. Colgin (screenplay); Ernest Borgnine, Richard Roundtree, Lynda Day George, James Van Patten, Anne Lockhart, Tom Reilly, Ed De Stefane, Dick Shawn, Mike Norris, Linnea Quigley | Crime, Drama | Live action | |
| S E P T E M B E R |
2 | Escape from the Bronx | Fulvia Film | Enzo G. Castellari (director/screenplay); Tito Carpi (screenplay); Mark Gregory, Timothy Brent, Valeria D'Obici, Henry Silva, Antonio Sabato, Enio Girolami, Paolo Malco, Eva Czemerys, Alessandro Prete, Moana Pozzi, Carla Brait, Massimo Vanni, Enzo G. Castellari | Action | Live action |
| Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence | Universal Pictures / Recorded Picture Company / Oshima Productions | Nagisa Ōshima (director/screenplay); Paul Mayersberg (screenplay); David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takeshi Kitano, Jack Thompson, Alistair Browning, Yuya Uchida, Rokko Toura, Kan Mikami, Hideo Murota, Johnny Okura, James Malcolm, Ryunosuke Kaneda, Takashi Naitō, Tamio Ishikura | War | Live action | ||
| Mortuary | Citadel Films / Artists Releasing Corporation / Film Ventures International | Howard Avedis (director/screenplay); Mary McDonough, David Wallace, Bill Paxton, Lynda Day George, Christopher George, Alvy Moore, Marlene Schmidt, Bill Conklin, Curt Ayers, Donna Garrett, Danny Rogers, Greg Kaye, Denis Mandel | Slasher | Live action | ||
| 5 | Streamers | United Artists | Robert Altman (director); David Rabe (screenplay); Matthew Modine, Michael Wright, Mitchell Lichtenstein, David Allen Grier, Guy Boyd | War, Drama | Live action | |
| 9 | Nightmares | Universal Pictures | Joseph Sargent (director); Jeffrey Bloom, Christopher Crowe (screenplay); Emilio Estevez, Cristina Raines, Lance Henriksen, Richard Masur, Veronica Cartwright, Anthony James, William Sanderson, Lee Ving, Clare Nono, Louis Giambalvo, Mariclare Costello, Moon Unit Zappa, Billy Jayne, James Tolkan, Tony Plana, Timothy Scott, Robin Gammell, Rose Mary Campos, Bridgette Andersen, Albert Hague | Horror, Anthology | Live action | |
| 16 | Heat and Dust | Universal Studios / Curzon Film Distributors / Merchant Ivory Productions | James Ivory (director); Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (screenplay); Greta Scacchi, Shashi Kapoor, Julie Christie, Christopher Cazenove, Nickolas Grace, Zakir Hussain, Julian Glover, Susan Fleetwood, Patrick Godfrey, Jennifer Kendal, Charles McCaughan, Madhur Jaffrey, Barry Foster | Historical, Romantic, Drama | Live action | |
| Revenge of the Ninja | MGM/UA Entertainment Co. / The Cannon Group | Sam Firstenberg (director); James Silke (screenplay); Sho Kosugi, Keith Vitali, Virgil Frye, Kane Kosugi, Professor Toru Tanaka, Arthur Roberts, Ashley Ferrare, Mario Gallo, Grace Oshita, John LaMotta | Martial Arts, Thriller | Live action | ||
| Strange Invaders | Orion Pictures / EMI Films | Michael Laughlin (director/screenplay); Bill Condon, Walter Halsey Davis (screenplay); Paul Le Mat, Nancy Allen, Diana Scarwid, Michael Lerner, Louise Fletcher, Wallace Shawn, Fiona Lewis, Kenneth Tobey, June Lockhart, Charles Lane, Lulu Sylbert, Joel Cohen, Dan Shor, Dey Young, Jack Kehler, Mark Goddard, Thomas Kopache, Bobby Pickett | Sci-Fi | Live action | ||
| Vigilante | Artists Releasing Corporation / Magnum Motion Pictures Inc. | William Lustig (director); Richard Vetere (screenplay); Robert Forster, Fred Williamson, Richard Bright, Rutanya Alda, Don Blakely, Joseph Carberry, Willie Colón, Joe Spinell, Carol Lynley, Woody Strode, Steve James, Vincent Beck, Frank Pesce | Vigilante | Live action | ||
| 21 | Educating Rita | Columbia Pictures / Acorn Pictures | Lewis Gilbert (director); Willy Russell (screenplay); Michael Caine, Julie Walters, Michael Williams, Dearbhla Molloy, Jeananne Crowley, Malcolm Douglas, Godfrey Quigley, Patricia Jeffares, Maeve Germaine, Maureen Lipman, Gerry Sullivan, Pat Daly, Kim Fortune, Philip Hurdwood, Hilary Reynolds, Jack Walsh, Christopher Casson, Gabrielle Reidy, Des Nealon, Marie Conmee, Oliver Maguire, Derry Power, Alan Stanford | Comedy, Drama | Live action | |
| 23 | Eddie and the Cruisers | Embassy Pictures / Aurora Productions | Martin Davidson (director/screenplay); Arlene Davidson (screenplay); Tom Berenger, Michael Paré, Joe Pantoliano, Matthew Laurance, Helen Schneider, David Wilson, Michael "Tunes" Antunes, Ellen Barkin, Kenny Vance | Drama, Musical | Live action | |
| Pieces | International Films Distribution / Artists Releasing Corporation / Film Ventures International / Almena Films / Fort Films / Spectacular Film Productions | J. Piquer Simon (director); Dick Randall, Roberto Loyola (screenplay); Christopher George, Linda Day, Frank Braña, Ian Sera, Edmund Purdom, Paul L. Smith, Jack Taylor, Isabelle Luque, Gérard Tichy, Hilda Fuchs, May Heatherly, Alejandro Hernández, Roxana Nieto, Cristina Cottrelli, Leticia Marfil, Silvia Gambino, Carmen Aguado, Paco Alvez | Slasher | Live action | ||
| 28 | The Big Chill | Columbia Pictures / Carson Productions | Lawrence Kasdan (director/screenplay); Barbara Benedek (screenplay); Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly, JoBeth Williams, Don Galloway, Kevin Costner, James Gillis, Ken Place | Comedy, Drama | Live action | |
| 30 | Brainstorm | MGM/UA Entertainment Company | Douglas Trumbull (director); Philip Frank Messina, Robert Stitzel (screenplay); Christopher Walken, Natalie Wood, Louise Fletcher, Cliff Robertson, Jordan Christopher, Donald Hotton, Alan Fudge, Joe Dorsey, Bill Morey, Jason Lively, Georgianne Walken | Sci-Fi | Live action | |
| Going Berserk | Universal Pictures | David Steinberg (director/screenplay); Dana Olsen (screenplay); John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Alley Mills, Pat Hingle, Richard Libertini, Paul Dooley, Dixie Carter, Murphy Dunne, Bill Saluga, Ernie Hudson, Kurtwood Smith, Julius Harris, Elinor Donahue, Eve Brent Ashe, Ann Bronston, Kathy Bendett, Elizabeth Kerr, Dan Barrows, Brenda Currin, Frantz Turner, Gloria Gifford | Comedy | Live action | ||
| The Honorary Consul | Paramount Pictures | John Mackenzie (director); Christopher Hampton (screenplay); Michael Caine, Richard Gere, Bob Hoskins, Elpidia Carrillo, Joaquim de Almeida, A Martinez, Geoffrey Palmer | Drama | Live action | ||
| The Lonely Lady | Universal Pictures | Peter Sasdy (director); John Kershaw, Shawn Randall (screenplay); Pia Zadora, Lloyd Bochner, Bibi Besch, Joseph Cali, Anthony Holland, Jared Martin, Ray Liotta, Kerry Shale, Sandra Dickinson, Glory Annen Clibbery, Lou Hirsch, Ed Bishop, Shane Rimmer, Gianni Rizzo, Mickey Knox, Kenneth Nelson, Jay Benedict, Billy J. Mitchell, Kieran Canter, Carolyn De Fonseca, Edward Mannix, Colette Hiller, Ted Rusoff, David Zed, Attilio Dottesio | Drama | Live action | ||
October–December[]
| Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O C T O B E R |
7 | Never Cry Wolf | Buena Vista Distribution / Amarok Productions Ltd. | Carroll Ballard (director); Curtis Hanson, Sam Hamm, Richard Kletter (screenplay); Charles Martin Smith, Brian Dennehy, Tom Dahlgren, Zachary Ittimangnaq, Samson Jorah, Martha Ittimangnaq, Hugh Webster, Walker Stuart | Drama | Live action |
| Never Say Never Again | Warner Bros. / Taliafilm / Producers Sales Organization | Irvin Kershner (director); Lorenzo Semple Jr. (screenplay); Sean Connery, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Max von Sydow, Barbara Carrera, Kim Basinger, Bernie Casey, Alec McCowen, Edward Fox, Rowan Atkinson, Saskia Cohen-Tanugi, Gavan O'Herlihy, Ronald Pickup, Pamela Salem, Valerie Leon, Prunella Gee, Pat Roach, Anthony Sharp | Spy | Live action | ||
| Romantic Comedy | MGM/UA Entertainment Co. / Taft Entertainment | Arthur Hiller (director); Bernard Slade (screenplay); Dudley Moore, Mary Steenburgen, Frances Sternhagen, Janet Eilber, Robyn Douglass, Ron Leibman | Romance, Comedy | Live action | ||
| 9 | Tiger Town | Walt Disney Television / Buena Vista Television | Alan Shapiro (director/screenplay); Roy Scheider, Justin Henry, Ron McLarty, Sparky Anderson | Sports, Drama | Live action | |
| 21 | All the Right Moves | 20th Century Fox | Michael Chapman (director); Michael Kane (screenplay); Tom Cruise, Craig T. Nelson, Lea Thompson, Charles Cioffi, Gary Graham, Paul Carafotes, Chris Penn, Leon, Sandy Faison, James A. Baffico, Mel Winkler, Terry O'Quinn | Sports, Drama | Live action | |
| The Dead Zone | Paramount Pictures / Dino De Laurentiis Company | David Cronenberg (director); Jeffrey Boam (screenplay); Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt, Herbert Lom, Anthony Zerbe, Colleen Dewhurst, Martin Sheen, Nicholas Campbell, Simon Craig, Géza Kovács | Sci-Fi, Thriller | Live action | ||
| The Right Stuff | Warner Bros. / The Ladd Company | Philip Kaufman (director/screenplay); Charles Frank, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Lance Henriksen, Scott Paulin, Dennis Quaid, Sam Shepard, Fred Ward, Kim Stanley, Barbara Hershey, Veronica Cartwright, Pamela Reed, Jane Dornacker, Harry Shearer, Jeff Goldblum, Donald Moffat, Levon Helm, Mary Jo Deschanel, Scott Wilson, Kathy Baker, Mickey Crocker, Susan Kase, Mittie Smith, Royal Dano, David Clennon, Scott Beach, John P. Ryan, Eric Sevareid, William Russ, Robert Beer, Peggy Davis, John Dehner, Royce Grones, Brigadier General Chuck Yeager, Anthony Muñoz, David Gulpilil, Ed Sullivan, Bill Dana, Yuri Gagarin, Nikita Khrushchev, Georgi Malenkov, Nikolai Bulganin, Kliment Voroshilov, Anastas Mikoyan, Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Alan Shepard, James E. Webb | Epic, Historical, Drama | Live action | ||
| Rumble Fish | Universal Pictures / Zoetrope Studios | Francis Ford Coppola (director/screenplay); S.E. Hinton (screenplay); Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Vincent Spano, Diane Lane, Diana Scarwid, Nicolas Cage, Dennis Hopper, Chris Penn, Larry Fishburne, William Smith, Glenn Withrow, Tom Waits, Michael Higgins, Sofia Coppola, S.E. Hinton | Drama | Live action | ||
| Under Fire | Orion Pictures | Roger Spottiswoode (director); Ron Shelton, Clayton Frohman (screenplay); Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Richard Masur, Ed Harris, René Enriquez, Hamilton Camp, Eloy Casados, Jenny Gago, Alma Martínez, Jorge Zepeda | Thriller | Live action | ||
| 28 | The Wicked Lady | MGM/UA / The Cannon Group | Michael Winner (director/screenplay); Leslie Arliss, Aimée Stuart, Gordon Glennon (screenplay); Faye Dunaway, Alan Bates, John Gielgud, Denholm Elliott, Hugh Millais, Prunella Scales, Oliver Tobias, Glynis Barber, Joan Hickson, Helena McCarthy, Mollie Maureen, Derek Francis, Marina Sirtis, Nicholas Gecks, John Savident, Marc Sinden, Mark Burns | Drama | Live action | |
| N O V E M B E R |
2 | National Lampoon's Movie Madness | United Artists / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Matty Simmons Productions | Bob Giraldi, Henry Jaglom (directors); Tod Carroll, Gerald Sussman, Shary Flenniken, Pat Mephitis, Ellis Weiner (screenplay); Peter Riegert, Diane Lane, Candy Clark, Teresa Ganzel, Schnootie Neff, Andy Shakman, Tamar Howard, Ian Fried, Nedra Volz, Trinidad Silva, John Lawlor, Ann Dusenberry, Robert Culp, Titos Vandis, Bobby Di Cicco, Joe Spinell, Margaret Whitton, Fred Willard, Olympia Dukakis, Mary Woronov, Dick Miller, George Dickerson, Jake Steinfeld, Robby Benson, Richard Widmark, Christopher Lloyd, Barry Diamond, Julie Kavner, Elisha Cook, Henny Youngman, Bill Kirchenbauer, Harry Reems, Rockne Tarkington, Rhea Perlman, Lee Wilkof | Comedy | Live action |
| 4 | Deal of the Century | Warner Bros. | William Friedkin (director); Paul Brickman (screenplay); Chevy Chase, Sigourney Weaver, Gregory Hines, Vince Edwards, Wallace Shawn, Richard Libertini, William Marquez, Eduardo Ricard, Richard Herd, Graham Jarvis, Randi Brooks, Ebbe Roe Smith, Ray Manzarek, Jack Angel, Charles Levin, Pepe Serna, Wilfredo Hernández, John Davey, Miguel Piñero, Maurice Marsac, Joe Ross, Jonathan Terry, Robert Cornthwaite, Jo Marie Payton-Noble, Tony Plana, John Hancock, Helen Martin, Eddie Hice, John Reilly, Louis Giambalvo, Robert Alan Browne, Bradford English, Jim Ishida, Michael Yama, Judith Baldwin, Robert David Hall, Tracey Walter, Tom Willett | Comedy | Live action | |
| Experience Preferred... But Not Essential | Goldcrest Films | Peter Duffell (director); June Roberts, Jack Rosenthal (screenplay); Elizabeth Edmonds, Sue Wallace, Geraldine Griffiths, Karen Meagher, Maggie Wilkinson, Ron Bain, Alun Lewis, Robert Blythe, Roy Heather, Peter Doran, Arwen Holm, Sion Tudor Owen, Robert Gwilym, Mostyn Evans, Paul Haley, Margo Jenkins, Jerry Brooke | Drama | Live action | ||
| From Russia with Love (re-issue) | MGM/UA Entertainment Co. / Eon Productions | Terence Young (director); Richard Maibaum (screenplay); Sean Connery, Pedro Armendáriz, Lotte Lenya, Robert Shaw, Bernard Lee, Daniela Bianchi, Eunice Gayson, Walter Gotell, Francis de Wolff, George Pastell, Nadja Regin, Lois Maxwell, Aliza Gur, Martin Beswick, Vladek Sheybal, Leila | Spy, Action | Live Action | ||
| Moonraker (re-issue) | MGM/UA Entertainment Co. / Eon Productions | Lewis Gilbert (director); Christopher Wood (screenplay); Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, Michael Lonsdale, Richard Kiel, Corinne Cléry, Bernard Lee, Geoffrey Keen, Desmond Llewelyn, Lois Maxwell, Toshiro Suga, Emily Bolton, Blanche Ravalec, Irka Bochenko, Michael Marshall, Leila Shenna, Anne Lonnberg, Jean-Pierre Castaldi, Walter Gotell, Alfie Bass, Claude Carliez | Spy, Action | Live Action | ||
| The Osterman Weekend | 20th Century Fox / Davis-Panzer Productions / Osterman Weekend Associates | Sam Peckinpah (director); Alan Sharp (screenplay); Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Craig T. Nelson, Dennis Hopper, Burt Lancaster, Chris Sarandon, Meg Foster, Helen Shaver, Cassie Yates, Sandy McPeak, Merete Van Kamp, Christopher Starr | Thriller | Live action | ||
| Running Brave | Buena Vista Distribution / Englander Productions | Donald Shebib (director); Henry Bean, Shirl Hendryx (screenplay); Robby Benson, Pat Hingle, Claudia Cron, Jeff McCracken, Graham Greene, Wendell Smith | Biography, Sports, Drama | Live action | ||
| Testament | Paramount Pictures | Lynne Littman (director); John Sacret Young (screenplay); Jane Alexander, William Devane, Leon Ames, Lukas Haas, Roxana Zal, Kevin Costner, Rebecca De Mornay | Drama | Live action | ||
| 10 | Star 80 | Warner Bros. / The Ladd Company | Bob Fosse (director/screenplay); Mariel Hemingway, Eric Roberts, Cliff Robertson, Carroll Baker, Roger Rees, David Clennon, Stuart Damon, Josh Mostel, Jordan Christopher, Ernest Thompson, Tina Willson, James Luisi, Sidney Miller, Deborah Geffner, Lisa Gordon, Shelly Ingram, Neva Patterson, Terence Kelly, Stanley Kamel, Cis Rundle, Kathryn Witt, Gwen Welles, Robert Picardo, Keith Hefner, Budd Friedman, Keenen Ivory Wayans | Biography, Drama | Live action | |
| Unico in the Island of Magic | Madhouse / Televisa / Discotek Media | Moribi Murano (director); Masaki Tsuji (screenplay) | Adventure, Family | Animation | ||
| 18 | Amityville 3-D | Orion Pictures | Richard Fleischer (director); David Ambrose (screenplay); Tony Roberts, Tess Harper, Robert Joy, Candy Clark, Lori Loughlin, Meg Ryan, Neill Barry, Josefina Echánove | Horror | Live action | |
| The Being | Best Film & Video Corp. / New World Pictures / Aquarius Films / Crest Films / Cybelle Productions | Jackie Kong (director/screenplay); Martin Landau, José Ferrer, Dorothy Malone, Ruth Buzzi, Marianne Gordon Rogers, Bill Osco | Horror | Live action | ||
| A Christmas Story | MGM/UA Entertainment Co. | Bob Clark (director/screenplay); Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown (screenplay); Peter Billingsley, Jean Shepherd, Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, Ian Petrella, Scott Schwartz, R. D. Robb, Zack Ward, Yano Anaya, Tedde Moore, Jeff Gillen, Leslie Carlson | Comedy | Live action | ||
| Nate and Hayes | Paramount Pictures / Phillips-Whitehouse Productions | Ferdinand Fairfax (director); John Hughes, David Odell (screenplay); Tommy Lee Jones, Michael O'Keefe, Max Phipps, Jenny Seagrove, Grant Tilly, Peter Rowley, Prince Tui Teka | Adventure | Live action | ||
| A Night in Heaven | 20th Century Fox | John G. Avildsen (director); Joan Tewkesbury (screenplay); Christopher Atkins, Lesley Ann Warren, Robert Logan, Deney Terrio, Deborah Rush, Sandra Beall, Alix Elias, Carrie Snodgress, Andy García | Romance, Drama | Live action | ||
| Sleepaway Camp | United Film Distribution Company / American Eagle Films | Robert Hiltzik (director/screenplay); Felissa Rose, Jonathan Tiersten, Karen Fields, Christopher Collet, Mike Kellin, Katherine Kamhi, Desiree Gould, Robert Earl Jones, Paul DeAngelo, Susan Glaze, Amy Baio, Tom Van Dell, Loris Sallahain, John E. Dunn, Ethan Larosa, Willy Kuskin, Owen Hughes, Frank Trent Saladino, Rick Edrich, Fred Greene, Allen Breton, Michael C. Mahon, Dan Tursi, James Paradise, Paul Poland, Alyson Mord, Carol Robinson | Slasher | Live action | ||
| 20 | The Day After | ABC Motion Pictures / ABC Circle Films | Nicholas Meyer (director); Edward Hume (screenplay); Jason Robards, JoBeth Williams, Steve Guttenberg, John Cullum, John Lithgow, Amy Madigan, Georgann Johnson, Lori Lethin, Calvin Jung, Rosanna Huffman, George Petrie, William Allen Young, Jeff East, Dennis Lipscomb, Stephen Furst, Arliss Howard, Harry Bugin, Kyle Aletter, Doug Scott, Ellen Anthony, Lin McCarthy, Jonathan Estrin, Clayton Day, Antonie Becker, Stan Wilson | Drama, Sci-Fi | Live action | |
| 24 | Of Unknown Origin | Warner Bros. / Canadian Film Development Corporation / Famous Players Limited / Les Productions Mutuelles | George P. Cosmatos (director); Brian Taggert (screenplay); Peter Weller, Jennifer Dale, Lawrence Dane, Kenneth Welsh, Louis Del Grande, Aimée Castle, Shannon Tweed, Kevin Knight, Maury Chaykin | Horror | Live action | |
| 25 | The Smurfs and the Magic Flute | SEPP, Brussels / Éditions Dupuis / Belvision Studios | José Dutillieu (director); Peyo (screenplay) | Comedy, Family | Animation | |
| D E C E M B E R |
2 | Sahara | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Golan-Globus / Cannon Group / United Artists | Andrew McLaglen (director); James R. Silke, Menahem Golan (screenplay); Brooke Shields, Lambert Wilson, Horst Buchholz, John Rhys-Davies, Ronald Lacey, John Mills | Adventure, Drama | Live action |
| 6 | The Dresser | Columbia Pictures | Peter Yates (director); Ronald Harwood (screenplay); Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Edward Fox, Zena Walker, Eileen Atkins, Michael Gough, Cathryn Harrison, Betty Marsden, Sheila Reid, Lockwood West, Donald Eccles, Llewellyn Rees, Guy Manning, Anne Mannion, Kevin Stoney, Ann Way, John Sharp, Kathy Staff, Roger Avon | Drama | Live action | |
| 9 | Christine | Columbia Pictures / Delphi Premier Productions / Polar Film | John Carpenter (director); Bill Phillips (screenplay); Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, Robert Prosky, Harry Dean Stanton, Christine Belford, Robert Darnell, Roberts Blossom, Kelly Preston, William Ostrander, Steven Tash, Stuart Charno, Malcolm Danare, David Spielberg | Horror | Live action | |
| Scarface | Universal Pictures | Brian De Palma (director); Oliver Stone (screenplay); Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Robert Loggia, Miriam Colon, F. Murray Abraham, Paul Shenar, Harris Yulin, Angel Salazar, Arnaldo Santana, Pepe Serna, Michael P. Moran, Al Israel, Dennis Holahan, Mark Margolis, Michael Alldredge, Ted Beniades, Geno Silva, Richard Belzer, Lana Clarkson, Charles Durning, Dennis Franz | Crime, Drama | Live action | ||
| Sudden Impact | Warner Bros. | Clint Eastwood (director); Joseph Stinson (screenplay); Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, Bradford Dillman, Paul Drake, Albert Popwell, Audrie J. Neenan, Jack Thibeau, Michael Currie, Michael V. Gazzo, Mark Keyloun, Kevyn Major Howard, Bette Ford, Nancy Parsons | Action, Thriller | Live action | ||
| Terms of Endearment | Paramount Pictures | James L. Brooks (director/screenplay); Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Jeff Daniels, John Lithgow, Huckleberry Fox, Albert Brooks, Lisa Hart Carroll, Troy Bishop, Shane Sherwin, Megan Morris, Tara Yeakey, Kate Charleson | Family, Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
| Yentl | MGM/UA Entertainment Company / United Artists / Barwood Films / Ladbroke Entertainment | Barbra Streisand (director/screenplay); Jack Rosenthal (screenplay); Barbra Streisand, Mandy Patinkin, Amy Irving, Nehemiah Persoff, Steven Hill, Allan Corduner, Miriam Margoyles, Doreen Mantle | Romance, Musical, Drama | Live action | ||
| 14 | Silkwood | 20th Century Fox / ABC Motion Pictures | Mike Nichols (director); Nora Ephron, Alice Arlen (screenplay); Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson, Fred Ward, Diana Scarwid, Ron Silver, Josef Sommer, Charles Hallahan, Tess Harper, Sudie Bond, Henderson Forsythe, Bruce McGill, David Strathairn, M. Emmet Walsh, Ray Baker, Will Patton, E. Katherine Kerr, J.C. Quinn | Biography, Drama | Live action | |
| 16 | D.C. Cab | Universal Pictures / The Guber-Peters Company / RKO Pictures | Joel Schumacher (director/screenplay); Adam Baldwin, Charlie Barnett, Irene Cara, Anne De Salvo, Max Gail, Mr. T, José Pérez, Paul Rodriguez, Gary Busey, Gloria Gifford, Marsha Warfield, Bill Maher, DeWayne Jessie, Whitman Mayo, Peter Barbarian, David Barbarian, Diana Bellamy, John Diehl, Newton D. Arnold, Dennis Stewart, Jim Moody, Bob Zmuda, Jill Schoelen, Timothy Carey | Comedy | Live action | |
| Reuben, Reuben | 20th Century Fox / Saltair Productions / TAFT Entertainment Pictures | Robert Ellis Miller (director); Julius J. Epstein (screenplay); Tom Conti, Kelly McGillis, Roberts Blossom, Cynthia Harris, Joel Fabiani, Lois Smith, Rex Robbins, Kara Wilson, Robert Nichols, Ed Grady, Scott Coffey, E. Katherine Kerr, Jack Davidson, Damon Douglas, Dan Doby | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
| The Keep | Paramount Pictures | Michael Mann (director/screenplay); Scott Glenn, Alberta Watson, Jürgen Prochnow, Robert Prosky, Gabriel Byrne, Ian McKellen, W. Morgan Sheppard, Royston Tickner, Michael Carter, Rosalie Crutchley, Wolf Kahler, Bruce Payne | Horror | Live action | ||
| The Plague Dogs | Embassy Pictures / United Artists / Nepenthe Productions / Goldcrest Films | Martin Rosen (director/screenplay); John Hurt, Christopher Benjamin, James Bolam, Nigel Hawthorne, Warren Mitchell, Bernard Hepton, Brian Stirner, Penelope Lee, Geoffrey Matthews, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, John Bennett, John Franklyn-Robbins, Bill Maynard, Malcolm Terris, Judy Geeson, Philip Locke, Brian Spink, Tony Church, Anthony Valentine, William Lucas, Dandy Nichols, Rosemary Leach, Patrick Stewart, Percy Edwards | Adventure | Animation | ||
| The Man Who Loved Women | Columbia Pictures | Blake Edwards (director/screenplay); Milton Wexler, Geoffrey Edwards (screenplay); Burt Reynolds, Julie Andrews, Kim Basinger, Marilu Henner, Cynthia Sikes, Jennifer Edwards, Sela Ward, Ellen Bauer, Denise Crosby, Tracy Vaccaro, Barry Corbin, Roger Rose | Comedy | Live action | ||
| To Be or Not to Be | 20th Century Fox / Brooksfilms | Alan Johnson (director); Ronny Graham, Thomas Meehan (screenplay); Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Tim Matheson, Charles Durning, José Ferrer, George Gaynes, Christopher Lloyd, George Wyner, Lewis J. Stadlen, Jack Riley | War, Comedy | Live action | ||
| Two of a Kind | 20th Century Fox | John Herzfeld (director/screenplay); John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Charles Durning, Oliver Reed, Beatrice Straight, Scatman Crothers, Richard Bright, Toni Kalem, Ernie Hudson, Jack Kehoe, Robert Costanzo, Castulo Guerra, Gene Hackman | Romance, Fantasy, Comedy | Live action | ||
| Uncommon Valor | Paramount Pictures | Ted Kotcheff (director); Joe Gayton (screenplay); Gene Hackman, Fred Ward, Reb Brown, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Patrick Swayze, Harold Sylvester, Tim Thomerson, Robert Stack, Michael Dudikoff, Kwan Hi Lim, Lau Nga Lai, Gail Strickland, Jane Kaczmarek, Gloria Stroock, Todd Allen | Action, War | Live action | ||
| 23 | Walt Disney Productions | |||||
| 29 | Seeding of a Ghost | Shaw Brothers Studio | Chuan Yang (director); Lam Yee Hung (screenplay); Phillip Ko, Maria Yuen, Norman Chui | Horror | Live action | |
| 30 | The Makioka Sisters | Toho | Kon Ichikawa (director/screenplay); Shinya Hidaka, Junichiro Tanizaki (screenplay) | Drama | Live action | |
Births[]
- January 2 - Kate Bosworth, American actress
- January 4 - Kerry Condon, Irish actress
- January 13 - Julian Morris, British actor
- January 16 - Marwan Kenzari, Dutch actor
- February 4 – Hannibal Buress, American comedian, actor, writer and producer
- February 7 - Elina Purde, Estonian actress
- February 21 - Mélanie Laurent, French actress
- February 23
- Aziz Ansari, American actor, writer, producer, director and comedian
- Emily Blunt, English actress
- February 27 - Kate Mara, American actress
- March 1 - Lupita Nyong'o, Kenyan-Mexican actress and director
- March 4 - Julieta Zylberberg, Argentine actress
- March 10
- Rafe Spall, English actor
- Carrie Underwood, American singer-songwriter and actress
- March 11 - Lucy DeVito, American actress
- March 12 - Ron Funches, American actor, comedian and writer
- March 31 - Ashleigh Ball, Canadian singer, musician and voice actress
- April 1 - Matt Lanter, actor
- April 4 - Amanda Righetti, American actress
- April 7 - Kyle Labine, Canadian actor
- April 21 - Gugu Mbatha-Raw, British actress
- May 3 - Ari Magder, Canadian actor (died 2012)
- May 5 - Henry Cavill, British actor
- May 6 - Gabourey Sidibe, actress
- May 9 - Michael Roark, American actor
- May 11 - Holly Valance, Australian actress and singer
- May 12 - Domhnall Gleeson, Irish actor
- May 14 - Amber Tamblyn, actress
- May 28 - Megalyn Echikunwoke, American actress
- June 2 - Yuliya Snigir, Russian actress and model
- June 10 - Leelee Sobieski, actress
- June 16 - Olivia Hack, actress
- June 24 - John Lloyd Cruz, actor
- June 30 - Angela Sarafyan, actress
- July 10 - Golshifteh Farahani, actress
- July 18 - Cara Gee, Canadian actress
- August 1 - Inga Salurand, Estonian actress
- August 3 - Mamie Gummer, American actress
- August 4 - Greta Gerwig, American director, writer, and actress
- August 7 - Brit Marling, actress
- August 8 - Trina Nishimura, American voice actress
- August 10 - Bonnie Piesse, Australian actress and singer-songwriter
- August 11 - Chris Hemsworth, Australian actor
- August 14 - Mila Kunis, actress
- August 20 - Andrew Garfield, English actor
- August 23 - Annie Ilonzeh, American actress
- August 24 - Antonio Campos, American film director
- August 29 - Jennifer Landon, actress
- September 21
- Scott Evans (actor), American actor
- Maggie Grace, actress
- Joseph Mazzello, actor
- September 25 - Donald Glover, American actor, singer, comedian, writer, producer and director
- October 3 - Tessa Thompson, actress
- October 5
- Jesse Eisenberg, American actor
- Shelby Rabara, Filipino-American actress and dancer
- Noot Seear, Canadian actress
- Noah Segan, American actor
- October 10 - Layke Anderson, British director and former actor
- October 17 - Felicity Jones, English actress
- October 19 - Rebecca Ferguson, Swedish actress
- October 28 - Joe Thomas, English actor, writer and comedian
- November 7 - Adam DeVine, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer and singer
- November 19 - Adam Driver, American actor
- December 8 - Utkarsh Ambudkar, American actor, singer and rapper
- December 10
- Patrick Flueger, American actor
- Xavier Samuel, Australian actor
- December 13 - Satya Bhabha, British-American actor
- December 20 - Jonah Hill, American actor
Deaths[]
| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 8 | Gale Page | 69 | US | Actress |
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| 15 | Shepperd Strudwick | 75 | US | Actor |
| |
| 19 | Robert Carson | 73 | US | Writer |
| |
| 24 | George Cukor | 83 | US | Director |
| |
| 27 | Louis de Funès | 68 | France | Actor, Writer, Director |
| |
| 28 | Billy Fury | 42 | UK | Singer, Actor |
| |
| 30 | Joan Valerie | 71 | US | Actress |
| |
| February | 13 | Marian Nixon | 78 | US | Actress |
|
| 19 | Alice White | 75 | US | Actress |
| |
| 21 | Marie Mosquini | 83 | US | Actress |
| |
| 25 | Tennessee Williams | 71 | US | Writer |
| |
| 27 | Ruth Dunning | 71 | UK | Actress |
| |
| March | 7 | Robert Bray | 65 | US | Actor |
|
| 9 | Faye Emerson | 65 | US | Actress |
| |
| 14 | Maurice Ronet | 55 | France | Actor, Director, Writer |
| |
| 16 | Arthur Godfrey | 79 | US | Actor |
| |
| 27 | James Hayter | 75 | Spain | Actor |
| |
| 28 | Walter Reisch | 79 | Austria | Screenwriter |
| |
| April | 4 | Buster Crabbe | 75 | US | Actor |
|
| 4 | Gloria Swanson | 84 | US | Actress, Producer |
| |
| 11 | Dolores del Río | 77 | Mexico | Actress |
| |
| 21 | Walter Slezak | 80 | Austria | Actor |
| |
| 23 | Selena Royle | 78 | US | Actress |
| |
| 26 | Shirley Deane | 70 | US | Actress |
| |
| May | 1 | Joseph Ruttenberg | 93 | Russia | Cinematographer |
|
| 5 | John Williams | 80 | UK | Actor |
| |
| 8 | Fay Spain | 50 | US | Actress |
| |
| 23 | George Bruns | 68 | US | Composer |
| |
| 23 | Eve Gray | 87 | UK | Actress |
| |
| 25 | Sydney Box | 78 | UK | Producer, Writer | ||
| 30 | Burnett Guffey | 78 | US | Cinematographer |
| |
| June | 12 | Norma Shearer | 80 | US | Actress |
|
| 22 | David MacDonald | 79 | UK | Director |
| |
| 23 | Jonathan Latimer | 76 | US | Screenwriter |
| |
| 30 | Herbert Baker | 62 | US | Screenwriter |
| |
| July | 5 | Harry James | 67 | US | Musician, Actor |
|
| 15 | Eddie Foy Jr. | 78 | US | Actor |
| |
| 16 | Samson Raphaelson | 89 | US | Screenwriter |
| |
| 19 | Olle Hilding | 85 | Sweden | Actor | ||
| 29 | Luis Buñuel | 83 | Spain-Mexico | Writer, Director, Actor |
| |
| 29 | Raymond Massey | 86 | US | Actor |
| |
| 29 | David Niven | 73 | Switzerland | Actor, Producer |
| |
| 30 | Lynn Fontanne | 95 | US | Actress |
| |
| August | 1 | Peter Arne | 64 | UK | Actor |
|
| 3 | Carolyn Jones | 53 | US | Actress |
| |
| 5 | Judy Canova | 69 | US | Actress |
| |
| 28 | Jan Clayton | 66 | US | Actress |
| |
| 29 | Simon Oakland | 68 | US | Actor |
| |
| September | 15 | LeRoy Prinz | 88 | US | Choreographer |
|
| October | 5 | Rafael Bertrand | 66 | Mexico | Actor |
|
| 8 | Joan Hackett | 49 | US | Actress |
| |
| 10 | Ralph Richardson | 80 | UK | Actor, Director |
| |
| 14 | Paul Fix | 82 | US | Actor |
| |
| 15 | Pat O'Brien | 83 | US | Actor |
| |
| 17 | Vittorio Nino Novarese | 76 | Italy | Costume Designer |
| |
| November | ? | Eleanore Whitney | 66 | US | Actress |
|
| 2 | Michael Spice | 52 | UK | Actor | A Countess from Hong Kong | |
| 8 | Robert Agnew | 84 | US | Actor |
| |
| 15 | John Le Mesurier | 71 | UK | Actor |
| |
| 22 | Michael Conrad | 58 | US | Actor |
| |
| 28 | Johnnie Davis | 73 | US | Actor |
| |
| 28 | Christopher George | 52 | US | Actor |
| |
| December | 2 | Fifi D'Orsay | 79 | Canada | Actress |
|
| 4 | Maurice Browning | 64 | UK | Actor |
| |
| 5 | Robert Aldrich | 65 | US | Director |
| |
| 8 | Slim Pickens | 64 | US | Actor |
| |
| 21 | Rod Cameron | 73 | US | Actor |
| |
| 22 | Charles Lloyd-Pack | 81 | UK | Actor |
| |
| 28 | William Demarest | 91 | US | Actor |
| |
| 29 | Janet Webb | 52 | UK | Actress |
|
Film debuts[]
- Curtis Armstrong - Risky Business
- Rowan Atkinson - Never Say Never Again
- Kathy Baker - The Right Stuff
- Steven Bauer - Scarface
- Juliette Binoche - Liberty Belle
- Mark Boone Junior - Variety
- Matthew Broderick - Max Dugan Returns
- Clancy Brown - Bad Boys
- Jim Carrey - All in Good Taste (filmed in 1981, released in May 1983)
- Wendy Crewson - Skullduggery
- 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
- Crispin Glover - My Tutor
- Graham Greene - Running Brave
- Lukas Haas - Testament
- Tess Harper - Tender Mercies
- Nicole Kidman - Bush Christmas
- Maurice LaMarche - Rock & Rule
- Ray Liotta - The Lonely Lady
- Rob Lowe - The Outsiders
- Virginia Madsen - Class
- Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio - Scarface
- Andrew McCarthy - Class
- Kelly McGillis - Reuben, Reuben
- Matthew Modine - Baby It's You
- Rick Moranis - Strange Brew
- Lori Loughlin - Amityville 3-D
- Megan Mullally - Risky Business
- Judd Nelson - Rock 'n' Roll Hotel
- Sarah Jessica Parker - Somewhere Tomorrow
- Alexandra Paul - American Nightmare
- Bronson Pinchot - Risky Business
- Kelly Preston - 10 to Midnight
- Mimi Rogers - Blue Skies Again
- Alan Ruck - Bad Boys
- Ally Sheedy - Bad Boys
- Casey Siemaszko - Class
- 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
References[]
- ^ "1983 Domestic Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
Categories:
- 1983 in film
- Film by year