1983 in film

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:

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
Academy Awards:


 * Best Picture: Terms of Endearment
 * Best Director: James L. Brooks - Terms of Endearment
 * Best Actor: Robert Duvall - Tender Mercies
 * Best Actress: Shirley MacLaine - Terms of Endearment
 * Best Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson - Terms of Endearment
 * Best Supporting Actress: Linda Hunt - The Year of Living Dangerously
 * Best Foreign Language Film: Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander), directed by Ingmar Bergman, Sweden

Golden Globe Awards:


 * Drama:
 * Best Picture: Terms of Endearment
 * Best Actor (tie): Tom Courtenay - The Dresser
 * Best Actor (tie): Robert Duvall - Tender Mercies
 * Best Actress: Shirley MacLaine - Terms of Endearment


 * Comedy or Musical:
 * Best Picture: Yentl
 * Best Actor: Michael Caine - Educating Rita
 * Best Actress: Julie Walters - Educating Rita


 * Other
 * Best Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson - Terms of Endearment
 * Best Supporting Actress: Cher - Silkwood
 * Best Director: Barbra Streisand - Yentl
 * Best Foreign Language Film: Fanny and Alexander, Sweden

Golden Raspberry Awards:


 * Worst Picture: The Lonely Lady
 * Worst Director: Peter Sasdy – The Lonely Lady
 * Worst Actor: Christopher Atkins – A Night in Heaven
 * Worst Actress: Pia Zadora – The Lonely Lady
 * Worst Supporting Actor: Jim Nabors – Stroker Ace
 * Worst Supporting Actress: Sybil Danning – Chained Heat & Hercules
 * Worst Screenplay: John Kershaw & Shawn Randall - The Lonely Lady

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
 * The Ballad of Narayama (楢山節考, Narayama bushiko), directed by Shohei Imamura, Japan

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
 * Prénom Carmen (First Name: Carmen), directed by Jean-Luc Godard,

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
 * Ascendancy, directed by Edward Bennett, United Kingdom
 * The Beehive (La Colmena), directed by Mario Camus, Spain

Notable films released in 1983
U.S.A. unless stated


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

A
 * À Nos Amours (To Our Love), directed by Maurice Pialat, starring Sandrine Bonnaire - (France)
 * Adi Shankaracharya, starring Sarvadaman Banerjee, the first film to be made in Sanskrit - (India)
 * All the Right Moves, starring Tom Cruise, Craig T. Nelson, Lea Thompson, Chris Penn
 * Americana, directed by and starring David Carradine
 * Among Grey Stones (Sredi serykh kamney) - (U.S.S.R.)
 * And the Ship Sails On (E la nave va), directed by Federico Fellini - (Italy)
 * Another Time, Another Place, starring Phyllis Logan - (U.K.)
 * Ardh Satya (Half Truth), directed by Govind Nihalani, starring Om Puri (Silver Lotus Award for best actor) - (India)
 * 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
 * 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 - (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, 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 - (U.S.A./West Germany)
 * Flashdance, directed by Adrian Lyne, starring Jennifer Beals and Michael Nouri
 * Flesh of Your Flesh (Carne de tu carne) - (Colombia)
 * Forbidden Relations (Visszaesök) - (Hungary)
 * The Fourth Man (De Vierde Man), directed by Paul Verhoeven - (Netherlands)
 * Funny Dirty Little War (No habrá más penas ni olvido) - (Argentina)

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

H
 * Heart Like a Wheel, directed by Jonathan Kaplan, starring Bonnie Bedelia and Beau Bridges
 * Heat and Dust, directed by James Ivory, starring Julie Christie, Greta Scacchi, Shashi Kapoor - (U.K.)
 * High Road to China, starring Tom Selleck and Bess Armstrong
 * The Honorary Consul, starring Michael Caine and Richard Gere - (U.K.)
 * The Hunger, directed by Tony Scott, starring Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon - (U.K.)

I-J
 * The Illusionist - (Netherlands)
 * In the White City (Dans la ville blanche), directed by Alain Tanner, starring Bruno Ganz - (Switzerland)
 * Independence Day, starring Kathleen Quinlan, David Keith, Cliff DeYoung, Frances Sternhagen, 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, 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
 * Little House on the Prairie: A Look Back to Yesterday
 * 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 - (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 - (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, 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-Q
 * Pauline at the Beach (Pauline à la plage), directed by Éric Rohmer - (France)
 * Phar Lap, starring Tom Burlinson - (Australia)
 * The Pirates of Penzance, a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, starring Kevin Kline, Rex Smith, Angela Lansbury, Linda Ronstadt - (U.S.A./U.K.)
 * The Ploughman's Lunch, starring Jonathan Pryce - (U.K.)
 * Prénom Carmen (First Name: Carmen), directed by Jean-Luc Godard - (France) - Golden Lion award
 * Private School, starring Phoebe Cates, Matthew Modine, Betsy Russell, Ray Walston
 * Project A (A Gai Wak), starring Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung - (Hong Kong)
 * Psycho II, directed by Richard Franklin, starring Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Meg Tilly and Robert Loggia

R
 * Rebetiko - (Greece)
 * 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
 * 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, 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 Last Ninja
 * The Thorn Birds, TV miniseries, starring Rachel Ward, Richard Chamberlain, Bryan Brown, Christopher Plummer, Barbara Stanwyck
 * Three Crowns of the Sailor (Les Trois couronnes du matelot) - (France)
 * Tight Quarters (Könnyű testi sértés) - (Hungary)
 * To Be or Not to Be, starring Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Tim Matheson, Charles Durning, José Ferrer
 * Toki o Kakeru Shōjo (The Little Girl who Conquered Time) - (Japan)
 * Tough Enough, starring Dennis Quaid, Warren Oates, Stan Shaw
 * Trading Places, directed by John Landis, starring Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche
 * Trenchcoat, starring Margot Kidder and Robert Hays
 * Twenty Years of African Cinema a.k.a. Caméra d'Afrique - (Tunisia)
 * Twilight Zone: The Movie, segments directed by John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante and George Miller, starring Vic Morrow, Scatman Crothers, Kathleen Quinlan, John Lithgow
 * Twice Upon a Time
 * Two of a Kind, directed by John Herzfeld, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John

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

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

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

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

January–March

 * January 1983
 * January 4
 * Xtro
 * January 18
 * Lianna
 * January 21
 * The House on Sorority Row
 * Treasure of the Four Crowns
 * January 28
 * Sacred Ground
 * February 1983
 * February 4
 * The Entity
 * Videodrome
 * Without a Trace
 * February 18
 * Local Hero
 * Lovesick
 * The Pirates of Penzance
 * The Sting II
 * Table for Five
 * February 20
 * Betrayal
 * March 1983
 * March 2
 * Sahara
 * March 4
 * Baby It's You
 * Curtains
 * My Tutor
 * Tender Mercies
 * March 11
 * 10 to Midnight
 * The Sword in the Stone (re-release)
 * Trenchcoat
 * March 18
 * High Road to China
 * March 23
 * Eddie Macon's Run
 * March 25
 * Bad Boys
 * The Black Stallion Returns
 * Max Dugan Returns
 * The Outsiders
 * Raiders of the Lost Ark (re-release)
 * Spring Break
 * March 31
 * Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

April–June

 * April 1983
 * April 1
 * Heart Like a Wheel
 * Screwballs
 * April 6
 * Conquest
 * April 11
 * Flashdance
 * April 15
 * Liquid Sky
 * Lone Wolf McQuade
 * April 22
 * Exposed
 * The Deadly Spawn
 * Losin' It
 * April 29
 * Around the World in 80 Days (re-release)
 * The Hunger
 * Something Wicked This Way Comes
 * Valley Girl
 * May 1983
 * May 1
 * The Final Terror
 * May 6
 * Still Smokin
 * May 13
 * Blue Thunder
 * May 16
 * Deadly Eyes
 * May 17
 * Nostalghia
 * May 18
 * Moon in the Gutter
 * May 20
 * Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
 * Tough Enough
 * May 25
 * Return of the Jedi
 * May 27
 * Chained Heat
 * June 1983
 * June 3
 * The Man with Two Brains
 * Psycho II
 * WarGames
 * June 8
 * Trading Places
 * June 10
 * Octopussy
 * June 17
 * Superman III
 * June 24
 * Porky's II: The Next Day
 * Twilight Zone: The Movie
 * Yellowbeard

July–September

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

October–December

 * October 1983
 * October 7
 * Never Cry Wolf
 * Never Say Never Again
 * October 21
 * All the Right Moves
 * The Dead Zone
 * The Right Stuff
 * Rumble Fish
 * Under Fire
 * October 28
 * The Wicked Lady
 * November 1983
 * November 2
 * National Lampoon's Movie Madness
 * November 4
 * Deal of the Century
 * Experience Preferred... But Not Essential
 * The Osterman Weekend
 * Running Brave
 * November 10
 * Star 80
 * Unico in the Island of Magic
 * November 18
 * Amityville 3-D
 * The Being
 * A Christmas Story
 * Nate and Hayes
 * A Night in Heaven
 * Sleepaway Camp
 * November 24
 * Of Unknown Origin
 * November 25
 * The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
 * December 1983
 * December 6
 * The Dresser
 * December 9
 * Christine
 * Scarface
 * Sudden Impact
 * Terms of Endearment
 * Yentl
 * December 14
 * Silkwood
 * December 16
 * D.C. Cab
 * The Keep
 * The Plague Dogs
 * The Rescuers (re-release)
 * Two of a Kind
 * Uncommon Valor
 * December 29
 * Seeding of a Ghost (Hong Kong)
 * December 30
 * The Makioka Sisters

Births

 * January 2 - Kate Bosworth, American actress
 * January 13 - Julian Morris, British actor
 * January 16 - Marwan Kenzari, Dutch actor
 * February 7 - Elina Purde, Estonian actress
 * February 21 - Mélanie Laurent, French actress
 * February 23 - 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 31 - Ashleigh Ball, Canadian singer, musician and voice actress
 * April 1 - Matt Lanter, actor
 * April 21 - Gugu Mbatha-Raw, British actress
 * April 23 - Maria Alche, Argentine actress
 * May 3 - Ari Magder, Canadian actor (died 2012)
 * May 5 - Henry Cavill, British actor
 * May 6 - Gabourey Sidibe, actress
 * May 11 - Holly Valance, Australian actress and singer
 * May 12 - Domhnall Gleeson, Irish actor
 * May 14 - Amber Tamblyn, actress
 * June 10 - Leelee Sobieski, actress
 * June 16 - Olivia Hack, actress
 * June 24 - John Lloyd Cruz, actor
 * July 10 - Golshifteh Farahani, actress
 * August 1 - Inga Salurand, Estonian actress
 * August 3 - Mamie Gummer, American actress
 * August 4 - Greta Gerwig, actress
 * August 7 - Brit Marling, actress
 * August 11 - Chris Hemsworth, Australian actor
 * August 14 - Mila Kunis, actress
 * August 20 - Andrew Garfield, English actor
 * August 24 - Antonio Campos, American film director
 * August 29 - Jennifer Landon, actress
 * September 21
 * Maggie Grace, actress
 * Joseph Mazzello, actor
 * October 3 - Tessa Thompson, actress
 * October 5
 * Jesse Eisenberg, American actor
 * Shelby Rabara, Filipino-American actress and dancer
 * October 17 - Felicity Jones, English actress
 * December 20 - Jonah Hill, American actor

Film debuts

 * Curtis Armstrong - Risky Business
 * Rowan Atkinson - Never Say Never Again
 * Kathy Baker - The Right Stuff
 * Steven Bauer - Scarface
 * Juliette Binoche - Liberty Belle
 * 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
 * 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