Top Movies of 1983


The top movies of 1983 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

131. National Lampoon's Movie Madness

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bob Giraldi, Henry Jaglom
Actors: Peter Riegert, Diane Lane, Robert Culp, Fred Willard, Olympia Dukakis, Richard Widmark
Plot: A National Lampoon anthology of three shorts spoofing everything from personal growth films, glossy soap operas to police stories.

132. Heart Like a Wheel

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Actors: Bonnie Bedelia, Beau Bridges, Leo Rossi, Anthony Edwards, Hoyt Axton, Paul Bartel

133. Streamers

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Altman
Actors: Matthew Modine, Michael Wright, Mitchell Lichtenstein, David Alan Grier, Guy Boyd, George Dzundza

134. Smurfs and the Magic Flute, The ( flûte à six schtroumpfs, La )

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Peyo
Actors: Georges Atlas, William Coryn, Michel Elias, Jacques Marin, Michel Modo, Jacques Dynam

135. The Pirates of Penzance

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Wilford Leach
Actors: Kevin Kline, Angela Lansbury, Linda Ronstadt, George Rose, Rex Smith, Tony Azito
Plot: Fredric (Rex Smith) was accidentally apprentice to a pirate when he was young but now, at the age of 21, he is able to leave and vows to stop them should they ever meet again. However, the pirates, led by the Pirate King (Kevin Kline), aren't all that bad and are just looking for companians. They find them in the form of the Major General Stanley's daughters but he is not handing them over willingly.

136. Puberty Blues

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bruce Beresford
Actors: Nell Schofield, Jad Capelja, Geoff Rhoe, Tony Hughes, Sandy Paul, Leander Brett

137. Eddie Macon's Run

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jeff Kanew
Actors: Kirk Douglas, John Schneider, Lee Purcell, Lisa Dunsheath, Tom Noonan, Leah Ayres
Plot: A young man, harshly sentenced for a few minor infractions, escapes from a prison in Alabama and flees to Laredo, Texas, where he hopes to cross into Mexico for a reunion with his wife and young son.

138. The Terry Fox Story

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ralph L. Thomas
Actors: Eric Fryer, Robert Duvall, Chris Makepeace, Rosalind Chao, Michael Zelniker, Saul Rubinek

139. The Man Who Wasn't There

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bruce Malmuth
Actors: Steve Guttenberg, Jeffrey Tambor, Art Hindle, Morgan Hart, Lisa Langlois, William Forsythe

140. The Keep

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Mann
Actors: Scott Glenn, Alberta Watson, Jürgen Prochnow, Robert Prosky, Gabriel Byrne, Ian McKellen

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