11. National Lampoon's Vacation
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Harold Ramis
Actors: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Imogene Coca, Anthony Michael Hall, Dana Barron, Randy Quaid
Plot: The all-American Griswold family prepares for their annual summer vacation, this time to Wally World.
12. Silkwood
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mike Nichols
Actors: Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson, Fred Ward, Diana Scarwid
Plot: Karen Silkwood worked at the Kerr-McGee nuclear power plant in Oklahoma and was about to go public with the dangerous practices there before dying under mysterious circumstances. This is her story.
13. Koyaanisqatsi
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Godfrey Reggio
Actors: Ted Koppel
Plot: With a score by Philip Glass, Koyaanisqatsi (Hopi for "Life Out of Balance") is a journey through time and history. No dialogue, just images, sped up, slowed down showing nature and man's influence on it.
14. The Dead Zone
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Cronenberg
Actors: Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt, Herbert Lom, Martin Sheen, Anthony Zerbe
Plot: After coming out of a coma after many years, a man has to come to terms with his new psychic powers, which may become his undoing when he crosses paths with a corrupt politician.
15. Local Hero
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Bill Forsyth
Actors: Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Fulton Mackay, Denis Lawson, Norman Chancer, Peter Capaldi
Plot: A Texas oilman gets sent to Scotland to buy up some oil rich land. Upon landing in this quaint Scottish village, he becomes enchanted with the locals and their customs and soon finds his smart, big city business sense is no match for these lovable locals.
16. Bill Cosby: Himself
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Bill Cosby
Actors: Bill Cosby
Plot: Concert film of Bill Cosby talking about his everyday life - from weekends, dentist trips and raising his children - giving his own take on these normal routines.
17. The Big Chill
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Actors: William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Meg Tilly, Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum
Plot: A group of friends converge on a house after a friend's funeral. They're all missing something in their lives after splitting up...
18. Tender Mercies
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Bruce Beresford
Actors: Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Betty Buckley, Wilford Brimley, Ellen Barkin, Allan Hubbard
Plot: A down-and-out alcoholic country-and-western singer finds solace and recovery in small-town Texas. The script is by playwright Horton Foote.
19. Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam
Actors: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin
Plot: Monty Python explores the life cycle in a variety of places and times.
20. The Outsiders
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Actors: Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, C. Thomas Howell, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez
Plot: Young men in Tulsa, Oklahoma struggle with family and social conflicts while trying do discover their places in society.
