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.

101. Sleepaway Camp

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Hiltzik
Actors: Felissa Rose, Jonathan Tiersten, Karen Fields, Christopher Collet, Mike Kellin, Katherine Kamhi
Plot: After her parents death, Angela becomes quiet and withdrawn. One year her aunt decides to sent her and her cousin Ricky to Camp Arawak. Far from being a fun-filled summer, a series of deaths start soon after they arrive.

102. Let's Spend the Night Together

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Hal Ashby
Actors: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman, Ron Wood, Ian Stewart

103. That Night in Varennes ( nuit de Varennes, La )

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ettore Scola
Actors: Jean-Louis Barrault, Marcello Mastroianni, Hanna Schygulla, Harvey Keitel, Jean-Claude Brialy, Andréa Ferréol

104. Fire and Ice

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ralph Bakshi
Actors: Randy Norton, Cynthia Leake, Steve Sandor, Sean Hannon, Leo Gordon, William Ostrander
Plot: Antagonism between ice kingdom (a mother and son, plus an army of neanderthal like creatures) and fire kingdom (father and siblings) ends up with a chase along the temperate zone where strange creatures, strange plants live expecting nothing.

105. Osterman Weekend

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Actors: Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Craig T. Nelson, Dennis Hopper, Chris Sarandon, Burt Lancaster
Plot: Looking forward to a weekend getaway with some old friends, investigative reporter John Tanner is approached by the CIA with news that his buddies may secretly be communist spies. He agrees to have surveillance set up, but the agent has an agenda all his own and Tanner is caught in the middle.

106. Still Smokin

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tommy Chong
Actors: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Carla van Amstel, Carol van Herwijnen, Shireen Strooker, Hans Man in 't Veld
Plot: Cheech and Chong attend the Amsterdam Film Festival, a venue that affords
them ample opportunities for obtaining all the sex and drugs they want.

107. The Hunger

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tony Scott
Actors: Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon, Cliff De Young, Dan Hedaya, Beth Ehlers

108. The Plague Dogs

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Animation
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Martin Rosen
Actors: John Hurt, Christopher Benjamin, James Bolam, Nigel Hawthorne, Warren Mitchell, Bernard Hepton

109. My Tutor

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: George Bowers
Actors: Caren Kaye, Matt Lattanzi, Kevin McCarthy, Crispin Glover, John Vargas, Clark Brandon
Plot: When his son has trouble in French class, a wealthy family hires an attractive 30-year-old tutor to help him pass. But while the father has his own designs on the woman, she seems much more interested in the sensitive son.

110. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Nagisa Ôshima
Actors: David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryûichi Sakamoto, Takeshi Kitano, Jack Thompson, Johnny Okura

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