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.

51. Curtains

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Ciupka
Actors: John Vernon, Samantha Eggar, Linda Thorson, Anne Ditchburn, Lynne Griffin, Michael Wincott
Plot: An actress has worked with a certain director on all his previous project, but a new role requires her to get into character by staying at an asylum. But the director has ulterior motives - leaving her there while he auditions six younger actresses at a secluded mansion. When she finally escapes and makes it to the mansion itself, the young actresses being dying one by one - but who is behind the murders?

52. Beauty and the Beast ( Panna a netvor )

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Czech
Genre: Fantasy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Juraj Herz
Actors: Zdena Studenková, Vlastimil Harapes, Václav Voska, Jana Brejchová, Zuzana Kocúriková, Josef Laufer

53. The Scarlet and the Black

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jerry London
Actors: Gregory Peck, Christopher Plummer, John Gielgud, Raf Vallone, Kenneth Colley, Julian Holloway

54. Flight of the Eagle, The ( Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd )

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Adventure/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jan Troell
Actors: Max von Sydow, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Göran Stangertz, Eva von Hanno, Charlotta Larsson, Clément Harari

55. Uncommon Valor

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Actors: Gene Hackman, Robert Stack, Fred Ward, Randall 'Tex' Cobb, Patrick Swayze, Jane Kaczmarek

56. Never Cry Wolf

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Carroll Ballard
Actors: Charles Martin Smith, Brian Dennehy, Zachary Ittimangnaq, Samson Jorah, Hugh Webster, Martha Ittimangnaq

57. Cujo

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lewis Teague
Actors: Dee Wallace, Danny Pintauro, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Christopher Stone, Ed Lauter, Kaiulani Lee
Plot: A large, gentle St. Bernard named Cujo is turned into a monster when he is bit by a rabid bat. Donna Trenton and her son Tad pull into repair shop just as their car dies not knowing that the only one to greet them is going to be Cujo.

58. Of Unknown Origin

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: George P. Cosmatos
Actors: Peter Weller, Jennifer Dale, Kenneth Welsh, Shannon Tweed, Lawrence Dane, Maury Chaykin
Plot: A high-powered Manhattan executive is terrorized by a vicious rodent which takes up residence in his apartment.

59. Flashdance

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Adrian Lyne
Actors: Jennifer Beals, Michael Nouri, Lilia Skala, Sunny Johnson, Kyle T. Heffner, Malcolm Danare
Plot: A female construction worker, who moonlights as an erotic dancer, tries to
get into a dance school.

60. Strange Brew

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Rick Moranis
Actors: Dave Thomas, Rick Moranis, Lynne Griffin, Paul Dooley, Max von Sydow, Tom Harvey
Plot: Two brothers go on a quest for beer but find more than they bargained for in this ridiculous Canadian comedy.

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