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.

61. Easy Money

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Signorelli
Actors: Rodney Dangerfield, Joe Pesci, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Jeffrey Jones, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Candice Azzara
Plot: To inherit his mother-in-law's colossal fortune, a hard living, gambling addict must change his unhealthy ways before it gets the best of him.

62. Octopussy

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John Glen
Actors: Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Kabir Bedi, Louis Jourdan, Kristina Wayborn, Steven Berkoff
Plot: When an agent dies with a faux Faberge egg, James Bond follows the smuggling ring to a circus ran by the alluring Octopussy. The plot leads to a mad Soviet general bent on starting World War III.

63. Duel to the Death ( Xian si jue )

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Other
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Siu-Tung Ching
Actors: Norman Chu, Damian Lau, Flora Cheung, Eddy Ko, Casanova Wong, Paul Chang

64. Heat and Dust

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Ivory
Actors: Christopher Cazenove, Greta Scacchi, Julian Glover, Susan Fleetwood, Julie Christie, Patrick Godfrey

65. Daniel

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sidney Lumet
Actors: Timothy Hutton, Mandy Patinkin, Edward Asner, Ellen Barkin, Lindsay Crouse, Amanda Plummer

66. Rumble Fish

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Actors: Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane, Dennis Hopper, Diana Scarwid, Nicolas Cage
Plot: Based on the novel by S.E. Hinton: A young thug leads a waning gang in an industrial town. Always compared to his legendary brother, The Motorcycle Boy, he breaks a treaty and starts a gang war. When his brother abruptly returns, his life is put into sharp perspective and he realizes just how shallow an existence he leads.

67. Possession

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Andrzej Zulawski
Actors: Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Margit Carstensen, Heinz Bennent, Johanna Hofer, Carl Duering
Plot: A couple's impending divorce causes both to examine each other in a different life - but as the husband becomes obsessed with finding out why his wife wants to leave, she becomes more and more fearful of him. When he finds out she already has a lover, he begins a relationship with his young's son's teacher - a woman who bears a striking resemblance to his wife but with a complete opposite personality.

68. Pauline at the Beach ( Pauline à la plage )

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Eric Rohmer
Actors: Amanda Langlet, Arielle Dombasle, Pascal Greggory, Féodor Atkine, Simon de La Brosse, Rosette

69. Star 80

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bob Fosse
Actors: Mariel Hemingway, Eric Roberts, Cliff Robertson, Carroll Baker, Roger Rees, David Clennon
Plot: This is based on the true story of a young Playboy Playmate, Dorothy Stratten, who was killed by her abusive husband.

70. Sudden Impact

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Clint Eastwood
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, Bradford Dillman, Paul Drake, Audrie J. Neenan
Plot: 'Dirty' Harry refuses to take a break from law enforcement after being forced on vacation by his superiors. Now, he's determined to stop a serial killer on the loose, as gang-rape victim Jennifer Spencer seeks revenge by murdering each of her attackers.

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