Category:1983, Top Films

30. Terms of Endearment (Brooks)

1979 -- 1980 -- 1981 -- 1982

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27. Trading Places (Landis)

Testament
(Littman)

5. Zelig
(Allen)
21. A Christmas Story (Clark)
48. Tender Mercies (Beresford)
The Revolt of Job (Gyongyossy)
The Pirates of Penzance (Leach)
Sugar Cane Alley (Palcy)
Marvin & Tige
(Weston)

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Notable Mention

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*M*A*S*H (XII)
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(1) Videodrome (1983 Cronenberg), film
(2) Scarface (1983 De Palma), film
(3) Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi (1983 Marquand), film
(6) Nostalghia (1983 Tarkovsky), film
(20) The Right Stuff (1983 Kaufman), film
(31) The Big Chill (1983 Kasdan), film
(34) Local Hero (1983 Forsyth), film
(--) He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' (1983 Ardolino), doc <Best Doc>

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Critical Reception

MUBI, Best Films

-- #1. <Videodrome> -- #2. <Scarface> -- #3. <Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi> -- #4. <Sans Soleil> -- #5. Zelig -- #6. <Nostalghia> -- #7. Monty Phyton's The Meaning of Life -- #8. Dimensions of Dialogue -- #9. L'Argent -- #10. Michael Jackson: Thriller

-- #11. Rumble Fish -- #12. A nos Amours -- #13. 1984 -- #14. The Dead Zone -- #15. Pauline at the Beach -- #16. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence -- #17. El Sur -- #18. The Hunger -- #19. Angst -- #20. <The Right Stuff> -- #21. A Christmas Story -- #24. And the Ship Sails On -- #27. Trading Places -- #30. Terms of Endearment

-- #31. <The Big Chill> -- #34. <Local Hero> -- #35. El Norte -- #32. The Fourth Man -- #48. Tender Mercies -- #50. Twilight Zone: The Movie

Flickchart, Best Films

-- @1. <Star Wars VI - Return of the Jedi> -- @2. <Scarface> -- @3. <Videodrome> -- @4. <The Right Stuff> -- @5. A Christmas Story -- @6. Trading Places -- @7. Monty Phyton's The Meaning of Life -- @8. National Lampoon's Vacation -- @9. Zelig -- @10. The Dead Zone

-- @11. WarGames -- @12. Terms of Endearment -- @13. <Local Hero> -- @14. <The Big Chill> -- @15. The Outsiders -- @16. <Sans Soleil> -- @17. <Nostalghia> -- @18. Silkwood -- @19. Risky Business -- @20. The Adventures of Bob and Dough McKenzie=

CriticsTop10, Best Films

-- =1. Terms of Endearment -- =2. <The Big Chill> -- =3. Fanny and Alexander -- =4. <The Right Stuff> -- =5. Tender Mercies -- =6. <Local Hero> -- =7. Zelig -- =8. Silkwood -- =9. War Games -- =10. <Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi>

-- =11. The Year of Living Dangerously -- =12. The Grey Fox -- =13. Never Cry Wolf -- =14. The Return of Martin Guerre -- =15. Risky Business -- =16. The King of Comedy -- =17. The Night of the Shooting Stars -- =18. Betrayal -- =19. Under Fire -- =20. The Dresser

-- =21. Educating Rita -- =22. Yentl -- =23. Testament -- =24. Berlin Alexanderplatz -- =25. Star -- =26. Trading Places -- =27. Rear Window -- =28. Pauline at the Beach -- =29. La Traviata -- =30. Say Amen, Somebody

Oscar, Best Films

-- Terms of Endearment -- <The Big Chill> -- The Dresser -- <The Right Stuff> -- Tender Mercies -- Silkwood

Golden Globe, Best Films

-- Terms of Endearment -- Yentl -- Fanny and Alexander (Sweden) -- The Dresser -- Flashdance -- Silkwood -- Educating Rita -- Tender Mercies

National Board of Review

-- Betrayal -- Terms of Endearment -- Educating Rita -- Tender Mercies -- The Dresser -- <The Right Stuff> -- Testament -- <Local Hero> -- <The Big Chill> -- Cross Creek -- Yentl

Top Grossing Films

-- Return of the Jedi -- Terms of Endearment -- Flashdance -- Trading Places -- WarGames -- Octopussy -- Sudden Impact -- Staying Alive -- Mr. Mom -- Risky Business

National Film Registry

-- A Christmas Story -- El Norte -- Michael Jackson's Thriller <short> -- <Return of the Jedi> -- <The Right Stuff>

NYT, Best Films

-- Danton -- Heat and Dust -- <Videodrome> -- <Local Hero> -- Tender Mercies -- Entre Nous -- L'Argent -- The Family Game -- Risky Business -- Daniel -- A Love in Germany -- <The Big Chill> -- <The Right Stuff> -- Terms of Endearment -- The Dresser -- Silkwood -- Reuben, Reuben

TSPDT, Best Films

-- Zelig -- Sans soleil -- L'Argent -- <Videodrome> -- The King of Comedy -- <Nostalghia> -- À nos amours -- <Local Hero> -- <Scarface> -- El Sur -- Diary -- <The Right Stuff> -- The Ballad of Narayama

Top10ner, Best Films

-- Zelig -- A Christmas Story -- <Nostalgia> -- <Local Hero> -- <Scarface> -- <The Right Stuff> -- <Return of the Jedi>

Film101, Best Films

-- Terms of Endearment -- A Christmas Story

-- <The Right Stuff> -- The Dresser -- <The Big Chill> -- L'Argent -- <Scarface> -- <Local Hero> -- El Norte -- The Fourth Man -- Silkwood -- <Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi> -- Koyaanisqatsi - Life Out of Balance

ChildActors, Best Films

-- A Christmas Story -- Marvin and Tige -- The Revolt of Job (Hungary) -- Sugar Cane Alley (Martinique) -- Tender Mercies -- Testament

-- Table for Five

-- A pocúvaj brata / Listen to Your Brother (Czechoslovakia) -- Angelo My Love -- Badi (Turkey) -- Un Bon Petit Diable / A Good Little Devil (France) -- Careful, He Might Hear You (Australia) -- Cujo -- The Day After -- Death and Transfiguration (UK) -- The Demon Murder Case -- Detskiy sad / Kindergarten (URSS) -- Do góry nogami / Upside Down (Poland) -- Espérame mucho (Argentina) -- Estoy sentenciado a muerte (Mexico) -- Gli Sterminatori dell'anno 3000 / Exterminators of the Year 3000 (Italy) -- The Golden Seal -- The Haunted Mansion Mystery -- Kakav deda takav unuk (Yugoslavia) -- The Kid with the 200 I.Q. -- Konrad oder Das Kind aus der Konservenbüchse / Konrad aus der Konservenbüchse (West Germany) -- Krull (UK/USA) -- Lukás (Czechoslovakia) -- Macbeth (UK) -- Mahovina na asfaltu (Yugoslavia) -- The Makutu on Mrs. Jones (New Zealand) -- Man, Woman and Child -- Mi socio (Bolivia) -- Moritz in der Litfaßsäule (East Germany) -- National Lampoon's Vacation -- Otto er et næsehorn / Otto Is A Rhino (Denmark) -- Patsany (URSS) -- La petite bande (France) -- Pianke (East Germany) -- Platypus Cove (Australia) -- La scarlatine / Scarlet Fever (France) -- Die Schüsse der Arche Noah (East Germany) -- Skazka o zvezdnom malchike (URSS) -- Something Wicked This Way Comes -- Space Raiders -- A Swarm in May (UK) -- Tiger Town -- To the Lighthouse (UK) -- Twilight Zone: The Movie -- Two Kinds of Love -- Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home! -- Wend Kuuni (Burkina Faso) -- The Wild Pony (Canada) -- Without a Trace -- Xiong mao li xian ji / Adventures of a Panda (Hong Kong) -- XTRO (UK) -- Zappa (Denmark)