Category:1983, Top Films

1979 -- 1980 -- 1981 -- 1982

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>> Film Studies (1980s) <<

1984 -- 1985 -- 1986 -- 1987

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-- #5. Zelig -- #21. A Christmas Story -- #27. Trading Places -- #30. Terms of Endearment <Best Picture & Director> -- #48. Tender Mercies

Notable Mention

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-- #1. <Videodrome> (Cronenberg) -- #2. <Scarface> (De Palma) -- #3. <Star Wars VI - Return of the Jedi> (Marquand) -- #6. <Nostalghia> (Tarkovsky) -- #20. <The Right Stuff> (Kaufman) -- #31. <The Big Chill> (Kasdan) -- #34. <Local Hero> (Forsyth) -- #50+. He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' (Ardolino) <Best Doc>

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)