Best Movies of 1983
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Best Movies of 1983
TOP Movies: Return of the Jedi (1983), WarGames (1983), Flashdance (1983), Christine (1983), Risky Business (1983), The Day After (1983), Octopussy (1983), Terms of Endearment (1983), Scarface (1983), Cujo (1983), The Right Stuff (1983), Gorky Park (1983), Blue Thunder (1983), Krull (1983), Class (1983), Lone Wolf McQuade (1983), Never Say Never Again (1983), Nightmares (1983), Trading Places (1983), Superman III (1983).
List of Best Movies
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
As Rebel leaders map their strategy for an all-out attack on the Emperor's newer, bigger Death Star. Han Solo remains frozen in the cavernous desert fortress of Jabba the Hutt, the most loathsome outlaw in the universe, who is also keeping ...
Style:
futuristic, cult classic, action adventure, visually stunning, epic fantasy ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, teens, boys' night ...
Plot:
star wars, space opera, alien, space and aliens, intergalactic, jedi, heroic mission, space station, space wars, space battle, good versus evil, outer space ...
Time:
20th century, future, year 1983, 80s
Place:
space western
Is relevant?
120K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
High School student David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Defense Department's war computer and initiates a ...
Style:
tense, cyber, futuristic, suspenseful, political ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
cold war, hacker, computer genius, computer hacker, computer, chess, computer cracker, nuclear threat, hacking, artificial intelligence, nuclear war, computer system ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983
Place:
seattle, oregon, ussr, washington state, usa ...
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The popular 1980’s dance movie that depicts the life of an exotic dancer with a side job as a welder who true desire is to get into ballet school. It’s her dream to be a professional dancer and now is her chance. The film has a great soundtrack ...
Style:
sexy, retro, teen, inspirational, erotic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, date night, chick flick
Plot:
dancing, music, dance, happy ending, ballet school, dancer, women, stripper, fashion, hip hop, music and dance, teenager ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s, year 1982
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, chicago, usa
Is relevant?
102K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Geeky student Arnie Cunningham falls for Christine, a rusty 1958 Plymouth Fury, and becomes obsessed with restoring the classic automobile to her former glory. As the car changes, so does Arnie, whose newfound confidence turns to arrogance behind ...
Style:
scary, cult classic, creepy, suspense, classic horror ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
car, obsession, killer car, violence, classic car, vengeance, stephen king, objects come to life, evil spirit, macabre, murder, bullying ...
Time:
80s, 70s, year 1957, year 1978, 1950s ...
Place:
california, los angeles, southern california, detroit
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Meet Joel Goodson, an industrious, college-bound 17-year-old and a responsible, trustworthy son. However, when his parents go away and leave him home alone in the wealthy Chicago suburbs with the Porsche at his disposal he quickly decides he has ...
Style:
sexy, sex comedy, teen, erotic, funny ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, kids, teen drama ...
Plot:
coming of age, sex scene, teenager, high school, pimp, sex, prostitution, sex in a chair, sexual fantasy, sexual attraction, premarital sex, suburbs ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983, future
Place:
chicago, usa, illinois, new jersey, california
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The film portrays a fictional nuclear war between NATO forces and the Warsaw Pact that rapidly escalates into a full scale exchange between the United States and the Soviet Union, focusing on the residents of Lawrence, Kansas, and Kansas City, ...
Style:
futuristic, harsh, apocalyptic, serious, psychotronic ...
Plot:
cold war, nuclear war, apocalypse, catastrophe, nuclear explosion, disaster, nuclear bomb, nuclear holocaust, post apocalypse, dystopia, radiation, nuclear threat ...
Time:
80s, future, distant future, 20th century
Place:
usa, kansas, soviet union, kansas city, ussr ...
Is relevant?
120K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
James Bond is sent to investigate after a fellow “00” agent is found dead with a priceless Fabergé egg. James Bond follows the mystery and uncovers a smuggling scandal and a Russian General who wants to provoke a new World War.
Style:
exciting, tense, saga, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
james bond, espionage, cold war, circus, secret agent, 007, race against time, terrorism, agent, secret service, female nudity, train ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
india, east germany, west germany, east berlin, fictional island ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma's marriage, Aurora shows how difficult and loving she can be. The movie covers several years of their lives as each finds different reasons to go on ...
Style:
sentimental, sad, heartbreaking, tear jerker, compassionate ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
cancer, love, dysfunctional family, friendship, death, adultery, husband wife relationship, single mother, mother daughter relationship, grief, hospital, death of daughter ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1983, 70s ...
Place:
nebraska, houston texas, texas, new york, louisiana ...
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1.0M
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the ...
Style:
exciting, serious, cult classic, breathtaking, rough ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
gangster, mafia, organized crime, drug lord, gunfight, mob boss, drug cartel, drug dealing, cocaine, drug abuse, violence, badass ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983, year 1980
Place:
miami, miami beach, bolivia, cuba, florida ...
Is relevant?
55K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A friendly St. Bernard named "Cujo" contracts rabies and conducts a reign of terror on a small American town.
Style:
tense, natural horror, scary, serious, creepy ...
Plot:
dog, rabies, macabre, dangerous animal, stephen king, boy, child in peril, brutality, death, animal attack, monster, killer dog ...
Time:
80s
Place:
maine
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 193 min.
Story:
A chronicle of the original Mercury astronauts in the formation of America's space program: Alan Shepherd, the first American in space; Gus Grissom, the benighted astronaut for whom nothing works out as planned; John Glenn, the straight-arrow ...
Style:
epic, inspirational, sincere, factual, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
cold war, astronaut, nasa, u.s. air force, aviation, test pilot, space travel, space exploration, space race, politics, space program, spacecraft ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 20th century, year 1953, year 1960 ...
Place:
washington d.c., florida, australia, houston texas, usa ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Police Inspector Renko tries to solve the case of three bodies found in Moscow's Gorky Park but finds his attempts to solve the crime impeded by his superiors. Working on his own, Renko seeks out more information and stumbles across a ...
Style:
detective, suspense, political, tense, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, spy, murder, conspiracy, murder mystery, police investigation, murder investigation, kgb agent, espionage, secret agent, politics, spy thriller ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s
Place:
moscow russia, russia, stockholm sweden, ussr, eastern europe ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Officer Frank Murphy, an experienced LAPD helicopter pilot, is given command of the advanced new "Blue Thunder" chopper. But he begins to wonder why the LAPD would need a helicopter so powerful and why it is such a secret.
Style:
suspenseful, sexy, exciting, cult classic, action adventure ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
helicopter, aviation, conspiracy, helicopter pilot, chase, car chase, military, murder, vietnam war, law enforcement, terrorism, voyeurism ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, north america, san francisco
Is relevant?
39K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A prince and a fellowship of companions set out to rescue his bride from a fortress of alien invaders who have arrived on their home planet.
Style:
cult classic, dark fantasy, futuristic, light, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
sword and sorcery, good versus evil, medieval, fortress, monster, sword, cyclops, giant spider, shape shifting, space opera, rescue, sword fight ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, middle ages, future
Is relevant?
14K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Naive Midwestern prep student Jonathan bonds with his more worldly roommate, Skip, who takes the small-town boy under his wing. At Skip's urging, the inexperienced Jonathan is emboldened to seek out older women in the cocktail lounges of nearby ...
Style:
sex comedy, teen sex comedy, erotic, sexy, sexual ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
age difference, high school, older woman younger man relationship, friendship, sex scene, dysfunctional family, preparatory school, coming of age, depression, lust, male bonding, fistfight ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, 20th century
Place:
chicago, usa, new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The archetypical renegade Texas Ranger wages war against a drug kingpin with automatic weapons, his wits and martial arts after a gun battle leaves his partner dead. All of this inevitably culminates a martial arts showdown between the drug lord and ...
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
texas ranger, martial arts, fbi, one man army, law enforcement, vengeance, buddy cop, lone wolves, special agent, danger, fighting crime, confined ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s, 20th century
Place:
texas, latin america, austin texas, mexico, usa ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, West Germany, France, Bahamas
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
James Bond returns as the secret agent 007 one more time to battle the evil organization SPECTRE. Bond must defeat Largo, who has stolen two atomic warheads for nuclear blackmail. But Bond has an ally in Largo's girlfriend, the willowy Domino, ...
Style:
saga, entertaining, exciting, cult classic, slasher ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
james bond, spy, 007, assassin, female killer, espionage, car chase, terrorism, tough girl, female assassin, secret agent, agent ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
south of france, monte carlo, caribbean, bahamas, french riviera ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A collection of short stories. In one a woman who leaves her house late at night to drive to the store while a killer is loose encounters some problems. In the second an arcade whiz kid's obsession with a game leads to deadly consequences. In ...
Style:
slasher, anthology, suspense, cult classic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
urban legend, isolation, serial killer, video game, obsession, maniac, priest, multiple storylines, virtual reality, store, hidden identity, danger ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
new jersey
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Style:
funny, cult classic, black comedy, dark comedy, laugh out loud ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prostitute, stock market, revenge, fish out of water, rags to riches, social satire, manipulation, wrongful arrest, beggar, wager, poverty, christmas ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983
Place:
pennsylvania, philadelphia, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city, arizona ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Netherlands, UK, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Aiming to defeat the Man of Steel, wealthy executive Ross Webster hires bumbling but brilliant Gus Gorman to develop synthetic kryptonite, which yields some unexpected psychological effects in the third installment of the 1980s Superman franchise. ...
Style:
saga, breathtaking, cult classic, psychotronic, epic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens
Plot:
superman, superhero, superhuman powers, superpower, internet, bowling, multiverse, alien, mountain, artificial intelligence, villain, secret identity ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983
Place:
kansas, arizona, new york, north america, colombia ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 13 min.
Story:
A night at the movies turns into a nightmare when Michael and his date are attacked by a horde of bloody-thirsty zombies. On top of the success of the Thriller album and Michael Jackson's electrifying performance at Motown 25, the short ...
Style:
scary, captivating, suspenseful, semi serious, dark ...
Plot:
zombie, werewolf, dancing, music, cemetery, dance, transformation, woods, deadly creature, supernatural, undead, narration ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, 1950s, 20th century
Is relevant?
46K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him. Clever editing places Zelig in real newsreel footage of Woodrow Wilson, ...
Style:
mockumentary, surreal, black and white, parody, humorous ...
Plot:
satire, celebrity, disappearance, missing person, character study, justice, artists and showbiz, therapy, celebrity culture, found footage, loneliness, philosophy ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1983, 70s ...
Place:
new york, germany, bronx new york city, paris france, new jersey
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Alchoholic former country singer Mac Sledge makes friends with a young widow and her son. The friendship enables him to find inspiration to resume his career.
Style:
sentimental, touching, atmospheric, sincere, serious ...
Audience:
date night, family outing
Plot:
character study, country music, music, self discovery, small town, comeback, drinking, starting over, musician's life, divorce, love and romance, mother son relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1983
Place:
texas, austin texas, midwest, usa, california
Is relevant?
112K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A sleazy cable-TV programmer begins to see his life and the future of media spin out of control in a very unusual fashion when he acquires a new kind of programming for his station.
Style:
surreal, disturbing, psychedelic, cult classic, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
body horror, surrealism, cyberpunk, television, virtual reality, mind control, hallucination, insanity, dystopia, satire, mind game, brainwashing ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, 20th century
Place:
pittsburgh, malaysia, toronto ontario canada, usa, canada ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The comic mishaps and adventures of a young boy named Ralph, trying to convince his parents, teachers, and Santa that a Red Ryder B.B. gun really is the perfect Christmas gift for the 1940s.
Style:
cult classic, christmas special, funny, period piece, hilarious ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
christmas, bullying, childhood, holiday, boy, school, coming of age, children, christmas season, childhood memory, bully, little boy ...
Time:
1940s, year 1940, year 1983, 20th century
Place:
indiana, columbus ohio, usa, canada
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family on a quest to Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.
Style:
funny, road movie, humorous, realistic, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, kids, adult
Plot:
road trip, vacation, small town, amusement park, on the road, dysfunctional family, female nudity, desert, swimming pool, skinny dipping, cross country, youth ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
chicago, colorado, arizona, illinois, usa ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Rusty James, an absent-minded street thug struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days when gang warfare was going on.
Style:
cult classic, surreal, black and white, cerebral, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, street gang, brother brother relationship, gang, biker, motorcycle, alcoholic father, juvenile delinquent, teenage protagonist, homoerotic friendship, teen angst, character study ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, 20th century, 70s
Place:
oklahoma, california, oklahoma city, usa, pacific ocean
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Kevin Kline and Glenn Close star as Harold and Sarah Cooper, a couple whose marital troubles are put on hold while they host an unhappy reunion of former college pals gathered for the funeral of one of their own, a suicide victim named Alex. As the ...
Style:
weeping, realistic, cult classic, rom com, happy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
friendship, funeral, midlife crisis, group of friends, regret, suicide, relationships, reunited friends, yuppie, coming of age, outdoor sex, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983, 60s, 70s
Place:
south carolina, middle east, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the ...
Style:
suspense, neo noir, dark, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
dark hero, stephen king, destiny, macabre, supernatural ability, premonition, supernatural, coma, paranoia, true love, psychic, snow ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983, 70s, future
Place:
maine, usa, new hampshire, canada
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.
Style:
witty, sweet, humorous, touching, talky ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night
Plot:
small town, village life, husband wife relationship, fish out of water, culture clash, american abroad, melancholy, social commentary, oil, therapist, rabbit, beautiful scenery ...
Time:
20th century, year 1983, 80s
Place:
scotland, houston texas, texas
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