1983 in film

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The following is an overview of events in 1983 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.

## Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

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See also: List of 1983 box office number-one films in the United States

The top ten 1983 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1983[1] Rank | Title | Distributor | Box-office gross

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1  | Return of the Jedi | 20th Century-Fox | $309,306,177
2  | Terms of Endearment | Paramount | $108,423,489
3  | Flashdance | $92,921,203
4  | Trading Places | $90,404,800
5  | WarGames | United Artists | $79,567,667
6  | Octopussy | $67,893,619
7  | Sudden Impact | Warner Bros. | $67,642,693
8  | Staying Alive | Paramount | $64,892,670
9  | Mr. Mom | 20th Century Fox | $64,783,827
10  | Risky Business | Warner Bros. | $63,541,777

## Events

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* February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York City.
* May 25 - Return of the Jedi, the final installment in the original Star Wars trilogy, is released. Like the previous films, it goes on to become the highest-grossing film of the year.
* Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman makes her film debut in the Australian movie Bush Christmas.
* Brainstorm, the final film of screen star Natalie Wood, is released, 2 years after her death.
* October - Frank Price resigns as president of Columbia Pictures and is replaced by Guy McElwaine.
* November 18 - A Christmas Story released to theaters to moderate success, earning about $2 million in its first weekend. By Christmas 1983, the film is no longer playing at most venues but remains in about a hundred theatres until January 1984.[2] Gross earnings were just over $19.2 million.[3] Over the years, the film's critical reputation would grow considerably and it is now regarded by some as one of the best films of 1983.[4] By the late 1980s, it was already considered a classic.[5][6][7]

## Awards

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Category/Organization | 41st Golden Globe Awards
January 28, 1984 | 37th BAFTA Awards
March 25, 1984 | 56th Academy Awards
April 9, 1984

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Drama | Musical or Comedy
Best Film | Terms of Endearment | Yentl | Educating Rita | Terms of Endearment
Best Director | Barbra Streisand
Yentl | Bill Forsyth
Local Hero | James L. Brooks
Terms of Endearment
Best Actor | Tom Courtenay
The Dresser
Robert Duvall
Tender Mercies | Michael Caine
Educating Rita | Michael Caine
Educating Rita
Dustin Hoffman
Tootsie | Robert Duvall
Tender Mercies
Best Actress | Shirley MacLaine
Terms of Endearment | Julie Walters
Educating Rita | Shirley MacLaine
Terms of Endearment
Best Supporting Actor | Jack Nicholson
Terms of Endearment | Denholm Elliott
Trading Places | Jack Nicholson
Terms of Endearment
Best Supporting Actress | Cher
Silkwood | Jamie Lee Curtis
Trading Places | Linda Hunt
The Year of Living Dangerously
Best Screenplay, Adapted | James L. Brooks
Terms of Endearment | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Heat and Dust | James L. Brooks
Terms of Endearment
Best Screenplay, Original | Paul D. Zimmerman
The King of Comedy | Horton Foote
Tender Mercies
Best Original Score | Giorgio Moroder
Flashdance | Ryuichi Sakamoto
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence | Bill Conti
The Right Stuff (film)
Michel Legrand and Alan and Marilyn Bergman
Yentl
Best Original Song | "Flashdance... What a Feeling"
Flashdance | "Up Where We Belong"
An Officer and a Gentleman | "Flashdance... What a Feeling"
Flashdance
Best Foreign Language Film | Fanny and Alexander | Danton | Fanny and Alexander

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

The Ballad of Narayama (楢山節考, Narayama bushiko), directed by Shohei Imamura, Japan

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Prénom Carmen (First Name: Carmen), directed by Jean-Luc Godard,

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Ascendancy, directed by Edward Bennett, United Kingdom
The Beehive (La Colmena), directed by Mario Camus, Spain

## 1983 films

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### By country/region

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* List of American films of 1983
* List of Argentine films of 1983
* List of Australian films of 1983
* List of Bangladeshi films of 1983
* List of British films of 1983
* List of Canadian films of 1983
* List of French films of 1983
* List of Hong Kong films of 1983
* List of Indian films of 1983
* List of Hindi films of 1983
* List of Kannada films of 1983
* List of Malayalam films of 1983
* List of Marathi films of 1983
* List of Tamil films of 1983
* List of Telugu films of 1983
* List of Japanese films of 1983
* List of Mexican films of 1983
* List of Pakistani films of 1983
* List of South Korean films of 1983
* List of Soviet films of 1983
* List of Spanish films of 1983

### By genre/medium

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* List of action films of 1983
* List of animated feature films of 1983
* List of avant-garde films of 1983
* List of comedy films of 1983
* List of drama films of 1983
* List of horror films of 1983
* List of science fiction films of 1983
* List of thriller films of 1983
* List of western films of 1983

## Births

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* January 2
* Kate Bosworth, American actress
* Anthony Carrigan, American actor
* Kristen Hager, Canadian actress
* January 9 - Kerry Condon, Irish actress
* January 13 - Julian Morris, British actor
* January 16 - Marwan Kenzari, Dutch actor
* January 17 - Ryan Gage, English actor
* January 21 - Svetlana Khodchenkova, Russian actress
* January 24
* Frankie Grande, American actor, singer, producer, television host and YouTube personality
* Lee Toland Krieger, American director and screenwriter
* January 28 - Ángel Manuel Soto, Puerto Rican film director, producer, and screenwriter
* February 4 – Hannibal Buress, American comedian, actor, writer and producer
* February 7 - Elina Pähklimägi, Estonian actress
* February 9 - Matty Cardarople, American actor and comedian
* February 10 - Julius Onah, Nigerian-American filmmaker
* February 12 - Iko Uwais, Indonesian actor, stuntman, fight choreographer and martial artist
* February 16 - Agyness Deyn, English actress and model
* February 18
* Evan Jonigkeit, American actor
* Wrenn Schmidt, American actress
* February 20
* Jessie Mueller, American actor and singer
* Bronson Webb, British actor
* February 21
* Eoin Macken, Irish actor
* Mélanie Laurent, French actress
* February 22 - Taraka Ratna, Indian actor (died 2023)
* February 23
* Aziz Ansari, American actor, writer, producer, director and comedian
* Emily Blunt, English actress
* February 27 - Kate Mara, American actress
* March 1 - Lupita Nyong'o, Kenyan-Mexican actress and director
* March 4 - Julieta Zylberberg, Argentine actress
* March 7 - Greta Lee, American actress
* March 9 - Bobby Campo, American actor
* March 10
* Rafe Spall, English actor
* Carrie Underwood, American singer-songwriter and actress
* March 11 - Lucy DeVito, American actress
* March 12 - Ron Funches, African-American comedian, writer, actor and voice actor
* March 14 - Johnny Flynn, British actor, musician and singer-songwriter
* March 15 - Sean Biggerstaff, Scottish actor
* March 18 - Ivan Kolesnikov, Russian actor
* March 20 - Michael Cassidy, American actor
* March 21 - Justin McDonald, British actor
* March 29 - Ed Skrein, English actor, director, screenwriter and rapper
* March 31 - Ashleigh Ball, Canadian singer, musician and voice actress
* April 1
* Ellen Hollman, American actress
* Matt Lanter, American actor
* April 4
* Eric André, American comedian, actor, writer, producer and musician
* Amanda Righetti, American actress
* April 6 - Diora Baird, American actress and former model
* April 7 - Kyle Labine, Canadian actor
* April 8 - Levy Tran, Vietnamese-American actress
* April 10 - Jamie Chung, American actress and former reality television personality
* April 15 - Alice Braga, Brazilian actress and producer
* April 18 - Reeve Carney, American actor and musician
* April 19 - Victoria Yeates, English actress
* April 21 - Gugu Mbatha-Raw, British actress
* April 22 - Francis Capra, American actor
* May 3 - Ari Magder, Canadian actor (died 2012)
* May 4
* Brad Bufanda, American actor (died 2017)
* Jesse Moss, Canadian actor
* May 5 - Henry Cavill, British actor
* May 6
* Adrianne Palicki, American actress
* Gabourey Sidibe, American actress
* May 8 - Elyes Gabel, English actor
* May 11 - Holly Valance, Australian actress and singer
* May 12 - Domhnall Gleeson, Irish actor, writer, and director
* May 14 - Amber Tamblyn, American actress, writer, and director
* May 17 - Ginger Gonzaga, American comedian and actress
* May 18 - Nakamura Shichinosuke II, Japanese actor
* May 25 - Chelse Swain, American actress
* May 28 - Megalyn Echikunwoke, American actress
* June 1 - Sylvia Hoeks, Dutch actress
* June 2 - Yuliya Snigir, Russian actress and model
* June 10 - Leelee Sobieski, American retired actress
* June 14 - Louis Garrel, French actor and filmmaker
* June 16 - Olivia Hack, American actress
* June 17 - Kazunari Ninomiya, Japanese actor and singer-songwriter
* June 19 - Aidan Turner, Irish actor
* June 23 - Miles Fisher, American actor, comedian and musician
* June 24 - John Lloyd Cruz, Filipino actor
* June 28 - Scott Haze, American actor and filmmaker
* June 30 - Angela Sarafyan, Armenian-American actress
* July 1 - Tanya Chisholm, American actress
* July 6
* Christine Firkins, Canadian former actress
* Gregory Smith, Canadian actor, writer and director
* July 7 - Robert Eggers, American filmmaker
* July 8 - DeVaughn Nixon, American actor
* July 10 - Golshifteh Farahani, Iranian actress
* July 18 - Cara Gee, Canadian actress
* July 19 - Trai Byers, American actor
* July 20 - Martin McCann, Irish actor
* July 23 - Olamide Faison, American actor and singer
* July 28 - Dhanush, Indian actor
* August 1 - Inga Salurand, Estonian actress
* August 3 - Mamie Gummer, American actress
* August 4
* Nathaniel Buzolic, Australian actor
* Greta Gerwig, American director, writer, and actress
* August 6 - Landon Pigg, American singer-songwriter and actor
* August 7 - Brit Marling, American actress and screenwriter
* August 8
* Guy Burnet, British actor
* Trina Nishimura, American voice actress
* August 9
* Ashley Johnson, American actress
* Dan Levy, Canadian actor and filmmaker
* August 10 - Bonnie Piesse, Australian actress and singer-songwriter
* August 11
* Chris Hemsworth, Australian actor
* Tatá Werneck, Brazilian comedian, television presenter and actress
* August 14
* Mila Kunis, American actress
* Lamorne Morris, American actor, comedian and television personality
* August 16 - Dominik García-Lorido, American actress
* August 19 - Mike Moh, American actor and martial artist
* August 20 - Andrew Garfield, English actor
* August 22 - Elena Goode, American actress
* August 23 - Annie Ilonzeh, American actress
* August 24 - Antonio Campos, American film director
* August 29 - Jennifer Landon, American actress
* September 9 - Zoe Kazan, American actress and screenwriter
* September 20 - Olivia Grant, English actress
* September 21
* Scott Evans, American actor
* Maggie Grace, American actress
* Joseph Mazzello, American actor
* September 25 - Donald Glover, American actor, singer, comedian, writer, producer and director
* October 3 - Tessa Thompson, American actress
* October 5
* Jesse Eisenberg, American actor, director, producer, and writer
* Shelby Rabara, Filipino-American actress and dancer
* Noot Seear, Canadian actress
* Noah Segan, American actor
* October 9 - Spencer Grammer, American actress
* October 10 - Layke Anderson, British director and former actor
* October 16 - Andrew Santino, American stand-up comedian and actor
* October 17 - Felicity Jones, English actress
* October 19 - Rebecca Ferguson, Swedish actress
* October 21 - Aaron Tveit, American actor and singer
* October 23 - Alice Fearn, British actress
* October 24 - Katie McGrath, Irish actress
* October 28 - Joe Thomas, English actor, writer and comedian
* October 29 - Johnny Lewis, American actor (died 2012)
* November 7 - Adam DeVine, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer and singer
* November 8 - Chris Rankin, New Zealand-born British actor
* November 18 - Julia Ducournau, French film director and screenwriter
* November 15 - Sophia Di Martino, English actress
* November 17 - Harry Lloyd, English actor
* November 19 - Adam Driver, American actor
* November 24
* Gwilym Lee, British actor
* Karine Vanasse, Canadian actress
* November 29 - Claudia O'Doherty, Australian actress, writer and comedian
* November 30 - Guillaume Gouix, French actor, director and screenwriter
* December 8 - Utkarsh Ambudkar, American actor, singer and rapper
* December 9 - Jolene Purdy, American actress
* December 10
* Patrick Flueger, American actor
* Xavier Samuel, Australian actor
* December 13 - Satya Bhabha, British actor
* December 17 - Stef Dawson, Australian actress
* December 20 - Jonah Hill, American actor, filmmaker, and comedian
* December 21 - Steven Yeun, American actor
* December 23
* Eva Ceja, American actress and film producer
* Joe Dinicol, Canadian actor

## Deaths

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Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films

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January | 8 | Gale Page | 69 | US | Actress |

* They Drive by Night
* Knute Rockne, All American

15 | Shepperd Strudwick | 75 | US | Actor |

* All the King's Men
* A Place in the Sun

19 | Robert Carson | 73 | US | Screenwriter |

* A Star Is Born
* Beau Geste

24 | George Cukor | 83 | US | Director |

* The Philadelphia Story
* My Fair Lady

27 | Louis de Funès | 68 | France | Actor, Director |

* La Grande Vadrouille
* L'avare

28 | Billy Fury | 42 | UK | Singer, Actor |

* That'll Be the Day
* Play It Cool

30 | Joan Valerie | 71 | US | Actress |

* Blazing Sixes
* Free, Blonde and 21

February | 10 | Eduard Franz | 80 | US | Actor |

* The Ten Commandments
* The Story of Ruth

13 | Marian Nixon | 78 | US | Actress |

* Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
* Winner Take All

19 | Charles Bluhdorn | 56 | Austria | Studio Executive |
19 | Alice White | 75 | US | Actress |

* The Girl from Woolworth's
* Showgirl in Hollywood

21 | Marie Mosquini | 83 | US | Actress |

* Short Orders
* 7th Heaven

25 | Tennessee Williams | 71 | US | Screenwriter |

* A Streetcar Named Desire
* Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

27 | Ruth Dunning | 71 | UK | Actress |

* It's a Great Day
* Hoffman

March | 7 | Robert Bray | 65 | US | Actor |

* My Gun Is Quick
* Bus Stop

8 | William Walton | 80 | UK | Composer |

* Hamlet
* Henry V

9 | Faye Emerson | 65 | US | Actress |

* The Mask of Dimitrios
* Nobody Lives Forever

14 | Maurice Ronet | 55 | France | Actor |

* Elevator to the Gallows
* Purple Noon

16 | Arthur Godfrey | 79 | US | Actor |

* The Glass Bottom Boat
* Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows

27 | James Hayter | 75 | UK | Actor |

* Oliver!
* Night and the City

28 | Walter Reisch | 79 | Austria | Screenwriter |

* Gaslight
* Titanic

April | 4 | Buster Crabbe | 75 | US | Actor |

* Flash Gordon
* Jungle Man

4 | Gloria Swanson | 84 | US | Actress |

* Sunset Boulevard
* Sadie Thompson

5 | Bronisław Kaper | 81 | Poland | Composer |

* Lili
* Mutiny on the Bounty

11 | Dolores del Río | 77 | Mexico | Actress |

* Ramona
* Bird of Paradise

15 | Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. | 67 | Mexico | Actor |

* The Brave One
* Villa!!

21 | Walter Slezak | 80 | Austria | Actor |

* Lifeboat
* Ten Thousand Bedrooms

23 | Selena Royle | 78 | US | Actress |

* Joan of Arc
* Night and Day

26 | Shirley Deane | 70 | US | Actress |

* Educating Father
* Undercover Agent

26 | Vaughn Taylor | 73 | US | Actor |

* Psycho
* Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

May | 1 | Joseph Ruttenberg | 93 | Ukraine | Cinematographer |

* Brigadoon
* Gigi

5 | John Williams | 80 | UK | Actor |

* Dial M for Murder
* To Catch a Thief

8 | Fay Spain | 50 | US | Actress |

* Al Capone
* God's Little Acre

22 | Art Cruickshank | 68 | US | Special Effects Artist |

* Fantastic Voyage
* The Black Hole

23 | George Bruns | 68 | US | Composer |

* The Jungle Book
* One Hundred and One Dalmatians

23 | Eve Gray | 87 | UK | Actress |

* Murder at Monte Carlo
* Midnight

25 | Sydney Box | 78 | UK | Producer, Screenwriter |

* The Seventh Veil
* A Girl in a Million

28 | John C. Howard | 52 | US | Film Editor |

* Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
* Blazing Saddles

30 | Burnett Guffey | 78 | US | Cinematographer |

* Bonnie and Clyde
* From Here to Eternity

June | 12 | Norma Shearer | 80 | Canada | Actress |

* The Women
* Marie Antoinette

22 | David MacDonald | 79 | UK | Director |

* Dead Men Tell No Tales
* The Moonraker

23 | Jonathan Latimer | 76 | US | Screenwriter |

* The Glass Key
* The Big Clock

30 | Herbert Baker | 62 | US | Screenwriter |

* Dream Wife
* Murderers' Row

July | 1 | Charles G. Clarke | 84 | US | Cinematographer |

* Miracle on 34th Street
* Hello, Frisco, Hello

5 | Harry James | 67 | US | Musician, Actor |

* Two Girls and a Sailor
* The Opposite Sex

9 | Robert Dawn | 61 | US | Makeup Artist |

* Marnie
* Black Sunday

15 | Eddie Foy Jr. | 78 | US | Actor |

* Yankee Doodle Dandy
* Bells Are Ringing

16 | Samson Raphaelson | 89 | US | Screenwriter |

* The Shop Around the Corner
* Heaven Can Wait

17 | Byron Kennedy | 33 | Australia | Producer |

* Mad Max
* Mad Max 2

20 | E. Preston Ames | 77 | US | Art Director |

* An American in Paris
* Airport

23 | Georges Auric | 84 | France | Composer |

* Roman Holiday
* The Wages of Fear

25 | Jerome Moross | 69 | US | Composer |

* The Big Country
* Rachel, Rachel

29 | Luis Buñuel | 83 | Spain | Screenwriter, Director, Actor |

* Un Chien Andalou
* Belle de Jour

29 | Raymond Massey | 86 | Canada | Actor |

* Arsenic and Old Lace
* East of Eden

29 | David Niven | 73 | UK | Actor |

* The Pink Panther
* The Guns of Navarone

30 | Lynn Fontanne | 95 | UK | Actress |

* The Guardsman
* The Magnificent Yankee

August | 1 | Peter Arne | 64 | UK | Actor |

* Straw Dogs
* Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

3 | Carolyn Jones | 53 | US | Actress |

* King Creole
* Last Train from Gun Hill

5 | Judy Canova | 69 | US | Actress |

* Louisiana Hayride
* The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

26 | Mike Kellin | 61 | US | Actor |

* Midnight Express
* Sleepaway Camp

28 | Jan Clayton | 66 | US | Actress |

* The Showdown
* This Man's Navy

29 | Simon Oakland | 68 | US | Actor |

* Psycho
* West Side Story

September | 15 | LeRoy Prinz | 88 | US | Choreographer, Director |

* Show Boat
* Yankee Doodle Dandy

16 | Henry Grace | 76 | US | Set Decorator |

* Gigi
* North by Northwest

27 | Ben Carruthers | 47 | US | Actor |

* Shadows
* The Dirty Dozen

30 | William Elliott | 49 | US | Actor |

* Coffy
* Night of the Lepus

October | 5 | Rafael Bertrand | 66 | Cuba | Actor |

* The Professionals
* Isle of the Snake People

8 | Joan Hackett | 49 | US | Actress |

* Only When I Laugh
* The Last of Sheila

10 | Ralph Richardson | 80 | UK | Actor, Director |

* Doctor Zhivago
* The Heiress

11 | William Hornbeck | 82 | US | Film Editor |

* A Place in the Sun
* It's a Wonderful Life

14 | Paul Fix | 82 | US | Actor |

* To Kill a Mockingbird
* Giant

15 | Pat O'Brien | 83 | US | Actor |

* Some Like It Hot
* Angels with Dirty Faces

17 | Vittorio Nino Novarese | 76 | Italy | Costume Designer |

* Cleopatra
* Cromwell

18 | Barbara Karinska | 97 | Ukraine | Costume Designer |

* Joan of Arc
* Hans Christian Andersen

22 | Paul Hardwick | 64 | UK | Actor |

* Romeo and Juliet
* Julius Caesar

November | ? | Eleanore Whitney | 66 | US | Actress |

* Rose Bowl
* Blonde Trouble

8 | Robert Agnew | 84 | US | Actor |

* The Heart of Broadway
* The College Hero

15 | John Le Mesurier | 71 | UK | Actor |

* The Moon-Spinners
* The Italian Job

18 | Marcel Dalio | 83 | France | Actor |

* Sabrina
* To Have and Have Not

22 | Michael Conrad | 58 | US | Actor |

* The Longest Yard
* They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

28 | Johnnie Davis | 73 | US | Actor |

* Hollywood Hotel
* Cowboy from Brooklyn

28 | Christopher George | 52 | US | Actor |

* El Dorado
* Midway

December | 2 | Fifi D'Orsay | 79 | Canada | Actress |

* Those Three French Girls
* Going Hollywood

5 | Robert Aldrich | 65 | US | Director |

* The Dirty Dozen
* What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

8 | Slim Pickens | 64 | US | Actor |

* Dr. Strangelove
* Blazing Saddles

13 | Leora Dana | 60 | US | Actress |

* Some Came Running
* 3:10 to Yuma

17 | Hal Pereira | 78 | US | Art Director |

* Vertigo
* Breakfast at Tiffany's

21 | Rod Cameron | 73 | Canada | Actor |

* Requiem for a Gunfighter
* Santa Fe Passage

22 | Charles Lloyd-Pack | 81 | UK | Actor |

* if....
* Dracula

28 | William Demarest | 91 | US | Actor |

* Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
* It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

29 | Janet Webb | 52 | UK | Actress |

* A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
* Joseph Andrews

## Film debuts

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* Curtis Armstrong – Risky Business
* Rowan Atkinson – Never Say Never Again
* Kathy Baker – The Right Stuff
* Steven Bauer – Scarface
* Luc Besson (director) – Le Dernier Combat
* Juliette Binoche – Liberty Belle
* Alan Blumenfeld – WarGames
* Lothaire Bluteau – Just a Game
* Eric Bogosian – Born in Flames
* Mark Boone Junior – Variety
* Matthew Broderick – Max Dugan Returns
* Clancy Brown – Bad Boys
* Ron Canada – The Man Who Wasn't There
* Jim Carrey – All in Good Taste
* Wendy Crewson – Skullduggery
* John Cusack – Class
* Lolita Davidovich – Class
* Warwick Davis – Return of the Jedi
* William B. Davis – The Dead Zone
* Vincent D'Onofrio – The First Turn-On!
* Chris Elliott – Lianna
* Frances Fisher – Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
* Matt Frewer – The Lords of Discipline
* Andy García – Blue Skies Again
* Jeff Garlin – Spring Break
* Mary Pat Gleason – Easy Money
* Crispin Glover – My Tutor
* Valeria Golino – A Joke of Destiny
* John Goodman – Eddie Macon's Run
* Kelsey Grammer – WarGames
* Graham Greene – Running Brave
* David Alan Grier – Streamers
* Lukas Haas – Testament
* Tess Harper – Tender Mercies
* Arliss Howard – The Prodigal
* James Newton Howard (film composer) – Twilight Zone: The Movie
* Jack Kehler – Strange Invaders
* Nicole Kidman – Bush Christmas
* Jane Krakowski – National Lampoon's Vacation
* Maurice LaMarche – Rock & Rule
* Al Leong – Twilight Zone: The Movie
* Ray Liotta – The Lonely Lady
* John Bedford Lloyd – Trading Places
* Rob Lowe – The Outsiders
* Virginia Madsen – Class
* Camryn Manheim – Sudden Impact
* Andrew McCarthy – Class
* Kelly McGillis – Reuben, Reuben
* Peter McRobbie – Zelig
* Julio Oscar Mechoso – Guaguasi
* Fred Melamed – Lovesick
* Matthew Modine – Baby It's You
* Rick Moranis – Strange Brew
* Megan Mullally – Risky Business
* Judd Nelson – Rock 'n' Roll Hotel
* Afemo Omilami – Trading Places
* Chazz Palminteri – Home Free All
* Michael Paré – Eddie and the Cruisers
* Sarah Jessica Parker – Somewhere Tomorrow
* Alexandra Paul – American Nightmare
* Bruce Payne – Privates on Parade
* Bronson Pinchot – Risky Business
* Larry Poindexter – Going Berserk
* Kevin Pollak – The Right Stuff
* Kelly Preston – 10 to Midnight
* Paul Rodriguez – D.C. Cab
* Mimi Rogers – Blue Skies Again
* Felissa Rose – Sleepaway Camp
* Alan Ruck – Bad Boys
* Julian Sands – Privates on Parade
* Ally Sheedy – Bad Boys
* Elisabeth Shue – Somewhere Tomorrow
* Kiefer Sutherland – Max Dugan Returns
* Lea Thompson – Jaws 3-D
* J. T. Walsh – Eddie Macon's Run
* Julie Walters – Educating Rita
* Zack Ward – A Christmas Story
* Lynn Whitfield – Doctor Detroit
* Kathleen Wilhoite – Private School

## See also

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* 1980s portal
* Film portal

## References

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1. ^ "1983 Domestic Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
2. ^ Clark, Bob; Billingsley, Peter (2003). Audio Commentary: A Christmas Story (DVD special feature). MGM.
3. ^ "Box Office Information for A Christmas Story". Box Office Mojo.com. Archived from the original on December 19, 2008. Retrieved November 5, 2008.
4. ^ "The Best Movies of 1983 by Rank". Films101.com. Archived from the original on December 23, 2017. Retrieved June 20, 2010.
5. ^ Wilkinson, Bud (November 18, 1987). "Larry King sounds bored; 'Miami Vice' turns boring". The Arizona Republic. p. 18. Retrieved December 17, 2024 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "Clip and save this guide to holiday television viewing (Dec. 16)". Lexington Herald-Leader. November 29, 1987. p. 65. Retrieved December 17, 2024 - via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ Hughes, Mike (December 4, 1987). "Tis the season for classics on television this Christmas". Chronicle Tribune. p. 19. Retrieved December 17, 2024 - via Newspapers.com.

## External links

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* List of 1983 films at IMDb
* 1983 Domestic Grosses at Box Office Mojo
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