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Theme: Films of 1983

10 to Midnight (1983)

10 March 200619 January 2020

Rating: ★

Cop Pursues Serial Killer

Director: J. Lee Thompson
Actors: Charles Bronson, Andrew Stevens, Lisa Eilbacher, Wilford Brimley, …
Category: Horror

2019: After the Fall of New York (1983)

16 April 201524 August 2019

Rating: ★★

Post-Holocaust Action

Director: Sergio Martino
Actors: Michael Sopkiw, Valentine Monnier, Romano Puppo, Vincent Scalondro, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Alchemist (1983)

5 March 201524 April 2020

Rating: ½

Evil Sorcerer

Director: Charles Band
Actors: Robert Ginty, John Sanderford, Robert Glaudini
Category: Horror

Amityville 3-D (1983)

7 August 199922 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Haunted House

Director: Richard Fleischer
Actors: Tony Roberts, Tess Harper, Candy Clark, Robert Joy
Category: Horror

Big Meat Eater (1982)

4 September 19997 October 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Bad SF Movie Parody

Director: Chris Windsor
Actors: George Dawson, Big Miller
Category: Science Fiction

Blue Thunder (1983)

15 September 199916 December 2020

Rating: ★★★

Hi-Tech Helicopter Theft/Action

Director: John Badham
Actors: Roy Scheider, Malcolm McDowell, Warren Oates, Daniel Stern, …
Category: Science Fiction

Brainstorm (1983)

28 March 20184 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

Memory Recording Device

Director: Douglas Trumbull
Actors: Christopher Walken, Natalie Wood, Louise Fletcher, Cliff Robertson, …
Category: Science Fiction

Bronx Warriors II (1983)

2 May 199910 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Future Gang Warfare

Director: Enzo G. Castellari
Actors: Mark Gregory, Henry Silva, Timothy Brent, Thomas Moore
Category: Science Fiction

Bullshot (1983)

6 September 200011 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

British Boy’s Hero Spoof

Director: Dick Clement
Actors: Alan Shearman, Mel Smith, Frances Tomelty, Ron Pember, …
Category: Science Fiction

Christine (1983)

4 May 200119 April 2020

Rating: ★★★

Evil Car/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, William Ostrander, …
Category: Horror

City of Pirates (1983)

9 September 200121 April 2020

Rating: ½

Surrealism

Director: Raul Ruiz
Category: Fantasy

Conquest (1983)

20 May 201110 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Italian Sword and Sorcery

Director: Lucio Fulci
Actors: George Rivero, Sabrina Siani
Category: Fantasy

Cujo (1983)

7 September 200031 May 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Killer Dog/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Lewis Teague
Actors: Dee Wallace, Daniel Hugh-Kelly, Danny Pintuaro, Christopher Stone, …
Category: Horror

Curtains (1983)

27 March 201522 December 2020

Rating: ★★★

Slasher Film

Director: Richard Ciupka
Actors: John Vernon, Samantha Eggar, Linda Thorson, Lynne Griffin, …
Category: Horror

The Day After (1983)

1 January 200227 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Nuclear Holocaust

Director: Nicholas Meyer
Actors: Jason Robards, Steve Guttenberg, Bibi Besch, Amy Madigan, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Dead Zone (1983)

7 June 200030 June 2020

Rating: ★★★

Clairvoyance/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: David Cronenberg
Actors: Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Brooke Adams, Herbert Lom, …
Category: Horror

Deal of the Century (1983)

7 November 20001 July 2020

Rating: ★

Arms Trading Black Comedy

Director: William Friedkin
Actors: Chevy Chase, Sigourney Weaver, Gregory Hines, Vince Edwards, …
Category: Science Fiction

Le Dernier Combat (1983)

1 May 200122 July 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Mute Post-Holocaust

Director: Luc Besson
Actors: Pierre Jolivet, Jean Reno, Jean Bouise
Category: Science Fiction

Duel to the Death (1983)

15 May 200128 September 2020

Rating: ★★½

Hong Kong Martial Arts Fantasy

Director: Ching Siu-Tung
Actors: Damian Lau, Eddie Ko
Category: Fantasy

Endgame (1983)

18 November 202018 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Post-Holocaust Action

Director: Joe D'Amato
Actors: Al Cliver, Laura Gemser, George Eastman, Hal Yamanouchi, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Exterminators of the Year 3000 (1983)

30 May 20175 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Post-Holocaust Action

Director: Giuliano Carnimeo
Actors: Robert Iannucci, Alicia Moro, Luca Venantini, Alan Collins, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Final Terror (1983)

10 March 201516 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Backwoods Slasher

Director: Andrew Davis
Actors: Joe Pantoliano, Daryl Hannah, Mark Metcalf, Adrien Zmed, …
Category: Horror

Fire and Ice (1983)

25 August 200214 December 2020

Rating: ★★★

Sword and Sorcery/Animation

Director: Ralph Bakshi
Actors: Steve Sandor, Leo Gordon, William Ostrander
Category: Fantasy

The Fourth Man (1983)

31 July 200017 December 2020

Rating: ★★★

Precognitive Dreams/Deadly Seductress

Director: Paul Verhoeven
Actors: Jeroen Krabbe, Renee Soutendijk
Category: Fantasy

Hearts and Armour (1983)

17 January 201130 August 2018

Rating: ★★½

Chivalry and Sorcery

Director: Giacomo Battiato
Actors: Tanya Roberts, Leigh McCloskey, Rick Edwards, Barbara De Rossi, …
Category: Fantasy

Hercules (1983)

19 October 20026 March 2020

Rating: 0­

Greek Mythological Hero

Director: Luigi Cozzi
Actors: Lou Ferrigno, Sybil Danning, Mirella D'Angelo, William Berger, …
Category: Fantasy

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)

13 September 201729 October 2020

Rating: ★★★

Sherlock Holmes Film/Ghostly Dog Mystery

Director: Douglas Hickox
Actors: Ian Richardson, Donald Churchill, Martin Shaw, Denholm Elliott, …
Category: Horror

House of the Long Shadows (1983)

12 April 200321 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Old Dark House Thriller

Director: Pete Walker
Actors: Christopher Lee, Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, John Carradine, …
Category: Horror

Hundra (1983)

6 January 201530 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Amazonian Warrior

Director: Matt Cimber
Actors: Laurene Landon, Ramiro Oliveros, Maria Casal, Tamara
Category: Fantasy

The Hunger (1983)

15 July 200213 January 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Chic Vampires

Director: Tony Scott
Actors: Catherine Deneuve, Susan Sarandon, David Bowie, Cliff De Young
Category: Horror

Jaws 3-D (1983)

16 December 20007 November 2019

Rating: ½

Killer Shark

Director: Joe Alves
Actors: Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett Jr, Bess Armstrong, Simon MacCorkindale, …
Category: Horror

The Keep (1983)

4 July 200226 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Nazis vs Ancient Evil

Director: Michael Mann
Actors: Scott Glenn, Ian McKellen, Gabriel Byrne, Jurgen Prochnow, …
Category: Horror

Krull (1983)

14 June 200217 November 2020

Rating: ★

Sword and Sorcery

Director: Peter Yates
Actors: Ken Marshall, Lysette Anthony, Freddie Jones, Alun Armstrong, …
Category: Fantasy

The Last Unicorn (1982)

7 March 200413 October 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Unicorn’s Quest/Animation

Director: Julie Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr
Actors: Mia Farrow, Alan Arkin, Tammy Grimes, Christopher Lee, …
Category: Fantasy

The Lift (1983)

2 May 200516 October 2019

Rating: ★★

Killer Elevator

Director: Dick Maas
Actors: Huub Stapel, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Josine van Dalsum
Category: Horror, Science Fiction

The Lost Empire (1983)

28 May 201523 April 2020

Rating: ★★★

Girl Action Team vs Super-Villain

Director: Jim Wynorski
Actors: Melanie Vincz, Angela Aames, Raven De La Croix, Paul Coufos, …
Category: Fantasy

Lovesick (1983)

9 May 200130 August 2018

Rating: ★

Psychotherapy Romantic Comedy/Freud’s Ghost

Director: Marshall Brickman
Actors: Dudley Moore, Elizabeth McGovern, Alec Guinness, John Huston, …
Category: Fantasy

The Man Who Wasn’t There (1983)

31 October 200523 July 2020

Rating: 0­

Invisible Man

Director: Bruce Malmuth
Actors: Steve Guttenberg, Lisa Langlois, Jeffrey Tambor, Art Hindle, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Man with Two Brains (1983)

4 April 200230 August 2018

Rating: ★★★½

Disembodied Brain Movie Spoof

Director: Carl Reiner
Actors: Steve Martin, Kathleen Turner, David Warner, Sissy Spacek
Category: Science Fiction

Mausoleum (1983)

26 August 20154 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Possessed Housewife

Director: Michael Dugan
Actors: Bobbie Bresee, Marjoe Gortner, Norman Burton, Maurice Shrebanee, …
Category: Horror

Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn (1983)

3 June 20023 April 2020

Rating: 0­

Planetary Adventure

Director: Charles Band
Actors: Jeffrey Byron, Mike Preston, Tim Thomerson, Kelly Preston, …
Category: Science Fiction

Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (1983)

1 June 200115 June 2019

Rating: ★★★

Absurdist Comedy Skits

Director: Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam
Actors: Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, …
Category: Fantasy

Moon Rainbow (1983)

19 May 201626 May 2019

Rating: ★

Soviet SF/Mysterious Alien Zone

Director: Andrei Yermash
Actors: Vladimir Gostyukhin, Igor Starygin, Vasily Livonov, Yuri Solomin, …
Category: Science Fiction

Never Say Never Again (1983)

25 August 20022 August 2020

Rating: ★★★★

James Bond Film

Director: Irvin Kershner
Actors: Sean Connery, Kim Basinger, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Barbara Carrera, …
Category: Science Fiction

The New Barbarians (1983)

6 December 20028 September 2020

Rating: 0­

Post-Holocaust

Director: Enzo G. Castellari
Actors: Fred Williamson, Timothy Brent, Anna Kanakis, Luigi Montefiori, …
Category: Science Fiction

Octopussy (1983)

15 July 200019 October 2019

Rating: ★★

James Bond Film

Director: John Glen, George MacDonald Fraser, Richard Maibaum, Michael G. Wilson, …
Actors: Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan, Kristina Wayborn, …
Category: Science Fiction

Of Unknown Origin (1983)

20 May 201110 September 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Man vs an Intelligent Rat

Director: George Pan Cosmatos
Actors: Peter Weller, Shannon Tweed, Jennifer Dale, Louis Del Grande, …
Category: Horror

Phantom of the Opera (1983)

3 March 201023 March 2019

Rating: ★★½

Disfigured Madman Beneath the Opera House

Director: Robert Markowitz
Actors: Maximilian Schell, Jane Seymour, Michael York, Jeremy Kemp, …
Category: Horror

Pieces (1983)

2 May 200517 January 2019

Rating: ½

Slasher Film

Director: Juan Piquer Simon
Actors: Christopher George, Linda Day, Ian Sera, Edmund Purdom, …
Category: Horror

The Prize of Peril (1983)

22 December 20118 September 2020

Rating: ★★★

Future Human Hunting TV Gameshow

Director: Yves Boisset
Actors: Gerard Lanvin, Michel Piccoli, Marie-France Pisier, Andrea Ferreol, …
Category: Science Fiction

Psycho II (1983)

5 July 200214 April 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Psycho Sequel

Director: Richard Franklin
Actors: Anthony Perkins, Meg Tilley, Vera Miles, Robert Loggia, …
Category: Horror

The Return of Captain Invincible (1983)

21 November 20035 August 2019

Rating: ★★★

Superhero Spoof

Director: Philippe Mora
Actors: Alan Arkin, Christopher Lee, Kate Fitzpatrick, Michael Pate
Category: Science Fiction

The Right Stuff (1983)

26 August 20025 December 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Story of the True Life Space Mission

Director: Philip Kaufman
Actors: Sam Shepard, Dennis Quaid, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, …
Category: Science Fiction

Rock and Rule (1983)

17 February 20039 March 2020

Rating: ★★½

Animation/Post Holocaust Talking Animals/Occult Rock Music

Director: Clive A. Smith
Actors: Don Francks, Susan Roman, Paul LeMat, Dan Hennessey, …
Category: Science Fiction

Rottweiler (1983)

23 July 202023 July 2020

Rating: ★

Killer Dogs

Director: Worth Keeter
Actors: Earl Owensby, Bill Gribble
Category: Horror

Scalps (1983)

5 December 20185 July 2020

Rating: ★

Cursed Indian Burial Ground

Director: Fred Olen Ray
Actors: Kirk Alyn, Forrest J. Ackerman, Carroll Borland
Category: Horror

Screamtime (1983)

18 March 202018 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Horror Anthology

Director: Michael Armstrong
Actors: Robin Bailey, Dora Bryan
Category: Horror

She (1983)

12 November 20028 January 2020

Rating: 0­

Post-Holocaust Amazonian Warrior

Director: Avi Nesher
Actors: Sandahl Bergman, David Goss, Gordon Mitchell
Category: Science Fiction

Sleepaway Camp (1983)

25 March 20158 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Slasher Film

Director: Robert Hiltzik
Actors: Felissa Rose, Christopher Collet, Mike Kellin, Robert Earl Jones
Category: Horror

Sole Survivor (1983)

11 July 200721 July 2019

Rating: ★

Airline Disaster Premonition/Deathdream Hauntings

Director: Thom Eberhardt
Actors: Anita Skinner, Kurt Johnson, Caren Larkey, Robin Davidson, …
Category: Horror

Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)

2 February 20013 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Sinister Circus/Ray Bradbury Adaptation

Director: Jack Clayton
Actors: Jason Robards, Jonathan Pryce, Vidal I. Peterson, Shawn Carson, …
Category: Fantasy

Space Raiders (1983)

2 June 201611 May 2019

Rating: ★★

Space Opera

Director: Howard R. Cohen
Actors: Vince Edwards, David Mendenhall, Patsy Pease, Thom Christopher, …
Category: Science Fiction

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983)

19 June 20005 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Planetary Adventure

Director: Lamont Johnson
Actors: Peter Strauss, Molly Ringwald, Ernie Hudson, Michael Ironside, …
Category: Science Fiction

Spasms (1983)

16 August 201726 May 2020

Rating: ★

Psychic Link with a Giant Snake

Director: William Fruet
Actors: Peter Fonda, Oliver Reed, Kerrie Keane, Al Waxman, …
Category: Horror

Star 80 (1983)

30 April 201230 August 2018

Rating: ★★★½

Real-Life Playmate Murder

Director: Bob Fosse
Actors: Mariel Hemingway, Eric Roberts, Cliff Robertson, Roger Rees, …
Category: Horror

Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)

21 March 200119 January 2020

Rating: ★★

Space Opera

Director: Richard Marquand
Actors: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, David Prowse, …
Category: Science Fiction

Starflight One (1983)

19 July 201312 December 2020

Rating: 0­

Plane Trapped in Orbit/Disaster Movie

Director: Jerry Jameson
Actors: Lee Majors, Hal Linden, Lauren Hutton, Robert Webber, …
Category: Science Fiction

Strange Invaders (1983)

14 September 200216 October 2019

Rating: ★★★

Alien Invaders

Director: Michael Laughlin
Actors: Paul Le Mat, Nancy Allen, Diana Scarwid, Michael Lerner, …
Category: Science Fiction

Superman III (1983)

16 December 200015 June 2020

Rating: 0­

Comic-Book Superhero

Director: Richard Lester
Actors: Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Annette O'Toole, Robert Vaughn, …
Category: Science Fiction

Sweet Sixteen (1983)

20 August 202020 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Deadly Teenage Girl/Slasher Film

Director: Jim Sotos
Actors: Bo Hopkins, Aleisa Shirley, Patrick MacNee, Susan Strasberg, …
Category: Horror

Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1983)

18 June 20155 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Sword and Sorcery

Director: Stephen Weeks
Actors: Miles O'Keeffe, Sean Connery, Cyrielle Claire, Leigh Lawson, …
Category: Fantasy

Testament (1983)

19 April 200413 February 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Nuclear Holocaust

Director: Lynne Littman
Actors: Jane Alexander, Lukas Haas, Roxana Zal, William Devane
Category: Science Fiction

Tin Man (1983)

1 July 201530 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Deaf Inventor Builds an A.I.

Director: John G. Thomas
Actors: Timothy Bottoms, Deana Jurgens, Troy Donahue, Gerry Black, …
Category: Science Fiction

Treasure of the Four Crowns (1983)

5 July 201530 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Caper Adventure

Director: Ferdinando Baldi
Actors: Tony Anthony, Ana Obregon, Gene Quintano, Francisco Rabal, …
Category: Fantasy

Turkey Shoot (1983)

15 July 200221 July 2019

Rating: ★

Future Prison/Human Bloodsports

Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith
Actors: Steve Railsback, Olivia Hussey, Michael Craig, Carmen Duncan, …
Category: Science Fiction

Turkey Shoot (2014)

26 July 201524 May 2019

Rating: ★

Human Hunting/Near Future Reality TV Show

Director: Jon Hewitt
Actors: Dominic Purcell, Viva Bianca, Nicholas Hammond, Belinda McClory, …
Category: Science Fiction

Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

16 December 200013 February 2021

Rating: ★★

Fantasy Anthology/TV Series Remake

Director: John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante, George Miller
Actors: John Lithgow, Vic Morrow, Kathleen Quinlan, Burgess Meredith, …
Category: Fantasy

Two of a Kind (1983)

13 July 201519 June 2020

Rating: ★

Angelic Intervention Comedy

Director: John Herzfeld
Actors: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Charles Durning, Oliver Reed, …
Category: Fantasy

V (1983)

5 May 200719 August 2019

Rating: ★

Alien Invasion

Director: Kenneth Johnson
Actors: Marc Singer, Faye Grant, Jane Badler, Michael Durrell, …
Category: Science Fiction

Videodrome (1983)

31 August 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★★★★½

Reality-Manipulating TV

Director: David Cronenberg
Actors: James Woods, Deborah Harry, Peter Dvorsky, Sonja Smits, …
Category: Science Fiction

WarGames (1983)

25 August 200213 February 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Teen Hacker Accidentally Triggers Nuclear War

Director: John Badham
Actors: Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, John Wood, Dabney Coleman, …
Category: Science Fiction

Wavelength (1983)

28 July 201530 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Alien Visitors

Director: Mike Gray
Actors: Robert Carradine, Keenan Wynn, Cherie Currie, James Hess, …
Category: Science Fiction

Yor, The Hunter from the Future (1983)

19 February 20146 May 2020

Rating: ★

Barbarian in a Post-Holocaust World

Director: Antonio Margheriti
Actors: Reb Brown, Corinne Clery, Alan Collins, John Steiner
Category: Science Fiction

Zelig (1983)

27 April 200322 April 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Human Chameleon Mockumentary

Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow
Category: Fantasy

Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983)

24 September 20001 October 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Wu Xia Film

Director: Tsui Hark
Actors: Yuen Biao, Brigitte Lin, Sammo Hung, Damian Lau, …
Category: Fantasy

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  • Disaster Movies
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  • Real-Life People in Fiction
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  • Asylums
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  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
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