# List of British films of 1983

A list of films produced in the United Kingdom in 1983 (see 1983 in film):

## 1983

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1983 |||||
| Another Time, Another Place | Michael Radford | Phyllis Logan, Denise Coffey | Drama | |
| Ascendancy | Edward Bennett | Julie Covington, Ian Charleson | Drama | Won the Golden Bear at Berlin |
| Betrayal | David Jones | Jeremy Irons, Patricia Hodge, Ben Kingsley | Drama | Harold Pinter based his screenplay on his 1978 semi-autobiographical play. |
| Biddy | Christine Edzard | Celia Bannerman, Sam Ghazoros | Period drama | |
| Bloodbath at the House of Death | Ray Cameron | Kenny Everett, Pamela Stephenson, Vincent Price | Horror | |
| Bullshot | Dick Clement | Alan Shearman, Diz White | Comedy | |
| Champions | John Irvin | | | Entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival |
| The Crimson Permanent Assurance | Terry Gilliam | Sydney Arnold, Guy Bertrand, John Scott Martin | Short | Shown as a lead in to Monty Python's The Meaning of Life |
| Curse of the Pink Panther | Blake Edwards | David Niven, Joanna Lumley, Burt Kwouk, Herbert Lom, Ted Wass | Comedy | |
| Dead on Time | Lyndall Hobbs | Rowan Atkinson, Nigel Hawthorne | Comedy | |
| The Dresser | Peter Yates | Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Eileen Atkins | Drama | |
| Educating Rita | Lewis Gilbert | Michael Caine, Julie Walters | Drama | |
| Eureka | Nicolas Roeg | Gene Hackman, Theresa Russell | Thriller | Co-production with the US |
| Fanny Hill | Gerry O'Hara | Lisa Foster, Oliver Reed | Sex Comedy | |
| Funny Money | James Kenelm Clarke | Gregg Henry, Elizabeth Daily | Drama | |
| The Gold Diggers | Sally Potter | George Antoni, Julie Christie | Drama | |
| Heat and Dust | James Ivory | Julie Christie, Greta Scacchi, Shashi Kapoor | Drama | Entered into the 1983 Cannes Film Festival |
| The Honorary Consul | John Mackenzie | Michael Caine, Richard Gere, Bob Hoskins | Thriller | |
| House of the Long Shadows | Pete Walker | Vincent Price, Christopher Lee | Horror | |
| The Hunger | Tony Scott | Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon | Horror | |
| Invitation to the Wedding | Joseph Brooks | Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud | Comedy | |
| The Jigsaw Man | Terence Young | Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier | Spy/thriller | |
| Krull | Peter Yates | Ken Marshall, Lysette Anthony | Adventure | |
| Local Hero | Bill Forsyth | Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson, Burt Lancaster | Comedy/drama | |
| Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence | Nagisa Oshima | David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto | World War II/POW | Entered into the 1983 Cannes Film Festival |
| Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | Terry Jones | The members of Monty Python, Carol Cleveland, Simon Jones, Patricia Quinn | Comedy/musical | Last film for the Monty Python troupe |
| Nelly's Version | Maurice Branton | Eileen Atkins and Anthony Bate | Mystery film | |
| Never Say Never Again | Irvin Kershner | Sean Connery, Kim Basinger, Klaus Maria Brandauer | Spy | |
| El Norte | Gregory Nava | Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, David Villalpando | Drama | Made with the US |
| Octopussy | John Glen | Roger Moore, Louis Jourdan, Maud Adams, Kristina Wayborn | Spy/action | |
| The Pirates of Penzance | Wilford Leach | Kevin Kline, Angela Lansbury | Comedy/musical | |
| The Ploughman's Lunch | Richard Eyre | Jonathan Pryce, Tim Curry, Rosemary Harris | Drama | |
| Runners | Charles Sturridge | Kate Hardie, James Fox, Jane Asher | Drama | |
| Scrubbers | Mai Zetterling | Amanda York, Chrissie Cotterill | Drama | |
| Secrets | Peter Sasdy | John Castle, Barbara Kellerman | Comedy | |
| Slayground | Terry Bedford | Peter Coyote, Mel Smith | Action | |
| Superman III | Richard Lester | Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor | Adventure | Co-production with the US |
| Where Is Parsifal? | Henri Helman | Tony Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Orson Welles | Comedy | |
| The Wicked Lady | Michael Winner | Faye Dunaway, Alan Bates | Drama | |
| The Wind in the Willows | Mark Hall Chris Taylor | Richard Pearson, Ian Carmichael, David Jason and Michael Hordern | Animated | |
| Yellowbeard | Mel Damski | Graham Chapman, Peter Boyle | Comedy | |