# List of Soviet films of 1983

| Title | Russian title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1983 ||||||
| A Canary Cage | Клетка для канареек | Pavel Chukhray | Vyacheslav Baranov, Evgeniya Dobrovolskaya, Alisa Freyndlikh | Drama | |
| Among Grey Stones | Среди серых камней | Kira Muratova | Igor Sharapov | Drama | Screened at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival |
| And Life, and Tears, and Love | И жизнь, и слёзы, и любовь | Nikolay Gubenko | Zhanna Bolotova, Yelena Fadeyeva, Fyodor Nikitin | Drama | |
| Anxious Sunday | Тревожное воскресенье | Rudolf Fruntov | Klara Luchko | Disaster | |
| The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe | Баллада о доблестном рыцаре Айвенго | Sergei Tarasov | Tamara Akulova | Adventure | |
| Believe It or Not | Небывальщина | Sergei Ovcharov | Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Aleksey Buldakov, Sergey Bekhterev | Drama | |
| Black and White Magic | Магия чёрная и белая | Naum Birman | Pavel Plisov, Anton Granat, Margarita Ivanova | Comedy | |
| Blue Mountains | Голубые горы, или Неправдоподобная история | Eldar Shengelaia | Ramaz Giorgobiani | Comedy-drama | |
| Boys | Пацаны | Dinara Asanova | Valeriy Priyomykhov, Yevgeny Nikitin | Crime drama | |
| Cheburashka Goes to School | Чебурашка идёт в школу | Roman Abelevich Kachanov | Klara Rumyanova, Vasily Livanov | Animation | |
| Crazy Day of Engineer Barkasov | Безумный день инженера Баркасова | Nikolai Lyrichkov | Vasily Bochkarev, Natalya Sayko, Yevgeniya Khanayeva | Comedy | |
| Demidovs | Демидовы | Yaropolk Lapshin | Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev, Vadim Spiridonov, Aleksandr Lazarev | Drama | |
| Epilogue | Послесловие | Marlen Khutsiev | Andrey Myagkov | Drama | |
| Farewell | Прощание | Elem Klimov | Stefaniya Staniyuta, Lev Durov, Alexei Petrenko, Leonid Kryuk | Drama | |
| Flights in Dreams and Reality | Полёты во сне и наяву | Roman Balayan | Oleg Yankovsky, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Oleg Tabakov, Aleksandr Adabashyan | Drama | |
| From the Life of a Chief of the Criminal Police | Из жизни начальника уголовного розыска | Stepan Puchinyan | Kirill Lavrov, Leonid Filatov, Elena Proklova | Drama | |
| I Shall Never Forget | Я тебя никогда не забуду | Pavel Kadochnikov | Irina Malysheva, Evgeniy Karelskikh, Pavel Kadochnikov | Drama | |
| Ladies' Tango | Дамское танго | Sulambek Mamilov | Valentina Fedotova, Anatoly Vasilyev, Raisa Ryazanova | Drama | |
| Last Year's Snow Was Falling | Падал прошлогодний снег | Aleksandr Tatarskiy | Stanislav Sadalskiy | Animation | |
| Lethargy | Летаргия | Valeri Lonskoy | Andrey Myagkov, Natalya Sayko, Valentina Panina | Drama | |
| Look for a Woman | Ищите женщину | Alla Surikova | Sofiko Chiaureli, Leonid Kuravlyov, Sergei Yursky, Aleksandr Abdulov | Crime comedy | |
| Love by Request | Влюблён по собственному желанию | Sergei Mikaelyan | Oleg Yankovskiy, Yevgeniya Glushenko, Vsevolod Shilovsky | Comedy | Entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival |
| Mary Poppins, Goodbye | Мэри Поппинс, до свидания! | Leonid Kvinikhidze | Natalya Andrejchenko, Albert Filozov, Lembit Ulfsak, Oleg Tabakov, Larisa Udovichenko | Musical | |
| Moon Rainbow | Лунная радуга | Andrei Yermash | Vladimir Gostyukhin | Science fiction | |
| Mother Mary | Мать Мария | Sergey Kolosov | Lyudmila Kasatkina, Leonid Markov | Biopic | Entered into the main competition at the 40th edition of the Venice Film Festival |
| Mournful Unconcern | Скорбное бесчувствие | Alexander Sokurov | Ramaz Chkhikvadze, Alla Osipenko | Drama | Not released until 1987, entered into Berlin |
| Nostalghia | Ностальгия | Andrei Tarkovsky | Oleg Yankovsky, Erland Josephson, Domiziana Giordano, Delia Boccardo | Drama | Won 2 awards at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival |
| Plead Guilty | Признать виновным | Igor Voznesensky | Aleksandr Mikhailov, Vladimir Shevelkov, Igor Rogachyov | Drama | |
| Quarantine | Карантин | Ilya Frez | Ailika Kremer | Comedy | |
| Recipe of Her Youth | Рецепт её молодости | Yevgeny Ginzburg | Lyudmila Gurchenko, Oleg Borisov, Aleksandr Abdulov | Comedy | |
| Return from Orbit | Возвращение с орбиты | Aleksandr Surin | Juozas Budraitis, Vitaly Solomin, Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov | Science fiction | |
| Rupture | Обрыв | Vladimir Vengerov | Georgi Antonov, Elena Finogeeva, Nikolay Kochegarov | Drama | |
| Secret of the Black Birds | Тайна «Чёрных дроздов» | Vadim Derbenyov | Ita Ever, Vladimir Sedov, Vsevolod Sanaev | Crime | |
| Semyon Dezhnev | Семён Дежнёв | Nikolai Gusarov | Aleksey Buldakov, Leonid Nevedomsky, Viktor Grigoryuk | Adventure | |
| Speed | Скорость | Dmitry Svetozarov | Aleksey Batalov, Dmitriy Kharatyan, Merle Talvik | Drama | |
| Start Liquidation | Приступить к ликвидации | Boris Grigoryev | Oleg Strizhenov, Mikhail Zhigalov, Vasily Lanovoy | Action | |
| Tender Age | Нежный возраст | Valeri Isakov | Yevgeny Dvorzhetskiy, Pavel Ilin, Alyona Belyak | Drama | |
| The Fourth Year of War | Шёл четвёртый год войны | Georgy Nikolaenko | Lyudmila Savelyeva, Nikolay Olyalin, Aleksandr Zbruev | War | |
| The Shore | Берег | Aleksandr Alov, Vladimir Naumov | Boris Shcherbakov, Natalya Belokhvostikova, Bernhard Wicki | Romance | |
| The Story of Voyages | Сказка странствий | Alexander Mitta | Andrei Mironov, Tatyana Aksyuta, Lev Durov | Fantasy | |
| The Treasures of Agra | Приключения Шерлока Холмса и доктора Ватсона: Сокровища Агры | Igor Maslennikov | Vasiliy Livanov | Crime | |
| The Trust That Went Bust | Трест, который лопнул | Aleksandr Pavlovsky | Regimantas Adomaitis, Nikolai Karachentsov, Leonid Kuravlyov, Mikhail Svetin | Musical | |
| Torpedo Bombers | Торпедоносцы | Semyon Aranovich | Rodion Nahapetov, Aleksey Zharkov, Andrei Boltnev | Drama | |
| Twice Born | Дважды рождённый | Arkadi Sirenko | Vyacheslav Baranov, Georgiy Drozd, Eduard Bocharov | War | |
| Vassa | Васса | Gleb Panfilov | Inna Churikova | Drama | Won the Golden Prize at the 13th Moscow International Film Festival |
| Vertical Race | Гонки по вертикали | Aleksander Muratov | Andrey Myagkov, Valentin Gaft | Crime | |
| Vitya Glushakov - A Friend of the Apaches | Витя Глушаков — друг апачей | Gerald Bezhanov | Leonid Kuravlyov, Andrei Yuritsyn, Ekaterina Semyonova | Comedy | |
| Wartime Romance | Военно-полевой роман | Pyotr Todorovsky | Nikolay Burlyaev, Natalya Andreychenko, Inna Churikova | Romantic drama | Churikova won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at Berlin |
| We Are from Jazz | Мы из джаза | Karen Shakhnazarov | Igor Sklyar | Comedy | |
| White Dew | Белые Росы | Igor Dobrolyubov | Vsevolod Sanayev, Nikolai Karachentsov, Mikhail Kokshenov, Gennady Garbuk, Boris Novikov | Comedy |
| Without Witness | Без свидетелей | Nikita Mikhalkov | Irina Kupchenko, Mikhail Ulyanov | Drama | Won the Prix FIPRESCI at the 13th Moscow International Film Festival. |