List of American films of 1983

This is a list of American films released in 1983. 
In 1983:
* Terms of Endearment won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
* Return of the Jedi was the highest grossing film of the year.
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== List of films ==
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Note
10 to Midnight 	J. Lee Thompson 	Charles Bronson, Lisa Eilbacher, Andrew Stevens 	Action 	
All the Right Moves 	Michael Chapman 	Tom Cruise, Craig T. Nelson, Lea Thompson, Chris Penn 	Drama 	
Americana 	David Carradine 	David Carradine, Barbara Hershey 	Drama 	
Amityville 3-D 	Richard Fleischer 	Tony Roberts, Tess Harper, Robert Joy 	Horror 	2nd sequel to The Amityville Horror
Angelo My Love 	Robert Duvall 	 	Drama 	
Anna to the Infinite Power 	Robert Wiemer 	Dina Merrill, Jack Gilford 	Sci-fi 	
Baby, It's You 	John Sayles 	Rosanna Arquette, Vincent Spano, Joanna Merlin 	Drama 	
Bad Boys 	Rick Rosenthal 	Sean Penn, Esai Morales, Reni Santoni, Ally Sheedy 	Drama 	
The Big Chill 	Lawrence Kasdan 	Glenn Close, Tom Berenger, Kevin Kline, JoBeth Williams, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt, Meg Tilly, Mary Kay Place 	Drama 	3 Academy Award nominations
Bill Cosby: Himself 	Bill Cosby 	Bill Cosby 	Comedy 	
The Black Stallion Returns 	Robert Dalva 	Kelly Reno, Vincent Spano, Teri Garr 	Family 	sequel to The Black Stallion
Blue Thunder 	John Badham 	Roy Scheider, Malcolm McDowell, Daniel Stern 	Action 	
Born in Flames 	Lizzie Borden 	Jeanne Satterfield 	16mm film 	
Brainstorm 	Douglas Trumbull 	Natalie Wood, Christopher Walken, Louise Fletcher 	Drama, Science fiction	Wood's final film
Breathless 	Jim McBride 	Richard Gere, Valérie Kaprisky 	Drama 	remake of 1960 film
Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? 	Henry Jaglom 	Karen Black, Michael Emil 	Comedy 	
Chicken Ranch 	Nick Broomfield 	 	Documentary 	
Christine 	John Carpenter 	Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, Robert Prosky, Harry Dean Stanton 	Thriller 	based on novel by Stephen King
A Christmas Story 	Bob Clark 	Peter Billingsley, Darren McGavin, Melinda Dillon 	Comedy 	based on story by Jean Shepherd
Circle of Power 	Bobby Roth 	Yvette Mimieux 	Drama 	
Class 	Lewis John Carlino 	Jacqueline Bisset, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Cliff Robertson 	Comedy 	
Copkiller 	Roberto Faenza 	Harvey Keitel, John Lydon 	Drama 	
Cracking Up 	Jerry Lewis 	Jerry Lewis, Herb Edelman, Zane Busby 	Comedy 	
Cross Creek 	Martin Ritt 	Mary Steenburgen, Peter Coyote, Rip Torn, Alfre Woodard, Dana Hill 	Biography 	story of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Cujo 	Lewis Teague 	Dee Wallace, Danny Pintauro, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Christopher Stone 	Horror 	based on Stephen King novel
D.C. Cab 	Joel Schumacher 	Adam Baldwin, Mr. T, Gary Busey 	Comedy 	
Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island 	Friz Freleng 	Mel Blanc, June Foray 	Animation 	Compilation
Daniel 	Sidney Lumet 	Timothy Hutton, Mandy Patinkin, Lindsay Crouse 	Drama 	
The Day After 	Nicholas Meyer 	Jason Robards, Steve Guttenberg, JoBeth Williams, John Lithgow, John Cullum, Jeff East 	Drama 	TV film; 12 Emmy nominations
The Dead Zone 	David Cronenberg 	Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Herbert Lom, Brooke Adams 	Thriller 	based on Stephen King novel
Deal of the Century 	William Friedkin 	Chevy Chase, Gregory Hines, Sigourney Weaver 	Comedy 	
Doctor Detroit 	Michael Pressman 	Dan Aykroyd, Howard Hesseman, Fran Drescher, Lynn Whitfield 	Comedy 	
Easy Money 	James Signorelli 	Rodney Dangerfield, Joe Pesci, Jennifer Jason Leigh 	Comedy 	
Eddie and the Cruisers 	Martin Davidson 	Michael Paré, Tom Berenger, Ellen Barkin 	Drama 	
Eddie Macon's Run 	Jeff Kanew 	Kirk Douglas, John Schneider, Lee Purcell 	Crime 	
El Norte 	Gregory Nava 	Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, David Villalpando 	Drama 	
Eureka 	Nicolas Roeg 	Gene Hackman, Theresa Russell, Rutger Hauer 	Drama 	
Exposed 	James Toback 	Nastassja Kinski, Rudolf Nureyev, Harvey Keitel 	Drama 	
Ferestadeh 	Parviz Sayyad 	Parviz Sayyad, Mary Apick 	Drama 	
Flashdance 	Adrian Lyne 	Jennifer Beals, Michael Nouri, Belinda Bauer 	Drama 	
Get Crazy 	Allan Arkush 	Malcolm McDowell, Allen Garfield, Lou Reed 	Comedy 	
Going Berserk 	David Steinberg 	John Candy, Eugene Levy, Pat Hingle 	Comedy 	
Gorky Park 	Michael Apted 	William Hurt, Lee Marvin, Brian Dennehy 	Crime drama 	based on Martin Cruz Smith novel
Heart Like a Wheel 	Jonathan Kaplan 	Bonnie Bedelia, Beau Bridges 	Biography 	story of Shirley Muldowney
Hercules 	Luigi Cozzi 	Lou Ferrigno, Sybil Danning 	Fantasy 	
High Road to China 	Brian G. Hutton 	Tom Selleck, Bess Armstrong, Wilford Brimley 	Adventure 	
The House on Sorority Row 	Mark Ronson 	Kathryn McNeil, Eileen Davidson 	Horror 	
The Hunger 	Tony Scott 	Catherine Deneuve, Susan Sarandon, David Bowie 	Horror 	
Independence Day 	Robert Mandel 	Kathleen Quinlan, David Keith, Dianne Wiest 	Drama 	
Jaws 3-D 	Joe Alves 	Bess Armstrong, Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett, Jr. 	Thriller 	2nd sequel to Jaws
The Keep 	Michael Mann 	Scott Glenn, Jürgen Prochnow, Ian McKellen 	Horror 	
The King of Comedy 	Martin Scorsese 	Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis 	Comedy 	
Lianna 	John Sayles 	Linda Griffiths, Jane Hallaren, Jon DeVries 	Drama 	
Liquid Sky 	Slava Tsukerman 	Anne Carlisle, Paula E. Sheppard 	Drama 	
Lone Wolf McQuade 	Steve Carver 	Chuck Norris, David Carradine, Barbara Carrera 	Action 	
The Lonely Lady 	Peter Sasdy 	Pia Zadora, Lloyd Bochner, Joseph Cali, Bibi Besch, Anthony Holland, Ray Liotta 	Drama 	based on Harold Robbins novel; 11 Razzie nominations
The Lords of Discipline 	Franc Roddam 	David Keith, G. D. Spradlin 	Drama 	based on Pat Conroy novel
Losin' It 	Curtis Hanson 	Tom Cruise, Jackie Earle Haley, Shelley Long 	Comedy 	
Lovesick 	Marshall Brickman 	Dudley Moore, Alec Guinness, Elizabeth McGovern 	Comedy 	
The Man Who Loved Women 	Blake Edwards 	Burt Reynolds, Julie Andrews, Sela Ward, Marilu Henner 	Drama 	remake of 1977 French film
The Man with Two Brains 	Carl Reiner 	Steve Martin, Kathleen Turner 	Comedy 	
Max Dugan Returns 	Herbert Ross 	Jason Robards, Marsha Mason, Donald Sutherland, Matthew Broderick 	Comedy 	written by Neil Simon
Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn 	Charles Band 	Kelly Preston, Tim Thomerson 	Sci-fi 	
Mickey's Christmas Carol 	Wolfgang Reitherman 	 	Animation 	
Mr. Mom 	Stan Dragoti 	Michael Keaton, Teri Garr, Martin Mull 	Comedy 	
My Tutor 	George Bowers 	Caren Kaye, Matt Lattanzi, Crispin Glover 	Comedy 	
Nate and Hayes 	Ferdinand Fairfax, John Hughes 	Tommy Lee Jones, Michael O'Keefe 	Action 	
National Lampoon's Vacation 	Harold Ramis 	Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, John Candy, Anthony Michael Hall, Dana Barron, Christie Brinkley 	Comedy 	
Never Cry Wolf 	Carroll Ballard 	Brian Dennehy, Charles Martin Smith 	Drama 	
Night Warning 	Bill Asher 	Bo Svenson, Julia Duffy, Bill Paxton 	Horror 	
A Night in Heaven 	John G. Avildsen 	Christopher Atkins, Lesley Ann Warren 	Drama 	
Nightmares 	Joseph Sargent 	Lance Henriksen, Emilio Estevez 	Horror 	
Of Unknown Origin 	George P. Cosmatos 	Peter Weller, Jennifer Dale 	Horror 	
The Osterman Weekend 	Sam Peckinpah 	Rutger Hauer, Craig T. Nelson, Dennis Hopper, Burt Lancaster, John Hurt, Chris Sarandon, Meg Foster, Helen Shaver 	Suspense 	based on Robert Ludlum novel; Peckinpah's final film
The Outsiders 	Francis Ford Coppola 	C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, Patrick Swayze, Ralph Macchio, Rob Lowe, Tom Cruise, Emilio Estevez, Leif Garrett	Drama 	based on S. E. Hinton novel
The Pirates of Penzance 	Wilford Leach 	Kevin Kline, Tony Azito, Angela Lansbury 	Operetta 	
Porky's II: The Next Day 	Bob Clark 	Mark Herrier, Kaki Hunter 	Comedy 	sequel to Porky's
Private School 	Noel Black 	Phoebe Cates, Betsy Russell, Matthew Modine 	Comedy 	
Psycho II 	Richard Franklin 	Anthony Perkins, Meg Tilly, Robert Loggia, Vera Miles 	Horror 	sequel to Psycho
Reuben, Reuben 	Robert Ellis Miller 	Tom Conti, Kelly McGillis 	Drama, Comedy 	
Revenge of the Ninja 	Sam Firstenberg 	Sho Kosugi, Arthur Roberts 	Action 	
Richard Pryor: Here and Now 	Richard Pryor 	Richard Pryor 	Comedy 	
The Right Stuff 	Philip Kaufman 	Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Dennis Quaid, Fred Ward, Sam Shepard, Charles Frank Lance Henriksen, Barbara Hershey, Kim Stanley 	Drama, Biography 	based on book by Tom Wolfe; won 4 Academy Awards
Risky Business 	Paul Brickman 	Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay, Richard Masur, Joe Pantoliano, Curtis Armstrong, Bronson Pinchot 	Comedy 	
Romantic Comedy 	Arthur Hiller 	Dudley Moore, Mary Steenbergen 	Comedy 	
Rumble Fish 	Francis Ford Coppola 	Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane, Nicolas Cage, Diana Scarwid, Vincent Spano, Dennis Hopper 	Drama 	based on S. E. Hinton novel
Running Brave 	D.S. Everett 	Robby Benson, Pat Hingle, Graham Greene 	Biography 	story of Billy Mills
Sahara 	Andrew V. McLaglen 	Brooke Shields, Lambert Wilson 	Drama 	
Scarface 	Brian De Palma 	Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Robert Loggia 	Crime drama 	remake of 1932 film
Silkwood 	Mike Nichols 	Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson, Fred Ward 	Drama 	
Sleepaway Camp 	Robert Hiltzik 	Felissa Rose, Jonathan Tiersten 	Horror 	
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 	Dick Lowry 	Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick 	Comedy 	2nd Smokey and the Bandit sequel
Something Wicked This Way Comes 	Jack Clayton 	Jonathan Pryce, Jason Robards, Pam Grier 	Fantasy 	based on Ray Bradbury story
Space Raiders 	Howard R. Cohen 	Vince Edwards 	Sci-fi 	
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone	Lamont Johnson 	Peter Strauss, Molly Ringwald, Ernie Hudson 	Science fiction 	
Spring Break 	Sean S. Cunningham 	Perry Lang, Corinne Wahl 	Comedy 	
Star 80 	Bob Fosse 	Eric Roberts, Mariel Hemingway, Cliff Robertson 	Drama, Biography 	story of Dorothy Stratten
The Star Chamber 	Peter Hyams 	Michael Douglas, Hal Holbrook, Yaphet Kotto 	Crime drama 	
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi 	Richard Marquand 	Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams 	Science fiction 	3rd Star Wars film released
Staying Alive 	Sylvester Stallone 	John Travolta, Cynthia Rhodes, Finola Hughes 	Musical, Drama 	sequel to Saturday Night Fever; 5 Razzie nominations
Still Smokin' 	Tommy Chong 	Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong 	Comedy 	
The Sting II 	Jeremy Kagan 	Jackie Gleason, Teri Garr, Karl Malden 	Crime comedy 	sequel to The Sting
Strange Brew 	Rick Moranis 	Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas, Max von Sydow 	Comedy 	based on SCTV characters
Strange Invaders 	Michael Laughlin 	Paul Le Mat, Diana Scarwid, Nancy Allen 	Sci-fi, Comedy 	
Streamers 	Robert Altman 	Matthew Modine, David Alan Grier, George Dzundza 	Drama 	based on David Rabe play
Stroker Ace 	Hal Needham 	Burt Reynolds, Jim Nabors, Ned Beatty, Loni Anderson 	Comedy 	5 Razzie nominations
Sudden Impact 	Clint Eastwood 	Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle 	Crime drama 	3rd sequel to Dirty Harry
Superman III 	Richard Lester 	Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Robert Vaughn, Annette O'Toole 	Action 	2nd sequel to Superman
The Survivors 	Michael Ritchie 	Walter Matthau, Robin Williams, Jerry Reed 	Comedy 	
Table for Five 	Robert Lieberman 	Jon Voight, Richard Crenna, Roxana Zal 	Drama 	
Tender Mercies 	Bruce Beresford 	Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Betty Buckley, Ellen Barkin 	Drama 	Academy Award for Duvall
Terms of Endearment 	James L. Brooks 	Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Jeff Daniels, Danny DeVito, John Lithgow 	Drama, Comedy 	won 5 Academy Awards
Testament 	Lynne Littman 	Jane Alexander, William Devane, Roxana Zal 	Drama 	
To Be or Not to Be 	Alan Johnson 	Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, José Ferrer, Tim Matheson 	Comedy 	remake of 1942 film
Tough Enough 	Richard Fleischer 	Dennis Quaid, Pam Grier, Stan Shaw 	Drama 	
Trading Places 	John Landis 	Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Ameche, Ralph Bellamy 	Comedy 	won two BAFTA awards
Trenchcoat 	Michael Tuchner 	Robert Hays, Margot Kidder 	Comedy 	
Twilight Zone: The Movie 	John Landis, Joe Dante, George Miller, Steven Spielberg	Vic Morrow, John Lithgow, Kathleen Quinlan, Scatman Crothers, Kevin McCarthy, Dan Aykroyd, Albert Brooks 	Science fiction 	based on the television series; Morrow's final film
Twice Upon a Time 	John Korty 	 	Animation 	
Two of a Kind 	John Herzfeld 	John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Charles Durning 	Romantic comedy 	5 Razzie nominations
Uncommon Valor 	Ted Kotcheff 	Gene Hackman, Fred Ward, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Patrick Swayze 	Action, War 	
Under Fire 	Roger Spottiswoode 	Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy, Ed Harris 	Drama 	
Valley Girl 	Martha Coolidge 	Nicolas Cage, Deborah Foreman, E.G. Daily, Frederic Forrest, Colleen Camp 	Comedy 	
Videodrome 	David Cronenberg 	James Woods, Deborah Harry 	Sci-fi 	
Vigilante 	William Lustig 	Robert Forster, Fred Williamson, Rutanya Alda 	Action 	
Walking the Edge 	Norbert Meisel 	Robert Forster, Nancy Kwan, Joe Spinell 	Action 	
WarGames 	John Badham 	Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, Ally Sheedy, John Wood 	Drama 	
Warrior of the Lost World 	David Worth 	Donald Pleasence, Persis Khambatta, Fred Williamson 	Sci-fi 	
Wavelength 	Mike Gray 	Robert Carradine, Keenan Wynn 	Sci-fi 	
The Winds of War 	Dan Curtis 	Robert Mitchum, Ali MacGraw, John Houseman, Polly Bergen, Jan-Michael Vincent 	War, Drama 	based on Herman Wouk novel; made for TV mini-series
Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore 	Rick Reinert 	 	Animation 	
Without a Trace 	Stanley R. Jaffe 	Kate Nelligan, Judd Hirsch, David Dukes 	Drama 	
Yentl 	Barbra Streisand 	Barbra Streisand, Mandy Patinkin, Amy Irving 	Musical 	Streisand's directorial debut
Zelig 	Woody Allen 	Woody Allen, Mia Farrow 	Mockumentary 	
== External links ==
* American films of 1983 at the Internet Movie Database
Films
American
1983