The Best Movies of 1983

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Return of the Jedi

1983    Richard Marquand    Rated PG

Action    Adventure    Cyborg / Android / Robot

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Scarface

1983    Brian De Palma    Rated R

Crime    Crime Thriller    Gangster Film

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Videodrome

1983    David Cronenberg    Rated R

Body Horror    Cyberpunk / Tech Noir    Horror

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A Christmas Story

1983    Bob Clark    Rated PG

Americana    Comedy Drama    Domestic Comedy

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The Right Stuff

1983    Philip Kaufman    Rated R

Adventure    Adventure Drama    Based-on-a-True-Story

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Trading Places

1983    John Landis    Rated R

Comedy    Comedy of Manners    Satire

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The Meaning of Life

1983    Terry Jones    Rated R

Absurd Comedy    Anthology Film    Based-on-Television

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National Lampoon's Vacation

1983    Harold Ramis    Rated R

Absurd Comedy    Comedy    Farce

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Zelig

1983    Woody Allen    Rated PG

Comedy    Fantasy Comedy    Media Satire

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WarGames

1983    John Badham    Rated PG

Drama    Paranoid Thriller    Psychological Thriller

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The Dead Zone

1983    David Cronenberg    Rated R

Supernatural Thriller    Thriller

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Terms of Endearment

1983    James L. Brooks    Rated PG

Comedy Drama    Drama    Family Drama

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The Outsiders

1983    Francis Ford Coppola    Rated PG

Coming-of-Age    Drama    Teen Movie

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The Big Chill

1983    Lawrence Kasdan    Rated R

Comedy Drama    Comedy of Manners    Drama

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Risky Business

1983    Paul Brickman    Rated R

Comedy Drama    Coming-of-Age    Drama

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Local Hero

1983    Bill Forsyth    Rated PG

Comedy Drama    Comedy of Manners    Drama

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Christine

1983    John Carpenter    Rated R

Drama    Horror    Mystery

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Rumble Fish

1983    Francis Ford Coppola    Rated R

Coming-of-Age    Drama    Teen Movie

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