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The following is an overview of events in 1983 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.
Highest-grossing films (U.S.)
See also: List of 1983 box office number-one films in the United StatesThe top ten 1983 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Box-office gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Return of the Jedi | 20th Century Fox | $309,306,177 |
| 2 | Terms of Endearment | Paramount | $108,423,489 |
| 3 | Flashdance | $92,921,203 | |
| 4 | Trading Places | $90,404,800 | |
| 5 | WarGames | United Artists | $79,567,667 |
| 6 | Octopussy | $67,893,619 | |
| 7 | Sudden Impact | Warner Bros. | $67,642,693 |
| 8 | Staying Alive | Paramount | $64,892,670 |
| 9 | Mr. Mom | 20th Century Fox | $64,783,827 |
| 10 | Risky Business | Warner Bros. | $63,541,777 |
Events
- February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York City.
- May 25 - Return of the Jedi, the final installment in the original Star Wars trilogy, is released. Like the previous films, it goes on to become the highest-grossing film of the year.
- Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman makes her film debut in the Australian movie Bush Christmas.
- Brainstorm, the final film of screen star Natalie Wood, is released, 2 years after her death.
- October - Frank Price resigns as president of Columbia Pictures and is replaced by Guy McElwaine.
- November 18 - A Christmas Story released to theaters to moderate success, earning about $2 million in its first weekend. By Christmas 1983, the film is no longer playing at most venues but remains in about a hundred theatres until January 1984. Gross earnings were just over $19.2 million. Over the years, the film's critical reputation would grow considerably and it is now regarded by some as one of the best films of 1983. By the late 1980s, it was already considered a classic.
Awards
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- The Ballad of Narayama (楢山節考, Narayama bushiko), directed by Shohei Imamura, Japan
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- Prénom Carmen (First Name: Carmen), directed by Jean-Luc Godard,
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- Ascendancy, directed by Edward Bennett, United Kingdom
- The Beehive (La Colmena), directed by Mario Camus, Spain
1983 films
By country/region
- List of American films of 1983
- List of Argentine films of 1983
- List of Australian films of 1983
- List of Bangladeshi films of 1983
- List of British films of 1983
- List of Canadian films of 1983
- List of French films of 1983
- List of Hong Kong films of 1983
- List of Indian films of 1983
- List of Japanese films of 1983
- List of Mexican films of 1983
- List of Pakistani films of 1983
- List of South Korean films of 1983
- List of Soviet films of 1983
- List of Spanish films of 1983
By genre/medium
- List of action films of 1983
- List of animated feature films of 1983
- List of avant-garde films of 1983
- List of comedy films of 1983
- List of drama films of 1983
- List of horror films of 1983
- List of science fiction films of 1983
- List of thriller films of 1983
- List of western films of 1983
Births
- January 2
- Kate Bosworth, American actress
- Anthony Carrigan, American actor
- Kristen Hager, Canadian actress
- January 9 - Kerry Condon, Irish actress
- January 13 - Julian Morris, British actor
- January 16 - Marwan Kenzari, Dutch actor
- January 17 - Ryan Gage, English actor
- January 21 - Svetlana Khodchenkova, Russian actress
- January 24
- Frankie Grande, American actor, singer, producer, television host and YouTube personality
- Lee Toland Krieger, American director and screenwriter
- January 28 - Angel Manuel Soto, Puerto Rican film director, producer, and screenwriter
- February 4 – Hannibal Buress, American comedian, actor, writer and producer
- February 7 - Elina Pähklimägi, Estonian actress
- February 9 - Matty Cardarople, American actor and comedian
- February 12 - Iko Uwais, Indonesian actor, stuntman, fight choreographer and martial artist
- February 16 - Agyness Deyn, English actress and model
- February 18
- Evan Jonigkeit, American actor
- Wrenn Schmidt, American actress
- February 20
- Jessie Mueller, American actor and singer
- Bronson Webb, British actor
- February 21
- Eoin Macken, Irish actor
- Mélanie Laurent, French actress
- February 22 - Taraka Ratna, Indian actor (died 2023)
- February 23
- Aziz Ansari, American actor, writer, producer, director and comedian
- Emily Blunt, English actress
- February 27 - Kate Mara, American actress
- March 1 - Lupita Nyong'o, Kenyan-Mexican actress and director
- March 4 - Julieta Zylberberg, Argentine actress
- March 7 - Greta Lee, American actress
- March 9 - Bobby Campo, American actor
- March 10
- Rafe Spall, English actor
- Carrie Underwood, American singer-songwriter and actress
- March 11 - Lucy DeVito, American actress
- March 12 - Ron Funches, American actor, comedian and writer
- March 14 - Johnny Flynn, British actor, musician and singer-songwriter
- March 15 - Sean Biggerstaff, Scottish actor
- March 18 - Ivan Kolesnikov, Russian actor
- March 20 - Michael Cassidy, American actor
- March 21 - Justin McDonald, British actor
- March 29 - Ed Skrein, English actor, director, screenwriter and rapper
- March 31 - Ashleigh Ball, Canadian singer, musician and voice actress
- April 1
- Ellen Hollman, American actress
- Matt Lanter, American actor
- April 4
- Eric André, American comedian, actor, writer, producer and musician
- Amanda Righetti, American actress
- April 6 - Diora Baird, American actress and former model
- April 7 - Kyle Labine, Canadian actor
- April 8 - Levy Tran, Vietnamese-American actress
- April 10 - Jamie Chung, American actress and former reality television personality
- April 15 - Alice Braga, Brazilian actress and producer
- April 19 - Victoria Yeates, English actress
- April 21 - Gugu Mbatha-Raw, British actress
- April 22 - Francis Capra, American actor
- May 3 - Ari Magder, Canadian actor (died 2012)
- May 4
- Brad Bufanda, American actor (died 2017)
- Jesse Moss, Canadian actor
- May 5 - Henry Cavill, British actor
- May 6
- Adrianne Palicki, American actress
- Gabourey Sidibe, American actress
- May 8 - Elyes Gabel, English actor
- May 11 - Holly Valance, Australian actress and singer
- May 12 - Domhnall Gleeson, Irish actor, writer, and director
- May 14 - Amber Tamblyn, American actress, writer, and director
- May 17 - Ginger Gonzaga, American comedian and actress
- May 25 - Chelse Swain, American actress
- May 28 - Megalyn Echikunwoke, American actress
- June 1 - Sylvia Hoeks, Dutch actress
- June 2 - Yuliya Snigir, Russian actress and model
- June 10 - Leelee Sobieski, American retired actress
- June 14 - Louis Garrel, French actor and filmmaker
- June 16 - Olivia Hack, American actress
- June 19 - Aidan Turner, Irish actor
- June 23 - Miles Fisher, American actor, comedian and musician
- June 24 - John Lloyd Cruz, Filipino actor
- June 28 - Scott Haze, American actor and filmmaker
- June 30 - Angela Sarafyan, Armenian-American actress
- July 1 - Tanya Chisholm, American actress
- July 6
- Christine Firkins, Canadian former actress
- Gregory Smith, Canadian actor, writer and director
- July 7 - Robert Eggers, American filmmaker
- July 8 - DeVaughn Nixon, American actor
- July 10 - Golshifteh Farahani, Iranian actress
- July 18 - Cara Gee, Canadian actress
- July 19 - Trai Byers, American actor
- July 20 - Martin McCann, Irish actor
- July 23 - Olamide Faison, American actor and singer
- July 28 - Dhanush, Indian actor
- August 1 - Inga Salurand, Estonian actress
- August 3 - Mamie Gummer, American actress
- August 4
- Nathaniel Buzolic, Australian actor
- Greta Gerwig, American director, writer, and actress
- August 6 - Landon Pigg, American singer-songwriter and actor
- August 7 - Brit Marling, American actress and screenwriter
- August 8
- Guy Burnet, British actor
- Trina Nishimura, American voice actress
- August 9 - Ashley Johnson, American actress
- August 10 - Bonnie Piesse, Australian actress and singer-songwriter
- August 11
- Chris Hemsworth, Australian actor
- Tatá Werneck, Brazilian actress, television presenter and comedian
- August 14
- Mila Kunis, actress
- Lamorne Morris, American actor, comedian and television personality
- August 16 - Dominik García-Lorido, American actress
- August 19 - Mike Moh, American actor and martial artist
- August 20 - Andrew Garfield, English actor
- August 22 - Elena Goode, American actress
- August 23 - Annie Ilonzeh, American actress
- August 24 - Antonio Campos, American film director
- August 29 - Jennifer Landon, American actress
- September 9 - Zoe Kazan, American actress and screenwriter
- september 20 - Olivia Grant, English actress
- September 21
- Scott Evans, American actor
- Maggie Grace, American actress
- Joseph Mazzello, American actor
- September 25 - Donald Glover, American actor, singer, comedian, writer, producer and director
- October 3 - Tessa Thompson, American actress
- October 5
- Jesse Eisenberg, American actor, director, producer, and writer
- Shelby Rabara, Filipino-American actress and dancer
- Noot Seear, Canadian actress
- Noah Segan, American actor
- October 9 - Spencer Grammer, American actress
- October 10 - Layke Anderson, British director and former actor
- October 16 - Andrew Santino, American stand-up comedian and actor
- October 17 - Felicity Jones, English actress
- October 19 - Rebecca Ferguson, Swedish actress
- October 24 - Katie McGrath, Irish actress
- October 28 - Joe Thomas, English actor, writer and comedian
- October 29 - Johnny Lewis, American actor (died 2012)
- November 7 - Adam DeVine, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer and singer
- November 8 - Chris Rankin, New Zealand-born British actor
- November 18 - Julia Ducournau, French film director and screenwriter
- November 15 - Sophia Di Martino, English actress
- November 19 - Adam Driver, American actor
- November 24
- Gwilym Lee, British actor
- Karine Vanasse, Canadian actress
- November 29 - Claudia O'Doherty, Australian actress, writer and comedian
- November 30 - Guillaume Gouix, French actor, director and screenwriter
- December 8 - Utkarsh Ambudkar, American actor, singer and rapper
- December 10
- Patrick Flueger, American actor
- Xavier Samuel, Australian actor
- December 13 - Satya Bhabha, British actor
- December 17 - Stef Dawson, Australian actress
- December 20 - Jonah Hill, American actor, filmmaker, and comedian
- December 21 - Steven Yeun, American actor
- December 23
- Eva Ceja, American actress and film producer
- Joe Dinicol, Canadian actor
Deaths
| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8 | Gale Page | 69 | US | Actress | |
| 15 | Shepperd Strudwick | 75 | US | Actor | ||
| 19 | Robert Carson | 73 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 24 | George Cukor | 83 | US | Director | ||
| 27 | Louis de Funès | 68 | France | Actor, Director | ||
| 28 | Billy Fury | 42 | UK | Singer, Actor | ||
| 30 | Joan Valerie | 71 | US | Actress | ||
| February | 10 | Eduard Franz | 80 | US | Actor | |
| 13 | Marian Nixon | 78 | US | Actress | ||
| 19 | Charles Bluhdorn | 56 | Austria | Studio Executive | ||
| 19 | Alice White | 75 | US | Actress | ||
| 21 | Marie Mosquini | 83 | US | Actress | ||
| 25 | Tennessee Williams | 71 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 27 | Ruth Dunning | 71 | UK | Actress | ||
| March | 7 | Robert Bray | 65 | US | Actor | |
| 8 | William Walton | 80 | UK | Composer | ||
| 9 | Faye Emerson | 65 | US | Actress | ||
| 14 | Maurice Ronet | 55 | France | Actor | ||
| 16 | Arthur Godfrey | 79 | US | Actor | ||
| 27 | James Hayter | 75 | UK | Actor | ||
| 28 | Walter Reisch | 79 | Austria | Screenwriter | ||
| April | 4 | Buster Crabbe | 75 | US | Actor | |
| 4 | Gloria Swanson | 84 | US | Actress | ||
| 5 | Bronisław Kaper | 81 | Poland | Composer | ||
| 11 | Dolores del Río | 77 | Mexico | Actress | ||
| 15 | Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. | 67 | Mexico | Actor | ||
| 21 | Walter Slezak | 80 | Austria | Actor | ||
| 23 | Selena Royle | 78 | US | Actress | ||
| 26 | Shirley Deane | 70 | US | Actress | ||
| 26 | Vaughn Taylor | 73 | US | Actor | ||
| May | 1 | Joseph Ruttenberg | 93 | Ukraine | Cinematographer | |
| 5 | John Williams | 80 | UK | Actor | ||
| 8 | Fay Spain | 50 | US | Actress | ||
| 22 | Art Cruickshank | 68 | US | Special Effects Artist | ||
| 23 | George Bruns | 68 | US | Composer | ||
| 23 | Eve Gray | 87 | UK | Actress | ||
| 25 | Sydney Box | 78 | UK | Producer, Screenwriter | ||
| 28 | John C. Howard | 52 | US | Film Editor | ||
| 30 | Burnett Guffey | 78 | US | Cinematographer | ||
| June | 12 | Norma Shearer | 80 | Canada | Actress | |
| 22 | David MacDonald | 79 | UK | Director | ||
| 23 | Jonathan Latimer | 76 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 30 | Herbert Baker | 62 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| July | 1 | Charles G. Clarke | 84 | US | Cinematographer | |
| 5 | Harry James | 67 | US | Musician, Actor | ||
| 9 | Robert Dawn | 61 | US | Makeup Artist | ||
| 15 | Eddie Foy Jr. | 78 | US | Actor | ||
| 16 | Samson Raphaelson | 89 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 17 | Byron Kennedy | 33 | Australia | Producer | ||
| 20 | E. Preston Ames | 77 | US | Art Director | ||
| 23 | Georges Auric | 84 | France | Composer | ||
| 25 | Jerome Moross | 69 | US | Composer | ||
| 29 | Luis Buñuel | 83 | Spain | Screenwriter, Director, Actor | ||
| 29 | Raymond Massey | 86 | Canada | Actor | ||
| 29 | David Niven | 73 | UK | Actor | ||
| 30 | Lynn Fontanne | 95 | UK | Actress | ||
| August | 1 | Peter Arne | 64 | UK | Actor | |
| 3 | Carolyn Jones | 53 | US | Actress | ||
| 5 | Judy Canova | 69 | US | Actress | ||
| 26 | Mike Kellin | 61 | US | Actor | ||
| 28 | Jan Clayton | 66 | US | Actress | ||
| 29 | Simon Oakland | 68 | US | Actor | ||
| September | 15 | LeRoy Prinz | 88 | US | Choreographer, Director | |
| 16 | Henry Grace | 76 | US | Set Decorator | ||
| 27 | Ben Carruthers | 47 | US | Actor | ||
| 30 | William Elliott | 49 | US | Actor | ||
| October | 5 | Rafael Bertrand | 66 | Cuba | Actor | |
| 8 | Joan Hackett | 49 | US | Actress | ||
| 10 | Ralph Richardson | 80 | UK | Actor, Director | ||
| 11 | William Hornbeck | 82 | US | Film Editor | ||
| 14 | Paul Fix | 82 | US | Actor | ||
| 15 | Pat O'Brien | 83 | US | Actor | ||
| 17 | Vittorio Nino Novarese | 76 | Italy | Costume Designer | ||
| 18 | Barbara Karinska | 97 | Ukraine | Costume Designer | ||
| 22 | Paul Hardwick | 64 | UK | Actor | ||
| November | ? | Eleanore Whitney | 66 | US | Actress | |
| 8 | Robert Agnew | 84 | US | Actor | ||
| 15 | John Le Mesurier | 71 | UK | Actor | ||
| 18 | Marcel Dalio | 83 | France | Actor | ||
| 22 | Michael Conrad | 58 | US | Actor | ||
| 28 | Johnnie Davis | 73 | US | Actor | ||
| 28 | Christopher George | 52 | US | Actor | ||
| December | 2 | Fifi D'Orsay | 79 | Canada | Actress | |
| 5 | Robert Aldrich | 65 | US | Director | ||
| 8 | Slim Pickens | 64 | US | Actor | ||
| 13 | Leora Dana | 60 | US | Actress | ||
| 17 | Hal Pereira | 78 | US | Art Director | ||
| 21 | Rod Cameron | 73 | Canada | Actor | ||
| 22 | Charles Lloyd-Pack | 81 | UK | Actor | ||
| 28 | William Demarest | 91 | US | Actor | ||
| 29 | Janet Webb | 52 | UK | Actress |
Film debuts
- Curtis Armstrong – Risky Business
- Rowan Atkinson – Never Say Never Again
- Kathy Baker – The Right Stuff
- Steven Bauer – Scarface
- Luc Besson (director) – Le Dernier Combat
- Juliette Binoche – Liberty Belle
- Eric Bogosian – Born in Flames
- Mark Boone Junior – Variety
- Matthew Broderick – Max Dugan Returns
- Clancy Brown – Bad Boys
- Ron Canada – The Man Who Wasn't There
- Jim Carrey – All in Good Taste
- Wendy Crewson – Skullduggery
- John Cusack – Class
- Lolita Davidovich – Class
- Warwick Davis – Return of the Jedi
- William B. Davis – The Dead Zone
- Vincent D'Onofrio – The First Turn-On!
- Chris Elliott – Lianna
- Frances Fisher – Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
- Matt Frewer – The Lords of Discipline
- Andy García – Blue Skies Again
- Jeff Garlin – Spring Break
- Mary Pat Gleason – Easy Money
- Crispin Glover – My Tutor
- John Goodman – Eddie Macon's Run
- Kelsey Grammer – WarGames
- Graham Greene – Running Brave
- David Alan Grier – Streamers
- Lukas Haas – Testament
- Tess Harper – Tender Mercies
- Arliss Howard – The Prodigal
- James Newton Howard (film composer) – Twilight Zone: The Movie
- Jack Kehler – Strange Invaders
- Nicole Kidman – Bush Christmas
- Jane Krakowski – National Lampoon's Vacation
- Maurice LaMarche – Rock & Rule
- Al Leong – Twilight Zone: The Movie
- Ray Liotta – The Lonely Lady
- John Bedford Lloyd – Trading Places
- Rob Lowe – The Outsiders
- Virginia Madsen – Class
- Camryn Manheim – Sudden Impact
- Andrew McCarthy – Class
- Kelly McGillis – Reuben, Reuben
- Peter McRobbie – Zelig
- Julio Oscar Mechoso – Guaguasi
- Fred Melamed – Lovesick
- Matthew Modine – Baby It's You
- Rick Moranis – Strange Brew
- Megan Mullally – Risky Business
- Judd Nelson – Rock 'n' Roll Hotel
- Afemo Omilami – Trading Places
- Chazz Palminteri – Home Free All
- Michael Paré – Eddie and the Cruisers
- Sarah Jessica Parker – Somewhere Tomorrow
- Alexandra Paul – American Nightmare
- Bronson Pinchot – Risky Business
- Larry Poindexter – Going Berserk
- Kevin Pollak – The Right Stuff
- Kelly Preston – 10 to Midnight
- Paul Rodriguez – D.C. Cab
- Mimi Rogers – Blue Skies Again
- Alan Ruck – Bad Boys
- Ally Sheedy – Bad Boys
- Elisabeth Shue – Somewhere Tomorrow
- Kiefer Sutherland – Max Dugan Returns
- Lea Thompson – Jaws 3-D
- J. T. Walsh – Eddie Macon's Run
- Julie Walters – Educating Rita
- Lynn Whitfield – Doctor Detroit
- Kathleen Wilhoite – Private School
See also
References
- "1983 Domestic Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
- Cite error: The named reference
commentwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - "Box Office Information for A Christmas Story". Box Office Mojo.com. Archived from the original on December 19, 2008. Retrieved November 5, 2008.
- "The Best Movies of 1983 by Rank". Films101.com. Archived from the original on December 23, 2017. Retrieved June 20, 2010.
- Wilkinson, Bud (November 18, 1987). "Larry King sounds bored; 'Miami Vice' turns boring". The Arizona Republic. p. 18. Retrieved December 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.[REDACTED]
- "Clip and save this guide to holiday television viewing (Dec. 16)". Lexington Herald-Leader. November 29, 1987. p. 65. Retrieved December 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.[REDACTED]
- Hughes, Mike (December 4, 1987). "Tis the season for classics on television this Christmas". Chronicle Tribune. p. 19. Retrieved December 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.[REDACTED]
External links
- List of 1983 films at IMDb
- 1983 Domestic Grosses at Box Office Mojo
- List of 1983 deaths at IMDb
- List of 1983 births at IMDb
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