1983 in film

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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.)

The top ten 1983 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1983[1]
Rank	Title	Distributor	Box-office gross
1	Return of the Jedi	Fox	$252,583,617
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	United Artists	$67,800,000
7	Sudden Impact	Warner Bros.	$67,642,693
8	Staying Alive	Paramount	$64,892,670
9	Mr. Mom	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.
1983 was a landmark year in film. More films have gotten an R-rating than any other year thus far.
Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman makes her film debut.
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.

Awards

Category/Organization	41st Golden Globe Awards January 28, 1984		37th BAFTA Awards March 25, 1984	56th Academy Awards April 9, 1984
Category/Organization	Drama	Musical or Comedy	37th BAFTA Awards March 25, 1984	56th Academy Awards April 9, 1984
Best Film	Terms of Endearment	Yentl	Educating Rita	Terms of Endearment
Best Director	Barbra Streisand Yentl		Bill Forsyth Local Hero	James L. Brooks Terms of Endearment
Best Actor	Tom Courtenay The Dresser Robert Duvall Tender Mercies	Michael Caine Educating Rita	Michael Caine Educating Rita Dustin Hoffman Tootsie	Robert Duvall Tender Mercies
Best Actress	Shirley MacLaine Terms of Endearment	Julie Walters Educating Rita		Shirley MacLaine Terms of Endearment
Best Supporting Actor	Jack Nicholson Terms of Endearment		Denholm Elliott Trading Places	Jack Nicholson Terms of Endearment
Best Supporting Actress	Cher Silkwood		Jamie Lee Curtis Trading Places	Linda Hunt The Year of Living Dangerously
Best Screenplay, Adapted	James L. Brooks Terms of Endearment		Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Heat and Dust	James L. Brooks Terms of Endearment
Best Screenplay, Original	James L. Brooks Terms of Endearment		Paul D. Zimmerman The King of Comedy	Horton Foote Tender Mercies
Best Original Score	Giorgio Moroder Flashdance		Ryuichi Sakamoto Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence	Bill Conti The Right Stuff (film) Michel Legrand and Alan and Marilyn Bergman Yentl
Best Original Song	"Flashdance... What a Feeling" Flashdance		"Up Where We Belong" An Officer and a Gentleman	"Flashdance... What a Feeling" Flashdance
Best Foreign Language Film	Fanny and Alexander		Danton	Fanny and Alexander

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

Notable films released in 1983

United States unless stated

F

The Family Game (Kazoku Gēmu), directed by Yoshimitsu Morita - (Japan)
Ferestadeh - (United States/West Germany)
Flashdance, directed by Adrian Lyne, starring Jennifer Beals and Michael Nouri
Flesh of Your Flesh (Carne de tu carne) - (Colombia)
Forbidden Relations (Visszaesök) - (Hungary)
The Fourth Man (De Vierde Man), directed by Paul Verhoeven - (Netherlands)
Funny Dirty Little War (No habrá más penas ni olvido) - (Argentina)

G

Gabriela, Cravo e Canela, starring Sônia Braga and Marcello Mastroianni - (Brazil)
Get Crazy, starring Malcolm McDowell
Gorky Park, starring William Hurt, Lee Marvin, Joanna Pacuła, Ian Bannen, Brian Dennehy
Growing Up (Xiao Bi de gu shi) - (Taiwan)
Gunman (Mue puen) - (Thailand)

H

Heart Like a Wheel, directed by Jonathan Kaplan, starring Bonnie Bedelia and Beau Bridges
Heat and Dust, directed by James Ivory, starring Julie Christie, Greta Scacchi, Shashi Kapoor - (U.K.)
High Road to China, starring Tom Selleck and Bess Armstrong
The Honorary Consul, starring Michael Caine and Richard Gere - (U.K.)
The Hunger, directed by Tony Scott, starring Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon - (U.K.)

I-J

The Illusionist - (Netherlands)
In the White City (Dans la ville blanche), directed by Alain Tanner, starring Bruno Ganz - (Switzerland)
Independence Day, starring Kathleen Quinlan, David Keith, Cliff DeYoung, Frances Sternhagen, Dianne Wiest
Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (Just Let it Go, Friends), starring Naseeruddin Shah - (India)
Jaws 3-D, starring Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Louis Gossett Jr.
Un jeu brutal (A Brutal Game) - (France)

K

The Keep, directed by Michael Mann, starring Scott Glenn, Jurgen Prochnow, Alberta Watson, Ian McKellen, Gabriel Byrne, Robert Prosky
King for a Day (Gospodin za edin den) - (Bulgaria)
The King of Comedy, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro and Jerry Lewis
Krull, directed by Peter Yates, starring Ken Marshall, Lysette Anthony, Francesca Annis, Liam Neeson - (U.K.)

L

L'Argent (Money), directed by Robert Bresson - (France)
Last Year's Snow Was Falling (Padal proshlogodniy sneg) - (U.S.S.R.)
Lianna, directed by John Sayles, starring Linda Griffiths
Liquid Sky, starring Anne Carlisle
Local Hero, directed by Bill Forsyth, starring Peter Riegert and Burt Lancaster - (U.K.)
Lone Wolf McQuade, starring Chuck Norris, David Carradine, Barbara Carrera
The Lords of Discipline, starring David Keith and Mark Breland
Losin' It, starring Tom Cruise and Shelley Long
Lovesick, starring Dudley Moore, Elizabeth McGovern, Alec Guinness

M

The Makioka Sisters (Sasame-yuki), directed by Kon Ichikawa - (Japan)
The Man in the Silk Hat (L'homme au chapeau de soie), a documentary about Max Linder - (France)
Man of Flowers, starring Norman Kaye - (Australia)
The Man Who Loved Women, directed by Blake Edwards, starring Burt Reynolds, Julie Andrews, Marilu Henner, Kim Basinger
The Man with Two Brains, directed by Carl Reiner, starring Steve Martin and Kathleen Turner
Mandi, directed by Shyam Benegal - (India)
Moon in the Gutter, directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix, starring Gérard Depardieu and Nastassja Kinski
Masoom (The Innocent), starring Naseeruddin Shah - (India)
Max Dugan Returns, directed by Herbert Ross, starring Marsha Mason, Jason Robards, Donald Sutherland, Matthew Broderick
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Senjō no Merī Kurisumasu), directed by Nagisa Oshima, starring David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takeshi Kitano - (Japan/U.K.)
Mickey's Christmas Carol, a featurette which brings Mickey Mouse back to cinemas for first time since 1953
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, directed by Terry Jones, starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Michael Palin and Jones - (U.K.)
Mr. Mom, starring Michael Keaton, Teri Garr, Martin Mull
My Brother's Wedding, directed by Charles Burnett

N

Nankyoku Monogatari (South Pole Story) - (Japan)
Narcissus - (Canada)
Nate and Hayes, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Michael O'Keefe
National Lampoon's Vacation, directed by Harold Ramis, starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo
Nešto između - (Yugoslavia)
Never Cry Wolf, starring Charles Martin Smith and Brian Dennehy
Never Say Never Again, starring Sean Connery (as James Bond) with Barbara Carrera, Kim Basinger, Klaus Maria Brandauer - (U.K.)
A Night in Heaven, starring Christopher Atkins and Lesley Ann Warren
Nightmares, starring Cristina Raines and Emilio Estevez
Nostalghia, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky - (U.S.S.R./Italy)

O

Octopussy, starring Roger Moore (as James Bond) with Maud Adams and Louis Jourdan - (U.K.)
Of Unknown Origin, starring Peter Weller - (United States/Canada)
One Deadly Summer (L'été meurtrier), starring Isabelle Adjani - (France)
The Osterman Weekend, directed by Sam Peckinpah, starring Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Craig T. Nelson, Dennis Hopper, Meg Foster, Helen Shaver, Burt Lancaster, Dennis Hopper, Chris Sarandon
The Outsiders, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze, Emilio Estevez, Tom Cruise, Diane Lane, Leif Garrett

P-Q

Pauline at the Beach (Pauline à la plage), directed by Éric Rohmer - (France)
Phar Lap, starring Tom Burlinson - (Australia)
The Pirates of Penzance, a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, starring Kevin Kline, Rex Smith, Angela Lansbury, Linda Ronstadt - (US/UK)
The Ploughman's Lunch, starring Jonathan Pryce - (U.K.)
Prénom Carmen (First Name: Carmen), directed by Jean-Luc Godard - (France) - Golden Lion award
The Prey, starring Debbie Thureson and Steve Bond
Private School, starring Phoebe Cates, Matthew Modine, Betsy Russell, Ray Walston
Project A (A Gai Wak), starring Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung - (Hong Kong)
Psycho II, directed by Richard Franklin, starring Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Meg Tilly and Robert Loggia

R

Rebetiko - (Greece)
Return of the Jedi, directed by Richard Marquand, starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
Reuben, Reuben, starring Tom Conti and Kelly McGillis
The Right Stuff, directed by Philip Kaufman, starring Scott Glenn, Sam Shepard, Ed Harris, Fred Ward, Dennis Quaid, Barbara Hershey, Pamela Reed
Risky Business, directed by Paul Brickman, starring Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay
Rock & Rule, an animated rock musical - (Canada)
Romantic Comedy, directed by Arthur Hiller, starring Dudley Moore and Mary Steenburgen
Rumble Fish, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane, Vincent Spano, Diana Scarwid, Nicolas Cage, Dennis Hopper
Running Brave, starring Robby Benson

S

Sagara Sangamam (The Confluence) - (India)
Sadma (Trauma) - (India)
Sahara, starring Brooke Shields and Horst Buchholz
Sans Soleil (Sunless), directed by Chris Marker - (France)
A Season in Hakkari (Hakkâri'de Bir Mevsim) - (Turkey)
Scarface, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Robert Loggia
The Scarlet and the Black, directed by Jerry London, starring Gregory Peck, Christopher Plummer, John Gielgud
Sheer Madness (Heller Wahn), directed by Margarethe von Trotta, starring Hanna Schygulla - (West Germany)
Silkwood, directed by Mike Nichols, starring Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher
Sleepaway Camp, starring Mike Kellin
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3, starring Jackie Gleason and Jerry Reed
So Long, Stooge (Tchao Pantin), directed by Claude Berri - (France)
Something Wicked This Way Comes, starring Jason Robards and Jonathan Pryce
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone, directed by Lamont Johnson, starring Peter Strauss and Molly Ringwald
Star 80, directed by Bob Fosse, starring Mariel Hemingway and Eric Roberts
The Star Chamber, starring Michael Douglas and Hal Holbrook
Staying Alive, directed by Sylvester Stallone, starring John Travolta, Cynthia Rhodes, Finola Hughes
The Sting II, starring Jackie Gleason, Mac Davis, Karl Malden, Oliver Reed, Teri Garr
Strange Brew, starring Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas - (Canada)
Strange Invaders, starring Paul Le Mat, Nancy Allen, Diana Scarwid
Stray Dogs (Deulgae) - (South Korea)
Streamers, starring Matthew Modine and David Alan Grier
Stroker Ace, directed by Hal Needham, starring Burt Reynolds, Loni Anderson, Jim Nabors, Ned Beatty, Parker Stevenson
Sudden Impact, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, with Sondra Locke
Sugar Cane Alley (Rue Cases-Negres) - (France/Martinique)
Superman III, directed by Richard Lester, starring Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Annette O'Toole, Pamela Stephenson, Robert Vaughn
The Survivors, starring Walter Matthau and Robin Williams
Sweet Bunch, directed by Nikos Nikolaidis - (Greece)

T

Table for Five, starring Jon Voight, Marie-Christine Barrault, Richard Crenna, Millie Perkins, Roxana Zal
Tender Mercies, directed by Bruce Beresford, starring Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Betty Buckley, Ellen Barkin
Terms of Endearment, directed by James L. Brooks, starring Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Jeff Daniels, John Lithgow
Testament, starring Jane Alexander, William Devane, Leon Ames, Roxana Zal
The Thorn Birds, TV miniseries, starring Rachel Ward, Richard Chamberlain, Bryan Brown, Christopher Plummer, Barbara Stanwyck
Three Crowns of the Sailor (Les Trois couronnes du matelot) - (France)
Tight Quarters (Könnyű testi sértés) - (Hungary)
To Be or Not to Be, starring Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Tim Matheson, Charles Durning, José Ferrer
Toki o Kakeru Shōjo (The Little Girl who Conquered Time) - (Japan)
Tough Enough, starring Dennis Quaid, Warren Oates, Stan Shaw
Trading Places, directed by John Landis, starring Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche
Trenchcoat, starring Margot Kidder and Robert Hays
Twenty Years of African Cinema a.k.a. Caméra d'Afrique - (Tunisia)
Twilight Zone: The Movie, segments directed by John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante and George Miller, starring Vic Morrow, Scatman Crothers, Kathleen Quinlan, John Lithgow
Twice Upon a Time
Two of a Kind, directed by John Herzfeld, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John

U

Uncommon Valor, directed by Ted Kotcheff, starring Gene Hackman, Fred Ward, Robert Stack, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Patrick Swayze
Under Fire, directed by Roger Spottiswoode, starring Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy
Utu - (New Zealand)

V

Valley Girl, starring Deborah Foreman and Nicolas Cage
The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun (Faunovo velmi pozdní odpoledne) - (Czechoslovakia)
Videodrome, starring James Woods and Deborah Harry - (Canada)
Vigilante, starring Robert Forster
Vlyublyon po sobstvennomu zhelaniyu (Love by Request) - (U.S.S.R.)
Voyage in Time (Tempo di Viaggio), directed by Tonino Guerra and Andrei Tarkovsky - (Italy)

W

Walking, Walking (Cammina, cammina), directed by Ermanno Olmi - (Italy)
WarGames, directed by John Badham, starring Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, Ally Sheedy
Wartime Romance (Voenno-polevoy roman), directed by Pyotr Todorovsky - (U.S.S.R.)
We Are from Jazz (My iz dzhaza) - (U.S.S.R.)
Wild style, directed by Charlie Ahearn.
The Wind in the Willows, starring Richard Pearson, Ian Carmichael, David Jason and Michael Hordern - (U.K.)
The Winds of War, TV mini-series, starring Robert Mitchum, Ali MacGraw, Polly Bergen, Peter Graves, John Houseman, Ralph Bellamy
Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore
Without a Trace, starring Kate Nelligan and Judd Hirsch
The Wounded Man (l'Homme blessé) - (France)

YZ

Yellowbeard, starring Graham Chapman and Peter Boyle - (U.K.)
Yentl, directed by and starring Barbra Streisand, with Mandy Patinkin and Amy Irving - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
Zappa, directed by Bille August - (Denmark)
Zelig, directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Mia Farrow
Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain (Xin shu shan jian ke), starring Sammo Hung - (Hong Kong)

1983 Wide-release films in the U.S.

January–March

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
J A N U A R Y	7	Xtro	New Line Cinema	Harry Bromley Davenport (director/screenplay); Michel Perry, Iain Cassie, Robert Smith (screenplay); Philip Sayer, Bernice Stegers, Simon Nash, Maryam d'Abo, Danny Brainin, Peter Mandell, David Cardy, Anna Wing, Robert Fyfe, Katherine Best, Robert Pereno, Sean Crawford, Tim Dry, Arthur Whybrow, Susie Silvey	Sci-Fi, Horror	Live action
	18	Lianna	United Artists Classics	John Sayles (director/screenplay); Linda Griffiths, Jane Hallaren, Jon DeVries, Jo Henderson, Jessica MacDonald, Jesse Solomon, John Sayles, Stephen Mendillo, Betsy Julia Robinson, Nancy Mette, Maggie Renzi, Madelyn Coleman, Robyn Reeves, Chris Elliott, Marta Renzi, Rochelle Oliver	Drama	Live action
	21	The House on Sorority Row	Artists Releasing Corporation / Film Ventures International	Mark Rosman (director/screenplay); Bobby Fine (screenplay); Kathryn McNeil, Eileen Davidson, Lois Kelso Hunt, Robin Meloy, Harley Kozak, Michael Sergio, Christopher Lawrence, Janis Zido, Jodi Draigie, Ellen Dorsher, Michael Kuhn, Charles Serio, Ruth Walsh	Slasher	Live action
	21	Treasure of the Four Crowns	Cannon Film Distributors	Ferdinando Baldi (director); Lloyd Battista, Jim Bryce, Jerry Lazarus (screenplay); Tony Anthony, Ana Obregón, Gene Quintano, Jerry Lazarus, Francisco Rabal, Emiliano Redondo, Francisco Villena, Lewis Gordon	Action, Adventure	Live action
	28	Sacred Ground	Pacific International Enterprises	Charles B. Pierce (director/screenplay); Tim McIntire, L.Q. Jones, Jack Elam, Mindi Miller, Eloy Casados	Drama, Western	Live action
F E B R U A R Y	4	The Entity	20th Century Fox	Sidney J. Furie (director); Frank De Felitta (screenplay); Barbara Hershey, Ron Silver, David Labiosa, George Coe, Margaret Blye, Jacqueline Brookes, Michael Alldredge, Alex Rocco, Allan Rich, Richard Brestoff, Raymond Singer, Natasha Ryan, Melanie Gaffin	Horror	Live action
		Videodrome	Universal Pictures	David Cronenberg (director/screenplay); James Woods, Deborah Harry, Sonja Smits, Peter Dvorsky, Leslie Carlson, Jack Creley, Lynne Gorman, Julie Khaner, David Bolt, Reiner Schwarz, Lally Cadeau, King Cosmos, Kay Hawtrey, David Tsubouchi	Sci-Fi, Horror	Live action
		Without a Trace	20th Century Fox	Stanley R. Jaffe (director); Beth Gutcheon (screenplay); Kate Nelligan, Judd Hirsch, David Dukes, Stockard Channing, Danny Corkill, Louise Stubbs, Keith McDermott, David Simon	Drama	Live action
	11	Let's Spend the Night Together	Northstar Media	Hal Ashby (director); Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman	Documentary	Live action
	18	The King of Comedy	20th Century Fox / Embassy International Pictures	Martin Scorsese (director); Paul D. Zimmerman (screenplay); Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Sandra Bernhard, Diahnne Abbott, Shelley Hack, Margo Winkler, Kim Chan, Frederick De Cordova, Edgar Scherick, Ed Herlihy, Tony Randall, Victor Borge, Joyce Brothers, Catherine Scorsese, Cathy Scorsese, Martin Scorsese, Charles Scorsese, The Clash, Kosmo Vinyl, Ellen Foley, Don Letts, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio	Satire, Black Comedy, Drama	Live action
		Local Hero	Warner Bros.	Bill Forsyth (director/screenplay); Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson, Fulton Mackay, Burt Lancaster, Norman Chancer, Peter Capaldi, Rikki Fulton, Alex Norton, Jenny Seagrove, Jennifer Black, Christopher Rozycki, Christopher Asante, John Gordon Sinclair, Caroline Guthrie, John M. Jackson	Comedy, Drama	Live action
		Lovesick	Warner Bros. / The Ladd Company	Marshall Brickman (director/screenplay); Dudley Moore, Elizabeth McGovern, John Huston, Alec Guinness, Wallace Shawn, Ron Silver, Alan King, Selma Diamond, Larry Rivers, David Strathairn, Christine Baranski, Renée Taylor, Fred Melamed	Romance, Comedy	Live action
		The Pirates of Penzance	Universal Pictures	Wilford Leach (director/screenplay); Kevin Kline, Angela Lansbury, Linda Ronstadt, George Rose, Rex Smith, Tony Azito, David Hatton, Louise Gold, Teresa Codling, Tilly Vosburgh, Stephen Hanan, Alexandra Korey, Marcie Shaw	Romance, Musical, Comedy	Live action
		The Sting II	Universal Pictures	Jeremy Paul Kagan (director); David S. Ward (screenplay); Jackie Gleason, Mac Davis, Teri Garr, Karl Malden, Oliver Reed, Ron Rifkin, José Pérez, Val Avery, Michael D. Aldredge, John Hancock, Larry Hankin, Bert Remsen, Tim Rossovich, Harry James, Woody Parfrey, Max Wright, Benny Baker, Frances Bergen, Larry Bishop, Danny Dayton, Tony Giorgio, Carl Gottlieb, Bob Minor	Comedy	Live action
		Table for Five	Warner Bros. / CBS Theatrical Films	Robert Lieberman (director); David Seltzer (screenplay); Jon Voight, Marie-Christine Barrault, Millie Perkins, Richard Crenna, Roxana Zal, Robby Kiger, Son Hoang Bui, Maria O'Brien, Nelson Welch, Bernie Hern, Moria Turner, Kevin Costner, Cynthia Kania, Marion Russell, Gustaf Unger	Drama	Live action
	20	Betrayal	20th Century Fox	David Jones (director); Harold Pinter (screenplay); Jeremy Irons, Ben Kingsley, Patricia Hodge, Avril Elgar	Drama	Live action
M A R C H	4	Baby It's You	Paramount Pictures	John Sayles (director/screenplay); Rosanna Arquette, Vincent Spano, Joanna Merlin, Leora Dana, Bill Raymond, Sam McMurray, Liane Curtis, Fisher Stevens, Tracy Pollan, Matthew Modine, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Davidson, Nick Ferrari, Dolores Messina, Claudia Sherman, Marta Kober, Rachel Dretzin, Susan Derendorf	Comedy, Drama	Live action
		Curtains	Jensen Farley Pictures	Richard Ciupka (director); Robert Guza, Jr. (screenplay); John Vernon, Linda Thorson, Samantha Eggar, Anne Ditchburn, Lynne Griffin, Lesleh Donaldson, Michael Wincott, Maury Chaykin, Booth Savage, Sandee Currie, Deborah Burgess	Slasher	Live action
		My Tutor	Crown International Pictures	George Bowers (director); Joe Roberts (screenplay); Caren Kaye, Matt Lattanzi, Kevin McCarthy, Bruce Bauer, Clark Brandon, Arlene Golonka, Crispin Glover, Jewel Shepard, John Vargas, Amber Denyse Austin, Maria Melendez, Graem McGavin	Comedy	Live action
		Tender Mercies	Universal Pictures / Associated Film Distribution	Bruce Beresford (director); Horton Foote (screenplay); Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Betty Buckley, Wilford Brimley, Ellen Barkin, Allan Hubbard, Lenny Von Dohlen, Paul Gleason, Michael Crabtree, Norman Bennett	Drama	Live action
	11	10 to Midnight	Cannon Films	J. Lee Thompson (director/screenplay); William Roberts (screenplay); Charles Bronson, Lisa Eilbacher, Andrew Stevens, Gene Davis, Geoffrey Lewis, Wilford Brimley, Robert F. Lyons, Bert Williams, Ola Ray, Kelly Preston, Cosie Costa, Jeana Tomasina, June Gilbert, Sam Chew Jr., Larry Caruso, Anne Lockhart	Crime, Horror, Thriller	Live action
	11	Trenchcoat	Buena Vista Distribution	Michael Tuchner (director); Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman (screenplay); Margot Kidder, Robert Hays, David Suchet, Gila von Weitershausen, Ronald Lacey, John Justin, Leopoldo Trieste, Jennifer Darling, Kevork Malikyan, Vic Tablian, Daniel Faraldo	Action, Comedy	Live action
	18	High Road to China	Warner Bros. / Umbrella Entertainment	Brian G. Hutton (director); Sandra Weintraub, S. Lee Pogostin (screenplay); Tom Selleck, Bess Armstrong, Jack Weston, Wilford Brimley, Robert Morley, Brian Blessed, Cassandra Gava, Michael Sheard, Lynda La Plante, Terry Richards, Robert Lee, Jeremy Child, Dino Shafeek, Anthony Chinn, Timothy Bateson, Wolf Kahler, Ric Young, Simon Prebble, Timothy Carlton, Sime Jagarinac, Domagoj Vukusic, Peggy Sirr, Shayur Mehta, Peter Llewellyn Williams, Hai Ching Lim, Chua Kahjoo, Zdenka Hersak, Marc Boyle, Kim Rook Teoh, Daniel Clucas, John Higginson	Adventure, Romance	Live action
	23	Eddie Macon's Run	Universal Pictures	Jeff Kanew (director/screenplay); Kirk Douglas, John Schneider, Lee Purcell, Lisa Dunsheath, Leah Ayres, Tom Noonan, J.C. Quinn, Gil Rogers, Jay O. Sanders, Todd Allen, Nesbitt Blaisdell, Susan Bongard, Matthew Cowles, Vic Polizos, Bill DeWeese, John Goodman, Mark Margolis, J.T. Walsh, Dann Florek	Action, Thriller, Drama	Live action
	25	Bad Boys	Universal Pictures / Associated Film Distribution	Rick Rosenthal (director); Richard Di Lello (screenplay); Sean Penn, Esai Morales, Ally Sheedy, Reni Santoni, Eric Gurry, Jim Moody, Clancy Brown, Robert Lee Rush, John Zenda, Alan Ruck, Rick Rosenthal	Coming-of-Age, Crime, Drama	Live action
		The Black Stallion Returns	MGM/UA Entertainment Company	Robert Dalva (director); Jerome Kass, Richard Kletter (screenplay); Kelly Reno, Vincent Spano, Allen Garfield, Woody Strode, Ferdy Mayne, Jodi Thelen, Teri Garr, Hoyt Axton, Cass Ole, El Mokhtar	Adventure, Family	Live action
		Max Dugan Returns	20th Century Fox	Herbert Ross (director); Neil Simon (screenplay); Marsha Mason, Jason Robards, Donald Sutherland, Matthew Broderick, Dody Goodman, Sal Viscuso, Panchito Gomez, Charley Lau, Kiefer Sutherland	Comedy, Drama	Live action
		The Outsiders	Warner Bros.	Francis Ford Coppola (director); Kathleen Rowell (screenplay); C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe, Diane Lane, Emilio Estevez, Tom Cruise, Leif Garrett, Glenn Withrow, Darren Dalton, Michelle Meyrink, Tom Waits, William Smith, Nicolas Cage, Flea, Melanie Griffith, Trey Callaway	Coming-of-Age, Drama	Live action
		Spring Break	Columbia Pictures	Sean S. Cunningham (director); David Smilow (screenplay); David Knell, Perry Lang, Paul Land, Steve Bassett, Jayne Modean, Corinne Wahl, Donald Symington, Mimi Cozzens, Richard B. Shull, Jessica James, Daniel Faraldo, Fred Buch, Jeff Garlin, Tammy Lynn Leppert	Comedy	Live action
		Tough Enough	20th Century Fox	Richard Fleischer (director); John Leone (screenplay); Dennis Quaid, Stan Shaw, Carlene Watkins, Pam Grier, Warren Oates, Wilford Brimley, Steve "Monk" Miller, Big John Hamilton	Romance, Drama, Sports	Live action
	27	The Thorn Birds	ABC / Warner Bros. Television Distribution / David Wolper-Stan Margulies Productions / Edward Lewis Productions	Daryl Duke (director); Carmen Culver, Lee Stanley (screenplay); Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, Barbara Stanwyck, Christopher Plummer, Jean Simmons, Bryan Brown, Philip Anglim, Richard Kiley, Piper Laurie, Mare Winningham, Ken Howard, John Friedrich, Dwier Brown, Earl Holliman, Brett Cullen, Stephen W. Burns, Barry Corbin, Holly Palance, John de Lancie, Allyn Ann McLerie, Richard Venture, Stephanie Faracy, Antoinette Bower, Sydney Penny, Vidal Peterson	Drama, Romance	Live action
	31	Monty Python's The Meaning of Life	Universal Pictures	Terry Jones (director); Monty Python (screenplay); Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Carol Cleveland, Simon Jones, Patricia Quinn, Judy Loe, Matt Frewer, John Scott Martin, Andrew Bicknell, Mark Holmes, Valerie Whittington	Musical, Comedy	Live action

April–June

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
A P R I L	1	Heart Like a Wheel	20th Century Fox	Jonathan Kaplan (director); Ken Friedman, David E. Peckinpah (screenplay); Bonnie Bedelia, Beau Bridges, Leo Rossi, Hoyt Axton, Bill McKinney, Anthony Edwards, Tiffany Brisette, Leonard Termo	Biography	Live action
	1	Screwballs	New World Pictures	Rafal Zielinski (director); Linda Shayne, Jim Wynorski (screenplay); Peter Keleghan, Lynda Speciale, Linda Shayne, Kent Deuters	Teen, Comedy	Live action
	6	Conquest	Clemi Cinematgorafica / Golden Sun Producciones Esme	Lucio Fulci (director); Gino Capone, Carlos Vasallo, Jose Antonio de la Loma (screenplay); Andrea Occhipinti, Jorge Rivero, Conrado San Martin, Sabrina Siani, José Gras Palau, Violeta Cela, Gioia Maria Scola	Fantasy	Live action
	11	Flashdance	Paramount Pictures	Adrian Lyne (director); Tom Hedley, Joe Eszterhas (screenplay); Jennifer Beals, Michael Nouri, Lilia Skala, Sunny Johnson, Kyle T. Heffner, Lee Ving, Ron Karabatsos, Belinda Bauer, Malcolm Danare, Phil Bruns, Micole Mercurio, Lucy Lee Flippin, Don Brockett, Cynthia Rhodes, Durga McBroom, Liz Sagal, Marine Jahan, Stacey Pickren, Bob Harks, Jumbo Red	Romance, Drama	Live action
	15	Liquid Sky	Cinevista / Media Home Entertainment	Slava Tsukerman (director/screenplay); Anne Carlisle, Nina V. Kerova (screenplay); Anne Carlisle, Paula E. Sheppard, Susan Doukas, Otto von Wernherr, Bob Brady, Elaine C. Grove, Stanley Knap, Jack Adalist, Lloyd Ziff, Harry Lum, Roy MacArthur, Sara Carlisle, Nina V. Kerova, Alan Preston, Christine Hatfull	Sci-Fi	Live action
	15	Lone Wolf McQuade	Orion Pictures	Steve Carver (director); H. Kaye Dyal, B.J. Nelson (screenplay); Chuck Norris, David Carradine, Barbara Carrera, Leon Isaac Kennedy, L.Q. Jones, Robert Beltran, Dana Kimmell, R.G. Armstrong, Sharon Farrell, William Sanderson, Robert Shaw, Jorge Cervera Jr., Daniel Frishman, Ray Marker, Kale Stokerton, David Lee Smith	Western, Action	Live action
	22	Exposed	MGM/UA Entertainment Company / United Artists	James Toback (director/screenplay); Nastassja Kinski, Rudolf Nureyev, Harvey Keitel, Ian McShane, Bibi Andersson, Ron Randell, Pierre Clémenti, James Russo, Tony Sirico, James Toback, Amy Steel, Janice Dickinson, Iman	Drama	Live action
		The Deadly Spawn	21st Century Film Corporation	Douglas McKeown (director/screenplay); Charles George Hildebrandt, Tom DeFranco, Richard Lee Porter, Jean Tafler, Karen Tighe, James Brewster, Elissa Neil, Ethel Michelson, John Schmerling	Sci-Fi, Horror	Live action
		Losin' It	Embassy Pictures Corporation / Tiberius Film Productions / Tijuana Productions	Curtis Hanson (director); Bill L. Norton (screenplay); Tom Cruise, Jackie Earle Haley, John Stockwell, Shelley Long, John P. Navin Jr., Henry Darrow, Hector Elias, Mario Marcelino, John Valby, Rick Rossovich, Kale Browne, Santos Morales	Comedy	Live action
	29	The Hunger	MGM/UA Entertainment Co.	Tony Scott (director); Ivan Davis, Michael Thomas (screenplay); Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon, Cliff De Young, Dan Hedaya, Beth Ehlers, Rufus Collins, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow, John Stephen Hill, Ann Magnuson, James Aubrey, Bauhaus, Bessie Love	Horror	Live action
		Something Wicked This Way Comes	Buena Vista Distribution / Walt Disney Productions / Bryna Productions	Jack Clayton (director); Ray Bradbury (screenplay); Jason Robards, Jonathan Pryce, Diane Ladd, Pam Grier, Royal Dano, Vidal Peterson, Arthur Hill, Shawn Carson, Mary Grace Canfield, Richard Davalos, Jack Dodson, Bruce M. Fischer, Jack Dengel, Ellen Geer, James Stacy, Angelo Rossitto, Sharan Lea, Tony Christopher	Fantasy, Horror	Live action
		Valley Girl	Atlantic Releasing / Valley 9000	Martha Coolidge (director); Wayne Crawford, Andrew Lane (screenplay); Nicolas Cage, Deborah Foreman, Elizabeth Daily, Heidi Holicker, Michael Bowen, Cameron Dye, Michelle Meyrink, Lee Purcell, Richard Sanders, Colleen Camp, Frederic Forrest, Joyce Hyser	Teen, Romance, Comedy	Live action
M A Y	1	The Final Terror	Comworld Pictures	Andrew Davis (director); Jon George, Neill D. Hicks, Ronald Shusett (screenplay); Rachel Ward, Daryl Hannah, Adrian Zmed, John Friedrich, Mark Metcalf, Joe Pantoliano, Akosua Busia, Lewis Smith, Jim Youngs, Ernest Harden Jr., Cindy Harrell, Irene Sanders, Richard Jacobs, Donna Pinder, Lori Lee Butler, Tony Maccario	Slasher	Live action
	6	Still Smokin	Paramount Pictures	Tommy Chong (director/screenplay); Cheech Marin (screenplay); Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong	Comedy	Live action
	6	Doctor Detroit	Universal Studios / Brillstein Company	Michael Pressman (director); Bruce Jay Friedman, Carl Gottlieb, Robert Boris (screenplay); Dan Aykroyd, Howard Hesseman, George Furth, James Brown, T.K. Carter, Donna Dixon, Fran Drescher, Lydia Lei, Lynn Whitfield, Kate Murtagh, Nan Martin, Peter Aykroyd, Glenne Headly, Robert Cornthwaite, Parley Baer, John Kapelos, Steven Williams, Andrew Duggan, Blackie Dammett, Cacey Kustosz	Comedy	Live action
	13	Blue Thunder	Columbia Pictures / Rastar	John Badham (director); Dan O'Bannon, Don Jakoby (screenplay); Roy Scheider, Warren Oates, Candy Clark, Daniel Stern, Malcolm McDowell, Joe Santos, Paul Roebling, David Sheiner, Anthony James, Ed Bernard, Jason Bernard, Mario Machado, Jack Murdock, James Murtaugh, Pat McNamara, Clifford A. Pellow, Robin Braxton	Action, Thriller	Live action
	16	Deadly Eyes	Warner Bros. / Golden Harvest	Robert Clouse (director); Charles H. Eglee, James Herbert (screenplay); Sam Groom, Scatman Crothers, Sara Botsford, Cec Linder, Lisa Langlois, Lesleh Donaldson	Horror	Live action
	17	Nostalghia	Gaumont / RAI 2 / Gaumont Italia / Grange Communications, Inc. / Sovinfilm	Andrei Tarkovsky (director/screenplay); Tonino Guerra (screenplay); Oleg Yankovsky, Erland Josephson, Domiziana Giordano, Delia Boccardo, Patrizia Terreno, Laura De Marchi	Drama	Live action
	18	Moon in the Gutter		Jean-Jacques Beineix (director/screenplay); Olivier Mergault, David Goodis (screenplay); Gérard Depardieu, Nastassja Kinski, Victoria Abril, Bertice Reading, Gabriel Monnet, Dominique Pinon, Milena Vukotic, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Bernard Farcy, Anne-Marie Coffinet, Katya Berger, Jacques Herlin, Guido Alberti	Drama	Live action
	20	The Mack (re-release)	Cinerama Releasing Corporation	Michael Campus (director); Robert J. Poole (screenplay); Max Julien, Richard Pryor, Carol Speed, Roger E. Mosley, George Murdock	Blaxploitation	Live action
	20	Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone	Columbia Pictures	Lamont Johnson (director); David Preston, Edith Rey, Daniel Goldberg, Len Blum (screenplay); Peter Strauss, Molly Ringwald, Ernie Hudson, Michael Ironside, Andrea Marcovicci, Beeson Carroll, Hrant Alianak, Deborah Pratt, Aleisa Shirley, Cali Timmins, Reggie Bennett, Harold Ramis	Space Western	Live action
	25	Return of the Jedi	20th Century Fox / Lucasfilm	Richard Marquand (director); Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas (screenplay); Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse, James Earl Jones, Ian McDiarmid, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, Frank Oz, Alec Guinness, Sebastian Shaw, Michael Pennington, Kenneth Colley, Michael Carter, Denis Lawson, Tim Rose, Dermot Crowley, Caroline Blakiston, Warwick Davis, Jeremy Bulloch, Femi Taylor, Annie Arbogast, Jack Purvis, Mike Edmonds, Jane Busby, Nicki Reade, Debbie Carrington, Sadie Corre, Tony Cox, Phil Fondacaro, Ben Burtt, Richard Marquand, Mike Quinn, Deep Roy, Phil Tippett, Larry Ward, Robert Watts	Sci-Fi, Fantasy	Live action
	27	Chained Heat	Jensen Farley Pictures / Intercontinental / TAT Filmproduktion	Paul Nicholas (director/screenplay); Aaron Butler (screenplay); Linda Blair, John Vernon, Sybil Danning, Tamara Dobson, Stella Stevens, Sharon Hughes, Henry Silva, Edy Williams, Nita Talbot, Louisa Moritz, Michael Callan, Greta Blackburn, Kate Vernon	Exploitation	Live action
J U N E	3	The Man with Two Brains	Warner Bros. / Aspen Film Society	Carl Reiner (director/screenplay); Steve Martin, George Gipe (screenplay); Steve Martin, Kathleen Turner, David Warner, Paul Benedict, George Furth, Peter Hobbs, Earl Boen, Randi Brooks, James Cromwell, Frank McCarthy, Estelle Reiner, Merv Griffin, Jeffrey Combs, Sissy Spacek	Sci-Fi, Comedy	Live action
		Psycho II	Universal Pictures / Oak Industries	Richard Franklin (director); Tom Holland (screenplay); Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Meg Tilly, Robert Loggia, Dennis Franz, Hugh Gillin, Robert Alan Browne, Claudia Bryar, Ben Hartigan, Lee Garlington, Jill Caroll	Slasher	Live action
		WarGames	MGM/UA Entertainment Company / United Artists / Sherwood Productions	John Badham (director); Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes (screenplay); Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Ally Sheedy, Barry Corbin, Juanin Clay, Dennis Lipscomb, Michael Ensign, William Bogert, John Spencer, Michael Madsen, Alan Blumenfeld, Maury Chaykin, Eddie Deezen, Art LaFleur, Stack Pierce, Stephen Lee, Jesse Goins, James Tolkan, Joe Dorsey, Susan Davis, Irving Metzman, James Ackerman	Sci-Fi, Thriller	Live action
	8	Trading Places	Paramount Pictures	John Landis (director); Timothy Harris, Herschel Weingrod (screenplay); Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Denholm Elliott, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kristin Holby, Paul Gleason, Robert Curtis Brown, Alfred Drake, Jim Belushi, Bo Diddley, Kelly Curtis, Frank Oz, Richard Hunt, Tom Davis, Al Franken, Ron Taylor, J.T. Turner, Giancarlo Esposito, Avon Long, Don McLeod	Comedy	Live action
	10	Octopussy	United International Pictures / United Artists / Eon Productions	John Glen (director); George MacDonald Fraser, Richard Maibaum, Michael G. Wilson (screenplay); Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan, Kristina Wayborn, Kabir Bedi, Steven Berkoff, David Meyer, Anthony Meyer, Desmond Llewelyn, Robert Brown, Lois Maxwell, Michaela Clavell, Walter Gotell, Vijay Amritraj, Geoffrey Keen, Douglas Wilmer, Albert Moses, Paul Hardwick, Eva Rueber-Staier, Peter Porteous, Andy Bradford, Gary Russell	Spy	Live action
	17	Superman III	Warner Bros. / Dovemead Ltd.	Richard Lester (director); David Newman, Leslie Newman (screenplay); Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Annette O'Toole, Annie Ross, Pamela Stephenson, Robert Vaughn, Margot Kidder, Gavan O'Herlihy, Shane Rimmer, Pamela Mandell	Superhero	Live action
	22	The Survivors	Columbia Pictures	Michael Ritchie (director); Michael Lesson (screenplay); Walter Matthau, Robin Williams, Jerry Reed, Kristen Vigard, James Wainwright, Skipp Lynch, Annie McEnroe, John Goodman, Marian Hailey, Joseph Carberry, Meg Mundy, Marilyn Cooper	Comedy	Live action
	24	Porky's II: The Next Day	20th Century Fox / Astral Films	Bob Clark (director/screenplay); Roger Swaybill, Alan Ormsby (screenplay); Dan Monahan, Wyatt Knight, Mark Herrier, Roger Wilson, Cyril O'Reilly, Tony Ganios, Kaki Hunter, Scott Colomby, Nancy Parsons, Joseph Runningfox, Eric Christmas, Bill Wiley, Edward Winter, Ilse Earl, Cisse Cameron, Art Hindle, Jack Mulcahy, Bill Hindman, Mal Jones, Richard Liberty, Fred Buch, Will Knickerbocker	Comedy	Live action
		Twilight Zone: The Movie	Warner Bros.	John Landis (director/screenplay); Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante, George Miller (directors); George Clayton Johnson, Richard Matheson, Melissa Mathison (screenplay); Dan Aykroyd, Albert Brooks, Scatman Crothers, John Lithgow, Vic Morrow, Kathleen Quinlan, Doug McGrath, Charles Hallahan, Kai Wulff, Steven Williams, Al Leong, Stephen Bishop, Thomas Byrd, John Larroquette, Bill Quinn, Martin Garner, Selma Diamond, Helen Shaw, Murray Matheson, Peter Brocco, Priscilla Pointer, Scott Nemes, Tanya Fenmore, Evan Richards, Laura Mooney, Christopher Eisenmann, Richard Swingler, Alan Haufrect, Cheryl Socher, Elsa Raven, Jeremy Licht, Kevin McCarthy, Patricia Barry, William Schallert, Nancy Cartwright, Dick Miller, Cherie Currie, Bill Mumy, Jeffrey Bannister, Abbe Lane, Donna Dixon, John Dennis Johnston, Larry Cedar, Christina Nigra, Eduard Franz, Jeffrey Weissman, Rainer Peets, Sue Dugan, Debby Porter, Annette Claudier, Joseph Hieu, Myca Dinh Le, Renee Shin-Yi Chen, Vincent J. Isaac, Bill Taylor, William S. Taylor, Eddy Donno, Michael Milgron, Norbert Weisser, Charles Knapp, Byron McFarland, Lana Schwab, Margaret Wheeler, Margaret Fitzgerald, Carol Serling, Jeffrey Lampert, Frank Toth	Sci-Fi, Horror, Anthology	Live action
		Yellowbeard	Orion Pictures / Hemdale Film Corporation	Mel Damski (director); Graham Chapman, Peter Cook, Bernard McKenna, David Sherlock (screenplay); Graham Chapman, Peter Boyle, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Peter Cook, Marty Feldman, Martin Hewitt, Michael Hordern, Eric Idle, Madeline Kahn, James Mason, John Cleese, Kenneth Mars, Spike Milligan, Stacey Nelkin, Nigel Planer, Susannah York, Beryl Reid, Ferdy Mayne, Peter Bull, Bernard Fox, Nigel Stock, Monte Landis, David Bowie, Greta Blackburn	Comedy	Live action

July–September

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
J U L Y	1	Stroker Ace	Universal Pictures / Warner Bros. / Yahi Productions	Hal Needham (director/screenplay); Hugh Wilson (screenplay); Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Jim Nabors, Parker Stevenson, Loni Anderson, John Byner, Frank O. Hill, Cassandra Peterson, Bubba Smith, Warren Stevens, Alfie Wise, Cary Guffey, Dale Earnhardt, Richard Petty, Neil Bonnett, Harry Gant, Terry Labonte, Kyle Petty, Benny Parsons, Tim Richmond, Ricky Rudd, Cale Yarborough, Ken Squier, David Hobbs, Chris Economaki	Action, Comedy, Sports	Live action
	6	Class	Orion Pictures	Lewis John Carlino (director); Jim Kouf, David Greenwalt (screenplay); Rob Lowe, Jacqueline Bisset, Andrew McCarthy, Cliff Robertson, John Cusack, Alan Ruck, Virginia Madsen	Comedy, Drama	Live action
	15	Staying Alive	Paramount Pictures / RSO Records	Sylvester Stallone (director/screenplay); Norman Wexler (screenplay); John Travolta, Cynthia Rhodes, Finola Hughes, Steve Inwood, Julie Bovasso, Charles Ward, Norma Donaldson, Jesse Doran, Joyce Hyser, Frank Stallone, Kurtwood Smith, Sylvester Stallone	Dance, Musical	Live action
	15	Zelig	Warner Bros. / Orion Pictures	Woody Allen (director/screenplay); Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Mary Louise Wilson, John Rothman, Deborah Rush, Will Holt, Peter McRobbie, Susan Sontag, Irving Howe, Saul Bellow, Bricktop, Dr. Bruno Bettelheim, Professor John Morton Blum, Charles Lindbergh, Al Capone, Clara Bow, William Randolph Hearst, Marion Davies, Charlie Chaplin, Josephine Baker, Fanny Brice, Carole Lombard, Dolores del Río, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Göring, James Cagney, Jimmy Walker, Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth, Adolphe Menjou, Claire Windsor, Tom Mix, Marie Dressler, Bobby Jones, Pope Pius XI	Mockumentary	Live action
	22	Jaws 3-D	Universal Pictures / Alan Landsburg Productions / MCA Theatricals	Joe Alves (director); Richard Matheson, Carl Gottlieb (screenplay); Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Simon MacCorkindale, Louis Gossett Jr., John Putch, Lea Thompson, P.H. Moriarty, Kaye Stevens, Dan Blasko, Liz Morris, Harry Grant, Lisa Maurer	Horror, Thriller	Live action
	22	Mr. Mom	20th Century Fox / Sherwood Productions	Stan Dragoti (director); John Hughes (screenplay); Michael Keaton, Teri Garr, Martin Mull, Ann Jillian, Christopher Lloyd, Frederick Koehler, Taliesin Jaffe, Courtney and Brittany White, Jeffrey Tambor, Graham Jarvis, Miriam Flynn, Carolyn Seymour, Patti Deutsch	Comedy	Live action
	29	Krull	Columbia Pictures / Barclays Mercantile / Industrial Finance	Peter Yates (director); Stanford Sherman (screenplay); Ken Marshall, Lysette Anthony, Freddie Jones, Francesca Annis, Trevor Martin, David Battley, Bernard Bresslaw, Alun Armstrong, Liam Neeson, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Elphick, Dicken Ashworth, Todd Carty, Bronco McLoughlin, Gerard Naprous, Andy Bradford, Bill Weston, John Welsh, Graham McGrath, Tony Church, Clare McIntyre, Belinda Mayne	Sci-Fi, Fantasy	Live action
		National Lampoon's Vacation	Warner Bros.	Harold Ramis (director); John Hughes (screenplay); Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Imogene Coca, Randy Quaid, John Candy, Christie Brinkley, Anthony Michael Hall, Dana Barron, Miriam Flynn, Eddie Bracken, Brian Doyle-Murray, James Keach, Eugene Levy, Frank McRae, Jane Krakowski, John P. Navin Jr., Mickey Jones, John Diehl, Harold Ramis, Violet Ramis, James Staley	Comedy	Live action
		Private School	Universal Pictures	Noel Black (director); Dan Greenburg, Suzanne O'Malley (screenplay); Phoebe Cates, Betsy Russell, Matthew Modine, Michael Zorek, Ray Walston, Sylvia Kristel, Fran Ryan, Kathleen Wilhoite, Jonathan Prince, Kari Lizer, Julie Payne, Frank Aletter, Frances Bay, Lynda Wiesmeier	Teen, Comedy	Live action
A U G U S T	5	Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island	Warner Bros. / Warner Bros. Animation	Chuck Jones, Phil Monroe, Robert McKimson (directors); Friz Freleng (director/screenplay); Mel Blanc, June Foray, Les Tremayne	Family, Comedy	Live action
		Get Crazy	Embassy Pictures	Allan Arkush (director); Danny Opatoshu, Henry Rosenbaum, David Taylor (screenplay); Malcolm McDowell, Allen Garfield, Daniel Stern, Gail Edwards, Ed Begley Jr., Miles Chapin, Stacey Nelkin, Bill Henderson, Lou Reed, Howard Kaylan, Lori Eastside, Lee Ving, John Densmore, Anna Bjorn, Robert Picardo, Bobby Sherman, Fabian Forte, Franklyn Ajaye, Paul Bartel, Dan Frischman, Mary Woronov, Clint Howard, Denise Galik, Linnea Quigley, Jackie Joseph, Dick Miller, Chuck Hanson, Susan Saiger, Barry Diamond	Musical, Comedy	Live action
		Risky Business	Warner Bros. / The Geffen Film Company	Paul Brickman (director/screenplay); Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay, Joe Pantoliano, Nicholas Pryor, Janet Carroll, Richard Masur, Curtis Armstrong, Bronson Pinchot, Shera Danese, Raphael Sbarge, Bruce A. Young, Kevin Anderson, Nathan Davis, Fern Persons, Anne Lockhart	Teen, Comedy	Live action
		The Star Chamber	20th Century Fox / Frank Yablans Presentations	Peter Hyams (director/screenplay); Roderick Taylor (screenplay); Michael Douglas, Hal Holbrook, Yaphet Kotto, Sharon Gless, James B. Sikking, Joe Regalbuto, Don Calfa, David Faustino, Larry Hankin, Dick Anthony Williams, DeWayne Jessie, David Proval, Michael Ensign, Diana Douglas, Frances Bergen, Robert Costanzo	Crime, Thriller	Live action
		Twice Upon a Time	Warner Bros. / Korty Films / Lucasfilm / The Ladd Company	John Korty, Charles Swenson (directors/screenplay); Suella Kennedy, Bill Couturié (screenplay); Lorenzo Music, Julie Payne, James Cranna, Hamilton Camp, Marshall Efron, Paul Frees, Judith Kahan Kampmann	Fantasy, Comedy	Animation
	12	Cujo	Warner Bros. / Taft Entertainment / Sunn Classic Pictures	Lewis Teague (director); Don Carlos Dunaway, Barbara Turner (screenplay); Dee Wallace, Daniel Hugh-Kelly, Danny Pintauro, Christopher Stone, Ed Lauter, Kaiulani Lee, Billy Jacoby, Mills Watson, Jerry Hardin, Sandy Ward, Arthur Rosenberg	Horror	Live action
		Curse of the Pink Panther	MGM/UA Entertainment Company / United Artists / Blake Edwards Entertainment / Tilt Productions Inc.	Blake Edwards (director/screenplay); Geoffrey Edwards (screenplay); Ted Wass, Herbert Lom, David Niven, Robert Wagner, Capucine, Robert Loggia, Joanna Lumley, André Maranne, Burt Kwouk, Harvey Korman, Leslie Ash, Ed Parker, Bill Nighy, Roger Moore, Liz Smith, Michael Elphick, Hugh Fraser, Joe Morton, Denise Crosby, Peter Arne	Comedy	Live action
		The Man Who Wasn't There	Paramount Pictures	Bruce Malmuth (director); Stanford Sherman (screenplay); Steve Guttenberg, Jeffrey Tambor, Art Hindle, Morgan Hart, Lisa Langlois, William Forsythe, Ron Canada, Michael Ensign, Richard Paul, Miguel Ferrer	Comedy	Live action
		Smokey and the Bandit Part 3	Universal Pictures	Dick Lowry (director); Stuart Birnbaum, David Dashev (screenplay); Jackie Gleason, Paul Williams, Pat McCormick, Jerry Reed, Mike Henry, Colleen Camp, Faith Minton, Burt Reynolds, Ava Cadell, Dick Lowry, Jackie Davis, Raymond Forchion	Action, Comedy	Live action
	15	Prisoners of the Lost Universe	Premier Releasing / Marcel/Robertson / United Media Finance Ltd.	Terry Marcel (director); Richard Hatch, Kay Lenz, John Saxon, Bill Flynn, Danie Voges, Peter O'Farrell, Ray Charleson, Kenneth Hendel, Philip Van der Byl, Dawn Abraham, Ron Smerczac, Charles Comyn, Ian Steadman, Myles Robertson	Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Action	Live action
	19	Easy Money	Orion Pictures	James Signorelli (director); Dennis Blair, Rodney Dangerfield, Michael Endler, P.J. O'Rourke (screenplay); Rodney Dangerfield, Joe Pesci, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Candy Azzara, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeffrey Jones, Taylor Negron, Tom Noonan, Val Avery, Tom Ewell, Lili Haydn, Kimberly McArthur, Jeffrey Altman, Arch Johnson, Mary Pat Gleason	Comedy	Live action
		Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn	Universal Pictures / Arista Films	Charles Band (director); Alan J. Adler (screenplay); Jeffrey Byron, Mike Preston, Tim Thomerson, Kelly Preston, Richard Moll, R. David Smith, Larry Pennel, Marty Zagon, Mickey Fox	Sci-Fi	Live action
		Yor, the Hunter from the Future	Diamant Film / RAI-Radio Televisione Italiana	Antonio Margheriti (director/screenplay); Robert Bailey (screenplay); Reb Brown, Corinne Cléry, John Steiner, Carole André, Ayshe Gul, Aytekin Akkaya, Sergio Nicolai	Sci-Fi, Fantasy	Live action
	26	Strange Brew	MGM/UA Entertainment Co.	Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas (directors/screenplay); Steve De Jarnatt (screenplay); Dave Thomas, Rick Moranis, Paul Dooley, Max von Sydow, Lynne Griffin, Angus MacInnes, Mel Blanc, Douglas Campbell, Tom Harvey, Len Doncheff, Chris Benson	Comedy	Live action
		Fire and Ice	20th Century Fox / Producers Sales Organization	Ralph Bakshi (director); Gerry Conway, Roy Thomas (screenplay); Susan Tyrrell, Maggie Roswell, Steve Sandor, Leo Gordon, James Bridges, Nathan Purdee, Le Tari, William Ostrander, Stephen Mendel, Elizabeth Lloyd Shaw, Micky Morton, Clare Nono, Big Yank, Greg Wayne Elam, Alan Koss, Hans Howes, Shane Callan, Archie Hamilton, Michael Kellogg, Douglas Payton, Dale Park, Ray Oliver	Epic, Fantasy, Adventure	Adult animation
		Hercules	Cannon Italia SrL / Golan-Globus	Luigi Cozzi (director/screenplay); Lou Ferrigno, Sybil Danning, Brad Harris, Ingrid Anderson, Rossana Podestà, Mirella D'Angelo, William Berger, Bobby Rhodes, Gianni Garko, Yehuda Efroni, Delia Boccardo, Claudio Cassinelli, Frank Garland, Gabriella Giorgelli, Ralph Baldassar, Eva Robin's	Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Adventure	Live action
	28	Young Warriors	Cannon Home Video / Star Cinema Productions / Cannon Films	Lawrence D. Foldes (director/screenplay); Russell W. Colgin (screenplay); Ernest Borgnine, Richard Roundtree, Lynda Day George, James Van Patten, Anne Lockhart, Tom Reilly, Ed De Stefane, Dick Shawn, Mike Norris, Linnea Quigley	Crime, Drama	Live action
S E P T E M B E R	2	Escape from the Bronx	Fulvia Film	Enzo G. Castellari (director/screenplay); Tito Carpi (screenplay); Mark Gregory, Timothy Brent, Valeria D'Obici, Henry Silva, Antonio Sabato, Enio Girolami, Paolo Malco, Eva Czemerys, Alessandro Prete, Moana Pozzi, Carla Brait, Massimo Vanni, Enzo G. Castellari	Action	Live action
		Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence	Universal Pictures / Recorded Picture Company / Oshima Productions	Nagisa Ōshima (director/screenplay); Paul Mayersberg (screenplay); David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takeshi Kitano, Jack Thompson, Alistair Browning, Yuya Uchida, Rokko Toura, Kan Mikami, Hideo Murota, Johnny Okura, James Malcolm, Ryunosuke Kaneda, Takashi Naitō, Tamio Ishikura	War	Live action
		Mortuary	Citadel Films / Artists Releasing Corporation / Film Ventures International	Howard Avedis (director/screenplay); Mary McDonough, David Wallace, Bill Paxton, Lynda Day George, Christopher George, Alvy Moore, Marlene Schmidt, Bill Conklin, Curt Ayers, Donna Garrett, Danny Rogers, Greg Kaye, Denis Mandel	Slasher	Live action
	5	Streamers	United Artists	Robert Altman (director); David Rabe (screenplay); Matthew Modine, Michael Wright, Mitchell Lichtenstein, David Allen Grier, Guy Boyd	War, Drama	Live action
	9	Nightmares	Universal Pictures	Joseph Sargent (director); Jeffrey Bloom, Christopher Crowe (screenplay); Emilio Estevez, Cristina Raines, Lance Henriksen, Richard Masur, Veronica Cartwright, Anthony James, William Sanderson, Lee Ving, Clare Nono, Louis Giambalvo, Mariclare Costello, Moon Unit Zappa, Billy Jayne, James Tolkan, Tony Plana, Timothy Scott, Robin Gammell, Rose Mary Campos, Bridgette Andersen, Albert Hague	Horror, Anthology	Live action
	16	Revenge of the Ninja	MGM/UA Entertainment Co. / The Cannon Group	Sam Firstenberg (director); James Silke (screenplay); Sho Kosugi, Keith Vitali, Virgil Frye, Kane Kosugi, Professor Toru Tanaka, Arthur Roberts, Ashley Ferrare, Mario Gallo, Grace Oshita, John LaMotta	Martial Arts, Thriller	Live action
		Strange Invaders	Orion Pictures / EMI Films	Michael Laughlin (director/screenplay); Bill Condon, Walter Halsey Davis (screenplay); Paul Le Mat, Nancy Allen, Diana Scarwid, Michael Lerner, Louise Fletcher, Wallace Shawn, Fiona Lewis, Kenneth Tobey, June Lockhart, Charles Lane, Lulu Sylbert, Joel Cohen, Dan Shor, Dey Young, Jack Kehler, Mark Goddard, Thomas Kopache, Bobby Pickett	Sci-Fi	Live action
		Vigilante	Artists Releasing Corporation / Magnum Motion Pictures Inc.	William Lustig (director); Richard Vetere (screenplay); Robert Forster, Fred Williamson, Richard Bright, Rutanya Alda, Don Blakely, Joseph Carberry, Willie Colón, Joe Spinell, Carol Lynley, Woody Strode, Steve James, Vincent Beck, Frank Pesce	Vigilante	Live action
	21	Educating Rita	Columbia Pictures / Acorn Pictures	Lewis Gilbert (director); Willy Russell (screenplay); Michael Caine, Julie Walters, Michael Williams, Dearbhla Molloy, Jeananne Crowley, Malcolm Douglas, Godfrey Quigley, Patricia Jeffares, Maeve Germaine, Maureen Lipman, Gerry Sullivan, Pat Daly, Kim Fortune, Philip Hurdwood, Hilary Reynolds, Jack Walsh, Christopher Casson, Gabrielle Reidy, Des Nealon, Marie Conmee, Oliver Maguire, Derry Power, Alan Stanford	Comedy, Drama	Live action
	23	Eddie and the Cruisers	Embassy Pictures / Aurora Productions	Martin Davidson (director/screenplay); Arlene Davidson (screenplay); Tom Berenger, Michael Paré, Joe Pantoliano, Matthew Laurance, Helen Schneider, David Wilson, Michael "Tunes" Antunes, Ellen Barkin, Kenny Vance	Drama, Musical	Live action
	23	Pieces	International Films Distribution / Artists Releasing Corporation / Film Ventures International / Almena Films / Fort Films / Spectacular Film Productions	J. Piquer Simon (director); Dick Randall, Roberto Loyola (screenplay); Christopher George, Linda Day, Frank Braña, Ian Sera, Edmund Purdom, Paul L. Smith, Jack Taylor, Isabelle Luque, Gérard Tichy, Hilda Fuchs, May Heatherly, Alejandro Hernández, Roxana Nieto, Cristina Cottrelli, Leticia Marfil, Silvia Gambino, Carmen Aguado, Paco Alvez	Slasher	Live action
	28	The Big Chill	Columbia Pictures / Carson Productions	Lawrence Kasdan (director/screenplay); Barbara Benedek (screenplay); Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly, JoBeth Williams, Don Galloway, Kevin Costner, James Gillis, Ken Place	Comedy, Drama	Live action
	30	Brainstorm	MGM/UA Entertainment Company	Douglas Trumbull (director); Philip Frank Messina, Robert Stitzel (screenplay); Christopher Walken, Natalie Wood, Louise Fletcher, Cliff Robertson, Jordan Christopher, Donald Hotton, Alan Fudge, Joe Dorsey, Bill Morey, Jason Lively, Georgianne Walken	Sci-Fi	Live action
		Going Berserk	Universal Pictures	David Steinberg (director/screenplay); Dana Olsen (screenplay); John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Alley Mills, Pat Hingle, Richard Libertini, Paul Dooley, Dixie Carter, Murphy Dunne, Bill Saluga, Ernie Hudson, Kurtwood Smith, Julius Harris, Elinor Donahue, Eve Brent Ashe, Ann Bronston, Kathy Bendett, Elizabeth Kerr, Dan Barrows, Brenda Currin, Frantz Turner, Gloria Gifford	Comedy	Live action
		The Honorary Consul	Paramount Pictures	John Mackenzie (director); Christopher Hampton (screenplay); Michael Caine, Richard Gere, Bob Hoskins, Elpidia Carrillo, Joaquim de Almeida, A Martinez, Geoffrey Palmer	Drama	Live action
		The Lonely Lady	Universal Pictures	Peter Sasdy (director); John Kershaw, Shawn Randall (screenplay); Pia Zadora, Lloyd Bochner, Bibi Besch, Joseph Cali, Anthony Holland, Jared Martin, Ray Liotta, Kerry Shale, Sandra Dickinson, Glory Annen Clibbery, Lou Hirsch, Ed Bishop, Shane Rimmer, Gianni Rizzo, Mickey Knox, Kenneth Nelson, Jay Benedict, Billy J. Mitchell, Kieran Canter, Carolyn De Fonseca, Edward Mannix, Colette Hiller, Ted Rusoff, David Zed, Attilio Dottesio	Drama	Live action

October–December

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
O C T O B E R	7	Never Cry Wolf	Buena Vista Distribution / Amarok Productions Ltd.	Carroll Ballard (director); Curtis Hanson, Sam Hamm, Richard Kletter (screenplay); Charles Martin Smith, Brian Dennehy, Tom Dahlgren, Zachary Ittimangnaq, Samson Jorah, Martha Ittimangnaq, Hugh Webster, Walker Stuart	Drama	Live action
		Never Say Never Again	Warner Bros. / Taliafilm / Producers Sales Organization	Irvin Kershner (director); Lorenzo Semple Jr. (screenplay); Sean Connery, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Max von Sydow, Barbara Carrera, Kim Basinger, Bernie Casey, Alec McCowen, Edward Fox, Rowan Atkinson, Saskia Cohen-Tanugi, Gavan O'Herlihy, Ronald Pickup, Pamela Salem, Valerie Leon, Prunella Gee, Pat Roach, Anthony Sharp	Spy	Live action
		Romantic Comedy	MGM/UA Entertainment Co. / Taft Entertainment	Arthur Hiller (director); Bernard Slade (screenplay); Dudley Moore, Mary Steenburgen, Frances Sternhagen, Janet Eilber, Robyn Douglass, Ron Leibman	Romance, Comedy	Live action
	9	Tiger Town	Walt Disney Television / Buena Vista Television	Alan Shapiro (director/screenplay); Roy Scheider, Justin Henry, Ron McLarty, Sparky Anderson	Sports, Drama	Live action
	21	All the Right Moves	20th Century Fox	Michael Chapman (director); Michael Kane (screenplay); Tom Cruise, Craig T. Nelson, Lea Thompson, Charles Cioffi, Gary Graham, Paul Carafotes, Chris Penn, Leon, Sandy Faison, James A. Baffico, Mel Winkler, Terry O'Quinn	Sports, Drama	Live action
		The Dead Zone	Paramount Pictures / Dino De Laurentiis Company	David Cronenberg (director); Jeffrey Boam (screenplay); Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt, Herbert Lom, Anthony Zerbe, Colleen Dewhurst, Martin Sheen, Nicholas Campbell, Simon Craig, Géza Kovács	Sci-Fi, Thriller	Live action
		The Right Stuff	Warner Bros. / The Ladd Company	Philip Kaufman (director/screenplay); Charles Frank, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Lance Henriksen, Scott Paulin, Dennis Quaid, Sam Shepard, Fred Ward, Kim Stanley, Barbara Hershey, Veronica Cartwright, Pamela Reed, Jane Dornacker, Harry Shearer, Jeff Goldblum, Donald Moffat, Levon Helm, Mary Jo Deschanel, Scott Wilson, Kathy Baker, Mickey Crocker, Susan Kase, Mittie Smith, Royal Dano, David Clennon, Scott Beach, John P. Ryan, Eric Sevareid, William Russ, Robert Beer, Peggy Davis, John Dehner, Royce Grones, Brigadier General Chuck Yeager, Anthony Muñoz, David Gulpilil, Ed Sullivan, Bill Dana, Yuri Gagarin, Nikita Khrushchev, Georgi Malenkov, Nikolai Bulganin, Kliment Voroshilov, Anastas Mikoyan, Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Alan Shepard, James E. Webb	Epic, Historical, Drama	Live action
		Rumble Fish	Universal Pictures / Zoetrope Studios	Francis Ford Coppola (director/screenplay); S.E. Hinton (screenplay); Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Vincent Spano, Diane Lane, Diana Scarwid, Nicolas Cage, Dennis Hopper, Chris Penn, Larry Fishburne, William Smith, Glenn Withrow, Tom Waits, Michael Higgins, Sofia Coppola, S.E. Hinton	Drama	Live action
		Under Fire	Orion Pictures	Roger Spottiswoode (director); Ron Shelton, Clayton Frohman (screenplay); Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Richard Masur, Ed Harris, René Enriquez, Hamilton Camp, Eloy Casados, Jenny Gago, Alma Martínez, Jorge Zepeda	Thriller	Live action
	28	The Wicked Lady	MGM/UA / The Cannon Group	Michael Winner (director/screenplay); Leslie Arliss, Aimée Stuart, Gordon Glennon (screenplay); Faye Dunaway, Alan Bates, John Gielgud, Denholm Elliott, Hugh Millais, Prunella Scales, Oliver Tobias, Glynis Barber, Joan Hickson, Helena McCarthy, Mollie Maureen, Derek Francis, Marina Sirtis, Nicholas Gecks, John Savident, Marc Sinden, Mark Burns	Drama	Live action
N O V E M B E R	2	National Lampoon's Movie Madness	United Artists / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Matty Simmons Productions	Bob Giraldi, Henry Jaglom (directors); Tod Carroll, Gerald Sussman, Shary Flenniken, Pat Mephitis, Ellis Weiner (screenplay); Peter Riegert, Diane Lane, Candy Clark, Teresa Ganzel, Schnootie Neff, Andy Shakman, Tamar Howard, Ian Fried, Nedra Volz, Trinidad Silva, John Lawlor, Ann Dusenberry, Robert Culp, Titos Vandis, Bobby Di Cicco, Joe Spinell, Margaret Whitton, Fred Willard, Olympia Dukakis, Mary Woronov, Dick Miller, George Dickerson, Jake Steinfeld, Robby Benson, Richard Widmark, Christopher Lloyd, Barry Diamond, Julie Kavner, Elisha Cook, Henny Youngman, Bill Kirchenbauer, Harry Reems, Rockne Tarkington, Rhea Perlman, Lee Wilkof	Comedy	Live action
	4	Deal of the Century	Warner Bros.	William Friedkin (director); Paul Brickman (screenplay); Chevy Chase, Sigourney Weaver, Gregory Hines, Vince Edwards, Wallace Shawn, Richard Libertini, William Marquez, Eduardo Ricard, Richard Herd, Graham Jarvis, Randi Brooks, Ebbe Roe Smith, Ray Manzarek, Jack Angel	Comedy	Live action
		Experience Preferred... But Not Essential	Goldcrest Films	Peter Duffell (director); June Roberts, Jack Rosenthal (screenplay); Elizabeth Edmonds, Sue Wallace, Geraldine Griffiths, Karen Meagher, Maggie Wilkinson, Ron Bain, Alun Lewis, Robert Blythe, Roy Heather, Peter Doran, Arwen Holm, Sion Tudor Owen, Robert Gwilym, Mostyn Evans, Paul Haley, Margo Jenkins, Jerry Brooke	Drama	Live action
		The Osterman Weekend	20th Century Fox / Davis-Panzer Productions / Osterman Weekend Associates	Sam Peckinpah (director); Alan Sharp (screenplay); Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Craig T. Nelson, Dennis Hopper, Burt Lancaster, Chris Sarandon, Meg Foster, Helen Shaver, Cassie Yates, Sandy McPeak, Merete Van Kamp, Christopher Starr	Thriller	Live action
		Running Brave	Buena Vista Distribution / Englander Productions	Donald Shebib (director); Henry Bean, Shirl Hendryx (screenplay); Robby Benson, Pat Hingle, Claudia Cron, Jeff McCracken, Graham Greene, Wendell Smith	Biography, Sports, Drama	Live action
		Testament	Paramount Pictures	Lynne Littman (director); John Sacret Young (screenplay); Jane Alexander, William Devane, Leon Ames, Lukas Haas, Roxana Zal, Kevin Costner, Rebecca De Mornay	Drama	Live action
	10	Star 80	Warner Bros. / The Ladd Company	Bob Fosse (director/screenplay); Mariel Hemingway, Eric Roberts, Cliff Robertson, Carroll Baker, Roger Rees, David Clennon, Stuart Damon, Josh Mostel, Jordan Christopher, Ernest Thompson, Tina Willson, James Luisi, Sidney Miller, Deborah Geffner, Lisa Gordon, Shelly Ingram, Neva Patterson, Terence Kelly, Stanley Kamel, Cis Rundle, Kathryn Witt, Gwen Welles, Robert Picardo, Keith Hefner, Budd Friedman, Keenen Ivory Wayans	Biography, Drama	Live action
	10	Unico in the Island of Magic	Madhouse / Televisa / Discotek Media	Moribi Murano (director); Masaki Tsuji (screenplay)	Adventure, Family	Animation
	18	Amityville 3-D	Orion Pictures	Richard Fleischer (director); David Ambrose (screenplay); Tony Roberts, Tess Harper, Robert Joy, Candy Clark, Lori Loughlin, Meg Ryan, Neill Barry, Josefina Echánove	Horror	Live action
		The Being	Best Film & Video Corp. / New World Pictures / Aquarius Films / Crest Films / Cybelle Productions	Jackie Kong (director/screenplay); Martin Landau, José Ferrer, Dorothy Malone, Ruth Buzzi, Marianne Gordon Rogers, Bill Osco	Horror	Live action
		A Christmas Story	MGM/UA Entertainment Co.	Bob Clark (director/screenplay); Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown (screenplay); Peter Billingsley, Jean Shepherd, Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, Ian Petrella, Scott Schwartz, R. D. Robb, Zack Ward, Yano Anaya, Tedde Moore, Jeff Gillen, Leslie Carlson	Comedy	Live action
		Nate and Hayes	Paramount Pictures / Phillips-Whitehouse Productions	Ferdinand Fairfax (director); John Hughes, David Odell (screenplay); Tommy Lee Jones, Michael O'Keefe, Max Phipps, Jenny Seagrove, Grant Tilly, Peter Rowley, Prince Tui Teka	Adventure	Live action
		A Night in Heaven	20th Century Fox	John G. Avildsen (director); Joan Tewkesbury (screenplay); Christopher Atkins, Lesley Ann Warren, Robert Logan, Deney Terrio, Deborah Rush, Sandra Beall, Alix Elias, Carrie Snodgress, Andy García	Romance, Drama	Live action
		Sleepaway Camp	United Film Distribution Company / American Eagle Films	Robert Hiltzik (director/screenplay); Felissa Rose, Jonathan Tiersten, Karen Fields, Christopher Collet, Mike Kellin, Katherine Kamhi, Desiree Gould, Robert Earl Jones, Paul DeAngelo, Susan Glaze, Amy Baio, Tom Van Dell, Loris Sallahain, John E. Dunn, Ethan Larosa, Willy Kuskin, Owen Hughes, Frank Trent Saladino, Rick Edrich, Fred Greene, Allen Breton, Michael C. Mahon, Dan Tursi, James Paradise, Paul Poland, Alyson Mord, Carol Robinson	Slasher	Live action
	20	The Day After	ABC Motion Pictures / ABC Circle Films	Nicholas Meyer (director); Edward Hume (screenplay); Jason Robards, JoBeth Williams, Steve Guttenberg, John Cullum, John Lithgow, Amy Madigan, Georgann Johnson, Lori Lethin, Calvin Jung, Rosanna Huffman, George Petrie, William Allen Young, Jeff East, Dennis Lipscomb, Stephen Furst, Arliss Howard, Harry Bugin, Kyle Aletter, Doug Scott, Ellen Anthony, Lin McCarthy, Jonathan Estrin, Clayton Day, Antonie Becker, Stan Wilson	Drama, Sci-Fi	Live action
	24	Of Unknown Origin	Warner Bros. / Canadian Film Development Corporation / Famous Players Limited / Les Productions Mutuelles	George P. Cosmatos (director); Brian Taggert (screenplay); Peter Weller, Jennifer Dale, Lawrence Dane, Kenneth Welsh, Louis Del Grande, Aimée Castle, Shannon Tweed, Kevin Knight, Maury Chaykin	Horror	Live action
	25	The Smurfs and the Magic Flute	SEPP, Brussels / Éditions Dupuis / Belvision Studios	José Dutillieu (director); Peyo (screenplay)	Comedy, Family	Animation
D E C E M B E R	2	Sahara	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Golan-Globus / Cannon Group / United Artists	Andrew McLaglen (director); James R. Silke, Menahem Golan (screenplay); Brooke Shields, Lambert Wilson, Horst Buchholz, John Rhys-Davies, Ronald Lacey, John Mills	Adventure, Drama	Live action
	6	The Dresser	Columbia Pictures	Peter Yates (director); Ronald Harwood (screenplay); Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Edward Fox, Zena Walker, Eileen Atkins, Michael Gough, Cathryn Harrison, Betty Marsden, Sheila Reid, Lockwood West, Donald Eccles, Llewellyn Rees, Guy Manning, Anne Mannion, Kevin Stoney, Ann Way, John Sharp, Kathy Staff, Roger Avon	Drama	Live action
	9	Christine	Columbia Pictures / Delphi Premier Productions / Polar Film	John Carpenter (director); Bill Phillips (screenplay); Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, Robert Prosky, Harry Dean Stanton, Christine Belford, Robert Darnell, Roberts Blossom, Kelly Preston, William Ostrander, Steven Tash, Stuart Charno, Malcolm Danare, David Spielberg	Horror	Live action
		Scarface	Universal Pictures	Brian De Palma (director); Oliver Stone (screenplay); Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Robert Loggia, Miriam Colon, F. Murray Abraham, Paul Shenar, Harris Yulin, Angel Salazar, Arnaldo Santana, Pepe Serna, Michael P. Moran, Al Israel, Dennis Holahan, Mark Margolis, Michael Alldredge, Ted Beniades, Geno Silva, Richard Belzer, Lana Clarkson, Charles Durning, Dennis Franz	Crime, Drama	Live action
		Sudden Impact	Warner Bros.	Clint Eastwood (director); Joseph Stinson (screenplay); Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, Bradford Dillman, Paul Drake, Albert Popwell, Audrie J. Neenan, Jack Thibeau, Michael Currie, Michael V. Gazzo, Mark Keyloun, Kevyn Major Howard, Bette Ford, Nancy Parsons	Action, Thriller	Live action
		Terms of Endearment	Paramount Pictures	James L. Brooks (director/screenplay); Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Jeff Daniels, John Lithgow, Huckleberry Fox, Albert Brooks, Lisa Hart Carroll, Troy Bishop, Shane Sherwin, Megan Morris, Tara Yeakey, Kate Charleson	Family, Comedy, Drama	Live action
		Yentl	MGM/UA Entertainment Company / United Artists / Barwood Films / Ladbroke Entertainment	Barbra Streisand (director/screenplay); Jack Rosenthal (screenplay); Barbra Streisand, Mandy Patinkin, Amy Irving, Nehemiah Persoff, Steven Hill, Allan Corduner, Miriam Margoyles, Doreen Mantle	Romance, Musical, Drama	Live action
	14	Silkwood	20th Century Fox / ABC Motion Pictures	Mike Nichols (director); Nora Ephron, Alice Arlen (screenplay); Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson, Fred Ward, Diana Scarwid, Ron Silver, Josef Sommer, Charles Hallahan, Tess Harper, Sudie Bond, Henderson Forsythe, Bruce McGill, David Strathairn, M. Emmet Walsh, Ray Baker, Will Patton, E. Katherine Kerr, J.C. Quinn	Biography, Drama	Live action
	16	D.C. Cab	Universal Pictures / The Guber-Peters Company / RKO Pictures	Joel Schumacher (director/screenplay); Adam Baldwin, Charlie Barnett, Irene Cara, Anne De Salvo, Max Gail, Mr. T, José Pérez, Paul Rodriguez, Gary Busey, Gloria Gifford, Marsha Warfield, Bill Maher, DeWayne Jessie, Whitman Mayo, Peter Barbarian, David Barbarian, Diana Bellamy, John Diehl, Newton D. Arnold, Dennis Stewart, Jim Moody, Bob Zmuda, Jill Schoelen, Timothy Carey	Comedy	Live action
		The Keep	Paramount Pictures	Michael Mann (director/screenplay); Scott Glenn, Alberta Watson, Jürgen Prochnow, Robert Prosky, Gabriel Byrne, Ian McKellen, W. Morgan Sheppard, Royston Tickner, Michael Carter, Rosalie Crutchley, Wolf Kahler, Bruce Payne	Horror	Live action
		The Plague Dogs	Embassy Pictures / United Artists / Nepenthe Productions / Goldcrest Films	Martin Rosen (director/screenplay); John Hurt, Christopher Benjamin, James Bolam, Nigel Hawthorne, Warren Mitchell, Bernard Hepton, Brian Stirner, Penelope Lee, Geoffrey Matthews, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, John Bennett, John Franklyn-Robbins, Bill Maynard, Malcolm Terris, Judy Geeson, Philip Locke, Brian Spink, Tony Church, Anthony Valentine, William Lucas, Dandy Nichols, Rosemary Leach, Patrick Stewart, Percy Edwards	Adventure	Animation
		The Man Who Loved Women	Columbia Pictures	Blake Edwards (director/screenplay); Milton Wexler, Geoffrey Edwards (screenplay); Burt Reynolds, Julie Andrews, Kim Basinger, Marilu Henner, Cynthia Sikes, Jennifer Edwards, Sela Ward, Ellen Bauer, Denise Crosby, Tracy Vaccaro, Barry Corbin, Roger Rose	Comedy	Live action
		To Be or Not to Be	20th Century Fox / Brooksfilms	Alan Johnson (director); Ronny Graham, Thomas Meehan (screenplay); Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Tim Matheson, Charles Durning, José Ferrer, George Gaynes, Christopher Lloyd, George Wyner, Lewis J. Stadlen, Jack Riley	War, Comedy	Live action
		Two of a Kind	20th Century Fox	John Herzfeld (director/screenplay); John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Charles Durning, Oliver Reed, Beatrice Straight, Scatman Crothers, Richard Bright, Toni Kalem, Ernie Hudson, Jack Kehoe, Robert Costanza, Castulo Guerra, Gene Hackman	Romance, Fantasy, Comedy	Live action
		Uncommon Valor	Paramount Pictures	Ted Kotcheff (director); Joe Gayton (screenplay); Gene Hackman, Fred Ward, Reb Brown, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Patrick Swayze, Harold Sylvester, Tim Thomerson, Robert Stack, Michael Dudikoff, Kwan Hi Lim, Lau Nga Lai, Gail Strickland, Jane Kaczmarek, Gloria Stroock, Todd Allen	Action, War	Live action
	29	Seeding of a Ghost	Shaw Brothers Studio	Chuan Yang (director); Lam Yee Hung (screenplay); Phillip Ko, Maria Yuen, Norman Chui	Horror	Live action
	30	The Makioka Sisters	Toho	Kon Ichikawa (director/screenplay); Shinya Hidaka, Junichiro Tanizaki (screenplay)	Drama	Live action

Births

January 2 - Kate Bosworth, American actress
January 13 - Julian Morris, British actor
January 16 - Marwan Kenzari, Dutch actor
February 4 – Hannibal Buress, American comedian, actor, writer and producer
February 7 - Elina Purde, Estonian actress
February 21 - Mélanie Laurent, French actress
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 10
- Rafe Spall, English actor
- Carrie Underwood, American singer-songwriter and actress
March 31 - Ashleigh Ball, Canadian singer, musician and voice actress
April 1 - Matt Lanter, actor
April 21 - Gugu Mbatha-Raw, British actress
April 23 - Maria Alche, Argentine actress
May 3 - Ari Magder, Canadian actor (died 2012)
May 5 - Henry Cavill, British actor
May 6 - Gabourey Sidibe, actress
May 11 - Holly Valance, Australian actress and singer
May 12 - Domhnall Gleeson, Irish actor
May 14 - Amber Tamblyn, actress
June 10 - Leelee Sobieski, actress
June 16 - Olivia Hack, actress
June 24 - John Lloyd Cruz, actor
June 30 - Angela Sarafyan, actress
July 10 - Golshifteh Farahani, actress
August 1 - Inga Salurand, Estonian actress
August 3 - Mamie Gummer, American actress
August 4 - Greta Gerwig, American director, writer, and actress
August 7 - Brit Marling, actress
August 11 - Chris Hemsworth, Australian actor
August 14 - Mila Kunis, actress
August 20 - Andrew Garfield, English actor
August 24 - Antonio Campos, American film director
August 29 - Jennifer Landon, actress
September 21
- Maggie Grace, actress
- Joseph Mazzello, actor
September 25 - Donald Glover, American actor, singer, comedian, writer, producer and director
October 3 - Tessa Thompson, actress
October 5
- Jesse Eisenberg, American actor
- Shelby Rabara, Filipino-American actress and dancer
October 17 - Felicity Jones, English actress
October 28 - Joe Thomas, English actor, writer and comedian
November 7 - Adam DeVine, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer and singer
December 20 - Jonah Hill, American actor

Notable deaths

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films
January	8	Gale Page	69	US	Actress	They Drive by Night Knute Rockne, All American
	15	Shepperd Strudwick	75	US	Actor	All the King's Men A Place in the Sun
	19	Robert Carson	73	US	Writer	A Star Is Born Beau Geste
	24	George Cukor	83	US	Director	The Philadelphia Story My Fair Lady
	27	Louis de Funès	68	France	Actor, Writer, Director	La Grande Vadrouille L'avare
	28	Billy Fury	42	UK	Singer, Actor	That'll Be the Day Play It Cool
	30	Joan Valerie	71	US	Actress	Blazing Sixes Free, Blonde and 21
February	13	Marian Nixon	78	US	Actress	Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Winner Take All
	19	Alice White	75	US	Actress	The Girl from Woolworth's Showgirl in Hollywood
	21	Marie Mosquini	83	US	Actress	Short Orders 7th Heaven
	25	Tennessee Williams	71	US	Writer	A Streetcar Named Desire Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
	27	Ruth Dunning	71	UK	Actress	It's a Great Day Hoffman
March	7	Robert Bray	65	US	Actor	My Gun Is Quick Bus Stop
	9	Faye Emerson	65	US	Actress	The Mask of Dimitrios Nobody Lives Forever
	14	Maurice Ronet	55	France	Actor, Director, Writer	Elevator to the Gallows Purple Noon
	16	Arthur Godfrey	79	US	Actor	The Glass Bottom Boat Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
	27	James Hayter	75	Spain	Actor	Oliver! Night and the City
	28	Walter Reisch	79	Austria	Screenwriter	Gaslight Titanic
April	4	Buster Crabbe	75	US	Actor	Flash Gordon Jungle Man
	4	Gloria Swanson	84	US	Actress, Producer	Sunset Boulevard Airport 1975
	11	Dolores del Río	77	Mexico	Actress	Ramona Bird of Paradise
	21	Walter Slezak	80	Austria	Actor	Lifeboat Ten Thousand Bedrooms
	23	Selena Royle	78	US	Actress	Joan of Arc Night and Day
	26	Shirley Deane	70	US	Actress	Educating Father Undercover Agent
May	1	Joseph Ruttenberg	93	Russia	Cinematographer	Brigadoon Gigi
	5	John Williams	80	UK	Actor	Dial M for Murder To Catch a Thief
	8	Fay Spain	50	US	Actress	Al Capone God's Little Acre
	23	George Bruns	68	US	Composer	The Aristocats One Hundred and One Dalmatians
	23	Eve Gray	87	UK	Actress	Murder at Monte Carlo Midnight
	25	Sydney Box	78	UK	Producer, Writer	The Seventh Veil A Girl in a Million
	30	Burnett Guffey	78	US	Cinematographer	Bonnie and Clyde From Here to Eternity
June	12	Norma Shearer	80	US	Actress	The Women Marie Antoinette
	22	David MacDonald	79	UK	Director	Dead Men Tell No Tales The Moonraker
	23	Jonathan Latimer	76	US	Screenwriter	The Glass Key The Big Clock
	30	Herbert Baker	62	US	Screenwriter	Dream Wife Murderers' Row
July	5	Harry James	67	US	Musician, Actor	Two Girls and a Sailor Bathing Beauty
	15	Eddie Foy Jr.	78	US	Actor	Yankee Doodle Dandy Bells Are Ringing
	16	Samson Raphaelson	89	US	Screenwriter	The Shop Around the Corner Heaven Can Wait
	19	Olle Hilding	85	Sweden	Actor	Vandring med månen
	29	Luis Buñuel	83	Spain-Mexico	Writer, Director, Actor	Un Chien Andalou Belle de Jour
	29	Raymond Massey	86	US	Actor	Arsenic and Old Lace East of Eden
	29	David Niven	73	Switzerland	Actor, Producer	The Pink Panther The Guns of Navarone
	30	Lynn Fontanne	95	US	Actress	The Guardsman The Magnificent Yankee
August	1	Peter Arne	64	UK	Actor	Straw Dogs Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
	3	Carolyn Jones	53	US	Actress	King Creole Last Train from Gun Hill
	5	Judy Canova	69	US	Actress	Louisiana Hayride The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
	28	Jan Clayton	66	US	Actress	The Showdown This Man's Navy
	29	Simon Oakland	68	US	Actor	Psycho West Side Story
September	15	LeRoy Prinz	88	US	Choreographer	Show Boat Yankee Doodle Dandy
October	5	Rafael Bertrand	66	Mexico	Actor	The Professionals Isle of the Snake People
	8	Joan Hackett	49	US	Actress	Support Your Local Sheriff! The Last of Sheila
	10	Ralph Richardson	80	UK	Actor, Director	Doctor Zhivago Time Bandits
	14	Paul Fix	82	US	Actor	To Kill a Mockingbird Giant
	15	Pat O'Brien	83	US	Actor	Some Like It Hot Angels with Dirty Faces
	17	Vittorio Nino Novarese	76	Italy	Costume Designer	Cleopatra Cromwell
November	?	Eleanore Whitney	66	US	Actress	Rose Bowl Blonde Trouble
	2	Michael Spice	52	UK	Actor	A Countess from Hong Kong
	8	Robert Agnew	84	US	Actor	The Heart of Broadway The College Hero
	15	John Le Mesurier	71	UK	Actor	Ben-Hur The Pink Panther
	22	Michael Conrad	58	US	Actor	The Longest Yard They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
	28	Johnnie Davis	73	US	Actor	I Love to Singa Hollywood Hotel
	28	Christopher George	52	US	Actor	El Dorado Midway
December	2	Fifi D'Orsay	79	Canada	Actress	Those Three French Girls Going Hollywood
	4	Maurice Browning	64	UK	Actor	The Assassination Bureau The Party's Over
	5	Robert Aldrich	65	US	Director	The Dirty Dozen What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
	8	Slim Pickens	64	US	Actor	Dr. Strangelove Blazing Saddles
	21	Rod Cameron	73	US	Actor	Requiem for a Gunfighter Santa Fe Passage
	22	Charles Lloyd-Pack	81	UK	Actor	if.... Dracula
	28	William Demarest	91	US	Actor	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
	29	Janet Webb	52	UK	Actress	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Joseph Andrews

Film debuts

Curtis Armstrong - Risky Business
Rowan Atkinson - Never Say Never Again
Kathy Baker - The Right Stuff
Steven Bauer - Scarface
Juliette Binoche - Liberty Belle
Matthew Broderick - Max Dugan Returns
Clancy Brown - Bad Boys
Jim Carrey - All in Good Taste (filmed in 1981, released in May 1983)
Wendy Crewson - Skullduggery
John Cusack - Class
Lolita Davidovich - Class
Warwick Davis - Return of the Jedi
Vincent D'Onofrio - The First Turn-On!
Chris Elliott - Lianna
Andy García - Blue Skies Again
Crispin Glover - My Tutor
Graham Greene - Running Brave
Tess Harper - Tender Mercies
Nicole Kidman - Bush Christmas
Maurice LaMarche - Rock & Rule
Ray Liotta - The Lonely Lady
Rob Lowe - The Outsiders
Virginia Madsen - Class
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio - Scarface
Andrew McCarthy - Class
Kelly McGillis - Reuben, Reuben
Matthew Modine - Baby It's You
Rick Moranis - Strange Brew
Lori Loughlin - ‘’Amityville 3-D’’
Megan Mullally - Risky Business
Judd Nelson - Rock 'n' Roll Hotel
Sarah Jessica Parker - Somewhere Tomorrow
Alexandra Paul - American Nightmare
Bronson Pinchot - Risky Business
Kelly Preston - 10 to Midnight
Mimi Rogers - Blue Skies Again
Alan Ruck - Bad Boys
Ally Sheedy - Bad Boys
Casey Siemaszko - Class
Kiefer Sutherland - Max Dugan Returns
Lea Thompson - Jaws 3-D
Julie Walters - Educating Rita

References

"1983 Domestic Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 7, 2014.

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[1] "1983 Domestic Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 7, 2014.