1983 in film
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Events
- February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York
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Top grossing films
- North America
- Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
- Tootsie
- Trading Places, starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy
- WarGames, starring Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy
- Superman III
- Flashdance
- Staying Alive
- Octopussy
- Mr. Mom, starring Michael Keaton and Teri Garr
- 48 Hours
- National Lampoon's Vacation
- Risky Business, starring Tom Cruise and Rebecca DeMornay
- The Verdict
- Jaws 3-D
- Never Say Never Again
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Awards
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Academy Award
- Best Film - Terms of Endearment
- Best Director - James L. Brooks, Terms of Endearment
- Best Actor - Robert Duvall, Tender Mercies
- Best Actress - Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment
- Best Supporting Actor - Jack Nicholson, Terms of Endearment
- Best Supporting Actress - Linda Hunt, The Year of Living Dangerously
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Golden Globe
- Best Motion Picture - Drama - Terms of Endearment
- Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy - Yentl
- Best Director, Motion Picture - Barbra Streisand. Yentl
- Best Actor, Motion Picture, Drama - Tom Courtenay, The Dresser tied with Robert Duvall, Tender Mercies
- Best Actress, Motion Picture, Drama - Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment
- Best Actor, Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy - Michael Caine,Educating Rita
- Best Actress, Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy - Julie Walters, Educating Rita
- Best Supporting Actor, Motion Picture - Jack Nicholson, Terms of Endearment
- Best Supporting Actress, Motion Picture - Cher, Silkwood
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Births
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Deaths
- January 8 - Gale Page, actress
- March 26 - Tennessee Williams, playwright
- April 4 - Gloria Swanson, actress
- April 16 - Fifi D'Orsay, actress
- April 23 - Buster Crabbe, actor
- June 12 - Norma Shearer, Academy Award winning actress
- July 5 - Harry James, bandleader who appeared in some films, and was once married to actress Betty Grable
- July 29 - Raymond Massey, actor, father of actor Daniel Massey and actress Anna Massey
- July 29 - David Niven, Academy Award winning actor
- August 3 - Carolyn Jones, actress
- August 5 - Judy Canova, entertainer
- August 29 - Simon Oakland, actor
- October 8 - Joan Hackett, actress
- October 15 - Pat O'Brien, actor
- December 5 - Robert Aldrich, director
- December 8 - Slim Pickens, actor
- December 28 - William Demarest, actor
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Other movies released
- A Christmas Story
- A Nos Amours
- Ascendency, Golden Bear (award) winner
- Bad Boys
- Bloodbath at the House of Death
- Broadway Danny Rose
- Chiefs
- Cross Creek
- Danton
- Eddie and the Cruisers
- Educating Rita
- First Name: Carmen, Golden Lion winner
- Koyaanisqatsi
- Man of Flowers
- Mickey's Christmas Carol, a featurette which brings the character Mickey Mouse back to cinemas for the first time since 1953.
- Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
- One Deadly Summer
- Porky's II: The Next Day
- Purple Haze, Sundance Grand Jury Prize
- Querelle
- Reuben, Reuben
- Scarface
- Silkwood
- Sudden Impact
- Tender Mercies
- Terms of Endearment
- The Ballad of Narayama, Palme d'Or winner
- The Beehive, Golden Bear (award) winner
- The Big Chill
- The Crimson Permanent Assurance
- The Dead Zone
- The Dresser
- The King of Comedy
- The Night of the Shooting Stars
- The Outsiders
- The Return of Martin Guerre
- The Right Stuff
- The Year of Living Dangerously
- Twilight Zone: The Movie
- Yentl
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