| Movies are ranked according to overall critic score | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
| 1 |  | Right Stuff, The (1983) |  3.6338 38 reviews | PG | Adventure, Drama, History |
$4.98
| The film chronicles over the course of 15 years and shares the difficulties the government face in ...more about Right Stuff starring Sam Shepard and Scott Glenn |
| 2 |  | Scarface (1983) | 3.2830 97 reviews | R | Drama, Crime |
$12.87
| In a remake of the 1932 classic, Al Pacino stars as Tony Montana, a Cuban refugee turned drug lord. ...more about Scarface starring Al Pacino and Steven Bauer |
| 3 |  | Dead Zone, The (1983) |  3.1793 72 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror |
$7.45
| After a five-year coma, Johnny Smith develops the ability to see people's future just by touching ...more about Dead Zone starring Christopher Walken and Brooke Adams |
| 4 |  | Local Hero (1983) | 3.0801 24 reviews | PG | Drama, Comedy |
$5.99
| A small Scottish town is more than willing to sell their land when a big oil company shows interest ...more about Local Hero starring Burt Lancaster and Peter Riegert |
| 5 |  | Rumble Fish (1983) | 3.0446 18 reviews | NA | Drama |
$7.21
| Rusty James is the leader of a small, dying gang in an industrial town. He lives in the shadow of ...more about Rumble Fish starring Matt Dillon and Mickey Rourke |
| 6 |  | Christine (1983) | 3.0176 63 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror |
$9.66
| When Arnie falls in love with his new car "Christine" she falls in love back and there is little ...more about Christine starring Keith Gordon and John Stockwell |
| 7 |  | Terms of Endearment (1983) | 2.9070 35 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance, Comedy |
$2.10
| Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma's ...more about Terms of Endearment starring Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger |
| 8 |  | Blue Thunder (1983) | 2.8856 33 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Crime |
$3.95
| Blue Thunder is a specially modified helicopter. It is for police work, but is armed and designed ...more about Blue Thunder starring Roy Scheider and Warren Oates |
| 9 |  | Breathless (1983) | 2.8679 26 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Thriller, Romance |
$9.99
| Jesse has to get out of Las Vegas quickly, and steals a car to drive to L.A. On the way he shoots a ...more about Breathless starring Richard Gere and Valérie Kaprisky |
| 10 |  | Big Chill, The (1983) | 2.8560 39 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy, Music |
$8.68
| A seminal Thirty-Something movie in which a group of old college friends who are now all grown up ...more about Big Chill starring Tom Berenger and Glenn Close |
| 11 |  | Outsiders, The (1983) | 2.8440 33 reviews | PG-13 | Drama, Crime, Teen |
$10.20
| After a deadly confrontation with a rival gang, Ponyboy and Johnny go on the run from the cops. ...more about Outsiders starring Matt Dillon and Ralph Macchio |
| 12 |  | Silkwood (1983) | 2.8258 19 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Biography |
$6.99
| Fairly accurate recounting of the story of Karen Silkwood, the Oklahoma nuclear-plant worker who ...more about Silkwood starring Meryl Streep and Kurt Russell |
| 13 |  | All the Right Moves (1983) |  2.7466 21 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance, Sports |
$3.99
| Sensitive study of a headstrong high school football star who dreams of getting out of his small ...more about All the Right Moves starring Tom Cruise and Lea Thompson |
| 14 |  | Hunger, The (1983) | 2.7201 35 reviews | NA | Drama, Horror, Romance |
$6.29
| The Egyptian vampire lady Miriam subsists upon the blood of her lovers. In return the guys or girls ...more about Hunger starring Catherine Deneuve and David Bowie |
| 15 |  | Educating Rita (1983) | 2.6370 20 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy |
$3.95
| A young wife decides to complete her education and take her exams. She meets a professor who ...more about Educating Rita starring Michael Caine and Julie Walters |
| 16 |  | Dresser, The (1983) | 2.6312 19 reviews | NA | Drama |
$9.66
| In a touring Shakespearean theater group, a backstage hand - the dresser, is devoted to the ...more about Dresser starring Albert Finney and Tom Courtenay |
| 17 |  | Osterman Weekend, The (1983) | 2.5834 28 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$9.10
| The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited to a ...more about Osterman Weekend starring Rutger Hauer and John Hurt |
| 18 |  | Bad Boys (1983) | 2.5148 16 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Teen |
$6.97
| A delinquent held in juvenile detention for the murder of a noted youth gang member awaits a ...more about Bad Boys starring Sean Penn and John Zenda |
| 19 |  | Testament (1983) | 2.4488 10 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Nuclear war in the United States is portrayed in a realistic and believable manner. The story is ...more about Testament starring Jane Alexander and William Devane |
| 20 |  | Star 80 (1983) | 2.3982 11 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography |
$5.56
| Based on the story of Dorothy Stratten, 1980 Playmate of the Year, Star 80 explores a brief and ...more about Star 80 starring Mariel Hemingway and Eric Roberts |
| 21 |  | Flashdance (1983) | 2.3793 30 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance, Teen, Music |
$7.63
| Alex Owens is a female dynamo: steel worker by day, exotic dancer by night. Her dream is to get ...more about Flashdance starring Jennifer Beals and Lilia Skala |
| 22 |  | To Be or Not to Be (1983) | 2.3354 19 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Comedy |
$9.99
| A bad Polish actor is just trying to make a living when what should intrude but World War II in the ...more about To Be or Not to Be starring Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft |
| 23 |  | Heat and Dust (1983) | 2.2951 14 reviews | NA | Drama |
$14.71
| Anne is investigating the life of her grand-aunt Olivia, whose destiny has always been shrouded ...more about Heat and Dust starring Christopher Cazenove and Greta Scacchi |
| 24 |  | Tender Mercies (1983) | 2.2601 22 reviews | NA | Drama |
$2.94
| Alchoholic former country singer Mac Sledge makes friends with a young widow and her son. The ...more about Tender Mercies starring Robert Duvall and Tess Harper |
| 25 |  | Betrayal (1983) | 2.2528 8 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Pinter's semi-autobiographical play examining the surprise attraction, shy first steps, gradual ...more about Betrayal starring Jeremy Irons and Ben Kingsley |
| 26 |  | Sudden Impact (1983) |  2.2441 11 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$5.99
| A vicious serial-killer is on the loose in San Francisco and the police trace a link to a small ...more about Sudden Impact starring Clint Eastwood and Sondra Locke |
| 27 |  | Born in Flames (1983) | 2.1779 14 reviews | NA | Drama, Sci-Fi, Comedy |
$15.95
| Set ten years after the most peaceful revolution in United States history, a revolution in which a ...more about Born in Flames starring Honey (II) and Adele Bertei |
| 28 |  | Gorky Park (1983) | 2.1606 12 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$5.59
| An investigator on the Moscow police force relentlessly pursues the solution to a triple homicide ...more about Gorky Park starring William Hurt and Brian Dennehy |
| 29 |  | Under Fire (1983) | 2.1414 13 reviews | NA | Drama, War |
$9.99
| Nicaragua 1979: Star photographer Russel Price covers the civil war against president Somoza. ...more about Under Fire starring Ed Harris and Leonor Llausás |
| 30 |  | Star Chamber, The (1983) | 2.0466 10 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$7.21
| Disgusted with criminals escaping the judicial system via technicalities, an idealistic young judge ...more about Star Chamber starring Michael Douglas and Hal Holbrook |
| 31 |  | Lianna (1983) | 2.0026 7 reviews | NA | Drama |
$12.90
| Lianna and her husband Dick has been married for a few years but the mariage isn't a happy one, ...more about Lianna starring Linda Griffiths and Jane Hallaren |
| 32 |  | Heart Like a Wheel (1983) | 1.9697 9 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Sports |
$6.06
| Shirley Muldowney is determined to be a top-fuel drag racer, although no woman has ever raced them ...more about Heart Like a Wheel starring Jesse Aragon and Bonnie Bedelia |
| 33 |  | Vigilante (1983) | 1.9665 9 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Crime |
$13.25
| Eddie Marino is a factory worker in New York City. He has a wife named Vickie and a son named Scott. ...more about Vigilante starring Robert Forster and Fred Williamson |
| 34 |  | Cross Creek (1983) | 1.9569 7 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography |
$6.97
| ...more about Cross Creek starring Mary Steenburgen and Rip Torn |
| 35 |  | Eddie and the Cruisers (1983) | 1.9021 8 reviews | NA | Drama, Mystery, Music |
$4.91
| Maggie Foley (Ellen Barkin) is a reporter who's interviewing the surviving members of a band who's ...more about Eddie and the Cruisers starring Tom Berenger and Michael Paré |
| 36 | | Strangers Kiss (1983) | 1.8491 7 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | To help his actress girlfriend regain her confidence a Hollywood bigshot bankrolls a small budget ...more about Strangers Kiss starring Peter Coyote and Victoria Tennant |
| 37 |  | Lone Wolf McQuade (1983) | 1.8491 2 reviews | NA | Action, Drama |
$9.72
| The archetypical renegade Texas Ranger wages war against a drug kingpin with automatic weapons, his ...more about Lone Wolf McQuade starring David Carradine and Barbara Carrera |
| 38 |  | I Am the Cheese (1983) | 1.8345 5 reviews | NA | Drama |
$16.85
| Adapted from the Robert Cormier novel. This film follows the life of a young boy whose happy, if ...more about I Am the Cheese starring Robert MacNaughton and Hope Lange |
| 39 | | Angelo My Love (1983) | 1.8172 6 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Angelo My Love delves into the little understood and fascinating world of New York gypsies. Using ...more about Angelo My Love starring Angelo Evans and Ruthie Evans |
| 40 | | Summerspell (1983) | 1.7852 2 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | ...more about Summerspell starring Edna Wisdom and Vernon Lafon |
| 41 |  | Table for Five (1983) | 1.7822 3 reviews | NA | Drama |
$9.99
| J. P. Tannen takes his three children for a vacation cruise. They usually live with their mother ...more about Table for Five starring Jon Voight and Richard Crenna |
| 42 |  | 10 to Midnight (1983) | 1.7500 12 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Thriller |
$6.40
| A serial killer gets his kicks by knifing his victims while naked. A veteran cop, Leo Kessler ...more about 10 to Midnight starring Charles Bronson and Lisa Eilbacher |
| 43 |  | Staying Alive (1983) |  1.7274 11 reviews | NA | Drama, Musical |
$3.90
| Tony Manero tries to make it as a professional dancer on Broadway in this sequel to Saturday Night ...more about Staying Alive starring John Travolta and Cynthia Rhodes |
| 44 | | Sahara (1983) | 1.7030 3 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama | N/A | After her father dies, young Dale takes his place in a trans-African auto race, but ends up being ...more about Sahara starring Brooke Shields and Lambert Wilson |
| 45 | | Daniel (1983) | 1.7007 9 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | The fictionalized story of Daniel, the son of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed as ...more about Daniel starring Timothy Hutton and Mandy Patinkin |
| 46 |  | Mr. Mom (1983) | 1.6738 7 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy |
$6.48
| Jack and Caroline are a couple making a decent living When Jack suddenly loses his job. They agree ...more about Mr. Mom starring Michael Keaton and Teri Garr |
| 47 | | Yentl (1983) | 1.6711 16 reviews | NA | Drama, Musical, Romance | N/A | Dramatisation of "Yentl, the Yeshiva Boy," by Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902-1991); originally ...more about Yentl starring Barbra Streisand and Mandy Patinkin |
| 48 | | Abuse (1983) | 1.6528 4 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography | N/A | Thomas is 14 and effeminate with family problems. In the hospital, after being beaten by his ...more about Abuse |
| 49 | | Chained Heat (1983) | 1.6391 10 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime | N/A | Linda Blair plays Carol, a young woman who must serve 18 months in prison after killing a man (by ...more about Chained Heat starring Linda Blair and John Vernon |
| 50 |  | Born of Fire (1983) | 1.5523 4 reviews | NA | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | N/A | ...more about Born of Fire starring Peter Firth |
Decades
Email to a friend