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| 1 |  | 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 |
| 2 |  | Videodrome (1983) | 3.0537 94 reviews | R | Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery |
$6.99
| A sleazy television producer stumbles upon a program that broadcasts snuff films called, ...more about Videodrome starring James Woods and Sonja Smits |
| 3 |  | 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 |
| 4 |  | WarGames (1983) | 3.0113 35 reviews | PG | Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Mystery |
$5.69
| A young computer genius accidentally hacks into a Pentagon super computer designed to automat ...more about WarGames starring Matthew Broderick and Dabney Coleman |
| 5 |  | Psycho II (1983) | 2.8685 27 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Mystery |
$3.92
| In this sequel to Hitchcock's 1960 classic, Norman Bates has finally been judged mentally sound and ...more about Psycho II starring Anthony Perkins and Vera Miles |
| 6 |  | 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 |
| 7 |  | 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 |
| 8 |  | Cujo (1983) |  2.6975 22 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror |
$9.99
| Donna Trenton is a frustrated suburban housewife whose life is a turmoil after her husband learns ...more about Cujo starring Danny Pintauro and Christopher Stone |
| 9 |  | Octopussy (1983) | 2.5962 28 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Thriller |
$43.91
| When a "00" agent is found dead holding a Faberge egg, the British are suspicious and send James ...more about Octopussy starring Roger Moore and Maud Adams |
| 10 |  | Jaws 3-D (1983) | 2.5890 35 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror |
$7.21
| Michael Brody and Sean Brody, the sons of former Amity police chief Martin Brody, work at Florida's ...more about Jaws 3-D starring Dennis Quaid and Bess Armstrong |
| 11 |  | 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 |
| 12 |  | House on Sorority Row, The (1983) | 2.4341 17 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Mystery |
$9.99
| A group of girls staying at a sorority house clash with the house's owner, who wants them out. They ...more about House on Sorority Row starring Eileen Davidson and Robin Meloy |
| 13 |  | Brainstorm (1983) | 2.4232 20 reviews | NA | Thriller, Sci-Fi |
$8.63
| Brilliant researchers Lillian Reynolds and Michael Brace have developed a system of recording and ...more about Brainstorm starring Christopher Walken and Natalie Wood |
| 14 |  | Keep, The (1983) | 2.3550 16 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror | N/A | Nazis are sent to guard an old, mysterious fortress in a Romanian pass. One of them mistakenly ...more about Keep starring Scott Glenn and Alberta Watson |
| 15 |  | 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 |
| 16 |  | 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 |
| 17 |  | Never Say Never Again (1983) | 2.1185 17 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Thriller |
$5.69
| SPECTRE agents under the command of Ernst Blofeld infiltrate a US air force base situated in the UK ...more about Never Say Never Again starring Sean Connery and Klaus Maria Brandauer |
| 18 |  | 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 |
| 19 | | American Nightmare (1983) | 1.9846 9 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Crime | N/A | ...more about American Nightmare starring Lora Staley |
| 20 |  | 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 |
| 21 |  | BrainWaves (1983) |  1.7067 5 reviews | NA | Thriller, Sci-Fi | N/A | After a traffic accident Kaylie is in coma for months. Her doctors want to try a new procedure on ...more about BrainWaves starring Keir Dullea and Suzanna Love |
| 22 |  | Lords of Discipline, The (1983) | 1.6832 6 reviews | NA | Thriller |
$9.27
| Will arrives for his last year at Military Academy, in the Deep South USA, in the 1960's. A black ...more about Lords of Discipline starring Robert Prosky and G.D. Spradlin |
| 23 | | 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 |
| 24 | | Sweet 16 (1983) | 1.5843 3 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror | N/A | A beautiful lonely girl named Melissa tries to make new friends from a town she's currently living ...more about Sweet 16 starring Bo Hopkins and Susan Strasberg |
| 25 | | Sole Survivor (1983) | 1.4519 5 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror | N/A | Denise Watson is a TV station worker who is the only survivor of a unexplained, horrific airplane ...more about Sole Survivor starring Anita Skinner and Kurt Johnson |
| 26 |  | Honorary Consul, The (1983) | 1.2784 2 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Thriller, Romance | N/A | Dr. Eduardo Plarr, despite the name is an Anglo working in a Latin American country. His work is a ...more about Honorary Consul starring Michael Caine and Richard Gere |
| 27 | | Circle of Power (1983) |  1.0273 2 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller | N/A | A group of husbands with their wives participate in a reunion where everybody will find his hidden ...more about Circle of Power starring Yvette Mimieux and Christopher Allport |
| 28 |  | Jigsaw Man, The (1983) | 1.0090 3 reviews | NA | Thriller | N/A | Philip Kimberly, the former head of the British Secret Service who defected to Russia, is given ...more about Jigsaw Man starring Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier |
| 29 | | China Lake (1983) |  No Score 0 reviews | NA | Thriller, Short | N/A | ...more about China Lake starring William Sanderson and Mickey Jones |
| 30 | | Survival Zone (1983) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Thriller | N/A | In a post-nuclear world, a happy family of ranchers is beseiged by a roving band of ne'er do well ...more about Survival Zone starring Camilla Sparv and Zoli Marki |
| 31 | | Excessive Torture in a Female Prison Camp (1983) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller | N/A | ...more about Excessive Torture in a Female Prison Camp |
| 32 | | Trauma (1983) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Thriller | N/A | ...more about Trauma |
| 33 | | Vultures (1983) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror | N/A | A dying wealthy patriarch, Ramon (Jim Bailey) summons his relatives to his bedside, setting the ...more about Vultures starring Stuart Whitman and Yvonne De Carlo |
| 34 | | W (1983) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Thriller, Short | N/A | ...more about W |
| 35 | | Self Defense (1983) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Thriller | N/A | A bunch of selfrighteous bullies want to set som "new rules" in town while the police in Halifax ...more about Self Defense starring Brenda Bazinet and Darel Haeny |
| 36 | | Hanging Heart (1983) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror | N/A | ...more about Hanging Heart |
| 37 | | Trial by Terror (1983) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Thriller | N/A | ...more about Trial by Terror |
| 38 | | Dead Bunnies (1983) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Mystery, Comedy, Short | N/A | ...more about Dead Bunnies |
| 39 | | Dead Wrong (1983) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller | N/A | ...more about Dead Wrong starring Tom Heaton and Dale Wilson |
| 40 | | Last Plane Out (1983) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Thriller | N/A | ...more about Last Plane Out starring Jan-Michael Vincent and Julie Carmen |
| 41 | | Sledgehammer (1983) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror | N/A | ...more about Sledgehammer starring Linda McGill and Ted Prior |
| 42 | | Prodigal Planet, The (1983) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Thriller |
$25.99
| Final and least well-known installment in the Mark IV series of fundamentalist apocalypse films. ...more about Prodigal Planet starring William Wellman Jr. and Terri Lynn Hall |
| 43 |  | Julie Darling (1983) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror | N/A | ...more about Julie Darling starring Anthony Franciosa and Isabelle Mejias |
| 44 | | Cross Country (1983) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Thriller | N/A | After a woman is found butchered in her New York apartment, suspicion falls on her estranged ...more about Cross Country starring Richard Beymer and Nina Axelrod |
| 45 | | Natas: The Reflection (1983) | No Score 3 reviews | NA | Thriller | N/A | Steve (Randy Mulkey) finds an old Indian Shaman (the 109 year-old Nino Cochise) who informs Steve ...more about Natas: The Reflection starring Pat Bolt and Craig Hensley |
| 46 | | 0shiui hotel (1983) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Thriller, Mystery | N/A | ...more about 0shiui hotel |
| 47 | | Night Train to Murder (1983) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Thriller, Comedy | N/A | When Eric's niece Kathy becomes one of the heirs to a considerable fortune, her life (and those of ...more about Night Train to Murder starring Ernie Wise and Margaret Courtenay |
| 48 | | Beasts (1983) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror | N/A | After being parted for thirteen years, Doug and Cindy get together for a relaxing trip into the ...more about Beasts starring Thomas Babson and Kathy Christopher |
| 49 | | Disconnected (1983) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Crime, Mystery | N/A | The focus is on the twins, Alicia and Barbara (both played by Frances Raines) who become involved ...more about Disconnected starring Frances Raines and Mark Walker |
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