1983 in film
Template:Short description Template:Redirect Template:Year nav topic5 Template:Years in film 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.)
[edit]Template:See also The top ten 1983 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Box-office gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Return of the Jedi | 20th Century-Fox | $309,306,177 |
| 2 | Terms of Endearment | Paramount | $108,423,489 |
| 3 | Flashdance | $92,921,203 | |
| 4 | Trading Places | $90,404,800 | |
| 5 | WarGames | United Artists | $79,567,667 |
| 6 | Octopussy | $67,893,619 | |
| 7 | Sudden Impact | Warner Bros. | $67,642,693 |
| 8 | Staying Alive | Paramount | $64,892,670 |
| 9 | Mr. Mom | 20th Century Fox | $64,783,827 |
| 10 | Risky Business | Warner Bros. | $63,541,777 |
Events
[edit]- February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York City.
- May 25 - Return of the Jedi, the final installment in the original Star Wars trilogy, is released. Like the previous films, it goes on to become the highest-grossing film of the year.
- Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman makes her film debut in the Australian movie Bush Christmas.
- Brainstorm, the final film of screen star Natalie Wood, is released, 2 years after her death.
- October - Frank Price resigns as president of Columbia Pictures and is replaced by Guy McElwaine.
- November 18 - A Christmas Story released to theaters to moderate success, earning about $2 million in its first weekend. By Christmas 1983, the film is no longer playing at most venues but remains in about a hundred theatres until January 1984.<ref name="comment">Template:Cite video</ref> Gross earnings were just over $19.2 million.<ref name=mojo>Template:Cite news</ref> Over the years, the film's critical reputation would grow considerably and it is now regarded by some as one of the best films of 1983.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> By the late 1980s, it was already considered a classic.<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Open access</ref><ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Open access</ref><ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Open access</ref>
Awards
[edit]Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- The Ballad of Narayama (楢山節考, Template:Transliteration), directed by Shohei Imamura, Japan
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- Prénom Carmen (First Name: Carmen), directed by Jean-Luc Godard,
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- Ascendancy, directed by Edward Bennett, United Kingdom
- The Beehive (La Colmena), directed by Mario Camus, Spain
1983 films
[edit]By country/region
[edit]- List of American films of 1983
- List of Argentine films of 1983
- List of Australian films of 1983
- List of Bangladeshi films of 1983
- List of British films of 1983
- List of Canadian films of 1983
- List of French films of 1983
- List of Hong Kong films of 1983
- List of Indian films of 1983
- List of Japanese films of 1983
- List of Mexican films of 1983
- List of Pakistani films of 1983
- List of South Korean films of 1983
- List of Soviet films of 1983
- List of Spanish films of 1983
By genre/medium
[edit]- List of action films of 1983
- List of animated feature films of 1983
- List of avant-garde films of 1983
- List of comedy films of 1983
- List of drama films of 1983
- List of horror films of 1983
- List of science fiction films of 1983
- List of thriller films of 1983
- List of western films of 1983
Births
[edit]- January 2
- Kate Bosworth, American actress
- Anthony Carrigan, American actor
- Kristen Hager, Canadian actress
- January 9 - Kerry Condon, Irish actress
- January 13 - Julian Morris, British actor
- January 16 - Marwan Kenzari, Dutch actor
- January 17 - Ryan Gage, English actor
- January 21 - Svetlana Khodchenkova, Russian actress
- January 24
- Frankie Grande, American actor, singer, producer, television host and YouTube personality
- Lee Toland Krieger, American director and screenwriter
- January 28 - Ángel Manuel Soto, Puerto Rican film director, producer, and screenwriter
- February 4 – Hannibal Buress, American comedian, actor, writer and producer
- February 7 - Elina Pähklimägi, Estonian actress
- February 9 - Matty Cardarople, American actor and comedian
- February 10 - Julius Onah, Nigerian-American filmmaker
- February 12 - Iko Uwais, Indonesian actor, stuntman, fight choreographer and martial artist
- February 16 - Agyness Deyn, English actress and model
- February 18
- Evan Jonigkeit, American actor
- Wrenn Schmidt, American actress
- February 20
- Jessie Mueller, American actor and singer
- Bronson Webb, British actor
- February 21
- Eoin Macken, Irish actor
- Mélanie Laurent, French actress
- February 22 - Taraka Ratna, Indian actor (died 2023)
- February 23
- Aziz Ansari, American actor, writer, producer, director and comedian
- Emily Blunt, English actress
- February 27 - Kate Mara, American actress
- March 1 - Lupita Nyong'o, Kenyan-Mexican actress and director
- March 4 - Julieta Zylberberg, Argentine actress
- March 7 - Greta Lee, American actress
- March 9 - Bobby Campo, American actor
- March 10
- Rafe Spall, English actor
- Carrie Underwood, American singer-songwriter and actress
- March 11 - Lucy DeVito, American actress
- March 12 - Ron Funches, American comedian, writer and actor
- March 14 - Johnny Flynn, British actor, musician and singer-songwriter
- March 15 - Sean Biggerstaff, Scottish actor
- March 18 - Ivan Kolesnikov, Russian actor
- March 20 - Michael Cassidy, American actor
- March 21 - Justin McDonald, British actor
- March 29 - Ed Skrein, English actor, director, screenwriter and rapper
- March 31 - Ashleigh Ball, Canadian singer, musician and voice actress
- April 1
- Ellen Hollman, American actress
- Matt Lanter, American actor
- April 4
- Eric André, American comedian, actor, writer, producer and musician
- Amanda Righetti, American actress
- April 6 - Diora Baird, American actress and former model
- April 7 - Kyle Labine, Canadian actor
- April 8 - Levy Tran, Vietnamese-American actress
- April 10 - Jamie Chung, American actress and former reality television personality
- April 15 - Alice Braga, Brazilian actress and producer
- April 18 - Reeve Carney, American actor and musician
- April 19 - Victoria Yeates, English actress
- April 21 - Gugu Mbatha-Raw, British actress
- April 22 - Francis Capra, American actor
- May 3 - Ari Magder, Canadian actor (died 2012)
- May 4
- Brad Bufanda, American actor (died 2017)
- Jesse Moss, Canadian actor
- May 5 - Henry Cavill, British actor
- May 6
- Adrianne Palicki, American actress
- Gabourey Sidibe, American actress
- May 8 - Elyes Gabel, English actor
- May 11 - Holly Valance, Australian actress and singer
- May 12 - Domhnall Gleeson, Irish actor, writer, and director
- May 14 - Amber Tamblyn, American actress, writer, and director
- May 17 - Ginger Gonzaga, American comedian and actress
- May 18 - Nakamura Shichinosuke II, Japanese actor
- May 25 - Chelse Swain, American actress
- May 28 - Megalyn Echikunwoke, American actress
- June 1 - Sylvia Hoeks, Dutch actress
- June 2 - Yuliya Snigir, Russian actress and model
- June 10 - Leelee Sobieski, American retired actress
- June 14 - Louis Garrel, French actor and filmmaker
- June 16 - Olivia Hack, American actress
- June 19 - Aidan Turner, Irish actor
- June 23 - Miles Fisher, American actor, comedian and musician
- June 24 - John Lloyd Cruz, Filipino actor
- June 28 - Scott Haze, American actor and filmmaker
- June 30 - Angela Sarafyan, Armenian-American actress
- July 1 - Tanya Chisholm, American actress
- July 6
- Christine Firkins, Canadian former actress
- Gregory Smith, Canadian actor, writer and director
- July 7 - Robert Eggers, American filmmaker
- July 8 - DeVaughn Nixon, American actor
- July 10 - Golshifteh Farahani, Iranian actress
- July 18 - Cara Gee, Canadian actress
- July 19 - Trai Byers, American actor
- July 20 - Martin McCann, Irish actor
- July 23 - Olamide Faison, American actor and singer
- July 28 - Dhanush, Indian actor
- August 1 - Inga Salurand, Estonian actress
- August 3 - Mamie Gummer, American actress
- August 4
- Nathaniel Buzolic, Australian actor
- Greta Gerwig, American director, writer, and actress
- August 6 - Landon Pigg, American singer-songwriter and actor
- August 7 - Brit Marling, American actress and screenwriter
- August 8
- Guy Burnet, British actor
- Trina Nishimura, American voice actress
- August 9
- Ashley Johnson, American actress
- Dan Levy, Canadian actor and filmmaker
- August 10 - Bonnie Piesse, Australian actress and singer-songwriter
- August 11
- Chris Hemsworth, Australian actor
- Tatá Werneck, Brazilian comedian, television presenter and actress
- August 14
- Mila Kunis, American actress
- Lamorne Morris, American actor, comedian and television personality
- August 16 - Dominik García-Lorido, American actress
- August 19 - Mike Moh, American actor and martial artist
- August 20 - Andrew Garfield, English actor
- August 22 - Elena Goode, American actress
- August 23 - Annie Ilonzeh, American actress
- August 24 - Antonio Campos, American film director
- August 29 - Jennifer Landon, American actress
- September 9 - Zoe Kazan, American actress and screenwriter
- September 20 - Olivia Grant, English actress
- September 21
- Scott Evans, American actor
- Maggie Grace, American actress
- Joseph Mazzello, American actor
- September 25 - Donald Glover, American actor, singer, comedian, writer, producer and director
- October 3 - Tessa Thompson, American actress
- October 5
- Jesse Eisenberg, American actor, director, producer, and writer
- Shelby Rabara, Filipino-American actress and dancer
- Noot Seear, Canadian actress
- Noah Segan, American actor
- October 9 - Spencer Grammer, American actress
- October 10 - Layke Anderson, British director and former actor
- October 16 - Andrew Santino, American stand-up comedian and actor
- October 17 - Felicity Jones, English actress
- October 19 - Rebecca Ferguson, Swedish actress
- October 21 - Aaron Tveit, American actor and singer
- October 24 - Katie McGrath, Irish actress
- October 28 - Joe Thomas, English actor, writer and comedian
- October 29 - Johnny Lewis, American actor (died 2012)
- November 7 - Adam DeVine, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer and singer
- November 8 - Chris Rankin, New Zealand-born British actor
- November 18 - Julia Ducournau, French film director and screenwriter
- November 15 - Sophia Di Martino, English actress
- November 17 - Harry Lloyd, English actor
- November 19 - Adam Driver, American actor
- November 24
- Gwilym Lee, British actor
- Karine Vanasse, Canadian actress
- November 29 - Claudia O'Doherty, Australian actress, writer and comedian
- November 30 - Guillaume Gouix, French actor, director and screenwriter
- December 8 - Utkarsh Ambudkar, American actor, singer and rapper
- December 9 - Jolene Purdy, American actress
- December 10
- Patrick Flueger, American actor
- Xavier Samuel, Australian actor
- December 13 - Satya Bhabha, British actor
- December 17 - Stef Dawson, Australian actress
- December 20 - Jonah Hill, American actor, filmmaker, and comedian
- December 21 - Steven Yeun, American actor
- December 23
- Eva Ceja, American actress and film producer
- Joe Dinicol, Canadian actor