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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:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Box-office gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Return of the Jedi | 20th Century 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 | $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
- 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.[2] Gross earnings were just over $19.2 million.[3] 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.[4] By the late 1980s, it was already considered a classic.[5][6][7]
Awards
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
1983 films
By country/region
- 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 Hindi films of 1983
- List of Kannada films of 1983
- List of Malayalam films of 1983
- List of Marathi films of 1983
- List of Tamil films of 1983
- List of Telugu 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
- 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
- January 2
- Kate Bosworth, American actress
- Anthony Carrigan, American actor
- Kristen Hager, Canadian actress
- January 3 - Katie McGrath, Irish 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 20 - Rukiya Bernard, Canadian actress and producer
- 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 26 - Stephen Lea Sheppard, Canadian writer and former actor
- 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
- Victor Gojcaj, Albanian-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, African-American comedian, writer, actor and voice actor
- March 14
- Phillip Chorba, American actor
- 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
- April 27 - Ari Graynor, American actress
- 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
- Vicky McClure, English actress
- 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 15 - Sid Makkar, Indian actor
- May 17 - Ginger Gonzaga, American comedian and actress
- May 18 - Nakamura Shichinosuke II, Japanese actor
- May 22
- Cassie Powney, English actress
- Connie Powney, English actress
- 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 3 - Yasmin Lee, Cambodian-American actress
- June 10 - Leelee Sobieski, American retired actress
- June 14 - Louis Garrel, French actor and filmmaker
- June 16 - Olivia Hack, American actress
- June 17 - Kazunari Ninomiya, Japanese actor and singer-songwriter
- 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
- Kyle Soller, English actor
- 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 16 - Katrina Kaif British 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
- Adhir Kalyan, South African actor
- August 6 - Landon Pigg, American singer-songwriter and actor
- August 7
- Maggie Castle, Canadian actress
- 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
- August 31 - Devan Chandler Long, American actor
- 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
- September 26 - Manny Montana, American actor
- October 3 - Tessa Thompson, American actress
- October 4 - Vicky Krieps, Luxembourgish-German 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 23 - Alice Fearn, British 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 14 - Benjamin Renner, French animator and filmmaker
- November 15 - Sophia Di Martino, English actress
- November 17 - Harry Lloyd, English actor
- November 18 - Julia Ducournau, French film director and screenwriter
- 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
Deaths
| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
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| January | 8 | Gale Page | 69 | US | Actress | |
| 15 | Shepperd Strudwick | 75 | US | Actor | ||
| 19 | Robert Carson | 73 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 24 | George Cukor | 83 | US | Director | ||
| 27 | Louis de Funès | 68 | France | Actor, Director |
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| 28 | Billy Fury | 42 | UK | Singer, Actor |
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| 30 | Joan Valerie | 71 | US | Actress |
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| February | 10 | Eduard Franz | 80 | US | Actor |
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| 13 | Marian Nixon | 78 | US | Actress |
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| 19 | Charles Bluhdorn | 56 | Austria | Studio Executive | ||
| 19 | Alice White | 75 | US | Actress |
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| 21 | Marie Mosquini | 83 | US | Actress |
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| 25 | Tennessee Williams | 71 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 27 | Ruth Dunning | 71 | UK | Actress |
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| March | 7 | Robert Bray | 65 | US | Actor |
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| 8 | William Walton | 80 | UK | Composer | ||
| 9 | Faye Emerson | 65 | US | Actress |
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| 14 | Maurice Ronet | 55 | France | Actor | ||
| 16 | Arthur Godfrey | 79 | US | Actor |
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| 27 | James Hayter | 75 | UK | Actor | ||
| 28 | Walter Reisch | 79 | Austria | Screenwriter | ||
| April | 4 | Buster Crabbe | 75 | US | Actor |
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| 4 | Gloria Swanson | 84 | US | Actress |
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| 5 | Bronisław Kaper | 81 | Poland | Composer | ||
| 11 | Dolores del Río | 77 | Mexico | Actress |
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| 15 | Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. | 67 | Mexico | Actor |
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| 21 | Walter Slezak | 80 | Austria | Actor |
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| 23 | Selena Royle | 78 | US | Actress | ||
| 26 | Shirley Deane | 70 | US | Actress |
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| 26 | Vaughn Taylor | 73 | US | Actor | ||
| May | 1 | Joseph Ruttenberg | 93 | Ukraine | Cinematographer | |
| 5 | John Williams | 80 | UK | Actor | ||
| 8 | Fay Spain | 50 | US | Actress |
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| 22 | Art Cruickshank | 68 | US | Special Effects Artist | ||
| 23 | George Bruns | 68 | US | Composer | ||
| 23 | Eve Gray | 87 | UK | Actress |
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| 25 | Sydney Box | 78 | UK | Producer, Screenwriter |
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| 28 | John C. Howard | 52 | US | Film Editor | ||
| 30 | Burnett Guffey | 78 | US | Cinematographer | ||
| June | 12 | Norma Shearer | 80 | Canada | Actress | |
| 22 | David MacDonald | 79 | UK | Director |
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| 23 | Jonathan Latimer | 76 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 30 | Herbert Baker | 62 | US | Screenwriter |
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| July | 1 | Charles G. Clarke | 84 | US | Cinematographer |
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| 5 | Harry James | 67 | US | Musician, Actor | ||
| 9 | Robert Dawn | 61 | US | Makeup Artist | ||
| 15 | Eddie Foy Jr. | 78 | US | Actor | ||
| 16 | Samson Raphaelson | 89 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 17 | Byron Kennedy | 33 | Australia | Producer | ||
| 20 | E. Preston Ames | 77 | US | Art Director | ||
| 23 | Georges Auric | 84 | France | Composer | ||
| 25 | Jerome Moross | 69 | US | Composer | ||
| 29 | Luis Buñuel | 83 | Spain | Screenwriter, Director, Actor | ||
| 29 | Raymond Massey | 86 | Canada | Actor | ||
| 29 | David Niven | 73 | UK | Actor | ||
| 30 | Lynn Fontanne | 95 | UK | Actress |
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| August | 1 | Peter Arne | 64 | UK | Actor | |
| 3 | Carolyn Jones | 53 | US | Actress | ||
| 5 | Judy Canova | 69 | US | Actress |
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| 26 | Mike Kellin | 61 | US | Actor | ||
| 28 | Jan Clayton | 66 | US | Actress |
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| 29 | Simon Oakland | 68 | US | Actor | ||
| September | 15 | LeRoy Prinz | 88 | US | Choreographer, Director | |
| 16 | Henry Grace | 76 | US | Set Decorator | ||
| 27 | Ben Carruthers | 47 | US | Actor |
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| 30 | William Elliott | 49 | US | Actor | ||
| October | 5 | Rafael Bertrand | 66 | Cuba | Actor |
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| 8 | Joan Hackett | 49 | US | Actress | ||
| 10 | Ralph Richardson | 80 | UK | Actor, Director | ||
| 11 | William Hornbeck | 82 | US | Film Editor | ||
| 14 | Paul Fix | 82 | US | Actor | ||
| 15 | Pat O'Brien | 83 | US | Actor | ||
| 17 | Vittorio Nino Novarese | 76 | Italy | Costume Designer | ||
| 18 | Barbara Karinska | 97 | Ukraine | Costume Designer | ||
| 22 | Paul Hardwick | 64 | UK | Actor | ||
| November | ? | Eleanore Whitney | 66 | US | Actress |
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| 8 | Robert Agnew | 84 | US | Actor |
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| 15 | John Le Mesurier | 71 | UK | Actor | ||
| 18 | Marcel Dalio | 83 | France | Actor | ||
| 22 | Michael Conrad | 58 | US | Actor | ||
| 28 | Johnnie Davis | 73 | US | Actor | ||
| 28 | Christopher George | 52 | US | Actor | ||
| December | 2 | Fifi D'Orsay | 79 | Canada | Actress |
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| 5 | Robert Aldrich | 65 | US | Director | ||
| 8 | Slim Pickens | 64 | US | Actor | ||
| 13 | Leora Dana | 60 | US | Actress | ||
| 17 | Hal Pereira | 78 | US | Art Director | ||
| 21 | Rod Cameron | 73 | Canada | Actor |
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| 22 | Charles Lloyd-Pack | 81 | UK | Actor | ||
| 28 | William Demarest | 91 | US | Actor | ||
| 29 | Janet Webb | 52 | UK | Actress |
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Film debuts
- Curtis Armstrong – Risky Business
- Rowan Atkinson – Never Say Never Again
- Kathy Baker – The Right Stuff
- Steven Bauer – Scarface
- Luc Besson (director) – Le Dernier Combat
- Juliette Binoche – Liberty Belle
- Alan Blumenfeld – WarGames
- Lothaire Bluteau – Just a Game
- Eric Bogosian – Born in Flames
- Mark Boone Junior – Variety
- Matthew Broderick – Max Dugan Returns
- Clancy Brown – Bad Boys
- Ron Canada – The Man Who Wasn't There
- Jim Carrey – All in Good Taste
- Wendy Crewson – Skullduggery
- John Cusack – Class
- Lolita Davidovich – Class
- Warwick Davis – Return of the Jedi
- William B. Davis – The Dead Zone
- Vincent D'Onofrio – The First Turn-On!
- James Eckhouse – Trading Places
- Chris Elliott – Lianna
- Frances Fisher – Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
- Matt Frewer – The Lords of Discipline
- Andy García – Blue Skies Again
- Jeff Garlin – Spring Break
- Mary Pat Gleason – Easy Money
- Crispin Glover – My Tutor
- Valeria Golino – A Joke of Destiny
- John Goodman – Eddie Macon's Run
- Kelsey Grammer – WarGames
- Graham Greene – Running Brave
- David Alan Grier – Streamers
- Lukas Haas – Testament
- Tess Harper – Tender Mercies
- Arliss Howard – The Prodigal
- James Newton Howard (film composer) – Twilight Zone: The Movie
- Jack Kehler – Strange Invaders
- Nicole Kidman – Bush Christmas
- Jane Krakowski – National Lampoon's Vacation
- Maurice LaMarche – Rock & Rule
- Al Leong – Twilight Zone: The Movie
- Ray Liotta – The Lonely Lady
- John Bedford Lloyd – Trading Places
- Rob Lowe – The Outsiders
- Virginia Madsen – Class
- Camryn Manheim – Sudden Impact
- Andrew McCarthy – Class
- Kelly McGillis – Reuben, Reuben
- Peter McRobbie – Zelig
- Julio Oscar Mechoso – Guaguasi
- Fred Melamed – Lovesick
- Matthew Modine – Baby It's You
- Rick Moranis – Strange Brew
- Megan Mullally – Risky Business
- Judd Nelson – Rock 'n' Roll Hotel
- Afemo Omilami – Trading Places
- Chazz Palminteri – Home Free All
- Michael Paré – Eddie and the Cruisers
- Sarah Jessica Parker – Somewhere Tomorrow
- Alexandra Paul – American Nightmare
- Bruce Payne – Privates on Parade
- Bronson Pinchot – Risky Business
- Larry Poindexter – Going Berserk
- Kevin Pollak – The Right Stuff
- Melvil Poupaud – City of Pirates
- Kelly Preston – 10 to Midnight
- Paul Rodriguez – D.C. Cab
- Mimi Rogers – Blue Skies Again
- Felissa Rose – Sleepaway Camp
- Alan Ruck – Bad Boys
- Julian Sands – Privates on Parade
- Ally Sheedy – Bad Boys
- Elisabeth Shue – Somewhere Tomorrow
- Kiefer Sutherland – Max Dugan Returns
- Lea Thompson – Jaws 3-D
- Lenny Von Dohlen – Tender Mercies
- J. T. Walsh – Eddie Macon's Run
- Julie Walters – Educating Rita
- Zack Ward – A Christmas Story
- Lynn Whitfield – Doctor Detroit
- Kathleen Wilhoite – Private School
- Karen Young – Handgun
See also
References
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- ^ "Box Office Information for A Christmas Story". Box Office Mojo.com. Archived from the original on December 19, 2008. Retrieved November 5, 2008.
- ^ "The Best Movies of 1983 by Rank". Films101.com. Archived from the original on December 23, 2017. Retrieved June 20, 2010.
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