1983

Top 10 of the year

The ten highest-voted films and series that premiered in 1983, via TMDB discover rankings.

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Movies

1
Film
Return of the Jedi
- “I am a Jedi, like my father before me.”
- “Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, the Emperor prepares to crush the Rebellion with a more powerful Death Star, and the Rebel fleet mounts a massive attack on the space station.”
- “Return to a galaxy far far away.”
★ 7.9 · 16,937 votes
2
Film
Scarface
- “He loved the American Dream. With a vengeance.”
- “I always tell tell the truth, even when i lie.”
- “Say hello to my little friend!”
★ 8.2 · 13,025 votes
3
Film
Trading Places
- “A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.”
- “A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part…”
- “They're not just getting rich... They're getting even.”
★ 7.2 · 3,659 votes
4
Film
Videodrome
- “As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers.”
- “First it controls your mind. Then it destroys your body.”
- “When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel.”
★ 7.2 · 2,470 votes
5
Film
Christine
- “As the car changes, so does Arnie, whose newfound confidence turns to arrogance behind the wheel of his exotic beauty.”
- “How do you kill something that can't possibly be alive?”
- “Nerdy high schooler Arnie Cunningham falls for Christine, a rusty 1958 Plymouth Fury, and becomes obsessed with restoring the classic automobile to her former glory.”
★ 6.9 · 2,232 votes
6
Film
Octopussy
- “Bond follows the mystery and uncovers a smuggling scandal and a Russian General who wants to provoke a new World War.”
- “James Bond is sent to investigate after a fellow “00” agent is found dead with a priceless Indian Fabergé egg.”
- “James Bond’s all time high!”
★ 6.4 · 2,216 votes
7
Film
WarGames
- “But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Department of Defense's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions.”
- “High school student David Lightman has a talent for hacking.”
- “Is it a game, or is it real?”
★ 7.1 · 2,156 votes
8
Film
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
- “It took God six days to create the heavens and the earth...and Monty Python ninety minutes to screw it up.”
- “Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship.”
- “Then there's the National Health doctors who try to claim a healthy liver from a still-living donor.”
★ 7.3 · 2,103 votes
9
Film
Superman III
- “Aiming to defeat the Man of Steel, wealthy executive Ross Webster hires bumbling but brilliant Gus Gorman to develop synthetic kryptonite, which yields some unexpected psychological effects.”
- “Between rekindling romance with his high school sweetheart and saving himself, Superman must contend with a powerful supercomputer.”
- “If the world's most powerful computer can control even Superman...no one on earth is safe.”
★ 5.5 · 1,878 votes
10
Film
The Dead Zone
- “In his mind, he has the power to see the future. In his hands, he has the power to change it.”
- “Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years.”
- “When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the past, present and future life of anyone with whom he comes into physical contact.”
★ 7.0 · 1,828 votes

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