Movies by Release Date: 1983

Poster for the movie "Eddie Murphy: Delirious"

Eddie Murphy: Delirious (1983)

R 69 min - Comedy - 17 August 1983
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Taped live and in concert at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. in August, 1983, Eddie Murphy: Delirious captures Eddie Murphy's wild and outrageous stand-up comedy act, which he performed in New York and eighteen other cities across the U.S. to standing-room-only audiences. Eddie's comedy was groundbreaking, completely new, razor sharp and definitely funny.Eddie Murphy pontificates in his own vulgarly hilarious fashion on everything from bizarre sexual fantasies to reliving the family barbecue, and is peppered with Eddie's one-of-a-kind wit. Laugh along as Eddie reminiscences of hot childhood days and the ice cream man intermixed with classic vocal parodies of top American entertainers.Experience Eddie Murphy at his best, live and red hot! Delirious! Uncensored and Uncut!

Director:  Bruce Gowers

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Taped live and in concert at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. in August, 1983, Eddie Murphy: Delirious captures Eddie Murphy's wild and outrageous stand-up comedy act, which he performed in New York and eighteen other cities across the U.S. to standing-room-only audiences. Eddie's comedy was groundbreaking, completely new, razor sharp and definitely funny.Eddie Murphy pontificates in his own vulgarly hilarious fashion on everything from bizarre sexual fantasies to reliving the family barbecue, and is peppered with Eddie's one-of-a-kind wit. Laugh along as Eddie reminiscences of hot childhood days and the ice cream man intermixed with classic vocal parodies of top American entertainers.Experience Eddie Murphy at his best, live and red hot! Delirious! Uncensored and Uncut!


Collections: Bruce Gowers

Genres: Comedy

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Country:   United States of America
Language:  English
Release Date:  17 August 1983

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Production Companies:  HBO

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 09 min
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Jaws 3-D (1983)

PG 99 min - Thriller, Horror - 16 March 1983
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This third film in the series follows a group of marine biologists attempting to capture a young great white shark that has wandered into Florida's Sea World Park. However, later it is discovered that the shark's 35-foot mother is also a guest at Sea World. What follows is the shark wreaking havoc on the visitors in the park.

Director:  Joe Alves

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This third film in the series follows a group of marine biologists attempting to capture a young great white shark that has wandered into Florida's Sea World Park. However, later it is discovered that the shark's 35-foot mother is also a guest at Sea World. What follows is the shark wreaking havoc on the visitors in the park.


Collections: Joe Alves

Tagline: A deadly new attraction.

Genres: Thriller, Horror

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Country:   United States of America
Language:  English
Release Date:  16 March 1983

Box Office

Budget:  $20,500,000
Revenue:  $87,987,055

Company Credits

Production Companies:  MCA Theatricals, Universal Pictures, Alan Landsburg Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 39 min
Poster for the movie "National Lampoon's Vacation"

National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)

R 99 min - Comedy, Adventure - 28 July 1983
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Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family on a quest to Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.

Director:  Harold Ramis

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Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family on a quest to Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.


Collections: Harold Ramis

Tagline: Every summer Chevy Chase takes his family on a little trip. This year he went too far.

Genres: Comedy, Adventure

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Country:   United States of America
Language:  English
Release Date:  28 July 1983

Box Office

Budget:  $15,000,000
Revenue:  $61,399,552

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Warner Bros. Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 39 min
Poster for the movie "Scarface"

Scarface (1983)

R 170 min - Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller - 8 December 1983
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After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fueled paranoia serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall.

Director:  Brian De Palma

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After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fueled paranoia serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall.


Collections: Brian De Palma

Tagline: The world is yours...

Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

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Country:   United States of America
Language:  English, Spanish
Release Date:  8 December 1983

Box Office

Budget:  $25,000,000
Revenue:  $66,023,329

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Universal Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:  2 h 50 min
Poster for the movie "Return of the Jedi"

Return of the Jedi (1983)

PG 135 min - Adventure, Action, Science Fiction - 23 May 1983
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As Rebel leaders map their strategy for an all-out attack on the Emperor's newer, bigger Death Star. Han Solo remains frozen in the cavernous desert fortress of Jabba the Hutt, the most loathsome outlaw in the universe, who is also keeping Princess Leia as a slave girl. Now a master of the Force, Luke Skywalker rescues his friends, but he cannot become a true Jedi Knight until he wages his own crucial battle against Darth Vader, who has sworn to win Luke over to the dark side of the Force.

Director:  Richard Marquand
Stars:  Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, James Earl Jones, Frank Oz, Ian McDiarmid, Sebastian Shaw, David Prowse, Alec Guinness, Kenny Baker, Warwick Davis, Caroline Blakiston, Michael Pennington, Kenneth Colley, Michael Carter, Denis Lawson, Tim Rose, Dermot Crowley, Jeremy Bulloch, Femi Taylor, Annie Arbogast, Claire Davenport, Jack Purvis, Mike Edmonds, Jane Busby, Malcolm Dixon, Mike Cottrell, Nicki Reade, Adam Bareham, Jonathan Oliver, Pip Miller, Tom Mannion, Margo Apostolos, Ray Armstrong, Eileen Baker, Michael Henbury Ballan, Bobby Bell, Patty Bell, Alan Bennett, Sarah Bennett, Pamela Betts, Danny Blackner, Linda Bowley, Peter Burroughs, Debbie Lee Carrington, Maureen Charlton, Willie Coppen, Sadie Corre, Tony Cox, John Cumming, Jean D'Agostino, Luis De Jesus, Debbie Dixon, Margarita Fernández, Phil Fondacaro, Sal Fondacaro, Tony Friel, Daniel Frishman, John Ghavan, Michael Gilden, Paul Grant, Lydia Green, Lars Green, Pam Grizz, Andrew Herd, J.J. Jackson, Richard Jones, Trevor Jones, Glynn Jones, Karen Lay, John Lummiss, Nancy MacLean, Peter Mandell, Carole Morris, Stacie Nichols, Chris Nunn, Barbara O'Laughlin, Brian Orenstein, Harrell Parker Jr., John Pedrick, April Perkins, Ronnie Phillips, Katie Purvis, Carol Read, Nicholas Read, Diana Reynolds, Danielle Rodgers, Chris Romano, Dean Shackelford, Kiran Shah, Felix Silla, Linda Spriggs, Gerald Staddon, Josephine Staddon, Kevin Thompson, Kendra Wall, Brian Wheeler, Butch Wilhelm, Dalyn Chew, Celia Fushille-Burke, Mercedes Ngoh, Jennifer Jaffe, Mark Dodson, Simon J. Williamson, Richard Bonehill, David Gonzales, Barrie Holland

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As Rebel leaders map their strategy for an all-out attack on the Emperor's newer, bigger Death Star. Han Solo remains frozen in the cavernous desert fortress of Jabba the Hutt, the most loathsome outlaw in the universe, who is also keeping Princess Leia as a slave girl. Now a master of the Force, Luke Skywalker rescues his friends, but he cannot become a true Jedi Knight until he wages his own crucial battle against Darth Vader, who has sworn to win Luke over to the dark side of the Force.


Collections: Richard Marquand, Star Wars

Tagline: The Empire Falls...

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Country:   United States of America
Language:  English
Release Date:  23 May 1983

Box Office

Budget:  $32,350,000
Revenue:  $572,700,000

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Lucasfilm, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:  2 h 15 min
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Superman III (1983)

125 min - Comedy, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction - 17 June 1983
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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 in the third installment of the 1980s Superman franchise. Between rekindling romance with his high school sweetheart and saving himself, Superman must contend with a powerful supercomputer.

Director:  Richard Lester

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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 in the third installment of the 1980s Superman franchise. Between rekindling romance with his high school sweetheart and saving himself, Superman must contend with a powerful supercomputer.


Collections: Richard Lester

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Country:   United Kingdom,   United States of America
Language:  English
Release Date:  17 June 1983

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Production Companies:  Warner Bros., Dovemead Films, Cantharus Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:  2 h 05 min
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WarGames (1983)

PG 114 min - Thriller, Science Fiction - 3 June 1983
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High School student David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Defense Department's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions! Together with his girlfriend (Ally Sheedy) and a wizardly computer genius (John Wood), David must race against time to outwit his opponent...and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.

Director:  John Badham

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High School student David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Defense Department's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions! Together with his girlfriend (Ally Sheedy) and a wizardly computer genius (John Wood), David must race against time to outwit his opponent...and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.


Collections: John Badham

Tagline: Is it a game, or is it real?

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Country:   United States of America
Language:  English
Release Date:  3 June 1983

Box Office

Budget:  $12,000,000
Revenue:  $79,567,667

Company Credits

Production Companies:  United Artists, Sherwood Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 54 min