
1983 Wide-release movies
January–March
- January 1983
- January 18
- Lianna
- January 21
- The House on Sorority Row
- Treasure of the Four Crowns
- January 28
- Sacred Ground
- January 18
- February 1983
- February 4
- The Entity
- Videodrome
- Without a Trace
- February 18
- Local Hero
- Lovesick
- The Pirates of Penzance
- The Sting II
- Table for Five
- February 19
- Betrayal
- February 4
- March 1983
- March 2
- Sahara
- March 4
- Baby It's You
- Curtains
- My Tutor
- Tender Mercies
- March 11
- 10 to Midnight
- Trenchcoat
- March 18
- High Road to China
- March 23
- Eddie Macon's Run
- March 25
- Bad Boys
- The Black Stallion Returns
- Max Dugan Returns
- The Outsiders
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (re-release)
- Spring Break
- The Sword in the Stone (re-release)
- March 31
- Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
- March 2
April–June
- April 1983
- April 1
- Heart Like a Wheel
- Screwballs
- April 6
- Conquest
- April 11
- Flashdance
- April 15
- Liquid Sky
- Lone Wolf McQuade
- April 22
- Exposed
- The Deadly Spawn
- Losin' It
- April 29
- The Hunger
- Something Wicked This Way Comes
- Valley Girl
- April 1
- May 1983
- May 1
- The Final Terror
- May 6
- Still Smokin
- May 13
- Blue Thunder
- May 18
- Moon in the Gutter
- May 20
- Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
- Tough Enough
- May 25
- Return of the Jedi
- May 27
- Chained Heat
- May 1
- June 1983
- June 3
- The Man with Two Brains
- Psycho II
- WarGames
- June 8
- Trading Places
- June 10
- Octopussy
- June 17
- Superman III
- June 24
- Porky's II: The Next Day
- Twilight Zone: The Movie
- Yellowbeard
- June 3
July–September
- July 1983
- July 1
- Stroker Ace
- July 6
- Class
- July 15
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (re-release)
- Staying Alive
- Zelig
- July 22
- Jaws 3-D
- Mr. Mom
- July 29
- Krull
- Private School
- National Lampoon's Vacation
- July 1
- August 1983
- August 5
- Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island
- Get Crazy
- Risky Business
- The Star Chamber
- Twice Upon a Time
- August 12
- Cujo
- Curse of the Pink Panther
- The Man Who Wasn't There
- Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
- August 15
- Prisoners of the Lost Universe
- August 19
- Easy Money
- Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn
- Yor, the Hunter from the Future
- August 26
- Strange Brew
- Fire and Ice
- Hercules
- August 28
- Young Warriors
- August 31
- Microwave Massacre
- August 5
- September 1983
- September 2
- Escape from the Bronx
- Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
- Mortuary
- September 9
- Nightmares
- September 16
- Revenge of the Ninja
- Strange Invaders
- Vigilante
- September 21
- Educating Rita
- September 23
- Eddie and the Cruisers
- Pieces
- September 28
- The Big Chill
- September 30
- Brainstorm
- Going Berserk
- The Honorary Consul
- The Lonely Lady
- September 2
October–December
- October 1983
- October 7
- Never Cry Wolf
- Never Say Never Again
- October 14
- The Osterman Weekend
- October 21
- All the Right Moves
- The Dead Zone
- The Right Stuff
- Rumble Fish
- Under Fire
- October 28
- The Wicked Lady
- October 7
- November 1983
- November 2
- National Lampoon's Movie Madness
- November 4
- Deal of the Century
- Running Brave
- November 10
- Star 80
- Unico in the Island of Magic
- November 18
- Amityville 3-D
- The Being
- A Christmas Story
- Nate and Hayes
- A Night in Heaven
- Sleepaway Camp
- November 24
- Of Unknown Origin
- November 25
- The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
- November 2
- December 1983
- December 6
- The Dresser
- December 9
- Christine
- Scarface
- Sudden Impact
- Terms of Endearment
- Yentl
- December 14
- Silkwood
- December 16
- D.C. Cab
- The Keep
- The Plague Dogs
- The Rescuers (re-release)
- Two of a Kind
- Uncommon Valor
- December 30
- The Makioka Sisters
- December 6
References
Resources
- Wikipedia, 1983 in film