1983 in film
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1983 (film).
Overview of the events of 1983 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.
The top ten 1983 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1983[ 1]
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
February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together New York City .
May 25 - Return of the Jedi Star Wars
Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman makes her film debut in the Australian movie Bush Christmas Brainstorm 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 [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
Awards
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
The Ballad of Narayama Narayama bushiko Shohei Imamura , JapanGolden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
Prénom Carmen First Name: Carmen ), directed by Jean-Luc Godard ,Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
Ascendancy Edward Bennett , United KingdomThe Beehive La Colmena ), directed by Mario Camus , Spain
1983 films
Births
January 2
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
January 28 - Angel 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 12 - Iko Uwais , Indonesian actor, stuntman, fight choreographer and martial artist
February 16 - Agyness Deyn , English actress and model
February 18
February 20
February 21
February 22 - Taraka Ratna , Indian actor (died 2023)
February 23
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
March 11 - Lucy DeVito , American actress
March 12 - Ron Funches , American actor, comedian and writer
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
April 4
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 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
May 5 - Henry Cavill , British actor
May 6
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 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
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
August 6 - Landon Pigg , American singer-songwriter and actor
August 7 - Brit Marling , American actress and screenwriter
August 8
August 9 - Ashley Johnson , American actress
August 10 - Bonnie Piesse , Australian actress and singer-songwriter
August 11
August 14
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
September 25 - Donald Glover , American actor, singer, comedian, writer, producer and director
October 3 - Tessa Thompson , American actress
October 5
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 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 19 - Adam Driver , American actor
November 24
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 10
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
Deaths
Film debuts
See also
References
^ "1983 Domestic Grosses" . Box Office Mojo . Retrieved April 7, 2014 .^ "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 .^ Wilkinson, Bud (November 18, 1987). "Larry King sounds bored; 'Miami Vice' turns boring" . The Arizona Republic . p. 18. Retrieved December 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Clip and save this guide to holiday television viewing (Dec. 16)" . Lexington Herald-Leader . November 29, 1987. p. 65. Retrieved December 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .^ Hughes, Mike (December 4, 1987). "Tis the season for classics on television this Christmas" . Chronicle Tribune . p. 19. Retrieved December 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
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