A Christmas Story(1983)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 66

In the 1940s, a young boy named Ralphie attempts to convince his parents, his teacher, and Santa that a Red Ryder B.B. gun really is the perfect Christmas gift.



Scarface(1983)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 62

In Miami in 1980, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.



Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi(1983)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 61

After a daring mission to rescue Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the rebels dispatch to Endor to destroy a more powerful Death Star. Meanwhile, Luke struggles to help Vader back from the dark side without falling into the Emperor's trap.



Risky Business(1983)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 62

A Chicago teenager is looking for fun at home while his parents are away, but the situation quickly gets out of hand.



WarGames(1983)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 62

A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III.



Trading Places(1983)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 60

A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.



Never Say Never Again(1983)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 60

A SPECTRE agent has stolen two American nuclear warheads, and James Bond must find their targets before they are detonated.



The Dead Zone(1983)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 59

A man awakens from a coma to discover he has a psychic ability.



Octopussy(1983)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 57

A fake Fabergé egg and a fellow agent's death lead James Bond to uncover an international jewel-smuggling operation, headed by the mysterious Octopussy, being used to disguise a nuclear attack on N.A.T.O. forces.



Videodrome(1983)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 56

When he acquires a different kind of programming for his station, a sleazy cable-TV programmer begins to see his life and the future of media spin out of control in a terrifying new reality.



National Lampoon's Vacation(1983)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 54

The Griswold family's cross-country drive to the Walley World theme park proves to be much more arduous than they ever anticipated.



Cujo(1983)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 52

Cujo, a friendly St. Bernard, contracts rabies and conducts a reign of terror on a small American town.



The Big Chill(1983)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 53

A group of seven former college friends gather for a weekend reunion at a South Carolina winter house after the funeral of one of their friends.



Superman III(1983)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 48

Synthetic kryptonite laced with tobacco tar splits Superman in two: good Clark Kent and bad Man of Steel.



Christine(1983)

Combined Rating:
61
Combined Critics Rating: 47

A nerdish boy buys a strange car with an evil mind of its own and his nature starts to change to reflect it.



Rumble Fish(1983)

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Combined Rating:
61
Combined Critics Rating: 52

Rusty James, an absent-minded street thug struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days when gang warfare was going on.



L'argent(1983)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 67

A forged 500-franc note is passed from person to person until carelessness leads to tragedy.



The Outsiders(1983)

Combined Rating:
59
Combined Critics Rating: 43

The rivalry between two gangs, the poor Greasers and the rich Socs, only heats up when one gang member kills a member of the other.



Flashdance(1983)

Combined Rating:
58
Combined Critics Rating: 45

A Pittsburgh woman with two jobs as a welder and an exotic dancer wants to get into ballet school.




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