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National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
- Dir. Harold Ramis
Feat. Chevy Chase, Randy Quaid, John Candy
- Inaugurating a series that would yield two more vacations/sequels, this moderately amusing gagfest follows the travails of Chevy Chase and family as…
Never Cry Wolf (1983)
- Dir. Carroll Ballard
Feat. Charles Martin Smith, Brian Dennehy
- Contemplative true story with a biologist studying the declining population of caribou in the Canadian tundra. Caused a small storm for being the…
Never Say Never Again (1983)
- Dir. Irvin Kershner
Feat. Sean Connery, Barbara Carrera
- Connery returns to role he made famous after a twelve year absence. He's lost none of his earlier style and charm or gorgeous women for that matter.…
Nostalgia (Nostalghia) (1983)
- Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky
Feat. Oleg Jankovsky
- A lingering essay on the angst of living in exile, with Oleg Jankovsky as a beleaguered Russian academic subsisting in Italy (like Tarkovsky…
Octopussy (1983)
- Dir. John Glen
Feat. Roger Moore, Maud Adams
- Moore plays 007 in this, the thirteenth Bond film. Travelling to India and Germany, Bond investigates a jewellery smuggling operation, encountering…
Of Unknown Origin (1983)
- Dir. George Pan Cosmatos
Feat. Peter Weller, Shannon Tweed
- A mostly inspired horror, this suburban myth plays like an extended episode of 'The Twilight Zone', with claws. Peter Weller is a happily married…
Orpheus in the Underworld (1983)
- Dir. Derek Bailey
Feat. Denis Quilley, Honor Blackman, Christopher Gable
- Handsomely mounted production of the famed operetta with Orpheus and his lyre meeting much opposition as he searches the underworld for his dead wife.
Osterman Weekend, The (1983)
- Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Dennis Hopper
- An adaption of Robert Ludlum's well–known novel about cold–war espionage and paranoia.
Other Side of Nashville, The (1983)
- Feat. Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash
- The 'alternative' stars of country music are the subject of this loose documentary, which includes some rare live footage. Featured are Bob Dylan,…
Outside Man, The (Le Marginal) (1983)
- Dir. Jacques Deray
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Henry Silva, Tcheky Karyo
- Big–budget actioner has rogue cop Belmondo raising hell and the ire of his colleagues as he pursues drug kingpin Silva.
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