Subgenre Sampler
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Wagner (1983)
- Dir. Tony Palmer
Feat. Richard Burton, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud…
- Epic tele–production with Richard Burton as the manic German composer. Includes the Tony Palmer documentaries "In From the Cold? A Portrait of…
War Games (1983)
- Dir. John Badham
Feat. Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman
- One of the best movies about computer hacking, is a highly effective comedy–thriller, with child–star Matthew Broderick accessing an…
Waterfront (Mini-series) (1983)
- Dir. Chris Thompson
Feat. Jack Thompson, Greta Scacchi
- Intense mini–series depiction of labour relations hotting–up on the Melbourne waterfront in post–WWII Australia. Jack Thompson…
We of the Never Never (1983)
- Dir. Igor Auzins
Feat. Tony Barry, Tommy Lewis
- Polished period drama that relays the memoirs of Mrs Aeneas Gunn, the first white woman to travel to the interior of Australia. While the storyline…
Wild Horses (1983)
- Dir. Derek Morton
Feat. Keith Aberdein, John Bach, Bruno Lawrence…
- A Kiwi western set in Tongariro National Park, and based around real events and people associated with the wild equine inhabitants of the Central…
Wind in the Willows, The (1983)
- Stop–motion puppetry brings the world of Toad, Ratty and Mole to delightful life in this nice TV version of Kenneth Graham's classic book..…
Winds of War, The (Mini-series) (1983)
- Dir. Dan Curtis
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Ali MacGraw, Jan-Michael Vincent…
- Thorough and imposing wartime miniseries chronicling the width and breadth of events in the years leading up to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbour in…
Year of Living Dangerously, The (1983)
- Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt…
- Multi–layered, vivid yarn posits Mel Gibson and Sigourney Weaver as foreign officials in 1965 Indonesia at the time of the communist coup.…
Yellowbeard (1983)
- Dir. Mel Damski
Feat. Graham Chapman, Peter Boyle, Eric Idle…
- Pirate farce for serious Python completists only. Impressive cast though.
Yentl (1983)
- Dir. Barbra Streisand
Feat. Barbra Streisand
- Barbra Streisand directs herself in this musical/drama as an Eastern European woman at the turn of the century who masquerades as a boy in order to…