Top 10 Films of 1983

1. "Koyaanisqatsi" (Godfrey Reggio, USA)

2. "Fanny And Alexander" (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden)

3. "Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life" (Terry Jones, UK)

4. "Zelig" (Woody Allen, USA)

5. "Terms Of Endearment" (James L. Brooks, USA)

6. "The Right Stuff" (Phillip Kaufman, USA)

7. "The Ballad Of Narayama" (Shohei Imamura, Japan)

8. "Pauline à la plage" (Eric Rohmer, France)

9. "Risky Business" (Paul Brickman, USA)

10. "Austeria" (Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Poland)

Other great films:

À nos amours (France)

All The Right Moves

Le Bal (Algeria)

The Big Chill

The Boxer's Omen (Hong Kong)

Chained Heat

La Chiave (Italy)

A Christmas Story

Dark Habits (Spain)

The Dead Zone

Emmanuelle IV

L'Été meurtrier (France)

The Evil Dead

Flashdance

Forbidden Relations (Hungary)

The Fourth Man (Holland)

The King Of Comedy

Liquid Sky

Local Hero (UK)

Never Say Never Again

Octopussy

Patsany (Soviet Union)

The Pirates Of Penzance

Prenom Carmen (France)

Rue Cases-Negres (France)
Rumble Fish

Scarface

Seeding Of A Ghost (Hong Kong)

Sexcapades

Star Wars Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi

Suburbia

Sudden Impact

Tchao Pantin (France)

Tender Mercies

Trading Places

Up To A Point (Cuba)

Videodrome (Canada)

Wielki Szu (Poland)

Woman In Flames (Germany)

The Year Of Living Dangerously (Australia)

Short Top 3:

1. "Mirage" (Chris Gallagher, Canada)

2. "The Pressures Of The Text" (Peter Rose, USA)

3. "Syntagma" (Valie Export, Austria)

Top 3 Music Videos:

1.  "Thriller" (John Landis, Michael Jackson)

2. "Beat It" (Bob Giraldi, Michael Jackson)

3. "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" (Russell Mulcahy, Bonnie Tyler)

Other great music videos:

Billie Jean
Every Breath You Take

Top Commercial:

"Manhattan Landing" (British Airways)

TV Top 3:

1. "The Thorn Birds" (Daryl Duke, ABC)

2. "Unknown Chaplin" (Kevin Brownlow, David Gill, ITV)

3. "Cheers: Diane's Perfect Date" (James Burrows, NBC)

Cartoon Top 3:

1. "Mickey's Christmas Carol" (Burny Mattinson, Disney)

2. "Dimension Of Dialogue" (Jan Svankmajer, Czechoslovakia)

3. "Winnie The Pooh And A Day For Eeyore" (Rick Reinert, Disney)

Other great cartoons:

Cat And Mouse
Conflict (Soviet Union)
Oh What A Knight (Canada)

Zwisch (Norway)

Weak films of 1983:

Coup de foudre (France)

The Legend Of Suram Fortress (Soviet Union)

Mortelle randonnée (France)
Nostalghia (Italy)
Superman III

La vie est un roman (France)
Zu Warriors From The Magic Mountain (Hong Kong)

Weak shorts:

Passionless Moments (Australia)

Weak cartoons:

Augusta Makes Herself Beautiful (Hungary)
Buttom's Dream
Come Back To Sorrento (Bulgaria)
Cuckoo (Bulgaria)
Early Bird (UK)
Happy Hour
Mr Gloom
Narcissus (Canada)

Sound Of Sunshine Sound Of Rain
Sundae In New York
Vice Versa (Poland)

Top Musical of 1983

"The Pirates Of Penzance" (Wilford Leach, Universal)

Koyaanisqatsi (1983) *****

Probably the greatest experimental feature film ever made.

Austeria (1983) ****

Excellent Polish drama set during World War I in south-eastern Poland. Poetic, sensual, surprising and exotic. One of Jerzy Kawalerowicz's best films, and one of Franciszek Pieczka's most memorable performances.

Terms Of Endearment (1983) ****

Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life (1983) ****

Fanny And Alexander (1983) ****

The Ballad Of Narayama (1983) ****

Risky Business (1983) ****

Pauline à la plage (1983) ****

Zelig (1983) ****

Brilliant mockumentary by Woody Allen.

The Right Stuff (1983) ****

Compelling drama about the Mercury astronauts.

Trading Places (1983) ***

Octopussy (1983) ***

Star Wars Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi (1983) ***

The Big Chill (1983) ***

All The Right Moves (1983) ***

The Pirates Of Penzance (1983) ***

Kevin Kline gives an outstanding performance as the Pirate King in this entertaining adaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan's immortal operetta. Songs include:

"Apprentice To A Pirate" **
"I Am A Pirate King" ***
"Faithless Woman" **
"Climbing Over Rocky Mountains" ***
"If You Will Cast Your Eyes On Me" **
"Poor Wandering One" **
"I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major General" ***
"A Regular Terrible Story" *
"Ta-ran-ta-ra" **
"A Paradox" *
"So It Really Doesn't Matter" *
"He Loves Thee" *
"Here's Love" *
"Ta-ran-ta-ra" (reprise) *
"A Policeman Lot Is Not A Happy One" *
"With Cat-like Tread Upon Our Prey We Steal" ***
"We Love Our Queen" *
"Poor Wandering One" (reprise) **

Tender Mercies (1983) ***

Nice, simple film about a former country music singer (Robert Duvall).

Up To A Point (1983) ***

A film about machismo. Director Tomas Gutierrez Alea elaborates on a theme often raised in Cuban films (like "Retrato de Teresa" and the third episode of "Lucia").

Le Bal (1983) ***

An Algerian film about France, directed by an Italian. The concept is brilliant: 50 years of French history told through dancing in the same ballroom. With the dancers (always played by the same actors) changing characters, the film travels through time, from 1930 until 1980.

Sudden Impact (1983) ***

Suburbia (1983) ***

Scarface (1983) ***

Liquid Sky (1983) ***

Flashdance (1983) ***

The Evil Dead (1983) ***

The Dead Zone (1983) ***