December 12, 1983

Top 10 Films of 1983

1. "Koyaanisqatsi" (Godfrey Reggio, USA)

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


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)

3. "À nos amours" (Maurice Pialat, France)

4. "Prenom Carmen" (Jean-Luc Godard, France)

5. "Woman In Flames" (Robert van Ackeren, Germany)

6. "La Chiave" (Tinto Brass, Italy)

7. "Chained Heat" (Paul Nicholas, USA)

8. "The Boxer's Omen" (Kuei Chih-Hung, Hong Kong)

9. "Sexcapades" (Henri Pachard, USA)

10. "Emmanuelle IV" (Francis Leroi, Iris Letans, France)


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)
E la nave va (Italy)

Top Musical of 1983

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