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 10 Best Films 0f 1983  


  
Terms of Endearment
Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger

Paramount, 2001

A Film of Joy, Tragedy and Hope.

+ Terms Of Endearment
+ Movies

One of the top grossing films of 1983, including sweeping away 5 Oscars, Terms of Endearment, not only is a heart-felt relationship between a sensitive and compassionate daughter (Debra Winger) and her over bearing mother, (Shirley MacLaine) but also what it means to get caught-up in the day to ...
  
  











  



  
Star Wars Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983 & 2004 Versions, 2-Disc Widescreen Edition)
Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2006

2 words. NO Haden

+ A fine conclusion.
+ The Star Wars saga comes to an end.
+ Ending on Endor
  
  











  



  
Baby It's You (1983)
Rosanna Arquette, Vincent Spano

Paramount, 2001

A coming of age that seems real

+ One of the best movies I've ever seen
+ Best Coming of Age Film
+ Master OF The Rare LASERDISCs Movies.
  
  











  



  
Tender Mercies
Robert Duvall, Tess Harper

Republic Pictures, 1999

Wonderful Duval

+ Wonderful!
+ Good story!
+ Great "small' movie
+ Tender Mercies
  
  











  



  
Silkwood
Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell

Starz / Anchor Bay, 1999

as good as film gets

the cast, the director, the story, the editor, everthing is at its best... more films like this please.
  
  











  



  
The Year of Living Dangerously
Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver

Warner Home Video, 2000

haunting images

+ Best movie I've seen that takes place in Indonesia
+ A classic
+ The Weir Touch with Atmosphere
  
  











  



  
The Dead Zone
Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams

Paramount, 2000

Another Cronenberg classic

+ THE DEAD ZONE
+ The Dead Zone lives...
+ DZ packs an emotional wallop...
+ Dam Good Movie
  
  











  



  
The Right Stuff (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn

Warner Home Video, 2003

A Great Story and Movie

+ The Right Stuff
+ A Good but Somewhat Disjointed History of the Mercury 7 Astronauts
+ Yay Astronauts!
+ "Oh Lord, what a heavenly light!"
  
  











  



  
The Big Chill
Tom Berenger, Glenn Close

Sony Pictures, 1999

A film for Baby Boomers -- lots of fun!

+ Essential Viewing
+ Attack of the Yuppies

Yes, there's a funeral, which is the basis for the background story for this film -- but the dead guy would have been fine with his associates' activities over this "going back" weekend. The story is essentially this: A gregarious assemblage of Baby Boomers (now mostly successful and semi-rich) ...
  
  











  



  
Streamers
Matthew Modine, Michael Wright

Parade Video, 1998

Excellent adaptation of a brilliant play

+ Harrowing Depection of War Away From War
+ On the big screen it was potent and powerful as any

Ever since I read "Hurlyburly" about five years ago, I have been a fan of David Rabe. When I became aware that "Streamers," possibly his best play, was made into a film, I wasted no time in renting it. I found the it to be true to the original script, with minor additions that do nothing to help or ...
  
  











  



  
The Dead Zone
Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams

Paramount, 2000

Another Cronenberg classic

+ THE DEAD ZONE
+ The Dead Zone lives...
+ DZ packs an emotional wallop...
+ Dam Good Movie
  
  











  



  
Terms of Endearment
Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger

Paramount, 2001

A Film of Joy, Tragedy and Hope.

+ Terms Of Endearment
+ Movies

One of the top grossing films of 1983, including sweeping away 5 Oscars, Terms of Endearment, not only is a heart-felt relationship between a sensitive and compassionate daughter (Debra Winger) and her over bearing mother, (Shirley MacLaine) but also what it means to get caught-up in the day to ...
  
  











  



  
The Big Chill
Tom Berenger, Glenn Close

Sony Pictures, 1999

A film for Baby Boomers -- lots of fun!

+ Essential Viewing
+ Attack of the Yuppies

Yes, there's a funeral, which is the basis for the background story for this film -- but the dead guy would have been fine with his associates' activities over this "going back" weekend. The story is essentially this: A gregarious assemblage of Baby Boomers (now mostly successful and semi-rich) ...
  
  











  



  
Silkwood
Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell

Starz / Anchor Bay, 1999

as good as film gets

the cast, the director, the story, the editor, everthing is at its best... more films like this please.
  
  











  



  
Baby It's You (1983)
Rosanna Arquette, Vincent Spano

Paramount, 2001

A coming of age that seems real

+ One of the best movies I've ever seen
+ Best Coming of Age Film
+ Master OF The Rare LASERDISCs Movies.
  
  











  



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