1983 Ranked Films

10/10

Anchored in both adult and teen sensibilities, Risky Business makes a movie star out of Tom Cruise whilst detailing a night not soon to be forgotten.

10/10

A family dramedy that is both personable and compelling, Terms of Endearment finds James L. Brooks adroitly crafting dynamic characterizations and subsequent interrelations.

10/10

Deftly crafting a fascinating character study suffused with delusions of grandeur, The King of Comedy is endlessly dynamic and features a magnetic performance from Robert De Niro.

9/10

Arguably the definitive Yuletide flick of its generation, A Christmas Story and its simplistic storytelling will appeal to family members of all ages.

8/10

Capitalizing on both Cold War tensions and the upstart teen genre, WarGames is deftly able to engage with the audience without dumbing anything down.

8/10

Only a preview of the greatness to come for the franchise, The Evil Dead is a contained, atmospheric venture and marks the explosion onto the horror scene for Sam Raimi.

8/10

The Outsiders doesn't measure up to Francis Ford Coppola's previous works or the following works of its up-and-coming cast, but it faithfully adapts the poignancy of its coming-of-age story.

8/10

Return of the Jedi doesn’t quite measure up to its predecessors, but with a pronounced level of fun, it wraps up the original trilogy in suitable fashion.

8/10

Cementing itself as a road trip movie all-timer, National Lampoon’s Vacation hitches its star to Chevy Chase’s effervescent humor on the way to its hysterical final destination.

8/10

Still as uproariously funny as its more streamlined feature counterparts, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life finds the comedy troupe deftly creating a slew of witty vignettes.

8/10

Trading Places may not try to buck its own cadences, but a star-making turn from Eddie Murphy helps its sociological humor resonate.

7/10

While it loses the thematic depth from the King novel, when it comes time to get down and dirty, Cujo does not disappoint.

7/10

It's got some dents in the storytelling department, though by and large Christine is another sleek, creepy John Carpenter joint.

6/10

The Hunger's intellectual reach often exceeds its visual grasp, but for fans of the vampire subgenre, it should satiate nonetheless.

6/10

Sean Connery's return to the role of 007 isn't up to par with his glory days, but Never Say Never Again is certainly the superior Bond outing of 1983.

5/10

Much like its central protagonist, Scarface shows promise with a razor-sharp first act, but quickly deteriorates in the second by failing to transcend its narrative shortcomings.

5/10

Despite Flashdance having the passionate feelings it needs to sell a spirited finale, they rarely amount to anything elsewhere.

3/10

Largely failing to justify its own existence, Psycho II sputters around an ineffective plot with far less potent thrills than those of its landmark predecessor.

3/10

Aside from an admittedly shocking final twist, Sleepaway Canp is a carbon copy slasher flick with little mystery and lame kills.

3/10

A lower-tiered outing for 007, Octopussy and its banal plot have all of the silliness with none of the excitement.

2/10

Trading suspense for a more comedic approach, Superman III is by and large a watered down version of its own predecessors.

1/10

Stripped of its most recognizable stars and by proxy the charm the original film was built on, Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 is an unrestrained exercise in lunacy for lunacy's sake.

1/10

As if the series even clamored for another dimension, Amityville 3-D strains to conjure another entry without a “fact-based” foundation.

1/10

Flooded with a preponderance of bad logic, Jaws 3-D rides its slipshod special effects - ironically, enough - to the point that a once solid premise becomes utterly laughable.