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Events

Top grossing films (U.S.)

Rank Title Studio Gross
1. Return of the Jedi 20th Century Fox $475,106,177
2. Terms of Endearment Paramount $108,423,489
3. Flashdance Paramount $92,921,203
4. Trading Places Paramount $90,404,800
5. WarGames MGM $79,567,667
6. Octopussy MGM $67,893,619
7. Sudden Impact Warner Brothers $67,642,693
8. Staying Alive Paramount $64,892,670
9. Mr. Mom 20th Century Fox $64,783,827
10. Risky Business Warner Brothers $63,541,777

source: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1983&p=.htm

Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: Terms of Endearment
Best Director: James L. Brooks - Terms of Endearment
Best Actor: Robert Duvall - Tender Mercies
Best Actress: Shirley MacLaine - Terms of Endearment
Best Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson - Terms of Endearment
Best Supporting Actress: Linda Hunt - The Year of Living Dangerously
Best Foreign Language Film: Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander), directed by Ingmar Bergman, Sweden

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:
Best Picture: Terms of Endearment
Best Actor (tie): Tom Courtenay - The Dresser
Best Actor (tie): Robert Duvall - Tender Mercies
Best Actress: Shirley MacLaine - Terms of Endearment
Musical or comedy:
Best Picture: Yentl
Best Actor: Michael Caine - Educating Rita
Best Actress: Julie Walters - Educating Rita
Other
Best Director: Barbra Streisand - Yentl
Best Foreign Language Film: Fanny and Alexander, Sweden

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

The Ballad of Narayama (楢山節考, Narayama bushiko), directed by Shohei Imamura, Japan

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Prénom Carmen (First Name: Carmen), directed by Jean-Luc Godard,

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Ascendancy, directed by Edward Bennett, United Kingdom
The Beehive (La Colmena), directed by Mario Camus, Spain

Films released in 1983

Births

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