Best 1983 movies
Stacker compiled a list of the best 1983 movies of all time based on our own Stacker score, a weighted index split evenly between IMDb user rating and Metascore. The top movie on this list has a Stacker score of 100; the remaining movies are ranked relative to it. To qualify, the film had at least 10,000 IMDb user votes and a Metascore. Any ties were broken by number of IMDb votes.
#20. Valley Girl
- Stacker score: 76.9
- IMDb user rating: 6.4 (votes: 20,000)
- Metascore: 66
- Director: Martha Coolidge
- Actors: Nicolas Cage, Deborah Foreman, Elizabeth Daily
- Runtime: 1 hour 39 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $17,343,596
#19. Blue Thunder
- Stacker score: 76.9
- IMDb user rating: 6.4 (votes: 25,000)
- Metascore: 66
- Director: John Badham
- Actors: Roy Scheider, Warren Oates, Candy Clark
- Runtime: 1 hour 49 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $42,313,354
#18. Videodrome
- Stacker score: 76.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (votes: 110,000)
- Metascore: 58
- Director: David Cronenberg
- Actors: James Woods, Debbie Harry, Sonja Smits
- Runtime: 1 hour 27 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $2,120,439
#17. The Big Chill
- Stacker score: 78.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.1 (votes: 44,000)
- Metascore: 61
- Director: Lawrence Kasdan
- Actors: Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum
- Runtime: 1 hour 45 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $56,399,659
#16. Yentl
- Stacker score: 79.3
- IMDb user rating: 6.6 (votes: 17,000)
- Metascore: 68
- Director: Barbra Streisand
- Actors: Barbra Streisand, Amy Irving, Mandy Patinkin
- Runtime: 2 hours 13 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $40,218,899
#15. Rumble Fish
- Stacker score: 79.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.1 (votes: 40,000)
- Metascore: 63
- Director: Francis Ford Coppola
- Actors: Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane
- Runtime: 1 hour 34 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $2,494,480
#14. Something Wicked This Way Comes
- Stacker score: 79.9
- IMDb user rating: 6.7 (votes: 11,000)
- Metascore: 68
- Director: Jack Clayton
- Actors: Mary Grace Canfield, Richard Davalos, Jake Dengel
- Runtime: 1 hour 35 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $8,400,000
#13. Silkwood
- Stacker score: 80.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.1 (votes: 24,000)
- Metascore: 65
- Director: Mike Nichols
- Actors: Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher
- Runtime: 2 hours 11 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $35,615,609
#12. The Dead Zone
- Stacker score: 83.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (votes: 82,000)
- Metascore: 69
- Director: David Cronenberg
- Actors: Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt
- Runtime: 1 hour 43 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $20,766,616
#11. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
- Stacker score: 83.4
- IMDb user rating: 8.3 (votes: 1.2 million)
- Metascore: 58
- Director: Richard Marquand
- Actors: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
- Runtime: 2 hours 11 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $316,566,101
#10. Risky Business
- Stacker score: 84.6
- IMDb user rating: 6.8 (votes: 106,000)
- Metascore: 75
- Director: Paul Brickman
- Actors: Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay, Joe Pantoliano
- Runtime: 1 hour 39 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $63,541,777
#9. Trading Places
- Stacker score: 85.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (votes: 176,000)
- Metascore: 69
- Director: John Landis
- Actors: Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Ralph Bellamy
- Runtime: 1 hour 56 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $90,404,800
#8. Monty Python's the Meaning of Life
- Stacker score: 87.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (votes: 128,000)
- Metascore: 72
- Director: Terry Jones
- Actors: John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle
- Runtime: 1 hour 47 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $14,929,552
#7. WarGames
- Stacker score: 87.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.1 (votes: 118,000)
- Metascore: 77
- Director: John Badham
- Actors: Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, John Wood
- Runtime: 1 hour 54 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $79,567,667
#6. Scarface
- Stacker score: 87.6
- IMDb user rating: 8.3 (votes: 981,000)
- Metascore: 65
- Director: Brian De Palma
- Actors: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer
- Runtime: 2 hours 50 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $45,967,303
#5. Tender Mercies
- Stacker score: 88.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.3 (votes: 13,000)
- Metascore: 76
- Director: Bruce Beresford
- Actors: Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Betty Buckley
- Runtime: 1 hour 32 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $8,443,124
#4. Terms of Endearment
- Stacker score: 90.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (votes: 69,000)
- Metascore: 79
- Director: James L. Brooks
- Actors: Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson
- Runtime: 2 hours 12 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $108,423,489
#3. A Christmas Story
- Stacker score: 92.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.9 (votes: 176,000)
- Metascore: 77
- Director: Bob Clark
- Actors: Peter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin
- Runtime: 1 hour 33 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $20,778,141
#2. Local Hero
- Stacker score: 92.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.3 (votes: 29,000)
- Metascore: 84
- Director: Bill Forsyth
- Actors: Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Fulton Mackay
- Runtime: 1 hour 51 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $5,895,761
#1. The Right Stuff
- Stacker score: 100.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.8 (votes: 68,000)
- Metascore: 91
- Director: Philip Kaufman
- Actors: Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris
- Runtime: 3 hours 13 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $21,192,102
