Drama movies released in 1983
- High Road to China
- The Dead Zone
- Scarface
- And the Ship Sails On
Original title: E la nave va - The Outsiders
- WarGames
- Bad Boys
- The Right Stuff
- Videodrome
- Terms of Endearment
- Rumble Fish
- Never Cry Wolf
- The Dresser
- Risky Business
- Local Hero
- Tender Mercies
- The Big Chill
- Silkwood
- Under Fire
- Educating Rita
- The Scarlet and the Black
- Testament
- The Day After
- Yentl
- Phar Lap
- Made in Britain
- Mr. Mom
- To Be or Not to Be
- Suburbia
- Star 80
- Gorky Park
- Special Bulletin
- Meantime
- Eddie and the Cruisers
- Little House: Look Back to Yesterday
- Lianna
- The Hunger
- Sagara Sangamam
Original title: సాగర సంగమం - Without a Trace
- Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro
- Reuben, Reuben
- Garfield on the Town
- Utu
- King Lear
- Adam
- Barefoot Gen
Original title: はだしのゲン - Passionless Moments
- Blue Thunder
- Flashdance
- Murder in Coweta County
- Nostalghia
- Cross Creek
- The Ballad of Narayama
Original title: Narayama bushikô - Sadma
- Daniel
- Max Dugan Returns
- The Terence Davies Trilogy
- Right of Way
- Betrayal
- Richard III
Original title: The Tragedy of Richard III - The Keep
- My Brother's Wedding
- Siege
Original title: Self Defense - Lone Wolf McQuade
- Uncommon Valor
- An Englishman Abroad
- Class
- 10 to Midnight
- The Star Chamber
- Streamers
- Who Will Love My Children?
- Heart Like a Wheel
- Death and Transfiguration
- Clash of Loyalties
Original title: Al-mas' Ala Al-Kubra - All the Right Moves
- Born in Flames
- Man of Flowers
- Bless Their Little Hearts
- Macbeth
- Breathless
- Careful, He Might Hear You
- Heat and Dust
- Bill: On His Own
- Baby It's You
- The Accidental Death of an Anarchist
- Masoom
- Cocaine: One Man's Seduction
- Variety
- The Terry Fox Story
- Running Brave
- Separate Tables
- Eyes of Fire
- Deep in the Heart
Original title: Handgun - Eureka
- Revenge of the Ninja
- Pokrov Gates
Original title: Pokrovskie vorota - Ardh Satya
- Quarterback Princess
- Beyond the Limit
Original title: The Honorary Consul - Andhaa Kaanoon
- The Osterman Weekend
- Jamaica Inn
- Last Night at the Alamo
- Angst
- I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind
- Medea
- The Survivors
- El Sur
Original title: El sur - Kavirathna Kaalidaasa
- The Last Leaf
- Sweet Bunch
Original title: Glykia symmoria - Independence Day
- Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Original title: 戦場のメリークリスマス - Blue Mountains, or Unbelievable Story
Original title: Tsisperi mtebi anu daujerebeli ambavi - A Caribbean Mystery
- The Third Part of Henry the Sixth
- BMX Bandits
- Good and Bad at Games
- Those Glory Glory Days
- The Second Part of Henry the Sixth
- Danton
- Gospodin za edin den
- Blood Feud
- That Day, on the Beach
Original title: Hai tan de yi tian - Antarctica
Original title: 南極物語 - The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story
- Sans Soleil
Original title: Sans soleil - Rembetiko
Original title: Ρεμπέτικο - Walter & June
- The Boys from Fengkuei
Original title: Feng gui lai de ren - The First Part of Henry the Sixth
- Dusty
- Love Letters
- Table for Five
- Padal proshlogodniy sneg
- Anna to the Infinite Power
- Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson
- The Ploughman's Lunch
- Man, Woman and Child
- Tears Were Falling
Original title: Слёзы капали - Fanny Hill
- Another Time, Another Place
- Duel to the Death
Original title: Xian si jue - Tiger Town
- Somewhere, Tomorrow
- Carmen
- Sparkling Cyanide
- Kenny Rogers as The Gambler: The Adventure Continues
- Angelo My Love
- Dempsey
- The Wall
Original title: Duvar - El Norte
- Meghasandesam
- Station for Two
Original title: Вокзал для двоих - Ghost Dance
- Palabra de Honor
- Misunderstood
- Red Monarch
- Choices of the Heart
- Staying Alive
- Sahara
- The Hasty Heart
- Tough Enough
- Between Friends
- L'Argent
- Lies
- The Winter of Our Discontent
- Abuse
- A Nos Amours
Original title: À nos amours - The Makioka Sisters
Original title: 細雪 - I Want to Live
- Prototype
- The Man Who Loved Women
- Birth of a Nation
- Sweet Sixteen
- Mandi
- Svengali
- A Case of Libel
- Rage of Angels
- The Gold Diggers
- Henpecked
Original title: Kılıbık - A Rose for Emily
- Hobson's Choice
- Baby Sister
- Will There Really Be a Morning?
- The Street Player
Original title: El-Harrif - So Long, Stooge
Original title: Tchao pantin - Pauline at the Beach
Original title: Pauline à la plage - Aeschylus' Oresteia (Tony Harrison Adaptation), the National Theatre
- Chained Heat
- Grace Kelly
- Pukar
- Zappa
- The Wild Duck
- Making of a Male Model
- I Am the Cheese
- Busted
- Savage Attraction
Original title: Hostage - To the Lighthouse
- Katha
