Comedy Movies
Tora-san’s Song of Love (1983)
Daffy Duck’s Movie: Fantastic Island (1983)
Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales find a treasure map that leads them to a wishing well, which for a penny will grant any wish (through old cartoon footage). Daffy sets…
Get Crazy (1983)
Mega-promoter Colin Beverly plans to sabotage the New Year’s 1983 concert of small-time operator Max Wolfe. Wolfe’s assistants Neil Allen and Willie Loman find romance while trying to save the…
Risky Business (1983)
Meet Joel Goodson, an industrious, college-bound 17-year-old and a responsible, trustworthy son. However, when his parents go away and leave him home alone in the wealthy Chicago suburbs with the…
National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983)
Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family to the Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don’t go exactly as planned.
Class (1983)
Naive Midwestern prep student Jonathan bonds with his more worldly roommate, Skip, who takes the small-town boy under his wing. At Skip’s urging, the inexperienced Jonathan is emboldened to seek…
Mr. Mom (1983)
Jack and Caroline are a couple making a decent living when Jack suddenly loses his job. They agree that he should stay at home and look after the house while…
Zelig (1983)
Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is…
Spaceship (1983)
A farce satirizing extraterrestrial horror movies such as Alien. Alternate titles include “The Creature Wasn’t Nice” and “Naked Space” (1999 re-release trying to capitalize on Nielsen’s “Naked Gun” success).
Stroker Ace (1983)
Stroker Ace, a champion NASCAR driver, is standing at the top of his career, but is getting fed up with having to do as he’s told. In between rebelling against…
Private School (1983)
Private-school student Christine loves Jim. But her classmate, Jordan, is also vying for Jim’s attention and trying to end his relationship with Christine. Meanwhile, Jim’s friend Bubba embarks on a…
Yellowbeard (1983)
For years Yellowbeard had looted the Spanish Main, making men eat their lips and swallow their hearts. Caught and convicted for tax evasion, he’s sentenced to 20 years in St….
Porky’s II: The Next Day (1983)
The Survivors (1983)
Having both lost their jobs, two strangers become unlikely friends after a run in with a would be robber, who is actually a hitman with a grudge against the two.
Buddy Hackett: Live and Uncensored (1983)
Superman III (1983)
Aiming to defeat the Man of Steel, wealthy executive Ross Webster hires bumbling but brilliant Gus Gorman to develop synthetic kryptonite, which yields some unexpected psychological effects. Between rekindling romance…
House of the Long Shadows (1983)
An American writer goes to a remote Welsh manor on a $20,000 bet that he can write a classic novel like ‘Wuthering Heights’ in 24 hours. However, upon his arrival…
Red Monarch (1983)
British comedy satirising Stalin’s inner circle as an absolute monarchs court. In the face of rampant abuse of power and poisonous distrust some still manage to keep faith with the…
Educating Rita (1983)
Rita, a witty 26-year-old hairdresser, wants to ‘discover’ herself, so she joins the Open University where she meets the disillusioned professor of literature, Dr. Frank Bryant. His marriage has failed,…
The Man with Two Brains (1983)
A brain surgeon marries a femme fatale, causing his life to turn upside down. Things go more awry when he falls in love with a talking brain.
Holy Flame of the Martial World (1983)
A brother and sister seek vengeance for the death of their parents by honing their martial skills and searching for the legendary Holy Flame sword. To avenge their parents they…
Trading Places (1983)
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Gallagher: Stuck in the 60’s (1983)
A live performance by “Sledge-O-Matic” stand-up comedian Gallagher.
It’s an Adventure Charlie Brown (1983)
This hour-long anthology presents six animated shorts. “Peanuts” creator Charles Schulz appears on camera to introduce these adaptations of some of his favorite strips, which include Charlie Brown spending two…
Still Smokin (1983)
Cheech & Chong are invited to a celebrity party in Amsterdam. When they get there, however, it turns out that the guy who invited them has taken off with all…
Doctor Detroit (1983)
A shy but gentle man named Clifford Skridlow is a professor of comparative literature at the financially-strapped fictional Monroe College in Chicago. A chance encounter with four beautiful women at…
Surprise Party (1983)
Adventures of a group of youngsters set in a provincial French city in the 1950’s.
Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983)
In this whimsical fable, Resnais deftly interweaves three story lines: the creation of an early-20th-century utopia; romantic high jinks at a school conference; and a fantasy sparked by F/X pioneer…
Move Along There Is Nothing to See! (1983)
Two of a Kind (1983)
Valley Girl (1983)
Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of…