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Films set in 1983
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The list Films set in 1983 includes
Scarface, Boogie Nights, What's Love Got to Do with It, This Is England and Ricochet.
The list consists of 120 members.
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Scarface
1983 crime drama film directed by Brian De Palma
Overview: Scarface is a 1983 American crime drama film directed by Brian De Palma, written by Oliver Stone, and starring Al Pacino. It is a remake of the 1932 film of the same name, in turn based on the novel of ...
Release date: 1 December 1983Genre: Crime, Drama, ThrillerDirector: Brian De PalmaCast: Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Robert Loggia, Miriam ColonProducer: Martin Bregman, Peter SaphierWriter: Oliver Stone, Howard HawksIn 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.
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Boogie Nights
1997 film by Paul Thomas Anderson
Overview: Boogie Nights is a 1997 American period drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Paul Thomas Anderson. It is set in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley and focuses on a young nightclub dishwasher ...
Release date: 11 September 1997Genre: DramaDirector: Paul Thomas AndersonProducer: Paul Thomas Anderson, Michael De LucaWriter: Paul Thomas AndersonBack when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, an idealistic porn producer aspires to elevate his craft to an art when he d ... 0
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What's Love Got to Do with It
1993 film by Brian Gibson
Overview: What's Love Got to Do with It is a 1993 American biographical film based on the life of American singer-songwriter Tina Turner. Directed by Brian Gibson and written by Kate Lanier from a uncredited story ...
Release date: 9 June 1993Genre: Biography, Drama, MusicDirector: Brian GibsonCast: RaéVen Kelly, Virginia Capers, Dororthy Thorton, Demetrice Cheathon, Nita Woods Allen, Helen Marie LovelaceProducer: Doug Chapin, Roger DaviesWriter: Tina Turner, Kurt LoderThe story of singer Tina Turner's rise to stardom and how she gained the courage to break free from her abusive husband, Ike Turner. 0
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This Is England
2006 film
Overview: This Is England is a 2006 British Independent drama film written and directed by Shane Meadows. The story centres on young skinheads in England in 1983. The film illustrates how their subculture, which ...
Release date: 12 September 2006Genre: Drama, CrimeDirector: Shane MeadowsProducer: Peter Carlton, Hugo HeppellWriter: Shane MeadowsA young boy becomes friends with a gang of skinheads. Friends soon become like family, and relationships will be pushed to the very limit. 0
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Ricochet
1991 film directed by Russell Mulcahy
Overview: Ricochet is a 1991 American action crime thriller film, directed by Russell Mulcahy, written by Steven E. de Souza, and starring Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, Ice-T, Kevin Pollak, and Lindsay Wagner ...
Release date: 4 October 1991Genre: Action, Crime, ThrillerDirector: Russell MulcahyProducer: James Herbert, Barry JosephsonWriter: Fred Dekker, Menno MeyjesA District Attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop. 0
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Monster House
2006 film by Gil Kenan
Overview: Monster House is a 2006 American animated supernatural horror comedy film directed by Gil Kenan in his directorial debut, from a screenplay written by Pamela Pettler and the writing team of Dan Harmon ...
Release date: 15 June 2006Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, ComedyDirector: Gil KenanProducer: Jason Clark, Heather SmithWriter: Dan Harmon, Rob SchrabThree teens discover that their neighbor's house is really a living, breathing, scary monster. 0
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Heartbreak Ridge
1986 American war film by Clint Eastwood
Overview: Heartbreak Ridge is a 1986 American war film directed and produced by Clint Eastwood, who also starred in the film. The film co-stars Marsha Mason, Everett McGill, and Mario Van Peebles, and was released ...
Release date: 5 December 1986Genre: Action, Comedy, War, DramaDirector: Clint EastwoodProducer: Clint Eastwood, Fritz ManesWriter: James Carabatsos, Dennis HackinHard-nosed, hard-living Marine Gunnery Sergeant Tom Highway (Clint Eastwood) clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled ... 0
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Fireproof
2008 American film
Overview: Fireproof is a 2008 American Christian drama film released by Samuel Goldwyn Films and Affirm Films (the company's first film), directed by Alex Kendrick, who co-wrote and co-produced it with Stephen ...
Release date: 26 September 2008Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: Alex KendrickProducer: Michael Catt, Tracy GoodeWriter: Alex Kendrick, Stephen KendrickIn an attempt to save his marriage, a firefighter uses a 40-day experiment known as "The Love Dare." 0
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Children of the Corn
1984 supernatural horror film directed by Fritz Kiersch
Overview: Children of the Corn (advertised as Stephen King's Children of the Corn) is a 1984 American supernatural horror film based on Stephen King's 1977 short story of the same name. Directed by Fritz Kiersch ...
Release date: 9 March 1984Genre: HorrorDirector: Fritz KierschProducer: Donald P. Borchers, Earl A. GlickWriter: Stephen King, George GoldsmithA young couple is trapped in a remote town where a dangerous religious cult of children believes that everyone over age 18 must be killed. 0
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X-Men: Apocalypse
2016 superhero film directed by Bryan Singer
Overview: X-Men: Apocalypse is a 2016 American superhero film directed and produced by Bryan Singer and written by Simon Kinberg from a story by Singer, Kinberg, Michael Dougherty, and Dan Harris. The film is based ...
Release date: 27 May 2016Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-FiDirector: Bryan SingerProducer: Blondel Aidoo, Todd HallowellWriter: Simon Kinberg, Bryan SingerIn the 1980s the X-Men must defeat an ancient all-powerful mutant, En Sabah Nur, who intends to thrive through bringing destruction to the world. 0
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Let Me In
2010 American-British horror film
Overview: Let Me In is a 2010 romantic horror film written and directed by Matt Reeves. It is a remake of the 2008 Swedish film Let the Right One In, which was based on the 2004 novel of the same name by John Ajvide ...
Release date: 13 September 2010Genre: Drama, Horror, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller, MysteryDirector: Matt ReevesCast: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloë Grace Moretz, Richard Jenkins, Cara Buono, Elias Koteas, Sasha BarreseProducer: Tobin Armbrust, Alexander Yves BrunnerWriter: Matt Reeves, John Ajvide LindqvistA bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian. 0
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Zodiac
2007 film by David Fincher
Overview: Zodiac is a 2007 American epic mystery thriller film that was directed by David Fincher and written by James Vanderbilt, based on the nonfiction books by Robert Graysmith: Zodiac (1986) and Zodiac Unmasked ...
Release date: 2 March 2007Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerDirector: David FincherCast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards, Robert Downey Jr., Brian Cox, John Carroll LynchProducer: Ceán Chaffin, Brad FischerWriter: James Vanderbilt, Robert GraysmithA San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac killer. 0
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Westworld
1973 science fiction film directed by Michael Crichton
Overview: Westworld is a 1973 American science fiction Western film written and directed by Michael Crichton. The film follows guests visiting an interactive amusement park containing lifelike androids that une ...
Release date: 21 November 1973Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, WesternDirector: Michael CrichtonProducer: Paul Lazarus III, Michael I. RachmilWriter: Michael CrichtonA robot malfunction creates havoc and terror for unsuspecting vacationers at a futuristic, adult-themed amusement park. 0
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La historia oficial
1985 film
Overview: The Official Story (Spanish: La historia oficial) is a 1985 Argentine historical drama film directed by Luis Puenzo and written by Puenzo and Aída Bortnik. It stars Norma Aleandro, Héctor Alterio, Chunchuna ...Genre: Drama, HistoryDirector: Luis PuenzoCast: Héctor Alterio, Norma Aleandro, Chunchuna Villafañe, Hugo Arana, Guillermo Battaglia, Chela RuízProducer: Aída Bortnik, Luis PuenzoAlicia Marnet de Ibáñez is a high school history professor and a well-to-do housewife in Buenos Aires... 0
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The Informers
2008 American film
Overview: The Informers is a 2008 American drama film written by Bret Easton Ellis and Nicholas Jarecki and directed by Gregor Jordan. The film is based on Ellis's 1994 collection of short stories of the same name ...
Release date: 1 October 2008Genre: Crime, Drama, ThrillerDirector: Gregor JordanCast: Jon Foster, Austin Nichols, Amber Heard, Lou Taylor Pucci, Fernando Consagra, Aaron HimelsteinProducer: Vanessa Coifman, Bret Easton EllisWriter: Bret Easton Ellis, Nicholas JareckiOne week in L.A. in 1983, featuring movie executives, rock stars, a vampire and other morally challenged characters in adventures laced with sex, drugs ... 0
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Taking Lives
2004 American film
Overview: Taking Lives is a 2004 American psychological thriller film directed by D. J. Caruso and starring Angelina Jolie and Ethan Hawke, with supporting roles by Kiefer Sutherland, Olivier Martinez, Tchéky Karyo ...
Release date: 16 March 2004Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller, CrimeDirector: D.J. CarusoProducer: Bruce Berman, Alan C. BlomquistWriter: Michael Pye, Jon BokenkampAn FBI profiler is called in by French Canadian police to catch a serial killer who takes on the identity of each new victim. 0
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Superman III
1983 superhero film
Overview: Superman III is a 1983 superhero film directed by Richard Lester from a screenplay by David Newman and Leslie Newman based on the DC Comics character Superman. It is the third installment in the Superman ...
Release date: 16 June 1983Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, ComedyDirector: Richard LesterProducer: Alexander Salkind, Ilya SalkindWriter: Jerry Siegel, Joe ShusterSynthetic kryptonite laced with tobacco tar splits Superman in two: good Clark Kent and bad Man of Steel. 0
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Sudden Impact
1983 film by Clint Eastwood
Overview: Sudden Impact is a 1983 American neo-noir action thriller film, the fourth in the Dirty Harry series, directed, produced by and starring Clint Eastwood (making it the only Dirty Harry film to be directed ...
Release date: 8 December 1983Genre: Action, Crime, ThrillerDirector: Clint EastwoodProducer: Clint Eastwood, Fritz ManesWriter: Harry Julian Fink, Rita M. FinkA rape victim is exacting revenge on her aggressors in a small town outside San Francisco. "Dirty" Harry Callahan, on suspension for angering his ... 0
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Problem Child
1990 film directed by Dennis Dugan
Overview: Problem Child is a 1990 American black comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan in his feature film directorial debut and produced by Robert Simonds. It stars John Ritter, Michael Oliver, Jack Warden, Gilbert ...
Release date: 27 July 1990Genre: Action, Comedy, Family, FantasyDirector: Dennis DuganProducer: James D. Brubaker, Robert SimondsWriter: Scott Alexander, Larry KaraszewskiA young boy is just short of a monster. He is adopted by a loving man and his wacky wife. The laughs keep coming as the boy pushes them to the limits. 0
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Leprechaun
1993 American horror film
Overview: Leprechaun is a 1993 American comedy horror film written and directed by Mark Jones, and starring Warwick Davis in the title role, with Jennifer Aniston supporting. Davis plays a vengeful leprechaun who ...
Release date: 8 January 1993Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, HorrorDirector: Mark JonesProducer: Mark Amin, Barry BarnholtzWriter: Mark JonesAn evil, sadistic Leprechaun goes on a killing rampage in search of his beloved pot of gold. 0
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