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StreamersStreamers (1983)
Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Matthew Modine, David Alan Grier, George Dzundza
Four young army recruits await in close quarters their call–up to Vietnam. Brilliantly acted by the novice cast (including Matthew Modine), it…
Style WarsStyle Wars (1983) Recommended
Dir. Tony Silver
Landmark PBS documentary on the explosion of graffiti art in New York in the late 70s/early 80s, which became an important foundation stone in the…
SuburbiaSuburbia (Rebel Street's aka: Wild Side) (1983) Aro Favourite
Dir. Penelope Spheeris
Feat. Flea
Low key yet definitive dramatic portrait of the American punk scene, staged with non–actors as the "T.R. gang" who set up camp in a scuzzy L.A.…
Sudden ImpactSudden Impact (1983)
Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Clint Eastwood
Eastwood directs this fourth Dirty Harry outing with magnum force.
Super Ted, The Very Best of (TV Series)Super Ted, The Very Best of (TV Series) (Superted) (1983)
Appealing 80's kids series about the adventures of an abandoned teddy bear who is brought to life with "cosmic dust" and becomes a superhero teddy on…
SvengaliSvengali (1983)
Dir. Anthony Harvey
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Jodie Foster, Holly Hunter
Has been vocalist turned singing instructor O'Toole takes young rocker Foster under his wings. By all accounts a complete misfire. Though if you can…
Sweet SixteenSweet Sixteen (1983)
Dir. Jim Sotos
Feat. Aleisa Shirley, Bo Hopkins, Susan Strasberg
Forgotten slasher from the 80's that instead slashes the boys instead of the girls, when a soon–to–be sixteen–year–old girl…
Taggart (TV Series)Taggart (TV Series) (1983-2010)
Feat. Mark McManus, John Hannah, Alan Cumming
The rugged and tenacious Scottish detective (McManus) investigates the grim underside of Glasgow in a long–running series of murder cases for…
Tales from the Darkside (TV Series)Tales from the Darkside (TV Series) (1983-1988)
This popular horror/fantasy anthology TV series from the 1980's features more misses than hits, but all are gloriously tacky relics of their time.…
Tempest, TheTempest, The (1983)
Dir. William Woodman
Feat. Efrem Zimbalist Jr., William Hootkins, Nicholas Hammond
An American television version of Shakespeare's much filmed late 'romance', here presented in a pseudo–theatrical style.

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