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Subgenre Sampler

 
LovesickLovesick (1983)
Dir. Marshall Brickman
Feat. Dudley Moore, Elizabeth McGovern, Alec Guinness
A psychiatrist who falls in love with a patient is visited by the spirit of Sigmund Freud, who gives him advice on how to handle it.
Man With Two Brains, TheMan With Two Brains, The (1983) Recommended
Dir. Carl Reiner
Feat. Steve Martin, Kathleen Turner
Steve Martin plays a surgeon who frustrated with his wicked, overbearing wife (Kathleen Turner), falls in love with a…
Meaning of Life, TheMeaning of Life, The (Monty Python's Meaning of Life) (1983) Recommended
Dir. Terry Jones
Feat. Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle
Hilarious, oft–times bilious Monty Python hit that examines The Big Issue in a series of loosely–connected sketches.
Mr. MomMr. Mom (1983)
Dir. Stan Dragoti
Feat. Michael Keaton, Teri Garr, Christopher Lloyd
Easy–going, if predictable role reversal comedy with a screenplay written by 80's teen icon John Hughes. Keaton plays a dad who, after…
National Lampoon's VacationNational Lampoon's Vacation (1983) Recommended
Dir. Harold Ramis
Feat. Chevy Chase, Randy Quaid, John Candy
Inaugurating a series that would yield two more vacations/sequels, this moderately amusing gagfest follows the travails of Chevy Chase and family as…
Outsiders, TheOutsiders, The (1983) Recommended
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Matt Dillon, C. Thomas Howell, Ralph Macchio
Based on the gritty novel by S. E. Hinton (THAT WAS THEN THIS IS NOW), this ‘realistic’ depiction of teenage outsiders in 50s America is…
Phar LapPhar Lap (1983) Recommended
Dir. Simon Wincer
Feat. Tom Burlinson
Legendary racehorse reared in New Zealand (though Australian makes claims), who died under mysterious circumstances in America. Good period piece,…
Risky BusinessRisky Business (1983) Recommended
Dir. Paul Brickman
Feat. Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay
A kind of '80s update of THE GRADUATE, this imaginative comedy propelled a 17–year old Tom Cruise into the limelight. Uncommonly stylish and…
Rumble FishRumble Fish (1983) Recommended
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Dennis Hopper
Coppola's cult fave is a highly stylised treatment of a teen delinquency drama may not be entirely appropriate, but it sure looks impressive. Equally…
SilkwoodSilkwood (1983)
Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Meryl Streep, Cher, Kurt Russell
Fact–based account of a Southern nuclear factory–worker who died mysteriously before exposing unsound trade secrets. Meryl Streep is on a…

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