Subgenre Sampler
Hong Kong 1941 (Dang doi lai ming) (1983)- Dir. Po-Chi Leong
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat, Alex Man, Kien Shih… - One of Chow Yun–Fat's early classics, this portrays the disturbing invasion of Hong Kong by the Japanese in 1941, which disrupts the dreams and…
Keep, The (1983)- Dir. Michael Mann
Feat. Scott Glenn, Alberta Watson, Jurgen Prochnow… - German soldiers camping in a Romanian castle are visited by various ghoulies in Michael Mann's off–beat supernatural yarn set during WWII,…
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
- Dir. Nagisa Oshima
Feat. David Bowie, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takeshi Kitano - David Bowie endures the hardships of a Japanese POW camp in WWII. Stylish melodrama, memorably scored by Ryuichi Sakamoto.
Ploughman's Lunch, The (1983)- Dir. Richard Eyre
Feat. Jonathan Pryce, Tim Curry - Complex dissection of British motives during the Falklands War.
Scarlet and the Black, The (1983)- Dir. Jerry London
Feat. Gregory Peck, Christopher Plummer, John Gielgud… - Thrilling cat–and–mouse tale of Vatican attempts to save Allied POWs and downed Allied airman from Nazi imprisonment.
Streamers (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…
To Be or Not to Be (1983)- Dir. Alan Johnson
Feat. Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Tim Matheson… - Mel Brooks features in this remake of the 1940s Ernst Lubitsch comedy.
Uncommon Valor (1983)- Dir. Ted Kotcheff
Feat. Gene Hackman, Fred Ward, Reb Brown… - Gene Hackman plays an American marine who believes his son is still being held in Laos in the aftermath of The Vietnam War. From the director of the…
Under Fire (1983)- Dir. Roger Spottiswoode
Feat. Nick Nolte, Joanna Cassidy, Gene Hackman… - A sterling drama concerning journalistic ethics in the mire of the Nicaraguan civil war. Nick Nolte is a photographer who is tempted into taking…
Winds of War, The (Mini-series) (1983)- Dir. Dan Curtis
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Ali MacGraw, Jan-Michael Vincent… - Thorough and imposing wartime miniseries chronicling the width and breadth of events in the years leading up to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbour in…
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