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Agatha Christie: Partners in Crime (TV Series)Agatha Christie: Partners in Crime (TV Series) (1983)
Feat. Francesca Annis, James Warwick, Reece Dinsdale
Crisp adaptation of some of Dame Agatha's lesser known short mysteries. The protagonists here are husband and wife sleuths Tommy and Prudence…
Alice in WonderlandAlice in Wonderland (1983)
Dir. Kirk Browning
Feat. Kate Burton, Richard Burton, Eve Arden
From the Broadway Theatre Archive series, this is a filmed version of the 1970s revival of a 1932 Broadway version. Distinguished by extraordinary…
All The Right MovesAll The Right Moves (1983)
Dir. Michael Chapman
Feat. Tom Cruise, Craig T. Nelson, Lea Thompson
Stirring though conventional sports drama has a talented high–school football player (Cruise), weigh up his life priorities in the face of a…
Anthony and CleopatraAnthony and Cleopatra (1983)
Dir. Lawrence Carra
Feat. Timothy Dalton, Lynn Redgrave, John Carradine
Above–par version of Shakespeare's Egyptian tragedy with the two leads giving particularly strong performances. Filmed in a…
Ballad of NarayamaBallad of Narayama (1983)
Dir. Shohei Imamura
Feat. Ken Ogata, Sumiko Sakamoto, Tonpei Hidari
Austere beauty characterises this second retelling of a Japanese legend, originally filmed in stylised, Kabuki–inspired vignettes. Ken…
BetrayalBetrayal (1983) Recommended
Dir. David Jones
Feat. Ben Kingsley, Patricia Hodge, Jeremy Irons
Amorality tale of a publisher, his wife and her lover, adapted from Harold Pinter's powerhouse play, effectively told in reverse chronology. Ben…
Big Chill, TheBig Chill, The (1983) Recommended
Dir. Lawrence Kasdan
Feat. Kevin Kline, Glenn Close, William Hurt
Old college friends gather together for a weekend after the funeral of one of their peers, where they reconcile their current lives in the 1980's…
By the Sword Divided (TV Series)By the Sword Divided (TV Series) (1983)
Feat. Sharon Maughan, Andrew MacLachlan , Lucy Aston
Classic BBC period drama following the aristocratic Lacey family, whose lives are thrown into turmoil as their political allegiances split during the…
Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? (1983)
Dir. Henry Jaglom
Feat. Karen Black
Uniquely kooky concoction set around the unpredictable neuroses of a newly single woman (Black), who enters a world of whimsy, crazed encounters and…
Careful, He Might Hear YouCareful, He Might Hear You (1983)
Dir. Carl Schultz
Feat. Wendy Hughes, Robyn Nevin
Rewarding period drama about a young orphan who becomes the object of a bitter dispute between his late mother's sisters.

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