BBOPTAs - 1983
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1. Barefoot Gen (1983)
TV-PG | 83 min | Animation, Biography, Drama
A powerful statement against war, Barefoot Gen is a disturbing story about the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.
Director: Mori Masaki | Stars: Issei Miyazaki, Catherine Battistone, Yoshie Shimamura, Iona Morris
Votes: 9,213
Favourite Film of the Year
Runner ups:
Videodrome
Terms of Endearment
The Dead Zone
Vacation
WarGames
Angst
The Day After
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Trading Places
2. Barefoot Gen (1983)
TV-PG | 83 min | Animation, Biography, Drama
A powerful statement against war, Barefoot Gen is a disturbing story about the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.
Director: Mori Masaki | Stars: Issei Miyazaki, Catherine Battistone, Yoshie Shimamura, Iona Morris
Votes: 9,213
Best Film of the Year
Runner ups:
Terms of Endearment
Videodrome
The Dead Zone
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Angst
WarGames
Vacation
The Day After
Rumble Fish
3. Terms of Endearment (1983)
PG | 132 min | Comedy, Drama
Follows hard-to-please Aurora looking for love and her daughter's family problems.
Director: James L. Brooks | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito
Votes: 65,510 | Gross: $108.42M
Best Lead Actor: Debra Winger
Runner ups:
James Woods in Videodrome
Christopher Walken in The Dead Zone
Eddie Murphy in Trading Places
Matt Dillon in Rumble Fish
Erwin Leder in Angst
Chevy Chase in Vacation
Mark Hamill in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Dan Ackroyd in Trading Places
Al Pacino in Scarface
4. Terms of Endearment (1983)
PG | 132 min | Comedy, Drama
Follows hard-to-please Aurora looking for love and her daughter's family problems.
Director: James L. Brooks | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito
Votes: 65,510 | Gross: $108.42M
Best Supporting Actor: Shirley MacLaine
Runner ups:
Harrison Ford in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
John Lithgow in Terms of Endearment
Jack Nicholson in Terms of Endearment
John Candy in Vacation
Michelle Pfeiffer in Scarface
Deborah Harry in Videodrome
Takeshi Kitano in Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Richard Pryor in Superman III
Carrie Fisher in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
5. Videodrome (1983)
R | 87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A programmer at a Toronto TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: James Woods, Debbie Harry, Sonja Smits, Peter Dvorsky
Votes: 103,062 | Gross: $2.12M
Best Direction
Runner ups:
Angst
Rumble Fish
The Dead Zone
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
6. Videodrome (1983)
R | 87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A programmer at a Toronto TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: James Woods, Debbie Harry, Sonja Smits, Peter Dvorsky
Votes: 103,062 | Gross: $2.12M
Best Original Screenplay
Runner ups:
WarGames
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
The Day After
Trading Places
7. Barefoot Gen (1983)
TV-PG | 83 min | Animation, Biography, Drama
A powerful statement against war, Barefoot Gen is a disturbing story about the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.
Director: Mori Masaki | Stars: Issei Miyazaki, Catherine Battistone, Yoshie Shimamura, Iona Morris
Votes: 9,213
Best Adapted Screenplay
Runner ups:
Terms of Endearment
The Dead Zone
Vacation
Angst
8. Angst (I) (1983)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A troubled man gets released from prison and starts taking out his sadistic fantasies on an unsuspecting family living in a secluded house.
Director: Gerald Kargl | Stars: Erwin Leder, Robert Hunger-Bühler, Silvia Ryder, Karin Springer
Votes: 13,483
Best Cinematography
Runner ups:
Rumble Fish
Videodrome
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
The Wind in the Willows
9. Videodrome (1983)
R | 87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A programmer at a Toronto TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: James Woods, Debbie Harry, Sonja Smits, Peter Dvorsky
Votes: 103,062 | Gross: $2.12M
Best Editing
Runner ups:
Scarface
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Angst
The Meaning of Life
10. Videodrome (1983)
R | 87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A programmer at a Toronto TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: James Woods, Debbie Harry, Sonja Smits, Peter Dvorsky
Votes: 103,062 | Gross: $2.12M
Best Art-Direction
Runner ups:
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Twilight Zone: The Movie
The Meaning of Life
Scarface
11. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
PG | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After rescuing Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebel Alliance attempt to destroy the second Death Star, while Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side.
Director: Richard Marquand | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams
Votes: 1,121,953 | Gross: $309.13M
Best Costume-Design
Runner ups:
Scarface
Superman III
The Meaning of Life
Heat and Dust
12. Videodrome (1983)
R | 87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A programmer at a Toronto TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: James Woods, Debbie Harry, Sonja Smits, Peter Dvorsky
Votes: 103,062 | Gross: $2.12M
Best Make-up
Runner ups:
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
The Meaning of Life
Twilight Zone: The Movie
The Dead Zone
13. Videodrome (1983)
R | 87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A programmer at a Toronto TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: James Woods, Debbie Harry, Sonja Smits, Peter Dvorsky
Votes: 103,062 | Gross: $2.12M
Best Visual Effects
Runner ups:
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Superman III
The Meaning of Life
14. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)
R | 123 min | Drama, War
During WWII, a British colonel tries to bridge the cultural divides between a British POW and the Japanese camp commander in order to avoid bloodshed.
Director: Nagisa Ôshima | Stars: David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takeshi Kitano
Votes: 20,033 | Gross: $2.31M
Best Original Score:
Runner ups:
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
The Meaning of Life
Superman III
Videodrome
15. Scarface (1983)
R | 170 min | Crime, Drama
In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Votes: 917,031 | Gross: $45.60M
Best Original Song: "Push it to the Limit"
Runner ups:
"The Galaxy Song" from The Meaning of Life
"Every Sperm is Sacred" from The Meaning of Life
"The Meaning of Life" from The Meaning of Life
"Maniac" from Flashdance
16. Barefoot Gen (1983)
TV-PG | 83 min | Animation, Biography, Drama
A powerful statement against war, Barefoot Gen is a disturbing story about the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.
Director: Mori Masaki | Stars: Issei Miyazaki, Catherine Battistone, Yoshie Shimamura, Iona Morris
Votes: 9,213
Best Animated Film
Runner ups:
The Wind in the Willows
n/a
n/a
n/a
17. The Wind in the Willows (I) (1983 TV Movie)
TV-G | 79 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Toad, Rat, Mole, and Badger follow animal etiquette in this version of Kenneth Grahame's classic, in stop-motion model animation.
Director: Mark Hall | Stars: Richard Pearson, Ian Carmichael, David Jason, Michael Hordern
Votes: 1,703
Best Animation
Runner ups:
Barefoot Gen
n/a
n/a
n/a
18. Vacation (1983)
R | 98 min | Adventure, Comedy
The Griswold family's cross-country drive to the Walley World theme park proves to be much more arduous than they ever anticipated.
Director: Harold Ramis | Stars: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Imogene Coca, Randy Quaid
Votes: 120,174 | Gross: $61.40M
Funniest Film
Runner ups:
The Meaning of Life
Terms of Endearment
Trading Places
Curse of the Pink Panther
19. Trading Places (1983)
R | 116 min | Comedy
A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Director: John Landis | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche
Votes: 165,885 | Gross: $90.40M
Best Comedic Performance: Eddie Murphy
Runner ups:
Eric Idle in The Meaning of Life
Richard Pryor in Superman III
John Cleese in The Meaning of Life
Dan Ackroyd in Trading Places
20. The Dead Zone (1983)
R | 103 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A man awakens from a coma to discover he has a psychic ability to foresee future events.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt, Herbert Lom
Votes: 77,361 | Gross: $20.77M
Scariest Film
Runner ups:
Barefoot Gen
Videodrome
Angst
Testament
21. Barefoot Gen (1983)
TV-PG | 83 min | Animation, Biography, Drama
A powerful statement against war, Barefoot Gen is a disturbing story about the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.
Director: Mori Masaki | Stars: Issei Miyazaki, Catherine Battistone, Yoshie Shimamura, Iona Morris
Votes: 9,213
Most Emotional Film
Runner ups:
Terms of Endearment
Rumble Fish
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
22. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
PG | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After rescuing Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebel Alliance attempt to destroy the second Death Star, while Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side.
Director: Richard Marquand | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams
Votes: 1,121,953 | Gross: $309.13M
Best Action Film
Runner ups:
Superman III
Never Say Never Again
Curse of the Pink Panther
n/a
23. The Meaning of Life (1983)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Musical
The comedy team takes a look at life in all of its stages in their own uniquely silly way.
Director: Terry Jones | Stars: John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones
Votes: 125,359 | Gross: $14.93M
Best Musical
Runners up:
n/a
n/a
24. Superman III (1983)
PG | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Synthetic kryptonite laced with tar splits Superman in two: good Clark Kent and bad Man of Steel.
Director: Richard Lester | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Margot Kidder, Jackie Cooper
Votes: 74,806 | Gross: $59.95M
Best Superhero Film
Runner ups:
n/a
n/a
25. Barefoot Gen (1983)
TV-PG | 83 min | Animation, Biography, Drama
A powerful statement against war, Barefoot Gen is a disturbing story about the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.
Director: Mori Masaki | Stars: Issei Miyazaki, Catherine Battistone, Yoshie Shimamura, Iona Morris
Votes: 9,213
Best Foreign-Language Film
Runners up:
Angst
n/a
26. The Meaning of Life (1983)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Musical
The comedy team takes a look at life in all of its stages in their own uniquely silly way.
Director: Terry Jones | Stars: John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones
Votes: 125,359 | Gross: $14.93M
Best British Film
Runners up:
Local Hero
Superman III
Heat and Dust
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
27. The Seven Magnificent Gladiators (1983)
PG | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A bandit leader endowed with supernatural powers by his sorceress mother makes yearly raids on a peasant village. However, the women of the village come into possession of a magic sword, ... See full summary »
Directors: Bruno Mattei, Claudio Fragasso | Stars: Lou Ferrigno, Sybil Danning, Brad Harris, Dan Vadis
Votes: 592
Turd of the Year
Runner ups:
Jaws 3-D
Christine
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Never Say Never Again
28. The Crimson Permanent Assurance (1983)
16 min | Adventure, Short, Comedy
A group of down-and-out accountants mutiny against their bosses and sail their office building onto the high seas in search of a pirate's life.
Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Sydney Arnold, Guy Bertrand, Andrew Bicknell, Ross Davidson
Votes: 5,379
Best Short Film
Runner ups:
Passionless Moments
Thriller
Sundae in New York
n/a
29. The A-Team (1983–1987)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Four Vietnam vets, framed for a crime they didn't commit, help the innocent while on the run from the military.
Stars: George Peppard, Mr. T, Dwight Schultz, Dirk Benedict
Votes: 41,831
Best TV Drama (for season 1)
Runner ups:
Tales from the Darkside (season 1)
The Smurfs (series 3)
n/a
n/a
30. Blackadder (1982–1983)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
In the Middle Ages, Prince Edmund the Black Adder constantly schemes and endeavors to seize the crown from his father and brother.
Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Brian Blessed, Elspet Gray, Tim McInnerny
Votes: 41,101
Best TV Comedy (for series 1)
Runner ups:
Cheers (seasons 1/2)
Henry's Cat (series 1)
Only Fools and Horses (series 3)
The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show (season 1)
Alvin & the Chipmunks (season 1)
Danger Mouse (series 4)
Inspector Gadget (season 1)
n/a
n/a
31. Blackadder (1982–1983)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
In the Middle Ages, Prince Edmund the Black Adder constantly schemes and endeavors to seize the crown from his father and brother.
Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Brian Blessed, Elspet Gray, Tim McInnerny
Votes: 41,101
Best Performance (TV Comedy): Brian Blessed (series 1)
Runners up:
John Ratzenberger in Cheers (seasons 1/2)
David Jason in Only Fools and Horses (series 3)
Rowan Atkinson in The Black Adder (series 1)
Ted Danson in Cheers (seasons 1/2)
Nicholas Lyndhurst in Only Fools and Horses (series 3)
Tim McInnerny in The Black Adder (series 1)
Shelley Long in Cheers (seasons 1/2)
Elspet Gray in The Black Adder (series 1)
Robert East in The Black Adder (series 1)
Tony Robinson in The Black Adder (series 1)
32.
Blackadder (1982–1983)
Episode:
The Black Seal
(1983)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
When Edmund loses his title of Duke of Edinburgh, he snaps, fires Baldrick and Percy and hires some of the most cruel men in England; Sir Wilfred Death, Three-Fingered Pete, Guy de ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Shardlow | Stars: John Carlisle, Bert Parnaby, Roy Evans, Forbes Collins
Votes: 986
Best Direction in an Individual Episode
Runner ups:
The Black Adder: "The Queen of Spain's Beard"
The Black Adder: "The Archbishop"
The Black Adder: "Born to Be King"
The Black Adder: "Witchsmeller Pursuivant"
33.
Blackadder (1982–1983)
Episode:
Witchsmeller Pursuivant
(1983)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
When the plague rages through Europe everyone blames "witches". When Edmund fails a "test" everyone suddenly becomes his enemy.
Director: Martin Shardlow | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Frank Finlay, Elspet Gray, Tim McInnerny
Votes: 988
Best Writing in an Individual Episode
Runner ups:
The Black Adder: "The Queen of Spain's Beard"
The Black Adder: "The Black Seal"
The Black Adder: "The Archbishop"
The Black Adder: "Born to Be King"
34. Eddie Murphy: Delirious (1983 TV Special)
Not Rated | 69 min | Comedy
Eddie Murphy's raunchy, raucous stand-up comedy routine is captured for posterity on this tape.
Director: Bruce Gowers | Stars: Eddie Murphy, James Argiro, Gus Loundermon, Brian O'Neal
Votes: 18,498
Best Feature Stand-up Comedy Recording
Runner ups:
On Location: "Carlin at Carnegie"
n/a
35. Bonnie Tyler: Total Eclipse of the Heart (1983 Music Video)
G | 6 min | Fantasy, Music
Bonnie Tyler's official music video for 'Total Eclipse Of The Heart'.
Director: Russell Mulcahy | Star: Bonnie Tyler
Votes: 773
Best Music Video
Runners up:
Michael Jackson: Thriller
Michael Jackson: Billie Jean
Styx: Mr. Roboto
David Bowie: Modern Love
36. Punch-Out!! (1983 Video Game)
E10+ | Sport
Bronx kid Little Mac is trained by ex-boxer "Doc" Louis so he may gain a name for himself in the World Video Boxing Association, in hopes he can fight the legendary Mr. Dream.
Director: Genyo Takeda
Votes: 557
Best Video Game
Runners up:
Donkey Kong 3
n/a
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