This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 1983:
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | |
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A 20th Century Chocolate Cake | Comedy | ||||
All in Good Taste | Comedy | ||||
American Nightmare | Horror | ||||
Au clair de la lune | Fantasy drama | ||||
The Ballad of Hard Times (La turlute des années dures) | Documentary | ||||
Boys and Girls | Short | Oscar winner | |||
A Christmas Story | Comedy | Based on short stories by Jean Shepherd; Genie Awards – Director, Screenplay; made with U.S. financing | |||
Cross Country | Drama | ||||
Curtains | Richard Ciupka | Horror | |||
David Roche Talks to You About Love | David Roche | Short drama | |||
Dead Wrong | Len Kowalewich | Crime drama | |||
Deserters | Drama | ||||
National Film Board documentary | Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject | ||||
Falasha: Exile of the Black Jews | Documentary | ||||
For Those I Loved | Drama | Canada-France co-production | |||
Ambrish Sangal | Drama | India-Canada coproduction | |||
Going Berserk | Comedy | ||||
I Am a Hotel | Short drama, musical | ||||
I Think of You Often | Short documentary | ||||
Just a Game (Rien qu'un jeu) | Drama | ||||
The Kid Who Couldn't Miss | National Film Board docudrama | Based partly on John Gray’s irreverent stage play Billy Bishop Goes to War. | |||
Losin' It | Comedy | Released just prior to Tom Cruise's breakout role in Risky Business and made with U.S. financing. | |||
Lucien Brouillard | Drama | ||||
Maria Chapdelaine | Based on the novel by Louis Hémon; Genie Awards – Cinematography, Art Direction, Costumes | ||||
Narcissus | Norman McLaren's final film | ||||
Of Unknown Origin | Horror | Made with U.S. financing | |||
Teen comedy | Made with U.S. financing | ||||
Pourquoi l'étrange Monsieur Zolock s'intéressait-il tant à la bande dessinée? | Docudrama | ||||
The Profession of Arms | Documentary | ||||
Rock & Rule | Animated musical | ||||
The Ruffian | Crime drama | ||||
Running Brave | |||||
Screwballs | Rafal Zielinski | Sex Comedy | |||
Skullduggery | Ota Richter | Horror | |||
Siege | Doug Lennox, Tom Nardini | Thriller | |||
Spasms | Horror | ||||
Stations | Comedy-drama | ||||
Strange Brew | Comedy | The adventures of the Bob and Doug McKenzie from SCTV; Golden Reel Award | |||
Tell Me That You Love Me | Tzipi Trope | Drama | Canadian-Israeli coproduction | ||
The Terry Fox Story | Bio-drama of amputee Terry Fox's run across Canada | ||||
The Tin Flute (Bonheur d'occasion) | Mireille Deyglun, Marilyn Lightstone, Michel Forget | Based on the Gabrielle Roy novel | |||
To the Rhythm of My Heart (Au rythme de mon coeur) | Documentary | ||||
Ups and Downs | Drama | ||||
Utilities | Drama | ||||
Videodrome | Sci-fi drama | Genie Award - Director | |||
The Wars | Family drama | Based on the novel by Timothy Findley; Genie Awards – Actress (Henry), Supporting Actress (Burroughs) |