Holy Flame of the Martial World

Holy Flame of the Martial World 1983

6.70

A brother and sister seek vengeance for the death of their parents by honing their martial skills and searching for the legendary Holy Flame sword. To avenge their parents they must fight their way through demons, ghosts, ancient booby-trapped temples, and cultish clans.

1983

Gorky Park

Gorky Park 1983

6.30

Police Inspector Renko tries to solve the case of three bodies found in Moscow's Gorky Park but finds his attempts to solve the crime impeded by his superiors. Working on his own, Renko seeks out more information and stumbles across a conspiracy involving the highest levels of the government.

1983

Limpan

Limpan 1983

7.00

Limpan is an alcoholic who has been put into a caretaking home for alcoholics. He's promised a job on the 'outside', but he's not released from the home, so he runs away. He misses the job and gets caught and is brought back, but they won't accept him, since it's after closing time. During a couple of days, he wanders back and forth between the home and the world, meeting several different people who all have their different problems, which Limpan confronts and all the time, there's the question of alcohol; to drink or not to drink.

1983

Oiran

Oiran 1983

3.90

Ayame, a courtesan, attracts the attention of street vendor Kisuke and decides to run away with him to America. Unfortunately, a crazed tattoo artist is obsessed with Ayame's perfect skin as a potential canvas, so he kills Kisuke to keep Ayame in Japan. Later, Ayame is sold to a brothel in Yokohama. Kisuke's ghost possesses her, causing his image to appear tattoo-like on her skin whenever she has sex.

1983

Men from the Gutter

Men from the Gutter 1983

6.60

A hot-head cop, a by-the-books cop, and a hitman all vie to take down a drug boss. Meanwhile, a gang of criminals plan to rob an armored truck.

1983

The Boxer's Omen

The Boxer's Omen 1983

6.50

After his brother was crippled in the ring by a cheating Thai boxer, Chan Hung goes to Thailand to avenge his brother, and finds the key to an omen which may release their family from an ancient curse. He is then caught up in a spiraling web of fate, Buddhist curses, and black magic.

1983

Strange Brew

Strange Brew 1983

5.99

Something is rotten at the Elsinore Brewery. Bob and Doug McKenzie (as seen on SCTV) help the orphan Pam regain the brewery founded by her recently-deceased father. But to do so, they must confront the suspicious Brewmeister Smith and two teams of vicious hockey players.

1983

Imps*

Imps* 1983

3.85

Once Upon a Time in a mythical place called Hollywood, a long, long, long time ago in a galaxy not so very far away, a witty group of actors with 38 EMMY Nominations, 3 Academy Award nominations, and 8 Golden Globe nominations, along with 4 Playmates and a Penthouse Pet, came together in a burst of comic frenzy and created imps*.

1983

Demon of the Lute

Demon of the Lute 1983

7.20

A group of heroes is assigned a mission to find a magical flute that has the capacity to annihilate everything in a certain radius.

1983

Banzaï

Banzaï 1983

6.22

Michel works there manically solving people's problems over the phone. He is about to tie the knot with his girl friend Isabelle, an airline hostess. She flies all over the world, he hates to leave the office. A series of madcap mishaps involving theft or injury (as you would expect in his line of work) ensues after Michel promises Isabelle nothing will delay their marriage and she promises in turn that she's done flying. Once this unlikely promise is made, it becomes premise and both are forced into escalating white lies to maintain the appearance of keeping their word. Their predicament mounts as Isabelle is forced to do a few more flights, while Michel is compelled to travel to New York, Tunisia, and finally Hong Kong, where they are finally reunited in the throes of a contrived and hilarious drug deal involving a 747, water taxi chases, and martial arts.

1983

Separate Tables

Separate Tables 1983

6.20

Two one-act plays explore love and loneliness. In "Table by the Window" an aging fashion model contrives a reunion with her ex-husband, a politician ruined by scandal, and their passion is rekindled. In "Table Number Seven" a meek woman harbors a secret love for a man accused of fraud and sex offenses, forcing her to take a stand for the first time in her life.

1983

One Deadly Summer

One Deadly Summer 1983

6.91

In spring 1976, a 19-year-old beauty, her German-born mother, and her crippled father move to the town of a firefighter nicknamed Pin-Pon. Everyone notices the provocative Eliane. She singles out Pin-Pon and soon is crying on his shoulder (she's myopic and hates her reputation as a dunce and as easy); she moves in with him, knits baby clothes, and plans their wedding. Is this love or some kind of plot? She asks Pin-Pon's mother and aunt about the piano in the barn: who delivered it on a November night in 1955? Why does she want to know, and what does it have to do with her mother's sorrows, her father's injury, this quick marriage, and the last name on her birth certificate?

1983

Unico in the Island of Magic

Unico in the Island of Magic 1983

6.20

A young unicorn named Unico must fight an evil magician and save everyone who's trapped under his spell.

1983

Nirvana Man

Nirvana Man 1983

2.00

A depiction of the real story of actor Masaya Oki and his relationship with his adoptive father who adopted him as a son when Masaya Oki was 23 years old. In these days homosexuality was seen as unusual and hidden away from public. A 31 year old actor checks into a hotel in Tokyo, leaving a note with the words "Dad, wait in Nirvana..."

1983

The Makioka Sisters

The Makioka Sisters 1983

7.40

This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every year to view the cherry blossoms. It paints a vivid portrait of the pre-war lifestyle of the wealthy Makioka family from Osaka, and draws a parallel between their activities and the seasonal variations in Japan.

1983

Women's Prison Massacre

Women's Prison Massacre 1983

4.55

Emanuelle is framed by a corrupt D.A. while investigating a drug smuggling operation and has to tough it out under lock and key, dealing with a strict warden and abusive guards.

1983

Two of a Kind

Two of a Kind 1983

5.86

God has had enough of the bad behavior and attitude of humankind, and has decided to start it all over. It is up to a struggling inventor and a bank teller, both with very amateur criminal minds, to save the world by falling in love.

1983

Esprit D'amour

Esprit D'amour 1983

5.00

A young woman has a tragic accident, slipping on a skateboard and falling off the roof of a tall building. Koo Chi Ming, an insurance investigator, is sent to determine whether the girl's death is an accident or a suicide and he recognizes the young woman from an earlier chance encounter.

1983

Smokey and the Bandit Part 3

Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 1983

4.41

The Enos duo convince Cletus, aka The Bandit, to come out of hiding and help them promote their new restaurant. With a little coaxing, he agrees, producing an almost-creaky Trigger as his mode of transport. But his nemesis, Sheriff Buford T. Justice, is on the hunt, forcing Cletus and Trigger to hit the road. Can they steer clear of the vengeful sheriff?

1983

The Green Cat

The Green Cat 1983

6.33

As a child, Sanbo was adopted by a mysterious green cat once owned by his father’s murderer. The cat grants his every wish, leading Sanbo to a lucrative life of crime, but the gift comes at a high cost. Ban, a family friend turned private detective, sets out to stop the cat’s influence before it can claim the young boy’s soul.

1983

Andro Melos

Andro Melos 1983

10.00

Andro Melos (アンドロメロス Andoro Merosu) is a 1983 mini-series about four Ultra Warriors from the Ultraman series in mobile suits fighting aliens and monsters who are working for the evil Gua Empire.

1983

Serendipity The Pink Dragon

Serendipity The Pink Dragon 1983

7.00

Serendipity the Pink Dragon is a 26-episode anime TV series produced by NTV and Zuiyo which aired weekly from 1 July 1983 to 23 December 1983 in Japan. The series was based on the Serendipity books by Stephen Cosgrove. After a boy is shipwrecked on a deserted island, he finds a pink egg which hatches into the pink dragon Serendipity. The series follows their adventures on the island. A feature-length English dub consisting of episodes from the TV series, directed by Jim Terry, was released on home video in the United States in 1989 by Celebrity Home Entertainment. The boy's name was changed from Kōna to "Bobby" in the English version. The TV series itself has also been aired in France, as Biniky le Dragon Rose, in Italy as Rosaura and in Iran as Serendipity.

1983

Little Big Nose

Little Big Nose 1983

1

Tenmaru is the prince of the monster world who has accidentally let out to the human world, 108 atrocious monsters that were sealed in. In order to return them, he went to the human world with his follower.

1983

This Is Your Life

This Is Your Life 1983

1

This Is Your Life is the second revival of the reality series of the same name. The 1983 version is hosted by Joseph Campanella.

1983

Wizards and Warriors

Wizards and Warriors 1983

6.80

A sword-and-sorcery adventure series done tongue-in-cheek. It's set in a mythical kingdom where good Prince Erik Greystone helps the kindly king fight the forces of evil.

1983

Bay City Blues

Bay City Blues 1983

5.00

Bay City Blues is an American comedy-drama series that aired on NBC from October 1983 to November 1983. The series stars Michael Nouri, Dennis Franz, and Pat Corley, and was created and produced by Steven Bochco. Eight episodes were produced, but only four were aired prior to its cancellation.

1983

The Teacher

The Teacher 1983

1

The 1982 theatrical film "Idemo dalje" reedited into a seven part mini-series. WW2 is coming to an end and a young Partisan must face new challenges as a schoolteacher in small Serbian town.

1983

Mansfield Park

Mansfield Park 1983

5.80

Mansfield Park is a British six-part television drama serial based on Jane Austen's 1814 novel of the same name. Produced by the BBC and adapted by Kenneth Taylor, it stars Sylvestra Le Touzel as Fanny Price, who is sent to live with her wealthy relatives, the Bertrams, where she is treated poorly by most except her cousin Edmund. Her life is complicated by the arrival of the worldly Mary and Henry Crawford.

1983

Monaco Franze

Monaco Franze 1983

7.91

A Munich detective falls into various misadventures as he pursues criminals and tries to evade women across the city.

1983

The Old Miao Myth

The Old Miao Myth 1983

1

The dark secret of the most wealthy and powerful man 謝罡 in Shanghai in the 1930s is related to a mystic Buddha statue from a secret Miao tribe. His son 尚楚 (Andy Lau) will find out his family's fate once the Buddha is missing...

1983

Tales Out of School

Tales Out of School 1983

10.00

Tales Out of School is a British anthology of television plays by David Leland: Birth of a Nation, Flying Into the Wind, R.H.I.N.O.: Really Here in Name Only, and Made in Britain.

1983

Rage of Angels

Rage of Angels 1983

5.50

A young assistant district attorney is used by a ruthless attorney to get his client off. She is fired and almost disbarred, but fights back to become a top attorney, torn between two lovers.

1983