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El Norte

El Norte

1983

Peasants escaping mindless labor and a murderous Guatemalan government head to America in hopes for something better.<br /> <br />

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Rumble Fish

Rumble Fish

1983

Based on the celebrated novel, a young thug, Rusty James, longs to live up to his older brother's reputation.

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The Terence Davies Trilogy

The Terence Davies Trilogy

1983

Davies' film is divided into three segments enitled "Children", "Madonna and Child", and "Death and Transfiguartion". The segments tell the life of Robert Tucker.

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Chained Heat

Chained Heat

1983

A teenager is sentenced to 18 months in prison after accidentally killing a man, but the corruption and decadence that she finds behind bars are more horrific than the crime.

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Ballad of Narayama

Ballad of Narayama

1983

In a poor 19th century rural Japanese village, everyone who reaches the age of 70 has to climb a nearby mountain to die. An old woman is getting close to the cut-off age, and we follow her last…

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Tender Mercies

Tender Mercies

1983

A broken-down, middle-aged country singer gets a new wife, reaches out to his long-lost daughter, and tries to put his troubled life back together.<br /> <br />

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Sophie’s Choice

Sophie’s Choice

1982

A writer realizes that his new neighbors may be harboring deep secrets about their lives.

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Gandhi

Gandhi

1982

A biopic about the man who practiced non-violence, an approach that helped free a country that was opressed for two centuries by the British Raj.

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Fast Times at Ridgement High

Fast Times at Ridgement High

1982

Based on tales from Cameron Crowe, a group of high school students in Southern California concern themselves with sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll.

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Pink Floyd – The Wall

Pink Floyd – The Wall

1982

A confined but troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.<br /> <br />

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Fitzcarraldo

Fitzcarraldo

1982

A man, Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, is determined to build an opera house in a jungle.

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Diner

Diner

1982

In 1959 Baltimore, a group of guys struggle with their impending passage into adulthood.

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