1983 Film Year: Oscar Winners & Nominees
The AwardWentTo archive contains 102 Academy Award records for the 1983 film year, covering 46 films and including 23 wins.
Years follow the source film eligibility/dataset year, which may differ from the ceremony calendar year. Counts describe film-linked archive records, including historical and special-award context where supplied.
Best Picture result
- ★ Terms of EndearmentJames L. Brooks, Producer
5 Best Picture award records for this film year. See the full result · Best Picture history
Acting category results
Leading winning films
Ranked by winning records in this film-year selection.
- Terms of Endearment
5 wins from 11 award records
- The Right Stuff
4 wins from 8 award records
- Fanny & Alexander
4 wins from 6 award records
- Tender Mercies
2 wins from 5 award records
- Return of the Jedi
1 win from 5 award records
- Yentl
1 win from 5 award records
Category winners
Select a category to explore its history, or jump to this year's full records.
- ★ Tender Mercies — Mac Sledge
- ★ Terms of Endearment — Garrett Breedlove
- ★ Terms of Endearment — Aurora Greenway
- ★ The Year of Living Dangerously — Billy Kwan
- ★ Flashdance — Flashdance...What A Feeling
- ★ Yentl
Nominations and award records by category
Showing 102 of 102 archive records. Gold stars mark winning records.
Best Picture
- ★ Terms of Endearment IMDB — James L. Brooks, Producer
- The Big Chill IMDB — Michael Shamberg, Producer
- The Dresser IMDB — Peter Yates, Producer
- The Right Stuff IMDB — Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff, Producers
- Tender Mercies IMDB — Philip S. Hobel, Producer
Best Actor
- ★ Tender Mercies IMDB — Robert DuvallMac Sledge
- Educating Rita IMDB — Michael CaineDr. Frank Bryant
- Reuben, Reuben IMDB — Tom ContiGowan McGland
- The Dresser IMDB — Tom CourtenayNorman
- The Dresser IMDB — Albert FinneySir
Best Supporting Actor
- ★ Terms of Endearment IMDB — Jack NicholsonGarrett Breedlove
- To Be or Not to Be IMDB — Charles DurningCol. Erhardt
- Terms of Endearment IMDB — John LithgowSam Burns
- The Right Stuff IMDB — Sam ShepardChuck Yeager
- Cross Creek IMDB — Rip TornMarsh Turner
Best Actress
- ★ Terms of Endearment IMDB — Shirley MacLaineAurora Greenway
- Testament IMDB — Jane AlexanderCarol Wetherly
- Silkwood IMDB — Meryl StreepKaren Silkwood
- Educating Rita IMDB — Julie WaltersRita
- Terms of Endearment IMDB — Debra WingerEmma Horton
Best Supporting Actress
- ★ The Year of Living Dangerously IMDB — Linda HuntBilly Kwan
- Silkwood IMDB — CherDolly Pelliker
- The Big Chill IMDB — Glenn CloseSarah
- Yentl IMDB — Amy IrvingHadaas
- Cross Creek IMDB — Alfre WoodardGeechee
Art Direction
- ★ Fanny & Alexander IMDB — Anna Asp
- Return of the Jedi IMDB — Art Direction: Norman Reynolds, Fred Hole, James Schoppe; Set Decoration: Michael Ford
- The Right Stuff IMDB — Art Direction: Geoffrey Kirkland, Richard J. Lawrence, W. Stewart Campbell, Peter Romero; Set Decoration: Pat Pending, George R. Nelson
- Terms of Endearment IMDB — Art Direction: Polly Platt, Harold Michelson; Set Decoration: Tom Pedigo, Anthony Mondello
- Yentl IMDB — Art Direction: Roy Walker, Leslie Tomkins; Set Decoration: Tessa Davies
Cinematography
Costume Design
Best Director
Documentary Feature
- ★ He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' IMDB — Emile Ardolino, Producer
- Children of Darkness IMDB — Richard Kotuk and Ara Chekmayan, Producers
- First Contact IMDB — Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson, Producers
- The Profession of Arms IMDB — Michael Bryans and Tina Viljoen, Producers
- Seeing Red IMDB — James Klein and Julia Reichert, Producers
Documentary Short Subject
- ★ Flamenco at 5:15 IMDB — Cynthia Scott and Adam Symansky, Producers
- In the Nuclear Shadow: What Can the Children Tell Us? IMDB — Vivienne Verdon-Roe and Eric Thiermann, Producers
- Sewing Woman IMDB — Arthur Dong, Producer
- Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph IMDB — Robert Eisenhardt, Producer
- You Are Free (Ihr Zent Frei) IMDB — Dea Brokman and Ilene Landis, Producers
Film Editing
- ★ The Right Stuff IMDB — Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Stephen A. Rotter, Douglas Stewart, Tom Rolf
- Blue Thunder IMDB — Frank Morriss, Edward Abroms
- Flashdance IMDB — Bud Smith, Walt Mulconery
- Silkwood IMDB — Sam O'Steen
- Terms of Endearment IMDB — Richard Marks
International Feature Film
- ★ Fanny & Alexander IMDB — Sweden
- Carmen IMDB — Spain
- Entre Nous IMDB — France
- Job's Revolt IMDB — Hungary
- Le Bal IMDB — Algeria
Original Score
Original Song
- ★ Flashdance IMDB — Music by Giorgio Moroder; Lyric by Keith Forsey and Irene CaraFlashdance...What A Feeling
- Flashdance IMDB — Music and Lyric by Michael Sembello and Dennis MatkoskyManiac
- Tender Mercies IMDB — Music and Lyric by Austin Roberts and Bobby HartOver You
- Yentl IMDB — Music by Michel Legrand; Lyric by Alan Bergman and Marilyn BergmanPapa, Can You Hear Me?
- Yentl IMDB — Music by Michel Legrand; Lyric by Alan Bergman and Marilyn BergmanThe Way He Makes Me Feel
Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score)
- ★ Yentl IMDB — Song Score by Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
- The Sting II IMDB — Adaptation Score by Lalo Schifrin
- Trading Places IMDB — Adaptation Score by Elmer Bernstein
Animated Short Film
- ★ Sundae in New York IMDB — Jimmy Picker, Producer
- Mickey's Christmas Carol IMDB — Burny Mattinson, Producer
- Sound of Sunshine - Sound of Rain IMDB — Eda Godel Hallinan, Producer
Live Action Short Film
- ★ Boys and Girls IMDB — Janice L. Platt, Producer
- Goodie-Two-Shoes IMDB — Ian Emes, Producer
- Overnight Sensation IMDB — Jon N. Bloom, Producer
Sound Editing
Sound Mixing
- ★ The Right Stuff IMDB — Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Randy Thom, David MacMillan
- Never Cry Wolf IMDB — Alan R. Splet, Todd Boekelheide, Randy Thom, David Parker
- Return of the Jedi IMDB — Ben Burtt, Gary Summers, Randy Thom, Tony Dawe
- Terms of Endearment IMDB — Donald O. Mitchell, Rick Kline, Kevin O'Connell, Jim Alexander
- WarGames IMDB — Michael J. Kohut, Carlos de Larios, Aaron Rochin, Willie D. Burton
Special Achievement Award (Visual Effects)
- ★ Return of the Jedi IMDB — Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston, Phil Tippett
Adapted Screenplay
Original Screenplay
- ★ Tender Mercies IMDB — Horton Foote
- The Big Chill IMDB — Lawrence Kasdan, Barbara Benedek
- Fanny & Alexander IMDB — Ingmar Bergman
- Silkwood IMDB — Nora Ephron, Alice Arlen
- WarGames IMDB — Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes
Nominated films and other recorded entries
46 films represented in the 1983 archive selection.
- Betrayal
- Blue Thunder
- Boys and Girls
- Carmen
- Children of Darkness
- Cross Creek
- Educating Rita
- Entre Nous
- Fanny & Alexander
- First Contact
- Flamenco at 5:15
- Flashdance
- Goodie-Two-Shoes
- He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'
- Heart Like a Wheel
- In the Nuclear Shadow: What Can the Children Tell Us?
- Job's Revolt
- Le Bal
- Mickey's Christmas Carol
- Never Cry Wolf
- Overnight Sensation
- Return of the Jedi
- Reuben, Reuben
- Seeing Red
- Sewing Woman
- Silkwood
- Sound of Sunshine - Sound of Rain
- Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph
- Sundae in New York
- Tender Mercies
- Terms of Endearment
- Testament
- The Big Chill
- The Dresser
- The Profession of Arms
- The Return of Martin Guerre
- The Right Stuff
- The Sting II
- The Year of Living Dangerously
- To Be or Not to Be
- Trading Places
- Under Fire
- WarGames
- Yentl
- You Are Free (Ihr Zent Frei)
- Zelig
About these award records
This independent archive groups film-linked award records by film, credited name, category and eligibility year. The film year can differ from the year the ceremony took place. Ceremony numbers are shown where supplied by the records.
Each distinct performance, song or award credit remains a separate record, even when it belongs to the same film. Shared credits stay together. A person's page covers the name shown, without combining aliases or shared credits into a complete career total.
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