"To Star Wars fans, 1983 might be best remembered in movie terms as the year George Lucas' trilogy thundered to a close with Return of the Jedi. To Tom Cruise devotees, 1983 also was the year he broke through as a major star with Risky Business. '83 even saw Adrian Lyne's pop fairytale Flashdance storm the charts while computer whizz Matthew Broderick almost sparked a nuclear conflict in John Badham's hit thriller, WarGames.
"As you've probably gathered by now, these articles ignore the big successes of any given year. Instead, we're celebrating some of our favorite, lesser-known movies of 1983. So with apologies to BMX Bandits, Strange Brew, and a few other flicks that didn't quite make the cut, here's our pick of the great, under-appreciated films from the year of Jedi, Superman III, and Flashdance…"
