Australian and New Zealand films of 1983

156 films recorded for 1983; 52 have a full page. Sorted by release date where known.

52 films11 series

Drama · 14 Action · 4 Crime · 3 Comedy · 3 Romance · 3 LGBTQ · 2

Films

Title	Director	Genre	Min	Awards
Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse TV film	—	Animated television, Sherlock Holmes	75
Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four Animated film	—	Crime	50
Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear	—	Animated	50
Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet Animated film	—	Detective	50
Wild Horses	—	—	—
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence	Nagisa Ōshima	Drama, Prison	116
The Wicked Lady	Michael Winner	Drama, Adventure	97
The Wild Duck	Henri Safran	Drama	95
Never Say Never Again	Irvin Kershner	Action, Spy	128
Nate and Hayes	Ferdinand Fairfax	Comedy, Action	96
First Contact	Bob Connolly	Documentary	58
BMX Bandits	Brian Trenchard-Smith	Action, Crime	87
A Descant for Gossips TV film	Tim Burstall	—	—
Abra Cadabra	Alex Stitt	Fantasy, Children's	—
Ascendancy	Edward Bennett	Drama	83	1
At Last... Bullamakanka: The Motion Picture	Simon Heath	Comedy	—
Buddies	Arch Nicholson	Comedy drama	—	1
Bush Christmas	Henri Safran	Drama, Christmas	91
Careful, He Might Hear You	Carl Schultz	Drama	110	9
David Copperfield Animated film	Alex Nicholas, Ian Mackenzie	—	72
Dot and the Bunny Animated film	Yoram Gross	—	81
Double Deal	Brian Kavanagh	Thriller	90
Dusty	John Richardson	—	88
For the Term of His Natural Life TV film	Rob Stewart	—	—
Going Down	Haydn Keenan	Drama	93
Goodbye Paradise	Carl Schultz	Drama	120	2
High Country	Bill Hughes	—	—
Hostage	Frank Shields	—	90
Kitty and the Bagman	Donald Crombie	Crime	—
Lousy Little Sixpence	Gerald Bostock, Alec Morgan	Documentary	—
Midnite Spares	Quentin Masters	Action	—
Molly	Ned Lander	Family	88
Moving Out	Michael Pattinson	—	90
Now and Forever	Adrian Carr	—	—
Passionless Moments Short film	Jane Campion, Gerard Lee	Drama	13
Platypus Cove TV film	Peter Maxwell	—	—
Skin Deep TV film	Chris Langman	—	—
The Amorous Dentist TV film	—	—	—
The City's Edge	Ken Quinnell	—	—
The Dismissal TV film	George Miller, Phillip Noyce	—	—
The Fire In The Stone	Gary Conway	—	—
The Winds of Jarrah	Mark Egerton	—	—
Undercover	David Stevens	—	—
Utu	Geoff Murphy	Drama	118
Warming Up	Bruce Best	Comedy, Romance	100
With Prejudice	Esben Storm	—	—
Beyond the Limit	John Mackenzie	Drama, Romance	102
The Return of Captain Invincible	Philippe Mora	Musical, Superhero	101	1
The Dresser	Peter Yates	Drama, Comedy drama	112	1
Man of Flowers	Paul Cox	Drama	89	1
Phar Lap	Simon Wincer	Biographical, Sport	107	3
Another Time, Another Place	Michael Radford	Drama	100

TV series premiered in 1983

Series	From	To	Network	Episodes
Carson's Law	1983	1984	TEN	184
Waterloo Station	1983	1983	Nine Network	52
Silent Reach Miniseries	1983	1983	Nine Network	2
Starting Out	1983	1983	Nine Network	85
The Young Wife Miniseries	1983	—	—	3
Scales of Justice Miniseries	1983	1983	ABC	3
Return to Eden Miniseries	1983	1986	Network 10	25
All the Rivers Run Miniseries	1983	1983	Seven Network	4
Five Mile Creek	1983	1985	Disney Channel	39
Coral Island	1983	—	ABC	9
The Weekly's War Miniseries	1983	—	Nine Network	2