| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | ||||||
| Another Time, Another Place | Michael Radford | Phyllis Logan, Denise Coffey | Drama | |||
| Ascendancy | Edward Bennett | Julie Covington, Ian Charleson | Drama | Won the Golden Bear at Berlin | ||
| Betrayal | David Jones | Jeremy Irons, Patricia Hodge, Ben Kingsley | Drama | Harold Pinter based his screenplay on his 1978 semi-autobiographical play | ||
| Biddy | Christine Edzard | Celia Bannerman, Sam Ghazoros | Period drama | |||
| Bloodbath at the House of Death | Ray Cameron | Kenny Everett, Pamela Stephenson, Vincent Price | Horror | |||
| Bullshot | Dick Clement | Alan Shearman, Diz White | Comedy | |||
| Champions | John Irvin | Entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival | ||||
| The Crimson Permanent Assurance | Terry Gilliam | Sydney Arnold, Guy Bertrand, John Scott Martin | Short | Shown as a lead in to Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | ||
| Curse of the Pink Panther | Blake Edwards | David Niven, Joanna Lumley, Burt Kwouk, Herbert Lom, Ted Wass | Comedy | |||
| Dead on Time | Lyndall Hobbs | Rowan Atkinson, Nigel Hawthorne | Comedy | |||
| The Double | Lionel Harris | Jeanette Sterke, Diane Clare | Thriller | |||
| The Dresser | Peter Yates | Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Eileen Atkins | Drama | |||
| Educating Rita | Lewis Gilbert | Michael Caine, Julie Walters | Drama | |||
| Enigma | Jeannot Szwarc | Martin Sheen, Sam Neill | Thriller | |||
| Eureka | Nicolas Roeg | Gene Hackman, Theresa Russell | Thriller | Co-production with the US | ||
| Fanny Hill | Gerry O'Hara | Lisa Foster, Oliver Reed | Sex Comedy | |||
| The Gold Diggers | Sally Potter | George Antoni, Julie Christie | Drama | |||
| Heat and Dust | James Ivory | Julie Christie, Greta Scacchi, Shashi Kapoor | Drama | Entered into the 1983 Cannes Film Festival | ||
| The Honorary Consul | John Mackenzie | Michael Caine, Richard Gere, Bob Hoskins | Thriller | |||
| House of the Long Shadows | Pete Walker | Vincent Price, Christopher Lee | Horror | |||
| The Hunger | Tony Scott | Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon | Horror | |||
| Invitation to the Wedding | Joseph Brooks | Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud | Comedy | |||
| The Jigsaw Man | Terence Young | Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier | Spy/Thriller | |||
| Krull | Peter Yates | Ken Marshall, Lysette Anthony | Adventure | |||
| Local Hero | Bill Forsyth | Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson, Burt Lancaster | Comedy/Drama | |||
| Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence | Nagisa Oshima | David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto | World War II/POW | Entered into the 1983 Cannes Film Festival | ||
| Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | Terry Jones | The members of Monty Python, Carol Cleveland, Simon Jones, Patricia Quinn | Comedy/Musical | Last film for the Monty Python troupe | ||
| Nelly's Version | Maurice Branton | Eileen Atkins and Anthony Bate | Mystery film | First film of British-Indian actor and casting director Nizwar Karanj known for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Felicia's Journey | ||
| Never Say Never Again | Irvin Kershner | Sean Connery, Kim Basinger, Klaus Maria Brandauer | Spy | |||
| El Norte | Gregory Nava | Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, David Villalpando | Drama | Made with the US | ||
| Octopussy | John Glen | Roger Moore, Louis Jordan, Maud Adams, Kristina Wayborn | Spy/Action | |||
| The Pirates of Penzance | Wilford Leach | Kevin Kline, Angela Lansbury | Comedy/Musical | |||
| The Ploughman's Lunch | Richard Eyre | Jonathan Pryce, Tim Curry, Rosemary Harris | Drama | |||
| Runners | Charles Sturridge | Kate Hardie, James Fox, Jane Asher | Drama | |||
| Scrubbers | Mai Zetterling | Amanda York, Chrissie Cotterill | Drama | |||
| Secrets | Gavin Millar | Helen Lindsay, John Horsley | Comedy | |||
| Slayground | Terry Bedford | Peter Coyote, Mel Smith | Action | |||
| Superman III | Richard Lester | Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor | Adventure | Co-production with the US | ||
| Where Is Parsifal? | Henri Helman | Tony Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Orson Welles | Comedy | |||
| The Wicked Lady | Michael Winner | Faye Dunaway, Alan Bates | Drama | |||
| Yellowbeard | Mel Damski | Graham Chapman, Peter Boyle | Comedy | |||
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