Greatest 27 Romance Movies Editor's Pick Released in 1983

A Chicago teenager is looking for fun at home while his parents are away, but the situation quickly gets out of hand. More about Risky Business / IMDB / YouTube

An 18-year-old female amateur dancer who performs nightly at a dancing bar, and works as a welder during the day, dreams of joining the Pittsburgh ballet school. More about Flashdance / IMDB / YouTube

Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live with Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust. Look into Sophie's Choice / IMDB / YouTube

Absent-minded street thug Rusty James struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days of gang warfare. Find out about Rumble Fish / IMDB / YouTube

A Russian poet and his interpreter travel to Italy researching the life of an 18th-century composer, and instead meet a ruminative madman who tells the poet how the world may be saved. Look into Nostalghia / IMDB / YouTube

A brain surgeon marries a femme fatale whose life he saved, causing his life to turn upside down. Things go even more awry when he falls in love with a telepathic brain. More about The Man with Two Brains / IMDB / YouTube

A young Australian reporter tries to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia during the rule of President Sukarno with the help of a diminutive photographer. See more about The Year of Living Dangerously / IMDB / YouTube

An ambitious young football star is trapped in a dying mill town--unless his gridiron skills can win him a way out. Read about All the Right Moves / IMDB / YouTube

Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends. Get info on Valley Girl / IMDB / YouTube

Five years later, Tony Manero's Saturday Night Fever is still burning. Now he's strutting toward his biggest challenge yet: succeeding as a dancer on the Broadway stage. Get info on Staying Alive / IMDB / YouTube

After helping the local police with some horse thieves, a Texas Ranger aims at a drug lord with arms trade as well. They're interested in the same woman and they're both into martial arts. More about Lone Wolf McQuade / IMDB / YouTube

A young man in private school spends one crazy night out, and only later does he learn more about the woman who enlivened his night. Learn about Class / IMDB / YouTube

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. Find out about Tender Mercies / IMDB / YouTube

When Jesse Lujack steals a car in Las Vegas and drives down to LA, his criminal ways only escalate - but when will it end? More about Breathless / IMDB / YouTube

Marion is about to divorce from her husband and takes her 15-year-old niece Pauline on a vacation to Granville. She meets an old love... Get info on Pauline at the Beach / IMDB / YouTube

The story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted. See more about Frances / IMDB / YouTube

Chris from a girls' boarding school loves Jim from a nearby boys' boarding school. Jordan also wants Jim and plays dirty. Jim and two friends visit the girls' school posing as girls. Find out about Private School / IMDB / YouTube

An erratic young woman's family desperately tries to prevent her increasingly erotic ways. Details on To Our Loves / IMDB / YouTube

Just after WW1, alcoholic American biplane pilot Patrick O'Malley is hired by Eve Tozer, the spoiled daughter of an industrialist, to locate her father, who disappeared somewhere in Asia. Details on High Road to China / IMDB / YouTube

In medieval France, some villagers challenge a man's claim of identity when he (as he says) returns home from some time in the army. See more about The Return of Martin Guerre / IMDB / YouTube

When God decides to destroy Earth, four angels aim to redeem mankind through a young man and woman with their own troubles. See more about Two of a Kind / IMDB / YouTube

The title character, a popular NASCAR driver, clashes with the fried-chicken mogul that sponsors his racing team. Learn about Stroker Ace / IMDB / YouTube

A rich father hires a tutor for his son. The son is a horny teenager and the tutor is a gorgeous blonde. Complications ensue. Read about My Tutor / IMDB / YouTube

After a young man leaves a band of pirates, hilarity ensues. Read about The Pirates of Penzance / IMDB / YouTube

Two sets of two college guys spend a spring break together in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. There they have lots of fun in and out of the sun. Explore Spring Break / IMDB / YouTube

A group of flamenco dancers are rehearsing a very Spanish version of Bizet's dramatization of Prosper Merimee's novella Carmen. The choreographer Antonio falls in love with Carmen, the main dancer. Their story then turns similar to the play. Details on Carmen / IMDB / YouTube

A head injury causes a woman to regresses to childhood. Lost and confused, she is eventually befriended by a school teacher. See more about Sadma / IMDB / YouTube