1983 in home video

Industry milestones

• CBS/Fox Video launched Key Video and Playhouse Video in this year.

Home video and laws

• February 18 - The local courthouse in Åhus, Sweden fines the owner of a video rental shop for renting out a violent movie rated 15 to a 14 year old boy.

Movie releases

The following movies were released on video in 1983:

• Annie
• The Beastmaster
• The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
• Blade Runner
• Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
• First Blood
• Gandhi
• The Howling
• Jaws 3-D (3-D was removed for video)
• Mad Max
• Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
• Rocky III
• Something Wicked This Way Comes
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
• Tron
• Victor/Victoria
• Videodrome