The Best Movie Of Each Year From 1925-2025

43. 1983 - Videodrome

Honourable Mentions: Local Hero, Scarface, Trading Places

David Cronenberg is a whole horror brand - a maestro of the grotesque and salacious whose films have pushed genre boundaries with an undulating mix of seduction and repulsiveness. But they also comprise a whole lot more than grot and grunge, with 1986's The Fly more compelling for its human drama and sensitively drawn depiction of disease than it is solely for its incredible effects work.

The idea of a Cronenberg movie retains its constants, but there has been a clear evolution, with 1983's Videodrome arguably the moment the Canadian director as we know him today formally marked his arrival.

Psychosexual, dark, and thoroughly surreal, Videodrome is undoubtedly one of Cronenberg's very best and stands out today as the most fascinating film of 1983, and one of the very best of the decade.