| PHARLAP | 1930 Melbourne Cup-winning horse; subject of a 1983 biopic starring Tom Burlinson |
| PHAR | Melbourne Cup winning horse, ... Lap |
| AMERICAIN | 2010 Melbourne Cup-winning horse (9) |
| PINETAR | Subject of a 1983 incident in which a George Brett homer was originally nullified |
| ZELIG | Leonard _, subject of a 1983 mockumentary |
| SILKWOOD | 1983 biopic starring Meryl Streep in the title role (8) |
| CROSSCREEK | 1983 biopic starring Mary Steenburgen as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (5,5) |
| SULLY | Biopic starring Tom Hanks as a pilot who lands a damaged plane on the Hudson river |
| LAP | 1930 Melbourne Cup winner, Phar ... (3) |
| EATIT | 1984 hit single by "Weird Al" Yankovic that is a spoof of a 1983 Michael Jackson single |
| BEDELIA | Bonnie ___, actress who portrayed drag racer Shirley Muldowney in 1983 biopic Heart Like a Wheel (7) |
| ARKLE | Irish triple Gold Cup-winning horse celebrated in a named narcissus (5) |
| DUNKIRK | WWII biopic starring Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy and Harry Styles (7) |
| MADE | Biopic starring Tom Cruise and Domhnall Gleeson, American ___ (4) |
| CHARLIEWILSONSWAR | 2007 biopic starring Tom Hanks in the title role |
| BORN | , 3D & 22A 1989 biopic starring Tom Cruise as Ron Kovic (4,2,3,6,2,4) |
| CHARLIE | 2007 biopic starring Tom Hanks in the title role (7,7,3) |
| WILSONSWAR | 2007 biopic starring Tom Hanks in the title role (7,7,3) |
| FENCES | 2016 movie adaptation of a 1983 August Wilson play |
| PHANTOMS | Peter O'toole starred in this adaptation of a 1983 Dean Koontz novel (8) |
