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18th NSFC Awards<br> <div style="padding-left: 15px"> January 4, 1984 </div>
Best Film: <br> <big> The Night of<br>the Shooting Stars </big> </div> The 18th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 4 January 1984, honored the best filmmaking of 1983.
1. The Night of the Shooting Stars (La notte di San Lorenzo)<br> 2. Berlin Alexanderplatz<br> 2. Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander)
1. Paolo and Vittorio Taviani – The Night of the Shooting Stars (La notte di San Lorenzo)<br> 2. Philip Kaufman – The Right Stuff<br> 3. Ingmar Bergman – Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander)
1. Gérard Depardieu – Danton and The Return of Martin Guerre (Le retour de Martin Guerre)<br> 2. Robert Duvall – Tender Mercies<br> 3. Günter Lamprecht – Berlin Alexanderplatz
1. Debra Winger – Terms of Endearment<br> 2. Joanna Cassidy – Under Fire<br> 3. Bonnie Bedelia – Heart Like a Wheel (film)<br> 4. Shirley MacLaine – Terms of Endearment
1. Sandra Bernhard – The King of Comedy<br> 2. Cher – Silkwood<br> 3. Linda Hunt – The Year of Living Dangerously
1. Bill Forsyth – Local Hero<br> 2. Clayton Frohman and Ron Shelton – Under Fire<br> 3. James L. Brooks – Terms of Endearment
1. Hiro Narita – Never Cry Wolf<br> 2. Gordon Willis – Zelig<br> 3. John Alcott – Under Fire