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{{Short description|1983 drama film directed by James L. Brooks}}
{{About|the film}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Terms of Endearment
| image          = Terms of Endearment, 1983 film.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[James L. Brooks]]
| producer       = James L. Brooks
| screenplay     = James L. Brooks
| based_on       = {{Based on|''[[Terms of Endearment (novel)|Terms of Endearment]]''|[[Larry McMurtry]]}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Debra Winger]]
* [[Shirley MacLaine]]
* [[Jack Nicholson]]
* [[Danny DeVito]]
* [[John Lithgow]]
}}
| music          = [[Michael Gore]]
| cinematography = [[Andrzej Bartkowiak]]
| editing        = [[Richard Marks]]
| distributor    = [[Paramount Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|1983|11|23|US: limited|1983|12|09|US: wide}}
| runtime        = 132 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 131:43--><ref>{{cite web | url=http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/terms-endearment-1970-1 | title=''Terms of Endearment'' (15) | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=December 6, 1983 | access-date=January 27, 2016 | archive-date=February 2, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202124115/http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/terms-endearment-1970-1 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $8 million
| gross          = $165 million<ref name=ww>{{Cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=Top 50 worldwide grossers|date=July 15, 2002|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|page=52, Paramount at 90 supplement}}</ref>
}}
'''''Terms of Endearment''''' is a 1983 American [[Children's film|family]] [[tragicomedy]]<ref>Multiple sources:
* {{cite web |last=Harmets |first=Aljean |date=April 10, 1984 |title=TERMS WINS BEST PICTURE OSCAR; DUVALL AND MISS MACLAINE HONORED |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/10/movies/terms-wins-best-picture-oscar-duvall-and-miss-maclaine-honored.html#:~:text=As%20most%20of%20the%20movie,the%20major%20Academy%20Awards%20tonight. |access-date=June 4, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}
* {{cite web |last=|first= |date=December 15, 1983 |title=Terms of Endearment, a tragicomedy about a mother-daughter relationship,...
 |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/12/16/Terms-of-Endearment-a-tragicomedy-about-a-mother-daughter-relationship/2460440398800/ |access-date=June 4, 2024 |work=[[United Press International]]}}
* {{cite web |title=Terms of Endearment|url=https://www.criterionchannel.com/terms-of-endearment |access-date=June 4, 2024 |work=[[The Criterion Collection]]}}
* {{cite web |last=Koresky |first=Michael |date=May 4, 2021 |title=Emma, Aurora, My Mother, and Me |url=https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/05/films-endearment-terms-excerpt-family-dementia-mothers.html|access-date=June 4, 2024 |work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]}}
* {{cite web |last=Thompson |first=Anne |date=December 15, 2010 |title=How Do You Know Early Reviews: "Disappointment," "Separation From Real Life," "Purged of Charisma" |url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/general/how-do-you-know-early-reviews-disappointment-separation-from-real-life-purged-of-charisma-237951/|access-date=June 4, 2024 |work=[[Indiewire]]}}
</ref> film directed, written, and produced by [[James L. Brooks]], adapted from [[Larry McMurtry]]'s [[Terms of Endearment (novel)|1975 novel]]. It stars [[Debra Winger]], [[Shirley MacLaine]], [[Jack Nicholson]], [[Danny DeVito]], [[Jeff Daniels]], and [[John Lithgow]]. The film covers 30 years of the relationship between Aurora Greenway (MacLaine) and her daughter Emma Greenway-Horton (Winger).

''Terms of Endearment'' was theatrically released in limited theatres on November 23, 1983, and to a wider release on December 9 by [[Paramount Pictures]]. The film received critical acclaim and was a major commercial success, grossing $165 million at the box office, becoming the [[1983 in film|second-highest-grossing film of 1983]] (after ''[[Return of the Jedi]]''). At the [[56th Academy Awards]], the film received a leading 11 nominations, and won a leading five awards: [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]], [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] (MacLaine), [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]], and [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] (Nicholson). A sequel, ''[[The Evening Star]]'', was released in 1996.