Movies: Popular Movies of 1982

Movies in chronological context: 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1982nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 982nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 82nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1980s decade. ()

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Blade Runner(1982)

| 1h 57min | Science Fiction, Drama, Thriller

4.0/5 (with 6,459 votes)

In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.

Directed by Ridley Scott - With Harrison Ford, Edward James Olmos, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Daryl Hannah, Brion James, ...

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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial(1982)

| 1h 55min | Science Fiction, Adventure, Kids & Family, Fantasy

3.8/5 (with 5,275 votes)

An alien is left behind on Earth and saved by the 10-year-old Elliot who decides to keep him hidden in his home. While a task force hunts for the extra-terrestrial, Elliot, his brother, and his little sister Gertie form an emotional bond with their new friend, and try to help him find his way home.

Directed by Steven Spielberg - With Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote, Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Erika Eleniak, C. Thomas Howell, ...

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The Thing(1982)

| 1h 49min | Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction

4.0/5 (with 2,949 votes)

A team of American scientists investigate the empty, destroyed base of their Norwegian counterparts in Antarctica, only to discover a terrifying life force that can take the form of its prey.

Directed by John Carpenter - With Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David, Donald Moffat, Charles Hallahan, T. K. Carter, ...

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First Blood(1982)

| 1h 33min | Action, Adventure, Thriller, War

3.7/5 (with 2,872 votes)

When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.

Directed by Ted Kotcheff - With Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy, Bill McKinney, David Caruso, Jack Starrett, ...

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Rocky III(1982)

| 1h 39min | Drama

3.5/5 (with 1,830 votes)

Now the world champion, Rocky Balboa is living in luxury and only fighting opponents who pose no threat to him in the ring, until Clubber Lang challenges him to a bout. After taking a pounding from Lang, the humbled champ turns to former bitter rival Apollo Creed for a rematch with Lang.

Directed by Sylvester Stallone - With Mr. T, Carl Weathers, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Burgess Meredith, Tony Burton, ...

Poltergeist(1982)

| 1h 54min | Horror

3.6/5 (with 1,295 votes)

Steve Freeling lives with his wife, Diane, and their three children, Dana, Robbie, and Carol Anne, in Southern California where he sells houses for the company that built the neighborhood. It starts with just a few odd occurrences, such as broken dishes and furniture moving around by itself. However, when he realizes that something truly evil haunts his home, Steve calls in a team of parapsychologists led by Dr. Lesh to help before it's too late.

Directed by Tobe Hooper - With Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Beatrice Straight, Dominique Dunne, Heather O'Rourke, Richard Lawson, ...

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Conan the Barbarian(1982)

| 2h 9min | Adventure, Fantasy, Action

3.4/5 (with 1,045 votes)

A film adaptation of the classic sword and sorcery hero, Conan the Barbarian. A horde of rampaging warriors massacre the parents of young Conan and enslave the young child for years on The Wheel of Pain. As the sole survivor of the childhood massacre, Conan is released from slavery and taught the ancient arts of fighting. Transforming himself into a killing machine, Conan travels into the wilderness to seek vengeance on Thulsa Doom, the man responsible for killing his family. In the wilderness, Conan takes up with the thieves Valeria and Subotai. The group comes upon King Osric, who wants the trio of warriors to help rescue his daughter who has joined Doom in the hills.

Directed by John Milius - With Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Max von Sydow, Sandahl Bergman, Mako, Jack Taylor, ...

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Tron(1982)

| 1h 36min | Science Fiction, Action, Adventure

3.3/5 (with 1,005 votes)

When brilliant video game maker Flynn hacks the mainframe of his ex-employer, he is beamed inside an astonishing digital world...and becomes part of the very game he is designing. In his mission through cyberspace, Flynn matches wits with a maniacal Master Control Program and teams up with Tron, a security measure created to bring balance to the digital environment.

Directed by Steven Lisberger - With Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner, Cindy Morgan, Barnard Hughes, Peter Jurasik, ...

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Gandhi(1982)

| 3h 11min | Drama, History

3.8/5 (with 1,000 votes)

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.

Directed by Richard Attenborough - With Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, John Mills, ...

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The King of Comedy(1982)

| 1h 49min | Drama, Comedy

3.9/5 (with 945 votes)

Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.

Directed by Martin Scorsese - With Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Sandra Bernhard, Diahnne Abbott, Shelley Hack, Martin Scorsese, ...

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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan(1982)

| 1h 53min | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller

3.7/5 (with 818 votes)

It is the 23rd century. The Federation Starship U.S.S. Enterprise is on routine training maneuvers and Admiral James T. Kirk seems resigned to the fact that this inspection may well be the last space mission of his career. But Khan is back. Aided by his exiled band of genetic supermen, Khan - brilliant renegade of 20th century Earth - has raided Space Station Regula One, stolen a top secret device called Project Genesis, wrested control of another Federation Starship and sets out in pursuit of the Enterprise, determined to let nothing stand in the way of his mission: kill Admiral Kirk... even if it means universal Armageddon.

Directed by Nicholas Meyer - With Ricardo Montalbán, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, ...

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Tootsie(1982)

| 1h 56min | Comedy, Romance / Love

3.6/5 (with 748 votes)

When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego - Dorothy Michaels - in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.

Directed by Sydney Pollack - With Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Charles Durning, Bill Murray, Dabney Coleman, ...

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Pink Floyd: The Wall(1982)

| 1h 35min | Music, Drama

4.0/5 (with 633 votes)

A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.

Directed by Alan Parker - With Bob Geldof, Christine Hargreaves, Eleanor David, Alex McAvoy, Bob Hoskins, Michael Ensign, ...

Friday the 13th Part III(1982)

| 1h 35min | Horror

3.0/5 (with 630 votes)

An idyllic summer turns into a nightmare of unspeakable terror for yet another group of naive counselors. Ignoring Camp Crystal Lake's bloody legacy, one by one they fall victim to the maniacal Jason, who stalks them at every turn...

Directed by Steve Miner - With Dana Kimmell, Paul Kratka, Tracie Savage, Jeffrey Rogers, Catherine Parks, Richard Brooker, ...

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48 Hrs.(1982)

| 1h 36min | Thriller, Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama

3.3/5 (with 621 votes)

A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.

Directed by Walter Hill - With Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, Annette O'Toole, Frank McRae, James Remar, David Patrick Kelly, ...

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Halloween III: Season of the Witch(1982)

| 1h 38min | Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction

2.6/5 (with 574 votes)

Dr. Daniel Challis and Ellie Grimbridge stumble onto a gruesome murder scheme when Ellie's novelty-salesman father, Harry, is killed while in possession of a halloween mask made by the Silver Shamrock mask company. The company's owner, Conal Cochran, wants to return Halloween to its darker roots using his masks -- and his unspeakable scheme would unleash death and destruction across the country.

Directed by Tommy Lee Wallace - With Tom Atkins, Stacey Nelkin, Dan O'Herlihy, Michael Currie, Ralph Strait, Nancy Kyes, ...

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Fast Times at Ridgemont High(1982)

| 1h 30min | Comedy

3.4/5 (with 514 votes)

Based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe, Fast Times follows a group of high school students growing up in Southern California. Stacy Hamilton and Mark Ratner are looking for a love interest, and are helped along by their older classmates, Linda Barrett and Mike Damone, respectively. At the center of the film is Jeff Spicoli, a perpetually stoned surfer who faces-off with the resolute Mr. Hand—a man convinced that everyone is on dope.

Directed by Amy Heckerling - With Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates-Kline, Brian Backer, Robert Romanus, ...

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An Officer and a Gentleman(1982)

| 2h 4min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.5/5 (with 474 votes)

Zack Mayo is an aloof, taciturn man who aspires to be a navy pilot. Once he arrives at training camp for his 13-week officer's course, Mayo runs afoul of abrasive, no-nonsense drill Sergeant Emil Foley. Mayo is an excellent cadet, but a little cold around the heart, so Foley rides him mercilessly, sensing that the young man would be prime officer material if he weren't so self-involved. Zack's affair with a working girl is likewise compromised by his unwillingness to give of himself.

Directed by Taylor Hackford - With Richard Gere, Debra Winger, Louis Gossett Jr., David Keith, Lisa Blount, Robert Loggia, ...

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The Dark Crystal(1982)

| 1h 33min | Adventure, Kids & Family, Fantasy, Animation

3.6/5 (with 466 votes)

On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal and restore order to his world, before the grotesque race of Skeksis find and use the crystal for evil.

Directed by Jim Henson, Frank Oz - With Lisa Maxwell, Billie Whitelaw, Steve Whitmire, Barry Dennen, Michael Kilgarriff

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Airplane II: The Sequel(1982)

| 1h 25min | Comedy

3.0/5 (with 455 votes)

A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the sun, and man-with-a-past, Ted Striker must save the day and get the shuttle back on track – again – all the while trying to patch up his relationship with Elaine.

Directed by Ken Finkleman - With Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges, Chad Everett, Peter Graves, Rip Torn, ...

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Creepshow(1982)

| 2h | Horror, Comedy

3.5/5 (with 418 votes)

Inspired by the E.C. comics of the 1950s, George A. Romero and Stephen King bring five tales of terror to the screen.

Directed by George A. Romero - With Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau, Fritz Weaver, Leslie Nielsen, Carrie Nye, E. G. Marshall, ...

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Santa Claus Is a Stinker(1982)

1h 28min | Comedy

3.7/5 (with 417 votes)

Félix, disguised as Father Christmas, hands out leaflets advertising a sexy Christmas party. His place is taken by an African Santa Claus and he returns to his caravan only to find his girlfriend Josette about to leave him. When he comes after her, she takes refuge at "SOS Distress", run by two neurotics, Thérèse and Pierre.

Directed by Jean-Marie Poiré - With Thierry Lhermitte, Gérard Jugnot, Christian Clavier, Anémone, Josiane Balasko, Marie-Anne Chazel, ...

Vincent(1982)

| 6min | Animation, Fantasy

4.0/5 (with 378 votes)

Young Vincent Malloy dreams of being just like Vincent Price and loses himself in macabre daydreams that annoy his mother.

Directed by Tim Burton - With Vincent Price

Sophie's Choice(1982)

| 2h 31min | Drama, Romance / Love, War

3.7/5 (with 377 votes)

Stingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes friendly with Sophie and her lover Nathan, he learns that she is a Holocaust survivor. Flashbacks reveal her harrowing story, from pre-war prosperity to Auschwitz. In the present, Sophie and Nathan's relationship increasingly unravels as Stingo grows closer to Sophie and Nathan's fragile mental state becomes ever more apparent.

Directed by Alan J. Pakula - With Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol, Rita Karin, Josh Mostel, Robin Bartlett, ...

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The Secret of NIMH(1982)

| 1h 22min | Kids & Family, Animation, Fantasy, Adventure

3.7/5 (with 351 votes)

A widowed field mouse must move her family -- including an ailing son -- to escape a farmer's plow. Aided by a crow and a pack of superintelligent, escaped lab rats, the brave mother struggles to transplant her home to firmer ground.

Directed by Don Bluth

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Fitzcarraldo(1982)

| 2h 37min | Drama, Adventure

3.8/5 (with 335 votes)

Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, in order to finance his project, he embarks on an epic adventure to collect rubber, a very profitable product, in a remote and unexplored region of the rainforest.

Directed by Werner Herzog - With Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, José Lewgoy, Grande Otelo, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Peter Berling, ...

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Fanny and Alexander(1982)

| 3h 8min | Fantasy, Drama, Mystery

3.9/5 (with 327 votes)

As children in the loving Ekdahl family, Fanny and Alexander enjoy a happy life with their parents, who run a theater company. After their father dies unexpectedly, however, the siblings end up in a joyless home when their mother, Emilie, marries a stern bishop. The bleak situation gradually grows worse as the bishop becomes more controlling, but dedicated relatives make a valiant attempt to aid Emilie, Fanny and Alexander.

Directed by Ingmar Bergman - With Börje Ahlstedt, Anna Bergman, Gunn Wållgren, Kristina Adolphson, Erland Josephson, Mats Bergman, ...

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Annie(1982)

| 2h 7min | Comedy, Drama, Kids & Family

3.2/5 (with 322 votes)

An orphan in a facility run by the mean Miss Hannigan, Annie believes that her parents left her there by mistake. When a rich man named Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks decides to let an orphan live at his home to promote his image, Annie is selected. While Annie gets accustomed to living in Warbucks' mansion, she still longs to meet her parents. So Warbucks announces a search for them and a reward, which brings out many frauds.

Directed by John Huston - With Albert Finney, Tim Curry, Bernadette Peters, Geoffrey Holder, Edward Herrmann, Shawnee Smith, ...

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Grease 2(1982)

| 1h 55min | Comedy, Music, Romance / Love

2.6/5 (with 316 votes)

It's 1961, two years after the original Grease gang graduated, and there's a new crop of seniors and new members of the coolest cliques on campus, the Pink Ladies and T-Birds. Michael Carrington is the new kid in school - but he's been branded a brainiac. Can he fix up an old motorcycle, don a leather jacket, avoid a rumble with the leader of the T-Birds, and win the heart of Pink Lady Stephanie?

Directed by Patricia Birch - With Maxwell Caulfield, Michelle Pfeiffer, Adrian Zmed, Lorna Luft, Maureen Teefy, Pamela Adlon, ...

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The Party 2(1982)

1h 49min | Comedy, Romance / Love, Drama

3.2/5 (with 278 votes)

A young French teenage girl after moving to a new city falls in love with a boy and is thinking of having sex with him because her girlfriends have already done it.

Directed by Claude Pinoteau - With Claude Brasseur, Brigitte Fossey, Sophie Marceau, Lambert Wilson, Pierre Cosso, Denise Grey, ...

Movies: Popular Movies of 1982

Blade Runner(1982)

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial(1982)

The Thing(1982)

First Blood(1982)

Rocky III(1982)

Poltergeist(1982)

Conan the Barbarian(1982)

Tron(1982)

Gandhi(1982)

The King of Comedy(1982)

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan(1982)

Tootsie(1982)

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Pink Floyd: The Wall(1982)

Friday the 13th Part III(1982)

48 Hrs.(1982)

Halloween III: Season of the Witch(1982)

Fast Times at Ridgemont High(1982)

An Officer and a Gentleman(1982)

The Dark Crystal(1982)

Airplane II: The Sequel(1982)

Creepshow(1982)

Santa Claus Is a Stinker(1982)

Vincent(1982)

Sophie's Choice(1982)

The Secret of NIMH(1982)

Fitzcarraldo(1982)

Fanny and Alexander(1982)

Annie(1982)

Grease 2(1982)

The Party 2(1982)

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