The following is an overview of events in 1982 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.

Highest-grossing films[edit]

United States and Canada[edit]

The top ten 1982 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Outside North America[edit]

The highest-grossing 1982 films in countries outside of North America.

Worldwide gross revenue[edit]

The following table lists known worldwide gross revenue figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1982. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1982.

Events[edit]

• June 11
  
  • 
    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is released; it will become the highest-grossing film of all time.
  
  
  • 
    Michelle Pfeiffer appears in her first leading role, in Grease 2, the sequel to the top-grossing film of 1978 (her film debut had come as Tony Danza's character's girlfriend in the 1980 movie The Hollywood Knights).
  
  


• June 22 – The Coca-Cola Company acquires Columbia Pictures for $750 million.


• July 9 — Sci-fi movie Tron is the first feature film to use computer animation extensively.


• July 23 — During production of Twilight Zone: The Movie, 53-year-old American actor Vic Morrow and two child actors are accidentally killed during a scene involving an operated helicopter. The accident leads to reforms in filmmaking safety and child-labor laws.


• October 22 – First Blood is released to widespread commercial and critical success. It will go on to launch the extremely popular Rambo film franchise.


• December 8 – Comedian Eddie Murphy makes his film debut in 48 Hrs. which becomes a hit and starts his film career.


• December 17 – Tootsie is released and becomes the highest-grossing comedy of all-time and Columbia Pictures highest-grossing film with $177 million.


• The THX Sound System is developed for use in movie theaters.

Awards[edit]

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Academy Awards:

Best Picture: Gandhi – Indo-British Films, Columbia

Best Director: Richard Attenborough – Gandhi

Best Actor: Ben Kingsley – Gandhi

Best Actress: Meryl Streep – Sophie's Choice

Best Supporting Actor: Louis Gossett Jr. – An Officer and a Gentleman

Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Lange – Tootsie

Best Foreign Language Film: Volver a empezar (Begin the Beguine), directed by José Luis Garci, Spain

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:

Best Picture: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Best Actor: Ben Kingsley – Gandhi

Best Actress: Meryl Streep – Sophie's Choice

Musical or comedy:

Best Picture: Tootsie

Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman – Tootsie

Best Actress: Julie Andrews – Victor/Victoria

Other

Best Director: Richard Attenborough – Gandhi

Best Foreign Film: Gandhi, India

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Missing, directed by Costa Gavras, United States

Yol (The Way), directed by Yılmaz Güney, Turkey

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

The State of Things (Der Stand der Dinge), directed by Wim Wenders, W. Germany / Portugal / USA

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss (Veronika Voss), directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, W. Germany

Notable films released in 1982[edit]

USA unless stated

#

• 
  48 Hours, directed by Walter Hill, starring Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy
  

A

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  Airplane II: The Sequel, starring Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Chad Everett, Raymond Burr, Sonny Bono, William Shatner
  


• Alice


• 
  Alone in the Dark, starring Jack Palance and Martin Landau
  


• 
  Alsino and the Condor (Alsino y el cóndor) – (Nicaragua/Mexico)


• 
  Amityville II: The Possession, starring James Olson, Burt Young, Rutanya Alda
  


• 
  Android, starring Klaus Kinski
  


• 
  The Angel (L'Ange), directed by Patrick Bokanowski – (France)


• 
  Angel, directed by Neil Jordan, starring Stephen Rea – (Ireland)


• 
  Angoor, starring Sanjeev Kumar – (India)


• 
  Annie, directed by John Huston, starring Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Bernadette Peters, Ann Reinking, Tim Curry
  


• 
  Another Way (Egymásra nézve) – (Hungary)


• 
  Arth (The Meaning), directed by Mahesh Bhatt, starring Shabana Azmi (Silver Lotus Award for best Indian actress) – (India)


• 
  Aphrodite, starring Horst Buchholz, Valérie Kaprisky, Capucine – (France)


• 
  The Atomic Cafe, a documentary film on the era of nuclear warfare


• 
  Author! Author!, directed by Arthur Hiller, starring Al Pacino, Dyan Cannon, Tuesday Weld, Alan King
  

B

• 
  La Balance (The Informer), starring Nathalie Baye and Philippe Léotard – (France)


• 
  Barbarosa, directed by Fred Schepisi, starring Willie Nelson and Gary Busey
  


• 
  Basket Case, directed by Frank Henenlotter
  


• 
  The Beastmaster, starring Marc Singer – (USA/West Germany)


• 
  Le Beau Mariage (A Good Marriage), directed by Éric Rohmer – (France)


• 
  The Beehive (La Colmena) – (Spain) Golden Bear (award) winner 1982


• 
  Best Friends, starring Burt Reynolds, Goldie Hawn, Ron Silver, Jessica Tandy, Barnard Hughes, Keenan Wynn, Audra Lindley
  


• 
  The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, starring Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Jim Nabors, Dom DeLuise, Charles Durning
  


• 
  La bête lumineuse (The Shimmering Beast) – (Canada)


• 
  Blade Runner, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, Joanna Cassidy, Daryl Hannah
  


• 
  Blue Island (Due gocce d'acqua salata) – (Italy)


• 
  Boat People (Tau ban no hoi), directed by Ann Hui – (Hong Kong/China)


• 
  The Border, directed by Tony Richardson, starring Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Warren Oates, Valerie Perrine
  


• 
  Brimstone and Treacle, starring Denholm Elliott, Joan Plowright, Sting – (U.K.)


• 
  Britannia Hospital, directed by Lindsay Anderson, starring Leonard Rossiter – (U.K.)


• Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales


• 
  Burden of Dreams, a documentary film featuring Werner Herzog, Claudia Cardinale, Klaus Kinski
  


• 
  Butterfly, starring Pia Zadora, Stacy Keach, Orson Welles, Lois Nettleton
  

C

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  Cannery Row, directed by David S. Ward, starring Nick Nolte and Debra Winger
  


• 
  Cat People, directed by Paul Schrader, starring Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell, John Heard
  


• 
  Cecilia – (Cuba)


• 
  Chan Is Missing, directed by Wayne Wang
  


• 
  Charodei (Magicians) – (U.S.S.R.)


• 
  Class of 1984, starring Perry King and Timothy Van Patten
  


• 
  Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, directed by Robert Altman, starring Sandy Dennis, Cher, Karen Black
  


• 
  Comeback, starring Eric Burdon, Julie Carmen – (U.S.A./West Germany)


• 
  Conan the Barbarian, directed by John Milius, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Earl Jones
  


• 
  The Concrete Jungle, directed by Tom DeSimone, starring Jill St. John and Tracey E. Bregman
  


• 
  Countryman – (Jamaica)


• 
  Creepshow, directed by George A. Romero, starring Ted Danson, Leslie Nielsen, Hal Holbrook, E. G. Marshall, Adrienne Barbeau, Stephen King
  

D

• 
  The Dark Crystal, directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz – (U.S.A./U.K.)


• 
  Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, directed by Carl Reiner, starring Steve Martin and Rachel Ward
  


• 
  Death Wish II, starring Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Vincent Gardenia
  


• 
  Deathtrap, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, Dyan Cannon
  


• 
  Death Valley, starring Catherine Hicks and Edward Herrmann
  


• 
  Diner, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Steve Guttenberg, Daniel Stern, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Tim Daly, Ellen Barkin, Paul Reiser
  


• 
  A Dog in a Drawer (Kuche v chekmedzhe) – (Bulgaria)


• 
  Dögkeselyű (Egyptian Vulture) – (Hungary)


• 
  The Draughtsman's Contract, directed by Peter Greenaway, starring Anthony Higgins and Janet Suzman – (U.K.)

E

• 
  E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore
  


• 
  Eating Raoul, directed by and starring Paul Bartel
  


• 
  Endangered Species, starring Robert Urich and JoBeth Williams
  


• 
  The Escape Artist, starring Raúl Juliá, Griffin O'Neal, Desi Arnaz
  


• 
  L'Étoile du Nord (The North Star), starring Simone Signoret and Philippe Noiret – (France)


• 
  Evil Under the Sun, starring Peter Ustinov, Diana Rigg, Maggie Smith, James Mason, Jane Birkin, Nicholas Clay, Sylvia Miles, Roddy McDowall – (U.K.)

F

• 
  Fall Guy (Kamata koshin-kyoku) – (Japan)


• 
  Fanny and Alexander, directed by Ingmar Bergman – (Sweden)


• 
  Fast Times at Ridgemont High, directed by Amy Heckerling, starring Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates, Ray Walston
  


• 
  Fast-Walking, starring James Woods
  


• 
  Fighting Back, starring Tom Skerritt
  


• 
  Firefox, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood
  


• 
  First Blood, directed by Ted Kotcheff, starring Sylvester Stallone (as Rambo), Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy
  


• 
  Fitzcarraldo, directed by Werner Herzog, starring Klaus Kinski – (West Germany)


• 
  The Flight of Dragons – (U.S.A./Japan)


• 
  Forced Vengeance, starring Chuck Norris
  


• 
  Frances, starring Jessica Lange, Sam Shepard, Kim Stanley
  


• 
  Friday the 13th Part III, directed by Steve Miner, starring Dana Kimmell and Richard Brooker
  

G

• 
  Gandhi, directed by Richard Attenborough, starring Ben Kingsley – (India/U.K.) – Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA for best film


• 
  Grease 2, starring Maxwell Caulfield and Michelle Pfeiffer
  


• 
  The Grey Fox, starring Richard Farnsworth – (Canada)

H

• 
  Halloween III: Season of the Witch, starring Tom Atkins
  


• 
  Hammett, directed by Wim Wenders, starring Frederic Forrest, Marilu Henner, Peter Boyle
  


• 
  Hanky Panky, directed by Sidney Poitier, starring Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Richard Widmark, Kathleen Quinlan
  


• 
  Harry Tracy, Desperado, starring Bruce Dern and Helen Shaver – (Canada)


• 
  Heart and Guts (Das Tripas Coração) – (Brazil)


• 
  Heatwave, directed by Phillip Noyce, starring Judy Davis – (Australia)


• 
  Heidi's Song, an animated film featuring Lorne Greene and Sammy Davis Jr.
  


• 
  The Herdsman (Mù Mǎ Rén) – (China)


• 
  Hey Good Lookin, an animated film directed by Ralph Bakshi
  


• 
  Himala (Miracle) – (Philippines)


• 
  Honkytonk Man, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood
  


• 
  How the World Is Losing Poets (Jak svět přichází o básníky) – (Czechoslovakia)


• 
  The Hunchback of Notre Dame, starring Anthony Hopkins, Derek Jacobi and Lesley-Anne Down – (U.S.A./U.K.)

I-J

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  I Ought to Be in Pictures, directed by Herbert Ross, starring Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Dinah Manoff
  


• 
  I, the Jury, starring Armand Assante, Barbara Carrera, Laurene Landon, Alan King
  


• 
  Identification of a Woman (Identificazione di una donna), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni – (Italy)


• 
  If You Could See What I Hear, starring Marc Singer, R.H. Thomas, Shari Belafonte, Sarah Torgov, Douglas Campbell


• 
  If You Love This Planet – (Canada)


• 
  I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can, starring Jill Clayburgh
  


• 
  Inchon!, directed by Terence Young, starring Laurence Olivier, Jacqueline Bisset, Ben Gazzara, Toshiro Mifune
  


• 
  Interrogation (Przesłuchanie) – (Poland)


• 
  Jinxed!, starring Bette Midler, Ken Wahl, Rip Torn
  

K

• 
  Kiss Me Goodbye, directed by Robert Mulligan, starring Sally Field, Jeff Bridges, James Caan, Mildred Natwick
  


• 
  Koyaanisqatsi, directed by Godfrey Reggio

L

• 
  La Morte Vivante (released as "The Living Dead Girl"), directed by Jean Rollin – (France)


• 
  The Last Unicorn, an animated film featuring Mia Farrow, Angela Lansbury, Alan Arkin
  


• Legendary Weapons of China


• 
  Legend of a Fighter (Huo Yuan-Jia),starring Bryan Leung – (Hong Kong)


• 
  Let's Spend the Night Together (Rolling Stones' concert film)


• Liquid Sky


• 
  Look Isan – (Thailand)


• 
  Lonely Hearts – (Australia)


• 
  Lookin' to Get Out, directed by Hal Ashby, starring Ann-Margret and Jon Voight
  


• 
  Love Child, starring Amy Madigan and Beau Bridges
  


• 
  Love and Money, starring Ray Sharkey, Ornella Muti, Armand Assante
  

M

• 
  Macbeth – (Hungary)


• 
  Les Maîtres du temps (The Masters of Time) – (France)


• 
  Making Love, directed by Arthur Hiller, starring Harry Hamlin, Michael Ontkean, Kate Jackson
  


• 
  The Man from Snowy River, starring Tom Burlinson and Kirk Douglas – (Australia)


• 
  The Marathon Family (Maratonci trče počasni krug) – (Yugoslavia)


• 
  Megaforce, directed by Hal Needham, starring Barry Bostwick and Persis Khambatta
  


• 
  A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy, directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Mia Farrow, Julie Hagerty, Mary Steenburgen, José Ferrer
  


• 
  Les Misérables, starring Lino Ventura – (France)


• 
  Missing, directed by Costa Gavras, starring Jack Lemmon and Sissy Spacek – Palme d'Or winner


• 
  The Missionary, directed by Richard Loncraine, starring Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Trevor Howard – (U.K.)


• 
  Mitahat La'af (Under the Nose) – (Israel)


• 
  Monkey Grip – (Australia)


• 
  Monsignor, directed by Frank Perry, starring Christopher Reeve, Geneviève Bujold, Fernando Rey, Jason Miller
  


• 
  Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl – (U.K.)


• 
  Moonlighting, directed by Jerzy Skolimowski, starring Jeremy Irons – (U.K.)


• 
  Mother Lode, directed by and starring Charlton Heston
  


• 
  My Favorite Year, directed by Richard Benjamin, starring Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Joseph Bologna, Jessica Harper, Bill Macy, Lainie Kazan
  

N

• 
  Namak Halaal, starring Amitabh Bachchan – (India)


• 
  The Night of the Shooting Stars (La Notte di San Lorenzo), by Paolo Emilio Taviani – (Italy)


• 
  Night Shift, directed by Ron Howard, starring Henry Winkler, Michael Keaton, Shelley Long
  


• 
  Nomad (Lie huo qing chun), starring Leslie Cheung – (Hong Kong)

O

• 
  An Officer and a Gentleman, directed by Taylor Hackford, starring Richard Gere, Debra Winger, Louis Gossett Jr., David Keith, Lisa Blount
  


• 
  On Top (Með allt á hreinu) – (Iceland)


• 
  On Top of the Whale (Het Dak van de Walvis) – (Netherlands)


• 
  One from the Heart, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Teri Garr, Frederic Forrest, Nastassja Kinski, Raúl Juliá
  


• 
  Orkestar bez ime (A Band with No Name) – (Bulgaria)


• 
  Oro, Plata, Mata, directed by Peque Gallaga – (Philippines)

P

• 
  Pagliacci, directed by Franco Zeffirelli, starring Plácido Domingo – (Italy)


• 
  Pandemonium, starring Tom Smothers, Eve Arden, Eileen Brennan, Candice Azzara, Carol Kane
  


• 
  Paradise, starring Phoebe Cates and Willie Aames – (Canada)


• 
  Partners, starring Ryan O'Neal and John Hurt
  


• 
  The Passerby (La passante du Sans-Souci), starring Romy Schneider and Michel Piccoli – (France)


• 
  Personal Best, directed by Robert Towne, starring Mariel Hemingway, Patrice Donnelly, Scott Glenn
  


• 
  Pieces (original title: Mil gritos tiene la noche translation: 'A Thousand Screams in the Night'), directed by Juan Piquer Simon
  


• 
  Pink Floyd – The Wall, directed by Alan Parker, starring Bob Geldof – (U.K.)


• 
  The Pirate Movie, starring Christopher Atkins and Kristy McNichol – (Australia)


• 
  The Plague Dogs, an animated film featuring John Hurt, James Bolam and Nigel Hawthorne – (U.K.)


• The Pokrovsky Gate (Pokrovskiye Vorota) – (U.S.S.R.)


• 
  Poltergeist, directed by Tobe Hooper, starring Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Dominique Dunne, Heather O'Rourke, Zelda Rubinstein, Beatrice Straight
  


• 
  The Pool Hustlers (Io, Chiara e lo Scuro) – (Italy)


• 
  Pra Frente, Brasil (Go Ahead, Brazil) – (Brazil)


• 
  Private Life (Chastnaya zhizn) – (U.S.S.R.)

Q

• 
  Q, starring Michael Moriarty, Richard Roundtree, Candy Clark
  


• 
  The Queen of Spades (Pikovaya dama) – (U.S.S.R.)


• 
  Querelle, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, starring Brad Davis, Franco Nero, Jeanne Moreau – (West Germany/France)


• 
  A Question of Silence (De stilte rond Christine M.) – (Netherlands)

R

• 
  The Return of Martin Guerre (Le Retour de Martin Guerre), starring Gérard Depardieu – (France)


• 
  The Return of the Soldier, starring Alan Bates, Julie Christie, Glenda Jackson – (U.K.)


• Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip


• 
  Rickshaw Boy (Luòtuo Xiángzi), starring Zhang Fengyi – (China)


• 
  Rocky III, directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone, with Mr. T, Talia Shire, Carl Weathers, Burt Young, Burgess Meredith
  

S

• 
  The Scarlet Pimpernel, starring Anthony Andrews, Ian McKellen, Jane Seymour – (U.K.)


• 
  Scusate il ritardo (Sorry for the Delay) – (Italy)


• 
  The Secret of NIMH, an animated film directed by Don Bluth
  


• 
  The Seduction, starring Morgan Fairchild
  


• 
  The Sender, starring Kathryn Harrold, Željko Ivanek, Shirley Knight
  


• 
  The Shadow Riders, starring Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott
  


• 
  Shakti (Power), starring Dilip Kumar – (India)


• 
  The Shaolin Temple (Shàolínsì), starring Jet Li – (Hong Kong)


• 
  She Grazed Horses on Concrete (Pásla kone na betóne) – (Czechoslovakia)


• 
  Shoot the Moon, directed by Alan Parker, starring Albert Finney, Diane Keaton, Peter Weller
  


• 
  Six Pack, starring Kenny Rogers and Diane Lane
  


• 
  Six Weeks, directed by Tony Bill, starring Mary Tyler Moore and Dudley Moore
  


• 
  Sophie's Choice, directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol
  


• 
  Soup for One, starring Saul Rubinek
  


• 
  Split Image, directed by Ted Kotcheff, starring Michael O'Keefe, Karen Allen, James Woods, Brian Dennehy, Peter Fonda
  


• 
  Sportloto-82 – (U.S.S.R.)


• 
  Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, directed by Nicholas Meyer, starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Ricardo Montalbán
  


• 
  Starstruck, directed by Gillian Armstrong – (Australia)


• 
  The State of Things (Der Stand der Dinge), directed by Wim Wenders – (West Germany/U.S.A./Portugal) – Golden Lion winner


• 
  Station for Two (Vokzal dlya dvoikh) – (U.S.S.R.)


• 
  Summer Lovers, directed by Randal Kleiser, starring Peter Gallagher, Daryl Hannah, Valérie Quennessen
  


• 
  Swamp Thing, directed by Wes Craven, starring Louis Jourdan and Adrienne Barbeau
  


• 
  The Sword and the Sorcerer, starring Lee Horsley
  


• 
  Sword Stained with Royal Blood, directed by Chang Cheh – (Hong Kong)

T

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  Tempest, directed by Paul Mazursky, starring John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Molly Ringwald, Susan Sarandon
  


• 
  Tenebrae, directed by Dario Argento, starring Anthony Franciosa – (Italy)


• 
  Tenkōsei (Exchange Students) – (Japan)


• 
  Tex, starring Matt Dillon
  


• 
  That Championship Season, starring Robert Mitchum, Bruce Dern, Stacy Keach, Paul Sorvino, Martin Sheen
  


• 
  That Night in Varennes (Il mondo nuovo), starring Jean-Louis Barrault, Marcello Mastroianni, Hanna Schygulla and Harvey Keitel – (Italy/France)


• 
  The Thing, directed by John Carpenter, starring Kurt Russell, Keith David, David Clennon, Donald Moffat, Richard Dysart, Wilford Brimley
  


• 
  Things Are Tough All Over, starring Cheech & Chong
  


• 
  Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann, starring Fred Ward, Belinda Bauer, Peter Coyote
  


• 
  Time Stands Still (Megáll az idő) – (Hungary)


• 
  Tootsie, directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning, Bill Murray, Teri Garr
  


• 
  Trail of the Pink Panther, starring Peter Sellers – (U.K.)


• 
  La Traviata, directed by Franco Zeffirelli, starring Plácido Domingo – (Italy)


• Trick or Treats


• 
  Tron, directed by Steven Lisberger, starring Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner, Cindy Morgan
  


• 
  The Trout (La Truite), directed by Joseph Losey, starring Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Jeanne Moreau – (France)


• 
  Turkey Shoot, starring Steve Railsback and Olivia Hussey – (Australia)

U-V

• 
  The Verdict, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, James Mason, Jack Warden, Milo O'Shea
  


• 
  Veronika Voss, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, starring Rosel Zech – (West Germany) – Golden Bear award winner


• 
  Vice Squad, starring Season Hubley and Wings Hauser
  


• 
  Victor/Victoria, directed by Blake Edwards, starring Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston, Lesley Ann Warren, Alex Karras – (U.S.A./U.K.)


• 
  Vidhaata, starring Dilip Kumar – (India)


• 
  Visiting Hours, starring Lee Grant and William Shatner – (Canada)


• 
  Volver a empezar (aka Begin the Beguine) – (Spain) – Academy Award for Foreign language film

W

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  War and Peace (Krieg und Frieden), starring Jürgen Prochnow – (West Germany)


• 
  We of the Never Never, starring Angela Punch McGregor – (Australia)


• 
  Die Weiße Rose (The White Rose) – (West Germany)


• 
  White Dog, directed by Samuel Fuller, starring Kristy McNichol, Paul Winfield, Jameson Parker, Burl Ives
  


• 
  The Wind (Finye), directed by Souleymane Cissé – (Mali)


• 
  The Wizard of Oz (Ozu no Mahōtsukai) – (U.S.A./Japan)


• 
  Woman of Fire '82 (Hwanyeo '82) – (South Korea)


• 
  The World According to Garp, directed by George Roy Hill, starring Robin Williams, Glenn Close, John Lithgow, Mary Beth Hurt
  


• 
  The Worthless (Arvottomat), directed by Mika Kaurismäki – (Finland)


• 
  Wrong Is Right, directed by Richard Brooks, starring Sean Connery, Katharine Ross, George Grizzard
  

Y

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  The Year of Living Dangerously, directed by Peter Weir, starring Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt – (Australia)


• 
  Yes, Giorgio, directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, starring Luciano Pavarotti and Kathryn Harrold
  


• 
  Yol (The Road), directed by Yılmaz Güney – (Turkey) – Palme d'Or winner


• 
  Young Doctors in Love, directed by Garry Marshall, starring Michael McKean and Sean Young
  

Z

• 
  Zapped!, starring Scott Baio, Willie Aames, Heather Thomas
  

1982 Wide-release movies[edit]

January–March[edit]

• January 1982
  
  • January 1
    
    • Madman
  
  
  • January 22
    
    • The Seduction
    
    
    • Shoot the Moon
    
    
    • Vice Squad
    
    
  
  
  • January 29
    
    • 
      The Border (limited)
  
  


• February 1982
  
  • February 5
    
    • Butterfly
    
    
    • Night Crossing
    
    
    • Personal Best
    
    
  
  
  • February 12
    
    • The Beast Within
    
    
    • The Border
    
    
    • Cannery Row
    
    
    • Love and Money
    
    
    • 
      Making Love (limited)
    
    
    • Missing
    
    
    • On Golden Pond
    
    
    • One from the Heart
    
    
    • Quest for Fire
    
    
  
  
  • February 19
    
    • Barbarosa
    
    
    • Swamp Thing
    
    
  
  
  • February 20
    
    • Death Wish II
  
  
  • February 26
    
    • Evilspeak
  
  


• March 1982
  
  • March 1
    
    • The Comeback Trail
  
  
  • March 5
    
    • Diner
    
    
    • I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
    
    
    • Making Love
    
    
  
  
  • March 12
    
    • Parasite
  
  
  • March 19
    
    • Deathtrap
    
    
    • Victor/Victoria
    
    
  
  
  • March 24
    
    • Eating Raoul
  
  
  • March 26
    
    • I Ought to Be in Pictures
    
    
    • 
      Robin Hood (re-release)
    
    
  
  

April–June[edit]

• April 1982
  
  • April 2
    
    • A Little Sex
    
    
    • Cat People
    
    
    • Penitentiary II
    
    
    • Silent Rage
    
    
    • Some Kind of Hero
    
    
  
  
  • April 7
    
    • Basket Case
  
  
  • April 16
    
    • Wrong Is Right
  
  
  • April 20
    
    • Tag: The Assassination Game
  
  
  • April 30
    
    • Partners
    
    
    • Soup for One
    
    
  
  


• May 1982
  
  • May 7
    
    • Death Valley
    
    
    • Forbidden World
    
    
  
  
  • May 14
    
    • Conan the Barbarian
    
    
    • The House Where Evil Dwells
    
    
  
  
  • May 21
    
    • Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
    
    
    • Fighting Back
    
    
  
  
  • May 28
    
    • The Escape Artist
    
    
    • Rocky III
    
    
  
  


• June 1982
  
  • June 4
    
    • 
      Bambi (re-release)
    
    
    • Chan Is Missing
    
    
    • Hanky Panky
    
    
    • Poltergeist
    
    
    • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
    
    
  
  
  • June 11
    
    • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
    
    
    • Grease 2
    
    
  
  
  • June 18
    
    • Annie
    
    
    • Author! Author!
    
    
    • Firefox
    
    
  
  
  • June 20
    
    • Girls Nite Out
  
  
  • June 25
    
    • Blade Runner
    
    
    • Megaforce
    
    
    • The Thing
    
    
  
  

July–September[edit]

• July 1982
  
  • July 2
    
    • 
      The Secret of NIMH (limited)
  
  
  • July 9
    
    • Tron
  
  
  • July 16
    
    • A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
    
    
    • Six Pack
    
    
    • 
      Raiders of the Lost Ark (re-release)
    
    
    • The Secret of NIMH
    
    
    • Summer Lovers
    
    
    • Young Doctors in Love
    
    
  
  
  • July 23
    
    • The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
    
    
    • The Challenge
    
    
    • The World According to Garp
    
    
    • Zapped!
    
    
  
  
  • July 30
    
    • Forced Vengeance
    
    
    • The Last American Virgin
    
    
    • Night Shift
    
    
    • Tex
    
    
  
  


• August 1982
  
  • August 4
    
    • Things Are Tough All Over
  
  
  • August 13
    
    • Fast Times at Ridgemont High
    
    
    • Friday the 13th Part III
    
    
    • An Officer and a Gentleman
    
    
    • Tempest
    
    
  
  
  • August 20
    
    • The Beastmaster
  
  
  • August 28
    
    • The Junkman
  
  


• September 1982
  
  • September 3
    
    • The Concrete Jungle
  
  
  • September 10
    
    • Endangered Species
  
  
  • September 17
    
    • Hammett
    
    
    • Pink Floyd – The Wall
    
    
  
  
  • September 24
    
    • Amityville II: The Possession
    
    
    • Yes, Giorgio
    
    
  
  

October–December[edit]

• October 1982
  
  • October 1
    
    • Hey Good Lookin'
    
    
    • My Favorite Year
    
    
  
  
  • October 3
    
    • Split Image
  
  
  • October 6
    
    • The Wizard of Oz
  
  
  • October 15
    
    • Love Child
  
  
  • October 22
    
    • First Blood
    
    
    • Halloween III: Season of the Witch
    
    
    • Monsignor
    
    
  
  
  • October 29
    
    • Class Reunion
    
    
    • Q
    
    
  
  


• November 1982
  
  • November 5
    
    • The Man from Snowy River
    
    
    • Piranha II: The Spawning
    
    
  
  
  • November 12
    
    • Alone in the Dark
    
    
    • Creepshow
    
    
    • Jimmy the Kid
    
    
    • The Slumber Party Massacre
    
    
    • They Call Me Bruce?
    
    
    • White Dog
    
    
  
  
  • November 19
    
    • Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
    
    
    • Heidi's Song
    
    
    • The Last Unicorn
    
    
    • Still of the Night
    
    
  
  


• December 1982
  
  • December 8
    
    • 48 Hrs.
    
    
    • Sophie's Choice
    
    
    • The Verdict
    
    
  
  
  • December 10
    
    • Airplane II: The Sequel
    
    
    • Mighty Mouse in the Great Space Chase
    
    
    • The Toy
    
    
  
  
  • December 11
    
    • Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
  
  
  • December 15
    
    • Honkytonk Man
  
  
  • December 17
    
    • Best Friends
    
    
    • The Dark Crystal
    
    
    • 
      Peter Pan (re-release)
    
    
    • Six Weeks
    
    
    • Tootsie
    
    
    • Trail of the Pink Panther
    
    
  
  
  • December 22
    
    • Kiss Me Goodbye
  
  

Births[edit]

• January 6
  
  • 
    Misha Omar, Malaysian actress and singer
  
  
  • 
    Eddie Redmayne, English actor
  
  


• January 8 – Gaby Hoffmann, American actress


• January 19 – Jodie Sweetin, American actress


• January 28 – Mirtel Pohla, Estonian actress


• February 6 – Alice Eve, English actress


• February 8 – Danny Tamberelli, American actor


• February 11 – Natalie Dormer, English actress


• March 3 – Jessica Biel, American actress


• March 7 – Nora Danish, Malaysian actress


• March 11 – Thora Birch, American actress


• March 16 – Dian Sastrowardoyo, Indonesian actress


• March 22 – Constance Wu, American actress


• March 24 – Vino Bastian, Indonesian actor


• March 25 – Jenny Slate, American actress-comedian


• April 3 – Cobie Smulders, Canadian actress


• April 4 – Justin Cook, American voice actor


• April 5 – Hayley Atwell, English-American actress


• April 9 – Jay Baruchel, Canadian actor-comedian


• April 10 – Chyler Leigh, American actress


• April 11 – Remy Ishak, Malaysian actor


• April 15 – Seth Rogen, Canadian actor-comedian


• April 30 – Kirsten Dunst, American actress


• May 3 – Rebecca Hall, English-American actress


• May 11 – Jonathan Jackson, American actor


• June 17 – Ursula Ratasepp, Estonian actress


• June 29
  
  • 
    Matthew Mercer, American voice actor
  
  
  • 
    Ott Sepp, Estonian actor
  
  


• June 30 – Lizzy Caplan, American actress


• July 1 – Hilarie Burton, American actress


• July 8
  
  • 
    Sophia Bush, American actress
  
  
  • 
    Schuyler Fisk, American singer-songwriter and actress
  
  


• July 9 – Toby Kebbell, English actor


• July 18 – Priyanka Chopra, Indian actress


• July 19 – Jared Padalecki, American actor


• July 24
  
  • 
    Elisabeth Moss, American actress
  
  
  • 
    Anna Paquin, New Zealand actress
  
  


• July 25 – Brad Renfro, American actor (d. 2008)


• August 6 – Romola Garai, English actress


• August 7 – Abbie Cornish, Australian actress


• August 10 – Devon Aoki, American actress and model


• August 13 – Sebastian Stan, Romanian-American actor


• August 16
  
  • 
    Cam Gigandet, American actor
  
  
  • 
    Todd Haberkorn, American voice actor
  
  


• August 19 – Erika Christensen, American actress


• August 20 – Jamil Walker Smith, American actor


• August 25 – Benjamin Diskin, American voice actor


• September 4 – Shaheizy Sam, Malaysian actor


• September 10 – Bret Iwan, American voice actor


• September 13 – J. G. Quintel, American animator, television writer, and voice actor


• September 19 – Columbus Short, American actor and dancer


• September 22 – Billie Piper, English singer and actress


• September 27 – Anna Camp, American actress and singer


• September 28 – Ranbir Kapoor, Indian actor


• September 30
  
  • 
    Lacey Chabert, American actress
  
  
  • 
    Kieran Culkin, American actor
  
  


• October 3 – Clémence Poésy, French actress and model


• October 15 – Lane Toran, American actor


• October 23 – Bradley Pierce, American actor


• October 27 – Patrick Fugit, American actor


• October 31 – Justin Chatwin, Canadian actor


• November 10 – Heather Matarazzo, American actress


• November 12 – Anne Hathaway, American actress


• November 29 – Lucas Black, American actor


• November 30 – Elisha Cuthbert, Canadian actress


• December 29 – Alison Brie, American actress


• December 30 – Kristin Kreuk, Canadian actress

Notable deaths[edit]

Film debuts[edit]

• 
  Kirstie Alley – Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
  


• 
  Antonio Banderas – Labyrinth of Passion
  


• 
  Christine Baranski – Soup for One
  


• 
  Ellen Barkin – Diner
  


• 
  Nicolas Cage – Fast Times at Ridgemont High
  


• 
  Glenn Close – The World According to Garp
  


• 
  Geena Davis – Tootsie
  


• 
  Shannen Doherty – Night Shift
  


• 
  Christine Ebersole – Tootsie
  


• 
  Erika Eleniak – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  


• 
  Miguel Ferrer – Truckin' Buddy McCoy
  


• 
  Hugh Grant – Privileged
  


• 
  Anthony Michael Hall – Six Pack
  


• 
  Linda Hamilton – Tag: The Assassination Game
  


• 
  C. Thomas Howell – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  


• 
  Hulk Hogan – Rocky III
  


• 
  Jet Li – Shaolin Temple
  


• 
  Angelina Jolie – Lookin' to Get Out
  


• 
  Kevin Kline – Sophie's Choice
  


• 
  Amy Madigan – Love Child
  


• 
  Michael Madsen – Against All Hope
  


• 
  Rebecca De Mornay – One from the Heart
  


• 
  Eddie Murphy – 48 Hrs.
  


• 
  Gary Oldman – Remembrance
  


• 
  Molly Ringwald – Tempest
  


• 
  Meredith Salenger – Annie
  


• 
  Eric Stoltz – Fast Times at Ridgemont High
  


• 
  Imogen Stubbs – Privileged
  


• 
  Mr. T – Rocky III
  


• 
  Forest Whitaker – Tag: The Assassination Game
  


• 
  James Wilby – Privileged
  


• 
  Mark Williams – Privileged
  


• 
  Daphne Zuniga – The Dorm That Dripped Blood
  

See also[edit]

• List of American films of 1982


• List of British films of 1982


• List of French films of 1982


• List of German films of the 1980s


• List of Bollywood films of 1982


• List of Italian films of 1982


• List of Japanese films of 1982


• List of Swedish films of the 1980s

Notes[edit]

References[edit]