1982 in Film - Notable Films Released in 1982

Notable Films Released in 1982

U.S.A. unless stated

#

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

A

  • Airplane II: The Sequel, starring Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Chad Everett, Raymond Burr, Sonny Bono, William Shatner
  • 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
  • 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, Valerie 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
  • The Beastmaster, starring Marc Singer - (U.S.A./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, 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

  • 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, 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
  • 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 Raul Julia, 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, 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
  • 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)
  • Forbidden Zone, directed by Richard Elfman
  • Forced Vengeance, starring Chuck Norris
  • Frances, starring Jessica Lange, Sam Shepard, Kim Stanley
  • Friday the 13th Part III

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 Philip 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

  • 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, and 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

  • Legendary Weapons of China
  • The Last Unicorn, an animated film featuring Mia Farrow, Angela Lansbury, Alan Arkin
  • 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, staring Ann-Margret and Jon Voight
  • Love Child, starring Amy Madigan and Beau Bridges
  • Love and Money, starring Ray Sharkey, Ornella Muti, Armand Assante

M

  • 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

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 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
  • 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 films featuring John Hurt, James Bolam and Nigel Hawthorne - (U.K.)
  • Pokrovsky Gates (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)
  • Porky's, directed by Bob Clark, starring Dan Monahan, Wyatt Knight, Kim Cattrall, Boyd Gaines, Alex Karras, Susan Clark
  • 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, Zeljko 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, Valerie 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

  • 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)
  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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