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Best Movies of 1982 by Rank

Rating
Rank
No
Title
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
5 Stars, Top 100
34
1
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Steven Spielberg
Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote
Family / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Fantasy / Drama
USA
English
5 Stars, Top 100
65
2
Fanny & Alexander
Ingmar Bergman
Pernilla Allwin, Bertil Guve, Gunn Wållgren, Börje Ahlstedt
Drama / Fantasy / Mystery / Period Film
Sweden / France / West Germany
Swedish
5 Stars, Top 100
86
3
Blade Runner
Ridley Scott
Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M. Emmet Walsh
Sci-Fi / Drama / Action / Tech-Noir / Cult
USA
English
5 Stars
262
4
Tootsie
Sydney Pollack
Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange
Comedy / Romance / Family
USA
English
5 Stars
295
5
The King of Comedy
Martin Scorsese
Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Diahnne Abbott, Sandra Bernhard
Comedy / Drama / Crime / Cult
USA
English
5 Stars
343
6
Fitzcarraldo
Werner Herzog
Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, José Lewgoy
Adventure / Drama
Peru / West Germany
English
5 Stars
370
7
Diner
Barry Levinson
Steve Guttenberg, Mickey Rourke, Daniel Stern, Kevin Bacon
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
5 Stars
392
8
Gandhi
Richard Attenborough
Ben Kingsley, John Gielgud, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, Trevor Howard
Drama / Epic / History / Biography / Religion
UK / India
English
4.5 Stars
555
9
Night of the Shooting Stars
Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Omero Antonutti, Margarita Lozano, Claudio Bigagli, Miriam Guidelli
Drama / Fantasy / War
Italy
Italian
4.5 Stars
605
10
The Verdict
Sidney Lumet
Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden
Drama
USA
English
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Rating
Rank
No
Title
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
4.5 Stars
787
11
Moonlighting
Jerzy Skolimowski
Jeremy Irons, Eugene Lipinski, Jirí Stanislav
Drama
UK / West Germany
English
4.5 Stars
792
12
Poltergeist
Tobe Hooper, Steven Spielberg
JoBeth Williams, Heather O'Rourke, Craig T. Nelson
Horror / Thriller / Fantasy
USA
English
4.5 Stars
903
13
Missing
Costa-Gavras
Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek
Drama / Thriller / Mystery
USA
English
4.5 Stars
949
14
Yol
Serif Gören, Yilmaz Güney
Tarik Akan, Serif Sezer, Halil Ergün
Drama
Turkey / Switzerland / France
Turkish
4.5 Stars
975
15
The Year of Living Dangerously
Peter Weir
Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt, Bembol Roco
Romance / Drama
Australia
English
4 Stars
1145
16
Veronika Voss
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rosel Zech, Hilmar Thate, Cornelia Froboess, Annemarie Düringer
Drama
West Germany
German
4 Stars
1211
17
The Return of Martin Guerre
Daniel Vigne
Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Maurice Barrier
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France
French
4 Stars
1425
18
The Draughtsman's Contract
Peter Greenaway
Anthony Higgins, Janet Suzman, Anne-Louise Lambert, Hugh Fraser, Neil Cunningham
Comedy / Drama / Mystery
UK
English
4 Stars
1432
19
Sophie's Choice
Alan J. Pakula
Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol, Rita Karin
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
4 Stars
1496
20
The Thing
John Carpenter
Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David
Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1507
21
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Amy Heckerling
Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Robert Romanus
Comedy / Cult
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1512
22
La Traviata
Franco Zeffirelli
Teresa Stratas, Plácido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil
Drama / Musical
Italy
Italian
3.5 Stars
1640
23
Victor/Victoria
Blake Edwards
Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston, Lesley Ann Warren
Comedy / Romance / Musical
UK / USA
English
3.5 Stars
1758
24
48 HRS.
Walter Hill
Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, Annette O'Toole, Frank McRae, James Remar
Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1778
25
My Favorite Year
Richard Benjamin
Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper, Joseph Bologna
Comedy
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1811
26
A Good Marriage
Eric Rohmer
Béatrice Romand, André Dussollier, Féodor Atkine
Comedy / Drama / Romance
France
French
3.5 Stars
1901
27
The World According to Garp
George Roy Hill
Robin Williams, Mary Beth Hurt, Glenn Close, John Lithgow
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1912
28
Coup de Torchon
Bertrand Tavernier
Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Marielle
Crime / Comedy
France
French
3.5 Stars
1939
29
La Nuit de Varennes
Ettore Scola
Jean-Louis Barrault, Marcello Mastroianni, Hanna Schygulla
Drama / History / Period Film
France / Italy
French
3.5 Stars
1956
30
Chan Is Missing
Wayne Wang
Wood Moy, Marc Hayashi, Laureen Chew, Peter Wang
Crime / Comedy / Drama / Detective
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1970
31
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Carl Reiner
Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Carl Reiner, Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant
Comedy / Crime / Thriller / Romance / Mystery / Detective
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1989
32
Too Early, Too Late
Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub
Experimental / Drama / Documentary
France
German
3 Stars
2032
33
The Man from Snowy River
George Miller
Tom Burlinson, Kirk Douglas, Terence Donovan, Tommy Dysart
Drama / Romance / Western / Family / Period Film
Australia
English
3 Stars
2098
34
Tron
Steven Lisberger
Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner, Cindy Morgan, Barnard Hughes
Action / Fantasy / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Tech-Noir / Cult
USA / Taiwan
English
3 Stars
2100
35
The Grey Fox
Phillip Borsos
Richard Farnsworth, Jackie Burroughs, Ken Pogue, Wayne Robson
Western / Drama / Crime / Biography / Period Film
Canada
English
3 Stars
2130
36
An Officer and a Gentleman
Taylor Hackford
Richard Gere, Debra Winger, David Keith, Robert Loggia, Louis Gossett Jr.,
Drama / Romance
USA
English
3 Stars
2146
37
Say Amen, Somebody
George T. Nierenberg
Willie May Ford Smith, Thomas A. Dorsey, Sallie Martin
Documentary / Music / Biography
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2154
38
The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time
Jim Brown
Pete Seeger, Ronnie Gilbert, Lee Hays, Arlo Guthrie, Mary Travers
Documentary / Music / Biography
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2157
39
La Balance
Bob Swaim
Nathalie Baye, Philippe Léotard, Richard Berry, Maurice Ronet
Drama / Action / Crime / Thriller / Gangster
France
French
2.5 Stars
2189
40
Burden of Dreams
Les Blank
Jason Robards, Claudia Cardinale, Werner Herzog, Klaus Kinski
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2195
41
Personal Best
Robert Towne
Mariel Hemingway, Scott Glenn, Patrice Donnelly, Kenny Moore
Drama / Sports / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2226
42
Pink Floyd The Wall
Alan Parker
Bob Geldof, Christine Hargreaves, James Laurenson, Eleanor David, Kevin McKeon
Drama / Musical
UK
English
2.5 Stars
2226
42
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Nicholas Meyer
William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Family / Cult
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2227
43
Eating Raoul
Paul Bartel
Mary Woronov, Paul Bartel, Robert Beltran, Susan Saiger, Lynn Hobart
Comedy / Horror / Cult
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2299
44
De Stilte rond Christine M.
Marleen Gorris
Edda Barends, Nelly Frijda, Henriëtte Tol, Cox Habbema, Eddie Brugman
Drama / Crime
Netherlands
Dutch
2.5 Stars
2305
45
Boat People
Ann Hui
George Lam, Andy Lau, Season Ma, Cora Miao
Drama
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2.5 Stars
2318
46
Interrogation
Ryszard Bugajski
Krystyna Janda, Janusz Gajos, Adam Ferency, Agnieszka Holland, Anna Romantowska
Drama
Poland
Polish
2.5 Stars
2362
47
Smithereens
Susan Seidelman
Susan Berman, Brad Rijn, Richard Hell, Nada Despotovich, Roger Jett
Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2390
48
White Dog
Samuel Fuller
Kristy McNichol, Paul Winfield, Christa Lang, Vernon Weddle
Drama / Horror / Thriller
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2418
49
The Atomic Cafe
Jayne Loader, Kevin Rafferty, Pierce Rafferty
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Nikita Khrushchev, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan
Documentary / History / War
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2447
50
Porky's
Bob Clark
Dan Monahan, Mark Herrier, Wyatt Knight, Roger Wilson, Cyril O'Reilly
Comedy
Canada / USA
English
2.5 Stars
2449
51
Police Squad! The Complete Series
Jim Abrahams, Reza Badiyi, Georg Stanford Brown, Paul Krasny, Joe Dante, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Leslie Nielsen, Alan North, Rex Hamilton, William Duell, Ed Williams, Peter Lupus
Action / Comedy / Crime / Mystery / Detective / Cult
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2492
52
Hammett
Wim Wenders
Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, Roy Kinnear
Mystery / Crime / Post-Noir / Biography / Period Film
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2502
53
Frances
Graeme Clifford
Jessica Lange, Kim Stanley, Sam Shepard, Bart Burns, Jonathan Banks
Biography / Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2502
53
Shoot the Moon
Alan Parker
Albert Finney, Diane Keaton, Karen Allen, Peter Weller, Dana Hill, Viveka Davis
Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2524
54
The Dark Crystal
Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Gary Kurtz
Jim Henson, Kathryn Mullen, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Louise Gold
Adventure / Family / Fantasy
USA / UK
English
2.5 Stars
2545
55
Losing Ground
Kathleen Collins
Seret Scott, Bill Gunn, Duane Jones, Billie Allen, Gary Bolling, Noberto Kerner
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2605
56
Gospel
David Leivick, Frederick A. Ritzenberg
James Cleveland, Walter Hawkins, Twinkie Clark, Shirley Caesar
Documentary / Music / Biography
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2607
57
The State of Things
Wim Wenders
Isabelle Weingarten, Rebecca Pauly, Jeffrey Kime, Geoffrey Carey
Drama / Mystery
West Germany / Portugal / USA
German
2.5 Stars
2633
58
Cheers - Season Two
James Burrows
Ted Danson, Shelley Long, Rhea Perlman, George Wendt, John Ratzenberger
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Serial
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2651
59
Volver a empezar
José Luis Garci
Antonio Ferrandis, Encarna Paso, José Bódalo
Drama / Romance
Spain
Spanish
2.5 Stars
2688
60
Liquid Sky
Slava Tsukerman
Anne Carlisle, Paula E. Sheppard, Susan Doukas, Otto von Wernherr, Bob Brady
Sci-Fi / Comedy
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2688
60
Made in Britain
Alan Clarke
John Bleasdale, Brian Hayes, Sharon Courtney, Terry Richards, Joan Ware
Crime / Drama
UK
English
2.5 Stars
2689
61
Annie
John Huston
Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Ann Reinking, Tim Curry
Family / Musical / Comedy / Period Film
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2689
61
Cannery Row
David S. Ward
Nick Nolte, Debra Winger, William Bronder, Rosanna de Soto, Kathleen Doyle
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2689
61
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Robert Altman
Sandy Dennis, Cher, Karen Black, Sudie Bond, Kathy Bates, Marta Heflin
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2689
61
Conan the Barbarian
John Milius
Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Max von Sydow, Sandahl Bergman
Action / Fantasy / Adventure / Cult / Comic
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2689
61
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
Woody Allen
Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, José Ferrer, Julie Hagerty, Tony Roberts
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2689
61
The Secret of NIMH
Don Bluth
Elizabeth Hartman, Derek Jacobi, Dom DeLuise, Arthur Malet, Hermione Baddeley
Animation / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Adventure
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2689
61
Swamp Thing
Wes Craven
Louis Jourdan, Adrienne Barbeau, Ray Wise, David Hess, Nicholas Worth, Don Knight
Horror / Sci-Fi / Comedy / Cult / Comic
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2691
62
Basket Case
Frank Henenlotter
Kevin Van Hentenryck, Terri Susan Smith, Beverly Bonner, Robert Vogel
Comedy / Horror
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2691
62
Labyrinth of Passion
Pedro Almodóvar
Cecilia Roth, Imanol Arias, Helga Liné, Marta Fernández Muro
Comedy
Spain
Spanish
2.5 Stars
2709
63
Alsino and the Condor
Miguel Littin
Dean Stockwell, Alan Esquivel, Carmen Bunster, Alejandro Parodi
Drama / War
Nicaragua / Cuba / Mexico / Costa Rica
Spanish
2.5 Stars
2709
63
The Flight of the Eagle
Jan Troell
Max von Sydow, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Göran Stangertz
Adventure / Drama
Sweden / West Germany / Norway
French
2.5 Stars
2709
63
Private Life
Yuli Raizman
Mikhail Ulyanov, Iya Savvina, Irina Gubanova
Drama
Soviet Union
Russian
2.5 Stars
2756
64
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
Robert M. Young
Edward James Olmos, James Gammon, Tom Bower, Bruce McGill, Brion James
Drama / Western / Crime
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2756
64
Hours for Jerome
Nathaniel Dorsky
Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2756
64
Illusions
Julie Dash
Lonette McKee, Rosanne Katon, Ned Bellamy, Jack Rader, Jack Lundi Faust
Drama / Short
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2756
64
Suzanne, Suzanne
Camille Billops, James Hatch
Suzanne
Documentary / Short
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2778
65
Time Stands Still
Péter Gothár
Anikó Iván, István Znamenák
Drama
Hungary
Hungarian
2.5 Stars
2779
66
Scénario du film 'Passion'
Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Bernard Menoud, Anne-Marie Miéville
Jean-Luc Godard
Documentary
France / Switzerland
French
2.5 Stars
2783
67
Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip
Joe Layton
Richard Pryor, Julie Hampton, Jesse Jackson
Comedy / Documentary
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2783
67
Tex
Tim Hunter
Matt Dillon, Jim Metzler, Meg Tilly, Bill McKinney, Frances Lee McCain
Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2784
68
Tempest
Paul Mazursky
John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Susan Sarandon, Vittorio Gassman, Raul Julia
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2789
69
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Colin Higgins
Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Dom DeLuise, Charles Durning
Comedy / Musical / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2792
70
The Discipline of D.E.
Gus Van Sant
Comedy / Short
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2792
70
En rachâchant
Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub
Olivier Straub, Nadette Thinus, Bernard Thinus
Short
France
French
2.5 Stars
2792
70
Field Diary
Amos Gitai
Documentary / War
Israel / France
Hebrew
2.5 Stars
2792
70
La Mémoire courte
Eduardo de Gregorio
Nathalie Baye, Bulle Ogier, Xavier Saint-Macary, Adrian Brine
Drama
France / Belgium
French
2.5 Stars
2792
70
On Top of a Whale
Raoul Ruiz
Fernando Bordeu, Herbert Curiel, Amber DeGrauw, Jean Badin
Drama / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Netherlands
English
2.5 Stars
2792
70
One Man's War
Edgardo Cozarinsky
Niels Arestrup
Documentary / War
France / West Germany
French
2.5 Stars
2792
70
Une chambre en ville
Jacques Demy
Dominique Sanda, Danielle Darrieux, Richard Berry, Michel Piccoli
Drama / Musical / Comedy / Romance
Italy / France
French
2.5 Stars
2800
71
Kharij
Mrinal Sen
Anjan Dutt, Mamata Shankar, Sreela Majumdar, Indranil Moitra
Drama
India
Bengali
2.5 Stars
2801
72
Cat People
Paul Schrader
Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell, John Heard, Annette O'Toole, Ruby Dee
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2801
72
Class of 1984
Mark L. Lester
Perry King, Merrie Lynn Ross, Timothy Van Patten, Roddy McDowall, Stefan Arngrim
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Action / Adventure / Gangster
Canada
English
2.5 Stars
2801
72
Firefox
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood, Freddie Jones, David Huffman, Warren Clarke, Ronald Lacey
Action / Thriller / Sci-Fi
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2801
72
The Go Masters
Ji-shun Duan, Junya Sato
Rentaro Mikuni, Misako Konno, Nobuko Otowa, Hideji Otaki, Yoshiko Mita
Drama / Romance / Mystery / Epic / Spy / Action / Detective
Japan / China
Mandarin
2.5 Stars
2801
72
A Whole Night
Chantal Akerman
Angelo Abazoglou, Frank Aendenboom, Natalia Akerman, Véronique Alain
Drama
Belgium / France / Netherlands / Canada
French
2.5 Stars
2807
73
De Smaak van water
Orlow Seunke
Gerard Thoolen, Dorijn Curvers, Joop Admiraal, Hans van Tongeren, Olga Zuiderhoek
Drama
Netherlands
Dutch
2.5 Stars
2807
73
Who Am I This Time?
Jonathan Demme
Susan Sarandon, Christopher Walken, Robert Ridgely, Mike Bacarella, Aaron Freeman
Drama / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2854
74
Passion
Jean-Luc Godard
Isabelle Huppert, Hanna Schygulla, Michel Piccoli
Drama
France / Switzerland
French
Rating
Rank
No
Title
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
2.5 Stars
2856
75
L'Enfant secret
Philippe Garrel
Anne Wiazemsky, Henri de Maublanc, Xuan Lindenmeyer
Drama / Romance
France
French
2.5 Stars
2860
76
Peel: An Exercise in Discipline
Jane Campion
Tim Pye, Katie Pye, Ben Martin
Short / Comedy / Drama
Australia
English
NR
-
First Blood
Ted Kotcheff
Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy, Bill McKinney, Jack Starrett
Action / Adventure / Thriller / Cult / Comic
USA
English
NR
-
Trail of the Pink Panther
Blake Edwards
Peter Sellers, David Niven, Herbert Lom, Richard Mulligan, Joanna Lumley
Comedy / Crime / Detective / Family
UK / USA
English
Rating
Rank
No
Title
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
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