1982
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1. Smiley's People (1982)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Mystery
The murder of a Soviet defector forces his old handler, British spymaster George Smiley, out of retirement. His investigation leads to an old nemesis, the Soviet spymaster known only as "Karla". This will be their final dance.
Stars: Alec Guinness, Eileen Atkins, Bill Paterson, Vladek Sheybal
Votes: 4,765
2. Spittin' Image (1982)
G | 91 min | Family
A twin falls off a wagon and meets a mountain man who teaches her to spit tobacco for a living.
Director: Rusty Kern | Stars: Sunshine Parker, Rex Cutter, Tom Atha, Maria Wida
Votes: 26
3. Spring Fever (1982)
PG | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Tough girl from Vegas (Carling Bassett) travels to Florida with her promiscuous mother (Susan Anton) to compete in the Junior Nationals Women's Tennis championship.
Director: Joseph L. Scanlan | Stars: Susan Anton, Frank Converse, Jessica Walter, Stephen Young
Votes: 170
4. Out (1982)
Not Rated | 83 min | Drama
A self-styled "urban guerrilla" in Greenwich Village is sent on various assignments across the country by a mysterious "commander."
Director: Eli Hollander | Stars: Peter Coyote, O-Lan Jones, Jim Haynie, Grandfather Semu Haute
Votes: 348
5. Divorce Wars: A Love Story (1982 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama, Romance
High-powered Seattle divorce lawyer Jack Sturgess discovers that his own marriage is failing and must juggle his own domestic conflicts with his clients' problems.
Director: Donald Wrye | Stars: Tom Selleck, Jane Curtin, Candice Azzara, Joan Bennett
Votes: 102
6. The Shadow Riders (1982 TV Movie)
PG | 100 min | Drama, Romance, Western
After the Civil War, two brothers demobilized from the army return home and must rescue certain relatives who have been kidnapped by a band of renegade Confederates.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Tom Selleck, Sam Elliott, Dominique Dunne, Ben Johnson
Votes: 3,074
7. Frost in May (1982– )
85 min | Drama
Adaptation of a series of novels by Antonia White about a young girl challenging her authoritarian Catholic environment as she grows up.
Stars: John Carson, Elizabeth Shepherd, Janet Maw, Daniel Day-Lewis
Votes: 33
8. Gandhi (1982)
PG | 191 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.
Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Ben Kingsley, John Gielgud, Rohini Hattangadi, Roshan Seth
Votes: 240,223 | Gross: $52.77M
9. In the Custody of Strangers (1982 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama
A teenage delinquent who goes on a drunken joyride is left in jail overnight by his parents in the hope that he might learn a lesson from it.
Director: Robert Greenwald | Stars: Martin Sheen, Jane Alexander, Emilio Estevez, Kenneth McMillan
Votes: 466
10. Tex (1982)
PG | 103 min | Drama
After their mother dies and their father leaves them, teenage brothers Tex and Mason McCormick struggle to make it on their own.
Director: Tim Hunter | Stars: Matt Dillon, Jim Metzler, Meg Tilly, Bill McKinney
Votes: 2,450 | Gross: $7.00M
11. To Climb a Mountain (1982 TV Movie)
25 min | Drama
Seventeen year old Steve Novak has it all. But it's not enough. As a result, he involves himself with an impoverished black family and sells his convertible to help them out.
Director: Michael Ray Rhodes | Stars: Emilio Estevez, Brian Whitely, Joshua Bryant, Meg Tilly
Votes: 18
12. Attack Force Z (1981)
Not Rated | 84 min | Action, Drama, History
A group of Australian commandos launch a secret mission against Japanese forces in World War II.
Director: Tim Burstall | Stars: John Phillip Law, Mel Gibson, Sam Neill, Chris Haywood
Votes: 2,722
13. Ivanhoe (1982 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 142 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Wilfred of Ivanhoe, a worthy and noble knight, the champion of justice returns to England after the holy wars. He finds England under the reign of Prince John and his henchmen and finds ... See full summary »
Director: Douglas Camfield | Stars: James Mason, Anthony Andrews, Sam Neill, Michael Hordern
Votes: 5,585
14. Mother Lode (1982)
PG | 103 min | Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
It's Silas McGee's gold. He just hasn't found it yet, although he's searched for his mother lode for more than 30 years in the remote high country of British Columbia.
Directors: Charlton Heston, Fraser C. Heston | Stars: Charlton Heston, Kim Basinger, Nick Mancuso, John Marley
Votes: 1,668
15. Verdi (1982– )
Not Rated | 70 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Giuseppe Verdi was born in 1813 and lived until 1901, his life spanning nearly a century of political turmoil and considerable personal turmoil. This 1982 biographical television miniseries... See full summary »
Stars: Ronald Pickup, Carla Fracci, Giampiero Albertini, Omero Antonutti
Votes: 312
16. Marco Polo (1982–1983)
504 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The life and experiences of the thirteenth century explorer, who sought to connect the civilizations of China and Europe through trade.
Stars: Ken Marshall, Denholm Elliott, Tony Vogel, David Warner
Votes: 1,308
17. Remembrance of Love (1982 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 100 min | Drama, Romance
A Holocaust survivor travels to Israel for a reunion with fellow victims of Nazi persecution, while also hoping to locate an old girlfriend he has not seen since the war, and who was pregnant with his child.
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Pam Dawber, Chana Eden, Yoram Gal
Votes: 144
18. Victor/Victoria (1982)
PG | 134 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A struggling female soprano in 1934 Paris finally finds work after posing as a female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life when a visiting Chicago gangster finds himself inexplicably attracted to the seemingly male performer.
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston, Lesley Ann Warren
Votes: 23,678 | Gross: $21.93M
19. Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
PG | 96 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Journalist Marie Jouvet attempts to uncover the mysterious disappearance of Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau.
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Peter Sellers, David Niven, Herbert Lom, Richard Mulligan
Votes: 11,218 | Gross: $9.06M
20. The Flight of the Eagle (1982)
140 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
In 1897 Swedish engineer S. A. Andrée with 2 colleagues prepares to fly over the North Pole in his balloon "Eagle".
Director: Jan Troell | Stars: Max von Sydow, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Göran Stangertz, Eva von Hanno
Votes: 1,220
21. Jugando con la muerte (1982)
TV-MA | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A Spanish police chief hires an undercover agent (a Jewish mercenary(?)) to infiltrate a gang of heroin smugglers. The mercenary is code-named Eagle because of a tattoo. Infiltrating the ... See full summary »
Director: José Antonio de la Loma | Stars: Jorge Rivero, Maud Adams, Max von Sydow, George Peppard
Votes: 137
22. Deathtrap (1982)
PG | 116 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's play.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, Dyan Cannon, Irene Worth
Votes: 15,443 | Gross: $19.28M
23. Visiting Hours (1982)
R | 103 min | Horror, Thriller
A deranged, misogynistic killer assaults a journalist. When he discovers that she survived the attack, he follows her to the hospital to finish her off.
Director: Jean-Claude Lord | Stars: Michael Ironside, Lee Grant, Linda Purl, William Shatner
Votes: 4,836 | Gross: $13.26M
24. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
PG | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
With the assistance of the Enterprise crew, Admiral Kirk must stop an old nemesis, Khan Noonien Singh, from using the life-generating Genesis Device as the ultimate weapon.
Director: Nicholas Meyer | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan
Votes: 129,243 | Gross: $78.91M
25. Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
PG | 85 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the Sun. Can Ted Striker save the day and get the shuttle back on track - again?
Director: Ken Finkleman | Stars: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges, Raymond Burr
Votes: 56,807 | Gross: $27.15M
26. Twilight Theatre (1982 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy
A comedy variety special that featured many famous comedians, in various skits.
Director: Perry Rosemond | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Steve Martin, Candy Clark, Rosemary Clooney
Votes: 62
27. Wrong Is Right (1982)
R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
A TV reporter finds himself in the middle of an Arab leader buying two portable nukes, terrorists, arms dealer, a reporter/CIA spy killed, a US president ordering a K-I-L-L etc.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Sean Connery, George Grizzard, Robert Conrad, Katharine Ross
Votes: 2,265 | Gross: $3.38M
28. Creepshow (1982)
R | 120 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
"Creepshow" is a 1982 movie that tells five grisly tales from a children's comic book: a murdered father rising from his grave, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches.
Director: George A. Romero | Stars: Hal Holbrook, Leslie Nielsen, Adrienne Barbeau, E.G. Marshall
Votes: 53,253 | Gross: $21.03M
29. Foxfire Light (1983)
PG | 102 min | Drama, Romance
A spoiled rich girl used to getting her way comes up against a rancher who won't be intimidated by her.
Director: Allen Baron | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Tippi Hedren, Faye Grant, Barry Van Dyke
Votes: 324
30. Five Days One Summer (1982)
PG | 108 min | Drama
Sir Sean Connery stars in Fred Zinnemann's haunting tale of incestuous love set against a magnificent background of the Swiss Alps.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Sean Connery, Betsy Brantley, Lambert Wilson, Jennifer Hilary
Votes: 1,331 | Gross: $0.20M
31. Missing (1982)
PG | 122 min | Biography, Drama, History
When an idealistic American writer disappears during the Chilean coup d'état in September 1973, his wife and father try to find him.
Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron, John Shea
Votes: 23,372 | Gross: $14.00M
32. Firefox (1982)
PG | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A pilot is sent into the Soviet Union on a mission to steal a prototype jet fighter that can be partially controlled by a neuralink.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Freddie Jones, David Huffman, Warren Clarke
Votes: 29,265 | Gross: $46.71M
33. Honkytonk Man (1982)
PG | 122 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A boy with a music talent goes on a journey with his uncle for a stage concert.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Kyle Eastwood, John McIntire, Alexa Kenin
Votes: 9,471 | Gross: $4.48M
34. Night Shift (1982)
R | 106 min | Comedy
A mild-mannered morgue attendant is assigned to the night shift, and his new coworker, along with his prostitute neighbor, convince him of running a prostitution ring out of the morgue.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Henry Winkler, Michael Keaton, Shelley Long, Gina Hecht
Votes: 17,956 | Gross: $23.60M
35. Frances (1982)
R | 140 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.
Director: Graeme Clifford | Stars: Jessica Lange, Jonathan Banks, Bonnie Bartlett, James Brodhead
Votes: 8,575 | Gross: $5.00M
36. Chasing Dreams (1989)
PG | 94 min | Drama
A young man (David G. Brown) is bogged down by his family, farm and school life, but after the baseball coach convinces him to play, he finds a bit of comfort in the sport and ends up excelling in it
Directors: Therese Conte, Sean Roche | Stars: David G. Brown, Kevin Costner, John Fife, Jim Shane
Votes: 291
37. Citizen (1982)
75 min | Drama
This film follows a group of anonymous young people on an apparently random journey through a disjointed San Francisco cityscape. Along their travels they encounter a succession of madmen ... See full summary »
Director: William Farley | Stars: Gillian Bagwell, Stoney Burke, Whoopi Goldberg, Darryl Henriques
Votes: 82
38. Dangerous Company (1982 TV Movie)
100 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The true story of Ray Johnson, a convict who spent most of his life in and out of prison until he finally decided to turn his life around.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Beau Bridges, Alan Autry, Karen Carlson, Jan Sterling
Votes: 50
39. High Powder (1982 TV Movie)
50 min | Drama, Family
Joe, who has been pushing drugs at his high school, expands his business to include the ski team. Rick, one of Joe's new customers, has some apparent improvement in his skiing, until, ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Ray Rhodes | Stars: Timothy Van Patten, Dick Van Patten, James Van Patten, John Laughlin
Votes: 23
40. Olivia Newton-John: Let's Get Physical (1982 Video)
53 min | Music
Olivia Physical is a 1982 video collection featuring the singer Olivia Newton-John and various of her songs, most from the album Physical.
Director: Brian Grant | Stars: Olivia Newton-John, Matt Lattanzi, John Achorn, Donovan Scott
Votes: 152
41. Grease 2 (1982)
PG | 115 min | Comedy, Music, Musical
A British student at a 1960s American high school must prove himself to the leader of a girls' gang whose members can only date greasers.
Director: Patricia Birch | Stars: Michelle Pfeiffer, Maxwell Caulfield, Lorna Luft, Maureen Teefy
Votes: 38,577 | Gross: $15.17M
42. Mazes and Monsters (1982 TV Movie)
PG | 100 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Bound together by a desire to play "Mazes and Monsters," Robbie and his three college classmates decide to move the board game into the local legendary cavern.
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Tom Hanks, Wendy Crewson, David Wysocki, Chris Makepeace
Votes: 4,300
43. Liar's Moon (1981)
PG | 106 min | Drama, Romance
A poor kid elopes with a banker's daughter.
Director: David Fisher | Stars: Matt Dillon, Cindy Fisher, Hoyt Axton, Margaret Blye
Votes: 762
44. Diner (1982)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of college-age buddies struggle with their imminent passage into adulthood in 1959 Baltimore.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Steve Guttenberg, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Daniel Stern
Votes: 22,833 | Gross: $14.10M
45. Forty Deuce (1982)
89 min | Drama
A young hustler tries to get drug money by selling a boy to a middle-aged man; his plans are disrupted when the kid dies.
Director: Paul Morrissey | Stars: Orson Bean, Kevin Bacon, Mark Keyloun, Tommy Citera
Votes: 253
46. Things Are Tough All Over (1982)
R | 90 min | Action, Comedy
Cheech and Chong are hired to drive a limo from Chicago to Las Vegas by two shady Arabs--Mr. Slyman (Cheech) and Prince Habib (Chong). Unbeknownst to them, five million dollars of dirty money has been stuffed throughout the car.
Director: Thomas K. Avildsen | Stars: Toni Attell, Mike Bacarella, Billy Beck, Don Bovingloh
Votes: 3,711 | Gross: $21.13M
47. Money on the Side (1982 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
Three middle-class housewives who are having money problems join a prostitution ring.
Director: Robert L. Collins | Stars: Karen Valentine, Jamie Lee Curtis, Linda Purl, Christopher Lloyd
Votes: 177
48. Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
R | 98 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Kids all over America want Silver Shamrock masks for Halloween. Doctor Daniel Challis seeks to uncover a plot by Silver Shamrock owner Conal Cochran.
Director: Tommy Lee Wallace | Stars: Tom Atkins, Stacey Nelkin, Dan O'Herlihy, Michael Currie
Votes: 61,014 | Gross: $14.40M
49. Callahan (1982 TV Movie)
30 min | Adventure, Comedy
Indiana Jones spoof, an unsold pilot. Callahan and his new assistant try to solve the world's problems through science.
Director: Harry Winer | Stars: Hart Bochner, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Harkins, Peter Maloney
Votes: 46
50. Shoot the Moon (1982)
R | 124 min | Drama
A mother of four is abandoned by her husband for a younger woman. Husband, wife and children struggle to survive the seemingly inevitable divorce.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Albert Finney, Diane Keaton, Karen Allen, Peter Weller
Votes: 3,059 | Gross: $9.22M
51. Split Image (1982)
R | 110 min | Drama, Romance
An uprooted young man is lured into an unnamed religious sect by a beautiful girl. Every moment with the group brings him more and more under the control of the cult's leader.
Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Michael O'Keefe, Karen Allen, Peter Fonda, James Woods
Votes: 1,128 | Gross: $0.26M
52. The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
PG | 115 min | Drama, Romance, War
A young Australian reporter tries to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia during the rule of President Sukarno with the help of a diminutive photographer.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt, Bembol Roco
Votes: 22,890 | Gross: $10.28M
53. The World According to Garp (1982)
R | 136 min | Comedy, Drama
A struggling young writer finds his life and work dominated by his unfaithful wife and his radical feminist mother, whose best-selling manifesto turns her into a cultural icon.
Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Robin Williams, Mary Beth Hurt, Glenn Close, John Lithgow
Votes: 29,081 | Gross: $29.71M
54. Gemini (1982 TV Movie)
Comedy
Set in the backyard of a blue-collar South Philadelphia neighborhood early in the summer of 1973, the comedy-drama focuses on the 21st birthday celebration of Harvard student Francis ... See full summary »
Director: Barnet Kellman | Stars: Scott Baio, Sheree North, Eric Schiff, Eve Gordon
Votes: 22
55. I, Desire (1982 TV Movie)
120 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A Los Angeles student working as a coroner's assistant falls in love with a strange young woman.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: David Naughton, Dorian Harewood, Marilyn Jones, Barbara Stock
Votes: 273
56. Tootsie (1982)
PG | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Michael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman
Votes: 114,699 | Gross: $177.20M
57. The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me (1982 TV Special)
60 min | Comedy
Rodney Dangerfield's first ABC special, featuring stand-up and sketches.
Director: Walter C. Miller | Stars: Rodney Dangerfield, Aretha Franklin, Bill Murray, Valerie Perrine
Votes: 129
58. Johnny Belinda (1982 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama
A young deaf mute is befriended by a Vista worker.
Director: Anthony Page | Stars: Richard Thomas, Rosanna Arquette, Dennis Quaid, Candy Clark
Votes: 261
59. E.T. (1982)
PG | 115 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape from Earth and return to his home planet.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote, Dee Wallace
Votes: 437,673 | Gross: $435.11M
60. Parasite (1982)
R | 85 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
In a post-apocalyptic USA, a doctor/scientist infected with a new strain of parasite ends up in a small desert town, trying to find a cure.
Director: Charles Band | Stars: Robert Glaudini, Demi Moore, Luca Bercovici, James Davidson
Votes: 3,071 | Gross: $7.00M
61. Young Doctors in Love (1982)
R | 96 min | Comedy
In a zany parody of hospital soap operas, a new batch of doctors begins their internship at City Hospital.
Director: Garry Marshall | Stars: Michael McKean, Sean Young, Gary Friedkin, Kyle T. Heffner
Votes: 3,454 | Gross: $30.69M
62. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
PG | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Film noir parody with a detective uncovering a sinister plot. Characters from classic noir films appear as scenes from various movies interjected into the story.
Director: Carl Reiner | Stars: Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Alan Ladd, Carl Reiner
Votes: 23,751 | Gross: $18.20M
63. Rocky III (1982)
PG | 99 min | Drama, Sport
Rocky faces the ultimate challenge from a powerful new contender, and must turn to a former rival to help regain his throne as the undisputed fighting champion.
Director: Sylvester Stallone | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers
Votes: 211,283 | Gross: $125.05M
64. Tempest (1982)
PG | 140 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
John Cassavetes gives a compelling performance as a man confronting a mid-life crisis with extraordinary results for everyone around him.
Director: Paul Mazursky | Stars: John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Susan Sarandon, Vittorio Gassman
Votes: 2,702 | Gross: $5.01M
65. Author! Author! (1982)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
While facing the stress of his play being produced on Broadway, a playwright deals with having to raise his son, his stepdaughters, and his stepsons.
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Al Pacino, Dyan Cannon, Tuesday Weld, Bob Dishy
Votes: 5,761 | Gross: $13.11M
66. Partners (1982)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Crime
A heterosexual police detective is unnerved when ordered to go undercover with a homosexual police clerk, as a couple, to solve a series of murders in the gay community.
Director: James Burrows | Stars: Ryan O'Neal, John Hurt, Kenneth McMillan, Robyn Douglass
Votes: 1,494 | Gross: $6.06M
67. Silent Rage (1982)
R | 103 min | Action, Crime, Horror
A sheriff tries to stop the killing spree of a silent maniacal murderer who, as the result of secret genetic experimentation by an unethical scientist, has the ability to self-heal.
Director: Michael Miller | Stars: Chuck Norris, Ron Silver, Steven Keats, Toni Kalem
Votes: 6,709 | Gross: $10.49M
68. Forced Vengeance (1982)
R | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A casino security guard is forced into violence from when the Hong Kong mob threatens his friends.
Director: James Fargo | Stars: Chuck Norris, Mary Louise Weller, Camila Griggs, Michael Cavanaugh
Votes: 3,431 | Gross: $6.66M
69. Some Kind of Hero (1982)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, War
A Vietnam vet returns home from a prisoner of war camp and is greeted as a hero, but is quickly forgotten and soon discovers how tough survival is in his own country.
Director: Michael Pressman | Stars: Richard Pryor, Margot Kidder, Ray Sharkey, Ronny Cox
Votes: 1,734 | Gross: $23.67M
70. The Toy (1982)
PG | 102 min | Comedy
An underemployed reporter finds himself literally purchased as a toy for a rich spoiled brat.
Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Richard Pryor, Jackie Gleason, Ned Beatty, Scott Schwartz
Votes: 14,558 | Gross: $47.12M
71. Hanky Panky (1982)
PG | 110 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Completely innocent man, Michael Jordon, is drawn into a web of government secrets when a girl carrying a mysterious package gets into a taxi with him. When she's later murdered, Michael becomes the chief suspect and goes on the run.
Director: Sidney Poitier | Stars: Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Kathleen Quinlan, Richard Widmark
Votes: 3,109 | Gross: $9.82M
72. Blade Runner (1982)
R | 117 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos
Votes: 823,329 | Gross: $32.87M
73. Jimmy the Kid (1982)
PG | 85 min | Comedy
Gang of bumbling crooks kidnap a bratty little kid, find out they got more than they bargained for.
Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Gary Coleman, Paul Le Mat, Ruth Gordon, Dee Wallace
Votes: 339
74. The King of Comedy (1982)
PG | 109 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A passionate yet unsuccessful comedian stalks and kidnaps his idol to take the spotlight for himself.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Diahnne Abbott, Sandra Bernhard
Votes: 119,225 | Gross: $2.50M
75. The Thing (1982)
R | 109 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David, Richard Masur
Votes: 466,841 | Gross: $13.78M
76. Eunice (1982 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Based on characters from "The Carol Burnett Show," this was the film which led to the series "Mama's Family."
Directors: Roger Beatty, Harvey Korman | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry
Votes: 280
77. Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice (1982 TV Movie)
100 min | Biography, Drama
This made-for-television movie is a dramatization of the life of the founder of Los Angeles's first alcoholic recovery center for women, Beatrice O'Reilly.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Carol Burnett, Lloyd Bridges, Marian Mercer, Geoffrey Lewis
Votes: 109
78. The Border (1982)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama
A corrupt border Agent decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman's baby is put up for sale on the black market.
Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Valerie Perrine, Warren Oates
Votes: 7,086 | Gross: $6.12M
79. Highpoint (1982)
PG | 88 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
James Hatcher embezzles ten million dollars from a joint mafia and C.I.A. operation, leaving them squabbling with each other. Unemployed accountant Lewis Kinney gets caught up in the intrigue, and must try to recover the money himself.
Director: Peter Carter | Stars: Richard Harris, Christopher Plummer, Beverly D'Angelo, Kate Reid
Votes: 289
80. Camelot (1982 TV Movie)
150 min | Musical
Part of the cable series "HBO Theatre", this is a videotaped presentation of the 1980 Broadway revival of the musical.
Director: Marty Callner | Stars: Richard Harris, Andy McAvin, James Valentine, Meg Bussert
Votes: 441
81. Six Pack (1982)
PG | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
A race car driver is driving to a race in a motor home with his race car on a trailer. His car gets stripped of parts. He ends up with 6 orphan kids on his way to the race.
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Kenny Rogers, Diane Lane, Erin Gray, Barry Corbin
Votes: 3,382 | Gross: $20.23M
82. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
R | 114 min | Comedy, Musical
A town's Sheriff and regular patron of a historical whorehouse fights to keep it running when a television reporter targets it as the Devil's playhouse.
Director: Colin Higgins | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Dom DeLuise, Charles Durning
Votes: 13,401 | Gross: $69.70M
83. Best Friends (1982)
PG | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After five successful years of living and working together, a couple decide to get married. But what they don't count on is how to survive the honeymoon.
Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Goldie Hawn, Jessica Tandy, Barnard Hughes
Votes: 3,216 | Gross: $36.82M
84. Class of 1984 (1982)
R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A new teacher at a troubled inner-city high school soon ends up clashing with a delinquent punk posse who run the institute with an iron fist.
Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Perry King, Merrie Lynn Ross, Timothy Van Patten, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 13,261
85. The Renegades (1982 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama, Crime, Mystery
In this drama, undercover investigators are recruited from the streets to prevent arms smugglers from getting their weapons to street gangs.
Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Philip Casnoff, Randy Brooks, Cheryl Paris
Votes: 140
86. The Flight of Dragons (1982 Video)
Passed | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A young Boston writer goes back in time into an era where wizards and dragon reign and science is just barely known.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Victor Buono, James Gregory, James Earl Jones, Harry Morgan
Votes: 6,088
87. Bloodtide (1982)
R | 82 min | Adventure, Horror
An adventurer hunting for treasure in Greece accidentally frees a monster that forces local villagers to sacrifice virgins.
Director: Richard Jefferies | Stars: James Earl Jones, José Ferrer, Lila Kedrova, Mary Louise Weller
Votes: 2,598
89. Desperate Lives (1982 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama
A brother and sister get caught up in the drug scene in their local high school, with tragic results.
Director: Robert Michael Lewis | Stars: Diana Scarwid, Doug McKeon, Helen Hunt, William Windom
Votes: 231
90. Battletruck (1982)
PG | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Post World War III futuristic tale of collapsed governments & bankrupt countries heralding a new lawless age.
Director: Harley Cokeliss | Stars: Michael Beck, Annie McEnroe, James Wainwright, Bruno Lawrence
Votes: 1,532
91. Walter (1982 TV Movie)
70 min | Drama
A man with learning difficulties suffers neglect and ill-treatment, and this is only exasperated when his parents die and nobody seems to know what to do with him.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Ian McKellen, Barbara Jefford, Arthur Whybrow, Tony Melody
Votes: 325
92. The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 142 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Paris, 1792: After France becomes a republic, aristocrats are guillotined. The English Sir Percy tries to save as many as he can as The Scarlet Pimpernel in disguises.
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour, Ian McKellen, James Villiers
Votes: 5,159
93. I, the Jury (1982)
R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A PI investigates the murder of his one-armed friend, a PI working on a case. Clues lead to a sex clinic. Bodies pile up.
Director: Richard T. Heffron | Stars: Armand Assante, Barbara Carrera, Laurene Landon, Alan King
Votes: 1,821 | Gross: $1.52M
94. The Seduction (1982)
R | 104 min | Thriller
A popular anchorwoman, Jaime Douglas, is stalked by a photographer who's obsessed with her and wants to win her affections at any cost.
Director: David Schmoeller | Stars: Morgan Fairchild, Michael Sarrazin, Vince Edwards, Andrew Stevens
Votes: 1,388 | Gross: $11.38M
95. A Stranger Is Watching (1982)
R | 92 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
The 11-year old daughter and girlfriend of a man whose wife had been raped and killed in front of his daughter three years earlier are kidnapped by the same killer. Held captive in a bunker... See full summary »
Director: Sean S. Cunningham | Stars: Kate Mulgrew, Rip Torn, James Naughton, Shawn von Schreiber
Votes: 894
96. Vice Squad (1982)
R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A single mother prostitute, who goes by the name Princess, finds herself forced to work undercover for the police in order to apprehend a homicidal, misogynistic pimp named Ramrod, who will do anything not to get arrested.
Director: Gary Sherman | Stars: Season Hubley, Gary Swanson, Wings Hauser, Pepe Serna
Votes: 2,907 | Gross: $13.25M
97. Personal Best (1982)
R | 128 min | Drama, Sport
The intertwined lives and loves of three highly ranked athletes striving for the national team; Chris bounces between the beds of male coach Terry and her female friend, competitor, and role model Tory.
Director: Robert Towne | Stars: Mariel Hemingway, Scott Glenn, Patrice Donnelly, Kenny Moore
Votes: 3,210 | Gross: $5.67M
98. Night Crossing (1982)
PG | 107 min | Drama, Family, History
True tale about two men planning to escape from communist East Germany in a hot air balloon, but only if they can take their families with them.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: John Hurt, Jane Alexander, Doug McKeon, Keith McKeon
Votes: 1,587 | Gross: $8.00M
99. Cannery Row (1982)
PG | 120 min | Drama, Romance
Monterey, California in the 1940's. Cannery Row - the section of town where the now closed fish canneries are located - is inhabited primarily by the down and out, although many would not ... See full summary »
Director: David S. Ward | Stars: Nick Nolte, Debra Winger, Audra Lindley, Frank McRae
Votes: 4,113 | Gross: $5.30M
100. The Beast Within (1982)
R | 98 min | Horror
A young woman gets raped by a mysterious man-creature, and years later her son begins a horrific transformation into a similar beast.
Director: Philippe Mora | Stars: Ronny Cox, Bibi Besch, Paul Clemens, Don Gordon
Votes: 4,547 | Gross: $7.74M
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