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Rank Title Studio Gross
1. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a 1982 in film American science fiction film co-produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Melissa Mathison and starring Henry Thomas, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, Dee Wallace-Stone and Peter Coyote....
 Universal $359,197,037
2.Tootsie
Tootsie

Tootsie is a 1982 in film comedy film that tells the story of a talented but volatile actor whose reputation for being difficult forces him to go to extreme lengths to land a job....
 Columbia $177,200,000
3.An Officer and a Gentleman
An Officer and a Gentleman

An Officer and a Gentleman is a 1982 in film film which tells the story of a United States Navy aviation Officer Candidate who comes into conflict with the Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant who trains him....
 Paramount $129,795,554
4. Rocky III
Rocky III

Rocky III is the third installment in the Rocky . It is directed by and stars Sylvester Stallone as the Rocky Balboa, with Carl Weathers as former boxing rival Apollo Creed, and Talia Shire as Rocky's wife, Adrian_Pennino....
 United Artists $124,146,897
5. Porky's
Porky's

Porky's is a comedy film about the escapades of teenagers at the fictional Angel Beach high school in Florida in 1954. It was released in the United States in 1982, and spawned two sequels: Porky's II: The Next Day and Porky's Revenge and influenced many writers in the teen film genre....
 20th Century Fox $105,492,483
6.Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is a 1982 motion picture released by Paramount Pictures. The film is the second feature based on the Star Trek science fiction franchise....
 Paramount $78,912,963
7. 48 Hrs.
48 Hrs.

48 Hrs. is a 1982 in film Action film comedy film directed by Walter Hill , starring Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy as a cop and convict, respectively, who team up to catch a cop-killer....
 Paramount $78,868,508
8. Poltergeist MGM $76,606,280
9. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Universal $69,701,637
10. Annie Columbia $57,059,003
source: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1982&p=.htm

> Golden Globe Awards
40th Golden Globe Awards

The 40th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1982, were given on 29 January, 1983....
:

Drama:
Best Picture
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama

This page lists the winners and nominees for the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture ? Drama, since its institution in 1951....
: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a 1982 in film American science fiction film co-produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Melissa Mathison and starring Henry Thomas, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, Dee Wallace-Stone and Peter Coyote....
Best Actor
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture - Drama was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951 in film....
: Ben Kingsley - Gandhi
Best Actress
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture - Drama was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951 in film....
: Meryl Streep - Sophie's Choice


Musical or comedy:
Best Picture
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy has been awarded annually since 1952 in film by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association....
: Tootsie
Tootsie

Tootsie is a 1982 in film comedy film that tells the story of a talented but volatile actor whose reputation for being difficult forces him to go to extreme lengths to land a job....
Best Actor
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951 in film....
: Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Lee Hoffman is a two-time Academy Award-, six-time Golden Globe-, three-time BAFTA- and Emmy Award-winning United States actor....
 - Tootsie
Best Actress
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1950 in film....
: Julie Andrews
Julie Andrews

Dame Julie Elizabeth Andrews, Order of the British Empire is an award-winning English actress, singer, author and Cultural icon. She is the recipient of Golden Globe, Emmy, Grammy, BAFTA, People's Choice Award, Theatre World Award, Screen Actors Guild and Academy Awards honours....
 - Victor/Victoria
Victor/Victoria

Victor Victoria is a 1982 in film musical comedy film, which involves transvestism and sexual identity as central themes. It stars Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston , Lesley Ann Warren, Alex Karras and John Rhys-Davies....


Other
Best Director
Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture

This page lists the winners of and nominees for the Golden Globe Award for Best Director. Since its inception in 1943, it has been presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, an organization comprised of journalists who cover the United States film industry for publications based outside North America....
: Richard Attenborough - Gandhi
Best Foreign Film
Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film

The Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the awards presented at the Golden Globe Awards, an American film awards ceremony....
: Gandhi, India


Palme d'Or
Palme d'Or

The Palme d'Or is the highest prize awarded to competing films at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the organising committee....
 (Cannes Film Festival):
Missing
Missing (film)

Missing is a 1982 in film film directed by Costa Gavras, starring Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron, John Shea and Charles Cioffi. It is based on the true story of American journalist Charles Horman, who disappeared in the bloody aftermath of the US-backed Chilean coup of 1973 that deposed President Salvador Allende....
, directed by Costa Gavras
Costa Gavras

Constantinos Gavras , better known as Costa-Gavras , is a Greek filmmaker, best known for films with overt political themes, most famously the dark, fast-paced thriller, Z ....
, United States
Yol
Yol

Yol is a 1982 in film Turkish film. The screenplay was written by Yilmaz G?ney, and it was directed by his assistant Serif G?ren, who strictly followed G?ney's instructions, as G?ney was in prison at the time....
 (The Way), directed by Yilmaz Güney
Yilmaz Güney

Yilmaz G?ney, was a Alevi Zaza-Kurdish film director, Screenwriter, novelist and actor of Zaza people and Kurdish people origin. Many of his works are devoted to the plight of ordinary, middle class- to low class people in Turkey....
, Turkey


Golden Lion
Golden Lion

The Leone d?Oro is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Biennale Venice Film Festival. The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing committee and is now regarded as one of the film industry's most distinguished prizes....
 (Venice Film Festival):
The State of Things
The State of Things (film)

The State of Things is a 1982 road movie directed by Wim Wenders. It tells the story of a film director travelling from Portugal to Los Angeles in search of his missing producer....
 (Der Stand der Dinge), directed by Wim Wenders
Wim Wenders

Ernst Wilhelm Wenders is a Germany film director, playwright, author, photographer and film producer....
, W.






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  • Hugh Grant
    Hugh Grant

    Hugh John Mungo Grant is a British people actor and film producer. He has received a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA, and an Honorary C?sar. His movies have earned more than $2.4 billion from 25 theatrical releases worldwide....
     makes his film debut.
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    Angelina Jolie

    Angelina Jolie is an American film actor and a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador for the UNHCR. She has been cited as one of the world's most beautiful women and her off-screen life is widely reported....
     makes her film debut as a child actress appearing with her father Jon Voight
    Jon Voight

    Jonathan Vincent "Jon" Voight is an American Academy Award-winning, Emmy Award- and British Academy of Film and Television Arts-nominated film and television actor....
    , in Lookin' to Get Out
    Lookin' to Get Out

    Lookin? to Get Out is a 1982 in film film directed by Hal Ashby and written by Al Schwartz and Jon Voight, who also stars in the movie with daughter Angelina Jolie....
    . She next appeared on film as an adult 11 years later in Cyborg 2
    Cyborg 2

    Cyborg 2, released in some countries as Glass Shadow, is a 1993 science fiction action film Film director by Michael Schroeder . It is the direct sequel to the 1989 film Cyborg ....
    .
  • The Coca-Cola Company
    The Coca-Cola Company

    The Coca-Cola Company is the world's largest beverage company, largest manufacturer, distributor and marketer of non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups in the world and is one of the largest corporations in the United States....
     acquires Columbia Pictures
    Columbia Pictures

    Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an United States film production company and distribution company. It was one of the so-called studio system among the eight major film studios of Hollywood Cinema of the United States#Golden Age of Hollywood....


Top grossing films (U.S.)

Rank Title Studio Gross
1. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a 1982 in film American science fiction film co-produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Melissa Mathison and starring Henry Thomas, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, Dee Wallace-Stone and Peter Coyote....
 Universal $359,197,037
2.Tootsie
Tootsie

Tootsie is a 1982 in film comedy film that tells the story of a talented but volatile actor whose reputation for being difficult forces him to go to extreme lengths to land a job....
 Columbia $177,200,000
3.An Officer and a Gentleman
An Officer and a Gentleman

An Officer and a Gentleman is a 1982 in film film which tells the story of a United States Navy aviation Officer Candidate who comes into conflict with the Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant who trains him....
 Paramount $129,795,554
4. Rocky III
Rocky III

Rocky III is the third installment in the Rocky . It is directed by and stars Sylvester Stallone as the Rocky Balboa, with Carl Weathers as former boxing rival Apollo Creed, and Talia Shire as Rocky's wife, Adrian_Pennino....
 United Artists $124,146,897
5. Porky's
Porky's

Porky's is a comedy film about the escapades of teenagers at the fictional Angel Beach high school in Florida in 1954. It was released in the United States in 1982, and spawned two sequels: Porky's II: The Next Day and Porky's Revenge and influenced many writers in the teen film genre....
 20th Century Fox $105,492,483
6.Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is a 1982 motion picture released by Paramount Pictures. The film is the second feature based on the Star Trek science fiction franchise....
 Paramount $78,912,963
7. 48 Hrs.
48 Hrs.

48 Hrs. is a 1982 in film Action film comedy film directed by Walter Hill , starring Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy as a cop and convict, respectively, who team up to catch a cop-killer....
 Paramount $78,868,508
8. Poltergeist MGM $76,606,280
9. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Universal $69,701,637
10. Annie Columbia $57,059,003
source: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1982&p=.htm

Awards


Academy Awards
55th Academy Awards

The 55th Academy Awards were presented April 11, 1983 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Liza Minnelli, Dudley Moore, Richard Pryor, and Walter Matthau....
:

Best Picture
Academy Award for Best Picture

The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Academy Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to artists working in the film industry....
: Gandhi
Gandhi (film)

Gandhi is a film about Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, who was a leader of the nonviolent resistance movement against British Raj in India during the first half of the 20th century....
 - Indo-British Films, Columbia
Best Director: Richard Attenborough
Richard Attenborough

Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, Order of the British Empire, is an English people actor, film director, film producer, and entrepreneur....
 - Gandhi
Best Actor
Academy Award for Best Actor

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry....
: Ben Kingsley
Ben Kingsley

Sir Ben Kingsley, Order of the British Empire is an England actor. One of United Kingdom's most acclaimed and well-known performers, he is one of few men to have won all four major motion picture acting awards, receiving Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award awards throughout his career....
 - Gandhi
Best Actress
Academy Award for Best Actress

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry....
: Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep

Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep is an American actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. She is widely regarded as being one of the most talented and respected movie actors of the modern era....
 - Sophie's Choice
Sophie's Choice (film)

Sophie's Choice is a 1982 in film United States drama film that tells the story of a Poles immigrant, Sophie, and her tempestuous lover who share a boarding house with a young writer in Brooklyn....
Best Supporting Actor
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry....
: Louis Gossett, Jr.
Louis Gossett, Jr.

Louis Cameron Gossett, Jr. is an United States Emmy Award-, Golden Globe Awards-, and Academy Award-winning actor....
 - An Officer and a Gentleman
An Officer and a Gentleman

An Officer and a Gentleman is a 1982 in film film which tells the story of a United States Navy aviation Officer Candidate who comes into conflict with the Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant who trains him....
Best Supporting Actress
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry....
: Jessica Lange
Jessica Lange

Jessica Phyllis Lange is an United States stage and screen actress who, among many other accolades, has won two Academy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards....
 - Tootsie
Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Award, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ....
: Volver a empezar (Begin the Beguine), directed by José Luis Garci
José Luis Garci

Jos? Luis Garci is a Film director, Film, writer, and actor in Spain Film.Garci gained early experience in cinema by writing scripts and acting....
, Spain
Golden Globe Awards
40th Golden Globe Awards

The 40th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1982, were given on 29 January, 1983....
:

Drama:
Best Picture
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama

This page lists the winners and nominees for the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture ? Drama, since its institution in 1951....
: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a 1982 in film American science fiction film co-produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Melissa Mathison and starring Henry Thomas, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, Dee Wallace-Stone and Peter Coyote....
Best Actor
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture - Drama was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951 in film....
: Ben Kingsley - Gandhi
Best Actress
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture - Drama was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951 in film....
: Meryl Streep - Sophie's Choice


Musical or comedy:
Best Picture
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy has been awarded annually since 1952 in film by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association....
: Tootsie
Tootsie

Tootsie is a 1982 in film comedy film that tells the story of a talented but volatile actor whose reputation for being difficult forces him to go to extreme lengths to land a job....
Best Actor
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951 in film....
: Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Lee Hoffman is a two-time Academy Award-, six-time Golden Globe-, three-time BAFTA- and Emmy Award-winning United States actor....
 - Tootsie
Best Actress
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1950 in film....
: Julie Andrews
Julie Andrews

Dame Julie Elizabeth Andrews, Order of the British Empire is an award-winning English actress, singer, author and Cultural icon. She is the recipient of Golden Globe, Emmy, Grammy, BAFTA, People's Choice Award, Theatre World Award, Screen Actors Guild and Academy Awards honours....
 - Victor/Victoria
Victor/Victoria

Victor Victoria is a 1982 in film musical comedy film, which involves transvestism and sexual identity as central themes. It stars Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston , Lesley Ann Warren, Alex Karras and John Rhys-Davies....


Other
Best Director
Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture

This page lists the winners of and nominees for the Golden Globe Award for Best Director. Since its inception in 1943, it has been presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, an organization comprised of journalists who cover the United States film industry for publications based outside North America....
: Richard Attenborough - Gandhi
Best Foreign Film
Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film

The Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the awards presented at the Golden Globe Awards, an American film awards ceremony....
: Gandhi, India


Palme d'Or
Palme d'Or

The Palme d'Or is the highest prize awarded to competing films at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the organising committee....
 (Cannes Film Festival):
Missing
Missing (film)

Missing is a 1982 in film film directed by Costa Gavras, starring Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron, John Shea and Charles Cioffi. It is based on the true story of American journalist Charles Horman, who disappeared in the bloody aftermath of the US-backed Chilean coup of 1973 that deposed President Salvador Allende....
, directed by Costa Gavras
Costa Gavras

Constantinos Gavras , better known as Costa-Gavras , is a Greek filmmaker, best known for films with overt political themes, most famously the dark, fast-paced thriller, Z ....
, United States
Yol
Yol

Yol is a 1982 in film Turkish film. The screenplay was written by Yilmaz G?ney, and it was directed by his assistant Serif G?ren, who strictly followed G?ney's instructions, as G?ney was in prison at the time....
 (The Way), directed by Yilmaz Güney
Yilmaz Güney

Yilmaz G?ney, was a Alevi Zaza-Kurdish film director, Screenwriter, novelist and actor of Zaza people and Kurdish people origin. Many of his works are devoted to the plight of ordinary, middle class- to low class people in Turkey....
, Turkey


Golden Lion
Golden Lion

The Leone d?Oro is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Biennale Venice Film Festival. The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing committee and is now regarded as one of the film industry's most distinguished prizes....
 (Venice Film Festival):
The State of Things
The State of Things (film)

The State of Things is a 1982 road movie directed by Wim Wenders. It tells the story of a film director travelling from Portugal to Los Angeles in search of his missing producer....
 (Der Stand der Dinge), directed by Wim Wenders
Wim Wenders

Ernst Wilhelm Wenders is a Germany film director, playwright, author, photographer and film producer....
, W. Germany / Portugal / USA


Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss
Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss

Veronika Voss is a black and white 1982 in film film Film director by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Its original German language title is Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss, which means The Longing of Veronika Voss....
 (Veronika Voss), directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Rainer Werner Fassbinder was a Germany film director, screenwriter, dramatist and actor. A premier representative of the New German Cinema. He maintained a frenetic pace in film-making, in a professional career that lasted less than fifteen years Fassbinder completed 35 Feature film films; two television series shot on film; three Short sub...
, W. Germany


Films released in 1982

  • 48 Hours
    48 Hrs.

    48 Hrs. is a 1982 in film Action film comedy film directed by Walter Hill , starring Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy as a cop and convict, respectively, who team up to catch a cop-killer....
    , starring Nick Nolte
    Nick Nolte

    Nicholas King "Nick" Nolte is an Academy Awards-nominated United States actor, film producer and ex-model ....
     and Eddie Murphy
    Eddie Murphy

    Bold text'Edward Regan "Eddie" Murphy is an United States actor, film director, Film producer, comedian and "singer". Murphy ranks as the highest grossing film star in history, having a total of 37 films to date, his films grossing over $3.4 billion in the US alone, averaging $104 million per film....
  • Android
    Android (film)

    Android is a 1982 in film Science fiction film directed by Aaron Lipstadt and starring Klaus Kinski. The film follows the story of a scientist and his assistant who are working on an illegal android program from their lab on a space station in orbit of the Earth....
  • Annie
    Annie (film)

    Annie is a 1982 Academy Award nominated musical film based upon the popular 1977 stage musical theatre of the same name, with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and the musical theater by Thomas Meehan ....
    , directed by John Huston
    John Huston

    John Marcellus Huston was an United States film director and actor. He was known for directing the films, The Maltese Falcon , The Asphalt Jungle , The Treasure of the Sierra Madre , Key Largo , The African Queen , The Misfits , and The Man Who Would Be King ....
    , starring Aileen Quinn
    Aileen Quinn

    Aileen Quinn is an United States actress who played the title role in the film Annie . She is a graduate of Drew University.She will play a role in the upcoming film Multiple Sarcasms, starring Mario Van Peebles and Mira Sorvino and will be making a cameo appearance in the soon to be released 'Fannie', an upcoming dramatic musical base...
     and Albert Finney
    Albert Finney

    Albert Finney, Jr. is a British people actor. Hailed as a "second Laurence Olivier" as a young stage actor in the late 1950s, Finney rose to film star fame in the early 1960s....
  • Airplane II: The Sequel
    Airplane II: The Sequel

    Airplane II: The Sequel is an United States comedy film sequel to the 1980 in film film Airplane! First released on December 10, 1982, the film was written and directed by Ken Finkleman and stars Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges, Chad Everett, William Shatner, Rip Torn, and Sonny Bono....
     (re-released in 2006)
  • Arth
    Arth (film)

    Arth is a 1982 in film film directed by Mahesh Bhatt, starring Shabana Azmi, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Smita Patil, Raj_Kiran and Rohini Hattangadi....
    , directed by Mahesh Bhatt
    Mahesh Bhatt

    Mahesh Bhatt , is a prominent Indian film director, producer and screenwriter.Bhatt's early directional career consisted of acclaimed Art films Parallel Cinema films, such as Arth, Saaransh, Janam and Naam....
    , Silver Lotus Award
    National Film Awards

    The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India, and the country's oldest alongside the Filmfare Awards. Established in 1954, it has been run by the Indian government's Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973....
     for best Indian actress Shabana Azmi
    Shabana Azmi

    Shabana Azmi is one of the leading actresses of Parallel Cinema. She is a film actress as well as a social activist, and her performances in films in a variety of genres have generally earned her praises and awards including five wins of National Film Award for Best Actress....
  • The Beach Girls
    The Beach Girls (1982 film)

    The Beach Girls is a 1982 in film sex comedy film, directed by Pat Townsend. It stars Jeana Tomasina, Val Kline and Debra Blee....
  • The Beastmaster
    The Beastmaster (film)

    The Beastmaster is a 1982 in film fantasy film directed by Don Coscarelli that starred Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts, John Amos and Rip Torn. It was loosely based on ideas from Andre Norton in her seminal science fiction novel The Beast Master, although it did not use plot, setting, or characters from the novel....
  • The Beehive, (La Colmena) Golden Bear (award) winner 1982
  • The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
    The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

    The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is a Musical theatre with a book by Larry L. King and Peter Masterson and music and lyrics by Carol Hall....
    , starring Burt Reynolds
    Burt Reynolds

    Burton Leon "Burt" Reynolds Jr. is an United States actor. Some of his memorable roles include Lewis Medlock in Deliverance, Paul Crewe in The Longest Yard , Bo 'Bandit' Darville in Smokey and the Bandit, J.J....
    , Dolly Parton
    Dolly Parton

    Dolly Rebecca Parton is a Grammy Award-winning United Statesn singer-songwriter, author, actress and philanthropist, known for her prolific work in country music....
     and Charles Durning
    Charles Durning

    Charles Durning is an Academy Award- and Emmy Award-nominated United States actor of stage and screen....
  • Blade Runner
    Blade Runner

    Blade Runner is a 1982 in film Cinema of the United States science fiction film, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, and Sean Young....
    , directed by Ridley Scott
    Ridley Scott

    Sir Ridley Scott is a United Kingdom Academy Award nominated and Golden Globe Award, Emmy Award and British Academy of Film and Television Arts winning film director and film producer known for his stylish visuals and an obsession for detail....
    , starring Harrison Ford
    Harrison Ford

    Harrison Ford is an United Statesn actor. Ford is best known for his performances as Han Solo in the original Star Wars trilogy, and as the Indiana Jones in the Indiana Jones franchise#Films film series....
    , Rutger Hauer
    Rutger Hauer

    Rutger Oelsen Hauer ; born 23 January 1944) is a Golden Globe-winning Netherlands film actor. He is well known for his roles in Blade Runner, The Hitcher , Ladyhawke, The Blood of Heroes and Batman Begins....
    , Sean Young
    Sean Young

    Sean Young is an United States of America actor, best known for her performance in films in the 1980s such as Blade Runner and No Way Out , but who has arguably become more famous because of her bizarre antics....
    , Edward James Olmos
    Edward James Olmos

    Edward James "Eddie" Olmos is an Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated United States actor and director. Some of his most memorable roles are Characters in Blade Runner#Gaff in Blade Runner, Lieutenant Martin Castillo in Miami Vice, Jaime Escalante in Stand and Deliver, William Adama in the Battlestar Galactica re-i...
     and Daryl Hannah
    Daryl Hannah

    Daryl Christine Hannah is an American film actress. After making her screen debut in 1978, Hannah starred in a number of Hollywood films throughout the 1980s notably Blade Runner, Splash , Wall Street and Roxanne and in 2003-4 received acclaim for her role in the Kill Bill series....
  • Blue Island
    Blue Island (1982 film)

    Blue Island is a 1982 in film film directed by Luigi Russo and Enzo Doria, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Dardano Sacchetti. Filmed in the Seychelles, it stars Fabio Meyer, Mario Pedone and Sabrina Siani....
  • The Border
    The Border

    The Border is a 1982 in film film directed by Tony Richardson and starring Jack Nicholson as Charlie Smith, Warren Oates as Red and Harvey Keitel as Cat....
  • Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
    Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales

    Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales is a 1982 in film Looney Tunes film with a compilation of classic Warner Bros. cartoon shorts and animation bridging sequences, hosted by Bugs Bunny....
  • Cat People
    Cat People (1982 film)

    Cat People is a 1982 in film horror film directed by Paul Schrader and starring Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell, and John Heard . The film co-stars Annette O'Toole, Ruby Dee, and features small parts for Ed Begley, Jr....
    , starring Nastassja Kinski
    Nastassja Kinski

    'Nastassja Kinski' is a German Actor, who has appeared in more than 60 international movies. Her starring roles include her Golden Globe Award-winning portrayal of 'Tess Durbeyfield' in Roman Polanski's film Tess, her roles in two erotic films , and her parts in Wim Wenders' films The Wrong Move, Paris, Texas , and Faraway, So Close!...
     and Malcolm McDowell
    Malcolm McDowell

    Malcolm McDowell is a UK actor. McDowell's career has spanned five decades and includes notable roles in if...., A Clockwork Orange , O Lucky Man!, Caligula , Star Trek Generations, Heroes , Metalocalypse, and the 2007 horror remake of Halloween ....
  • Class of 1984
    Class of 1984

    Class of 1984 is a 1982 in film film about a new musical teacher at a troubled inner city school, where students have to pass through a metal detector due to problems with gangs, drugs, and violence....
  • Creepshow
    Creepshow

    Creepshow is an American horror-comedy anthology film directed by George A. Romero , and written by Stephen King .It was considered a sleeper hit at the box office when released in November 1982 in film, earning over $21 million domestically, and remains a popular film to this day among horror genre fans....
  • Comeback
    Comeback (film)

    Comeback is a 1982 semi-autobiographical film starring Eric Burdon....
    , starring Eric Burdon
    Eric Burdon

    Eric Victor Burdon is best known as a founding member and singer of The Animals, a rock band formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and his multi-racial project the Funk rock band War ....
    , Julie Carmen
    Julie Carmen

    File:Jcyblue.jpg'Julie Carmen' is an United States actress from New York who came to prominence onscreen in the 1980s. She is known as one of the few actresses of Hispanic decent who broke through the barriers in Hollywood, winning the Best Supporting Actress Award at the Venice Film Festival in 1980 for her role in John Cassavetes's Gloria...
  • Conan the Barbarian
    Conan the Barbarian (film)

    Conan the Barbarian is a 1982 in film by director John Milius and is recognized as the actor breakthrough of bodybuilding Arnold Schwarzenegger....
    , starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
    Arnold Schwarzenegger

    Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor, businessman, and Politics of the United States, currently serving as the List of Governors of California Governor of California of the state of California....
  • The Dark Crystal
    The Dark Crystal

    The Dark Crystal is a cult film 1982 in film fantasy film directed by puppeteers Jim Henson and Frank Oz, creators of The Muppet Show. Although still marketed as a family film, it was notably darker than previous material created by them....
  • Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
    Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

    Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid is a 1982 in film comedy film directed by Carl Reiner and starring Steve Martin and Rachel Ward. It is both a parody of, and homage to, film noir and the pulp magazine detective movies of the 1940s and 1950s....
  • Death Wish II
    Death Wish II

    Death Wish II was a 1982 in film sequel to the 1974 film Death Wish . The movie starred Charles Bronson, was written by David Engelbach, and was directed by Michael Winner....
  • Diner
    Diner

    A diner is a Prefabrication restaurant building characteristic of North America, especially on Long Island; in New York City; in New Jersey, and other areas of the Northeastern United States, although examples can be found throughout the US and in Canada....
  • Eating Raoul
    Eating Raoul

    Eating Raoul is a 1982 in film black comedy about a conservative married couple living in Hollywood who take to killing swinging for their money....
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a 1982 in film American science fiction film co-produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Melissa Mathison and starring Henry Thomas, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, Dee Wallace-Stone and Peter Coyote....
    , directed by Steven Spielberg
    Steven Spielberg

    Steven Allan Spielberg, KBE is an American film director, screenwriter and film producer. Forbes magazine places Spielberg's net worth at $3.1 billion....
    , starring Henry Thomas
    Henry Thomas

    'Henry Jackson Thomas, Jr.' is an United States actor and musician. He has appeared in more than 40 films and is best known for his role as Elliott in the 1982 Steven Spielberg film E.T....
    , Dee Wallace Stone, Peter Coyote
    Peter Coyote

    Peter Coyote is an United States actor, author, film director, screenwriter and narrator of films, theatre, television and audio books. His voice work includes narrating the opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics....
    , Robert McNaughton and Drew Barrymore
    Drew Barrymore

    Drew Blyth Barrymore is an American actor and film producer. She is the youngest member of the Barrymore family of American actors. She began acting when she was eleven months old....
  • L'étoile du nord
    L'étoile du nord (film)

    L'etoile du nord is a 1982 in film France film based on a novel by Georges Simenon, starring Simone Signoret, Philippe Noiret, Fanny Cotten?on and Julie J?z?quel....
  • Fanny and Alexander
    Fanny and Alexander

    Fanny and Alexander is a 1982 in film Sweden film written and film director by Ingmar Bergman. It was originally conceived as a four part TV movie which spanned 312 minutes....
  • Fast Times at Ridgemont High
    Fast Times at Ridgemont High

    Fast Times at Ridgemont High is a 1982 in film Cinema of the United States Coming of age teen film-comedy film written by Cameron Crowe and directed by Amy Heckerling....
    , starring Sean Penn
    Sean Penn

    Sean Justin Penn is an United States film actor. He is also a filmmaker and political activist. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama for his role in Mystic River and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role and Academy Awa...
    , Jennifer Jason Leigh
    Jennifer Jason Leigh

    Jennifer Jason Leigh is a Golden Globe Awards-nominated and two-time New York Film Critics Circle Awards-winning United States actress.Her work has drawn high critical praise....
    , Judge Reinhold
    Judge Reinhold

    Judge Reinhold is an United States actor, perhaps best known for co-starring in movies such as Beverly Hills Cop, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and The Santa Clause....
    , Phoebe Cates
    Phoebe Cates

    Phoebe Cates is an United States film actor known for her roles in several teen films, most notably Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Gremlins....
    , Robert Romanus
    Robert Romanus

    Robert Romanus , also billed as Bob Romanus, is an United States actor who has starred in film and television. He is best remembered for his role in the 1982 comedy Fast Times at Ridgemont High as the ticket scalper Mike Damone, and as Natalie Green's boyfriend Snake on The Facts of Life ....
     and Ray Walston
    Ray Walston

    Ray Walston was an American Stage , television and feature film actor who played the title character on the situation comedy My Favorite Martian and Judge Henry Bone on the drama series Picket Fences....
  • Firefox
    Firefox (film)

    Firefox is a 1982 action film produced and directed by, and starring Clint Eastwood. It was based on a 1977 Firefox by Craig Thomas .Russian filming locations were not possible due to the Cold War, and the producers selected Vienna and other locations in Austria to simulate many of the Eurasian story locations....
  • First Blood
    First Blood

    First Blood , is a 1982 in film Action film / adventure film directed by Ted Kotcheff. The film stars Sylvester Stallone as the unstoppable John Rambo, a troubled and misunderstood Vietnam War Vietnam veteran, with Sheriff Will Teasle as his nemesis and Colonel Samuel Trautman as his ally....
    , starring Sylvester Stallone
    Sylvester Stallone

    Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone , nicknamed Sly Stallone, is an 48th Academy Awards-nominated American actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter....
  • The Flight of Dragons
    The Flight of Dragons

    The Flight of Dragons is a 1982 animation movie produced by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin and very loosely based on the speculative natural history book of the same name by Peter Dickinson and the novel The Dragon and the George by Gordon R....
  • Frances
    Frances

    Frances is a 1982 in film Universal Studios drama film starring Jessica Lange, Kim Stanley, Sam Shepard. When it was released this film was advertised as a purportedly true account of actress Frances Farmer's life but the script was largely fictional and sensationalized....
    , starring Jessica Lange
    Jessica Lange

    Jessica Phyllis Lange is an United States stage and screen actress who, among many other accolades, has won two Academy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards....
    , Sam Shepard
    Sam Shepard

    Samuel Shepard Rogers III is an American playwright, and actor, director of stage and film. He is author of several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs, and received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for his play, Buried Child....
     and Kim Stanley
    Kim Stanley

    Kim Stanley was an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning United States actor....
  • Friday the 13th Part 3
    Friday the 13th Part 3

    Friday the 13th Part III is the third film in the Friday the 13th series. The 1982 movie was the first film in the series to feature Jason Voorhees wearing a hockey mask that has become synonymous with the character and his image....
  • Gandhi
    Gandhi (film)

    Gandhi is a film about Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, who was a leader of the nonviolent resistance movement against British Raj in India during the first half of the 20th century....
    , directed by Richard Attenborough
    Richard Attenborough

    Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, Order of the British Empire, is an English people actor, film director, film producer, and entrepreneur....
    , starring Ben Kingsley
    Ben Kingsley

    Sir Ben Kingsley, Order of the British Empire is an England actor. One of United Kingdom's most acclaimed and well-known performers, he is one of few men to have won all four major motion picture acting awards, receiving Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award awards throughout his career....
  • Grease 2
    Grease 2

    Grease 2 is the sequel to the smash-hit musical film Grease , which was itself based upon the Grease by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. Grease 2 was produced by Allan Carr and Robert Stigwood, and directed and choreographed by Patricia Birch, the choreographer of the first film....
    , starring Maxwell Caulfield
    Maxwell Caulfield

    Maxwell Caulfield is a United Kingdom actor....
     and Michelle Pfeiffer
    Michelle Pfeiffer

    Michelle Marie Pfeiffer is an American actress. Over the course of her film career, she has been the recipient of a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award, for her performances in The Fabulous Baker Boys and Dangerous Liaisons respectively, as well as three Academy Award nominations....
  • Halloween III: Season of the Witch
    Halloween III: Season of the Witch

    Halloween III: Season of the Witch is a 1982 in film horror film and the third installment in the Halloween . The film was intended to begin Halloween as an Anthology series, releasing a new Halloween storyline every year....
  • Hanky Panky
    Hanky Panky (film)

    Hanky Panky is a 1982 in film comedy film that stars Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner. The film is directed by Sidney Poitier. Wilder first met Radner during filming of this movie and later the two married....
  • Heidi's Song
    Heidi's Song

    Heidi's Song is a 1982 in film animated musical film feature film produced by Hanna-Barbera and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on the novel Heidi by Johanna Spyri....
  • Hey Good Lookin
  • Honkytonk Man
    Honkytonk Man

    Honkytonk Man is a 1982 in film drama film set in the Great Depression. Clint Eastwood, who produced and directed the film, stars in the film with his son, Kyle Eastwood....
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame
    The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982 film)

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a 1982 in film United Kingdom-United States television movie film starring Anthony Hopkins, Sir Derek Jacobi, Lesley-Anne Down, and Sir John Gielgud, based on the Victor Hugo novel....
  • Inchon!
    Inchon (film)

    Inchon is a 1982 in film directed by Terence Young about the Battle of Incheon during the Korean War. One of the major financial backers of Inchon was the Unification Church....
  • Killing 'em Softly, directed by Max Fischer, starring George Segal
    George Segal

    George Segal, Jr. is an American film and stage actor....
     and Irene Cara
    Irene Cara

    Irene Cara is an United States singer and actress. Cara won an Academy Award in 1984 in the category of Best Original Song for co-writing "Flashdance......
  • Let's Spend the Night Together
    Let's Spend the Night Together (film)

    Let's Spend The Night Together by The Rolling Stones is a film directed by Hal Ashby and released in 1982, taken from concerts recorded during their North American Tour 1981....
     (Rolling Stones' concert film)
  • Love Child
  • The Man from Snowy River (a)
  • Making Love
    Making Love

    Making Love is a 1982 film about a married man coming to terms with his homosexuality and the love triangle that develops around him, his wife and another man....
  • The Marathon Family
    The Marathon Family

    The Marathon Family is a 1982 comedy film written by Du?an Kovacevic and directed by Serbian director Slobodan ?ijan. It has a cult film status in Serbia as well as other countries from the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia region, and is regarded as one of the classics of Serbian cinematography....
  • Megaforce
    Megaforce

    Megaforce is an action film made in 1982 in film directed by former stuntman Hal Needham. The film starred Barry Bostwick, Persis Khambatta, Michael Beck, Edward Mulhare, Evan C....
  • Missing
    Missing (film)

    Missing is a 1982 in film film directed by Costa Gavras, starring Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron, John Shea and Charles Cioffi. It is based on the true story of American journalist Charles Horman, who disappeared in the bloody aftermath of the US-backed Chilean coup of 1973 that deposed President Salvador Allende....
    , directed by Costa Gavras
    Costa Gavras

    Constantinos Gavras , better known as Costa-Gavras , is a Greek filmmaker, best known for films with overt political themes, most famously the dark, fast-paced thriller, Z ....
    , starring Jack Lemmon
    Jack Lemmon

    'John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III' was an United States actor known principally for his comedic roles. He starred in over 60 films including Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Days of Wine and Roses , Irma La Douce, The Odd Couple , The Out-of-Towners , Glengarry Glen Ross , The China Syndrome and JFK ....
     and Sissy Spacek
    Sissy Spacek

    Mary Elizabeth "Sissy" Spacek is an Academy Award–winning United States actress and singer. Her screen debut was in the 1972 film Prime Cut co-starring Lee Marvin and Gene Hackman....
    , Palme d'Or winner
  • The Missionary
    The Missionary

    The Missionary is a 1982 in film British comedy directed by Richard Loncraine, produced by George Harrison, Denis O'Brian, Michael Palin and Neville C....
  • Monkey Grip
    Monkey Grip

    Monkey Grip is a soundtrack to the movie of the same name, with songs provided by the Divinyls. The movie is an adaptation by director Ken Cameron of Helen Garner's novel Monkey Grip ....
  • Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
    Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl

    Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl is a 1982 in film concert film in which the Monty Python team perform many of their greatest sketches at the Hollywood Bowl, including several pre-Python ones....
  • Moonlighting
    Moonlighting (film)

    Moonlighting is a film written and directed by Jerzy Skolimowski in 1982 in film. It is set in the early 1980s at the time of the Solidarity protests in Poland....
  • My Favorite Year
    My Favorite Year

    My Favorite Year is a 1982 in film comedy film which tells the story of a young comedy writer. It stars Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper, Joseph Bologna, Lou Jacobi, Bill Macy, Lainie Kazan, Selma Diamond, Cameron Mitchell and Gloria Stuart....
    , starring Peter O'Toole
    Peter O'Toole

    Peter Seamus O'Toole is an Irish people actor of stage and screen who achieved instant stardom in 1962 playing T.E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia ....
  • The Night of the Shooting Stars
    The Night of the Shooting Stars

    The Night of the Shooting Stars is a 1982 in film Italy fantasy war drama film directed by Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani....
    , by Paolo Emilio Taviani
    Paolo Emilio Taviani

    Paolo Emilio Taviani was an Italy politician. One of the founders of the Christian Democracy , he was Italian Minister of Defense from 1953 to 1958, and then Italian Minister of the Interior from 1961 to 1968 and from 1972 to 1974....
  • An Officer and a Gentleman
    An Officer and a Gentleman

    An Officer and a Gentleman is a 1982 in film film which tells the story of a United States Navy aviation Officer Candidate who comes into conflict with the Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant who trains him....
    , directed by Taylor Hackford
    Taylor Hackford

    Taylor Edwin Hackford is an Academy Award-winning United States film director....
    , starring Richard Gere
    Richard Gere

    Richard Tiffany Gere is an United States actor. He began acting in the 1970s, and came to prominence in 1980 for his role in the film American Gigolo, which established him as a leading man and a sex symbol....
    , Debra Winger
    Debra Winger

    Debra Winger is an Academy Award-nominated United States actress....
     and Louis Gossett, Jr.
    Louis Gossett, Jr.

    Louis Cameron Gossett, Jr. is an United States Emmy Award-, Golden Globe Awards-, and Academy Award-winning actor....
  • Paradise
    Paradise (1982 film)

    Paradise is a 1982 in film English language romance film and adventure film starring Phoebe Cates and Willie Aames, written and directed by Stuart Gillard....
     starring Phoebe Cates
    Phoebe Cates

    Phoebe Cates is an United States film actor known for her roles in several teen films, most notably Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Gremlins....
     and Willie Aames
    Willie Aames

    Willie Aames is an United States actor, Film director and television director, television producer, and screenwriter best known for the roles Tommy Bradford on the 1970s sitcom Eight is Enough, and Buddy Lembeck on the 1980s sitcom Charles in Charge....
  • Partners
    Partners (1982 film)

    Partners is a gay-themed buddy film comedy from 1982 in film. It stars Ryan O'Neal and John Hurt as a mismatched pair of cops....
  • Personal Best
    Personal Best

    Personal Best is a 1982 Film centered on a group of women who are trying to qualify for the Olympic Games track-and-field team.The movie starred Mariel Hemingway and real-life track star Patrice Donnelly, along with Scott Glenn as the coach of the track team....
  • Pink Floyd The Wall
    Pink Floyd The Wall (film)

    Pink Floyd The Wall is a 1982 in film musical film by British film director Alan Parker based on the 1979 Pink Floyd album The Wall. The screenplay was written by Pink Floyd vocalist and bassist Roger Waters....
  • The Plague Dogs (film)
    The Plague Dogs (film)

    The Plague Dogs is a 1982 in film animated film based on the 1977 The Plague Dogs by Richard Adams . The film was screenwriting, directed and produced by Martin Rosen , who also directed Watership Down , the film version of another novel by Adams....
  • Poltergeist
    Poltergeist (1982 film)

    Poltergeist is an American horror film, directed by Tobe Hooper and released on June 4, 1982. It is the first and most successful of the Poltergeist and was nominated for three Academy Awards....
    , starring Craig T. Nelson
    Craig T. Nelson

    Craig Theodore Nelson is an United States actor.Nelson was born in Spokane, Washington to a drummer father. Because another Craig Richard Nelson was registered with the Screen Actors Guild, he registered as Craig Theodore Nelson....
    , JoBeth Williams
    JoBeth Williams

    JoBeth Williams is an United States Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated television and film actor, and an Academy Awards-nominated Film director....
    , Dominique Dunne
    Dominique Dunne

    Dominique Dunne was an American actress.Dunne made appearances in several made for television movies, television series, and films, and played a prominent role as the oldest daughter, Dana, in the 1982 in film film Poltergeist ....
    , Oliver Robins
    Oliver Robins

    Oliver Robins is an American former child actor who is a writer and director.His first film roles were in the 1982 TV movie Million Dollar Infield, and in the 1982 American Broadcasting Corporation TV movie Don't Go to Sleep as Kevin....
    , Heather O'Rourke
    Heather O'Rourke

    Heather O'Rourke was an American child actress who played Carol Anne Freeling in the Poltergeist , as well as several television guest appearances....
    , Zelda Rubinstein
    Zelda Rubinstein

    Zelda Rubinstein is an United States actress, best known as eccentric medium Tangina Barrons in the movies Poltergeist and its sequels, Poltergeist II: The Other Side , and Poltergeist III ....
     and Beatrice Straight
    Beatrice Straight

    Beatrice Whitney Straight was an United States Academy Award-winning Broadway theatre, film, and television actor....
  • Pokrovsky Gates
    Pokrovsky Gates

    The Pokrovsky Gate is a 1982 Soviet comedy film produced for television by Mosfilm. It was directed by Mikhail Kozakov and stars Oleg Menshikov, Leonid Bronevoy, and Inna Ulyanova....
  • Porky's
    Porky's

    Porky's is a comedy film about the escapades of teenagers at the fictional Angel Beach high school in Florida in 1954. It was released in the United States in 1982, and spawned two sequels: Porky's II: The Next Day and Porky's Revenge and influenced many writers in the teen film genre....
  • Purple Haze, Sundance Grand Jury Prize
  • Querelle
    Querelle

    Querelle, a 1982 film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, adapted from France author Jean Genet's 1947 novel Querelle de Brest....
  • Quest for Fire
    Quest for Fire

    Quest for Fire is a 1911 French novel by "J.-H. Rosny", the pseudonym of two brothers; the author was likely the elder of the two, Joseph Henri Honor? Boex ....
  • A Question of Silence
    A Question of Silence

    A Question of Silence is a 1982 Netherlands drama film written and directed by Marleen Gorris. It stars Edda Barends as Christine M....
  • The Return of Martin Guerre
    The Return of Martin Guerre

    The Return of Martin Guerre is a 1982 France film directed by Daniel Vigne and based on true events in France during the 16th century. . The film depicts a case of identity theft after a war, a man showing up in his village several years after his departure, soon eliciting suspicions from his former friends on his identity....
  • Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
    Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

    Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip is the third stand-up act of Richard Pryor to be released on film out of the four that were released in total....
  • Rocky III
    Rocky III

    Rocky III is the third installment in the Rocky . It is directed by and stars Sylvester Stallone as the Rocky Balboa, with Carl Weathers as former boxing rival Apollo Creed, and Talia Shire as Rocky's wife, Adrian_Pennino....
  • The Secret of NIMH
    The Secret of NIMH

    The Secret of NIMH is a 1982 in film animation film adaptation of the Newbery Medal-winning book Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH , written by United States author Robert C....
  • She Grazed Horses on Concrete
    She Grazed Horses on Concrete

    She Grazed Horses on Concrete is a film which lays out serious topics that include a woman's capacity to hold her own in society, sexual mores, and abortion, and balances them with comedy and irony in proportions that instantly made it one of the biggest domestic blockbusters in Cinema of Slovakia....
  • Showdown at Eagle Gap
  • Sophie's Choice
    Sophie's Choice (film)

    Sophie's Choice is a 1982 in film United States drama film that tells the story of a Poles immigrant, Sophie, and her tempestuous lover who share a boarding house with a young writer in Brooklyn....
    , directed by Alan J. Pakula
    Alan J. Pakula

    Alan Jay Pakula was an United Statesn film director, writer and producer noted for his contributions to the conspiracy thriller genre....
    , starring Meryl Streep
    Meryl Streep

    Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep is an American actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. She is widely regarded as being one of the most talented and respected movie actors of the modern era....
    , Kevin Kline
    Kevin Kline

    Kevin Delaney Kline is an Academy Award winning American actor of theatre and film....
     and Peter MacNicol
    Peter MacNicol

    Peter C. MacNicol is an Emmy Award-winning American actor....
  • Soup For One
    Soup For One (film)

    Soup For One was a 1982 in film sexually-themed romantic comedy that was directed and written by Jonathan Kaufer and produced by Marvin Worth ....
  • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is a 1982 motion picture released by Paramount Pictures. The film is the second feature based on the Star Trek science fiction franchise....
  • Starstruck
    Starstruck (1982 film)

    Starstruck is a 1982 in film Australian comedy-drama musical film starring Jo Kennedy, Ross O'Donovan and Margo Lee about two teenagers trying to make their break into the music industry....
     (a)
  • The State of Things
    The State of Things (film)

    The State of Things is a 1982 road movie directed by Wim Wenders. It tells the story of a film director travelling from Portugal to Los Angeles in search of his missing producer....
    , Golden Lion winner, by director Wim Wenders
    Wim Wenders

    Ernst Wilhelm Wenders is a Germany film director, playwright, author, photographer and film producer....
     
  • Street Music, Sundance Grand Jury Prize
  • Swamp Thing
    Swamp Thing (film)

    Swamp Thing is a 1982 in film horror film written and directed by Wes Craven. It starred Louis Jourdan, Adrienne Barbeau and Ray Wise as the scientist who was transformed into a monster by a laboratory accident....
  • The Sword and the Sorcerer
    The Sword and the Sorcerer

    The Sword and the Sorcerer is a 1982 fantasy film, starring Lee Horsley, Richard Lynch , and Richard Moll, directed by Albert Pyun. A mercenary with a three-bladed sword rediscovers his royal heritage when he is recruited to help a princess foil the designs of a brutal tyrant and a powerful sorcerer in conquering the land....
  • Tempest
    Tempest (1982 film)

    Tempest is an United States comedy-drama film directed by Paul Mazursky. It's a very loose adaptation of the William Shakespeare Play , The Tempest....
  • Tenebrae
    Tenebrae (film)

    Tenebrae is a 1982 Cinema of Italy horror film thriller film written and directed by Dario Argento. The film stars Anthony Franciosa, John Saxon , and Daria Nicolodi....
  • Tex
    Tex (film)

    Tex is a 1982 in film drama film from Walt Disney Pictures and directed by Tim Hunter based on the Tex by S.E. Hinton....
  • That Night in Varennes
    That Night in Varennes

    That Night in Varennes is a 1982 in film France and Italy drama film directed by Ettore Scola. Based on a novel by Catherine Rihoit. It tells the story of a fictional meeting between Nicolas-Edme R?tif, Giacomo Casanova, Thomas Paine and Sophie de la Borde ....
  • This Is Elvis
    This Is Elvis

    This Is Elvis is a 1981 in film documentary film based on the life of singer, musician and actor Elvis Presley. The film combined archival footage with reenactments, and narration by pop singer and Elvis-soundalike Ral Donner....
  • The Thing, starring Kurt Russell
    Kurt Russell

    'Kurt Vogel Russell' is an United States actor and celebrity. He started acting as a child in Hollywood films during the 1960s, and has continued appearing in a wide variety of films since, including The Thing , Big Trouble in Little China, Escape from New York, Silkwood, Stargate , Backdraft , Tombstone , Vanilla...
  • Things Are Tough All Over
    Things Are Tough All Over

    Things are Tough All Over is the fourth Cheech and Chong movie. Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong are featured as the two hippies, and additionally as Arab businessmen Mr....
  • Timerider, starring Fred Ward
    Fred Ward

    Fred Ward is an United States actor. He began his career in 1979 alongside Clint Eastwood in Escape from Alcatraz....
  • Time Stands Still
    Time Stands Still

    Time Stands Still is a 1982 in film movie about two brothers and the woman they both love, all living in Budapest during the uprisings of the 1960s....
     
  • Tootsie
    Tootsie

    Tootsie is a 1982 in film comedy film that tells the story of a talented but volatile actor whose reputation for being difficult forces him to go to extreme lengths to land a job....
    , directed by Sydney Pollack
    Sydney Pollack

    Sydney Irwin Pollack was an United States film director, producer and actor. Born in Lafayette, Indiana to Russian Jewish immigrants, Pollack studied with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City, where he later taught acting....
    , starring Dustin Hoffman
    Dustin Hoffman

    Dustin Lee Hoffman is a two-time Academy Award-, six-time Golden Globe-, three-time BAFTA- and Emmy Award-winning United States actor....
    , Jessica Lange
    Jessica Lange

    Jessica Phyllis Lange is an United States stage and screen actress who, among many other accolades, has won two Academy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards....
     and Teri Garr
    Teri Garr

    Terry Ann "Teri" Garr is an Academy Award-nominated American actress and comedian....
  • Trail of the Pink Panther
    Trail of the Pink Panther

    Trail of the Pink Panther is a comedy film starring Peter Sellers. It was the seventh film in the Pink Panther series, and the last in which Peter Sellers starred as Inspector Jacques Clouseau, although Sellers died before production began and the film thus contains no original material....
  • Tron
    Tron (film)

    Tron is a 1982 in film science fiction film by Disney. Starring Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn , Bruce Boxleitner as Alan Bradley , Cindy Morgan as Dr....
  • The Verdict
    The Verdict

    The Verdict is a 1982 in film feature film which tells the story of a down-on-his-luck alcoholism lawyer who pushes a medical malpractice case in order to improve his own situation, but discovers along the way that he is doing the "right" thing....
    , directed by Sidney Lumet
    Sidney Lumet

    Sidney Lumet is an Academy Award winning United States film director, with over 50 films to his name, including the critically acclaimed 12 Angry Men , Serpico , Dog Day Afternoon , Network and The Verdict , all of which, except for Serpico , earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Director....
    , starring Paul Newman
    Paul Newman

    Paul Leonard Newman was an United States actor, film director, entrepreneur, Humanitarianism, and auto racing enthusiast. He won numerous awards, including an Academy Award for his performance in the 1986 Martin Scorsese film The Color of Money and eight other nominations three Golden Globe, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a...
    , Charlotte Rampling
    Charlotte Rampling

    Charlotte Rampling, Order of the British Empire is an acclaimed England actress. Her career spans four decades and delves into both France and Italy cinema....
    , James Mason
    James Mason

    James Neville Mason was a three-time Academy Award-nominated British People actor who attained stardom in both United Kingdom and United States films....
    , Jack Warden
    Jack Warden

    Jack Warden was an Emmy Award-winning, Academy Awards-nominated United States character actor....
     and Milo O'Shea
    Milo O'Shea

    Milo O'Shea is an Irish people character actor, recognisable for his bushy eyebrows, resounding voice and impish smile.He was raised in Dublin and educated by the Congregation of Christian Brothers at Synge Street CBS, along with his friend Donal Donnelly....
  • Veronika Voss, Golden Bear award winner
  • Victor/Victoria
    Victor/Victoria

    Victor Victoria is a 1982 in film musical comedy film, which involves transvestism and sexual identity as central themes. It stars Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston , Lesley Ann Warren, Alex Karras and John Rhys-Davies....
    , starring Julie Andrews
    Julie Andrews

    Dame Julie Elizabeth Andrews, Order of the British Empire is an award-winning English actress, singer, author and Cultural icon. She is the recipient of Golden Globe, Emmy, Grammy, BAFTA, People's Choice Award, Theatre World Award, Screen Actors Guild and Academy Awards honours....
    , James Garner
    James Garner

    James Garner is an United States film and television actor.He has starred in several television program spanning a career of more than five decades....
    , Robert Preston
    Robert Preston (actor)

    Robert Preston was an award-winning United States stage and film actor....
     and Lesley Ann Warren
    Lesley Ann Warren

    Lesley Ann Warren is an award-winning United Statesn actress and singer....
  • Volver a empezar Academy Award for Foreign language film
  • War and Peace
  • Wend Kuuni
    Wend Kuuni

    Wend Kuuni is a 1982 Burkina Faso drama film directed by Gaston Kabor?....
  • The World According to Garp
    The World According to Garp (film)

    The World According to Garp is 1982 in film comedy-drama film directed by George Roy Hill based on the The World According to Garp by John Irving....
    , starring Robin Williams
    Robin Williams

    Robin McLaurim Williams is an Academy Award-, Golden Globe-, and Grammy Award-winning United Statesn comedian and actor.Rising to fame with his role as the alien Mork in the TV series Mork and Mindy, and later stand up comedy work, Williams has performed in many feature films since 1980....
    , Glenn Close
    Glenn Close

    Glenn Close is an United States actress and singer of theatre and film, perhaps best known for her role as deranged stalker Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction ....
    , John Lithgow
    John Lithgow

    John Arthur Lithgow is an American actor perhaps best-known for his starring role as Dr. Dick Solomon in the NBC sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun....
     and Mary Beth Hurt
    Mary Beth Hurt

    Mary Beth Hurt is a critically acclaimed American stage and screen actor....
  • The Year of Living Dangerously
    The Year of Living Dangerously

    The Year of Living Dangerously is a 1982 Peter Weir film adapted from the The Year of Living Dangerously by its author Christopher Koch, Weir, and David Williamson....
    , starring Mel Gibson
    Mel Gibson

    Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, Officer of the Order of Australia is an Australian-American actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter....
    , Sigourney Weaver
    Sigourney Weaver

    Sigourney Weaver is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, best known for her roles as Lt. Ellen Ripley in the Alien film series and as Dana Barrett in the Ghostbusters movies....
     and Linda Hunt
    Linda Hunt

    Linda Hunt is an American film, stage and television actor. She is perhaps best known for her Academy Awards-winning role in 1982's The Year of Living Dangerously....
  • We of the Never Never
    We of the Never Never

    We of the Never Never is an autobiographical novel by Jeannie Gunn. Although published as a novel, it is an account of the author's experiences in 1902 at Elsey Station near Mataranka, Northern Territory in which she changed the names of people to obscure their identities....
  • Yol
    Yol

    Yol is a 1982 in film Turkish film. The screenplay was written by Yilmaz G?ney, and it was directed by his assistant Serif G?ren, who strictly followed G?ney's instructions, as G?ney was in prison at the time....
    , Palme d'Or winner
  • Young Doctors in Love
    Young Doctors in Love

    Young Doctors in Love is a comedy film directed by Garry Marshall. Similar in tone to the Airplane! movies, it spoofs a variety of medical shows ....


Births

  • January 1 - Anusha Dhandekar, Indian actress
  • March 11 - Thora Birch
    Thora Birch

    Thora Birch is an American actor. She was a leading child actor in the 1990s, starring in movies such as Hocus Pocus , Now and Then , and Alaska ....
    , American actress
  • April 1 - Sam Huntington
    Sam Huntington

    Sam Huntington is an American actor....
    , American actor
  • April 30 - Kirsten Dunst
    Kirsten Dunst

    Kirsten Caroline Dunst is an American actor and singer. She made her film debut in New York Stories#Oedipus Wrecks, a short film directed by Woody Allen for the anthology New York Stories ....
    , American actress
  • may 16 - Dean Kissell,American actor, writer
  • July 24 - Anna Paquin
    Anna Paquin

    Anna Helene Paquin is an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning, Emmy Award-nominated, New Zealander actress. Her breakthrough performance was in the New Zealand film The Piano, which earned her an Academy Awards for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1994....
    , Canadian actress
  • September 30 - Lacey Chabert
    Lacey Chabert

    Lacey Nicole Chabert is an United States actress and voice actor, best known for her roles as Claudia Salinger in the television drama Party of Five and as Gretchen Wieners in the movie Mean Girls....
    , American actress
  • October 3 - Stephen Droegmoeller, American Actor
  • November 12 - Anne Hathaway
    Anne Hathaway (actress)

    Anne Jacqueline Hathaway is an American actress. She made her acting debut in the 1999 television series Get Real , but her first prominent role was in Walt Disney Productions family comedy The Princess Diaries , which established her career....
    , American actress
  • November 30 - Elisha Cuthbert
    Elisha Cuthbert

    Elisha Ann Cuthbert is a Canada actor. Cuthbert is known as the former television presenter of the Canadian children's television series Popular Mechanics for Kids....
    , Canadian actress
  • December 17 - Leander Suleiman, American actress


Deaths

  • January 30 - Stanley Holloway
    Stanley Holloway

    Stanley Augustus Holloway was an England actor and entertainer famous for his comic and character roles on stage and screen, especially that of Alfred Doolittle in My Fair Lady....
    , actor
  • March 5 - John Belushi
    John Belushi

    John Adam Belushi was an United States comedian, actor and musician, notable for his work on Saturday Night Live, National Lampoon's Animal House and The Blues Brothers ....
    , actor
  • March 6 - Ayn Rand
    Ayn Rand

    Ayn Rand , was a Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter. She is known for her best-selling novels and for developing a philosophical system called Objectivism ....
    , writer
  • May 29 - Romy Schneider
    Romy Schneider

    Romy Schneider was a Austrian-born, Austrian-German actress. Born in Vienna, she also held French citizenship and died in Paris at the age of 43....
    , Austrian actress
  • June 10 - Rainer Werner Fassbinder
    Rainer Werner Fassbinder

    Rainer Werner Fassbinder was a Germany film director, screenwriter, dramatist and actor. A premier representative of the New German Cinema. He maintained a frenetic pace in film-making, in a professional career that lasted less than fifteen years Fassbinder completed 35 Feature film films; two television series shot on film; three Short sub...
    , director
  • June 18 - Curt Jurgens, Austrian actor
  • June 29 - Henry King
    Henry King

    Henry King may refer to:* Henry King , , English poet, Bishop of Chichester* Henry King , Member of Parliament for County Sligo* Henry King , U.S....
    , actor, director
  • August 7 - Jill Banner
    Jill Banner

    Jill Banner was an United States film actress, possibly best recalled for her role as Virginia, the "spider baby" in the 1964 cult film horror-comedy film Spider Baby....
    , actress
  • August 12 - Henry Fonda
    Henry Fonda

    Henry Jaynes Fonda was an United States Academy Awards-winning film and Stage actor, best known for his roles as plain-speaking idealists. Fonda's subtle, Naturalism acting style preceded by many years the popularization of method acting....
    , actor
  • August 29 - Ingrid Bergman
    Ingrid Bergman

    was a Swedish people three-time Academy Award-winning and two-time Emmy Award-winning Actor. She also won the Tony Award for Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play in the 1st Tony Awards in 1947....
    , actress
  • September 14 - Grace Kelly
    Grace Kelly

    Grace Patricia Kelly was an Academy Award-winning United States film and Stage actor and fashion icon. Upon marrying Rainier III, Prince of Monaco in 1956, she became Her Serene Highness The Princess of Monaco, but was generally known as Princess Grace of Monaco....
    , actress
  • November 1 - King Vidor
    King Vidor

    King Wallis Vidor was an acclaimed United States film director whose career spanned nearly seven decades.He was born in Galveston, Texas, Texas, where he survived the great Galveston Hurricane of 1900....
    , Film Director
  • November 4 - Dominique Dunne
    Dominique Dunne

    Dominique Dunne was an American actress.Dunne made appearances in several made for television movies, television series, and films, and played a prominent role as the oldest daughter, Dana, in the 1982 in film film Poltergeist ....
    , actress
  • November 5 - Jacques Tati
    Jacques Tati

    Jacques Tati was a noted France comedic filmmaker. He was born Jacques Tatischeff, the son of Russians father Georges-Emmanuel Tatischeff and Dutch people mother Marcelle Claire Van Hoof, in Le Pecq, Yvelines, and died in Paris, France....
     - French director, actor
  • November 21 - Lee Patrick
    Lee Patrick

    Lee Patrick may refer to:*Lee Patrick , American theater and film actress*Lee Patrick , American saxophonist and university music instructor...
    , actress