1982 in film

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

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

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

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

Events

 * June 11
 * E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is released; it will become the highest-grossing film of all time.
 * Michelle Pfeiffer appears in her first leading role, in Grease 2, the sequel to the top-grossing film of 1978 (her film debut had come as Tony Danza's character's girlfriend in the 1980 movie The Hollywood Knights).
 * June 22 – The Coca-Cola Company acquires Columbia Pictures for $750 million.
 * July 9 — Sci-fi movie Tron is the first feature film to use computer animation extensively.
 * July 23 — During production of Twilight Zone: The Movie, 53-year-old American actor Vic Morrow and two child actors are accidentally killed during a scene involving an operated helicopter. The accident leads to reforms in filmmaking safety and child-labor laws.
 * October 22 – First Blood is released to widespread commercial and critical success. It will go on to launch the extremely popular Rambo film franchise.
 * December 8 – Comedian Eddie Murphy makes his film debut in 48 Hrs. which becomes a hit and starts his film career.
 * December 17 – Tootsie is released and becomes the highest-grossing comedy of all-time and Columbia Pictures highest-grossing film with $177 million.
 * The THX Sound System is developed for use in movie theaters.

Awards
Academy Awards:


 * Best Picture: Gandhi – Indo-British Films, Columbia
 * Best Director: Richard Attenborough – Gandhi
 * Best Actor: Ben Kingsley – Gandhi
 * Best Actress: Meryl Streep – Sophie's Choice
 * Best Supporting Actor: Louis Gossett Jr. – An Officer and a Gentleman
 * Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Lange – Tootsie
 * Best Foreign Language Film: Volver a empezar (Begin the Beguine), directed by José Luis Garci, Spain

Golden Globe Awards:


 * Drama:
 * Best Picture: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
 * Best Actor: Ben Kingsley – Gandhi
 * Best Actress: Meryl Streep – Sophie's Choice


 * Comedy or Musical:
 * Best Picture: Tootsie
 * Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman – Tootsie
 * Best Actress: Julie Andrews – Victor/Victoria


 * Other
 * Best Supporting Actor: Louis Gossett Jr. – An Officer and a Gentleman
 * Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Lange – Tootsie
 * Best Director: Richard Attenborough – Gandhi
 * Best Foreign Film: Gandhi, India

Golden Raspberry Awards:


 * Worst Picture: Inchon
 * Worst Director (tie): Ken Annakin – The Pirate Movie
 * Worst Director (tie): Terence Young – Inchon
 * Worst Actor: Laurence Olivier – Inchon
 * Worst Actress: Pia Zadora – Butterfly
 * Worst Supporting Actor: Ed McMahon – Butterfly
 * Worst Supporting Actress: Aileen Quinn – Annie
 * Worst Screenplay: Robin Moore & Laird Koenig – Inchon

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
 * Missing, directed by Costa Gavras, United States
 * Yol (The Way), directed by Yılmaz Güney, Turkey

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
 * The State of Things (Der Stand der Dinge), directed by Wim Wenders, W. Germany / Portugal / USA

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
 * Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss (Veronika Voss), directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, W. Germany

Notable films released in 1982
USA unless stated

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 * 48 Hours, directed by Walter Hill, starring Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, James Remar and Annette O'Toole

A
 * Airplane II: The Sequel, starring Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Chad Everett, Raymond Burr, Sonny Bono, William Shatner
 * Alice
 * Alone in the Dark, starring Jack Palance and Martin Landau
 * Alsino and the Condor (Alsino y el cóndor) – (Nicaragua/Mexico)
 * Amityville II: The Possession, starring James Olson, Burt Young, Rutanya Alda
 * Android, starring Klaus Kinski
 * The Angel (L'Ange), directed by Patrick Bokanowski – (France)
 * Angel, directed by Neil Jordan, starring Stephen Rea – (Ireland)
 * Angoor, starring Sanjeev Kumar – (India)
 * Annie, directed by John Huston, starring Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Bernadette Peters, Ann Reinking, Tim Curry
 * Another Way (Egymásra nézve) – (Hungary)
 * Arth (The Meaning), directed by Mahesh Bhatt, starring Shabana Azmi (Silver Lotus Award for best Indian actress) – (India)
 * Aphrodite, starring Horst Buchholz, Valérie Kaprisky, Capucine – (France)
 * The Atomic Cafe, a documentary film on the era of nuclear warfare
 * Author! Author!, directed by Arthur Hiller, starring Al Pacino, Dyan Cannon, Tuesday Weld, Alan King

B
 * La Balance (The Informer), starring Nathalie Baye and Philippe Léotard – (France)
 * Barbarosa, directed by Fred Schepisi, starring Willie Nelson and Gary Busey
 * Basket Case, directed by Frank Henenlotter
 * The Beastmaster, starring Marc Singer – (USA/West Germany)
 * Le Beau Mariage (A Good Marriage), directed by Éric Rohmer – (France)
 * Best Friends, starring Burt Reynolds, Goldie Hawn, Ron Silver, Jessica Tandy, Barnard Hughes, Keenan Wynn, Audra Lindley
 * The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, starring Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Jim Nabors, Dom DeLuise, Charles Durning
 * La bête lumineuse (The Shimmering Beast) – (Canada)
 * Blade Runner, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, Joanna Cassidy, Daryl Hannah
 * Blue Island (Due gocce d'acqua salata) – (Italy)
 * Boat People (Tau ban no hoi), directed by Ann Hui – (Hong Kong/China)
 * The Border, directed by Tony Richardson, starring Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Warren Oates, Valerie Perrine
 * Brimstone and Treacle, starring Denholm Elliott, Joan Plowright, Sting – (U.K.)
 * Britannia Hospital, directed by Lindsay Anderson, starring Leonard Rossiter – (U.K.)
 * Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
 * Burden of Dreams, a documentary film featuring Werner Herzog, Claudia Cardinale, Klaus Kinski
 * Butterfly, starring Pia Zadora, Stacy Keach, Orson Welles, Lois Nettleton

C
 * Cannery Row, directed by David S. Ward, starring Nick Nolte and Debra Winger
 * Cat People, directed by Paul Schrader, starring Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell, John Heard, Annette O'Toole
 * Cecilia – (Cuba)
 * Chan Is Missing, directed by Wayne Wang
 * Charodei (Magicians) – (U.S.S.R.)
 * Class of 1984, starring Perry King and Timothy Van Patten
 * La colmena (The Beehive) – (Spain) Golden Bear (award) winner 1982
 * Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, directed by Robert Altman, starring Sandy Dennis, Cher, Karen Black
 * Comeback, starring Eric Burdon, Julie Carmen – (U.S.A./West Germany)
 * Conan the Barbarian, directed by John Milius, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Earl Jones
 * The Concrete Jungle, directed by Tom DeSimone, starring Jill St. John and Tracey E. Bregman
 * Countryman – (Jamaica)
 * Creepshow, directed by George A. Romero, starring Ted Danson, Leslie Nielsen, Hal Holbrook, E. G. Marshall, Adrienne Barbeau, Stephen King

D
 * The Dark Crystal, directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz – (U.S.A./U.K.)
 * Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, directed by Carl Reiner, starring Steve Martin and Rachel Ward
 * Death Wish II, starring Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Vincent Gardenia
 * Deathtrap, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, Dyan Cannon
 * Death Valley, starring Catherine Hicks and Edward Herrmann
 * Diner, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Steve Guttenberg, Daniel Stern, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Tim Daly, Ellen Barkin, Paul Reiser
 * A Dog in a Drawer (Kuche v chekmedzhe) – (Bulgaria)
 * Dögkeselyű (Egyptian Vulture) – (Hungary)
 * The Draughtsman's Contract, directed by Peter Greenaway, starring Anthony Higgins and Janet Suzman – (U.K.)

E
 * E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore
 * Eating Raoul, directed by and starring Paul Bartel
 * Endangered Species, starring Robert Urich and JoBeth Williams
 * The Escape Artist, starring Raúl Juliá, Griffin O'Neal, Desi Arnaz
 * Evil Under the Sun, starring Peter Ustinov, Diana Rigg, Maggie Smith, James Mason, Jane Birkin, Nicholas Clay, Sylvia Miles, Roddy McDowall – (U.K.)
 * Eye Of The Evil Dead aka Manhattan Baby, starring Christopher Connely, Martha Taylor (Italy)

F
 * Fall Guy (Kamata koshin-kyoku) – (Japan)
 * Fanny and Alexander, directed by Ingmar Bergman – (Sweden)
 * Fast Times at Ridgemont High, directed by Amy Heckerling, starring Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates, Ray Walston
 * Fast-Walking, starring James Woods
 * Fighting Back, starring Tom Skerritt
 * Firefox, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood
 * First Blood, directed by Ted Kotcheff, starring Sylvester Stallone (as Rambo), Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy
 * Fitzcarraldo, directed by Werner Herzog, starring Klaus Kinski – (West Germany)
 * The Flight of Dragons – (U.S.A./Japan)
 * Forced Vengeance, starring Chuck Norris
 * Frances, starring Jessica Lange, Sam Shepard, Kim Stanley
 * Friday the 13th Part III, directed by Steve Miner, starring Dana Kimmell and Richard Brooker

G
 * Gandhi, directed by Richard Attenborough, starring Ben Kingsley – (India/U.K.) – Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA for best film
 * Grease 2, starring Maxwell Caulfield and Michelle Pfeiffer
 * The Grey Fox, starring Richard Farnsworth – (Canada)

H
 * Halloween III: Season of the Witch, starring Tom Atkins, Stacey Nelkin
 * Hammett, directed by Wim Wenders, starring Frederic Forrest, Marilu Henner, Peter Boyle
 * Hanky Panky, directed by Sidney Poitier, starring Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Richard Widmark, Kathleen Quinlan
 * Harry Tracy, Desperado, starring Bruce Dern and Helen Shaver – (Canada)
 * Heart and Guts (Das Tripas Coração) – (Brazil)
 * Heatwave, directed by Phillip Noyce, starring Judy Davis – (Australia)
 * Heidi's Song, an animated film featuring Lorne Greene and Sammy Davis Jr.
 * The Herdsman (Mù Mǎ Rén) – (China)
 * Hey Good Lookin, an animated film directed by Ralph Bakshi
 * Himala (Miracle) – (Philippines)
 * Honkytonk Man, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood
 * How the World Is Losing Poets (Jak svět přichází o básníky) – (Czechoslovakia)
 * The Hunchback of Notre Dame, starring Anthony Hopkins, Derek Jacobi and Lesley-Anne Down – (U.S.A./U.K.)

I-J
 * I Ought to Be in Pictures, directed by Herbert Ross, starring Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Dinah Manoff
 * I, the Jury, starring Armand Assante, Barbara Carrera, Laurene Landon, Alan King
 * Identification of a Woman (Identificazione di una donna), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni – (Italy)
 * If You Could See What I Hear, starring Marc Singer, R.H. Thomas, Shari Belafonte, Sarah Torgov, Douglas Campbell
 * If You Love This Planet – (Canada)
 * I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can, starring Jill Clayburgh, Nicol Williamson, Daniel Stern, Joe Pesci, Dianne Wiest, Geraldine Page
 * Inchon!, directed by Terence Young, starring Laurence Olivier, Jacqueline Bisset, Ben Gazzara, Toshiro Mifune
 * Interrogation (Przesłuchanie) – (Poland)
 * Jinxed!, starring Bette Midler, Ken Wahl, Rip Torn

K
 * Kiss Me Goodbye, directed by Robert Mulligan, starring Sally Field, Jeff Bridges, James Caan, Mildred Natwick
 * Koyaanisqatsi, directed by Godfrey Reggio

L
 * The Last Unicorn, an animated film featuring Mia Farrow, Angela Lansbury, Alan Arkin
 * Legendary Weapons of China
 * Legend of a Fighter (Huo Yuan-Jia),starring Bryan Leung – (Hong Kong)
 * L'Étoile du Nord (The North Star), starring Simone Signoret and Philippe Noiret – (France)
 * Let's Spend the Night Together (Rolling Stones' concert film)
 * Liquid Sky
 * Look Isan – (Thailand)
 * Lonely Hearts – (Australia)
 * Lookin' to Get Out, directed by Hal Ashby, starring Ann-Margret, Jon Voight and Burt Young
 * Love and Money, starring Ray Sharkey, Ornella Muti, Armand Assante
 * Love Child, starring Amy Madigan and Beau Bridges

M
 * Macbeth – (Hungary)
 * Les Maîtres du temps (The Masters of Time) – (France)
 * Making Love, directed by Arthur Hiller, starring Harry Hamlin, Michael Ontkean, Kate Jackson
 * The Man from Snowy River, starring Tom Burlinson and Kirk Douglas – (Australia)
 * The Marathon Family (Maratonci trče počasni krug) – (Yugoslavia)
 * Megaforce, directed by Hal Needham, starring Barry Bostwick and Persis Khambatta
 * A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy, directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Mia Farrow, Julie Hagerty, Mary Steenburgen, José Ferrer
 * Les Misérables, starring Lino Ventura – (France)
 * Missing, directed by Costa Gavras, starring Jack Lemmon and Sissy Spacek – Palme d'Or winner
 * The Missionary, directed by Richard Loncraine, starring Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Trevor Howard – (U.K.)
 * Mitahat La'af (Under the Nose) – (Israel)
 * Monkey Grip – (Australia)
 * Monsignor, directed by Frank Perry, starring Christopher Reeve, Geneviève Bujold, Fernando Rey, Jason Miller
 * Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl – (U.K.)
 * Moonlighting, directed by Jerzy Skolimowski, starring Jeremy Irons – (U.K.)
 * La Morte Vivante (released as "The Living Dead Girl"), directed by Jean Rollin – (France)
 * Mother Lode, directed by and starring Charlton Heston
 * My Favorite Year, directed by Richard Benjamin, starring Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Joseph Bologna, Jessica Harper, Bill Macy, Lainie Kazan

N
 * Namak Halaal, starring Amitabh Bachchan – (India)
 * The Night of the Shooting Stars (La Notte di San Lorenzo), by Paolo Emilio Taviani – (Italy)
 * Night Shift, directed by Ron Howard, starring Henry Winkler, Michael Keaton, Shelley Long
 * Nomad (Lie huo qing chun), starring Leslie Cheung – (Hong Kong)

O
 * An Officer and a Gentleman, directed by Taylor Hackford, starring Richard Gere, Debra Winger, Louis Gossett Jr., David Keith, Lisa Blount, Lisa Eilbacher, Robert Loggia
 * On Top (Með allt á hreinu) – (Iceland)
 * On Top of the Whale (Het Dak van de Walvis) – (Netherlands)
 * One from the Heart, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Teri Garr, Frederic Forrest, Nastassja Kinski, Raúl Juliá
 * Orkestar bez ime (A Band with No Name) – (Bulgaria)
 * Oro, Plata, Mata, directed by Peque Gallaga – (Philippines)

P
 * Pagliacci, directed by Franco Zeffirelli, starring Plácido Domingo – (Italy)
 * Pandemonium, starring Tom Smothers, Eve Arden, Eileen Brennan, Candice Azzara, Carol Kane
 * Paradise, starring Phoebe Cates and Willie Aames – (Canada)
 * Partners, starring Ryan O'Neal and John Hurt
 * The Passerby (La passante du Sans-Souci), starring Romy Schneider and Michel Piccoli – (France)
 * Personal Best, directed by Robert Towne, starring Mariel Hemingway, Patrice Donnelly, Scott Glenn
 * Pieces (original title: Mil gritos tiene la noche translation: 'A Thousand Screams in the Night'), directed by Juan Piquer Simon
 * Pink Floyd – The Wall, directed by Alan Parker, starring Bob Geldof – (U.K.)
 * The Pirate Movie, starring Christopher Atkins and Kristy McNichol – (Australia)
 * The Plague Dogs, an animated film featuring John Hurt, James Bolam and Nigel Hawthorne – (U.K.)
 * The Pokrovsky Gate (Pokrovskiye Vorota) – (U.S.S.R.)
 * Poltergeist, directed by Tobe Hooper, starring Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Dominique Dunne, Heather O'Rourke, Oliver Robins, Zelda Rubinstein, Beatrice Straight
 * The Pool Hustlers (Io, Chiara e lo Scuro) – (Italy)
 * Pra Frente, Brasil (Go Ahead, Brazil) – (Brazil)
 * Private Life (Chastnaya zhizn) – (U.S.S.R.)

Q
 * Q, starring Michael Moriarty, Richard Roundtree, Candy Clark
 * The Queen of Spades (Pikovaya dama) – (U.S.S.R.)
 * Querelle, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, starring Brad Davis, Franco Nero, Jeanne Moreau – (West Germany/France)
 * A Question of Silence (De stilte rond Christine M.) – (Netherlands)

R
 * The Return of Martin Guerre (Le Retour de Martin Guerre), starring Gérard Depardieu – (France)
 * The Return of the Soldier, starring Alan Bates, Julie Christie, Glenda Jackson – (U.K.)
 * Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
 * Rickshaw Boy (Luòtuo Xiángzi), starring Zhang Fengyi – (China)
 * Rocky III, directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone, with Mr. T, Talia Shire, Carl Weathers, Burt Young, Burgess Meredith

S
 * The Scarlet Pimpernel, starring Anthony Andrews, Ian McKellen, Jane Seymour – (U.K.)
 * Scusate il ritardo (Sorry for the Delay) – (Italy)
 * The Secret of NIMH, an animated film directed by Don Bluth
 * The Seduction, starring Morgan Fairchild, Michael Sarrazin, Andrew Stevens and Colleen Camp
 * The Sender, starring Kathryn Harrold, Željko Ivanek, Shirley Knight
 * The Shadow Riders, starring Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott
 * Shakti (Power), starring Dilip Kumar – (India)
 * The Shaolin Temple (Shàolínsì), starring Jet Li – (Hong Kong)
 * She Grazed Horses on Concrete (Pásla kone na betóne) – (Czechoslovakia)
 * Shoot the Moon, directed by Alan Parker, starring Albert Finney, Diane Keaton, Peter Weller, Karen Allen
 * Six Pack, starring Kenny Rogers and Diane Lane
 * Six Weeks, directed by Tony Bill, starring Mary Tyler Moore and Dudley Moore
 * Smithereens, directed by Susan Seidelman
 * Sophie's Choice, directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol
 * Soup for One, starring Saul Rubinek
 * Split Image, directed by Ted Kotcheff, starring Michael O'Keefe, Karen Allen, James Woods, Brian Dennehy, Peter Fonda
 * Sportloto-82 – (U.S.S.R.)
 * Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, directed by Nicholas Meyer, starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Ricardo Montalbán
 * Starstruck, directed by Gillian Armstrong – (Australia)
 * The State of Things (Der Stand der Dinge), directed by Wim Wenders – (West Germany/U.S.A./Portugal) – Golden Lion winner
 * Station for Two (Vokzal dlya dvoikh) – (U.S.S.R.)
 * Summer Lovers, directed by Randal Kleiser, starring Peter Gallagher, Daryl Hannah, Valérie Quennessen
 * Swamp Thing, directed by Wes Craven, starring Louis Jourdan and Adrienne Barbeau
 * The Sword and the Sorcerer, starring Lee Horsley
 * Sword Stained with Royal Blood, directed by Chang Cheh – (Hong Kong)

T
 * Tempest, directed by Paul Mazursky, starring John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Molly Ringwald, Susan Sarandon
 * Tenebrae, directed by Dario Argento, starring Anthony Franciosa – (Italy)
 * Tenkōsei (Exchange Students) – (Japan)
 * Tex, starring Matt Dillon
 * That Championship Season, starring Robert Mitchum, Bruce Dern, Stacy Keach, Paul Sorvino, Martin Sheen
 * That Night in Varennes (Il mondo nuovo), starring Jean-Louis Barrault, Marcello Mastroianni, Hanna Schygulla and Harvey Keitel – (Italy/France)
 * The Thing, directed by John Carpenter, starring Kurt Russell, Keith David, David Clennon, Donald Moffat, Richard Dysart, Wilford Brimley
 * Things Are Tough All Over, starring Cheech & Chong
 * Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann, starring Fred Ward, Belinda Bauer, Peter Coyote
 * Time Stands Still (Megáll az idő) – (Hungary)
 * Tootsie, directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning, Bill Murray
 * Trail of the Pink Panther, starring Peter Sellers – (U.K.)
 * La Traviata, directed by Franco Zeffirelli, starring Plácido Domingo – (Italy)
 * Trick or Treats
 * Tron, directed by Steven Lisberger, starring Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner, Cindy Morgan
 * The Trout (La Truite), directed by Joseph Losey, starring Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Jeanne Moreau – (France)
 * Turkey Shoot, starring Steve Railsback and Olivia Hussey – (Australia)

U-V
 * The Verdict, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, James Mason, Jack Warden, Milo O'Shea
 * Veronika Voss, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, starring Rosel Zech – (West Germany) – Golden Bear award winner
 * Vice Squad, starring Season Hubley and Wings Hauser
 * Victor/Victoria, directed by Blake Edwards, starring Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston, Lesley Ann Warren, Alex Karras – (U.S.A./U.K.)
 * Vidhaata, starring Dilip Kumar – (India)
 * Visiting Hours, starring Lee Grant and William Shatner – (Canada)
 * Volver a empezar (aka Begin the Beguine) – (Spain) – Academy Award for Foreign language film

W
 * War and Peace (Krieg und Frieden), starring Jürgen Prochnow – (West Germany)
 * We of the Never Never, starring Angela Punch McGregor – (Australia)
 * Die Weiße Rose (The White Rose) – (West Germany)
 * White Dog, directed by Samuel Fuller, starring Kristy McNichol, Paul Winfield, Jameson Parker, Burl Ives
 * The Wind (Finye), directed by Souleymane Cissé – (Mali)
 * The Wizard of Oz (Ozu no Mahōtsukai) – (U.S.A./Japan)
 * Woman of Fire '82 (Hwanyeo '82) – (South Korea)
 * The World According to Garp, directed by George Roy Hill, starring Robin Williams, Glenn Close, John Lithgow, Mary Beth Hurt
 * The Worthless (Arvottomat), directed by Mika Kaurismäki – (Finland)
 * Wrong Is Right, directed by Richard Brooks, starring Sean Connery, Katharine Ross, George Grizzard

Y
 * The Year of Living Dangerously, directed by Peter Weir, starring Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt – (Australia)
 * Yes, Giorgio, directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, starring Luciano Pavarotti and Kathryn Harrold
 * Yol (The Road), directed by Yılmaz Güney – (Turkey) – Palme d'Or winner
 * Young Doctors in Love, directed by Garry Marshall, starring Michael McKean and Sean Young

Z
 * Zapped!, starring Scott Baio, Willie Aames, Heather Thomas

January–March

 * January 1982
 * January 1
 * Madman
 * January 22
 * The Seduction
 * Shoot the Moon
 * Vice Squad
 * January 29
 * The Border
 * February 1982
 * February 5
 * Butterfly
 * Night Crossing
 * Personal Best
 * February 12
 * The Beast Within
 * Cannery Row
 * Love and Money
 * Making Love
 * Missing
 * One from the Heart
 * Quest for Fire
 * February 19
 * Barbarosa
 * Swamp Thing
 * February 20
 * Death Wish II
 * February 26
 * Evilspeak
 * March 1982
 * March 1
 * The Comeback Trail
 * March 4
 * W la foca
 * March 5
 * I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
 * March 12
 * Parasite
 * March 19
 * Deathtrap
 * Victor/Victoria
 * March 24
 * Eating Raoul
 * March 26
 * I Ought to Be in Pictures
 * Robin Hood (re-release)

April–June

 * April 1982
 * April 2
 * A Little Sex
 * Cat People
 * Fantasia (re-release)
 * Penitentiary II
 * Silent Rage
 * Some Kind of Hero
 * April 7
 * Basket Case
 * April 16
 * Wrong Is Right
 * April 23
 * If You Could See What I Hear
 * Tag: The Assassination Game
 * April 30
 * Partners
 * Soup for One
 * May 1982
 * May 7
 * Death Valley
 * Diner
 * Forbidden World
 * Paradise
 * May 14
 * Conan the Barbarian
 * The House Where Evil Dwells
 * May 21
 * Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
 * Fighting Back
 * The Road Warrior (U.S. release)
 * May 28
 * The Escape Artist
 * Rocky III
 * June 1982
 * June 4
 * Bambi (re-release)
 * Hanky Panky
 * Poltergeist
 * Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
 * June 11
 * E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
 * Grease 2
 * June 18
 * Annie
 * Author! Author!
 * Firefox
 * June 25
 * Blade Runner
 * Megaforce
 * The Thing

July–September

 * July 1982
 * July 2
 * The Secret of NIMH
 * July 9
 * Tron
 * July 16
 * A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
 * Six Pack
 * Raiders of the Lost Ark (re-release)
 * Summer Lovers
 * Young Doctors in Love
 * July 23
 * The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
 * The Challenge
 * The World According to Garp
 * Zapped!
 * July 30
 * Forced Vengeance
 * The Last American Virgin
 * Night Shift
 * Tex
 * August 1982
 * August 4
 * Things Are Tough All Over
 * August 13
 * Fast Times at Ridgemont High
 * Friday the 13th Part III
 * An Officer and a Gentleman
 * Star Wars (re-release)
 * Tempest
 * August 20
 * The Beastmaster
 * August 28
 * The Junkman
 * September 1982
 * September 3
 * The Concrete Jungle
 * September 10
 * Endangered Species
 * September 17
 * Hammett
 * Pink Floyd – The Wall
 * September 24
 * Amityville II: The Possession
 * Yes, Giorgio

October–December

 * October 1982
 * October 1
 * Hey Good Lookin' 
 * My Favorite Year
 * October 3
 * Split Image
 * October 6
 * The Wizard of Oz
 * October 15
 * Love Child
 * October 22
 * First Blood
 * Halloween III: Season of the Witch
 * Jinxed!
 * Monsignor
 * October 29
 * Class Reunion
 * Poltergeist (re-release)
 * Q
 * November 1982
 * November 5
 * The Man from Snowy River
 * Piranha II: The Spawning
 * November 12
 * Alone in the Dark
 * Creepshow
 * Jimmy the Kid
 * The Slumber Party Massacre
 * They Call Me Bruce?
 * White Dog
 * November 19
 * Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
 * Heidi's Song
 * The Last Unicorn
 * The Empire Strikes Back (re-release)
 * Still of the Night
 * December 1982
 * December 8
 * 48 Hrs.
 * Sophie's Choice
 * The Verdict
 * December 10
 * Airplane II: The Sequel
 * Mighty Mouse in the Great Space Chase
 * The Toy
 * December 11
 * Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
 * December 15
 * Honkytonk Man
 * December 17
 * Best Friends
 * The Dark Crystal
 * Peter Pan (re-release)
 * Six Weeks
 * Tootsie
 * Trail of the Pink Panther
 * December 22
 * Kiss Me Goodbye

Births

 * January 6
 * Misha Omar, Malaysian actress and singer
 * Eddie Redmayne, English actor
 * January 8 – Gaby Hoffmann, American actress
 * January 19 – Jodie Sweetin, American actress
 * January 28 – Mirtel Pohla, Estonian actress
 * February 6 – Alice Eve, English actress
 * February 8 – Danny Tamberelli, American actor
 * February 11 – Natalie Dormer, English actress
 * March 3 – Jessica Biel, American actress
 * March 7 – Nora Danish, Malaysian actress
 * March 11 – Thora Birch, American actress
 * March 16 – Dian Sastrowardoyo, Indonesian actress
 * March 22 – Constance Wu, American actress
 * March 24 – Vino Bastian, Indonesian actor
 * March 25 – Jenny Slate, American actress-comedian
 * April 3 – Cobie Smulders, Canadian actress
 * April 4 – Justin Cook, American voice actor
 * April 5 – Hayley Atwell, English-American actress
 * April 9 – Jay Baruchel, Canadian actor-comedian
 * April 10 – Chyler Leigh, American actress
 * April 11 – Remy Ishak, Malaysian actor
 * April 15 – Seth Rogen, Canadian actor-comedian
 * April 30 – Kirsten Dunst, American actress
 * May 3 – Rebecca Hall, English-American actress
 * May 11 – Jonathan Jackson, American actor
 * June 17 – Ursula Ratasepp, Estonian actress
 * June 21 – Jussie Smollett, American actor
 * June 29
 * Matthew Mercer, American voice actor
 * Ott Sepp, Estonian actor
 * June 30 – Lizzy Caplan, American actress
 * July 1 – Hilarie Burton, American actress
 * July 8
 * Sophia Bush, American actress
 * Schuyler Fisk, American singer-songwriter and actress
 * July 9 – Toby Kebbell, English actor
 * July 18 – Priyanka Chopra, Indian actress
 * July 19 – Jared Padalecki, American actor
 * July 24
 * Elisabeth Moss, American actress
 * Anna Paquin, New Zealand actress
 * July 25 – Brad Renfro, American actor (d. 2008)
 * August 6 – Romola Garai, English actress
 * August 7 – Abbie Cornish, Australian actress
 * August 10 – Devon Aoki, American actress and model
 * August 13 – Sebastian Stan, Romanian-American actor
 * August 16
 * Cam Gigandet, American actor
 * Todd Haberkorn, American voice actor
 * August 19 – Erika Christensen, American actress
 * August 20 – Jamil Walker Smith, American actor
 * August 25 – Benjamin Diskin, American voice actor
 * September 4 – Shaheizy Sam, Malaysian actor
 * September 10 – Bret Iwan, American voice actor
 * September 13 – J. G. Quintel, American animator, television writer, and voice actor
 * September 19 – Columbus Short, American actor and dancer
 * September 22 – Billie Piper, English singer and actress
 * September 27 – Anna Camp, American actress and singer
 * September 28 – Ranbir Kapoor, Indian actor
 * September 30
 * Lacey Chabert, American actress
 * Kieran Culkin, American actor
 * October 3 – Clémence Poésy, French actress and model
 * October 15 – Lane Toran, American actor
 * October 23 – Bradley Pierce, American actor
 * October 27 – Patrick Fugit, American actor
 * October 31 – Justin Chatwin, Canadian actor
 * November 10 – Heather Matarazzo, American actress
 * November 12 – Anne Hathaway, American actress
 * November 29 – Lucas Black, American actor
 * November 30 – Elisha Cuthbert, Canadian actress
 * December 29 – Alison Brie, American actress
 * December 30 – Kristin Kreuk, Canadian actress

Film debuts

 * Kirstie Alley – Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
 * Antonio Banderas – Labyrinth of Passion
 * Christine Baranski – Soup for One
 * Ellen Barkin – Diner
 * Nicolas Cage – Fast Times at Ridgemont High
 * Glenn Close – The World According to Garp
 * Geena Davis – Tootsie
 * Shannen Doherty – Night Shift
 * Christine Ebersole – Tootsie
 * Erika Eleniak – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
 * Miguel Ferrer – Truckin' Buddy McCoy
 * Hugh Grant – Privileged
 * Anthony Michael Hall – Six Pack
 * Linda Hamilton – Tag: The Assassination Game
 * C. Thomas Howell – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
 * Hulk Hogan – Rocky III
 * Jet Li – Shaolin Temple
 * Angelina Jolie – Lookin' to Get Out
 * Kevin Kline – Sophie's Choice
 * Amy Madigan – Love Child
 * Michael Madsen – Against All Hope
 * Rebecca De Mornay – One from the Heart
 * Eddie Murphy – 48 Hrs.
 * Gary Oldman – Remembrance
 * Molly Ringwald – Tempest
 * Meredith Salenger – Annie
 * Eric Stoltz – Fast Times at Ridgemont High
 * Imogen Stubbs – Privileged
 * Mr. T – Rocky III
 * Forest Whitaker – Tag: The Assassination Game
 * James Wilby – Privileged
 * Mark Williams – Privileged
 * Daphne Zuniga – The Dorm That Dripped Blood