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A list of American films released in 1982.
Gandhi received the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1982.
The highest-grossing American film released in 1982 was E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
A-B[]
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 Hrs. | Walter Hill | Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, Annette O'Toole | Crime comedy | Murphy's first film |
| Airplane II: The Sequel | Ken Finkleman | Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges, Chad Everett, William Shatner, Rip Torn, Raymond Burr, Chuck Connors, Sonny Bono | Comedy | sequel to Airplane! |
| Alone in the Dark | Jack Sholder | Jack Palance, Donald Pleasence, Martin Landau | Slasher | |
| Amityville II: The Possession | Damiano Damiani | James Olson, Burt Young, Rutanya Alda | Horror | |
| Android | Aaron Lipstadt | Klaus Kinski, Brie Howard | Science fiction | |
| Annie | John Huston | Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Ann Reinking, Tim Curry, Bernadette Peters, Edward Herrmann | Musical | based on Little Orphan Annie and Broadway show |
| The Atomic Cafe | Kevin Rafferty, Pierce Rafferty | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Documentary | |
| Author! Author! | Arthur Hiller | Al Pacino, Dyan Cannon, Tuesday Weld, Alan King | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Barbarosa | Fred Schepisi | Willie Nelson, Gary Busey, Isela Vega | Western | |
| Basket Case | Frank Henenlotter | Kevin Van Hentenryck | Horror, Comedy | |
| The Beach Girls | Pat Townsend | Debra Blee | Comedy | |
| The Beast Within | Philippe Mora | Ronny Cox, Bibi Besch, L.Q. Jones | Horror | |
| The Beastmaster | Don Coscarelli | Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts, John Amos | Fantasy | |
| Best Friends | Norman Jewison | Burt Reynolds, Goldie Hawn, Jessica Tandy, Barnard Hughes, Ron Silver, Keenan Wynn, Audra Lindley | Romantic comedy | written by Barry Levinson and Valerie Curtin |
| The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | Colin Higgins | Dolly Parton, Burt Reynolds, Charles Durning, Dom DeLuise, Jim Nabors | Musical | based on Broadway show |
| Blade Runner | Ridley Scott | Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, Daryl Hannah, William Sanderson, Joanna Cassidy, Brion James, Joe Turkel | Science fiction | based on a story by Philip K. Dick; won 3 BAFTA awards |
| The Border | Tony Richardson | Jack Nicholson, Valerie Perrine, Harvey Keitel | Drama | |
| Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales | Friz Freleng | Mel Blanc, June Foray | Animation | |
| Burden of Dreams | Les Blank | Werner Herzog, Claudia Cardinale, Mick Jagger | Documentary | on filming of Fitzcarraldo |
| Butterfly | Matt Cimber | Pia Zadora, Ed McMahon, Orson Welles, Lois Nettleton, Edward Albert, Stacy Keach, June Lockhart | Drama | 8 Razzie nominations |
C-G[]
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cannery Row | David S. Ward | Nick Nolte, Debra Winger | Drama | based on John Steinbeck novel |
| Cat People | Paul Schrader | Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell, Annette O'Toole, John Heard | Horror | remake of 1942 film |
| Chan Is Missing | Wayne Wang | Wood Moy, Marc Hayashi | Drama | |
| Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean | Robert Altman | Cher, Sandy Dennis, Karen Black | Drama | based on Ed Graczyk play |
| Comeback | Christel Buschmann | Animals, Eric Burdon | Drama | |
| Conan the Barbarian | John Milius | Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Mako | Action | |
| The Concrete Jungle | Tom DeSimone | Jill St. John, Tracey E. Bregman | Drama | |
| Creepshow | George A. Romero | Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau, E. G. Marshall, Ted Danson, Fritz Weaver, Leslie Nielsen, Ed Harris, Stephen King | Horror, Comedy | based on stories by Stephen King |
| The Dark Crystal | Jim Henson, Frank Oz | Voices of Frank Oz, Jim Henson | Animated | |
| Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | Carl Reiner | Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Carl Reiner | Comedy | |
| Death Wish II | Michael Winner | Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Vincent Gardenia | Action | sequel to Death Wish |
| Deathtrap | Sidney Lumet | Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, Dyan Cannon | Thriller | based on Ira Levin play |
| Diner | Barry Levinson | Mickey Rourke, Paul Reiser, Ellen Barkin, Steve Guttenberg, Kevin Bacon, Daniel Stern, Michael Tucker, Tim Daly | Comedy | 1st film directed by Levinson |
| E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Steven Spielberg | Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote, Drew Barrymore, Robert MacNaughton | Science fiction | 9 Oscar nominations |
| Eating Raoul | Paul Bartel | Paul Bartel, Mary Woronov, Robert Beltran | Comedy | |
| Endangered Species | Alan Rudolph | Robert Urich, JoBeth Williams, Paul Dooley | Crime drama | |
| The Escape Artist | Caleb Deschanel | Raúl Juliá, Griffin O'Neal, Teri Garr, Desi Arnaz | Drama | |
| Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Amy Heckerling | Sean Penn, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Robert Romanus, Brian Backer, Ray Walston | Comedy | based on a novel by Cameron Crowe |
| Fast-Walking | James B. Harris | James Woods, Tim McIntire, Kay Lenz | Drama | |
| Fighting Back | Lewis Teague | Tom Skerritt, Patti LuPone, Michael Sarrazin | Action | |
| Firefox | Clint Eastwood | Clint Eastwood, Nigel Hawthorne | Action | |
| First Blood | Ted Kotcheff | Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy, Jack Starrett, David Caruso | Action | based on David Morrell novel; first Rambo film |
| The Flight of Dragons | Jules Bass, Katsuhisa Yamada | John Ritter, Bob McFadden | Animation | |
| Forbidden World | Allan Holzman | Dawn Dunlap, Jesse Vint, Michael Bowen | Science fiction | |
| Forbidden Zone | Richard Elfman | Hervé Villechaize, Susan Tyrell, Danny Elfman | Comedy | |
| Forced Vengeance | James Fargo | Chuck Norris, David Opatoshu, Frank Michael Liu | Action | |
| Frances | Graeme Clifford | Jessica Lange, Kim Stanley, Sam Shepard | Drama, Biography | Lange, Stanley Oscar-nominated |
| Friday the 13th Part III | Steve Miner | Dana Kimmell, Larry Zerner | Horror | 2nd Friday the 13th sequel |
| Genocide | Arnold Schwartzman | Archive footage of Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill | Documentary | |
| Grease 2 | Patricia Birch | Maxwell Caulfield, Michelle Pfeiffer | Musical | sequel to Grease |
H-M[]
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halloween III: Season of the Witch | Tommy Lee Wallace | Dan O'Herlihy, Stacey Nelkin | Horror | sequel |
| Hammett | Wim Wenders | Frederic Forrest, Marilu Henner, Peter Boyle | Mystery | based on Dashiell Hammett |
| Hanky Panky | Sidney Poitier | Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Richard Widmark | Comedy | |
| Heidi's Song | Robert Taylor | Lorne Greene, Margery Gray, Sammy Davis, Jr. | Animation | |
| Hey Good Lookin' | Ralph Bakshi | Voices of David Proval, Tina Louise | Animated, Adult | |
| Honkytonk Man | Clint Eastwood | Clint Eastwood, Kyle Eastwood, Verna Bloom | Drama | from Clancy Carlile novel |
| Hospital Massacre | Boaz Davidson | Jon Van Ness, Barbi Benton | Horror | |
| Human Highway | Neil Young, Dean Stockwell | Neil Young, Russ Tamblyn, Devo | Comedy | |
| I Ought to Be in Pictures | Herbert Ross | Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Dinah Manoff | Drama | written by Neil Simon |
| I, the Jury | Richard T. Heffron | Armand Assante, Paul Sorvino, Barbara Carrera | Action | from Mickey Spillane novel |
| If You Could See What I Hear | Eric Till | Marc Singer, R.H. Thomson | Drama | |
| I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can | Jack Hofsiss | Jill Clayburgh, Nicol Williamson, Dianne Wiest | Drama, Biography | about filmmaker Barbara Gordon |
| Inchon | Terence Young | Laurence Olivier, Toshirō Mifune, Ben Gazzara, Jacqueline Bisset, Richard Roundtree | War | won 4 Razzie awards |
| It Came from Hollywood | Malcolm Leo | Archive footage of Bela Lugosi, Mamie Van Doren | Documentary, Comedy | |
| Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again | Jerry Belson | Bess Armstrong, Tim Thomerson | Comedy | |
| Jinxed! | Don Siegel | Bette Midler, Rip Torn, Ken Wahl | Comedy | Siegel's final film |
| Kiss Me Goodbye | Robert Mulligan | Sally Field, James Caan, Jeff Bridges | Comedy | |
| Koyaanisqatsi | Godfrey Reggio | Musical score by Philip Glass | Documentary | |
| The Last American Virgin | Boaz Davidson | Lawrence Monoson, Diane Franklin, Steve Antin | Comedy | |
| The Last Unicorn | Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin, Jr. | Mia Farrow, Alan Arkin, Jeff Bridges | Animation | |
| Let's Spend the Night Together | Hal Ashby | The Rolling Stones | Concert | |
| Liquid Sky | Slava Tsukerman | Anne Carlisle, Susan Doukas | Science fiction | |
| Lookin' to Get Out | Hal Ashby | Jon Voight, Ann-Margret, Burt Young | Comedy | |
| Love Child | Larry Peerce | Amy Madigan, Beau Bridges, Mackenzie Phillips | Biography | |
| Love and Money | James Toback | Ray Sharkey, Ornella Muti, Klaus Kinski | Drama | |
| Madman | Joe Giannone | Gaylen Ross, Harriet Bass | Horror | |
| Making Love | Arthur Hiller | Harry Hamlin, Kate Jackson, Michael Ontkean | Drama | |
| Megaforce | Hal Needham | Barry Bostwick, Persis Khambatta, Michael Beck | Action | |
| A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy | Woody Allen | Mia Farrow, Woody Allen, José Ferrer, Julie Hagerty, Mary Steenburgen, Tony Roberts | Comedy | based on Smiles of a Summer Night |
| Missing | Costa-Gavras | Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, John Shea | Drama, Biography | 4 Oscar nominations |
| Monsignor | Frank Perry | Christopher Reeve, Geneviève Bujold, Fernando Rey | Drama | |
| Mother Lode | Charlton Heston | Charlton Heston, Kim Basinger, Nick Mancuso | Adventure | |
| My Favorite Year | Richard Benjamin | Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Joseph Bologna, Lainie Kazan, Jessica Harper, Cameron Mitchell, Bill Macy | Comedy | Academy Award nomination for O'Toole |
N-S[]
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Night Shift | Ron Howard | Henry Winkler, Michael Keaton, Shelley Long | Comedy | |
| An Officer and a Gentleman | Taylor Hackford | Richard Gere, Louis Gossett, Jr., Debra Winger, David Keith | Drama | Academy Award for Gossett |
| One from the Heart | Francis Ford Coppola | Teri Garr, Frederic Forrest, Nastassja Kinski, Raúl Juliá | Drama, Musical | |
| Pandemonium | Al Sole | Tom Smothers, Paul Reubens, Carol Kane | Comedy | |
| Paradise | Stuart Gill | Phoebe Cates, Willie Aames | Drama | |
| Parasite | Charles Band | Demi Moore, Robert Glaudini | Horror | |
| Partners | James Burrows | John Hurt, Ryan O'Neal | Comedy | |
| Personal Best | Robert Towne | Mariel Hemingway, Scott Glenn, Patrice Donnelly | Drama, Sports | |
| Pieces | Juan Piquer Simon | Lynda Day George, Christopher George | Horror | |
| Poltergeist | Tobe Hooper | Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Beatrice Straight | Thriller | |
| Porky's | Bob Clark | Kim Cattrall, Mark Herrier, Wyatt Knight | Comedy | |
| Q | Larry Cohen | Michael Moriarty, Candy Clark, Richard Roundtree | Thriller, Science fiction | |
| Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | Joe Layton | Richard Pryor | Comedy | |
| Rocky III | Sylvester Stallone | Sylvester Stallone, Carl Weathers, Talia Shire, Burgess Meredith, Burt Young, Mr. T, Hulk Hogan | Drama | sequel |
| Safari 3000 | Harry Hurwitz | David Carradine, Stockard Channing, Christopher Lee | Action comedy | |
| The Secret of NIMH | Don Bluth | Voices of Dom DeLuise, Peter Strauss | Animated, Family | |
| The Seduction | David Schmoeller | Morgan Fairchild, Andrew Stevens, Colleen Camp, Michael Sarrazin | Thriller | |
| The Sender | Roger Christian | Kathryn Harrold, Paul Freeman | Horror | |
| Shoot the Moon | Alan Parker | Albert Finney, Diane Keaton, Karen Allen | Drama | |
| Silent Rage | Michael Miller | Chuck Norris, Ron Silver | Action | |
| Six Pack | Daniel Petrie | Kenny Rogers, Diane Lane, Barry Corbin | Comedy | |
| Six Weeks | Tony Bill | Dudley Moore, Mary Tyler Moore, Katherine Healy | Drama | |
| Slumber Party Massacre | Amy Holden Jones | Michelle Michaels, Andree Honore | Horror | |
| Some Kind of Hero | Michael Pressman | Richard Pryor, Ronny Cox, Margot Kidder | Comedy, Drama | |
| Sophie's Choice | Alan J. Pakula | Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol | Drama | based on William Styron novel; Oscar for Streep |
| Soup for One | Jonathan Kaufer | Saul Rubinek, Marcia Strassman | Comedy | |
| Split Image | Ted Kotcheff | Michael O'Keefe, Karen Allen, Peter Fonda | Drama | |
| Spring Fever | Joseph L. Scanlan | Susan Anton, Jessica Walter | Comedy | |
| Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | Nicholas Meyer | William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Ricardo Montalbán | Science fiction | sequel |
| Still of the Night | Robert Benton | Meryl Streep, Roy Scheider | Suspense | |
| Summer Lovers | Randal Kleiser | Peter Gallagher, Daryl Hannah | Drama | |
| Swamp Thing | Wes Craven | Adrienne Barbeau, Louis Jourdan | Science fiction | based on the comic book |
| The Sword and the Sorcerer | Albert Pyun | Lee Horsley, Kathleen Beller | Fantasy |
T-Z[]
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tempest | Paul Mazursky | John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Molly Ringwald | Drama, Comedy | |
| Tex | Tim Hunter | Matt Dillon, Jim Metzler, Meg Tilly | Drama | |
| That Championship Season | Jason Miller | Robert Mitchum, Martin Sheen, Paul Sorvino, Bruce Dern, Stacy Keach | Drama | based on Jason Miller play |
| They Call Me Bruce? | Elliott Hong | Johnny Yune, Margaux Hemingway | Comedy | |
| The Thing | John Carpenter | Kurt Russell, Keith David, Wilford Brimley | Horror | remake of 1951 film |
| Things Are Tough All Over | Thomas K. Avildsen | Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong | Comedy | |
| Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann | William Dear | Fred Ward, Belinda Bauer, Peter Coyote | Science fiction | |
| Time Walker | Tom Kennedy | James Karen | Science fiction | |
| Tootsie | Sydney Pollack | Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Charles Durning, Bill Murray, Dabney Coleman, George Gaynes, Geena Davis | Comedy | Academy Award for Lange (1982); 10 Oscar nominations |
| The Toy | Richard Donner | Jackie Gleason, Richard Pryor, Scott Schwartz, Teresa Ganzel | Comedy | |
| Tron | Steven Lisberger | Jeff Bridges, David Warner, Bruce Boxleitner, Cindy Morgan | Science fiction | |
| The Verdict | Sidney Lumet | Paul Newman, Jack Warden, James Mason, Charlotte Rampling | Drama | 5 Oscar nominations |
| Vice Squad | Gary Sherman | Season Hubley, Wings Hauser, Fred Berry | Thriller | |
| Victor Victoria | Blake Edwards | Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston, Lesley Ann Warren, Alex Karras, John Rhys-Davies | Musical comedy | 7 Oscar nominations |
| Visiting Hours | Jean-Claude Lord | Michael Ironside, Lee Grant | Thriller | |
| The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time! | Lee Hays | The Weavers, Pete Seeger | Documentary | |
| White Dog | Samuel Fuller | Kristy McNichol, Paul Winfield, Jameson Parker | Thriller | |
| The World According to Garp | George Roy Hill | Robin Williams, Glenn Close, Mary Beth Hurt, John Lithgow | Comedy | based on John Irving novel |
| Wrong Is Right | Richard Brooks | Sean Connery, Katharine Ross | Comedy, Drama | |
| Yes, Giorgio | Franklin J. Schaffner | Luciano Pavarotti, Kathryn Harrold | Comedy | |
| Young Doctors in Love | Garry Marshall | Michael McKean, Sean Young | Comedy | |
| Zapped! | Ken Rosenthal | Scott Baio, Willie Aames | Comedy |
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