List of American films of 1982

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.
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==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 	Wang's directorial debut
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 Sternn, Michael Tucker, Tim Daly 	Comedy 	Levinson's directorial debut
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 	
Firt 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 	
Poltergeist 	Tobe Hooper 	Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Beatrice Straight 	Thriller 	
Porky's 	Bob Clark 	Kim Cattrall, Mark Herrier, Wyatt Knight 	Comedy 	
Q: The Winged Serpent 	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 	
Savannah Smiles 	Mark Miller 	Donovan Scott, Bridgette Andersen, Chris Robinson, Michael Parks Peter Graves Barbara Stanger Pat Morita Philip Abbott Fran Ryan Ray Anzalone John Fiedler Carol Wayne Don Steffey Oscar Rowland	 	
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 	Rogers' only feature film role
Six Weeks 	Tony Bill 	Dudley Moore, Mary Tyler Moore, Katherine Healy 	Drama 	
The 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	AKA Being from Another Planet
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 	remake of French film
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 	
==External links==
* American films of 1982 at the Internet Movie Database
1982
Films
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