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Theme: Films of 1982

1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982)

5 September 200222 August 2019

Rating: ★

Future Gang Warfare

Director: Enzo G. Castellari
Actors: Vic Morrow, Fred Williamson, Mark Gregory, Stefania Girolami, …
Category: Science Fiction

Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)

9 May 199926 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Disaster Movie & SF Spoof

Director: Ken Finkleman
Actors: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, William Shatner, Chad Everett, …
Category: Science Fiction

Alone in the Dark (1982)

6 May 199929 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Slasher Parody/Escaped Madmen

Director: Jack Sholder
Actors: Donald Pleasence, Jack Palance, Martin Landau, Dwight Schultz, …
Category: Horror

Amityville II: The Possession (1982)

5 May 199911 January 2021

Rating: ★★★

Haunted House/Possession

Director: Damiano Damiani
Actors: James Olson, Burt Young, Diane Franklin, Rutanya Alda, …
Category: Horror

Android (1982)

4 May 199919 July 2019

Rating: ★★★

Android Gains Self-Awareness

Director: Aaron Lipstadt
Actors: Don Opper, Klaus Kinski, Brie Howard, Norbert Weisser, …
Category: Science Fiction

Anna to the Infinite Power (1982)

5 June 19993 September 2019

Rating: ★★★

Child Genius/Cloning

Director: Robert Wiemer
Actors: Martha Byrne, Mark Patton, Jack Gilford, Donna Mitchell, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Appointment (1982)

9 August 199918 September 2019

Rating: ★★★

Precognitive Dream

Director: Lindsay C. Vickers
Actors: Edward Woodward, Jane Merrow, Samantha Weysom
Category: Horror

Bad Blood (1982)

4 June 199924 October 2019

Rating: ★★★

True-Life New Zealand Mass Murderer

Director: Mike Newell
Actors: Jack Thompson, Carol Burns, Denis Lill, Martyn Sanderson, …
Category: Horror

Basket Case (1982)

20 January 200129 October 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Psychotic Siamese Twin

Director: Frank Henenlotter
Actors: Kevin Van Hentenryck, Terri Susan Smith, Beverly Bonner, Lloyd Pace, …
Category: Horror

Battletruck (1982)

22 May 199911 January 2020

Rating: ★★½

Post-Holocaust

Director: Harley Cokliss
Actors: Michael Beck, Annie McEnroe, James Wainwright, John Ratzenberger, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Beast Within (1982)

26 August 200026 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Human-Monster Transformation

Director: Philippe Mora
Actors: Paul Clemens, Ronny Cox, Bibi Besch, Kitty Ruth Moffat, …
Category: Horror

The Beastmaster (1982)

4 June 19997 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Sword and Sorcery

Director: Don Coscarelli
Actors: Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts, Rip Torn, John Amos, …
Category: Fantasy

Blade Runner (1982)

8 January 200029 January 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Cyberpunk Future/Hunt for Escaped Androids

Director: Ridley Scott
Actors: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Daryl Hannah, …
Category: Science Fiction

Boarding House (1982)

5 July 200420 February 2020

Rating: 0­

Psychic Killings

Director: Johnn Wintergate
Category: Horror

BrainWaves (1982)

8 March 20012 August 2020

Rating: ★★½

Experimental Neurosurgery/Transplanted Memories

Director: Ulli Lommel
Actors: Keir Dullea, Tony Curtis, Suzanna Love, Nicholas Love, …
Category: Science Fiction

Britannia Hospital (1982)

1 January 20019 March 2020

Rating: ★★

British Social Satire

Director: Lindsay Anderson
Actors: Malcolm McDowell, Leonard Rossiter, Graham Crowden, Robin Askwith, …
Category: Science Fiction

Cat People (1982)

16 June 20149 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Human-Feline Transformation

Director: Paul Schrader
Actors: Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell, John Heard, Annette O'Toole, …
Category: Horror

Chronopolis (1982)

7 June 201722 January 2020

Rating: ★★½

Animation/City of All-Powerful Beings

Director: Piotr Kamler
Category: Fantasy

Conan the Barbarian (1982)

31 May 200126 October 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Sword and Sorcery

Director: John Milius
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Sandahl Bergman, Mako, …
Category: Fantasy

Creepshow (1982)

6 July 200022 May 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Horror Anthology

Director: George A. Romero
Actors: Leslie Nielsen, Ted Danson, Stephen King, Fritz Weaver, …
Category: Horror

Crosstalk (1982)

13 October 200023 May 2020

Rating: ★

AI Murder Mystery

Director: Mark Egerton
Actors: Gary Day, Penny Downie, John Ewart
Category: Science Fiction

The Dark Crystal (1982)

9 July 20131 March 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Fantastical Other World/Epic Fantasy Adventure

Director: Jim Henson, Frank Oz
Actors: Barry Dennen, Billie Whitelaw, Michael Kilgarriff
Category: Fantasy

Deadly Eyes (1982)

1 March 201710 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Giant Killer Rats

Director: Robert Clouse
Actors: Sam Groom, Sara Botsford, Lisa Langlois, Cec Linder, …
Category: Horror

The Deadly Spawn (1982)

24 December 201530 June 2020

Rating: ★★★

Alien Nasty in the Cellar

Director: Douglas McKeown
Category: Science Fiction

Death Valley (1982)

5 August 20013 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Slasher Road Movie

Director: Dick Richards
Actors: Catherine Hicks, Paul Le Mat, Peter Billingsley, Stephen McHattie, …
Category: Horror

Deathtrap (1982)

6 March 20014 July 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Whodunnit Parody/Ira Levin Adaptation

Director: Sidney Lumet
Actors: Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, Dyan Cannon
Category: Fantasy

The Dorm That Dripped Blood (1982)

10 September 202010 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Slasher Film

Director: Stephen Carpenter, Jeffrey Obrow
Actors: Laurie Lipinski, Daphne Zuniga
Category: Horror

E.T. – The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

16 December 200115 October 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Cute Alien

Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote
Category: Science Fiction

Eating Raoul (1982)

23 April 201427 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Killing Kinksters Black Comedy

Director: Paul Bartel
Actors: Paul Bartel, Mary Woronov, Robert Beltran, Susan Saiger, …
Category: Horror

Endangered Species (1982)

17 August 200218 November 2020

Rating: ★★★

Cattle Mutilations

Director: Alan Rudolph
Actors: Robert Urich, JoBeth Williams, Paul Dooley, Hoyt Axton, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Entity (1982)

30 June 20016 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

Haunting/Rapist Poltergeist

Director: Sidney J. Furie
Actors: Barbara Hershey, Ron Silver, Jacqueline Brooks, Alex Rocco
Category: Horror

Fanny and Alexander (1982)

29 July 20029 May 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Family Saga/Ghosts

Director: Ingmar Bergman
Actors: Ewa Froling, Jan Malmsjo, Jalle Kulle, Pernilla Wallgren, …
Category: Fantasy

Firefox (1982)

10 March 200414 December 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Hi-Tech Fighter Plane Theft/Techno-Thriller

Director: Clint Eastwood
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Freddie Jones, David Huffman, Warren Clarke, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Flight of Dragons (1982)

29 May 201215 December 2020

Rating: ★★½

Animation/Epic Fantasy

Director: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr
Actors: John Ritter, Harry Morgan, James Earl Jones, Don Messick, …
Category: Fantasy

Forbidden World (1982)

25 August 200216 December 2020

Rating: ★

Mutating Monster

Director: Allan Holzman
Actors: Jesse Vint, June Chadwick, Linden Chiles, Fox Harris, …
Category: Science Fiction

Forbidden Zone (1982)

12 August 201116 December 2020

Rating: ★★★

Gonzo Other-Dimensional Musical

Director: Richard Elfman
Actors: Herve Villechaize, Susan Tyrrell, Matthew Bright, Kedric Wolfe, …
Category: Science Fiction

Friday the 13th Part III in 3D (1982)

2 November 20005 June 2020

Rating: 0­

Slasher Film

Director: Steve Miner
Category: Horror

Full Moon High (1982)

21 May 200126 May 2020

Rating: ★★½

Werewolf Comedy

Director: Larry Cohen
Actors: Adam Arkin, Ed McMahon, Alan Arkin, Roz Kelly, …
Category: Horror

Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

19 February 20012 January 2020

Rating: ★★★

Mad Scientist’s Occult Revenge Plot

Director: Tommy Lee Wallace
Actors: Tom Atkins, Dan O'Herlihy
Category: Horror

The House on Sorority Row (1982)

14 January 2021

Rating: ★★

Slasher Film

Director: Mark Rosman
Actors: Kathryn McNeil, Eileen Davidson, Harley Jane Kozak
Category: Horror

The House Where Evil Dwells (1982)

19 October 200213 May 2019

Rating: ★★

Japan-Set Ghost Story

Director: Kevin Connor
Actors: Doug McClure, Susan George, Edward Albert, Amy Barrett
Category: Horror

Human Highway (1982)

21 August 201530 August 2018

Rating: ★

Gonzo Comedy

Director: Bernard Shakey, Neil Young, Dean Stockwell
Actors: Neil Young, Russ Tamblyn, Dean Stockwell, Dennis Hopper, …
Category: Science Fiction

Humongous (1982)

13 August 201423 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Slasher Film/Mad Deformity

Director: Paul Lynch
Actors: Janet Julian, David Wallace, John Wildman, Janit Baldwin, …
Category: Horror

I Was a Zombie for the FBI (1982)

17 July 201922 October 2019

Rating: ★★½

1950s Alien Invasion Film Homage

Director: Marius Penczner
Actors: James Rasberry, Larry Raspberry, Christina Wellford, John Gillick, …
Category: Science Fiction

Incubus (1982)

5 May 20033 July 2019

Rating: ★★

Demonic Rapist

Director: John Hough
Actors: John Cassavetes, John Ireland, Kerrie Keane, Erin Flannery, …
Category: Horror

Jekyll and Hyde … Together Again (1982)

2 September 200323 February 2019

Rating: ★★★

Jekyll and Hyde Spoof

Director: Jerry Belson
Actors: Mark Blankfield, Bess Armstrong, Krista Erickson, Michael McGuire, …
Category: Science Fiction

Kung Fu from Beyond the Grave (1982)

19 July 201726 August 2019

Rating: ★★

Martial Arts vs Evil Sorcerer

Director: Lee Chiu
Actors: Billy Chong, Lieh Lo, Chin-Lai Sung
Category: Fantasy

The Last Horror Film (1982)

5 April 201710 December 2019

Rating: ★★½

Maniac Stalks Actress Through the Cannes Festival

Director: David Winters
Actors: Joe Spinnell, Caroline Munro, Judd Hamilton
Category: Horror

Liquid Sky (1982)

8 April 200030 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Drug-Addicted Flying Saucer

Director: Slava Tsukerman
Actors: Anne Carlisle, Paula E. Sheppard, Otto von Wernherr, Susan Doukas, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Living Dead Girl (1982)

30 December 200913 August 2019

Rating: ★★★

Girl Returns from the Dead

Director: Jean Rollin
Actors: Francoise Blanchard, Marina Pierro, Carma Barone, Mike Marshall
Category: Horror

Manhattan Baby (1982)

12 August 201018 October 2019

Rating: ★½

Italian Occult Horror

Director: Lucio Fulci
Actors: Christopher Connelly, Martha Taylor, Brigitta Broccoli, Giovanni Frezza, …
Category: Horror

Megaforce (1982)

11 September 200630 August 2018

Rating: 0­

Hi-Tech Action Team

Director: Hal Needham
Actors: Barry Bostwick, Henry Silva, Persis Khambatta, Michael Beck, …
Category: Science Fiction

A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy (1982)

9 March 20017 March 2019

Rating: ★★½

Period Sexual Rondeau Comedy

Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Mary Steenburgen, Julie Hagerty, …
Category: Fantasy

Mongrel (1982)

17 July 200914 December 2020

Rating: 0­

Possibly Supernatural Killer Dog

Director: Robert A. Burns
Actors: Mitch Pileggi, Aldo Ray
Category: Horror

National Lampoon’s Class Reunion (1982)

9 August 20051 April 2019

Rating: ½

Slasher Film Parody

Director: Michael Miller
Actors: Gerrit Graham, Stephen Furst, Fred McCarren, Shelley Smith, …
Category: Horror

Next of Kin (1982)

2 April 20069 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Psycho-Thriller

Director: Tony Williams
Actors: Jackie Kerin, John Jarratt
Category: Horror

Pandemonium (1982)

18 December 20142 July 2019

Rating: ★

Slasher/Horror Parody

Director: Alfred Sole
Actors: Tom Smothers, Carol Kane, Marc McClure, Judge Reinhold, …
Category: Horror

Parasite (1982)

19 October 200224 April 2020

Rating: ½

Chestbursting Nasty

Director: Charles Band
Actors: Robert Glaudini, Demi Moore, Luca Bercovici, James Davidson, …
Category: Science Fiction

Parsifal (1982)

6 December 200110 November 2020

Rating: ★★★

Wagner Opera/Arthurian Legends

Director: Hans Jürgen Syberberg
Category: Fantasy

Pink Floyd – The Wall (1982)

26 January 20088 February 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Descent into Madness/Rock Musical

Director: Alan Parker
Actors: Bob Geldof, Kevin McKeon, Christine Hargreaves, James Laurenson, …
Category: Fantasy

The Pirate Movie (1982)

22 January 20137 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Gonzo Pirate Musical

Director: Ken Annakin
Actors: Christopher Atkins, Kristy McNichol, Bill Kerr, Garry McDonald
Category: Fantasy

The Plague Dogs (1982)

13 March 201116 April 2019

Rating: ★★★★★

Animation/Talking Escaped Lab Animals

Director: Martin Rosen
Actors: John Hurt, Christopher Benjamin, James Bolam
Category: Fantasy

Poltergeist (1982)

5 September 200226 May 2020

Rating: ★★★★½

Haunting

Director: Tobe Hooper
Actors: JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Zelda Rubinstein, Heather O'Rourke, …
Category: Horror

Q – The Winged Serpent (1982)

14 August 200022 December 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Monster Movie

Director: Larry Cohen
Actors: Michael Moriarty, David Carradine, Richard Roundtree, Candy Clark
Category: Horror

Rest in Peace (1982)

2 August 200430 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Haunted Mausoleum

Director: Tom McLoughlin
Actors: Meg Tilley, Adam West, Robin Young, David Mason Daniels, …
Category: Horror

The Scarecrow (1982)

19 July 201330 August 2018

Rating: ★★★½

New Zealand Gothic

Director: Sam Pillsbury
Actors: John Carradine, Tracy Mann, Jonathan Smith, Daniel McLaren, …
Category: Horror

The Secret of N.I.M.H. (1982)

4 December 200226 September 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Animation/Talking Animal Quest

Director: Don Bluth
Actors: Elizabeth Hartman, Dom de Luise, Derek Jacobi, Hermione Baddely, …
Category: Fantasy

The Seduction (1982)

22 June 20029 July 2019

Rating: 0­

Stalker

Director: David Schmoeller
Actors: Morgan Fairchild, Andrew Stevens, Michael Sarrazin, Colleen Camp, …
Category: Horror

The Sender (1982)

14 September 20025 October 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Psychic Psychiatric Patient

Director: Roger Christian
Actors: Kathryn Harrold, Zeljko Ivanek, Paul Freeman, Shirley Knight
Category: Horror

Slapstick of Another Kind (1982)

12 February 20052 April 2019

Rating: ★

Alien Twin Geniuses/Kurt Vonnegut Adaptation

Director: Steven Paul
Actors: Jerry Lewis, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, John Abbott, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)

13 December 201011 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Feminist Slasher Film

Director: Amy Jones
Actors: Michele Michaels, Brinke Stevens, Ryan Kennedy, David Millbern
Category: Horror

Space Adventure Cobra (1982)

6 July 201425 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime Space Opera

Director: Osamu Dezaki, Carl F. Macek
Category: Science Fiction

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

31 August 200218 January 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Intergalactic Adventures

Director: Nicholas Meyer
Actors: William Shatner, Ricardo Montalban, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, …
Category: Science Fiction

A Stranger is Watching (1982)

12 June 20014 April 2019

Rating: ★★

Kidnap Thriller

Director: Sean S. Cunningham
Actors: Kate Mulgrew, Rip Torn, Shawn von Schreiber, James Naughton
Category: Horror

Superstition (1982)

1 March 201130 August 2018

Rating: ★

Supernatural Retribution

Director: James W. Robertson
Actors: James Houghton, Stacy Keach Sr, Albert Salmi, Larry Pennell, …
Category: Horror

Swamp Thing (1982)

16 December 200015 May 2020

Rating: ★½

Mutant Superhero/Comic-Book Adaptation

Director: Wes Craven
Actors: Adrienne Barbeau, Louis Jourdan, Dick Durock, Ray Wise, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982)

10 June 20028 November 2019

Rating: ★★½

Sword and Sorcery

Director: Albert Pyun
Actors: Lee Horsley, Richard Lynch, Kathleen Beller, Simon MacCorkindale, …
Category: Fantasy

The Sword of the Barbarians (1982)

11 September 200930 August 2018

Rating: ½

Italian Sword and Sorcery

Director: Michael E. Lemick, Michele Massimo Tarantini
Actors: Peter McCoy, Yvonne Fraschetti, Hal Yamanouchi, Anthony Freeman, …
Category: Fantasy

TAG: The Assassination Game (1982)

2 January 201330 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Psycho in a Campus Mock Killing Game

Director: Nick Castle
Actors: Robert Carradine, Linda Hamilton, Bruce Abbott, Perry Lang, …
Category: Horror

Tempest (1982)

1 July 20004 August 2020

Rating: ★★★

Modernised Shakespeare Adaptation

Director: Paul Mazursky
Actors: John Cassavetes, Susan Sarandon, Molly Ringwald, Gena Rowlands, …
Category: Fantasy

Tenebrae (1982)

18 February 200015 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Giallo Psycho-Thriller

Director: Dario Argento
Actors: Anthony Franciosa, Daria Nicolodi, John Saxon, Mimsy Farmer, …
Category: Horror

The Thing (1982)

11 January 200226 May 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Shapechanging Alien Nasty

Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David, David Clennon, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Time Masters (1982)

7 June 20179 March 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Animation/Planetary Adventure

Director: Rene Laloux
Category: Science Fiction

Time Walker (1982)

4 January 201730 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Mummy from Outer Space

Director: Tom Kennedy
Actors: Ben Murphy, Nina Axelrod, Robert Random, Kevin Brophy, …
Category: Science Fiction

Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982)

9 March 20012 April 2019

Rating: ★★½

Motorcyclist Time Travels to the Old West

Director: William Dear
Actors: Fred Ward, Belinda Bauer, Peter Coyote, Ed Lauter, …
Category: Science Fiction

Trick or Treats (1982)

22 August 201731 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Slasher Film

Director: Gary Graver
Actors: Jackelyn Giroux, Peter Jason, Carrie Snodgress, David Carradine, …
Category: Horror

Tron (1982)

18 December 20027 May 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Journey into Cyberspace

Director: Steven Lisberger
Actors: Jeff Bridges, David Warner, Bruce Boxleitner, Cindy Morgan, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Turkish Star Wars (1982)

27 February 20156 May 2020

Rating: 0­

Planetary Adventure/Bad Movie Classic

Director: Cetin Inanc
Category: Science Fiction

Visiting Hours (1982)

9 January 201530 January 2020

Rating: ★★½

Slasher Film

Director: Jean-Claude Lord
Actors: Michael Ironside, Lee Grant, Linda Purl, William Shatner, …
Category: Horror

White Dog (1982)

11 September 20035 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Racial Killer Dog

Director: Sam Fuller
Actors: Kristy MacNichol, Paul Winfield, Burl Ives, Jameson Parker
Category: Horror

Wrong is Right (1982)

24 December 200930 August 2018

Rating: ★★

International Political Thriller/Stolen Nuclear Weaponry

Director: Richard Brooks
Actors: Sean Connery, John Saxon, Katharine Ross, George Grizzard, …
Category: Science Fiction

Xtro (1982)

2 March 200120 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Mutating Alien Abductee

Director: Harry Bromley Davenport
Actors: Bernice Stegers, Maryam d'Abo, Anna Wing
Category: Science Fiction

Zapped! (1982)

6 December 200930 August 2018

Rating: ★

Psychokinetic Powers Teen Comedy

Director: Robert J. Rosenthal
Actors: Scott Baio, Willie Aames, Heather Thomas, Felice Schachter, …
Category: Science Fiction

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