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1982 Chronicle of The Cinema

by wijayaandik • Created 8 years ago • Modified 3 days ago
Annual looks at The Best Films from around the world.
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  • Harrison Ford and Sean Young in Blade Runner (1982)

    1. Blade Runner

    19821h 57mR84Metascore
    8.1 (855K)
    A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
    DirectorRidley ScottStarsHarrison FordRutger HauerSean Young
    Film 103
  • Werner Herzog in Burden of Dreams (1982)

    2. Burden of Dreams

    19821h 35mNot Rated77Metascore
    7.9 (8.6K)
    A documentary following German auteur Werner Herzog as he deals with difficult actors, bad weather and getting a boat over a mountain, all in an effort to make his film Fitzcarraldo (1982).
    DirectorLes BlankStarsWerner HerzogKlaus KinskiClaudia Cardinale
  • Kevin Bacon, Steve Guttenberg, Mickey Rourke, Paul Reiser, Tim Daly, and Daniel Stern in Diner (1982)

    3. Diner

    19821h 50mR82Metascore
    7.0 (24K)
    A group of college-age buddies struggle with their imminent passage into adulthood in 1959 Baltimore.
    DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsSteve GuttenbergMickey RourkeKevin Bacon
  • Pernilla Allwin and Bertil Guve in Fanny and Alexander (1982)

    4. Fanny and Alexander

    19823h 8mR100Metascore
    8.1 (70K)
    Two young Swedish children in the 1900s experience the many comedies and tragedies of their lively and affectionate theatrical family, the Ekdahls.
    DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsBertil GuvePernilla AllwinKristina Adolphson
    Criterion
  • Sylvester Stallone in First Blood (1982)

    5. First Blood

    19821h 33mR61Metascore
    7.7 (290K)
    A veteran Green Beret is forced by a cruel Sheriff and his deputies to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.
    DirectorTed KotcheffStarsSylvester StalloneBrian DennehyRichard Crenna
  • Klaus Kinski in Fitzcarraldo (1982)

    6. Fitzcarraldo

    19822h 38mPG
    7.9 (41K)
    The story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an extremely determined man who intends to build an opera house in the middle of a jungle.
    DirectorWerner HerzogStarsKlaus KinskiClaudia CardinaleJosé Lewgoy
    Nova / Film 104
  • Moonlighting (1982)

    7. Moonlighting

    19821h 37mPG
    7.3 (3.7K)
    Nowak (Irons), a Polish contractor, leads a group of workmen to London so they can provide cheap labor for a government official based there. Nowak must manage the project and the men as they encounter the temptations of the West and loneliness and separation from their families. Nowak is the only one of the group who speaks English, and he uses this as a tool over his team. When the unrest in Poland leads to a military takeover, Nowak is faced with a much more difficult situation than he expected.
    DirectorJerzy SkolimowskiStarsJeremy IronsEugene LipinskiJiri Stanislav
    Nova / Film 104
  • Richard Gere and Debra Winger in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)

    8. An Officer and a Gentleman

    19822h 4mR75Metascore
    7.1 (65K)
    A young man must complete his work at a Navy Officer Candidate School to become an aviator, with the help of a tough Gunnery Sergeant and his new girlfriend.
    DirectorTaylor HackfordStarsRichard GereDebra WingerDavid Keith
  • Personal Best (1982)

    9. Personal Best

    19822h 8mR71Metascore
    6.3 (3.4K)
    The intertwined lives and loves of three highly ranked athletes striving for the national team; Chris bounces between the beds of male coach Terry and her female friend, competitor, and role model Tory.
    DirectorRobert TowneStarsMariel HemingwayScott GlennPatrice Donnelly
    Criterion
  • Brad Davis in Querelle (1982)

    10. Querelle

    19821h 48mR
    6.6 (8.1K)
    A handsome sailor is drawn into a vortex of sibling rivalry, murder, and explosive sexuality.
    DirectorRainer Werner FassbinderStarsBrad DavisFranco NeroJeanne Moreau
    Criterion / OKRU / Film 104
  • Kevin Kline and Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice (1982)

    11. Sophie's Choice

    19822h 30mR68Metascore
    7.5 (55K)
    Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live with Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust.
    DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsMeryl StreepKevin KlinePeter MacNicol
    Nova / Film 103
  • Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie (1982)

    12. Tootsie

    19821h 56mPG88Metascore
    7.4 (119K)
    Michael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap.
    DirectorSydney PollackStarsDustin HoffmanJessica LangeTeri Garr
  • Paul Newman in The Verdict (1982)

    13. The Verdict

    19822h 9mR77Metascore
    7.7 (49K)
    An outcast, alcoholic Boston lawyer sees the chance to salvage his career and self-respect by taking a medical malpractice case to trial rather than settling.
    DirectorSidney LumetStarsPaul NewmanCharlotte RamplingJack Warden
  • Mel Gibson and Sigourney Weaver in The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)

    14. The Year of Living Dangerously

    19821h 55mPG65Metascore
    7.1 (24K)
    A young Australian reporter tries to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia during the rule of President Sukarno with the help of a diminutive photographer.
    DirectorPeter WeirStarsMel GibsonSigourney WeaverLinda Hunt
    Nova / Film 104
  • The Thing (1982)

    15. The Thing

    19821h 49mR57Metascore
    8.2 (500K)
    A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
    DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellWilford BrimleyKeith David
  • Requiem (1982)

    16. Requiem

    19821h 43m
    7.0 (244)
    A woman finds out that one of her doctor husband's patients used to be the cellmate of her first husband, who died in prison years before.
    DirectorZoltán FábriStarsEdit FrajtLajos BalázsovitsLászló Gálffi
    OKRU / Film 104
  • Pia Zadora in Butterfly (1981)

    17. Butterfly

    19811h 48mR
    4.7 (1.7K)
    In 1937 Nevada, silver mine caretaker Jess Tyler is reunited with his teenage daughter Kady who will do anything to persuade Jess to let her have claim to the mine.
    DirectorMatt CimberStarsStacy KeachPia ZadoraOrson Welles
    Film 105
  • Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte in 48 Hrs. (1982)

    18. 48 Hrs.

    19821h 36mR71Metascore
    6.9 (90K)
    A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him in order to track down a killer.
    DirectorWalter HillStarsNick NolteEddie MurphyAnnette O'Toole
  • Nastassja Kinski in Cat People (1982)

    19. Cat People

    19821h 58mR61Metascore
    6.2 (25K)
    A woman who was orphaned from a young age finally reunites with her older brother. Matters start to go awry when she slowly discovers the true nature of her family.
    DirectorPaul SchraderStarsNastassja KinskiMalcolm McDowellJohn Heard
  • The Draughtsman's Contract (1982)

    20. The Draughtsman's Contract

    19821h 48mR
    7.2 (12K)
    A young artist is commissioned by the wife of a wealthy landowner to make a series of drawings of the estate while her husband is away.
    DirectorPeter GreenawayStarsAnthony HigginsJanet SuzmanAnne-Louise Lambert
    OKRU / Film 104
  • Lou Castel and Ángela Molina in The Eyes, the Mouth (1982)

    21. The Eyes, the Mouth

    19821h 33mR
    6.2 (341)
    A burned-out actor returns to his provincial hometown after his twin brother's death by suicide. While trying to make his mother believe that it was an accident, he meets the deceased's fiance, sparking a mutual attraction.
    DirectorMarco BellocchioStarsLou CastelÁngela MolinaEmmanuelle Riva
    Amazon
  • Five Last Days (1982)

    22. Five Last Days

    19821h 52m
    6.8 (153)
    In Wittelbacherpalais, Munich's prison and Gestapo center, middle-aged Else Gebel awaits trial for carrying anti-Nazi material. She serves as a clerk in the Gestapo office. On Thursday, 18 February 1943, two youths arrive at the prison, arrested for carrying anti-Reich pamphlets and suspected of dropping leaflets from the university tower and painting anti-Hitler signs along Ludwigstraße: Sophie, 21, and her brother Hans, 24 and back from the Soviet front. Sophie is housed with Else, and for five days, as Sophie is interrogated and charges brought, the women form a bond based on simple interactions: poetry, tea, shared clothing, courage, love of freedom, and a promise Else gives Sophie.
    DirectorPercy AdlonStarsIrm HermannLena StolzeJoachim Bernhard
    You Tube
  • Heather O'Rourke in Poltergeist (1982)

    23. Poltergeist

    19821h 54mPG79Metascore
    7.3 (188K)
    A family's home becomes the center of paranormal activity that opens a doorway to the "other side." With help, they must cross over to get their daughter back.
    DirectorTobe HooperStarsJoBeth WilliamsHeather O'RourkeCraig T. Nelson
  • Tenebrae (1982)

    24. Tenebrae

    19821h 41mR83Metascore
    7.0 (29K)
    An American novelist visiting Rome to promote his latest book is stalked and harassed by an obsessed fan who is committing a string of murders that appear to be tributes to his work.
    DirectorDario ArgentoStarsAnthony FranciosaGiuliano GemmaChristian Borromeo
  • White Dog (1982)

    25. White Dog

    19821h 30mPG
    7.0 (11K)
    A trainer attempts to retrain a vicious dog that's been raised to attack black people.
    DirectorSamuel FullerStarsKristy McNicholChrista LangVernon Weddle

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