This page lists 65 films I saw in theaters in 1982. My movie database lists only films I see in theaters, not those I see on TV, videotape, DVD, or the internet. My culture page lists other cultural events.

I have kept movie date/title/director data consistently since 1982, with additional details since 2010. I also have some incomplete data from earlier years.

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Date Title Director Year Theater City
01/07/82 Reds Warren Beatty 1981
01/08/82 The Aviator's Wife Eric Rohmer 1981
01/11/82 Montenegro Dusan Makavejev 1981
01/21/82 The Woman Next Door François Truffaut 1981
01/27/82 The Three Ages Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton 1923
02/01/82 Soldier Girls Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill 1981
02/01/82 Man of Iron Andrzej Wajda 1981
02/07/82 The Pirate Vincent Minnelli 1948
02/08/82 On Golden Pond Mark Rydell 1981
02/09/82 Our Hospitality Buster Keaton, Jack Blystone 1923
02/17/82 Missing Costa-Gavras 1982
02/24/82 Shoot the Moon Alan Parker 1982
02/25/82 The Border Tony Richardson 1982
03/08/82 The French Lieutenant's Woman Karel Reisz 1981
03/10/82 Chariots of Fire Hugh Hudson 1981
03/11/82 My Dinner with André Louis Malle 1981
03/15/82 Passione d'Amore Ettore Scola 1981
03/16/82 Evil Under the Sun Guy Hamilton 1982
03/22/82 I'm Dancing As Fast As I Can Jack Hofsiss 1982
04/01/82 Circle of Deceit Volker Schlondorff 1981
04/01/82 Body Heat Lawrence Kasdan 1981
04/03/82 The Postman Always Rings Twice Bob Rafelson 1981
04/11/82 Cat People Paul Schrader 1982
04/13/82 Victor Victoria Blake Edwards 1982
04/16/82 The Harder They Come Perry Henzell 1972
04/22/82 Personal Best Robert Towne 1982
04/26/82 Three Brothers Francesco Rosi 1981
05/04/82 The Judge and the Assassin Bertrand Tavernier 1976
05/09/82 Christmas in July Preston Sturges 1940
05/09/82 The Great McGinty Preston Sturges 1940
05/09/82 Hail the Conquering Hero Preston Sturges 1944
06/01/82 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid Carl Reiner 1982
06/09/82 Diva Jean-Jacques Beineix 1981
06/17/82 Mephisto Istvan Szabo 1981
06/22/82 The Atomic Cafe Kevin Rafferty, Jayne Loader, Pierce Rafferty 1982
06/23/82 A Week's Vacation Bertrand Tavernier 1980
06/29/82 The Balloonatic Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton 1923
06/29/82 Get Out and Get Under Hal Roach 1920
06/29/82 The Pawnshop Charles Chaplin 1916
06/29/82 Putting Pants on Phillip Clyde Bruckman 1927
06/29/82 The Rink Charles Chaplin 1916
06/29/82 Two Tars James Parrott 1928
07/10/82 Report from the Aleutians John Huston 1943
07/10/82 The Battle of San Pietro John Huston 1945
07/10/82 Let There Be Light John Huston 1946
07/14/82 Chan is Missing Wayne Wang 1982
07/15/82 E.T.: The Extra-terrestial Steven Spielberg 1982
07/22/82 Das Boot Wolfgang Peterson 1981
07/25/82 Wasn't That a Time Jim Brown 1982
07/29/82 TRON Steven Lisberger 1982
08/01/82 The World According to Garp George Roy Hill 1982
08/10/82 Heartaches Donald Shebib 1981
08/15/82 La Vie Continue Moshe Mizrahi 1981
08/18/82 An Officer and a Gentleman Taylor Hackford 1982
08/22/82 L'Adolescente Jeanne Moreau 1979
08/29/82 Burden of Dreams Les Blank 1982
10/10/82 Morocco Josef von Sternberg 1930
10/17/82 State of the Union Frank Capra 1948
11/30/82 In a Lonely Place Nicholas Ray 1950
11/30/82 The Big Heat Fritz Lang 1953
12/01/82 Fitzcarraldo Werner Herzog 1982
12/01/82 Birgit Haas Must Be Killed Laurent Heynemann 1981
12/02/82 Yol Yilmaz Guney 1982
12/04/82 Tex Tim Hunter 1982
12/16/82 Sophie's Choice Alan Pakula 1982