What's everyones top movies of 1982?

[Hordakfan]

The year 1982 is 35 now and what an amazing year for movies even geek culture films.

My top 25 of 1982 (my birth year):
1. Blade Runner.
2. The Thing,
3. Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan.
4. E.T.
5. Conan The Barbarian.
6. First Blood..
7. Rocky III.
8. Creepshow.
9. The Dark Crystal.
10.Pink Floyd The Wall.
11. Fast Times at Ridgment High.
12. Gandhi.
13. The Secret of NIMH.
14. The Last Unicorn.
15. The Flight of Dragons.
16. Richard Pryor at the Sunset Strip.
17. Poltergeist..
18. Halloween III Season of the Witch.
19. Tenebrae aka Unsane.
20.Tron..
21. Tootsie.
22. Basket Case.
23. Q The Winged Serpent.
24. 48 Hours.
25. Diner.

Honorable mentions:
Firefox
Nightshift.
Cheech and Chong Things are Tough all Over.
Airplane 2.
Friday The 13th part 3.
The Beastmaster.
Hey Good Lookin'
Vice Squad.
Swamp Thing.
Dead men don't wear plaid.
Class of 1984.
The Entity.
Bugs Bunny's 1001 Rabbit Tales.
Plague Dogs

Guilty pleasures:
Pieces.
The New York RIpper.
Zapped.
Alone in The Dark.

 

[Fallen Angel]

Damn that wasa pretty great year but I'll go with Blade Runner and First Blood.

 

[JohnnyGobbs]

The year 1982 is 35 now and what an amazing year for movies even geek culture films.

Nice list Hordarkfan. Will you be compiling lists for every year since 1982?

Here's my top twenty for that year:

1. E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial
2. Tootsie
3. Gandhi
4. Diner
5. The Thing
6. Blade Runner
7. The World According to Garp
8. Missing
9. Das Boot
10. The Verdict
11. An Officer and a Gentleman
12. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
13. 48 Hours
14. Poltergeist
15. The Dark Crystal
16. Sophie's Choice
17. The Secret of NIMH
18. One from the Heart
19. Annie
20. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

My guilty pleasure from that year is Grease 2 (some might say Annie also belongs in that bracket).

I also think Tron, Halloween III and Conan the Barbarian all had brilliant concepts but fell short of their potential in terms of execution.

 

[LoganPool]

The year 1982 is 35 now and what an amazing year for movies even geek culture films.

My top 25 of 1982 (my birth year):
1. Blade Runner.
2. The Thing,
3. Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan.
4. E.T.
5. Conan The Barbarian.
6. First Blood..
7. Rocky III.
8. Creepshow.
9. The Dark Crystal.
10.Pink Floyd The Wall.
11. Fast Times at Ridgment High.
12. Gandhi.
13. The Secret of NIMH.
14. The Last Unicorn.
15. The Flight of Dragons.
16. Richard Pryor at the Sunset Strip.
17. Poltergeist..
18. Halloween III Season of the Witch.
19. Tenebrae aka Unsane.
20.Tron..
21. Tootsie.
22. Basket Case.
23. Q The Winged Serpent.
24. 48 Hours.
25. Diner.

Honorable mentions:
Firefox
Nightshift.
Cheech and Chong Things are Tough all Over.
Airplane 2.
Friday The 13th part 3.
The Beastmaster.
Hey Good Lookin'
Vice Squad.
Swamp Thing.
Dead men don't wear plaid.
Class of 1984.
The Entity.
Swamp Thing.
Bugs Bunny's 1001 Rabbit Tales.
Plague Dogs

Guilty pleasures:
Pieces.
The New York RIpper.
Zapped.
Alone in The Dark.

So did you like Swamp Thing or not??

 

[Mandon Knight]

Nice list Hordarkfan. Will you be compiling lists for every year since 1982?

Here's my top twenty for that year:

1. E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial
2. Tootsie
3. Gandhi
4. Diner
5. The Thing
6. Blade Runner
7. The World According to Garp
8. Missing
9. Das Boot
10. The Verdict
11. An Officer and a Gentleman
12. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
13. 48 Hours
14. Poltergeist
15. The Dark Crystal
16. Sophie's Choice
17. The Secret of NIMH
18. One from the Heart
19. Annie
20. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

My guilty pleasure from that year is Grease 2 (some might say Annie also belongs in that bracket).

I also think Tron, Halloween III and Conan the Barbarian all had brilliant concepts but fell short of their potential in terms of execution.

You are aware it was 1982 and nothing of that nature had ever been conceived in terms of the complexity of SFX development aren't you ? too say it was revolutionary would be an understatement of the highest level.

 

[JohnnyGobbs]

You are aware it was 1982 and nothing of that nature had ever been conceived in terms of the complexity of SFX development aren't you ? too say it was revolutionary would be an understatement of the highest level.

The Tron effects are still extraordinary. I was referring to the storytelling, which I found fell a tad short.

See also my relative low-placing for Blade Runner, a film that surpasses absolutely everything in terms of SFX and art direction, and admittedly does contain a very strong, profound story, but is occasionally on the slow side in terms of pacing. Still a classic though.

 

[sycamore]

What a year for movies. Got to go with Wrath of Khan as my #1.

 

[childeroland]

in no particular order

Annie
E.T.
Poltergeist
Gandhi
Blade Runner
The Secret of Nimh
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
The Dark Crystal
Koyannisqatsi

 

[tzarinna]

Poltergeist
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
The Thing
48 Hrs.

I'm really too lazy to go any further.

 

[flickchick85]

Blade Runner and E.T for me.

 

[Fincher]

1. E.T.
2. Star Trek II
3. The Thing
4. Tootsie
5. First Blood
6. Airplane II
7. The Dark Crystal

 

[OutOfBoose]

Conan, Blade Runner.

 

[Batmannerism]

The year 1982 is 35 now and what an amazing year for movies even geek culture films.

My top 25 of 1982 (my birth year):
1. Blade Runner.
2. The Thing,
3. Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan.
4. E.T.
5. Conan The Barbarian.
6. First Blood..
7. Rocky III.
8. Creepshow.
9. The Dark Crystal.
10.Pink Floyd The Wall.
11. Fast Times at Ridgment High.
12. Gandhi.
13. The Secret of NIMH.
14. The Last Unicorn..
17. Poltergeist..
20.Tron..
21. Tootsie.
22. Basket Case.
23. Q The Winged Serpent.
24. 48 Hours.
25. Diner.

Honorable mentions:
Firefox
Nightshift.
Cheech and Chong Things are Tough all Over.
Airplane 2.
Friday The 13th part 3.
The Beastmaster.
Hey Good Lookin'
Vice Squad.
Swamp Thing.
Dead men don't wear plaid.

Damn, I forgot how amazing 1982 was. I must have seen Wrath of Khan at least 10 times - and Conan, still one of my favorites ! I was a kid back then, but hell movies were good !

 

[STARMAN]

I would take Star Trek II and an Officer and a Gentleman. Neither of them are the best of the year but I enjoyed them the most.