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The following is an overview of events in 1982 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.

Highest-grossing films

North America

The top ten 1982 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1982[1]
RankTitleDistributorBox-office gross
1 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Universal $359,197,037[n 1]
2 Tootsie Columbia $177,200,000
3 An Officer and a Gentleman Paramount $129,795,554
4 Rocky III United Artists $124,146,897
5 Porky's 20th Century Fox $105,492,483
6 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Paramount $78,912,963
7 48 Hrs. $78,868,508
8 Poltergeist MGM $76,606,280
9 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Universal $69,701,637
10 Annie Columbia $57,059,003

Outside North America

The highest-grossing 1982 films in countries outside of North America.

International marketTitleDirectorProduction countryGrossRef
China Shaolin Temple Chang Hsin Yen China / Hong Kong CN¥161,578,014 [3]
France E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Steven Spielberg United States 7,881,332 admissions [4]
Germany E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Steven Spielberg United States 7,666,017 admissions [5]
India Vidhaata Subhash Ghai India ₹160,000,000 ($16,300,000) [6][n 2]
Italy E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Steven Spielberg United States 10,298,000 admissions [8]
Japan The Gods Must Be Crazy Jamie Uys South Africa ¥2,360,000,000 (rentals) [9]
South Korea Dragon Lord Jackie Chan Hong Kong ₩894,366,000 [10][11]
Soviet Union Sportloto-82 Leonid Gaidai Soviet Union 13,800,000 Rbls ($19,500,000) [n 3]
Spain E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Steven Spielberg United States 7,719,932 admissions [15]
Taiwan The Gods Must Be Crazy Jamie Uys South Africa NT$39,431,235 [16]
United Kingdom E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Steven Spielberg United States £21,700,000 [17]

Worldwide gross revenue

The following table lists known worldwide gross revenue figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1982. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1982.

TitleWorldwide gross (US$)Source(s)Production country
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial $792,910,554 [18] United States
Gandhi $127,767,889 [19] India
United Kingdom
Rocky III $124,146,897 [20] United States
Poltergeist $121,706,019 [21]
Shaolin Temple $111,441,439 [n 4] China
Hong Kong
Disco Dancer $106,000,000 [26][27] India
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan $97,000,000 [28] United States

Events

Awards

Category/Organization40th Golden Globe Awards
January 29, 1983		36th BAFTA Awards
March 20, 1983		55th Academy Awards
April 11, 1983
DramaMusical or Comedy
Best FilmE.T. the Extra-TerrestrialTootsieGandhi
Best DirectorRichard Attenborough
Gandhi
Best ActorBen Kingsley
Gandhi		Dustin Hoffman
Tootsie		Ben Kingsley
Gandhi
Best ActressMeryl Streep
Sophie's Choice		Julie Andrews
Victor/Victoria		Katharine Hepburn
On Golden Pond		Meryl Streep
Sophie's Choice
Best Supporting ActorLouis Gossett Jr.
An Officer and a Gentleman		Jack Nicholson
Reds		Louis Gossett Jr.
An Officer and a Gentleman
Best Supporting ActressJessica Lange
Tootsie		Rohini Hattangadi
Gandhi
Maureen Stapleton
Reds		Jessica Lange
Tootsie
Best Screenplay, AdaptedJohn Briley
Gandhi		Costa-Gavras and Donald E. Stewart
Missing		Costa-Gavras and Donald E. Stewart
Missing
Best Screenplay, OriginalJohn Briley
Gandhi
Best Original ScoreJohn Williams
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial		John Williams
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse
Victor/Victoria
Best Original Song"Up Where We Belong"
An Officer and a Gentleman		"Another Brick in the Wall"
Pink Floyd – The Wall		"Up Where We Belong"
An Officer and a Gentleman
Best Foreign Language FilmGandhiChrist Stopped at EboliBegin the Beguine

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Missing, directed by Costa-Gavras, United States
Yol (The Way), directed by Yılmaz Güney, Turkey

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

The State of Things (Der Stand der Dinge), directed by Wim Wenders, W. Germany / Portugal / US

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss (Veronika Voss), directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, W. Germany

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1982 Wide-release movies

January–March

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Y		 1 MadmanJensen Farley PicturesJoe Giannone (director/screenplay); Gaylen Ross, Paul Ehlers, Tony Fish, Harriet Bass, Seth Jones, Jan Claire, Alex Murphy, Jimmy Steele, Carl Fredericks, Michael SullivanSlasherLive action
22 Death ValleyUniversal Pictures / Cinema VIIDick Richards (director); Richard Rothstein (screenplay); Paul Le Mat, Catherine Hicks, Stephen McHattie, Wilford Brimley, Peter Billingsley, Edward Herrmann, Earl W. Smith, Jack O'Leary, Mary Steelsmith, Gina Christian, Kirk I. Kiskella, Frank J. Cimorelli, Arnold C. Waterman, Fred W.S. Newton, J.P.S. Brown, Roy S. Gunsberg, Merritt Holloway, Glenn McCreedy, Allan WoodSlasherLive action
The SeductionEmbassy PicturesDavid Schmoeller (director/screenplay); Morgan Fairchild, Michael Sarrazin, Vince Edwards, Andrew Stevens, Colleen Camp, Kevin Brophy, Betty Kean, Joanne Linville, Wendy Smith Howard, Marri MakThrillerLive action
Shoot the MoonMGM/UA Entertainment CompanyAlan Parker (director); Bo Goldman (screenplay); Albert Finney, Diane Keaton, Karen Allen, Peter Weller, Dana Hill, Viveka Davis, Tracey Gold, Tina Yothers, George Murdock, Leora Dana, Irving Metzman, Robert Costanzo, David Landsberg, O-Lan ShepardDramaLive action
Vice SquadEmbassy PicturesGary Sherman (director/screenplay); Sandy Howard, Robert Vincent O'Neil, Kenneth Peter (screenplay); Season Hubley, Gary Swanson, Wings Hauser, Pepe Serna, Beverly Todd, Nina Blackwood, Fred Berry, Grand L. Bush, Michael Ensign, Stack Pierce, Joseph DiGiroloma, Maurice Emanuel, Sudana Bobatoon, Lydia Lei, Kelly Piper, Kristoffer Anders, Joseph Baroncini, Stacy Everly, Cyndi James-ReeseAction, Crime, ThrillerLive action
29 The BorderUniversal Pictures / RKO PicturesTony Richardson (director); Deric Washburn, Walon Green, David Freeman (screenplay); Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Valerie Perrine, Warren Oates, Elpidia Carrillo, Dirk Blocker, Jeff MorrisNeo-Noir, DramaLive action
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Night CrossingWalt Disney Productions / Buena Vista DistributionDelbert Mann (director); John McGreevey (screenplay); John Hurt, Jane Alexander, Glynnis O'Connor, Doug McKeon, Beau Bridges, Ian Bannen, Keith McKeon, Klaus Löwitsch, Geoffrey Liesik, Michael Liesik, Anne Stallybrass, Matthew Taylor, Günter Meisner, Sky Dumont, Jan NiklasDramaLive action
Personal BestWarner Bros. / The Geffen CompanyRobert Towne (director/screenplay); Mariel Hemingway, Scott Glenn, Patrice Donnelly, Kenny Moore, Evelyn Ashford, Jodi Anderson, Maren Seidler, Martha Watson, Emily Dole, Pam Spencer, Deby LaPlante, Jan Van Reenen, Al Feuerbach, Jane Frederick, Cindy Gilbert, Milan Tiff, Earl Bell, Frank Shorter, Themis Zambrzycki, John Smith, Charlie Jones, Len Dawson, Mitzi McMillin, Jan Glotzer, Marlene Harmon, Linda Waltman, Cindy Banks, Jim Tracy, Sharon Brazell, Susan Brownell, Desiree Gauthier, Sharon Hatfield, Linda Hightower, Joan Russell, Clim Jackson, Chuck DeBus, Robert HornDramaLive action
11 One from the HeartColumbia Pictures / Zoetrope StudiosFrancis Ford Coppola (director/screenplay); Armyan Bernstein (screenplay); Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Raúl Juliá, Nastassja Kinski, Lainie Kazan, Harry Dean Stanton, Allen Garfield, Rebecca De Mornay, Carmine Coppola, Italia CoppolaMusicalLive action
12 The Amateur20th Century FoxCharles Jarrott (director); Robert Littell, Diana Maddox (screenplay); John Savage, Christopher Plummer, Marthe Keller, Arthur Hill, Nicholas Campbell, George Coe, John Marley, Ed LauterCrime, ThrillerLive action
The Beast WithinUnited Artists / KatzkaPhilippe Mora (director); Tom Holland (screenplay); Ronny Cox, Bibi Besch, Paul Clemens, Don Gordon, R.G. Armstrong, Katherine Moffat, L.Q. Jones, Logan Ramsey, John Dennis Johnston, Ron Soble, Luke Askew, Meshach Taylor, Boyce HollemanHorrorLive action
Cannery RowMGM/UA Entertainment CompanyDavid S. Ward (director/screenplay); William Graham (screenplay); Nick Nolte, Debra Winger, Audra Lindley, M. Emmet Walsh, Sunshine Parker, Rosanna DeSoto, Frank McRae, Anne Lockhart, John Huston, Tom Mahoney, John Malloy, James Keane, Santos MoralesComedy, DramaLive action
Love and MoneyParamount Pictures / LorimarJames Toback (director/screenplay); Ray Sharkey, Ornella Muti, Klaus Kinski, Armand Assante, King Vidor, William Prince, Anthony Sirico, Jacqueline Brookes, Rodolfo Hoyos, Jr., Tom McFadden, Tony PlanaDramaLive action
Making Love20th Century FoxArthur Hiller (director); Barry Sandler (screenplay); Michael Ontkean, Harry Hamlin, Kate Jackson, Wendy Hiller, Arthur Hill, Nancy OlsonDramaLive action
MissingUniversal Pictures / PolyGram Filmed EntertainmentCosta-Gavras (director/screenplay); Donald E. Stewart (screenplay); Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron, John Shea, Charles Cioffi, David Clennon, Richard Venture, Jerry Hardin, Richard Bradford, Joe Regalbuto, Keith Szarabajka, John Doolittle, Janice Rule, Ward Costello, Hansford Rowe, Tina RomeroBiography, DramaLive action
Quest for Fire20th Century FoxJean-Jacques Annaud (director); Gerard Brach (screenplay); Everett McGill, Ron Perlman, Rae Dawn Chong, Nameer El-Kadi, Gary Schwartz, Joy Boushel, George Buza, Antonio Barichievich, Naseer El-Kadi, Franck-Olivier Bonnet, Jean-Michel Kindt, Kurt Schiegl, Brian Gill, Terry Fitt, Bibi Caspari, Peter Elliott, Michelle Leduc, Robert Lavoie, Matt Birman, Christian Benard, Tarlok Sing Seva, Lolamal KapisisiFantasy, AdventureLive action
19 BarbarosaUniversal Pictures / Associated Film Distribution / ITC EntertainmentFred Schepisi (director); William D. Wittliff (screenplay); Willie Nelson, Gary Busey, Gilbert Roland, Isela Vega, Danny De La Paz, Alma Martinez, George Voskovec, Sharon Compton, Howland Chamberlain, Harry Caesar, Wolf Muser, Kai Wulff, Roberto Contreras, Luis Contreras, Jake Busey, Itasco Wilson, Michael O'Rourke, Allison WittliffWesternLive action
Swamp ThingEmbassy Pictures / SwampfilmsWes Craven (director/screenplay); Louis Jourdan, Adrienne Barbeau, Ray Wise, Dick Durock, David Hess, Nicholas Worth, Don Knight, Karen Price, Al Ruban, Nannette Brown, Reggie BattsSuperhero, HorrorLive action
20 Death Wish IIFilmways Pictures / American-European Productions / Golan-Globus Productions / Landers-Roberts Productions / City FilmsMichael Winner (director); David Engelbach (screenplay); Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Vincent Gardenia, J.D. Cannon, Anthony Franciosa, Robin Sherwood, Charles Cyphers, Ben Frank, Paul Comi, Michael Prince, Thomas F. Duffy, Larry Fishburne, Kevyn Major Howard, Stuart K. Robinson, E. Lamont Johnson, Silvana Gallardo, Robert F. Lyons, Frank Campanella, Don Dubbins, Buck Young, Jim Begg, Melody SantangelloVigilante, ActionLive action
26 EvilspeakMoreno Films / Warner Bros. / Leisure Investment Company / Coronet FilmEric Weston (director/screenplay); Joseph Garofalo (screenplay); Clint Howard, R.G. Armstrong, Joe Cortese, Claude Earl Jones, Haywood Nelson, Don Stark, Charles Tyner, Hamilton Camp, Loren Lester, Lenny Montana, Richard Moll, Louie Gravance, Jim Greenleaf, Lynn Hancock, Leonard D'JohnHorrorLive action
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H		 5 Evil Under the SunUniversal Pictures / Associated Film Distribution / EMI Films / Titan Productions / Mersham Productions Ltd.Guy Hamilton (director); Anthony Shaffer (screenplay); Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin, Colin Blakely, Nicholas Clay, James Mason, Roddy McDowall, Sylvia Miles, Denis Quilley, Diana Rigg, Maggie Smith, Emily HoneMysteryLive action
FitzcarraldoFilmverlag der Autoren / Werner Herzog Filmproduktion / Pro-ject FilmproduktionWerner Herzog (director/screenplay); Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, José Lewgoy, Miguel Ángel Fuentes, Paul Hittscher, Huerequeque Enrique Bohórquez, Grande Otelo, Peter Berling, Milton Nascimento, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, David Pérez Espinosa, Ruy Polanah, Salvator Godínez, Dieter Miltz, William "Bill" Rose, Leôncio BuenoEpic, Adventure, DramaLive action
I'm Dancing as Fast as I CanParamount PicturesJack Hofsiss (director); David Rabe (screenplay); Jill Clayburgh, Nicol Williamson, Geraldine Page, Dianne Wiest, Albert Salmi, James Sutorius, Ellen Greene, Joseph Maher, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Dan Hedaya, Kathleen Widdoes, Richard Masur, John Lithgow, David MarguliesBiographyLive action
12 ParasiteEmbassy PicturesCharles Band (director); Michael Shoob, Alan J. Adler, Frank Levering (screenplay); Robert Glaudini, Demi Moore, Luca Bercovici, Cherie Currie, Vivian Blaine, Tom Villard, Freddy Moore, James Davidson, Al FannSci-Fi, HorrorLive action
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset StripColumbia Pictures / RastarJoe Layton (director); Paul Mooney, Richard Pryor (screenplay); Richard Pryor, Jesse Jackson, Gene Cross, Julie HamptonStand-Up ComedyLive action
19 DeathtrapWarner Bros.Sidney Lumet (director); Jay Presson Allen (screenplay); Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, Dyan Cannon, Irene Worth, Henry Jones, Joe Silver, Jeffrey Lyons, Joel SiegelBlack Comedy, MysteryLive action
Victor/VictoriaMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Pinewood StudiosBlake Edwards (director/screenplay); Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston, Lesley Ann Warren, Alex Karras, John Rhys-Davies, Graham Stark, Peter Arne, Ina Skriver, Michael Robbins, Maria Charles, Glen Murphy, Geoffrey Beevers, Norman Alden, Jay Benedict, Malcolm Jamieson, Sherloque Tanney, Norman Chancer, David GantMusical, ComedyLive action
24 Eating Raoul20th Century Fox International Classics / Quartet/Films Inc.Paul Bartel (director/screenplay); Richard Blackburn (screenplay); Paul Bartel, Mary Woronov, Robert Beltran, Susan Saiger, Ed Begley Jr., Buck Henry, Edie McClurg, Richard Paul, Hamilton Camp, John Paragon, John ShearinBlack ComedyLive action
26 I Ought to Be in Pictures20th Century FoxHerbert Ross (director); Neil Simon (screenplay); Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Dinah Manoff, Lance Guest, Larry Barton, Eugene Butler, Michael Dudikoff, David Faustino, Martin Ferrero, Allan Graf, Art LaFleur, Lewis Smith, Tom Wright, Calvin Ander, Shelby Balik, Samantha HarperComedy, DramaLive action

April–June

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Cat PeopleUniversal Pictures / RKO PicturesPaul Schrader (director); Alan Ormsby (screenplay); Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell, John Heard, Annette O'Toole, Ruby Dee, Ed Begley Jr., Scott Paulin, Frankie Faison, Ron Diamond, Lynn Lowry, John Larroquette, Tessa Richarde, Berry Berenson, Don HoodHorrorLive action
Fantasia (re-release)Walt Disney Productions / RKO Radio PicturesSamuel Armstrong, James Algar, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Ben Sharpsteen, David D. Hand, Hamilton Luske, Jim Handley, Ford Beebe, T. Hee, Norman Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson (director); Irwin Kostal, Hugh DouglasFantasyAnimation
PandemoniumMGM/UA Entertainment CompanyAlfred Sole (director); Jaime Klein, Richard Whitley (screenplay); Carol Kane, Paul Reubens, Eve Arden, Candice Azzara, Tom Smothers, Eileen Brennan, Judge Reinhold, Kaye Ballard, Donald O'Connor, Tab Hunter, David L. Lander, Phil Hartman, Debralee Scott, Marc McClure, Teri LandrumParody, SlasherLive action
Penitentiary IIMGM/UA Entertainment CompanyJamaa Fanaka (director/screenplay); Leon Isaac Kennedy, Eugenia Wright, Glynn Turman, Mr. T, Ernie Hudson, Peggy BlowBlaxploitation, DramaLive action
Silent RageColumbia Pictures / Topkick ProductionsMichael Miller (director); Edward Di Lorenzo, Joseph Fraley (screenplay); Chuck Norris, Brian Libby, Ron Silver, Steven Keats, Toni Kalem, William Finley, Stephen Furst, Stephanie DunnamAction, Crime, Neo-Noir, Sci-Fi, HorrorLive action
Some Kind of HeroParamount PicturesMichael Pressman (director); Robert Boris, James Kirkwood Jr. (screenplay); Richard Pryor, Margot Kidder, Ray Sharkey, Ronny Cox, Lynne Moody, Paul Benjamin, Olivia Cole, Matt ClarkComedy, DramaLive action
7 Basket CaseAnalysis Film Releasing Corporation / Rugged Films / Basket Case ProductionsFrank Henenlotter (director/screenplay); Kevin Van Hentenryck, Terri Susan Smith, Beverly Bonner, Robert Vogel, Diana Browne, Lloyd Pace, Bill Freeman, Joe ClarkeHorrorLive action
23 Chan Is MissingNew Yorker FilmsWayne Wang (director/screenplay); Isaac Cronin, Terrel Seltzer (screenplay); Wood Moy, Marc HayashiComedy, DramaLive action
I, the Jury20th Century Fox / Columbia-EMI-Warner / American Cinema Productions / Larco Productions / Pellepont / SolofilmRichard T. Heffron (director); Larry Cohen (screenplay); Armand Assante, Barbara Carrera, Laurene Landon, Alan King, Geoffrey Lewis, Paul Sorvino, Judson Scott, Barry Snider, Julia BarrNeo-noir, Crime, ThrillerLive action
If You Could See What I HearJensen Farley Pictures / Ciné 360 Inc.Eric Till (director); Derek Gill, Stuart Gillard (screenplay); Marc Singer, R.H. Thomson, Shari Belafonte, Harvey Atkin, Helen Burns, Douglas Campbell, Nonnie Griffin, David Gardner, Sharon Lewis, Adrienne Pocock, Sarah Torgov, Greer ForwardBiography, DramaLive action
The Sword and the SorcererGroup 1 International Distribution Organization Ltd.Albert Pyun (director/screenplay); Tom Karnowski, John V. Stuckmeyer (screenplay); Lee Horsley, Kathleen Beller, Simon MacCorkindale, George Maharis, Richard Lynch, Richard Moll, Anthony De Longis, Robert Tessier, Christopher Cary, Nina Van Pallandt, Anna Bjorn, Christina Nigra, Jeff Corey, Joseph Ruskin, Reb Brown, Shelley Taylor Morgan, Joe Regalbuto, Earl Maynard, Russ MarinSword and Sorcery, Fantasy, EpicLive action
Tag: The Assassination GameGinis FilmsNick Castle (director/screenplay); Robert Carradine, Linda Hamilton, Kristine DeBell, Perry Lang, John Mengatti, Michael Winslow, Frazer Smith, Xander Berkeley, Bruce Abbott, Ivan Bonar, Forest Whitaker, Scott Dunlop, Jim Greenleaf, Charlene NelsonAction, ThrillerLive action
30 Next of KinRoadshow Film Distributors / The Film House / S.I.S. Productions / FilmcoTony Williams (director/screenplay); Michael Heath (screenplay); Jacki Kerin as Linda Stevens, John Jarratt, Alex Scott, Gerda Nicolson, Charles McCallum, Bernadette Gibson, Robert Ratti, Vince Deltito, Tommy Dysart, Debra Lawrance, Matt Burns, Kristina MarshallHorrorLive action
PartnersParamount Pictures / Aaron Russo ProductionsJames Burrows (director); Francis Veber (screenplay); Ryan O'Neal, John Hurt, Kenneth McMillan, Robyn Douglass, Jay Robinson, Denise Galik, Rick Jason, James Remar, Darrell Larson, Seamon Glass, Michael McGuire, Joseph R. Sicari, Jennifer Ashley, Tony March, Steven ReischBuddy, ComedyLive action
Soup for OneWarner Bros.Jonathan Kaufer (director/screenplay); Saul Rubinek, Marcia Strassman, Gerrit Graham, Teddy Pendergrass, Richard Libertini, Andrea Martin, Mordecai Lawner, Lewis J. Stadlen, Joanna Merlin, Christine Baranski, Maury Chaykin, Deborah Offner, Michael Jeter, Anna Deavere Smith, Laura Dean, Andrew Friedman, Kate Lynch, Suzzy Roche, Claudia Cron, Hilary Shepard, James Rebhorn, Jack Chandler, Michael Pearlman, Maggie Wheeler, Kim Chan, Lisa Parker, Marley Friedman, Jessica James, Gloria Cromwell, Lauren Sautner, Merwin GoldsmithComedyLive action
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Forbidden WorldNew World PicturesAllan Holzman (director); Tim Curnen (screenplay); Jesse Vint, Dawn Dunlap, June Chadwick, Linden Chiles, Fox Harris, Raymond Oliver, Scott Paulin, Michael Bowen, Don OliveraSci-Fi, HorrorLive action
ParadiseAvco Embassy PicturesStuart Gillard (director/screenplay); Phoebe Cates, Willie Aames, Yosef Shiloach, Tuvia Tavi, Richard Curnock, Neil Vipond, Aviva MarksAdventure, RomanceLive action
14 Conan the BarbarianUniversal Pictures / Dino De Laurentiis CorporationJohn Milius (director/screenplay); Oliver Stone (screenplay); Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Sandahl Bergman, Ben Davidson, Cassandra Gava, Gerry Lopez, Mako, Valérie Quennessen, William Smith, Max von Sydow, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Jorge Sanz, NadiuskaEpic, Sword and SorceryLive action
The House Where Evil DwellsMGM/UA Entertainment Company / Cohen / Commercial Credit Holdings / Toei CompanyKevin Connor (director); Robert Suhosky (screenplay); Edward Albert, Susan George, Doug McClure, Amy Barrett, Mako Hattori, Tsuiyuki Sasaki, Toshiya Maruyama, Tsuyako Okajima, Henry Mittwer, Mayumi Umeda, Shuren Sakurai, Hiroko Takano, Shoji Ohara, Jiro Shirai, Kazuo Yoshida, Kunihiko Shinjo, Gentaro Mori, Tomoko Shimizu, Misao Arai, Chiyoko Hardiman, Hideo ShimadoHorrorLive action
The Return of the Soldier20th Century FoxAlan Bridges (director); Hugh Whitemore (screenplay); Alan Bates, Julie Christie, Glenda Jackson, Ann-Margret, Ian Holm, Frank Finlay, Jeremy Kemp, Hilary Mason, John SharpDramaLive action
Wrong Is RightColumbia PicturesRichard Brooks (director/screenplay); Sean Connery, Robert Conrad, George Grizzard, Katharine Ross, G.D. Spradlin, John Saxon, Henry Silva, Leslie Nielsen, Hardy Krüger, Robert Webber, Ron Moody, Rosalind Cash, Dean Stockwell, Cherie Michan, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mickey JonesComedy, ThrillerLive action
21 AnnieColumbia Pictures / RastarJohn Huston (director); Carol Sobieski (screenplay); Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Bernadette Peters, Ann Reinking, Tim Curry, Geoffrey Holder, Edward Herrmann, Lois de Banzie, Toni Ann Gisondi, Rosanne Sorrentino, April Lerman, Robin Ignico, Peter Marshall, Irving Metzman, Ken Swofford, Colleen Zenk, Pamela Blair, Lu Leonard, Angela Lee, Martika, Amanda Peterson, Shawnee Smith, Fritzi Jane Courtney, Tim Scott, Roger Minami, Lara Berk, Lucie Stewart, I.M. Hobson, Mavis Ray, Victor Griffin, Jerome Collamore, Jon RichardsMusical, Comedy, DramaLive action
Dead Men Don't Wear PlaidUniversal Pictures / Aspen Film SocietyCarl Reiner (director/screenplay); George Gipe, Steve Martin (screenplay); Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, George Gaynes, Reni Santoni, Adrian Ricard, Carl Reiner, Francis X. McCarthy, Gene LeBell, Alan Ladd, Barbara Stanwyck, Ray Milland, Ava Gardner, Burt Lancaster, Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Veronica Lake, Bette Davis, Lana Turner, Edward Arnold, Kirk Douglas, Fred MacMurray, James Cagney, Joan Crawford, Charles Laughton, Vincent PriceNeo-Noir, Comedy, MysteryLive action
Fighting BackParamount Pictures / Paramount Famous ProductionsLewis Teague (director); Thomas Hedley Jr., David Zelag Goodman (screenplay); Tom Skerritt, Patti LuPone, Michael Sarrazin, Yaphet Kotto, David Rasche, Lewis Van Bergen, Earle Hyman, Ted Ross, Frank Sivero, Pat Cooper, Allan Graf, Donna de Varona, Jim Moody, Paul Rawson, Gina DeAngelis, Jonathan Adam Sherman, Pete Richardson, Joseph Rangno, Sal RichardsVigilante, Action, ThrillerLive action
28 Britannia HospitalEMI FilmsLindsay Anderson (director); David Sherwin (screenplay); Leonard Rossiter, Graham Crowden, Malcolm McDowell, Joan Plowright, Jill Bennett, Marsha Hunt, Brian Pettifer, John Moffatt, Fulton Mackay, Vivian Pickles, Barbara Hicks, Peter Jeffrey, Mary MacLeod, Robin Askwith, Dave Atkins, Mark Hamill, Frank Grimes, Gladys Crosbie, Richard Griffiths, Arthur Lowe, Alan Bates, Dandy Nichols, Betty Marsden, Liz Smith, T.P. McKenna, Michael Medwin, Roland Culver, Valentine Dyall, Tony Haygarth, John Gordon Sinclair, Brian Glover, Mike Grady, Kevin Lloyd, Robert Pugh, Robbie Coltrane, Patsy Byrne, Edward HibbertBlack Comedy, Sci-FiLive action
The Escape ArtistOrion Pictures / Zoetrope Studios / Warner Bros. PicturesCaleb Deschanel (director); Melissa Mathison, Stephen Zito (screenplay); Raúl Juliá, Griffin O'Neal, Teri Garr, Joan Hackett, Gabriel Dell, Desi Arnaz, John P. Ryan, Elizabeth Daily, M. Emmet Walsh, Jackie Coogan, Hal Williams, Helen Page Camp, David Clennon, Huntz Hall, Harry Anderson, Carlin Glynn, Margaret Ladd, Doug McGrath, Richard BradfordComedy, Crime, DramaLive action
Rocky IIIMGM/UA Entertainment Co. / United ArtistsSylvester Stallone (director/screenplay); Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith, Mr. T, Tony Burton, Ian Fried, Hulk Hogan, Stu Nahan, Jimmy Lennon, Lou Filippo, Dennis James, Jim Healy, LeRoy Neiman, Jim Hill, Morgan Freeman, Jim Henson, Bill Baldwin, Marty DenkinSports, DramaLive action
Visiting Hours20th Century FoxJean-Claude Lord (director); Brian Taggert (screenplay); Lee Grant, Michael Ironside, Linda Purl, William Shatner, Lenore Zann, Harvey Atkin, Michael J. Reynolds, Len Watt, Kirsten Bishop, Robbie Robinson, Lorena GaleSlasherLive action
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Hanky PankyColumbia PicturesSidney Poitier (director); Henry Rosenbaum, David Taylor (screenplay); Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Richard Widmark, Kathleen Quinlan, Robert Prosky, Josef Sommer, Johnny Sekka, Johnny Brown, Jay O. Sanders, Sam Gray, Larry BryggmanComedy, ThrillerLive action
PoltergeistMGM/UA Entertainment Co. / SLM Production Group / Mist Entertainment / Amblin ProductionsTobe Hooper (director); Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais, Mark Victor (screenplay); JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight, Dominique Dunne, Oliver Robins, Heather O'Rourke, Zelda Rubinstein, Richard Lawson, Martin Casella, James Karen, Michael McManus, Virginia KiserHorrorLive action
Star Trek II: The Wrath of KhanParamount PicturesNicholas Meyer (director); Jack B. Sowards (screenplay); William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Ricardo Montalbán, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Bibi Besch, Merritt Butrick, Paul Winfield, Kirstie Alley, Ike Eisenmann, John Vargas, Nicholas Guest, Kevin Rodney Sullivan, Harve Bennett, James Horner, Tom Morga, Judson ScottSci-FiLive action
11 E.T. the Extra-TerrestrialUniversal Pictures / Amblin EntertainmentSteven Spielberg (director); Melissa Mathison (screenplay); Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, K.C. Martel, C. Thomas Howell, Sean Frye, Erika Eleniak, Pat Welsh, Anne LockhartSci-FiLive action
Grease 2Paramount PicturesPatricia Birch (director); Ken Finkleman (screenplay); Maxwell Caulfield, Michelle Pfeiffer, Adrian Zmed, Christopher McDonald, Peter Frechette, Leif Green, Lorna Luft, Maureen Teefy, Alison Price, Pamela Segall, Didi Conn, Eve Arden, Sid Caesar, Dody Goodman, Eddie Deezen, Dennis C. Stewart, Dick Patterson, Tab Hunter, Connie Stevens, Jean Sagal, Liz Sagal, Matt Lattanzi, Donna King, Lucinda Dickey, Ivy Austin, Andy Tennant, Tom Villard, Tom Willett, Janet Jones, John Allee, Vernon ScottMusical, Romance, ComedyLive action
18 Author! Author!20th Century FoxArthur Hiller (director); Israel Horovitz (screenplay); Al Pacino, Dyan Cannon, Tuesday Weld, Alan King, Bob Dishy, Bob Elliott, Ray Goulding, Eric Gurry, Ari Meyers, Margo Winkler, Adam Winkler, Rachael Horovitz, Elva Leff, B.J. Barie, Benjamin H. CarlinComedy, DramaLive action
FirefoxWarner Bros. / Malpaso ProductionsClint Eastwood (director); Alex Lasker, Wendell Wellman (screenplay); Clint Eastwood, Freddie Jones, David Huffman, Warren Clarke, Ronald Lacey, Kenneth Colley, Klaus Löwitsch, Nigel Hawthorne, Stefan Schnabel, Thomas Hill, Clive Merrison, Kai Wulff, Dimitra Arliss, Austin Willis, Michael Currie, Alan Tilvern, Hugh Fraser, Wolf KahlerAction, ThrillerLive action
25 Blade RunnerWarner Bros. / The Ladd Company / Shaw Brothers / Blade Runner PartnershipRidley Scott (director); Hampton Fancher, David Peoples (screenplay); Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M. Emmet Walsh, Daryl Hannah, William Sanderson, Brion James, Joe Turkel, Joanna Cassidy, James Hong, Morgan Paull, Hy PykeSci-FiLive action
Megaforce20th Century Fox / Golden Harvest / Northshore Investments Ltd.Hal Needham (director/screenplay); James Whitaker, Albert S. Ruddy, André Morgan (screenplay); Barry Bostwick, Michael Beck, Persis Khambatta, Edward Mulhare, George Furth, Henry Silva, Ralph Wilcox, Evan C. Kim, Robert Fuller, Anthony Pena, Michael Kulcsar, J. Victor López, Michael CarvenActionLive action
The ThingUniversal Pictures / The Turman-Foster CompanyJohn Carpenter (director); Bill Lancaster (screenplay); Kurt Russell, A. Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Peter Maloney, Richard Masur, Donald Moffat, Joel Polis, Thomas WaitesSci-Fi, HorrorLive action

July–September

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Y		 2 The Secret of NIMHMGM/UA Entertainment Company / Aurora Productions / Don Bluth StudiosDon Bluth (director/screenplay); Gary Goldman, John Pomeroy, Will Finn (screenplay); Elizabeth Hartman, Hermione Baddeley, John Carradine, Dom DeLuise, Derek Jacobi, Arthur Malet, Paul Shenar, Peter Strauss, Aldo Ray, Shannen Doherty, Wil Wheaton, Ian Fried, Edie McClurg, Tom Hatten, Lucille Bliss, Charles Champlin, Dick Kleiner, Jodi Hicks, Joshua Lawrence, Norbert AuerbachDark Fantasy, AdventureAnimation
9 TronWalt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution / Lisberger-Kushner ProductionsSteven Lisberger (director/screenplay); Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner, Cindy Morgan, Barnard Hughes, Dan Shor, Peter Jurasik, Tony StephanoSci-Fi, Action, AdventureLive action
16 A Midsummer Night's Sex ComedyOrion Pictures / Warner Bros.Woody Allen (director/screenplay); Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, José Ferrer, Julie Hagerty, Tony Roberts, Mary Steenburgen, Michael Higgins, Adam Redfield, Moishe Rosenfeld, Timothy Jenkins, Sol Frieder, Boris Zoubok, Thomas Barbour, Kate McGregor-StewartComedyLive action
Six Pack20th Century FoxDaniel Petrie (director); Mike Marvin, Alex Matter (screenplay); Kenny Rogers, Diane Lane, Erin Gray, Barry Corbin, Terry Kiser, Don Hannah, Anthony Michael Hall, Buddy Baker, Chuck Woolery, Tom Abernathy, Robbie Fleming, Robby Still, Benji Wilhoite, Melanie McMullanComedy, DramaLive action
Summer LoversFilmways / Research CorporationRandal Kleiser (director/screenplay); Peter Gallagher, Daryl Hannah, Valérie Quennessen, Barbara Rush, Carole Cook, Hans van Tongeren, Rika Dialina, Lydia Lenosi, Vladimiros Kiriakidis, Carlos Rodriguez Ramos, Henri Behar, Andreas FilipidisRomance, ComedyLive action
Young Doctors in Love20th Century Fox / ABC Motion PicturesGarry Marshall (director); Michael Elias, Rich Eustis (screenplay); Michael McKean, Sean Young, Hector Elizondo, Harry Dean Stanton, Patrick Macnee, Dabney Coleman, Gary Friedkin, Kyle T. Heffner, Rick Overton, Crystal Bernard, Ted McGinley, Saul Rubinek, Harry Dean Stanton, Demi Moore, Pamela Reed, Michael Richards, Taylor Negron, Titos Vandis, Haunani Minn, Lynne Marie Stewart, Richard Dean AndersonComedyLive action
23 The Best Little Whorehouse in TexasUniversal Pictures / Miller-Milkis-Boyett Productions / RKO PicturesColin Higgins (director/screenplay); Larry L. King, Peter Masterson (screenplay); Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Dom DeLuise, Charles Durning, Theresa Merritt, Jim Nabors, Lois Nettleton, Noah Beery Jr., Robert Mandan, Barry Corbin, Mary Jo Catlett, Mary Louise Wilson, Howard K. Smith, Donald F. Colson, Helen Kleeb, Mickey Jones, Bobby Fite, Paula Shaw, Kenneth White, Ted Gehring, Verne Lundquist, Lee Grosscup, Alice Drummond, Terri Treas, Randy BennettMusical, ComedyLive action
The ChallengeEmbassy Pictures / CBS Theatrical FilmsJohn Frankenheimer (director); Richard Maxwell, Marc Norman, John Sayles (screenplay); Scott Glenn, Toshirō Mifune, Atsuo Nakamura, Donna Kei Benz, Calvin Jung, Clyde Kusatsu, Sab Shimono, Kiyoaki Nagai, Kenta Fukasaku, Shōgo Shimada, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi, Miiko Taka, Ryuji YamashitaAction, ThrillerLive action
The World According to GarpWarner Bros. / Pan ArtsGeorge Roy Hill (director); Steve Tesich (screenplay); Robin Williams, Mary Beth Hurt, Glenn Close, John Lithgow, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Swoosie Kurtz, Peter Michael Goetz, Mark Soper, Warren Berlinger, Brandon Maggart, Amanda Plummer, Jenny Wright, Brenda Currin, John Irving, George Roy HillComedy, DramaLive action
Zapped!Embassy PicturesRobert J. Rosenthal (director/screenplay); Bruce Rubin (screenplay); Scott Baio, Willie Aames, Felice Schachter, Heather Thomas, Robert Mandan, Greg Bradford, Scatman Crothers, Sue Ane Langdon, Roger Bowen, Marya Small, Merritt Butrick, Eddie Deezen, LaWanda Page, Corinne Bohrer, Jan LeightonTeen, ComedyLive action
30 Forced VengeanceMGM/UA Entertainment CompanyJames Fargo (director/screenplay); Franklin Thompson (screenplay); Chuck Norris, Mary Louise Weller, Camila Griggs, Michael Cavanaugh, David Opatoshu, Seiji Sakaguchi, Frank Michael Liu, Bob Minor, Lloyd Kino, Leigh Hamilton, Howard Caine, Robert Emhardt, Roger Behrstock, Jimmy Shaw, Richard NortonActionLive action
The Last American VirginCannon Film DistributorsBoaz Davidson (director/screenplay); Lawrence Monoson, Diane Franklin, Steve Antin, Joe Rubbo, Louisa Moritz, Kimmy Robertson, Harry Bugin, Brian Peck, Tessa Richarde, Winifred Freedman, Gerri Idol, Phil Rubenstein, Roberto RodriquezComedyLive action
Night ShiftWarner Bros. / The Ladd CompanyRon Howard (director); Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel (screenplay); Henry Winkler, Michael Keaton, Shelley Long, Gina Hecht, Pat Corley, Bobby Di Cicco, Nita Talbot, Basil Hoffman, Tim Rossovich, Clint Howard, Joe Spinell, Richard Belzer, Grand L. Bush, Charles Fleischer, Vincent Schiavelli, Dawn Dunlap, Kevin Costner, Shannen Doherty, Floyd LevineComedyLive action
TexWalt Disney Productions / Buena Vista DistributionTim Hunter (director/screenplay); Charles S. Haas (screenplay); Matt Dillon, Jim Metzler, Meg Tilly, Bill McKinney, Ben Johnson, Frances Lee McCain, Emilio Estevez, Tom Virtue, Željko Ivanek, Jack Thibeau, S.E. Hinton, Phil Brock, Pamela Ludwig, Jeff Fleury, Marilyn Redfield, Mark Arnott, Jill Clark, Sheryl Briedel, Lisa Mirkin, Mary Simons, Mike Coats, Charlie Haas, Coralie HunterDramaLive action
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T		 4 Things Are Tough All OverColumbia PicturesThomas K. Avildsen (director); Tommy Chong, Cheech Marin (screenplay); Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Evelyn Guerrero, John Steadman, George Wallace, Billy Beck, Senta Moses, Aaron Freeman, Ben Powers, Rip Taylor, Dave Coulier, Ruby Wax, Shelby Chong, Toni Attell, Mike Bacarella, Don Bovingloh, Richard "Moon" Calhoun, Jennifer Condos, John Corronna, Mike Friedman, Maya Harman, Vanaghan S. Housepian, Garth Shaw, Rikki MarinAction, ComedyLive action
6 The Pirate Movie20th Century Fox / Joseph Hamilton International ProductionsKen Annakin (director); Trevor Farrant (screenplay); Kristy McNichol, Christopher Atkins, Ted Hamilton, Bill Kerr, Garry McDonald, Maggie Kirkpatrick, Rhonda Burchmore, Chuck McKinney, Kate Ferguson, Catherine LynchMusical, Romance, ComedyLive action
13 Fast Times at Ridgemont HighUniversal PicturesAmy Heckerling (director); Cameron Crowe (screenplay); Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates, Brian Backer, Richard Romanus, Ray Walston, Scott Thomson, Vincent Schiavelli, Amanda Wyss, D.W. Brown, Forest Whitaker, Kelli Maroney, Tom Nolan, Blair Ashleigh, Eric Stoltz, James Russo, Nicolas Cage, Martin Brest, Stu Nahan, Taylor Negron, Pamela Springsteen, Lana Clarkson, Anthony Edwards, Nancy Wilson, Stuart CornfeldComing-of-Age, Comedy, DramaLive action
Friday the 13th Part IIIParamount Pictures / Jason Inc.Steve Miner (director); Martin Kitrosser, Carol Watson (screenplay); Dana Kimmell, Paul Kratka, Tracie Savage, Jeffrey Rogers, Catherine Parks, Larry Zerner, Richard Brooker, Steve Susskind, David Katims, Rachel Howard, Nick Savage, Gloria Charles, Kevin O'Brien, Cheri Maugans, Perla Walter, David WileySlasherLive action
An Officer and a GentlemanParamount Pictures / Lorimar ProductionsTaylor Hackford (director); Douglas Day Stewart (screenplay); Richard Gere, Debra Winger, David Keith, Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Loggia, Lisa Blount, Lisa Eilbacher, Tony Plana, Harold Sylvester, David Caruso, Victor French, Grace Zabriskie, Tommy Petersen, Elizabeth Rogers, John Laughlin, Ed Begley Jr.Romance, DramaLive action
TempestColumbia PicturesPaul Mazursky (director/screenplay); Leon Capetanos (screenplay); John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Susan Sarandon, Vittorio Gassman, Raúl Juliá, Molly Ringwald, Sam Robards, Paul Stewart, Jackie Gayle, Anthony Holland, Jerry Hardin, Paul Mazursky, Cookie Mueller, Lucianne BuchananAdventure, Comedy, Drama, RomanceLive action
20 The BeastmasterMGM/UA Entertainment Co.Don Coscarelli (director/screenplay); Paul Pepperman (screenplay); Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts, Rip Torn, John Amos, Josh Milrad, Rod Loomis, Vanna Bonta, Ben Hammer, Ralph Strait, Tony Epper, Paul Reynolds, Billy Jacoby, Donald BatteeSword and SorceryLive action
Class of 1984United Film Distribution Company / Guerrilla High ProductionsMark L. Lester (director/screenplay); Tom Holland, John Saxton (screenplay); Perry King, Merrie Lynn Ross, Timothy Van Patten, Lisa Langlois, Stefan Arngrim, Michael Fox, Roddy McDowall, Keith Knight, Neil Clifford, Al Waxman, Linda Sorenson, Teenage Head, Erin Flannery, David GardnerAction, Thriller, CrimeLive action
28 The JunkmanH.B. Halicki Junkyard and Mercantile CompanyH.B. Halicki (director/screenplay); H.B. Halicki, Christopher Stone, Susan Shaw, Lang Jeffries, Hoyt Axton, Dan Grimaldi, Lynda Day George, Kopi Sotiropulos, Jewel Shepard, Bruce Cameron, Jack Vacek, Richard L. Muse, Kelly Busia, Dennis Stouffer, Brian LaBonge, Judi Gibbs, Tony Ostermeier, Dave Logue, Rita Rickard, Mike Brennan, John Halicki, Ronald Halicki, Maureen Coddington, Butch Stockton, Phil BoroffAction, Comedy, CrimeLive action
QuerelleGaumontRainer Werner Fassbinder (director/screenplay); Burkhard Driest (screenplay); Brad Davis, Franco Nero, Jeanne Moreau, Laurent Malet, Hanno Pöschl, Günther Kaufmann, Burkhard Driest, Roger Fritz, Dieter Schidor, Natja Brunckhorst, Werner Asam, Axel Bauer, Neil Bell, Robert van Ackeren, Wolf Gremm, Frank RipplohDramaLive action
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R		 3 The Concrete JungleMotion Picture MarketingTom DeSimone (director); Alan J. Adler (screenplay); Jill St. John, Tracey E. Bregman, Barbara Luna, Sondra Currie, Peter Brown, Camille Keaton, Sean O'Kane, June Barrett, Aimée EcclesWomen in PrisonLive action
10 Endangered SpeciesMGM/UA Entertainment Co.Alan Rudolph (director/screenplay); John Binder, Judson Klinger, Richard Clayton Woods (screenplay); Robert Urich, JoBeth Williams, Paul Dooley, Hoyt Axton, Peter Coyote, Marin Kanter, Gailard Sartain, Dan Hedaya, Harry Carey Jr., John ConsidineSci-FiLive action
11 StarstruckAustralian Film Commission / Palm Beach PicturesGillian Armstrong (director); Stephen MacLean (screenplay); Jo Kennedy, Ross O'Donovan, Margo Lee, Max Cullen, Pat Evison, John O'May, Dennis Miller, Norm Erskine, Melissa Jaffer, Ned Lander, Mark LittleComedy, Drama, MusicalLive action
17 HammettOrion Pictures / Zoetrope StudiosWim Wenders (director); Ross Thomas, Dennis O'Flaherty (screenplay); Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, Roy Kinnear, Elisha Cook, Jr., R.G. Armstrong, Richard Bradford, Michael Chow, David Patrick Kelly, Sylvia Sidney, Jack Nance, Royal Dano, Samuel Fuller, Fox Harris, Lydia Lei, Elmer KlineNeo-Noir, MysteryLive action
InchonMGM/UA Entertainment Co. / One-Way Productions / News World CommunicationsTerence Young (director); Laird Koenig, Robin Moore (screenplay); Laurence Olivier, Jacqueline Bisset, Ben Gazzara, Toshiro Mifune, Richard RoundtreeEpic, War, DramaLive action
Pink Floyd – The WallMGM/UA Entertainment Co. / Tin Blue Productions / Goldcrest Films InternationalAlan Parker, Gerald Scarfe (directors); Roger Waters (screenplay); Bob Geldof, Christine Hargreaves, Eleanor David, Alex McAvoy, Bob Hoskins, Michael Ensign, James Laurenson, Jenny Wright, Margery Mason, James Hazeldine, Joanne Whalley, Nell Campbell, Philip Davis, Gary Olsen, Ellis Dale, Ray Mort, Robert Bridges, Emma Longfellow, Lorna Barton, Kevin McKeon, David BinghamMusicalLive action / Animation
24 Amityville II: The PossessionOrion Pictures / Dino De Laurentiis Corporation / Giada InternationalDamiano Damiani (director); Tommy Lee Wallace, Dardano Sacchetti (screenplay); James Olson, Burt Young, Rutanya Alda, Jack Magner, Diane Franklin, Moses Gunn, Andrew Prine, Leonardo Cimino, Ted Ross, Brent Katz, Erika Katz, Petra Lea, Martin DoneganHorrorLive action
Yes, GiorgioMGM/UA Entertainment CompanyFranklin J. Schaffner (director); Norman Steinberg (screenplay); Luciano Pavarotti, Kathryn Harrold, Eddie Albert, Paola Borboni, James Hong, Joe Mascolo, Karen Kondazian, Leona Mitchell, Kurt Herbert Adler, Emerson Buckley, Alexander Courage, Beulah Quo, Norman Steinberg, Rod Colbin, Kathryn FullerMusical, ComedyLive action
25 The Facts of Life Goes to ParisNBC / Sony Pictures Television / Embassy TelevisionAsaad Kelada (director); Jerry Mayer, Jack Elinson, Linda Marsh, Maggie Peters, Deidre Fay, Stuart Wolpert (screenplay); Charlotte Rae, Lisa Whelchel, Kim Fields, Mindy Cohn, Nancy McKeon, Frank Bonner, Roger Til, Laurie Main, Frédéric Andrei, Jacques Ferrière, Vivian Brown, Caroline Ducrocq, Bernard SouffletComedyLive action
28 The Shadow RidersSony Pictures Television / CBS Entertainment Production / Columbia Pictures Television / The Pegasus GroupAndrew V. McLaglen (director); Jim Byrnes (screenplay); Tom Selleck, Sam Elliott, Dominique Dunne, Katharine Ross, Ben Johnson, Geoffrey Lewis, Jeff Osterhage, Gene Evans, R.G. Armstrong, Marshall R. Teague, Jane Greer, Harry Carey, Jr., Jeannetta Arnette, Ben Fuhrman, Natalie May, Owen Orr, Kristina David, Joe Capone, Robert B. Craig, Scanlon GailWesternLive action

October–December

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R		 1 Hey Good Lookin'Warner Bros. / Bakshi ProductionsRalph Bakshi (director/screenplay); Richard Romanus, David Proval, Jesse Welles, Tina Bowman, Philip M. Thomas, Frank DeKova, Candy Candido, Angelo GrisantiComing-of-Age, Comedy, DramaAdult animation
My Favorite YearMGM/UA Entertainment Co. / Brooksfilms Ltd.Richard Benjamin (director); Norman Steinberg, Dennis Palumbo (screenplay); Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper, Joseph Bologna, Bill Macy, Lainie Kazan, Anne De Salvo, Basil Hoffman, Lou Jacobi, Adolph Green, Tony DiBenedetto, George Wyner, Selma Diamond, Katie McClain, Cameron Mitchell, Lana Clarkson, Gloria StuartComedyLive action
2 The Draughtsman's ContractCurzon Artificial Eye / British Film Institute / Channel 4Peter Greenaway (director/screenplay); Anthony Higgins, Janet Suzman, Dave Hill, Anne-Louise Lambert, Hugh Fraser, Neil Cunningham, David Meyer, Tony Meyer, Nicholas Amer, Suzan Crowley, Lynda La Plante, Michael Feast, David Gant, Alastair Cumming, Steve UbelsComedy, Drama, HistoryLive action
3 Split ImageOrion Pictures / PolyGram PicturesTed Kotcheff (director); Robert Mark Kamen, Robert Kaufman (screenplay); Michael O'Keefe, Karen Allen, Peter Fonda, James Woods, Elizabeth Ashley, Brian Dennehy, Ronnie Scribner, Pamela Ludwig, John Dukakis, Lee Montgomery, Michael Sacks, Deborah Rush, Peter Horton, Ken Farmer, Cliff Stephens, Brian Henson, David Wallace, Herbert Kirkpatrick, Irma P. Hall, Bill Engvall, Kenneth Barry, Robert A. Cowan, Chris McCarty, Lee Ritchey, Lynette Walden, Robert Hibbard, Scott Campbell, Melanie Strange, Dave Tanner, Tom Rayhall, Jeanne Evans, Peter Hans Sprague, John Carroll, Haley McLane, Kelly WimberlyDramaLive action
15 Love ChildWarner Bros. / The Ladd CompanyLarry Peerce (director); Paul Maslansky (screenplay); Amy Madigan, Beau Bridges, Mackenzie Phillips, Albert Salmi, Joanna Merlin, Margaret WhittonBiographyLive action
16 AndroidNew World PicturesAaron Lipstadt (director); James Reigle, Don Keith Opper, Will Reigle (screenplay); Klaus Kinski, Brie Howard, Don Keith Opper, Norbert Weisser, Darrell Larson, Rachel Talalay, Kendra Kirchner, Crofton Hardester, Randy Connor, Gary Corarito, Mary Ann Fisher, Julia Gibson, Roger Kelton, Ian Scheibel, Wayne Springfield, Johanne ToddSci-FiLive action
21 The Plague DogsEmbassy Pictures / United Artists / Nepenthe Productions / Goldcrest FilmsMartin Rosen (director/screenplay); John Hurt, Christopher Benjamin, James Bolam, Nigel Hawthorne, Warren Mitchell, Bernard Hepton, Brian Stirner, Penelope Lee, Geoffrey Matthews, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, John Bennett, John Franklyn-Robbins, Bill Maynard, Malcolm Terris, Judy Geeson, Philip Locke, Brian Spink, Tony Church, Anthony Valentine, William Lucas, Dandy Nichols, Rosemary Leach, Patrick Stewart, Percy EdwardsAdventureAnimation
22 First BloodOrion Pictures / Anabasis Investments, N.V.Ted Kotcheff (director); Michael Kozoll, William Sackheim, Sylvester Stallone (screenplay); Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy, Bill McKinney, Jack Starrett, Michael Talbott, Chris Mulkey, John McLiam, Alf Humphreys, David Caruso, David L. Crowley, Don MacKay, Patrick StarkActionLive action
Halloween III: Season of the WitchUniversal Pictures / Dino De Laurentiis Corporation / Debra Hill ProductionsTommy Lee Wallace (director/screenplay); Tom Atkins, Stacey Nelkin, Dan O'Herlihy, Michael Currie, Ralph Strait, Garn Stephens, Nancy Kyes, Jonathan Terry, Maidie Norman, Paddi Edwards, Joshua John Miller, Dick Warlock, Nick Castle, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jadeen Barbor, Brad Schacter, Al Berry, Wendy Wessberg, Essex Smith, Michelle WalkerSci-Fi, HorrorLive action
Jinxed!United Artists / Herb Jaffe ProductionsDon Siegel (director); Frank D. Gilroy (screenplay); Bette Midler, Ken Wahl, Rip Torn, Val Avery, Jack Elam, Benson Fong, Jacqueline Scott, F. William Parker, Ian Wolfe, George Dickerson, Kathryn Kates, Kathleen O'Malley, Woodrow Parfrey, Joan Freeman, Don Siegel, Barry Michlin, Read Morgan, Jim Nolan, Tom Pletts, Archie LangComedyLive action
Monsignor20th Century FoxFrank Perry (director); Abraham Polonsky, Wendell Mayes (screenplay); Christopher Reeve, Geneviève Bujold, Fernando Rey, Jason Miller, Joe Cortese, Adolfo Celi, Tomas Milian, Leonardo Cimino, Robert Prosky, Joe Pantoliano, Milena Vukotic, Joe Spinell, Ettore Mattia, Gregory Snegoff, Pamela Prati, Darin BerryDramaLive action
The SenderParamount Pictures / Kingsmere Productions Ltd.Roger Christian (director); Thomas Baum (screenplay); Kathryn Harrold, Željko Ivanek, Shirley Knight, Paul Freeman, Al Matthews, Marsha Hunt, Angus MacInnes, John Stephen Hill, Mary Ellen Ray, Sean Hewitt, Harry Ditson, Olivier Pierre, Jana Shelden, Tracy Harper, Monica BufordHorrorLive action
29 It Came from HollywoodParamount PicturesMalcolm Leo, Andrew Solt (directors); Dana Olsen (screenplay); Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Gilda Radner, Archive footage of Bela Lugosi, Mamie Van DorenComedy, DocumentaryLive action
Class Reunion20th Century Fox / ABC Motion PicturesMichael Miller (director); John Hughes (screenplay); Gerrit Graham, Fred McCarren, Miriam Flynn, Stephen Furst, Shelley Smith, Michael Lerner, Chuck Berry, Misty Rowe, Blackie Dammett, Mews Small, Zane Buzby, Jim Staahl, Jacklyn Zeman, Barry Diamond, Art Evans, Marla Pennington, Randy Powell, Anne Ramsey, John HughesBlack ComedyLive action
QUnited Film Distribution CompanyLarry Cohen (director/screenplay); Michael Moriarty, Candy Clark, David Carradine, Richard Roundtree, Malachy McCourt, Fred J. Scollay, Ron Cey, Mary Louise Weller, John Capodice, James Dixon, Peter Hock, Tony Page, Shelly Desai, Lee LouisMonster, HorrorLive action
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R		 5 Fast-WalkingPickman Films / Lorimar ProductionsJames B. Harris (director/screenplay); Ernest Brawley (screenplay); James Woods, Tim McIntire, Kay Lenz, Robert Hooks, Charles Weldon, M. Emmet Walsh, Susan Tyrrell, John Friedrich, Lance LeGault, Timothy Carey, Sydney Lassick, Helen Page Camp, K CallanDramaLive action
The Man from Snowy River20th Century FoxGeorge T. Miller (director); John Dixon (screenplay); Kirk Douglas, Jack Thompson, Tom Burlinson, Sigrid Thornton, Lorraine Bayly, Terence Donovan, Tommy Dysart, Tony Bonner, June Jago, Chris Haywood, Gus Mercurio, Bruce Kerr, David Bradshaw, Kristopher Steele, Howard EynonWestern, DramaLive action
Piranha II: The SpawningSaturn International Pictures / Brouwersgracht Investments / Chako Film CompanyJames Cameron, Ovidio G. Assonitis (directors); Charles H. Eglee (screenplay); Tricia O'Neil, Lance Henriksen, Steve Marachuk, Ted Richert, Ricky G. Paull, Leslie Graves, Carole Davis, Carolyn De Fonseca, Albert Sanders, Tracy Berg, Phil Colby, Hildy Maganasun, Connie Lynn Hadden, Anne Pollack, Arnie Ross, Lee Krug, Sally Ricca, Phil Mullins, Kidd Brewer Jr., Jan Eisner Mannon, Ancil Gloudon, Paul Drummond, Stevie CoxHorrorLive action
9 The Scarlet PimpernelCBS / London FilmsClive Donner (director); William Bast (screenplay); Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour, Ian McKellen, James Villiers, Eleanor David, Malcolm Jamieson, Richard Morant, Dominic Jephcott, Christopher Villiers, Denis Lill, Ann Firbank, Tracey Childs, Julian Fellowes, Mark Drewry, John Quarmby, David Gant, Geoffrey Toone, Joanna Dickens, Richard Charles, Gordon Gostelow, Carol MacReady, Daphne Anderson, Nick Brimble, Tony Caunter, Timothy Carlton, Kate HowardRomance, AdventureLive action
10 CreepshowWarner Bros. / United Film Distribution Company / Laurel Show, Inc.George A. Romero (director); Stephen King (screenplay); Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau, Fritz Weaver, Leslie Nielsen, Carrie Nye, E.G. Marshall, Viveca Lindfors, Joe King, Tom Atkins, Jon Lormer, Ed Harris, John Amplas, Stephen King, Gaylen Ross, Ted Danson, Don Keefer, Robert Harper, David Garrison, David Early, Tom Savini, Iva Jean Saraceni, Elizabeth Regan, Warner Shook, Peter Messer, Nann Mogg, Bingo O'Malley, Chuck Aber, Christine Forrest, Darryl Ferrucci, Ann Muffly, Mark Tierno, Marty SchiffHorror, Comedy, AnthologyLive action
12 Alone in the DarkNew Line Cinema / Masada ProductionsJack Sholder (director/screenplay); Robert Shaye, Michael Harrpster (screenplay); Jack Palance, Donald Pleasence, Martin Landau, Erland Van Lidth, Dwight Schultz, Brent Jennings, Frederick Coffin, Annie Korzen, Lin Shaye, Deborah Hedwall, Lee Taylor-Allan, Phillip Clark, Elizabeth Ward, Carol Levy, Keith Reddin, Gordon WatkinsSlasherLive action
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy DeanCinecom International Films / Mark Goodson Productions / Viacom Enterprises / Sandcastle 5Robert Altman (director); Ed Graczyk (screenplay); Sandy Dennis, Cher, Karen Black, Sudie Bond, Marta Heflin, Kathy Bates, Mark Patton, Caroline Aaron, Ann Risley, Ruth Miller, Gena Ramsel, Dianne Turley TravisComedy, DramaLive action
Five Days One SummerWarner Bros. Pictures / The Ladd CompanyFred Zinnemann (director); Michael Austin (screenplay); Sean Connery, Betsy Brantley, Lambert Wilson, Jennifer Hilary, Isabel Dean, Gérard Buhr, Anna Massey, Sheila ReidRomantic, DramaLive action
Jimmy the KidNew World Pictures / Zephyr ProductionsGary Nelson (director); Sam Bobrick (screenplay); Gary Coleman, Paul Le Mat, Ruth Gordon, Dee Wallace, Cleavon Little, Don Adams, Pat Morita, Fay Hauser, Avery Schreiber, Walter OlkewiczComedyLive action
The Slumber Party MassacreNew World Pictures / Santa Fe ProductionsAmy Holden Jones (director); Rita Mae Brown (screenplay); Michelle Michaels, Robin Stille, Brinke Stevens, Michael Villella, Debra Deliso, Andree Honore, Gina Mari, Jennifer Meyers, Joseph Alan Johnson, David Millbern, Jim Boyce, Pamela Roylance, Rigg Kennedy, Jean Vargas, Howard Purgason, Anna PattonSlasherLive action
They Call Me Bruce?Film Ventures InternationalElliott Hong (director); David B. Randolph (screenplay); Johnny Yune, Margaux Hemingway, Bill Capizzi, Raf Mauro, Pam Huntington, Martin Azarow, Tony Brande, René LevantAction, ComedyLive action
White DogParamount PicturesSamuel Fuller (director/screenplay); Curtis Hanson (screenplay); Kristy McNichol, Paul Winfield, Burl Ives, Jameson Parker, Parley BaerDramaLive action
19 Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit TalesWarner Bros.Friz Freleng (director/screenplay); Chuck Jones, Robert McKimson (directors); Warren Foster, Michael Maltese, Tedd Pierce (screenplay); Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Arthur Q. Bryan, June Foray, Shepard Menken, Lennie Weinrib, Tom HollandAnthologyAnimation
Heidi's SongParamount Pictures / Hanna-Barbera ProductionsRobert Taylor (director/screenplay); Joseph Barbera, Jameson Brewer (screenplay); Lorne Greene, Sammy Davis Jr., Margery Gray, Michael Bell, Peter Cullen, Roger DeWitt, Richard Erdman, Fritz Feld, Pamelyn Ferdin, Joan Gerber, Virginia Gregg, Janet Waldo, Frank Welker, Michael WinslowMusicalAnimation
The Last UnicornJensen Farley Pictures / Rankin/Bass Productions / ITC Entertainment / TopcraftArthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass (directors); Peter S. Beagle (screenplay); Alan Arkin, Jeff Bridges, Mia Farrow, Tammy Grimes, Robert Klein, Angela Lansbury, Christopher Lee, Keenan Wynn, Paul Frees, René Auberjonois, Don Messick, Nellie Bellflower, Brother Theodore, Edward Peck, Kenneth Jennings, Jack LesterFantasyAnimation
Still of the NightUnited Artists / MGM/UA Entertainment Co.Robert Benton (director/screenplay); Roy Scheider, Meryl Streep, Jessica Tandy, Joe Grifasi, Sara Botsford, Josef Sommer, Rikke Borge, Irving Metzman, Larry Joshua, Tom Norton, Richmond Hoxie, Hyon Cho, Danielle Cusson, John Eric Bentley, George A. TooksNeo-Noir, ThrillerLive action
28 The Executioner's SongNBC / Film Communications Inc.Lawrence Schiller (director); Norman Mailer (screenplay); Tommy Lee Jones, Christine Lahti, Rosanna Arquette, Eli Wallach, Steven Keats, Jordan Clarke, Richard Venture, Jenny Wright, Walter Olkewicz, Pat Corley, John Dennis Johnston, Rance Howard, Charles Cyphers, Jim Youngs, Grace Zabriskie, Michael LeClair, Mary Ethel Gregory, Norris Mailer, Kenneth O'Brien, Robert DeMotteBiography, Crime, DramaLive action
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R		 3 FrancesUniversal Pictures / Associated Film Distribution / EMI Films / BrooksfilmsGraeme Clifford (director); Eric Bergren, Christopher De Vore, Nicholas Kazan (screenplay); Jessica Lange, Kim Stanley, Sam Shepard, Bart Burns, Jonathan Banks, Jeffrey DeMunn, Zelda Rubinstein, Anjelica Huston, Pamela Gordon, Rick May, Kevin CostnerBiography, DramaLive action
8 48 Hrs.Paramount Pictures / Lawrence Gordon ProductionsWalter Hill (director/screenplay); Roger Spottiswoode, Larry Gross, Steven E. de Souza (screenplay); Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, James Remar, David Patrick Kelly, Sonny Landham, Brion James, Annette O'Toole, Frank McRae, Kerry Sherman, Jonathan Banks, Margot Rose, Denise Crosby, Olivia Brown, Peter Jason, John Dennis Johnston, Clare Nono, James KeaneBuddy Cop, Action, ComedyLive action
GandhiColumbia Pictures / Goldcrest Films / International Film Investors / National Film Development Corporation of India / Indo-British FilmsRichard Attenborough (director); John Briley (screenplay); Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, John Mills, Martin Sheen, Rohini Hattangadi, Roshan Seth, Pradeep Kumar, Saeed Jaffrey, Virendra Razdan, Habib Tanvir, Shane Rimmer, Ian Charleson, Athol Fugard, Geraldine James, Alyque Padamsee, Amrish Puri, Ian Bannen, Richard Griffiths, Nigel Hawthorne, Richard Vernon, Michael Hordern, Shreeram Lagoo, Terrence Hardiman, Om Puri, Dalip Tahil, Bernard Hill, Daniel Day-Lewis, John Ratzenberger, Pankaj Mohan, Pankaj Kapur, Anang Desai, Supriya Pathak, Neena Gupta, Tom Alter, Alok Nath, Mohan Agashe, Sekhar Chatterjee, Harsh Nayyar, Dilsher Singh, Gunther Maria Halmer, Peter HarlowePeriod, BiographyLive action
The Verdict20th Century FoxSidney Lumet (director); David Mamet (screenplay); Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden, James Mason, Milo O'Shea, Lindsay Crouse, Edward Binns, Julie Bovasso, Roxanne Hart, James Handy, Wesley Addy, Joe Seneca, Lewis J. Stadlen, Kent Broadhurst, Colin Stinton, Tobin Bell, Bruce WillisDramaLive action
10 Airplane II: The SequelParamount PicturesKen Finkleman (director/screenplay); Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges, Chad Everett, Peter Graves, Rip Torn, John Dehner, Chuck Connors, Richard Jaeckel, Stephen Stucker, Kent McCord, James A. Watson Jr., Wendy Phillips, Laurene Landon, Sonny Bono, William Shatner, Raymond Burr, John Vernon, James Noble, Jack Jones, John Larch, Lee Bryant, John Hancock, Oliver Robins, Louis Giambalvo, David Paymer, Rick Overton, Sam Anderson, Leon Askin, Art Fleming, Frank Ashmore, Pat Sajak, Louise Sorel, Sandahl Bergman, Burke Byrnes, Michael Currie, Bruce French, Richard Gilliland, Hugh Gillin, David Leisure, Gail Matthius, Lee Patterson, Hervé Villechaize, Lee Purcell, Earl Boen, Joyce DeWitt, Cindy Fisher, Monique Gabrielle, Kitten Natividad, John Paragon, George WendtComedy, ParodyLive action
Mighty Mouse in the Great Space ChaseChildren's Video Library / Filmation Associates / Miracle / CBS Television Distribution / Viacom ProductionsEd Friedman, Lou Kachivas, Marsh Lamore, Gwen Wetzler, Kay Wright, Lou Zukor (directors); Lou Scheimer, Alan Oppenheimer, Diane PershingAction, AdventureAnimation
Sophie's ChoiceUniversal Pictures / Associated Film Distribution / ITC Entertainment / Keith Barish ProductionsAlan J. Pakula (director/screenplay); Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol, Rita Karin, Stephen D. Newman, Josh Mostel, Robin Bartlett, Eugene Lipinski, John Rothman, Katharina Thalbach, David Wohl, Nina Polan, Vida Jerman, Josef Sommer, Karlheinz Hackl, Marcell Rosenblatt, Moishe Rosenfeld, Neddim Prohic, Jennifer Lawn, Adrian Kalitka, Joseph Leon, Günther Maria HalmerDramaLive action
The ToyColumbia Pictures / RastarRichard Donner (director); Carol Sobieski, Francis Veber (screenplay); Richard Pryor, Jackie Gleason, Scott Schwartz, Ned Beatty, Teresa Ganzel, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Annazette Chase, Tony King, Virginia CapersComedyLive action
11 Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle SwannJensen Farley Pictures / Zoomo ProductionWilliam Dear (director/screenplay); Michael Nesmith (screenplay); Fred Ward, Peter Coyote, Belinda Bauer, Ed Lauter, Tracey Walter, L.Q. Jones, Richard Masur, Chris Mulkey, Macon McCalman, Michael NesmithActionLive action
15 Honkytonk ManWarner Bros. / The Malpaso CompanyClint Eastwood (director); Clancy Carlile (screenplay); Clint Eastwood, Kyle Eastwood, John McIntire, Alexa Kenin, Verna Bloom, Matt Clark, Barry Corbin, Jerry Hardin, Tim Thomerson, Macon McCalman, Joe Regalbuto, Gary Grubbs, Marty Robbins, Tracey WalterMusical, DramaLive action
16 The Grey FoxUnited Artists Classics / Zoetrope StudiosPhillip Borsos (director); John Hunter (screenplay); Richard Farnsworth, Jackie Burroughs, Wayne Robson, Ken Pogue, Timothy Webber, Gary Reineke, Sean SullivanBiography, WesternLive action
The Year of Living DangerouslyMGM/UA Entertainment Company / Freddie Fields Productions / McElroy and McElroyPeter Weir (director/screenplay); David Williamson, C.J. Koch (screenplay); Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Bill Kerr, Michael Murphy, Linda Hunt, Noel Ferrier, Bembol Roco, Paul Sonkkila, Kuh Ledesma, Ali Nur, Dominador Robridillo, Joel Agona, Mike Emperio, Bernardo Nacilla, Domingo Landicho, Hermino De GuzmanRomance, DramaLive action
17 Best FriendsWarner Bros. / Timberlane ProductionsNorman Jewison (director); Valerie Curtin, Barry Levinson (screenplay); Burt Reynolds, Goldie Hawn, Ron Silver, Jessica Tandy, Barnard Hughes, Audra Lindley, Keenan Wynn, Carol Locatell, Noah Hathaway, Richard Libertini, Valerie CurtinRomance, ComedyLive action
The Dark CrystalUniversal Pictures / Associated Film Distribution / Henson Associates / ITC EntertainmentJim Henson, Frank Oz (directors); David Odell (screenplay); Stephen Garlick, Lisa Maxwell, Billie Whitelaw, Percy Edwards, Barry Dennen, Michael Kilgarriff, Jerry Nelson, Steve Whitmire, Thick Nelson, Brian Muehl, John Baddeley, David Buck, Charles Collingwood, Sean Barrett, Toby Philpott, Joseph O'Conor, David Greenaway, Jean Pierre Amiel, Hugh Spight, Robbie Barnett, Swee Lim, Simon Williamson, Hus Levant, Miki Iveria, Patrick Monckton, Sue WeatherbyAdventure, Family, FantasyLive action
Harry Tracy, DesperadoAstral FilmsWilliam A. Graham (director); David Lee Henry, R. Lance Hill (screenplay); Bruce Dern, Gordon Lightfoot, Helen Shaver, Michael C. GwynneDrama, WesternLive action
Six WeeksUniversal Pictures / PolyGram Filmed EntertainmentTony Bill (director); David Seltzer (screenplay); Dudley Moore, Mary Tyler Moore, Katherine Healy, Shannon WilcoxDramaLive action
TootsieColumbia Pictures / Mirage EnterprisesSydney Pollack (director); Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal (screenplay); Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning, Doris Belack, Bill Murray, Sydney Pollack, George Gaynes, Geena Davis, Lynne Thigpen, Ellen Foley, Christine Ebersole, Anne Shropshire, Amy Lawrence, Susan EgbertRomance, ComedyLive action
Trail of the Pink PantherUnited Artists / MGM/UA Entertainment Company / Blake Edwards EntertainmentBlake Edwards (director/screenplay); Frank Waldman, Tom Waldman, Geoffrey Edwards (screenplay); Peter Sellers (died 1980), David Niven, Herbert Lom, Richard Mulligan, Joanna Lumley, Capucine, Robert Loggia, Harvey Korman, Burt Kwouk, André Maranne, Graham Stark, Ronald Fraser, Colin Blakely, Peter Arne, Harold Kasket, Daniel Peacock, Denise Crosby, Leonard Rossiter, Dudley Sutton, Marne Maitland, Liz Smith, Harold Berens, Claire Davenport, Robert Wagner, Claudia Cardinale, Colin Gordon, Lucca MezzofantiComedyLive action
22 Kiss Me Goodbye20th Century FoxRobert Mulligan (director); Charlie Peters (screenplay); Sally Field, James Caan, Jeff Bridges, Paul Dooley, Claire Trevor, Stephen Elliott, Michael Ensign, Mildred Natwick, William Prince, Maryedith Burrell, Dorothy Fielding, Alan HaufrectRomance, ComedyLive action

Births

Deaths

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January 1Victor Buono43USActor
1Margot Grahame70UKActress
4Kathryn Scola90USScreenwriter
5Hans Conried64USActor
5Harvey Lembeck58USActor
8Reta Shaw69USActress
8Grégoire Aslan73SwitzerlandActor
10Paul Lynde55USActor
30Stanley Holloway91UKActor
February 5Dolores Moran58USActress
11Eleanor Powell69USActress, Dancer
11Takashi Shimura76JapanActor
12Victor Jory79CanadaActor
14Antonio Casas70SpainActor
17Lee Strasberg80USActor
18Tina Carver59USActress
22John Carter74USSound Engineer
24Virginia Bruce71USActress
March 5John Belushi33USActor
5Burton Miller57USCostume Designer
5Giuseppe Porelli84ItalyActor
6Ayn Rand77RussiaScreenwriter
8Walter Plunkett79USCostume Designer
19Alan Badel58UKActor
21Harry H. Corbett57UKActor
22Harold Goldblatt82UKActor
26Sam Kydd67UKActor
27Betty Schade87USActress
29Rudy Bond69USActor
April 1Stephen Chase79USActor
3Warren Oates53USActor
7Brenda Benet36USActress
12Lenny Baker37USActor
15Arthur Lowe66UKActor
21Joe Sawyer75CanadaActor
22Stanley Roberts65USScreenwriter
25W. R. Burnett82USScreenwriter
25Don Wilson81USActor
26Celia Johnson73UKActress
27George Dunn67USActor
27Tom Tully73USActor
May 1Margaret Sheridan55USActress
2Helmut Dantine63AustriaActor
2Hugh Marlowe71USActor
2Wini Shaw75USActress, Singer
14Hugh Beaumont73USActor
16Sidney Hickox86USCinematographer
16Leigh Snowden52USActress
29Romy Schneider43GermanyActress
June 10Rainer Werner Fassbinder37GermanyScreenwriter, Director, Actor
16Gwen Wakeling81USCostume Designer
18Curd Jürgens66GermanyActor, Director
21Cotton Warburton70USFilm Editor
29Michael Brennan69UKActor
29Henry King96USDirector, Producer
July 8Isa Miranda73ItalyActress
12Kenneth More67UKActor
16Patrick Dewaere35FranceActor, Screenwriter, Director
18John Maxwell64USActor
19John Harvey70UKActor
23Vic Morrow53USActor
29Harold Sakata62USActor
August 2Cathleen Nesbitt93UKActress
7Jill Banner35USActress
10William Henry67USActor
10José Nieto80SpainActor
11Folmar Blangsted77DenmarkFilm Editor
11Tom Drake64USActor
12Henry Fonda77USActor
13Joe E. Ross68USActor
13Charles Walters70USDirector
14Kanhaiyalal71-72IndiaActor
14Patrick Magee58IrelandActor
19Russell Waters74UKActor
20Ulla Jacobsson53SwedenActress
20Edward Ludwig82RussiaDirector
22John Boxer73UKActor
29Ingrid Bergman67SwedenActress
September 2Jay Novello78USActor
5Richard Lane83USActor
13Philip Ober80USActor
14Grace Kelly[36]52USActress
15Rolfe Sedan86USActor
24Sarah Churchill67UKActress
28Mabel Albertson81USActress
28Seth Banks66USCostume Designer
October 3Vivien Merchant53UKActress
5Joseph Hurley68USArt Director
8Fernando Lamas67ArgentinaActor, Director
12John Brahm89GermanyDirector
12Howard Sackler52USScreenwriter
26Valerio Zurlini56ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
November 1King Vidor88USDirector, Producer, Screenwriter
1James Broderick55USActor
4Dominique Dunne22USActressPoltergeist
4Jacques Tati75FranceActor, Screenwriter, Director
7Elio Petri53ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
17Ruth Donnelly86USActress
18William P. McGivern63USScreenwriter
21Lee Patrick80USActress
26Robert Coote73UKActor
26Dan Tobin72USActor
27Steve Gordon44USScreenwriter, Director
30Verna Fields64USFilm Editor
December 2Marty Feldman48UKActor, Director, Screenwriter
10Roy Webb94USComposer
21Gladys Henson83IrelandActress
22Jack Webb62USActor
29Sol C. Siegel79USProducer

Film debuts

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Amblin corrected Variety's reporting of E.T.'s gross in 1992, stating that it had grossed $367.6 million in its initial release.[2]
  2. ↑ ₹9.79 per US$ in 1982[7]
  3. ↑ 55.2 million Soviet tickets sold,[12] at average ticket price of 25 kopecks,[13] approximately 13.8 million руб; 0.708 Rbl per US$ in 1982[14]
  4. ↑ Shaolin Temple:
    • China – CN¥161,578,014[3] (US$85,355,528)[22]
    • Hong Kong – HK$16,157,801[23] (US$2,661,911)[22]
    • Singapore – S$1.7 million[24] (US$794,000)
    • Japan – ¥4 billion[25] (US$16.06 million)
    • South Korea – ₩5.1 billion[25] (US$6.57 million)

References

  1. ↑ "1982 Domestic Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 3 August 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "Errata". Variety. January 13, 1992. p. 6.
  3. 1 2 "1982《少林寺》票价1毛，票房1.6亿，相当于现在的多少钱". QQ News. Tencent. 15 October 2019. Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  4. ↑ "Charts – LES ENTREES EN FRANCE". JP's Box-Office. 1982. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  5. ↑ "Bilan Annuel Allemagne – 1982". JP's Box-Office. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  6. ↑ Box Office 1982, Box Office India
  7. ↑ Monthly Commentary on Indian Economic Conditions, Volume 28, page xv, Indian Institute of Public Opinion, 1986
  8. ↑ "Bilan Annuel Italie – 1982". JP's Box-Office. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  9. ↑ "1982年（1月～12月）". Eiren. Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Archived from the original on 7 May 2005. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  10. ↑ "【ジャッキーチェン興行成績】 第10回：韓国での興行収入". KungFu Tube (in Japanese). 5 September 2010. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  11. ↑ Park, Seung Hyun (2000). A Cultural Interpretation of Korean Cinema, 1988–1997. Indiana University. p. 119. Archived from the original on 2023-06-28. Retrieved 2018-12-13. Average Ticket Prices in Korea, 1974–1997 [...] * Source: Korea Cinema Yearbook (1997–1998) * Currency: won [...] Foreign [...] 1982 [...] 3,000
  12. ↑ "Prokat2". Kinokultura.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-10. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
  13. ↑ Moscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that Lost the Cultural Cold War, page 48 Archived 2018-05-10 at the Wayback Machine, Cornell University Press, 2011
  14. ↑ Archive of Bank of Russia http://cbr.ru/currency_base/OldDataFiles/USD.xls Archived 2017-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ↑ "Bilan Annuel Espagne – 1982". JP's Box-Office. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  16. ↑ "1982 Taiwan Box Office". National Chengchi University. 19 February 2001. Archived from the original on 19 February 2001. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  17. ↑ BFI Statistical Yearbook (PDF) (2012 ed.). London: British Film Institute. 2013. pp. 22 & 32. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  18. ↑ "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on January 24, 2014. Retrieved February 5, 2009.
  19. ↑ "Gandhi (1982) – Box Office Data, DVD and Blu-ray Sales, Movie News, Cast and Crew Information". The Numbers. Archived from the original on 7 April 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  20. ↑ "Box Office Information for Rocky III". The Numbers. Archived from the original on July 22, 2021. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
  21. ↑ "Box Office Information for Poltergeist". The Numbers. Archived from the original on February 11, 2007. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
  22. 1 2 "Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)". World Bank. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  23. ↑ "Shaolin Temple (1982)". Hong Kong Movie Database. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  24. ↑ "'Shaolin Temple' Champ of Singapore's Box Office". Variety. October 20, 1982. p. 229.
  25. 1 2 "1982". 中国进行曲——流行音乐四十年回眸 [March in China: A Look Back at 40 Years of Popular Music] (in Chinese). Beijing Book Co. Inc. 1 August 2018. ISBN 978-7-5523-1578-3. Archived from the original on 28 June 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2022. 同样在日本,创下了40亿日元的票房纪录,1983年在韩国创下了51亿韩元的票房纪录。 [Also in Japan, it set a box office record of ¥4 billion, and in 1983, it set a box office record of ₩5.1 billion in South Korea.]
  26. ↑ "On Independence Day, here are the most successful Indian movies of every decade since 1947". Hindustan Times. 15 August 2018. Archived from the original on 8 May 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  27. ↑ "Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)". World Bank. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  28. ↑ Harmetz, Aljean (June 8, 1982). "'Star Trek II' Sets Mark for Sales at Opening". The New York Times. p. C11.
  29. ↑ Editors of Chase's (27 October 2020). Chase's Calendar of Events 2021: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-64143-424-9. Archived from the original on 28 June 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  30. ↑ "Jay Baruchel". TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on September 13, 2015.
  31. ↑ Editors of Chase's (27 October 2020). Chase's Calendar of Events 2021: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 249. ISBN 978-1-64143-424-9. Archived from the original on 28 June 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  32. ↑ "The Birth of Justin Smollett". California Birth Index. Archived from the original on September 10, 2020. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  33. ↑ Editors of Chase's (30 September 2018). Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 382. ISBN 978-1-64143-264-1. Archived from the original on 28 June 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  34. ↑ Editors of Chase's (27 October 2020). Chase's Calendar of Events 2021: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 534–. ISBN 978-1-64143-424-9. Archived from the original on 28 June 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  35. ↑ "UPI Almanac for Friday, Dec. 15, 2017". United Press International. Archived from the original on 15 December 2017.
  36. ↑ "Grace Kelly | American actress and princess of Monaco". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
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