11. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: George Miller
Actors: Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Michael Preston, Max Phipps, Vernon Wells, Virginia Hey
Plot: Former police officer turned "Road Warrior" Max is now in search of the most valuable commodity in Australia: Fuel. He finds a small community around a refinery, and reluctantly agrees to help defend them against a ruthless biker gang.
12. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Amy Heckerling
Actors: Sean Penn, Judge Reinhold, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Phoebe Cates, Ray Walston, Brian Backer
Plot: A group of southern California teenagers experience life, love, sex and rock n roll.
13. The Snowman
Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Dianne Jackson, Jimmy T. Murakami
Actors: Raymond Briggs, David Bowie
Plot: A young boy goes on an adventure with a snowman that has come to life.
14. Vernon, Florida
Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Errol Morris
Actors: Albert Bitterling, Roscoe Collins, George Harris, Joe Payne, Howard Pettis, Claude Register
Plot: In this early Errol Morris documentary, the filmmaker splices together bits of dialogue and interactions he has with the supremely eccentric residents of Vernon, FL.
15. Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean
Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Robert Altman
Actors: Sandy Dennis, Cher, Karen Black, Sudie Bond, Kathy Bates, Marta Heflin
16. The Secret of NIMH
Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Don Bluth
Actors: Derek Jacobi, Elizabeth Hartman, Arthur Malet, Dom DeLuise, Wil Wheaton, Shannen Doherty
Plot: Mrs. Frisby is a widowed field mouse caring for her small children. Spring is coming and she must move her family out of the field before the plow comes. With one very ill child and the dangerous farm cat, she has more obstacles than she can handle on her own. With no other choice, she must ask for help from the rats -- but these are no ordinary rats. . .
17. An Officer and a Gentleman
Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Taylor Hackford
Actors: Richard Gere, Debra Winger, David Keith, Robert Loggia, Lisa Blount, Louis Gossett Jr.
Plot: A young man played by Richard Gere must complete his training at the Navy Flight school to become an aviator, with the help of a tough gunnery sergeant and his new girlfriend.
18. Burden of Dreams
Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Les Blank
Actors: Werner Herzog, Mick Jagger, Klaus Kinski, Jason Robards, Claudia Cardinale, Thomas Mauch
Plot: Documentary on the making of Werner Herzog's epic Fitzcarraldo and the many troubles (casting, weather, war and much more) that would have caused a lesser man to give up the film.
19. Sophie's Choice
Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Actors: Kevin Kline, Meryl Streep, Peter MacNicol, Greta Turken, Josh Mostel, Rita Karin
Plot: A romance about a Nazi Concentration Camp survivor and a young man who gives her a reason to live though she has gone through a horrible time.
20. The Dark Crystal
Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Jim Henson
Actors: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Kathryn Mullen, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Brian Muehl
Plot: The balance of good and evil is in the hands of a small creature, a Galfling named Jen. He must listen to the wise Mystics and travel to a dangerous land of the Skekses to heal the crystal before the great conjunction begins.
