Top Movies of 1982


The top movies of 1982 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

51. Evil Under the Sun

Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Guy Hamilton
Actors: Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin, Colin Blakely, James Mason, Roddy McDowall, Maggie Smith
Plot: A famous actress has been murdered on an exclusive island in Mediterranean. Who's done it? Husband, lover, jealous wife, theatre producers, journalist, step-daughter, hotel hostess, or... Monsieur Poirot will reveal all in the end. Adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel.

52. Eating Raoul

Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Bartel
Actors: Paul Bartel, Mary Woronov, Robert Beltran, Susan Saiger, Richard Paul, Ed Begley Jr.
Plot: The Blands are a husband and wife in search of a restaurant business, but with no money to realize their dreams. One night, a swinger wanders in to their apartment, mistaking it for his destination. After trying to get fresh, he instead gets hit with a frying pan - noticing the many hundreds of dollars on the body, the couple decide to lure other "perverts" into their midst. Soon a two-bit criminal, Raoul, enters the picture and wants a cut of the action - mainly to sell the bodies as dog food. All seems to be working well, until Raoul starts to want to share Mrs. Bland as well....

53. The Executioner's Song

Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lawrence Schiller
Actors: Tommy Lee Jones, Christine Lahti, Rosanna Arquette, Eli Wallach, Steven Keats, Jordan Clarke

54. Quest for Fire ( guerre du feu, La )

Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Other
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Actors: Everett McGill, Ron Perlman, Nicholas Kadi, Rae Dawn Chong, Gary Schwartz, Naseer El-Kadi
Plot: In a time when more hominid species populate the earth, three male neanderthals are sent to bring back the fire for the good of the tribe. But there is more for them to learn then just blindly snatching fire as they use to do.

55. Barbarosa

Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Fred Schepisi
Actors: Willie Nelson, Gary Busey, Isela Vega, Gilbert Roland, Alma Martínez, George Voskovec

56. The Last American Virgin

Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Boaz Davidson
Actors: Lawrence Monoson, Diane Franklin, Steve Antin, Joe Rubbo, Louisa Moritz, Kimmy Robertson
Plot: The friendship of a group of young friends struggling with teen sex, drugs and work is jeopardized.

57. Mephisto

Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: István Szabó
Actors: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Krystyna Janda, Ildikó Bánsági, Rolf Hoppe, György Cserhalmi, Péter Andorai

58. Pandemonium

Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Alfred Sole
Actors: Phil Hartman, Carol Kane, Judge Reinhold, Paul Reubens, Tom Smothers, Teri Landrum

59. The Challenge

Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Frankenheimer
Actors: Scott Glenn, Toshirô Mifune, Donna Kei Benz, Atsuo Nakamura, Clyde Kusatsu, Calvin Jung

60. White Dog

Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Samuel Fuller
Actors: Kristy McNichol, Paul Winfield, Burl Ives, Bob Minor, Samuel Fuller, Jameson Parker
Plot: A young actress hits a dog and soon after adopts him. Despite trying to find the owner, no one comes forward and one night a man attempts to rape her, but her new pet comes to her defense. Yet she soon finds out the dog is not ordinary guard dog but a "white dog" - programmed to attack anyone who is black. She seeks out an expert in canine training, hoping this hateful programming can be wiped out.

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