1982 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1982. Top 30 and many honorables.

(ballot)








30.           TIME MASTERS

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29.          QUEST FOR FIRE

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28.           FITZCARRALDO

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27.          MADE IN BRITAIN

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26.     ONE FROM THE HEART

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25.             CAT PEOPLE

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24.      FLIGHT OF THE EAGLE

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23.           YOL [THE ROAD]

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22.          VERONIKA VOSS

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21.     THE STATE OF THINGS

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20.          HIMALA [MIRACLE]

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                            Q: 

19.      THE WINGED SERPENT

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18.                 MISSING

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17.             THE VERDICT

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16.                DAS BOOT

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15.                  VINCENT

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                  STAR TREK II:

14.THE WRATH OF KHAN

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13.         THE ATOMIC CAFE

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12.             POLTERGEIST

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11.COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN

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10.                    DIVA

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9.                WHITE DOG

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8.          THE DARK CRYSTAL

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7.      THE BURDEN OF DREAMS

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6.                    L'ANGE

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5.                  THE THING

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4.         THE ROAD WARRIOR

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3.   BLADE RUNNER [Workprint cut]

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2.                   STALKER

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                           E.T.:
1.     THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL

***** 

ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED. 

(the other titles of '82 I loved that could've place) 

THUNDER

GREGORY'S GIRL

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VICTOR/VICTORIA

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ALONE IN THE DARK

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TRON

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THE SNOWMAN

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FAST TIMES

AT RIDGEMONT HIGH

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HALLOWEEN III: 

SEASON OF THE WITCH

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SUZANNE SUZANNE

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THE SECRET OF NIMH

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FIRST BLOOD

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48 HOURS

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DINER

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URGH! A MUSIC WAR

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NEXT OF KIN

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EATING RAOUL

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THE VANISHED 

WORLD OF GLOVES

[Zaniklý svět rukavic]

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SEEPAGE

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NINJA 

IN THE DRAGON'S DEN

BURST CITY

BRITANNIA HOSPITAL

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 TANGO

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SNAKE IN
 THE EAGLE'S SHADOW

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LONG BEFORE
WHEN WE WERE THE BIRDS 

Прежде мы были птицами

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SOPHIE'S CHOICE

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 DEATHTRAP

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CONAN THE BARBARIAN

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DEAD MEN

DON'T WEAR PLAID

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 THE WORLD

ACCORDING TO GARP

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IDENTIFICATION OF A WOMAN

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CHAN IS MISSING

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HAMMETT

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THE RAVISHING 

OF FRANK N. STEIN

FIVE ELEMENTS NINJAS

TOOTSIE

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QUERELLE

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CREEPSHOW

.
 

HONKYTONK MAN

..
 

THE FAN [DER FAN]

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THE BEASTMASTER

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THE SLUMBER 

PARTY MASSACRE

PINK FLOYD - THE WALL

HEY GOOD LOOKIN'

BASKET CASE

****

1982
TOP 30

1. E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (Spielberg)
2. STALKER (Tarkovsky)
3. BLADE RUNNER - Director's cut (Scott)
4. ROAD WARRIOR (Miller)
5. THE THING (Carpenter)
6. THE ANGEL (Bokanowski)
7. BURDEN OF DREAMS (Les Blank)
8. THE DARK CRYSTAL (Henson)
9. WHITE DOG (Fuller)
10. DIVA (Beineix)
11. COME BACK TO 5 & DIME JIMMY DEAN (Altman)
12. POLTERGEIST (Hooper/Spielberg)
13. THE ATOMIC CAFE (Rafferty Bros.)
14. THE WRATH OF KHAN (Meyer)
15. VINCENT (Burton)
16. THE BOAT (Peterson)
17. THE VERDICT (Lumet)
18. MISSING (Costa-Gavras)
19. Q: THE WINGED SERPENT (Cohen)
20. HIMALA (Bernal)
21. THE STATE OF THINGS (Wenders)
22. VERONIKA VOSS (Fassbinder)
23. THE ROAD (Gören/Güney)
24. INGENJÖR ANDRÉES LUFTFÄRD (Troell)
25. CAT PEOPLE (Schrader)
26. ONE FROM THE HEART (Coppola)
27. MADE IN BRITAIN (Clarke)
28. FITZCARRALDO (Herzog)
29. QUEST FOR FIRE (Annaud)
30. LES MAÎTRES DU TEMPS (Laloux)

RUNNER UP
THUNDER (Takashi Ito), GREGORY'S GIRL (Forsyth), VICTOR/VICTORIA (Edwards), ALONE IN THE DARK (Sholder), TRON (Lisberger), THE SNOWMAN (Murakami/D.Jackson), FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (Heckerling), HALLOWEEN III (Wallace), SUZANNE SUZANNE (Hacth/Billops), SECRET OF NIMH (Bluth), FIRST BLOOD (Kotcheff), 48 HOURS (Hill), DINER (Levinson), URGH! A MUSIC WAR (Burbidge), NEXT OF KIN (T Williams), EATING RAOUL (Bartel), VANISHED WORLD OF GLOVES (Barta), SEEPAGE (Selick), NINJA IN THE DRAGON'S DEN (Corey Yuen), BURST CITY (Ishii), BRITANNIA HOSPITAL (L.Anderson), TANGO (Rybczyński), SNAKE IN EAGLES SHADOW (Woo-ping), PREZHDE MY BYLI PTITSAMI (Bardin), SOPHIE'S CHOICE (Pakula), DEATHTRAP (Lumet), CONAN THE BARBARIAN (Milius), DEAD MEN DON'T WEAR PLAID (C.Reiner), WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP (Roy Hill), IDENTIFICATION OF A WOMAN (Antonioni), CHAN IS MISSING (W.Wang), HAMMETT (Wnders), RAVISHING OF FRANK N. STEIN (Schwizgebel), TOOTSIE (Pollack), QUERELLE (Fassbinder), CREEPSHOW (Romero), HONKYTONK MAN (Eastwood), DER FAN (E Schmidt), BEASTMASTER (Coscarelli), SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE (Holden-Jones), PINK FLOYD THE WALL (Parker), HEY GOOD LOOKIN' (Bakshi), BASKET CASE (Henenlotter)