Best Movies of 1982 – page 4

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 8.8
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Purlie (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Based on Davis' 1961 play Purlie Victorious (which was later translated into the 1963 film Gone Are the Days! and which included all of the original Broadway cast, including Ruby Dee, Alan Alda, Beah Richards, and Godfrey Cambridge), it is set ...
Plot: blaxploitation, african american, preacher, black american, minister, american south, cotton
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 6.4
 4K
Hammett (1982)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: "This is an entirely imaginary story about the writer Dashiell Hammett, who... in the words of one of his most gifted contemporaries... helped get murder out of the vicar's rose garden and back to the people who are really good at it. The ...
Style: neo noir, noir, metafiction, detective, stylized ...
Plot: femme fatale, private detective, writers, blackmail, murder, prostitute, private investigator, paranoid, criminal mind, investigation, porn actress, missing person ...
Time: 1920s, year 1982, 20th century
Place: san francisco, usa, california
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 6.7
 6K
Ivanhoe (1982)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: This is a remake of Walter Scott's Ivanhoe. Ivanhoe, a worthy and noble knight, the champion of justice returns to England after the holy wars. He find England under the reign of Prince John and his henchmen and finds himself being involved in ...
Style: tense, exciting, suspenseful, atmospheric, stylized ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: knight, medieval, rescue, heroic mission, good versus evil, escapades, danger, rivalry, robin hood, barbarian, jousting, castle ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 12th century
Place: england, europe
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Summer Lovers (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Michael Pappas and his girlfriend, Cathy, are enjoying the white sand beaches of a Greek island as well as the freewheeling nature of the locals. When Michael meets Lina, who is in Greece from Paris doing archaeological work, he is enamored with the ...
Style: sexy, sex comedy, romantic, realistic, sexual ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: nudity, nudism, summer vacation, female nudity, polyamory, infidelity, love triangle, relationships, sexuality, erotica, lesbian, teenager ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
Place: greece, mediterranean sea, europe
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 6.7
 3K
Smithereens (1982)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A narcissistic runaway engages in a number of parasitic relationships amongst members of New York's waning punk scene.
Style: independent film, sexy, indie film, psychological thriller, grim ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: punk rock, punk, feminist, rock, rock and roll, coming of age, price of fame, visceral, bad girl, underground, feminism, pain ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
Place: new york, usa, new jersey
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Things Are Tough All Over (1982)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Cheech and Chong are hired to drive a limo from Chicago to Las Vegas by two shady Arabs - Mr. Slyman and Prince Habib. Unbeknownst to them, five million dollars of dirty money has been stuffed throught the car.
Style: humorous, grindhouse, road movie, hispanic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: stoner, lust, weed, drug, road trip, desert, chase, satire, hippie, marijuana, narcotics, crossdresser ...
Time: 80s, year 1982
Place: chicago, usa, midwest, las vegas
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The Beast Within (1982)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In the beginning of the movie you see a woman getting raped by a man-creature of some sort. The movie takes place years later when the child that was a result of that rape is on the rampage looking for a girl to rape to start the process all over ...
Style: psychotronic, suspenseful, serious, rough, scary ...
Plot: rape, sexual abuse, monster, raped by monster, mutant, mutation, body horror, supernatural, violence spree, dangerous animal, danger, interspecies sex ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
Place: mississippi, usa
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The Missionary (1982)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In 1905, after 10 years of missionary work in Africa, the Rev. Charles Fortesque is recalled to England, where his bishop gives him his new assignment - to minister to London's prostitutes
Style: clever, semi serious, sexy, feel good, humorous ...
Plot: satire, clergy, monty python, priest, church, missionary, butler, boxing, memory loss, bicycle, couple relations, society ...
Time: 1900s, year 1982, 80s, turn of the century
Place: england, london, britain, europe, africa ...
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 6.4
 2K
Tex (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Coming-of-age adventure about two teenage brothers and their struggles to grow up, on their own, after their mother dies and their father leaves them.
Style: uplifting, serious, realistic, touching, feel good ...
Audience: teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, teenager, brother brother relationship, dysfunctional family, friendship, bittersweet, small town, high school, profanity, acid, name calling, family relations ...
Time: year 1982, 80s, 70s
Place: oklahoma, usa, southern usa
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The Electric Grandmother (1982)
Genre: Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story: To a family whose children are traumatized by the death of their mother, help comes in a most bizarre way. They receive three pieces, that when joined together, give a recording for an offer for an electric grandmother. They go to a bizarre factory, ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, touching, offbeat, sentimental
Audience: pre-teens, family outing
Plot: robot, family relations, parents and children, death in the family, teaching the ways of the world, homecoming, friendship, hopes, nanny, young heroes, elderly, imaginary ...
Time: 80s
Place: usa
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Amityville II: The Possession (1982)
Genre: Horror
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The Lutz family have managed to flee their home with their lives intact, but before them, another family lived in this house and were caught up in the original evil who weren't so lucky...
Style: demonic, scary, slasher, splatter, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: haunted house, incest, possession, dysfunctional family, demon, demonic possession, supernatural, ghost, female nudity, brother sister kiss, brother sister incest, wife abuse ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
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Brimstone & Treacle (1982)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A strange young man has a sinister effect on the family of a middle-aged writer.
Style: surreal, psychological, offbeat, realistic, serious ...
Plot: devil, rape, male nudity, guilt, sex, rock, couples, cons and scams, mental illness, family life, dangerous attraction, mysterious character ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
Place: canada, england
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 5.7
 3K
Superstition (1982)
Genre: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A witch put to death in 1692 swears vengeance on her persecutors and returns to the present day to punish their descendants.
Style: slasher, suspenseful, serious, scary, bleak ...
Plot: witch, witchcraft, curse, old dark house, investigation, vengeance, haunted by the past, haunted house, urban legend, danger, evil wins, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, new england
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 6.4
 2K
Barbarosa (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Karl Westover, an inexperienced farm boy, runs away after unintentionally killing a neighbor, whose family pursues him for vengeance. He meets Barbarosa, a gunman of near-mythical proportions, who is himself in danger from his father-in-law Don ...
Style: spaghetti western, offbeat, atmospheric, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cowboy, friendship, wilderness, chase, gunfight, revenge, hitman, outlaw, civil war, indians, modern western, hidden treasure ...
Time: year 1982, 19th century, 1850s
Place: texas, mexico
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Visiting Hours (1982)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A slasher finds the hospital where a TV newswoman is recovering from his attack.
Style: slasher, serious, disturbing, medical horror, psychological ...
Plot: serial killer, stalking, medical, psychopath, canuxploitation, danger, murder, woman in danger, journalism, investigation, life is a bitch, haunted by the past ...
Time: 80s, year 1982
Place: canada
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Personal Best (1982)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: This film chronicles the relationship of two female world-class athletes. Mariel Hemingway and real-life Olympian pentathlete Patrice Donnelly play runners who train together, compete against each other and eventually become lovers. Scott Glenn ...
Style: sexual, erotic, uplifting, tense, touching ...
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, nudity, running, lesbian relationship, lgbtq, track and field, gay, olympics, female nudity, female athlete, sexuality ...
Time: 80s, year 1982, 70s, 20th century, year 1976 ...
Place: oregon
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Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare (1982)
Genre: Documentary
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A record of McKellen's one-man Broadway show about the Bard.
Style: one man show
Plot: shakespeare, realism, lecture, filmed play
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The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The entire cause of the problem evolves from the use of a deputy to translate. His command of Spanish is inadequate and he mistranslates what a witness tells the sheriff as to whether the real perpetrator of the crime is riding a mare (yegua) or a ...
Style: political, intercultural, historical drama
Plot: sheriff, texas ranger, language barrier, horseman, fugitive, multiple perspectives, folk hero, self defense, squad, trial, manhunt, latin american history ...
Time: year 1982, 1900s
Place: texas, mexico, san antonio texas
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 7K
Silent Rage (1982)
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A mentally ill man in a small Texas town goes on a killing rampage and is fatally wounded by police. When doctors use an experimental serum to bring him back to life, the killer develops superhuman strength and the town sheriff must pursue him.
Style: slasher, bloody, suspenseful, grindhouse, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, murder, monster, chase, serial killer, survival, mad scientist, hospital, small town, mixed martial arts, home invasion, maniac ...
Time: 80s
Place: texas, austin texas, usa
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Rehearsal for Murder (1982)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A year after his fiancée's death, a playwright schedules a rehearsal for his new play, which proves to be a trap for her killer.
Style: crime thriller, minimal cast, thrilling, surprise ending
Plot: loss of wife, blackout, whodunit, theater, murder, suicide, suspect, flashback, motive, playwright, producer, falling from height ...
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 6.0
 3K
Six Pack (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Stopping briefly in a small Texas town, an itinerant race car driver finds that his stock car, on a trailer behind his motor home, has just been quickly and expertly stripped. He chases down the miscreants, who turn out to be six orphan children. He ...
Style: humorous, exciting, semi serious, realistic, touching ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: racing, race, auto racing, classic car, car, motor racing, driving, children, auto mechanic, car chase, race car, redneck ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1982
Place: texas, austin texas, usa, birmingham alabama
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 4.9
 8K
Zapped! (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Peyton and Barney are fun loving high school students working on a science project with white mice. When one of the mice begins to move food toward itself with out touching it, Barney finds he has accidently discovered a formula for telekinetic ...
Style: sex comedy, sexy, teen sex comedy, cult classic, humorous ...
Audience: teens, date night, teen fantasy
Plot: telekinesis, marijuana, voyeur, prom, high school prom, cheerleader, sexual fantasy, dream girl, blonde, lust, female nudity, humiliation ...
Time: 80s, year 1982
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The Man from Snowy River (1982)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Jim Craig has lived his first 18 years in the mountains of Australia on his father's farm. The death of his father forces him to go to the low lands to earn enough money to get the farm back on its feet. Kirk Douglas plays two roles as twin ...
Style: sentimental, cult classic, surprise ending, captivating, feel good ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: horse, wild west, wild horse, ranch, stallion, wilderness, river, coming of age, chase, happy ending, australian outback, treasure hunt ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 20th century, year 1982, 1800s ...
Place: australia
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That Championship Season (1982)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: It started as a friendly meeting between 4 old buddies with their basketball coach and ended up in revealing the truth about their relationship. The meeting forces the five men to reveal their true identity, to be honest with each other for the ...
Style: independent film, contemplative, realistic, serious
Plot: basketball, coach, sport team, friends, introspection, buddies, contests and competitions, ambition, haunted by the past, friendship, basketball coach, father figure ...
Time: year 1982, 80s, 20th century
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 205
Sister, Sister (1982)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Heated confrontations and revelations result when a divorcee returns with her young son to the home of her two sisters.
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, emotional, sentimental ...
Plot: siblings, women, blaxploitation, black, african, small town, estrangement, family relations, black family, infidelity, life turned upside down, love affair ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: north carolina, usa
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Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All (1982)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: 2d animation
Plot: superhero, space opera, world war two, space, emperor, space travel, sword and sorcery, spaceship, air battle, dinosaur, woman, propeller aircraft ...
Time: 1930s, year 1939, 20th century
Place: warsaw poland, europe, poland
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 8.0
 278
Eunice (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Moments in four different years in the lives of the Harper family beginning with 1955 as a hopeful Eunice prepares to go to a party, and her brother Phillip, a recent college graduate, departs for New York In 1963, a married Eunice and her husband ...
Plot: loss of mother, marriage, mother daughter relationship, divorce, porch swing
Time: 1950s, year 1978, year 1963, year 1955, year 1973 ...
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 8.0
 38K
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: West Germany, Peru
Duration: 158 min.
Story: Fitzcarraldo, a dreamer who plans to bring opera and Enrico Caruso to the South American jungles. With limited funding, he must figure out how to finance the opera house, and ultimately decides to capitalize on South America's rubber ...
Style: cerebral, surreal, visually appealing, visual, tense ...
Plot: boat, jungle, steamship, opera, insanity, dream, surrealism, art, beautiful scenery, storytelling, obsession, river ...
Time: 20th century, 1900s, year 1982, 19th century
Place: south america, peru, germany, latin america, brazil
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Forbidden World (1982)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: In the distant future, a federation marshal arrives at a research lab on a remote planet where a genetic experiment has gotten loose and begins feeding on the dwindling scientific group.
Style: suspenseful, serious, space horror, scary, grindhouse ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: experiment gone awry, creature feature, mutant, laboratory, exploitation, creature, cocoon, monster, mad scientist, genetics, space and aliens, danger ...
Time: year 1982, 80s, future
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Don't Go to Sleep (1982)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A young girl begins seeing the ghost of her sister who died in an accident a year earlier.
Style: scary, slasher, psychological, suspenseful, mind bending ...
Plot: ghost, killer child, supernatural, grandmother, family problems, death in the family, parents and children, haunted by the past, danger, supernatural ability, starting over, mischievous children ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
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