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Best Movies of 1982, Ranked by IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
66 films from 1982 are in our catalog; the 50 best are ranked below. Top of the list is The Thing ('1982), at 8.2 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 7.2. Biggest split between audiences and critics: Pink Floyd: The Wall, 8.0 on IMDb against 47 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Thing '1982 | Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi | 8.2 | 85% | 57 | 8.1 | John Carpenter |
| 2 | Blade Runner '1982 | Sci-Fi / Drama / Thriller | 8.1 | 89% | 84 | 7.9 | Ridley Scott |
| 3 | Gandhi '1982 | Drama | 8.0 | 89% | 79 | 7.6 | Richard Attenborough |
| 4 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial '1982 | Sci-Fi | 7.9 | 99% | 92 | 7.5 | Steven Spielberg |
| 5 | Fanny and Alexander '1982 | Fantasy / Drama / Mystery | 8.1 | 100% | 100 | 7.8 | Ingmar Bergman |
| 6 | Pink Floyd: The Wall '1982 | Musical / Drama | 8.0 | 73% | 47 | 8.0 | Alan Parker |
| 7 | The King of Comedy '1982 | Drama / Comedy | 7.8 | 89% | 73 | 7.8 | Martin Scorsese |
| 8 | First Blood '1982 | Action / Thriller / Drama | 7.7 | 86% | 61 | 7.5 | Ted Kotcheff |
| 9 | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan '1982 | Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller | 7.7 | 87% | 68 | 7.4 | Nicholas Meyer |
| 10 | Vincent '1982 | Animation / Fantasy | 8.3 | - | - | 7.8 | Tim Burton |
| 11 | Fitzcarraldo '1982 | Drama | 7.9 | 78% | - | 7.6 | Werner Herzog |
| 12 | The Verdict '1982 | Drama | 7.7 | 88% | 77 | 7.5 | Sidney Lumet |
| 13 | The Snowman '1982 | Animation / Fantasy | 8.2 | 80% | - | 7.6 | Dianne Jackson |
| 14 | Tootsie '1982 | Comedy / Romance | 7.4 | 91% | 88 | 7.2 | Sydney Pollack |
| 15 | Sophie's Choice '1982 | Drama / Romance / War | 7.5 | 75% | 68 | 7.3 | Alan J. Pakula |
| 16 | The Secret of NIMH '1982 | Animation / Fantasy / Mystery | 7.5 | 93% | 76 | 7.4 | Don Bluth |
| 17 | Poltergeist '1982 | Horror | 7.3 | 89% | 79 | 7.2 | Tobe Hooper |
| 18 | Missing '1982 | Drama / Mystery / Thriller | 7.7 | 94% | 78 | 7.2 | Costa-Gavras |
| 19 | Victor/Victoria '1982 | Musical / Comedy / Romance | 7.6 | 85% | 84 | 7.3 | Blake Edwards |
| 20 | The Last Unicorn '1982 | Fantasy / Animation | 7.3 | 75% | 70 | 7.3 | Jules Bass |
| 21 | Fast Times at Ridgemont High '1982 | Comedy / Romance / Drama | 7.1 | 78% | 61 | 6.8 | Amy Heckerling |
| 22 | The Plague Dogs '1982 | Animation / Drama | 7.7 | 70% | - | 7.8 | Martin Rosen |
| 23 | The Dark Crystal '1982 | Fantasy | 7.1 | 78% | 66 | 7.2 | Jim Henson |
| 24 | An Officer and a Gentleman '1982 | Drama / Romance | 7.1 | 79% | 75 | 7.0 | Taylor Hackford |
| 25 | Santa Claus Is a Stinker '1982 | Comedy | 7.4 | - | - | 7.3 | Jean-Marie Poiré |
| 26 | The World According to Garp '1982 | Drama / Comedy | 7.1 | 71% | 63 | 6.7 | George Roy Hill |
| 27 | The Year of Living Dangerously '1982 | Romance / Drama | 7.1 | 88% | 65 | 6.7 | Peter Weir |
| 28 | Evil Under the Sun '1982 | Thriller / Crime / Mystery / Drama | 7.1 | 86% | 61 | 6.9 | Guy Hamilton |
| 29 | Tenebre '1982 | Horror / Mystery / Thriller | 7.0 | 83% | 83 | 6.8 | Dario Argento |
| 30 | My Friends Act II '1982 | Comedy | 7.6 | - | - | 7.6 | Mario Monicelli |
| 31 | Diner '1982 | Comedy / Drama | 7.0 | 90% | 82 | 6.8 | Barry Levinson |
| 32 | Deathtrap '1982 | Comedy / Crime / Drama | 7.0 | 75% | 54 | 6.7 | Sidney Lumet |
| 33 | Rocky III '1982 | Drama / Action | 6.9 | 66% | 57 | 6.9 | Sylvester Stallone |
| 34 | Conan the Barbarian '1982 | Fantasy / Action | 6.9 | 68% | 43 | 6.8 | John Milius |
| 35 | 48 Hrs. '1982 | Crime / Action / Comedy | 6.9 | 92% | 71 | 6.7 | Walter Hill |
| 36 | White Dog '1982 | Drama / Horror / Thriller | 7.0 | 94% | - | 6.6 | Samuel Fuller |
| 37 | Talcum Powder '1982 | Comedy | 6.9 | - | - | 6.8 | Carlo Verdone |
| 38 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid '1982 | Comedy / Mystery / Crime | 6.8 | 71% | 67 | 6.6 | Carl Reiner |
| 39 | Creepshow '1982 | Horror / Comedy | 6.8 | 66% | 59 | 6.9 | George A. Romero |
| 40 | Ace of Aces '1982 | Comedy | 6.6 | - | - | 7.1 | Gérard Oury |
| 41 | The Entity '1982 | Horror / Mystery / Thriller | 6.7 | 62% | 35 | 6.9 | Sidney J. Furie |
| 42 | The Party 2 '1982 | Comedy / Romance / Drama | 6.3 | - | - | 6.4 | Claude Pinoteau |
| 43 | Bomber '1982 | Action / Comedy / Drama | 6.2 | - | - | 6.5 | Michele Lupo |
| 44 | A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy '1982 | Comedy / Romance | 6.6 | 74% | 51 | 6.5 | Woody Allen |
| 45 | Tron '1982 | Sci-Fi / Action | 6.7 | 61% | 58 | 6.6 | Steven Lisberger |
| 46 | Class of 1984 '1982 | Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller | 6.5 | 67% | 49 | 6.4 | Mark L. Lester |
| 47 | Banana Joe '1982 | Action / Comedy | 6.3 | - | - | 6.7 | Steno |
| 48 | Annie '1982 | Comedy / Drama | 6.6 | 50% | 39 | 6.5 | John Huston |
| 49 | The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes '1982 | Comedy | 6.2 | - | - | 6.0 | Tony Aboyantz |
| 50 | The New York Ripper '1982 | Horror / Crime / Thriller / Mystery | 6.3 | 25% | - | 6.3 | Lucio Fulci |
Our catalog covers roughly the 8,800 most-rated films on TMDB, so lesser-known titles may be missing. Order uses a confidence-weighted IMDb score so a perfect score from a handful of votes does not beat a well-established classic; the scores shown are the raw ones.
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