Movies from 1982

48 Hrs (1982)

96 mins     Action , Comedy, Crime      

Long before director Walter Hill gave Eddie Murphy his movie debut in "48 Hrs." there had been buddy movies, from cops with cops to cops with bad guys but in many ways "48 Hrs." is responsible for many a movie which followed....

A Day for Thanks on Walton's Mountain (1982)

97 mins     Drama, Family, TV Movie      

So "A Day for Thanks on Walton's Mountain" was the third of the made for TV movies which were made in the 80s immediately after the long running TV series had finished. And for me this third TV movie was on par with the previ...

A Wedding on Walton's Mountain (1982)

100 mins     Drama, TV Movie      

A Wedding on Walton's Mountain (1982) Erin Walton finds herself torn between Paul and her first love Ashley, whilst Ben has taken on a big contract, maybe too big for him to handle...

Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)

85 mins     Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi      

It has to be said that "Airplane" is one of the greatest spoof movies ever made, it was completely daft but also amusing and it worked. Sadly "Airplane II: The Sequel" doesn't match up as it ends up rehashing pretty much ever...

Amityville II: The Possession (1982)

104 mins     Drama, Horror, Thriller      

I hadn't watched "The Amityville Horror" since I was a child until I reviewed it a little while back and found myself surprisingly disappointed by a movie which I remembered having been great as a kid. It made me sceptical wh...

An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)

124 mins     Drama, Romance      

"An Officer and a Gentleman" is another one of those scene movies, they stay in your memory not because of the storyline but because at least one scene which is both powerful and memorable. That scene of course is the iconic ...

Annie (1982)

126 mins     Family, Musical      

The last time I watched "Annie" I must have been 13 and remember enjoying the fun musical with catchy tunes and crime caper storyline. But now as a thirty something I watched "Annie" and found myself cringing from the over th...

Author! Author! (1982)

110 mins     Comedy, Drama      

Anyone who loves movies knows Al Pacino; he is the power house performer in so many great dramas that even a poor drama can often be half decent because of just his presence. But even the great Pacino has starred in some turk...

Basket Case (1982)

91 mins     Comedy, Horror      

Where do I start, well I feel a strange urge to mention double standards because as I watched the poorly acted, poorly scripted, poorly everything "Basket Case" I thought to myself how this movie is more loved than a TV movie...

Blade Runner (1982)

117 mins     Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller      

When it comes to movies there are some genres I love and some which I just like and as a rule sci-fi is one that I just like. Maybe because as I child I wasn't a huge reader, maybe it was that I was happy with "Star Wars" and...

Conan the Barbarian (1982)

129 mins     Action , Adventure , Fantasy      

It's important to remember that when "Conan the Barbarian" was released back in 1982 the whole "Dungeons & Dragons" thing was massive and so movies which played on the swords and magic thing were also popular. Now I wasn't in...

The Dark Crystal (1982)

93 mins     Adventure      

As a kid I watched "Jaws" and it didn't really scare me yet when I sat down to watch "The Dark Crystal" it really unsettled me and I couldn't finish the movie. That is a very important point because as a teen I sat down to wa...

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)

88 mins     Comedy, Crime, Thriller      

These days when you say a movie is a spoof it's hard not to think of those lazy bunch of spoof movies which are little more than a collection of crude jokes. But there was a time when a spoof movie was more, it was intelligen...

Death Wish II (1982)

88 mins     Action , Crime, Drama      

Death Wish II - Charles Bronson turns vigilante again when his daughter dies due to some punks who don't like it when he stands up to them...

Deathtrap (1982)

116 mins     Comedy, Crime, Mystery      

As a movie reviewer "Deathtrap" is a frustrating movie, not because it is bad, in fact it is darkly funny and quite brilliant. Nope it is frustrating because I can't go into detail about what happens because the joy of "Death...

E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

115 mins     Adventure , Drama, Family, Sci-Fi      

Well it may have taken 28 years but I finally watched "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial". Actually I've watched it before, a bit here, a bit there, 30 minutes caught when shown on TV but not until today had I watched it from start...

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

90 mins     Comedy, Drama, Romance      

When "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" came out in 1982 I was a little too young to either enjoy or appreciate the amusing look at the year in the life of a group of high school kids, although the various "Porky" style elements ...

Firefox (1982)

136 mins     Action , Sci-Fi, Thriller      

If you look at Clint Eastwood's career you can sort of say before the 80s he was a cowboy and then a cop, he explored a few other roles but these two characters were what he was known for. Then the 80s came and it seems that ...

First Blood (1982)

93 mins     Action , Adventure , Drama      

It's been a long time since I watched the original Rambo movie "First Blood" and to be honest I had forgotten how good it is. Watching Sylvester Stallone run around a wood and use lots of army skills and tricks to avoid captu...

Gandhi (1982)

191 mins     Biography, Drama      

"Gandhi" is Richard Attenborough's epic look at who Mahatma Gandhi was and what he achieved by being a man of non violence. We see through his patience and peaceful determination he achieved getting India independence. At the...