Temporal Top Ten – 1982

Number of movies seen from this year – 86
Number of movies reviewed – 85 (including 13 Encore Reviews)

I’m sure that many of us have lots of trouble trying to recall a favorite movie from when we were just 8 years old.

Despite my phenomenal movie memory, I can honestly say that there aren’t many movies on this list that I recall seeing when I was 8, but this list is actually book-ended by two that I do remember seeing in the theater in ’82 and had profound influences on me to this very day.

Both of them are what we would probably think of as family movies or movies made especially for kids, but in truth, neither of them is solely a movie for kids.  Both of them have messages about our lives and how we treat others that can resonate for all of us no matter our age.

I was too young to see any of the other movies on this list in the theater (besides #5) but over the years, I have had the honor and pleasure to see each of them and thoroughly enjoy their stories and messages.

3 of the 5 Best Picture nominees appear on this list (#1, #3 and #4) while the other two (Tootsie and The Verdict), were both good movies, just not good enough IMHO to make this list.

Updated 10 Apr 2018 – Genocide is now #6 moving all subsequent films down one slot

 

My Top Ten

Honorable mention – The Secret of NIMH

10. Diner

9. An Officer and a Gentleman

8. The Wall

7. Sophie’s Choice
6. Genocide

5. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

4. Missing

3. Gandhi

2. Fast Times At Ridgemont High

1. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial

Here’s a complete list of movies that I’ve seen from 1982

1. 48 Hours    Encore Review
2. Airplane II: The Sequel
3. Amy & the Angel
4. Annie
5. The Atomic Cafe
6. Author! Author!
7. The Beastmaster
8. Best Friends
9. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
10. Blade Runner Encore Review 
11. The Blue and The Gray
12. Border, The
13. Burden of Dreams
14. Cannery Row
15. Class of 1984
16. Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
17. Conan the Barbarian
18. Creepshow
19. The Dark Crystal
20. Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid
21. Deathtrap
22. Diner
23. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Encore Review  Encore Review 2 3
24. Evil Under the Sun
25. Fanny and Alexander
26. Fast Times at Ridgemont High Encore Review
27. Firefox
28. First Blood  Encore Review
29. Forced Vengeance
30. Frances
31. Friday the 13th Part III
32. Gandhi   Encore Review
33. Genocide
34. Grease 2   Encore Review
35. Grey Fox, The
36. Hanky Panky
37. Honkytonk Man
38. I Ought to Be in Pictures
39. If You Could See What I Hear
40. Jinxed!
41. The King of Comedy
42. Koyaanisqatsi
43. The Last American Virgin
44. The Last Unicorn
45. A Little Sex
46. Making Love
47. The Man from Snowy River
48. A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy
49. Missing  Encore Review
50. Monsignor
51. Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
52. My Favorite Year
53. Night Shift
54. Officer and a Gentleman, An
55. O’Hara’s Wife
56. Personal Best
57. The Pirate Movie
58. Poltergeist
59. Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
60. Rocky III
61. The Secret of NIMH
62. Shoot the Moon
63. Six Pack
64. Six Weeks
65. Snowman, The
66. Some Kind of Hero
67. Sophie’s Choice
68. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan  Encore Review  Encore Review 2  Encore Review 3
69. Tempest
70. Tex
71. They Call Me Bruce
72. The Thing
73. Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
74. Tootsie
75. The Toy
76. TRON
77. The Verdict  Encore Review
78. Victor Victoria
79. Voyagers! -Pilot
80. Wall, The
81. Woman Called Golda, A.
82. The World According to Garp
83. The Year of Living Dangerously
84. Young Doctors in Love
85. Zapped!