To make this list a movie had to be made in 1982.  Obviously many movies made in 1981 earned box office dollars in 1982.  On the other side many movies made in 1982 made money in 1983 and later.   This page will looks at over 140 movies made in 1982.  The movies are listed in two massive tables that lets you rank the movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information.

Our UMR Top 50 of 1982

Year	Movie (Year)	Rating	S
Year	Movie (Year)	Rating	S
1982	Gandhi (1982) AA Best Picture Win
1982	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) AA Best Picture Nom
1982	Tootsie (1982) AA Best Picture Nom
1982	The Verdict (1982) AA Best Picture Nom
1982	An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
1982	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
1982	Poltergeist (1982)
1982	48 HRS. (1982)
1982	First Blood (1982)
1982	Rocky III (1982)

1982 Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

• Sort 1982 Movies by movie titles and movie trailers
• Sort 1982 Movies by the stars or in some cases the director of the movie.
• Sort 1982 Movies by domestic adjusted box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
• Sort 1982 Movies how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
• Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each 1982 Movies received and how many Oscar® wins each 1982 Movies received.
• Sort 1982 Movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking Score (UMR).  Our UMR score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.

 

R	Movie (Year)	UMR Co-Star Links			Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil)				UMR Score
R	Movie (Year)	UMR Co-Star Links	Actual B.O. Domestic (mil)	Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil)	Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil)	B.O. Rank by Year	Review	Oscar Nom / Win	UMR Score	S
3	Gandhi (1982) AA Best Picture Win	Ben Kingsley & Martin Sheen	52.8	189.0	457.60	11	85	11 / 08	99.9
1	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) AA Best Picture Nom	Henry Thomas & Drew Barrymore	416.7	1,492.5	2,774.00	1	87	09 / 04	99.7
2	Tootsie (1982) AA Best Picture Nom	Dustin Hoffman & Bill Murray	167.2	598.8	738.50	2	87	10 / 01	99.6
4	The Verdict (1982) AA Best Picture Nom	Paul Newman & James Mason	68.3	244.7	244.70	10	86	05 / 00	99.2
5	An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)	Louis Gossett Jr. & Debra Winger	128.5	460.1	460.10	3	78	06 / 02	98.4
6	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)	Leonard Nimoy & Ricardo Montalban	78.9	282.6	347.50	6	82	00 / 00	97.9
7	Poltergeist (1982)	Craig T. Nelson & Beatrice Straight	76.6	274.4	442.70	8	80	00 / 00	97.5
8	48 HRS. (1982)	Eddie Murphy & Nick Nolte	78.9	282.5	282.50	7	81	00 / 00	97.3
10	First Blood (1982)	Sylvester Stallone	47.2	169.1	448.50	12	77	00 / 00	94.5
9	Rocky III (1982)	Sylvester Stallone	124.1	444.6	964.00	4	61	01 / 00	93.0

Top earners in 1982 for Adjusted USA Box Office:

Name	Number of Movies	Total Adj World Wide (mil)	Total Adj USA (mil)
Drew Barrymore	1	2,774.0	1,492.5
Henry Thomas	1	2,774.0	1,492.5
Charles Durning	2	988.1	848.4
Dabney Coleman	2	876.3	736.6
Jessica Lange	2	756.4	616.7
Teri Garr	2	739.0	599.3
Dustin Hoffman	1	738.5	598.8
Bill Murray	1	738.5	598.8
Geena Davis	1	738.5	598.8
Burt Young	3	1,023.0	503.6

Quigley’s 1982 Top Stars List

1. Burt Reynolds
2. Clint Eastwood
3. Dudley Moore
4. Dolly Parton
5. Jane Fonda
6. Harrison Ford
7. Alan Alda
8. Bo Derek
9. Goldie Hawn
10. Bill Murray
11. Cheech & Chong
12. Brooke Shields
13. Richard Pryor
14. John Belushi
15. Christopher Reeve
16. Sally Field
17. Meryl Streep
18. Sissy Spacek
19. Robert Redford
20. Roger Moore
21. Marsha Mason
22. Chuck Norris
23. Gene Wilder
24. Steve Martin
25. Lily Tomlin

John Willis’ Screen World 1982 Promising Newcomers

1.  Mara Hobel
2. Doug McKeon
3. Elizabeth McGovern
4. Ken Wahl
5. Howard E. Rollins
6. Christine Lahti
7. Denzel Washington
8. Rachel Ticotin