55th Academy Awards (1982)
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1. Gandhi (1982)
PG | 191 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.
Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Ben Kingsley, John Gielgud, Rohini Hattangadi, Roshan Seth
Votes: 240,223 | Gross: $52.77M
Winner - Best Picture Winner - Best Director for Richard Attenborough Winner - Best Actor for Ben Kingsley Winner - Best Original Screenplay for John Briley Nominated - Best Original Score for Ravi Shankar and George Fenton Nominated - Best Sound Mixing Winner - Best Art Direction Winner - Best Cinematography for Billy Williams and Ronnie Taylor Nominated - Best Makeup for Tom Smith Winner - Best Costume Design for John Mollo and Bhanu Athaiya Winner - Best Film Editing for John Bloom
2. E.T. (1982)
PG | 115 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape from Earth and return to his home planet.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote, Dee Wallace
Votes: 437,673 | Gross: $435.11M
Nominated - Best Picture Nominated - Best Director for Steven Spielberg Nominated - Best Original Screenplay for Melissa Mathison Winner - Best Original Score for John Williams Winner - Best Sound Mixing Winner - Best Sound Editing for Charles L. Campbell and Ben Burtt Nominated - Best Cinematography for Allen Daviau Nominated - Best Film Editing for Carol Littleton Winner - Best Visual Effects
3. Missing (1982)
PG | 122 min | Biography, Drama, History
When an idealistic American writer disappears during the Chilean coup d'état in September 1973, his wife and father try to find him.
Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron, John Shea
Votes: 23,372 | Gross: $14.00M
Nominated - Best Picture Nominated - Best Actor for Jack Lemmon Nominated - Best Actress for Sissy Spacek Winner - Best Adapted Screenplay for Costa-Gavras and Donald E. Stewart
4. Tootsie (1982)
PG | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Michael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman
Votes: 114,699 | Gross: $177.20M
Nominated - Best Picture Nominated - Best Director for Sydney Pollack Nominated - Best Actor for Dustin Hoffman Winner - Best Supporting Actress for Jessica Lange Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for Teri Garr Nominated - Best Original Screenplay for Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal and Don McGuire Nominated - Best Original Song for "It Might Be You" Nominated - Best Sound Mixing Nominated - Best Cinematography for Owen Roizman Nominated - Best Film Editing for Fredric Steinkamp and William Steinkamp
5. The Verdict (1982)
R | 129 min | Drama
An outcast, alcoholic Boston lawyer sees the chance to salvage his career and self-respect by taking a medical malpractice case to trial rather than settling.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden, James Mason
Votes: 45,988 | Gross: $54.00M
Nominated - Best Picture Nominated - Best Director for Sidney Lumet Nominated - Best Actor for Paul Newman Nominated - Best Supporting Actor for James Mason Nominated - Best Adapted Screenplay for David Mamet
6. Das Boot (1981)
R | 149 min | Drama, War
A German U-boat stalks the frigid waters of the North Atlantic as its young crew experience the sheer terror and claustrophobic life of a submariner in World War II.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch
Votes: 264,403 | Gross: $11.49M
Nominated - Best Director for Wolfgang Petersen Nominated - Best Adapted Screenplay for Wolfgang Petersen Nominated - Best Sound Mixing Nominated - Best Sound Editing for Mike Le-Mare Nominated - Best Cinematography for Jost Vacano Nominated - Best Film Editing for Hannes Nikel
7. My Favorite Year (1982)
PG | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
An aging, dissolute matinee idol is slated to appear on a live TV variety show in 1954, and a young comedy writer is tasked with the thankless job of keeping him ready and sober for the broadcast.
Director: Richard Benjamin | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper, Joseph Bologna
Votes: 10,518 | Gross: $20.12M
Nominated - Best Actor for Peter O'Toole
8. Sophie's Choice (1982)
R | 150 min | Drama, Romance
Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live with Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust.
Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol, Rita Karin
Votes: 52,782 | Gross: $30.04M
Winner - Best Actress for Meryl Streep Nominated - Best Adapted Screenplay for Alan J. Pakula Nominated - Best Original Score for Marvin Hamlisch Nominated - Best Cinematography for Néstor Almendros Nominated - Best Costume Design for Albert Wolsky
9. Victor/Victoria (1982)
PG | 134 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A struggling female soprano in 1934 Paris finally finds work after posing as a female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life when a visiting Chicago gangster finds himself inexplicably attracted to the seemingly male performer.
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston, Lesley Ann Warren
Votes: 23,678 | Gross: $21.93M
Nominated - Best Actress for Julie Andrews Nominated - Best Supporting Actor for Robert Preston Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for Lesley Ann Warren Nominated - Best Adapted Screenplay for Blake Edwards Winner - Best Original Song Score or Adaptation Score for Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse Nominated - Best Art Direction Nominated - Best Costume Design for Patricia Norris
10. Frances (1982)
R | 140 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.
Director: Graeme Clifford | Stars: Jessica Lange, Jonathan Banks, Bonnie Bartlett, James Brodhead
Votes: 8,575 | Gross: $5.00M
Nominated - Best Actress for Jessica Lange Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for Kim Stanley
11. An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
R | 124 min | Drama, Romance
A young man must complete his work at a Navy Officer Candidate School to become an aviator, with the help of a tough Gunnery Sergeant and his new girlfriend.
Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Richard Gere, Debra Winger, David Keith, Robert Loggia
Votes: 62,628 | Gross: $129.80M
Nominated - Best Actress for Debra Winger Winner - Best Supporting Actor for Louis Gossett, Jr. Nominated - Best Original Screenplay for Douglas Day Stewart Winner - Best Original Song for "Up Where We Belong" Nominated - Best Original Score for Jack Nitzsche Nominated - Best Film Editing for Peter Zinner
12. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
R | 114 min | Comedy, Musical
A town's Sheriff and regular patron of a historical whorehouse fights to keep it running when a television reporter targets it as the Devil's playhouse.
Director: Colin Higgins | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Dom DeLuise, Charles Durning
Votes: 13,401 | Gross: $69.70M
Nominated - Best Supporting Actor for Charles Durning
13. The World According to Garp (1982)
R | 136 min | Comedy, Drama
A struggling young writer finds his life and work dominated by his unfaithful wife and his radical feminist mother, whose best-selling manifesto turns her into a cultural icon.
Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Robin Williams, Mary Beth Hurt, Glenn Close, John Lithgow
Votes: 29,081 | Gross: $29.71M
Nominated - Best Supporting Actor for John Lithgow Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for Glenn Close
14. Diner (1982)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of college-age buddies struggle with their imminent passage into adulthood in 1959 Baltimore.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Steve Guttenberg, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Daniel Stern
Votes: 22,833 | Gross: $14.10M
Nominated - Best Original Screenplay for Barry Levinson
15. Begin the Beguine (1982)
PG | 87 min | Drama
A renowned Spanish writer returns to his natal city after 40 years and embarks on a journey back to his roots, triggering memories of his past.
Director: José Luis Garci | Stars: Antonio Ferrandis, Encarna Paso, José Bódalo, Agustín González
Votes: 1,611
Winner - Best Foreign Language Film (Spain)
16. Alsino and the Condor (1982)
R | 89 min | Drama, War
Alsino, a boy of 10 or 12, lives with his grandmother in a remote area of Nicaragua. He's engulfed in the war between rebels and government troops when a US advisor orders the army to open ... See full summary »
Director: Miguel Littin | Stars: Dean Stockwell, Alan Esquivel, Carmen Bunster, Alejandro Parodi
Votes: 359
Nominated - Best Foreign Language Film (Nicaragua)
17. Clean Slate (1981)
Not Rated | 128 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life - and resorts to drastic means to do so.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Stéphane Audran, Jean-Pierre Marielle
Votes: 6,716
Nominated - Best Foreign Language Film (France)
18. The Flight of the Eagle (1982)
140 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
In 1897 Swedish engineer S. A. Andrée with 2 colleagues prepares to fly over the North Pole in his balloon "Eagle".
Director: Jan Troell | Stars: Max von Sydow, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Göran Stangertz, Eva von Hanno
Votes: 1,220
Nominated - Best Foreign Language Film (Sweden)
19. Private Life (1982)
102 min | Drama
A man gets fired from his comfortable government job. He reacts as if it's the end of the world; slowly he finds things to live for. Private Life was nominated for the Academy Award in the Foreign Language Feature category.
Director: Yuli Raizman | Stars: Mikhail Ulyanov, Iya Savvina, Irina Gubanova, Tatyana Dogileva
Votes: 260
Nominated - Best Foreign Language Film (U.S.S.R.)
20. Rocky III (1982)
PG | 99 min | Drama, Sport
Rocky faces the ultimate challenge from a powerful new contender, and must turn to a former rival to help regain his throne as the undisputed fighting champion.
Director: Sylvester Stallone | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers
Votes: 211,283 | Gross: $125.05M
Nominated - Best Original Song for "Eye of the Tiger"
21. Best Friends (1982)
PG | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After five successful years of living and working together, a couple decide to get married. But what they don't count on is how to survive the honeymoon.
Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Goldie Hawn, Jessica Tandy, Barnard Hughes
Votes: 3,216 | Gross: $36.82M
Nominated - Best Original Song for "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?"
22. Yes, Giorgio (1982)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Famous opera singer Giorgio Fini loses his voice during an American tour. He goes to female throat specialist Pamela Taylor and falls in love with her.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Luciano Pavarotti, Kathryn Harrold, Eddie Albert, Paola Borboni
Votes: 808 | Gross: $2.28M
Nominated - Best Original Song for "If We Were In Love"
23.
The Fifth Estate (1975– )
Episode:
Just Another Missing Kid
(1981)
90 min | Documentary, News
On July 10, 1978, Eric Wilson - a 19-year from Ottawa and student at Tufts University - left home to drive to a summer college course in Colorado. When he went missing four days afterward ... See full summary »
Director: John Zaritsky | Stars: Ian Parker, Jim Conway, Raymond Hatch, Marilyn Wilson
Votes: 129
Winner - Best Documentary Feature
24. After the Axe (1981)
56 min | Documentary, Drama
Biff Wilson worked for the fictional company "Universal Foods" in this Oscar-nominated documentary. He is in his 40s and has been fired. He is shattered, he is losing confidence. Will he find work in a similar position?
Director: Sturla Gunnarsson | Stars: James B. Douglas, Janine Manatis, Anne Christison, Randy Solomon
Votes: 62
Nominated - Best Documentary Feature
25. Ben's Mill (1982)
59 min | Documentary
Ben Thresher's mill is one of the few water-powered woodworking mills left in the United States. Operating in rural Vermont, he makes water tubs by hand.
Directors: Michel Chalufour, John Karol
Votes: 51
Nominated - Best Documentary Feature
26. In Our Water (1982)
60 min | Documentary
A New Jersey family discovers their drinking water is contaminated with deadly poisons from a nearby landfill.
Director: Meg Switzgable | Stars: Frank Kaler, Rita Kaler, Ted Kordis, Tim Sigle
Votes: 57
Nominated - Best Documentary Feature
27. A Portrait of Giselle (1982)
97 min | Documentary
A profile of famous ballerinas who have danced the role of Giselle.
Director: Muriel Balash
Votes: 31
Nominated - Best Documentary Feature
28. If You Love This Planet (1982)
26 min | Documentary, Short
An Australian pediatrician gives a speech on the consequences of a nuclear war.
Director: Terre Nash | Stars: Helen Caldicott, Vannevar Bush, Winston Churchill, Leslie Groves
Votes: 178
Winner - Best Documentary Short
29. Gods of Metal (1982)
28 min | Documentary, Short
Academy Award nominee for best documentary short, based on biblical premise, applicable to today's nuclear proliferation: "Do not worship false Gods of Metal."
Director: Robert Richter
Votes: 26
Nominated - Best Documentary Short
30. The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America (1982)
30 min | Documentary, Short
An overview of hate group Ku Klux Klan and their activities up until early 1980's, attacking minorities in American states. The short documentary interviews members from the group, victims ... See full summary »
Director: Werner Schumann | Stars: David Duke, John D. Howard, Jerry Thompson, James Whitmore
Votes: 35
Nominated - Best Documentary Short
31. To Live or Let Die (1982)
30 min | Documentary, Short
At the neonatal I.C.U. of Children's Hospital in Los Angeles, life and death decisions must be made while ethical dilemmas are posed by new technologies.
Director: Terry Sanders
Votes: 38
Nominated - Best Documentary Short
32. Traveling Hopefully (1982)
84 min | Documentary
A documentary about Roger Baldwin, the founder of the ACLU.
Director: John G. Avildsen | Star: Roger Baldwin
Votes: 58
Nominated - Best Documentary Short
33. A Shocking Accident (1982)
25 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
When he was a child, Jerome was told that his father died on a bizarre accident involving a pig that fell from a balcony. He refuses to accept this fact and keeps creating another scenario ... See full summary »
Director: James Scott | Stars: Rupert Everett, Jenny Seagrove, Barbara Hicks, Benjamin Whitrow
Votes: 82
Winner - Best Live Action Short
34. Ballet Robotique (1982)
8 min | Short
In Ballet Robotique, the graceful movements of giant assembly line robots are perfectly synchronized to classical music recorded by London's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. This may be the ... See full summary »
Director: Bob Rogers
Votes: 67
Nominated - Best Live Action Short
35. The Silence (1982)
30 min | Short
During the Vietnam War, soldier Jason is injured and separated from his platoon. Mei, a mysterious young woman, finds him and takes him into her home.
Director: Michael Toshiyuki Uno | Stars: Lynn Kuratomi, Eric Mansker, Seth Anthony Krakauer, Jsu Garcia
Votes: 39
Nominated - Best Live Action Short
36. Split Cherry Tree (1982)
26 min | Short, Drama
On a school field trip some boys break a cherry tree and are punished. One of the boys has an overbearing father who believes in hard work and does not see the value in education. The surly father goes to confront the school.
Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy | Stars: Colleen Dewhurst, Jason Edward Alexander, Keith Dowd, William Newman
Votes: 78
Nominated - Best Live Action Short
37. Sredni Vashtar (I) (1981)
27 min | Short, Fantasy
Young Conradin keeps a sort of pet, a polecat which is hidden from the unpleasant aunt who is his guardian. He also sends prayers to an imaginary deity, Sredni Vashtar, that he be delivered from the aunt - and his prayers are answered.
Director: Andrew Birkin | Stars: Sacha Puttnam, Judy Campbell, Lila Kaye, Patty Hannock
Votes: 86
Nominated - Best Live Action Short
38. Tango (1981)
8 min | Animation, Short
Subsequent characters appear in a poorly-decorated room, intertwining but never colliding, all possessed by never-ending rituals.
Director: Zbigniew Rybczynski
Votes: 3,038
Winner - Best Animated Short
39. The Great Cognito (1982)
4 min | Animation, Short
In clay animation, the impersonator known as The Great Cognito literally transforms into countless faces of famous people.
Director: Will Vinton | Stars: John Morrison, Tim Conner, Brian Bressler, Frank Jeffords
Votes: 367
Nominated - Best Animated Short
40. The Snowman (1982 TV Movie)
G | 26 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
On Christmas Eve, a young boy builds a snowman that comes to life and takes him to the North Pole to meet Father Christmas.
Directors: Jimmy T. Murakami, Dianne Jackson | Stars: David Bowie, Raymond Briggs, Mel Smith
Votes: 16,842
Nominated - Best Animated Short
41. Poltergeist (1982)
PG | 114 min | Horror, Thriller
A family's home is haunted by a host of demonic ghosts.
Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: JoBeth Williams, Heather O'Rourke, Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight
Votes: 179,630 | Gross: $76.61M
Nominated - Best Original Score for Jerry Goldsmith Nominated - Best Sound Editing for Stephen Hunter Flick and Richard Anderson Nominated - Best Visual Effects
42. Annie (1982)
PG | 127 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A spunky young orphan is taken in by a rich eccentric, much to the chagrin of the cantankerous woman who runs the orphanage.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Ann Reinking
Votes: 49,527 | Gross: $57.06M
Nominated - Best Original Song Score or Adaptation Score for Ralph Burns Nominated - Best Art Direction
43. One from the Heart (1981)
R | 107 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A couple has a fight after living together 5 years in Las Vegas. They go out and celebrate 4th of July, each with a new partner. Breakup?
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Raul Julia, Nastassja Kinski
Votes: 7,240 | Gross: $0.64M
Nominated - Best Original Song Score or Adaptation Score for Tom Waits
44. Tron (1982)
PG | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A computer hacker is abducted into the digital world and forced to participate in gladiatorial games where his only chance of escape is with the help of a heroic security program.
Director: Steven Lisberger | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner, Cindy Morgan
Votes: 129,334 | Gross: $33.00M
Nominated - Best Sound Mixing Nominated - Best Costume Design for Elois Jenssen and Rosanna Norton
45. Blade Runner (1982)
R | 117 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos
Votes: 823,329 | Gross: $32.87M
Nominated - Best Art Direction Nominated - Best Visual Effects
46. La Traviata (1982)
G | 109 min | Drama, Music
Violetta meets Alfredo and quickly falls for him. After the lovers run away together, they live in bliss for a short time. However, Alfredo's father, Giorgio, starts to interfere, concerned... See full summary »
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Teresa Stratas, Plácido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil, Allan Monk
Votes: 1,511 | Gross: $3.78M
Nominated - Best Art Direction Nominated - Best Costume Design for Piero Tosi
47. Quest for Fire (1981)
R | 100 min | Adventure, Drama
This story takes place in prehistoric time when three tribesmen search for a new fire source.
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud | Stars: Everett McGill, Ron Perlman, Nicholas Kadi, Rae Dawn Chong
Votes: 24,135 | Gross: $20.96M
Winner - Best Makeup for Sarah Monzani and Michele Burke
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