1982
Top 10 of the year
The ten highest-voted films and series that premiered in 1982, via TMDB discover rankings.
Movies
- 1
Film
Blade Runner
- “I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.”
- “In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.”
- “Man has made his match... now it's his problem.”
★ 7.9 · 14,987 votes
- 2
Film
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
- “An alien is left behind on Earth and saved by the 10-year-old Elliott who decides to keep him hidden in his home.”
- “He is afraid. He is totally alone. He is 3,000,000 light years from home.”
- “While a task force hunts for the extra-terrestrial, Elliott, his brother, and his little sister Gertie form an emotional bond with their new friend, and try to help him find his way home.”
★ 7.5 · 11,999 votes
- 3
Film
The Thing
- “A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.”
- “A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the…”
- “Anytime. Anywhere. Anyone.”
★ 8.1 · 7,933 votes
- 4
Film
First Blood
- “This time he's fighting for his life.”
- “When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.”
- “When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested…”
★ 7.5 · 6,885 votes
- 5
Film
Rocky III
- “The greatest challenge.”
- “Yeah, to you, it's Thanksgiving; to me, it's Thursday.”
- “Yo, Adrian!!.”
★ 6.9 · 4,487 votes
- 6
Film
Poltergeist
- “The Freelings' suburban home becomes the center of paranormal activity that opens a portal to the 'other side'.”
- “They're here.”
- “With help, they must cross over to get their daughter back.”
★ 7.2 · 3,321 votes
- 7
Film
Conan the Barbarian
- “A horde of rampaging warriors massacre the parents of young Conan and enslave the young child for years on The Wheel of Pain.”
- “As the sole survivor of the childhood massacre, Conan is released from slavery and taught the ancient arts of fighting.”
- “Thief. Warrior. Gladiator. King.”
★ 6.8 · 2,795 votes
- 8
Film
Tron
- “A world inside the computer where man has never been. Never before now.”
- “Like the oldman said, together”
- “When brilliant video game maker Flynn hacks the mainframe of his ex-employer, he is beamed inside an astonishing digital world and becomes part of the very game he is designing.”
★ 6.6 · 2,748 votes
- 9
Film
The King of Comedy
- “A new chapter of my life has begun. Already, I can feel the weight of this crown I wear.”
- “Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.”
- “It's no laughing matter.”
★ 7.8 · 2,574 votes
- 10
Film
Gandhi
- “Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence.”
- “His triumph changed the world forever.”
- “In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K.”
★ 7.6 · 2,505 votes
TV shows
- 1
TV
Knight Rider
- “He is rescued by Wilton Knight, a wealthy, dying millionaire and inventor who arranges life-saving surgery, including a new face and a new identity--that of Michael Knight.”
- “Michael Knight is today's hero! Driving the car of tomorrow! Together, they're the ultimate crimecrashers!”
- “Michael Long, an undercover police officer, is shot while investigating a case and left for dead by his assailants.”
★ 7.5 · 1,415 votes
- 2
TV
Cheers
- “The story about a blue-collar Boston bar run by former sports star Sam Malone and the quirky and wonderful people who worked and drank there.”
- “The story about a blue-collar Boston bar run by former sports star Sam Malone…”
- “Where everybody knows your name.”
★ 7.6 · 666 votes
- 3
TV
Police Squad!
- “In this cult parody of cop dramas, replete with farce and sight gags, Lieutenant Frank Drebin and his fellow officers from Police Squad bungle their way though crime investigations.”
- “In this cult parody of cop dramas, replete with farce and sight gags, Lieutenant…”
- “There are 8 million stories in the Naked City. Here are six.”
★ 7.9 · 431 votes
- 4
TV
Family Ties
- “Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew.”
- “Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex, daughters…”
- “Laughter. Tears. Politics... MEET THE KEATONS.”
★ 7.2 · 262 votes
- 5
TV
Space Cobra
- “Cobra lived an adventurous life until his enemies began to hunt him down.”
- “Eventually, he regains his memories and re-unites with his old partner Lady Armaroid and his ship Tortuga.”
- “He surgically altered his face and erased his own memory in order to hide from his foes and lead a normal life.”
★ 8.2 · 219 votes
- 6
TV
The Young Ones
- “The misadventures of four lunatic students who live in a shared student house.”
- “The misadventures of four lunatic students who live in a shared student house. There's…”
- “There's Rick, the overblown political one addicted to Cliff Richard, Vyvyan the experimental scientific one/part-time anarchist, Neil the worried hippy, and Mike the ladies' man (at least he is in his mind).”
★ 7.9 · 148 votes
- 7
TV
Remington Steele
- “Before He Was Bond He Was...”
- “Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified.”
- “To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male superior whom she names Remington Steele.”
★ 7.1 · 144 votes
- 8
TV
T. J. Hooker
- “Along with his young partners in blue, Hooker take on Lake City's toughest criminals.”
- “Sergeant Thomas Jefferson Hooker is a tough-as-nails veteran police officer with the LCPD who turns his back on a gold badge and goes back to patrolling the streets and training recruits.”
- “Sergeant Thomas Jefferson Hooker is a tough-as-nails veteran police officer with the LCPD who…”
★ 6.5 · 96 votes
- 9
TV
Voyagers!
- “A member of a league of time travelers and a boy travel through time repairing errors in world history.”
- “A member of a league of time travelers and a boy travel through time…”
- “Break the habit!”
★ 7.5 · 93 votes
- 10
TV
St. Elsewhere
- “Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988.”
- “It couldn't happen anywhere else.”
- “The series starred Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd and William Daniels as teaching doctors at a lightly-regarded Boston hospital who gave interns a promising future in making critical medical and life decisions.”
★ 5.7 · 92 votes