Top 10 Films of 1982...

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:shocked: Yowzer! What a poo pooing amazing year for films!

Let's see...

-we saw three of the greatest Sci-Fi pictures of all time released-
-we saw two of the greatest Horrors debut-
and
-we saw one of the all-time greatest of the great in E.T. the Extra Terrestrial-

Aaaaah, 1982...

:crybaby: In the same year, we lost the screen's top two most devastatingly beautiful faces of all time with the tragic departures of both Ingrid Bergman and Grace Kelly :crybaby: - We also lost one of the finest actors of them all when Henry Fonda bowed out - Time Magazine's Man of the Year wasn't a man at all; the honor went instead to...a computer

Please try to do a top 10 in order (hard as it may be) with an optional two or three "honorable mentions".

The Callaghan Best Films of 1982 List:

01 E.T. the Extra Terrestrial
02 Blade Runner
03 Poltergeist
04 Annie
05 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
06 The Thing
07 Conan the Barbarian
08 Tootsie
09 Sophie’s Choice
10 Gandhi

Honorable Mentions:

-The Verdict

-Tron

Also...

The Oscars; Who Won, and Who Shoulda Won IMHO

Best Picture
Who Won: Gandhi
Shoulda Won: E.T. the Extra Terrestrial

Best Director
Who Won: Richard Attenborough (Gandhi)
Shoulda Won: Steven Spielberg (E.T. the Extra Terrestrial)

Best Actor
Who Won: Ben Kingsley (Gandhi)
Shoulda Won: I concur

Best Actress
Who Won: Meryl Streep (Sophie’s Choice)
Shoulda Won: I concur

Best Supporting Actor
Who Won: Louis Gossett Jr. (An Officer and a Gentleman)
Shoulda Won: Henry Thomas (E.T. the Extra Terrestrial) *Not even nominated
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Best Supporting Actress
Who Won: Jessica Lange (Tootsie)
Shoulda Won: Carol Burnett (Annie) *Not even nominated
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Best Cinematography
Who Won: Billy Williams/Ronnie Taylor (Gandhi)
Shoulda Won: Allen Daviau (E.T. the Extra Terrestrial)

Best Score
Who Won: John Williams (E.T. the Extra Terrestrial)
Shoulda Won: I concur


Forgot Which Films Came Out That Year?
Have No Fear - The IMDB Is Here...
http://us.imdb.com/List?year=1982&&...ing=7;Most popular titles;1982 by total votes

-and-

The Oscar Nods & Winners...
http://us.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Academy_Awards_USA/1983
 
01 E.T. the Extra Terrestrial
02 Blade Runner
03 Poltergeist
04 Annie
05 Gandhi
06 Conan the Barbarian
07 The Thing
08 The Verdict
09 Sophie’s Choice
10 Firefox

Also...

The Oscars; Who Won, and Who Shoulda Won IMHO

Best Picture
Who Won: Gandhi
Shoulda Won: E.T. the Extra Terrestrial

Best Director
Who Won: Richard Attenborough (Gandhi)
Shoulda Won: Steven Spielberg (E.T. the Extra Terrestrial)

Best Actor
Who Won: Ben Kingsley (Gandhi)
Shoulda Won: I concur

Best Actress
Who Won: Meryl Streep (Sophie’s Choice)
Shoulda Won: I concur

Best Supporting Actor
Who Won: Louis Gossett Jr. (An Officer and a Gentleman)
Shoulda Won: I concur

Best Supporting Actress
Who Won: Jessica Lange (Tootsie)
Shoulda Won: Carol Burnett (Annie) *Not even nominated

Best Cinematography
Who Won: Billy Williams/Ronnie Taylor (Gandhi)
Shoulda Won: Allen Daviau (E.T. the Extra Terrestrial)

Best Score
Who Won: John Williams (E.T. the Extra Terrestrial)
Shoulda Won: I concur
 
01. Blade Runner
02. The Verdict
03. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
04. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
05. Diner
06. The Thing
07. Poltergeist
08. Ghandi
09. First Blood
10. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
 
CallaghanFilms said:
:shocked: Yowzer! What a poo pooing amazing year for films!
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It continues to have my vote as the greatest year for movies, EVER. 1939 be damned.



01 Blade Runner
02 Poltergeist
03 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khaaaaaaaaaan!!!!!
04 E. T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
05 The Thing
06 Ghandi
07 Sophie's Choice
08 Tron
09 Conan the Barbarian
10 An Officer and a Gentleman

Honorable Mentions:

-Tootsie

-The Dark Crystal



 
The Road Warrior was released in the United States that year; therefore it will be included on my list

The best year in Cinema E V E R

The Hudson Best Films of 1982 List:

01 ET: The Extra-Terrestrial
02 Thing, The
03 Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
04 Poltergeist
05 Blade Runner
06 First Blood
07 Missing
08 48 Hrs.
09 Fast Times at Ridgemont High
10 Porky's

Honorable Mentions:

- Night Crossing (Very underrated gem)
- Conan the Barbarian
- Friday the 13th Part 3

Also..
The Oscars; Who Won, and Who Shoulda Won IMHO

Best Picture
Who Won: Gandhi
Shoulda Won: E.T. the Extra Terrestrial

Best Director
Who Won: Richard Attenborough (Gandhi)
Shoulda Won: Steven Spielberg (E.T. the Extra Terrestrial)

Best Actor
Who Won: Ben Kingsley (Gandhi)
Shoulda Won: I concur

Best Actress
Who Won: Meryl Streep (Sophie’s Choice)
Shoulda Won: I concur

Best Supporting Actor
Who Won: Louis Gossett Jr. (An Officer and a Gentleman)
Shoulda Won: Henry Thomas (E.T. the Extra Terrestrial) *Not even nominated

Best Supporting Actress
Who Won: Jessica Lange (Tootsie)
Shoulda Won: Dee Wallace (E.T. the Extra Terrestrial) *Not even nominated

Best Cinematography
Who Won: Billy Williams/Ronnie Taylor (Gandhi)
Shoulda Won: Allen Daviau (E.T. the Extra Terrestrial)

Best Score
Who Won: John Williams (E.T. the Extra Terrestrial)
Shoulda Won: I concur
 
Though I didn't list (I never do) my Oscar nods. This was the year that Paul Newman should have gotten best actor for his portrayal of Frank Galvin in The Verdict rather than the "makeup" vote for his performance in The Color of Money, a much overrated movie...imo.
 
Blaine said:
Though I didn't list (I never do) my Oscar nods. This was the year that Paul Newman should have gotten best actor for his portrayal of Frank Galvin in The Verdict rather than the "makeup" vote for his performance in The Color of Money, a much overrated movie...imo.
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Don't worry, Paul (& Blaine)...we are still workin' our way back. I'm sure we'll find a couple-a-three Oscars that shoulda been rightfully yours.
 
CallaghanFilms said:
Don't worry, Paul (& Blaine)...we are still workin' our way back. I'm sure we'll find a couple-a-three Oscars that shoulda been rightfully yours.
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Yeah, he's been overlooked more than once...like 1967!!!
 
Not a top ten, but at the time "Mortelle randonnee" was without a doubt my favourite of the year.

"The Year of Living Dangerously" and "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" were both very good too in their own way.


EDIT: actually my fav film mentioned above might of been a year later, 1983.
 
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vidled said:
John,
Mad Max 2 was AWESOME, but I think it goes as a 1981 movie, not 82.
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It wasn't released until Summer 1982 in the States, so I went with it. I suppose when we do the 1981 list, I can revise
 
In no particular order:

Deathtrap
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
E.T.
John Carpenter's The Thing
The Road Warrior
Blade Runner
The World According to Garp
Diner
 
Hudson,

Just because the IMDB has more or less become the authority on all things film, I normally go by the blue number in parenthesis next to the title (http://imdb.com/title/tt0082694/). Keep in mind...most people don't actually open up the "release date" option for each film.

So technically you're right, but those (myself being one of them) who include it in their 1981 list will also be right in doing so.

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Yeah, John, you've got little to worry about. It is my #6 movie of 1981 when Chad puts the lists up...:thumbsup:

And for all the thumping and bumping about 1982 being the best year ever, I actually think 1981 might have been better. :cool:
 
01 Fanny and Alexander (bergman)
02 Pink Floyd The Wall (parker)
03 The Thing (carpenter)
04 Veronica Voss (fassbinder)
05 Star Trek II (meyer)
06 Blade Runner (scott)
07 Identification of a Woman (antonioni)
08 A Good Marriage (rohmer)
09 Fitzcarraldo (herzog)
10 One From The Heart (coppola)

dishonorable mention... one of the greats... Megaforce!

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Always "interesting" :Drogar-BigGrin(DBG) picks, cygnet74. It's good to see that I'm not the only one who likes One From the Heart. (I'm a BIG Tom Waits fan :) )

I haven't seen Fitzcarraldo, I don't know why I never have...
 
David Jimerson said:
It continues to have my vote as the greatest year for movies, EVER. 1939 be damned...
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:shocked: Who woulda thunk it? I certainly wouldn't have.

Ok, so I analyzed my Top 100 List of All Time by year of release...


...and according to my numbers, the best year for films was:
1951
in which 5 films outta my top hundred were released:
An American in Paris - The African Queen - A Streetcar Named Desire - Strangers on a Train - The Day the Earth Stood Still


There was a five way tie for the second place year:
1939 - 1944 - 1959 - 1962 - 1994
(each having 4 of my top films debuting)

Go figure...I learned something about myself that I didn't know.​
 
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