Best Movies of 1982
Ranked by our critic's grades, best first.
E.T. the Extra-TerrestrialSpielberg's most emotionally direct film, shot at child height and completely unembarrassed about what it wants from you.Read the review
The ThingCarpenter's paranoia machine, with creature effects nobody has surpassed in forty years of trying.
GandhiKingsley is extraordinary and the film around him is a respectful pageant that will not risk a complicated thought.
Blade RunnerThe most influential production design in science fiction, wrapped around a detective who barely detects.
Piranha II: The SpawningFlying rubber fish on visible wires, and the director spent forty years disowning it.