The following is an overview of events in 1982 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.
The top ten 1982 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
The highest-grossing 1982 films from countries outside of North America.
June 11
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is released; it will become the highest-grossing film of all time.
Michelle Pfeiffer appears in her first leading role, in Grease 2, the sequel to the top-grossing film of 1978 (her film debut had come as Tony Danza's character's girlfriend in the 1980 movie The Hollywood Knights).
July 9 — Sci-fi movie Tron is the first feature film to use computer animation extensively.
July 23 — During production of Twilight Zone: The Movie, 53-year-old American actor Vic Morrow and two child actors are accidentally killed during a scene involving an operated helicopter. The accident leads to reforms in filmmaking safety and child-labor laws.
October 8 — Angelina Jolie makes her film debut as a child actress appearing with her father Jon Voight, in Lookin' to Get Out. She next appears on film as an adult 11 years later in Cyborg 2.
Glenn Close makes her film debut.
Hugh Grant makes his film debut.
Eddie Murphy makes his film debut.
The Coca-Cola Company acquires Columbia Pictures.
The THX Sound System is developed for use in movie theaters.
Academy Awards:
Best Picture:
Gandhi – Indo-British Films, Columbia
Best Director:
Richard Attenborough –
Gandhi
Best Actor:
Ben Kingsley –
Gandhi
Best Actress:
Meryl Streep –
Sophie's Choice
Best Supporting Actor:
Louis Gossett Jr. –
An Officer and a Gentleman
Best Supporting Actress:
Jessica Lange –
Tootsie
Best Foreign Language Film:
Volver a empezar (
Begin the Beguine), directed by José Luis Garci, Spain
Golden Globe Awards:
Drama:
Best Picture:
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Best Actor:
Ben Kingsley –
Gandhi
Best Actress:
Meryl Streep –
Sophie's Choice
Musical or comedy:
Best Picture:
Tootsie
Best Actor:
Dustin Hoffman –
Tootsie
Best Actress:
Julie Andrews –
Victor/Victoria
Other
Best Director:
Richard Attenborough –
Gandhi
Best Foreign Film:
Gandhi, India
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
Missing, directed by Costa Gavras, United States
Yol (
The Way), directed by Yılmaz Güney, Turkey
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
The State of Things (
Der Stand der Dinge), directed by Wim Wenders, W. Germany / Portugal / USA
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss (
Veronika Voss), directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, W. Germany
January 1982
January 1
Madman
Pennies from Heaven
January 8
Ragtime
January 22
The Seduction
February 1982
February 5
Butterfly
February 12
The Beast Within
The Border
Cannery Row
Love and Money
Quest for Fire
February 19
Barbarosa
Shoot the Moon
Swamp Thing
February 20
Death Wish II
February 26
Evilspeak
March 1982
March 1
The Comeback Trail
March 5
Diner
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
Making Love
March 12
Missing
Parasite
March 19
Deathtrap
Porky's
March 24
Eating Raoul
March 26
I Ought to Be in Pictures
April 1982
April 2
A Little Sex
Cat People
Penitentiary II
Silent Rage
Some Kind of Hero
April 16
Wrong Is Right
April 20
Tag: The Assassination Game
April 30
Partners
Soup for One
May 1982
May 7
Death Valley
Forbidden World
May 14
Conan the Barbarian
The House Where Evil Dwells
May 21
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Fighting Back
May 28
The Escape Artist
Rocky III
June 1982
June 4
Chan Is Missing
Hanky Panky
Poltergeist
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
June 11
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Grease 2
June 18
Annie
Author! Author!
Firefox
June 20
Girls Nite Out
June 25
Blade Runner
Megaforce
The Thing
July 1982
July 2
The Secret of NIMH
July 9
Tron
July 16
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
Six Pack
Summer Lovers
Young Doctors in Love
July 23
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
The Challenge
The World According to Garp
Zapped!
July 30
Forced Vengeance
The Last American Virgin
Night Shift
Tex
August 1982
August 2
August 4
Things Are Tough All Over
August 13
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Friday the 13th Part III
An Officer and a Gentleman
Tempest
August 20
The Beastmaster
August 28
The Junkman
September 1982
September 3
The Concrete Jungle
September 10
Endangered Species
Pink Floyd – The Wall
September 17
Hammett
September 24
Amityville II: The Possession
Yes, Giorgio
October 1982
October 1
Hey Good Lookin'
My Favorite Year
October 3
Split Image
October 15
Love Child
October 22
First Blood
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Monsignor
October 29
Q
Class Reunion
November 1982
November 5
Piranha II: The Spawning
November 12
Alone in the Dark
Creepshow
Jimmy the Kid
The Slumber Party Massacre
They Call Me Bruce?
November 19
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
Heidi's Song
The Last Unicorn
Still of the Night
December 1982
December 8
48 Hrs.
Sophie's Choice
The Verdict
December 10
Airplane II: The Sequel
Mighty Mouse in the Great Space Chase
The Toy
December 11
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
December 15
Honkytonk Man
December 17
Best Friends
The Dark Crystal
Tootsie
Trail of the Pink Panther
December 22
Kiss Me Goodbye
December 24
Six Weeks
USA unless stated
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48 Hours, directed by Walter Hill, starring Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy
A
Airplane II: The Sequel, starring Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Chad Everett, Raymond Burr, Sonny Bono, William Shatner
Alice
Alone in the Dark, starring Jack Palance and Martin Landau
Alsino and the Condor (Alsino y el cóndor) – (Nicaragua/Mexico)
Amityville II: The Possession, starring James Olson, Burt Young, Rutanya Alda
Android, starring Klaus Kinski
The Angel (L'Ange), directed by Patrick Bokanowski - (France)
Angel, directed by Neil Jordan, starring Stephen Rea – (Ireland)
Angoor, starring Sanjeev Kumar – (India)
Annie, directed by John Huston, starring Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Bernadette Peters, Ann Reinking, Tim Curry
Another Way (Egymásra nézve) – (Hungary)
Arth (The Meaning), directed by Mahesh Bhatt, starring Shabana Azmi (Silver Lotus Award for best Indian actress) – (India)
Aphrodite, starring Horst Buchholz, Valérie Kaprisky, Capucine – (France)
The Atomic Cafe, a documentary film on the era of nuclear warfare
Author! Author!, directed by Arthur Hiller, starring Al Pacino, Dyan Cannon, Tuesday Weld, Alan King
B
La Balance (The Informer), starring Nathalie Baye and Philippe Léotard – (France)
Barbarosa, directed by Fred Schepisi, starring Willie Nelson and Gary Busey
Basket Case, directed by Frank Henenlotter
The Beastmaster, starring Marc Singer – (USA/West Germany)
Le Beau Mariage (A Good Marriage), directed by Éric Rohmer – (France)
The Beehive (La Colmena) – (Spain) Golden Bear (award) winner 1982
Best Friends, starring Burt Reynolds, Goldie Hawn, Ron Silver, Jessica Tandy, Barnard Hughes, Keenan Wynn, Audra Lindley
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, starring Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Jim Nabors, Dom DeLuise, Charles Durning
La bête lumineuse (The Shimmering Beast) – (Canada)
Blade Runner, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, Joanna Cassidy, Daryl Hannah
Blue Island (Due gocce d'acqua salata) – (Italy)
Boat People (Tau ban no hoi), directed by Ann Hui – (Hong Kong/China)
The Border, directed by Tony Richardson, starring Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Warren Oates, Valerie Perrine
Brimstone and Treacle, starring Denholm Elliott, Joan Plowright, Sting – (U.K.)
Britannia Hospital, directed by Lindsay Anderson, starring Leonard Rossiter – (U.K.)
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
Burden of Dreams, a documentary film featuring Werner Herzog, Claudia Cardinale, Klaus Kinski
Butterfly, starring Pia Zadora, Stacy Keach, Orson Welles, Lois Nettleton
C
Cannery Row, directed by David S. Ward, starring Nick Nolte and Debra Winger
Cat People, directed by Paul Schrader, starring Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell, John Heard
Cecilia – (Cuba)
Chan Is Missing, directed by Wayne Wang
Charodei (Magicians) – (U.S.S.R.)
Class of 1984, starring Perry King and Timothy Van Patten
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, directed by Robert Altman, starring Sandy Dennis, Cher, Karen Black
Comeback, starring Eric Burdon, Julie Carmen – (U.S.A./West Germany)
Conan the Barbarian, directed by John Milius, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Earl Jones
The Concrete Jungle, directed by Tom DeSimone, starring Jill St. John and Tracey E. Bregman
Countryman – (Jamaica)
Creepshow, directed by George A. Romero, starring Ted Danson, Leslie Nielsen, Hal Holbrook, E. G. Marshall, Adrienne Barbeau, Stephen King
D
The Dark Crystal, directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz – (U.S.A./U.K.)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, directed by Carl Reiner, starring Steve Martin and Rachel Ward
Death Wish II, starring Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Vincent Gardenia
Deathtrap, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, Dyan Cannon
Death Valley, starring Catherine Hicks and Edward Herrmann
Diner, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Steve Guttenberg, Daniel Stern, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Tim Daly, Ellen Barkin, Paul Reiser
A Dog in a Drawer (Kuche v chekmedzhe) – (Bulgaria)
Dögkeselyű (Egyptian Vulture) – (Hungary)
The Draughtsman's Contract, directed by Peter Greenaway, starring Anthony Higgins and Janet Suzman – (U.K.)
E
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore
Eating Raoul, directed by and starring Paul Bartel
Endangered Species, starring Robert Urich and JoBeth Williams
The Escape Artist, starring Raúl Juliá, Griffin O'Neal, Desi Arnaz
L'Étoile du Nord (The North Star), starring Simone Signoret and Philippe Noiret – (France)
Evil Under the Sun, starring Peter Ustinov, Diana Rigg, Maggie Smith, James Mason, Jane Birkin, Nicholas Clay, Sylvia Miles, Roddy McDowall – (U.K.)
F
Fall Guy (Kamata koshin-kyoku) – (Japan)
Fanny and Alexander, directed by Ingmar Bergman – (Sweden)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High, directed by Amy Heckerling, starring Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates, Ray Walston
Fast-Walking, starring James Woods
Fighting Back, starring Tom Skerritt
Firefox, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood
First Blood, directed by Ted Kotcheff, starring Sylvester Stallone (as Rambo), Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy
Fitzcarraldo, directed by Werner Herzog, starring Klaus Kinski – (West Germany)
The Flight of Dragons – (U.S.A./Japan)
Forced Vengeance, starring Chuck Norris
Frances, starring Jessica Lange, Sam Shepard, Kim Stanley
Friday the 13th Part III, directed by Steve Miner, starring Dana Kimmell and Richard Brooker
G
Gandhi, directed by Richard Attenborough, starring Ben Kingsley – (India/U.K.) – Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA for best film
Grease 2, starring Maxwell Caulfield and Michelle Pfeiffer
The Grey Fox, starring Richard Farnsworth – (Canada)
H
Halloween III: Season of the Witch, starring Tom Atkins
Hammett, directed by Wim Wenders, starring Frederic Forrest, Marilu Henner, Peter Boyle
Hanky Panky, directed by Sidney Poitier, starring Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Richard Widmark, Kathleen Quinlan
Harry Tracy, Desperado, starring Bruce Dern and Helen Shaver – (Canada)
Heart and Guts (Das Tripas Coração) – (Brazil)
Heatwave, directed by Phillip Noyce, starring Judy Davis – (Australia)
Heidi's Song, an animated film featuring Lorne Greene and Sammy Davis Jr.
The Herdsman (Mù Mǎ Rén) – (China)
Hey Good Lookin, an animated film directed by Ralph Bakshi
Himala (Miracle) – (Philippines)
Honkytonk Man, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood
How the World Is Losing Poets (Jak svět přichází o básníky) – (Czechoslovakia)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, starring Anthony Hopkins, Derek Jacobi and Lesley-Anne Down – (U.S.A./U.K.)
I-J
I Ought to Be in Pictures, directed by Herbert Ross, starring Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Dinah Manoff
I, the Jury, starring Armand Assante, Barbara Carrera, Laurene Landon, Alan King
Identification of a Woman (Identificazione di una donna), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni – (Italy)
If You Could See What I Hear, starring Marc Singer, R.H. Thomas, Shari Belafonte, Sarah Torgov, Douglas Campbell
If You Love This Planet – (Canada)
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can, starring Jill Clayburgh
Inchon!, directed by Terence Young, starring Laurence Olivier, Jacqueline Bisset, Ben Gazzara, Toshiro Mifune
Interrogation (Przesłuchanie) – (Poland)
Jinxed!, starring Bette Midler, Ken Wahl, Rip Torn
K
Kiss Me Goodbye, directed by Robert Mulligan, starring Sally Field, Jeff Bridges, James Caan, Mildred Natwick
Koyaanisqatsi, directed by Godfrey Reggio
L
La Morte Vivante (released as "The Living Dead Girl"), directed by Jean Rollin – (France)
The Last Unicorn, an animated film featuring Mia Farrow, Angela Lansbury, Alan Arkin
Legendary Weapons of China
Legend of a Fighter (Huo Yuan-Jia),starring Bryan Leung – (Hong Kong)
Let's Spend the Night Together (Rolling Stones' concert film)
Liquid Sky
Look Isan – (Thailand)
Lonely Hearts – (Australia)
Lookin' to Get Out, directed by Hal Ashby, starring Ann-Margret and Jon Voight
Love Child, starring Amy Madigan and Beau Bridges
Love and Money, starring Ray Sharkey, Ornella Muti, Armand Assante
M
Macbeth – (Hungary)
Les Maîtres du temps (The Masters of Time) – (France)
Making Love, directed by Arthur Hiller, starring Harry Hamlin, Michael Ontkean, Kate Jackson
The Man from Snowy River, starring Tom Burlinson and Kirk Douglas – (Australia)
The Marathon Family (Maratonci trče počasni krug) – (Yugoslavia)
Megaforce, directed by Hal Needham, starring Barry Bostwick and Persis Khambatta
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy, directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Mia Farrow, Julie Hagerty, Mary Steenburgen, José Ferrer
Les Misérables, starring Lino Ventura – (France)
Missing, directed by Costa Gavras, starring Jack Lemmon and Sissy Spacek – Palme d'Or winner
The Missionary, directed by Richard Loncraine, starring Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Trevor Howard – (U.K.)
Mitahat La'af (Under the Nose) – (Israel)
Monkey Grip – (Australia)
Monsignor, directed by Frank Perry, starring Christopher Reeve, Geneviève Bujold, Fernando Rey, Jason Miller
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl – (U.K.)
Moonlighting, directed by Jerzy Skolimowski, starring Jeremy Irons – (U.K.)
Mother Lode, directed by and starring Charlton Heston
My Favorite Year, directed by Richard Benjamin, starring Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Joseph Bologna, Jessica Harper, Bill Macy, Lainie Kazan
N
Namak Halaal, starring Amitabh Bachchan – (India)
The Night of the Shooting Stars (La Notte di San Lorenzo), by Paolo Emilio Taviani – (Italy)
Night Shift, directed by Ron Howard, starring Henry Winkler, Michael Keaton, Shelley Long
Nomad (Lie huo qing chun), starring Leslie Cheung – (Hong Kong)
O
An Officer and a Gentleman, directed by Taylor Hackford, starring Richard Gere, Debra Winger, Louis Gossett Jr., David Keith, Lisa Blount
On Top (Með allt á hreinu) – (Iceland)
On Top of the Whale (Het Dak van de Walvis) – (Netherlands)
One from the Heart, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Teri Garr, Frederic Forrest, Nastassja Kinski, Raúl Juliá
Orkestar bez ime (A Band with No Name) – (Bulgaria)
Oro, Plata, Mata, directed by Peque Gallaga – (Philippines)
P
Pagliacci, directed by Franco Zeffirelli, starring Plácido Domingo – (Italy)
Pandemonium, starring Tom Smothers, Eve Arden, Eileen Brennan, Candice Azzara, Carol Kane
Paradise, starring Phoebe Cates and Willie Aames – (Canada)
Partners, starring Ryan O'Neal and John Hurt
The Passerby (La passante du Sans-Souci), starring Romy Schneider and Michel Piccoli – (France)
Personal Best, directed by Robert Towne, starring Mariel Hemingway, Patrice Donnelly, Scott Glenn
Pieces (original title: Mil gritos tiene la noche translation: 'A Thousand Screams in the Night'), directed by Juan Piquer Simon
Pink Floyd – The Wall, directed by Alan Parker, starring Bob Geldof – (U.K.)
The Pirate Movie, starring Christopher Atkins and Kristy McNichol – (Australia)
The Plague Dogs, an animated film featuring John Hurt, James Bolam and Nigel Hawthorne – (U.K.)
The Pokrovsky Gate (Pokrovskiye Vorota) – (U.S.S.R.)
Poltergeist, directed by Tobe Hooper, starring Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Dominique Dunne, Heather O'Rourke, Zelda Rubinstein, Beatrice Straight
The Pool Hustlers (Io, Chiara e lo Scuro) – (Italy)
Porky's, directed by Bob Clark, starring Dan Monahan, Wyatt Knight, Kim Cattrall, Boyd Gaines, Alex Karras, Susan Clark
Pra Frente, Brasil (Go Ahead, Brazil) – (Brazil)
Private Life (Chastnaya zhizn) – (U.S.S.R.)
Q
Q, starring Michael Moriarty, Richard Roundtree, Candy Clark
The Queen of Spades (Pikovaya dama) – (U.S.S.R.)
Querelle, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, starring Brad Davis, Franco Nero, Jeanne Moreau – (West Germany/France)
A Question of Silence (De stilte rond Christine M.) – (Netherlands)
R
The Return of Martin Guerre (Le Retour de Martin Guerre), starring Gérard Depardieu – (France)
The Return of the Soldier, starring Alan Bates, Julie Christie, Glenda Jackson – (U.K.)
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
Rickshaw Boy (Luòtuo Xiángzi), starring Zhang Fengyi – (China)
Rocky III, directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone, with Mr. T, Talia Shire, Carl Weathers, Burt Young, Burgess Meredith
S
The Scarlet Pimpernel, starring Anthony Andrews, Ian McKellen, Jane Seymour – (U.K.)
Scusate il ritardo (Sorry for the Delay) – (Italy)
The Secret of NIMH, an animated film directed by Don Bluth
The Seduction, starring Morgan Fairchild
The Sender, starring Kathryn Harrold, Željko Ivanek, Shirley Knight
The Shadow Riders, starring Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott
Shakti (Power), starring Dilip Kumar – (India)
The Shaolin Temple (Shàolínsì), starring Jet Li – (Hong Kong)
She Grazed Horses on Concrete (Pásla kone na betóne) – (Czechoslovakia)
Shoot the Moon, directed by Alan Parker, starring Albert Finney, Diane Keaton, Peter Weller
Six Pack, starring Kenny Rogers and Diane Lane
Six Weeks, directed by Tony Bill, starring Mary Tyler Moore and Dudley Moore
Sophie's Choice, directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol
Soup for One, starring Saul Rubinek
Split Image, directed by Ted Kotcheff, starring Michael O'Keefe, Karen Allen, James Woods, Brian Dennehy, Peter Fonda
Sportloto-82 – (U.S.S.R.)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, directed by Nicholas Meyer, starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Ricardo Montalbán
Starstruck, directed by Gillian Armstrong – (Australia)
The State of Things (Der Stand der Dinge), directed by Wim Wenders – (West Germany/U.S.A./Portugal) – Golden Lion winner
Station for Two (Vokzal dlya dvoikh) – (U.S.S.R.)
Summer Lovers, directed by Randal Kleiser, starring Peter Gallagher, Daryl Hannah, Valérie Quennessen
Swamp Thing, directed by Wes Craven, starring Louis Jourdan and Adrienne Barbeau
The Sword and the Sorcerer, starring Lee Horsley
Sword Stained with Royal Blood, directed by Chang Cheh – (Hong Kong)
T
Tempest, directed by Paul Mazursky, starring John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Molly Ringwald, Susan Sarandon
Tenebrae, directed by Dario Argento, starring Anthony Franciosa – (Italy)
Tenkōsei (Exchange Students) – (Japan)
Tex, starring Matt Dillon
That Championship Season, starring Robert Mitchum, Bruce Dern, Stacy Keach, Paul Sorvino, Martin Sheen
That Night in Varennes (Il mondo nuovo), starring Jean-Louis Barrault, Marcello Mastroianni, Hanna Schygulla and Harvey Keitel – (Italy/France)
The Thing, directed by John Carpenter, starring Kurt Russell, Keith David, David Clennon, Donald Moffat, Richard Dysart, Wilford Brimley
Things Are Tough All Over, starring Cheech & Chong
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann, starring Fred Ward, Belinda Bauer, Peter Coyote
Time Stands Still (Megáll az idő) – (Hungary)
Tootsie, directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning, Bill Murray, Teri Garr
Trail of the Pink Panther, starring Peter Sellers – (U.K.)
La Traviata, directed by Franco Zeffirelli, starring Plácido Domingo – (Italy)
Trick or Treats
Tron, directed by Steven Lisberger, starring Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner, Cindy Morgan
The Trout (La Truite), directed by Joseph Losey, starring Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Jeanne Moreau – (France)
Turkey Shoot, starring Steve Railsback and Olivia Hussey – (Australia)
U-V
The Verdict, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, James Mason, Jack Warden, Milo O'Shea
Veronika Voss, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, starring Rosel Zech – (West Germany) – Golden Bear award winner
Vice Squad, starring Season Hubley and Wings Hauser
Victor/Victoria, directed by Blake Edwards, starring Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston, Lesley Ann Warren, Alex Karras – (U.S.A./U.K.)
Vidhaata, starring Dilip Kumar – (India)
Visiting Hours, starring Lee Grant and William Shatner – (Canada)
Volver a empezar (aka Begin the Beguine) – (Spain) – Academy Award for Foreign language film
W
War and Peace (Krieg und Frieden), starring Jürgen Prochnow – (West Germany)
We of the Never Never, starring Angela Punch McGregor – (Australia)
Die Weiße Rose (The White Rose) – (West Germany)
White Dog, directed by Samuel Fuller, starring Kristy McNichol, Paul Winfield, Jameson Parker, Burl Ives
The Wind (Finye), directed by Souleymane Cissé – (Mali)
The Wizard of Oz (Ozu no Mahōtsukai) – (U.S.A./Japan)
Woman of Fire '82 (Hwanyeo '82) – (South Korea)
The World According to Garp, directed by George Roy Hill, starring Robin Williams, Glenn Close, John Lithgow, Mary Beth Hurt
The Worthless (Arvottomat), directed by Mika Kaurismäki – (Finland)
Wrong Is Right, directed by Richard Brooks, starring Sean Connery, Katharine Ross, George Grizzard
Y
The Year of Living Dangerously, directed by Peter Weir, starring Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt – (Australia)
Yes, Giorgio, directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, starring Luciano Pavarotti and Kathryn Harrold
Yol (The Road), directed by Yılmaz Güney – (Turkey) – Palme d'Or winner
Young Doctors in Love, directed by Garry Marshall, starring Michael McKean and Sean Young
Z
Zapped!, starring Scott Baio, Willie Aames, Heather Thomas
January 6
Misha Omar, Malaysian actress and singer
Eddie Redmayne, English actor
January 8 – Gaby Hoffmann, American actress
January 19 – Jodie Sweetin, American actress
January 28 - Mirtel Pohla, Estonian actress
February 6 – Alice Eve, English actress
February 8 – Danny Tamberelli, American actor
February 11 – Natalie Dormer, English actress
March 3 – Jessica Biel, American actress
March 7 – Nora Danish, Malaysian actress
March 11 – Thora Birch, American actress
March 16 – Dian Sastrowardoyo, Indonesian actress
March 24 – Vino Bastian, Indonesian actor
March 25 – Jenny Slate, American actress-comedian
April 3 – Cobie Smulders, Canadian actress
April 4 – Justin Cook, American voice actor
April 5 – Hayley Atwell, English actress
April 9 – Jay Baruchel, Canadian actor-comedian
April 10 – Chyler Leigh, American actress
April 11 – Remy Ishak, Malaysian actor
April 15 – Seth Rogen, Canadian actor-comedian
April 30 – Kirsten Dunst, American actress
May 11 – Jonathan Jackson, American actor
June 17 - Ursula Ratasepp, Estonian actress
June 29
Matthew Mercer, American voice actor
Ott Sepp, Estonian actor
June 30 – Lizzy Caplan, American actress
July 1 – Hilarie Burton, American actress
July 8
Sophia Bush, American actress
Schuyler Fisk, American singer-songwriter and actress
July 9 – Toby Kebbell, English actor
July 18 – Priyanka Chopra, Indian actress
July 19 – Jared Padalecki, American actor
July 24
Elisabeth Moss, American actress
Anna Paquin, New Zealand actress
July 25 – Brad Renfro, American actor (d. 2008)
August 6 – Romola Garai, English actress
August 7 – Abbie Cornish, Australian actress
August 10 – Devon Aoki, American actress and model
August 13 – Sebastian Stan, Romanian-American actor
August 16
Cam Gigandet, American actor
Todd Haberkorn, American voice actor
August 19 – Erika Christensen, American actress
August 20 – Jamil Walker Smith, American actor
August 25 – Benjamin Diskin, American voice actor
September 4 – Shaheizy Sam, Malaysian actor
September 10 – Bret Iwan, current voice of Mickey Mouse
September 13 – J. G. Quintel, American animator, television writer, and voice actor
September 19 – Columbus Short, American actor and dancer
September 22 – Billie Piper, English singer and actress
September 27 – Anna Camp, American actress and singer
September 30
Kieran Culkin, American actor
Lacey Chabert, American actress
October 3 – Clémence Poésy, French actress and model
October 15 – Lane Toran, American actor
October 23 – Bradley Pierce, American actor
October 27 – Patrick Fugit, American actor
October 31 – Justin Chatwin, Canadian actor
November 10 – Heather Matarazzo, American actress
November 12 – Anne Hathaway, American actress
November 29 – Lucas Black, American actor
November 30 – Elisha Cuthbert, Canadian actress
December 29 – Alison Brie, American actress
December 30 – Kristin Kreuk, Canadian actress
Kirstie Alley – Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Antonio Banderas – Labyrinth of Passion
Ellen Barkin – Diner
Nicolas Cage - Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Glenn Close – The World According to Garp
Geena Davis – Tootsie
Shannen Doherty – Night Shift
Christine Ebersole – Tootsie
Emilio Estevez – Tex
Hugh Grant – Privileged
Anthony Michael Hall – Six Pack
Linda Hamilton – Tag: The Assassination Game
C. Thomas Howell – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Hulk Hogan – Rocky III
Jet Li – Shaolin Temple
Angelina Jolie – Lookin' to Get Out
Kevin Kline – Sophie's Choice
Amy Madigan – Love Child
Michael Madsen – Against All Hope
Eddie Murphy – 48 Hrs.
Heather O'Rourke – Poltergeist
Gary Oldman – Remembrance
Molly Ringwald – Tempest
Meredith Salenger – Annie
Eric Stoltz – Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Mr. T – Rocky III
Forest Whitaker – Tag: The Assassination Game
Aileen Quinn – Annie
