1982 in film

North America

The top ten 1982 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

International

The highest-grossing 1982 films from countries outside of North America.

Events

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.

Awards

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–March

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–June

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–September

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–December

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

Notable films released in 1982

USA unless stated

#

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

Births

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

Film debuts

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