January - VHD appear during the CES.
June 12 - Sweden makes it forbidden to rent out video cassettes with violent movies to children who are forbidden by the rating system to see such movies.
20th Century Fox and CBS merge their home video operations to become CBS/Fox Video.
The following movies were released on video on the following dates:
Annie - December 7, 1982
Babes in Toyland
Charlotte's Web
Chariots of Fire
Fort Apache, The Bronx
Fun and Fancy Free - November 1982
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Great Muppet Caper
Herbie Goes Bananas
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
History of the World: Part I
Horton Hears a Who!/How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Neighbors
Night Crossing
Oklahoma!
The Parent Trap - November 1982
Poltergeist
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
Rocky III - November 1982
Scanners
South Pacific
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan - November 1982
Star Wars - May 1982
Swiss Family Robinson
The Thing
The Three Caballeros
