Best 1982 movies

Stacker compiled a list of the best 1982 movies of all time based on our own Stacker score, a weighted index split evenly between IMDb user rating and Metascore. The top movie on this list has a Stacker score of 100; the remaining movies are ranked relative to it. To qualify, the film had at least 10,000 IMDb user votes and a Metascore. Any ties were broken by number of IMDb votes.

#20. The Thing
- Stacker score: 76.8
- IMDb user rating: 8.2 (votes: 506,000)
- Metascore: 57
- Director: John Carpenter
- Actors: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David
- Runtime: 1 hour 49 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $20,063,820

#19. 48 Hrs.
- Stacker score: 77.3
- IMDb user rating: 6.9 (votes: 91,000)
- Metascore: 71
- Director: Walter Hill
- Actors: Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, Annette O'Toole
- Runtime: 1 hour 36 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $78,868,508

#18. The Last Unicorn
- Stacker score: 79.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.3 (votes: 32,000)
- Metascore: 70
- Director: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
- Actors: Jeff Bridges, Mia Farrow, Angela Lansbury
- Runtime: 1 hour 32 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: $6,455,330

#17. Sophie's Choice
- Stacker score: 79.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (votes: 56,000)
- Metascore: 68
- Director: Alan J. Pakula
- Actors: Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol
- Runtime: 2 hours 30 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $30,036,000

#16. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
- Stacker score: 80.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (votes: 134,000)
- Metascore: 68
- Director: Nicholas Meyer
- Actors: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley
- Runtime: 1 hour 53 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $79,707,906

#15. An Officer and a Gentleman
- Stacker score: 80.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.1 (votes: 66,000)
- Metascore: 75
- Director: Taylor Hackford
- Actors: Richard Gere, Debra Winger, David Keith
- Runtime: 2 hours 4 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $129,795,554

#14. The Secret of NIMH
- Stacker score: 83.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (votes: 48,000)
- Metascore: 76
- Director: Don Bluth
- Actors: Elizabeth Hartman, Derek Jacobi, Dom DeLuise
- Runtime: 1 hour 22 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: $14,665,733

#13. The King of Comedy
- Stacker score: 83.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.8 (votes: 128,000)
- Metascore: 73
- Director: Martin Scorsese
- Actors: Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Diahnne Abbott
- Runtime: 1 hour 49 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $2,536,242

#12. Diner
- Stacker score: 84.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.0 (votes: 24,000)
- Metascore: 82
- Director: Barry Levinson
- Actors: Steve Guttenberg, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon
- Runtime: 1 hour 50 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $14,099,953

#11. Poltergeist
- Stacker score: 84.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.3 (votes: 190,000)
- Metascore: 79
- Director: Tobe Hooper
- Actors: JoBeth Williams, Heather O'Rourke, Craig T. Nelson
- Runtime: 1 hour 54 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $77,177,301

#10. Tenebrae
- Stacker score: 84.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.0 (votes: 30,000)
- Metascore: 83
- Director: Dario Argento
- Actors: Anthony Franciosa, Giuliano Gemma, Christian Borromeo
- Runtime: 1 hour 41 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: N/A

#9. Koyaanisqatsi
- Stacker score: 85.1
- IMDb user rating: 8.2 (votes: 44,000)
- Metascore: 72
- Director: Godfrey Reggio
- Actors: Edward Asner, Pat Benatar, Jerry Brown
- Runtime: 1 hour 26 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
- Box office: $1,723,872

#8. The Verdict
- Stacker score: 85.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (votes: 49,000)
- Metascore: 77
- Director: Sidney Lumet
- Actors: Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden
- Runtime: 2 hours 9 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $53,977,250

#7. Missing
- Stacker score: 85.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (votes: 25,000)
- Metascore: 78
- Director: Costa-Gavras
- Actors: Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron
- Runtime: 2 hours 2 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $14,000,000

#6. Gandhi
- Stacker score: 87.8
- IMDb user rating: 8.0 (votes: 245,000)
- Metascore: 79
- Director: Richard Attenborough
- Actors: Ben Kingsley, John Gielgud, Rohini Hattangadi
- Runtime: 3 hours 11 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $52,767,889

#5. Victor/Victoria
- Stacker score: 88.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 25,000)
- Metascore: 84
- Director: Blake Edwards
- Actors: Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston
- Runtime: 2 hours 14 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $28,215,453

#4. Tootsie
- Stacker score: 89.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (votes: 120,000)
- Metascore: 88
- Director: Sydney Pollack
- Actors: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr
- Runtime: 1 hour 56 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $177,200,000

#3. Blade Runner
- Stacker score: 91.2
- IMDb user rating: 8.1 (votes: 862,000)
- Metascore: 84
- Director: Ridley Scott
- Actors: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young
- Runtime: 1 hour 57 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $32,914,489

#2. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
- Stacker score: 94.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.9 (votes: 459,000)
- Metascore: 92
- Director: Steven Spielberg
- Actors: Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote
- Runtime: 1 hour 55 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $439,454,989

#1. Fanny and Alexander
- Stacker score: 100.0
- IMDb user rating: 8.1 (votes: 70,000)
- Metascore: 100
- Director: Ingmar Bergman
- Actors: Bertil Guve, Pernilla Allwin, Kristina Adolphson
- Runtime: 3 hours 8 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $6,783,304