Your favorite movie of 1982

[CO68]

This is from Conan the Destroyer. The Highlander 2 of Conan movies.

I liked the dizzying nature of the gif, but you are right, I should go with a proper gif from the movie.

Krull stopped holding up before the first ticket was purchased. Even as a kid I was like this is kind of cool, but..... c'mon bro.

It's actually my lowest rated movie of '83, but I'm afraid I'll drop it even more on a rewatch...

 

[GODZILLA213]

Just being clear. Not everyone's as savvy on Rambo as you clearly are.

It's just a stupid series title sequence I can't get past.

 

[MusterX]

@MusterX, time to start putting your The Thing theory to the test.

Within its own year it had competitors. Its kinda like the Cowboys playing the Redskins.

But 82', holy shit 1982.

Poltergeist
Bladerunner
E.T.
Rambo
The Thing
Conan
Wrath of Khan

Good lord, what a year.

I haven't voted, its god awful hard trying to crown one from this year.

 

[Guestx]

Within its own year it had competitors. Its kinda like the Cowboys playing the Redskins.

But 82', holy shit 1982.

Poltergeist
Bladerunner
E.T.
Rambo
The Thing
Conan
Wrath of Khan

Good lord, what a year.

I haven't voted, its god awful hard trying to crown one from this year.

It was a great year for sure, though oddly none of the films from this year are among my all-time favorites.

Great films, yes, but not ones that I've watched over and over and that have strong personal significance for me.

 

[chickenluver]

The Thing

Honorable mention to Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Hey Good Lookin', And The Secret of NIHM

 

[lostdog000]

i was a kid so i enjoyed ET most

 

[shinobimusashi]

I'd have to say Rocky III. Great year for horror movies too. I watched Krull again for the first time in a long time not too long ago and really liked it, used to be fascinated by that movie when I as a kid.

 

[Anung Un Rama]

The Thing

Honorable mention to Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Hey Good Lookin', And The Secret of NIHM

I just watched a documentary on movie posters, that has to be a newer poster (even though it has the folds), right?

 

[MusterX]

It was a great year for sure, though oddly none of the films from this year are among my all-time favorites.

Great films, yes, but not ones that I've watched over and over and that have strong personal significance for me.

Well you know me, the 80's left a permanent mark on me. I watched about half those films at the theater when they released. This was 1982, obviously, but the world was quite different in 82' compared to later on with the explosion of computers, cell phones, and cable T.V. packages with 500 channels. People actually still went to the movies, alot, in the 80's. E.T. made $792 million, which at the time was the highest grossing movie of all time. The whole kids adventure thing of movies like E.T. is what made the Netflix Original Stranger Things such a hit.

But yea, Blade Runner is one of my favorite movies of all time and Phillip K. Dick is probably in my top 10 author's of all time. Dick, who later came down with drug induced paranoia and possibly paranoid schizophrenia, led a strange life.

Although he did weird shit that seemed to indicate something else was going on with the guy. I mean he took his son to the hospital saying he had some sort of rare disease, I forget the exact details, but he said a voice warned him of it and come to find out that is exactly what was going on and it saved his sons life. The interesting factoid here is that he died in 1982. Dick is the one that gave us Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, A Scanner Darkly, and the Adjustment Bureau.

Anyhow, as much as I love about half the movies in this poll, I have to give the nod to Bladerunner, but holy shit what a year.

 

[LATEXXX COMMANDO]

The Thing

Runner Ups:

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

Not really sure but I went with Blade Runner.

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

I feel the need to remind everyone that Megaforce came out this year.

Best review of Megaforce I've ever read "Megaforce was so 80's that even the 80's couldn't deal with Megaforce!"

Thought this was one of the coolest moments when I watched this as a kid. Omg, it's so cringey to look at now lol.

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

I love those 80's fantasy films to an embarrassing extreme. There were many of them released precisely this year. Sword and the Sorcerer would actually be the worst, I think.

Fantasy films ranked from this year.
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5

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7

Those Conan cash-ins came fast!

EDIT: Crap forgot about Sorceress

How about Hawk the Slayer?

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

I'm kind of afraid to rewatch it since I don't think it'll hold up very well. But, I always did think the glaive was pretty badass.

I did rewatch Krull a few years ago and it wasn't that bad. If they quicken the pacing, it could have been way better.

 

[europe1]

How about Hawk the Slayer?

Love Hawk The Slayer. Freaking Jack Palance as the dark lord Voltan. It came out in 1980 though. All those I listed are the fantasy films I've seen from 1982.

Real outlier too in that it was made in England before the whole fantasy-craze began.

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

Love Hawk The Slayer. Freaking Jack Palance as the dark lord Voltan. It came out in 1980 though. All those I listed are the fantasy films I've seen from 1982.

Real outlier too in that it was made in England before the whole fantasy-craze began.

Didn't realize that all the sword and sorcery movies you listed all came from 1982. Crazy.

 

[cabear]

Creepshow. Hands down!

 

[Zer]

Tough call between Blade Runner and The Thing. Tougher call than which of my children I love the most. Much tougher

Gotta give this some love as well though

 

[Agent Mulder's Hair]

Good year!

Easy choice for me though. The Thing.

 

[FyrFytr998]

Sherbros letting me down here. I thought this was a gimme for the ultimate 80's babe.