1982 FAMAS Awards

The 31st Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards Night was held in 1982 in the Philippines. This is for the Outstanding Achievements of the different films for the year 1981.

This is the first year in FAMAS history that three films won most of the awards. Kumander Alibasbas of JE Productions won the FAMAS Award for Best Picture including the fifth best actor award for Joseph Estrada. Pakawalan Mo Ako won the Best Actress award for Vilma Santos, and FPJ Productions' Pagbabalik ng Panday won most of the technical awards. Each of the films won three awards.

Major awards
Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.

Special Awardee

 * Dr. Ciriaco Santiago Memorial Award
 * Lily Monteverde


 * Dr. Jose Perez Memorial Award
 * German Moreno


 * Gregorio Valdez Memorial Award
 * Marichu Perez-Maceda


 * Hall of Fame Award
 * Angel Avellana ~ Sound Recording