1982 in film

The following is an overview of events in 1982 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.

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

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

Worldwide gross revenue
The following table lists known worldwide gross revenue figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1982. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1982.

Events

 * January 1 - Terry Semel becomes president of Warner Bros.
 * March 5 - John Belushi dies after being injected with a mixture of heroin and cocaine at the Chateau Marmont hotel in Los Angeles, California.
 * June 11
 * E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is released; it became the highest-grossing film to date.
 * Michelle Pfeiffer appears in her first leading role, in Grease 2, the sequel to the top-grossing film of 1978.
 * June 22 – The Coca-Cola Company acquires Columbia Pictures for $750 million.
 * 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, Vic Morrow and two child actors are accidentally killed during a helicopter scene, leading to reforms in filmmaking safety and child-labor laws.
 * October 22 – First Blood is released to widespread commercial and critical success, launching the Rambo franchise.
 * December 8 – Comedian Eddie Murphy makes his film debut in the hit 48 Hrs.
 * December 17 – Tootsie is released, becoming the highest-grossing comedy to date and Columbia Pictures's highest-grossing film at $177 million.
 * December 27 - Ned Tanen resigns as president of Universal Pictures. Robert Rehme becomes president of Universal's new Theatrical Motion Picture Group.
 * The THX Sound System is developed for movie theaters.

Awards
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 / US

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
 * Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss (Veronika Voss), directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, W. Germany

By country/region

 * List of American films of 1982
 * List of Argentine films of 1982
 * List of Australian films of 1982
 * List of Bangladeshi films of 1982
 * List of British films of 1982
 * List of Canadian films of 1982
 * List of French films of 1982
 * List of Hong Kong films of 1982
 * List of Indian films of 1982
 * List of Hindi films of 1982
 * List of Kannada films of 1982
 * List of Malayalam films of 1982
 * List of Marathi films of 1982
 * List of Tamil films of 1982
 * List of Telugu films of 1982
 * List of Japanese films of 1982
 * List of Mexican films of 1982
 * List of Pakistani films of 1982
 * List of South Korean films of 1982
 * List of Soviet films of 1982
 * List of Spanish films of 1982

By genre/medium

 * List of action films of 1982
 * List of animated feature films of 1982
 * List of avant-garde films of 1982
 * List of comedy films of 1982
 * List of drama films of 1982
 * List of horror films of 1982
 * List of science fiction films of 1982
 * List of thriller films of 1982
 * List of western films of 1982

Births

 * January 6
 * Misha Omar, Malaysian actress and singer
 * Eddie Redmayne, English actor
 * January 7 – Lauren Cohan, British-American actress
 * January 8 – Gaby Hoffmann, American actress
 * January 10
 * Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (d. 2002)
 * Misato Fukuen, Japanese voice actress
 * January 11
 * Blake Heron, American actor (d. 2017)
 * Son Ye-jin, South Korean actress
 * January 16 – Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Danish actress
 * January 19
 * Tom Lorcan, English actor
 * Simone Missick, American actress
 * Jodie Sweetin, American actress
 * January 24 – Daveed Diggs, American actor, rapper, singer, songwriter, screenwriter, and film producer.
 * January 28 – Mirtel Pohla, Estonian actress
 * February 1 - Daisy Betts, Australian actress
 * February 3 – Bridget Regan, American actress
 * February 5 – Yū Kobayashi, Japanese voice actress
 * February 6 – Alice Eve, English actress
 * February 7 – Cory Doran, Canadian voice actor and director
 * February 8 – Danny Tamberelli, American actor
 * February 10 – Yoshimasa Hosoya, Japanese voice actor
 * February 11 – Natalie Dormer, English actress
 * February 12 – Carter Hayden, Canadian actor and voice actor
 * February 15 – Nesreen Tafesh, Syrian-Palestinian-Algerian actress and singer
 * February 22
 * Buğra Gülsoy, Turkish actor and director
 * Dichen Lachman, Australian actress and producer
 * February 23 – Adam Hann-Byrd, American actor and screenwriter
 * February 24 – Fala Chen, Hong Kong actress
 * March 1 – Kim Min-hee, South Korean actress
 * March 2 – Pilou Asbæk, Danish actor
 * March 3 – Jessica Biel, American actress
 * March 7 – Nora Danish, Malaysian actress
 * March 8 – Marjorie Estiano, Brazilian actress
 * March 10 – Thomas Middleditch, Canadian actor, voice actor, comedian and screenwriter
 * March 11
 * Thora Birch, American actress
 * Robbie Daymond, American voice actor
 * Mircea Monroe, American actress and model
 * March 12
 * Lili Bordán, Hungarian-American actress
 * Samm Levine, American comedian and actor
 * Luis Gerardo Méndez, Mexican actor and producer
 * March 14 – Kate Maberly, English actress, director, writer, producer and musician
 * March 15
 * Tom Budge, Australian actor
 * Patricia Summersett, Canadian actress
 * March 16 – Dian Sastrowardoyo, Indonesian actress
 * March 18 – Adam Pally, American actor, comedian, writer and producer
 * March 20
 * Nick Blood, English actor
 * Erica Luttrell, Canadian actress
 * March 21 - Santino Fontana, American actor and singer
 * March 22 – Constance Wu, American actress
 * March 23 - Nicolas Wright, Canadian actor and writer
 * March 24 – Kenichirou Ohashi, Japanese voice actor
 * March 25
 * Sean Faris, American actor and model
 * Rory Markham, American mixed martial artist and actor
 * Jenny Slate, American actress and comedian
 * March 26 - Joe Anderson, English actor and singer
 * March 28 - Flula Borg, German actor, musician, comedian, YouTube personality and DJ
 * March 31
 * Judi Shekoni, English actress
 * Brian Tyree Henry, American actor
 * Chloé Zhao, Chinese-American director
 * April 1
 * Sam Huntington, American actor
 * Taran Killam, American actor and comedian
 * April 3
 * Sofia Boutella, Algerian actress
 * Cobie Smulders, Canadian actress
 * April 4
 * Justin Cook, American voice actor
 * Kett Turton, American-born Canadian actor
 * April 5 – Hayley Atwell, English-American actress
 * April 6 – Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Spanish actor
 * April 9 – Jay Baruchel, Canadian actor-comedian
 * April 10 – Chyler Leigh, American actress
 * April 11 – Remy Ishak, Malaysian actor
 * April 15
 * Ester Dean, American singer and actress
 * Seth Rogen, Canadian actor-comedian
 * April 16 - Gina Carano, American actress
 * April 19
 * Marta Milans, Spanish-American actress
 * Cassandra Lee Morris, American voice actress
 * Ignacio Serricchio, Argentine-born American actor
 * Ali Wong, Vietnamese-Chinese-American stand-up comedian, actress and writer
 * Blitz the Ambassador, Ghanaian filmmaker, author, visual artist, rapper
 * April 22
 * Cassidy Freeman, American actress and musician
 * Noriko Shitaya, Japanese voice actress
 * April 24 – Kelly Clarkson, American singer, songwriter and actress
 * April 25 – Josh Kelly, American actor
 * April 26 – Cedric Sanders, American actor
 * April 28 – Harry Shum Jr., Costa Rican-American actor, singer and dancer
 * April 30 – Kirsten Dunst, American actress
 * May 1 – Jamie Dornan, Northern Irish actor
 * May 3 – Rebecca Hall, English-American actress
 * May 8 – Christina Cole, English actress
 * May 11
 * Jonathan Jackson, American actor
 * Cory Monteith, Canadian actor and musician (d. 2013)
 * May 14 – Anjelah Johnson, American actress and comedian
 * May 20 – Donald Reignoux, French voice actor
 * May 24 – Chaunté Wayans, American actress, comedian, writer and editor
 * May 25 – Fryda Wolff, American voice actress
 * May 28 – Alexa Davalos, American actress
 * May 29 – Anita Briem, Icelandic actress
 * May 31
 * Lee Majdoub, Canadian actor
 * Jonathan Tucker, American actor
 * June 2 – Jewel Staite, Canadian actress
 * June 4 – MC Jin, American rapper, actor and comedian of Chinese descent
 * June 5 – Yoo In-na, South Korean actress
 * June 8 – Josh Pence, American actor
 * June 16
 * Missy Peregrym, Canadian actress
 * Jodi Sta. Maria, Filipina actress
 * June 17 – Ursula Ratasepp, Estonian actress
 * June 19 – Gabriella Wright, English actress
 * June 21
 * Benjamin Walker, American actor
 * Jussie Smollett, American actor
 * June 22 – Mati Diop, French-Senegalese actress and director
 * June 24 – Laura Donnelly, Northern Irish actress
 * June 27
 * Polo Ravales, Filipino actor and model
 * Takeru Shibaki, Japanese actor
 * June 29
 * Matthew Mercer, American voice actor
 * Colin Jost, American actor and comedian
 * Ott Sepp, Estonian actor
 * June 30 – Lizzy Caplan, American actress
 * July 1 – Hilarie Burton, American actress
 * July 1 – Fedi Nuril, Indonesian actor
 * July 6 - Misty Upham, Native American actress (d. 2014)
 * July 8
 * Sophia Bush, American actress
 * Schuyler Fisk, American singer-songwriter and actress
 * July 9 – Toby Kebbell, English actor
 * July 13 - Aya Cash, American actress
 * July 18 – Priyanka Chopra, Indian actress
 * July 19
 * Jared Padalecki, American actor
 * Derek Wilson, American actor
 * July 23
 * Zanjoe Marudo, Filipino actor
 * Tom Mison, English actor
 * Paul Wesley, American actor
 * July 24
 * Elisabeth Moss, American actress
 * Anna Paquin, New Zealand actress
 * July 25 – Brad Renfro, American actor (d. 2008)
 * July 29 - Allison Mack, American actress
 * July 30
 * Nesrin Cavadzade, Turkish-Azerbaijani actress
 * Brandon Scott, American actor and producer
 * Martin Starr, American actor
 * Yvonne Strahovski, Australian actress
 * August 1 – Ai Tominaga, Japanese model and actress
 * 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
 * Melissa Fumero, American actress
 * August 20
 * Meghan Ory, Canadian actress
 * Jamil Walker Smith, American actor
 * August 21 – Akane Omae, Japanese voice actress
 * August 25 – Benjamin Diskin, American voice actor
 * August 26
 * Nazneen Contractor, Canadian actress
 * John Mulaney, American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer
 * August 28 – LeAnn Rimes, American singer-songwriter and actress
 * August 29 – Echo Kellum, American actor and comedian
 * September 1 – Zoe Lister-Jones, American actress and filmmaker
 * September 3 – Ayumi Fujimura, Japanese voice actress
 * September 4
 * Shaheizy Sam, Malaysian actor
 * Sarah Solemani, English actress and writer
 * September 7
 * David Dawson, English actor
 * Ryoko Shiraishi, Japanese voice actress
 * September 10 – Bret Iwan, American voice actor
 * September 13
 * Ben McKay, British actor
 * J. G. Quintel, American animator, television writer and voice actor
 * September 15 – Evan Goldberg, Canadian filmmaker and comedian
 * September 19 – Columbus Short, American actor and dancer
 * September 20
 * JJ Jia, Hong Kong actress
 * Hu Ge, Chinese actor
 * September 22
 * Katie Lowes, American actress
 * Billie Piper, English singer and actress
 * September 25 – Charlene Amoia, American actress
 * September 27 – Anna Camp, American actress and singer
 * September 28 – Ranbir Kapoor, Indian actor
 * September 29 – Stephen "tWitch" Boss, American dancer, choreographer, and actor (d. 2022)
 * September 30
 * Lacey Chabert, American actress
 * Kieran Culkin, American actor
 * October 1 – Olga Fonda, Russian-American actress
 * October 3 – Erik von Detten, former American actor
 * October 10 – Dan Stevens, British actor
 * October 13 – Jo Yoon-hee, South Korean actress and model
 * October 15
 * Imran Abbas, Pakistani actor and model
 * Jessica Rey, American actress
 * Lane Toran, American actor, voice actor, musician and songwriter
 * October 23 – Bradley Pierce, American actor
 * October 27
 * Patrick Fugit, American actor
 * Takashi Tsukamoto, Japanese actor and singer
 * October 28 – Matt Smith, English actor
 * October 29 – Chelan Simmons, Canadian actress and former professional model
 * October 30 – Clémence Poésy, French actress and model
 * October 31 – Justin Chatwin, Canadian actor
 * November 2 – Kyoko Fukada, Japanese actress and singer
 * November 4 – Travis Van Winkle, American actor
 * November 10 – Heather Matarazzo, American actress
 * November 11 – Fayssal Bazzi, Australian actor
 * November 12 – Anne Hathaway, American actress
 * November 15 – Yaya DaCosta, American actress
 * November 18
 * Akeno Watanabe, Japanese voice actress
 * Damon Wayans Jr., American actor, comedian and writer
 * November 21 – Ryan Carnes, American actor
 * November 22 – Fiona Glascott, Irish actress
 * November 24 – Joey Ansah, British actor, director and martial artist
 * November 25 – Natalia Cordova-Buckley, Mexican-American actress
 * November 28
 * Malcolm Goodwin, American actor
 * Alan Ritchson, American actor, filmmaker and singer
 * November 29
 * Gemma Chan, English actress
 * Lucas Black, American actor
 * Eddie Spears, Indigenous American actor
 * November 30 – Elisha Cuthbert, Canadian actress
 * December 1
 * Riz Ahmed, British actor and rapper
 * Jonny Cruz, American actor, scriptwriter, producer, filmmaker and musician
 * December 3
 * Jaycee Chan, American-born Hong Kong actor and singer
 * Dascha Polanco, Dominican-American actress
 * December 5 – Gabriel Luna, American actor and producer
 * December 7
 * Jack Huston, British actor
 * Jesse Johnson, American actor
 * December 8
 * Nicki Minaj, American rapper
 * Hannah Ware, English actress
 * December 12 – Ai Kato, Japanese actress
 * December 15
 * Charlie Cox, English actor
 * George O. Gore II, American actor
 * December 16 – Justin Mentell, American actor (d. 2010)
 * December 21 – Alexia Barlier, French actress
 * December 24
 * Robert Schwartzman, American actor, screenwriter, director, and musician
 * Tetsuya Kakihara, Japanese voice actor
 * December 28 – Beau Garrett, American actress and model
 * December 29 – Alison Brie, American actress
 * December 30 – Kristin Kreuk, Canadian actress