Films of 1982
1982 was the most strange year of its era.
Across 83 well-known films, 1982 reads higher on strangeness than the decade around it — 46.2 against 42.9, a gap of 3.3. Every year is measured against its own era rather than against all of cinema, because a slow trend is not a year’s signature.
The best-liked films of 1982
The Thing
8.1 / 10
Blade Runner
7.9 / 10
Pink Floyd: The Wall
7.9 / 10
The King of Comedy
7.8 / 10
Vincent
7.8 / 10
Fanny and Alexander
7.8 / 10
Gandhi
7.6 / 10
Fitzcarraldo
7.6 / 10
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
7.5 / 10
First Blood
7.5 / 10
The Verdict
7.5 / 10
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
7.4 / 10
The most singular films of 1982
Highest Cinnamon Scores of the year, leaving out anything already listed above. Not the best films of 1982 — the ones you cannot get anywhere else.
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
Cinnamon 87
The Evil Dead
Cinnamon 83
Poltergeist
Cinnamon 82
The Dark Crystal
Cinnamon 82
Creepshow
Cinnamon 78
The Entity
Cinnamon 74
Tootsie
Cinnamon 73
The Last Unicorn
Cinnamon 70
An Officer and a Gentleman
Cinnamon 69
Tenebre
Cinnamon 68
Evil Under the Sun
Cinnamon 66
The Secret of NIMH
Cinnamon 63