Best Movies of 1982

These are the 17 best-rated movies released in 1982, led by Kaçak, Alişan and The Great Chess Movie. Ranked by audience score, with cast, trailers and legal places to watch on every page.

1. Kaçak (1982)

★ 8.0/10

The love between a man wanted by the gendarme and a woman who hid him.
2. Alişan (1982)

★ 7.5/10

The film tells the story of Alişan, who is trying to escape from his bloodthirsty pursuers. Alişan is released from prison, where he was serving time for murder. Unable to return to his hometown of Urfa due to blood…
3. The Great Chess Movie (1982)

★ 7.5/10

In this Gilles Carle feature documentary on the game of chess, the international chess match is cast as a classic Western shoot-out. Three chess greats dominate the film: Russia's Anatoly Karpov; Viktor Korchnoi, a…
4. Abbas in Flower (1982)

★ 7.3/10

While working as an assistant to swindling driver Şakir, ingenuous Abbas falls for the same woman his boss loves.
5. Santa Claus Is a Stinker (1982)

★ 7.3/10

Two neurotics, working for a suicide hotline on the night of Christmas Eve, get caught up in a catastrophe when a pregnant woman, her abusive boyfriend, and a cross-dresser visit their office.
6. Islak Mendil (1982)

★ 7.0/10

Ümit, who lives in a poor neighborhood, makes a living by singing on the streets. One day, at his son's circumcision ceremony, he runs into his wife Necla, whom he separated from years ago. The couple separated years…
7. Fela Kuti: Music Is the Weapon (1982)

★ 6.2/10

Musician Fela Anikulapo Kuti recorded more than 60 albums to promote the magic of Afrobeat but never lost his political voice as an outspoken critic against widespread government corruption in Nigeria. This documentary…
8. Let's Spend the Night Together (1982)

★ 6.0/10

The Rolling Stones' record-breaking 1981 North American arena tour documented by director Hal Ashby. Featuring the biggest Rolling Stones songs from the first 20 years - in the words of Mick Jagger, "a feel of what…
9. The Cool Lakes of Death (1982)

★ 5.9/10

Hedwig, a young wealthy woman growing up in the straight-jacket of bourgeois morality in the Victorian era, descends into madness after years of sexual repression and tragedy.
10. Café Flesh (1982)

★ 5.8/10

In the future, humans are divided into Sex Negatives and Sex Positives. The Negatives get sick if they have sex, so every night they go to Café Flesh to see Positives who are forced to perform on stage for their…
11. Bingo Bongo (1982)

★ 5.7/10

The ape-man, found somewhere in the jungles of Congo, transferred to Milan and named Bingo Bongo. The only one who believes in the human qualities of him is Laura, a woman anthropologist , so their affection for each…
12. Perils of the Sentimental Swordsman (1982)

★ 5.6/10

Failing to kill the eight Prince, Chu decides to seek refuge in the Phantom's mountain Manor. But it's actually Chu's and the Prince's plan to eliminate the Phantom men.
13. The Hunters of the Golden Cobra (1982)

★ 5.3/10

An American soldier and a British intelligence agent try to track down an ancient relic called the Golden Cobra, rumored to have supernatural powers. An early Raiders rip-off directed Antonio Margheriti.
14. Heatwave (1982)

★ 5.2/10

During a Christmas heatwave, a community activist attempts to stop a redevelopment project that is displacing residents in the Kings Cross section of Sydney.
15. Friend or Foe (1982)

★ 5.0/10

Two evacuated children in wartime rural England find two German airmen hiding out in the woods. An adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's 1977 novel from writer/director John Krish .
16. Your Money or Your Life (1982)

★ 4.8/10

An architect experiences health problems following a professional and personal setback. The conflicts culminate when he discovers that the businesspeople who want him to work for them are not only involved in financial…
17. Tuxedo Warrior (1982)

★ 4.0/10

A jaded soldier-of-fortune who runs a bar in Zimbabwe aids a bank-robbing couple in their attempt to evade the authorities.