A little about my favorite movies of 1982:

The Atomic Cafe: A stunning pastiche of a documentary.

Blade Runner: You may have heard of this film!  You may even know 
it was based on a book by Philip K. Dick, the best sci-fi writer 
ever to take so many animal tranquilizers that later in life he 
thought he had been visited by a pink beam of light.  Back then I 
was much more impressed with Philip K. Dick than I was with this 
movie.  But it's still pretty good.

Burden of Dreams: Another documentary about a movie, that I like 
better than the movie it's about.  Les Blank watched Werner Herzog 
drag a steamboat over a mountain in Peru, nearly destroying himself 
and his crew in the process.

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid: A pleasant if minor film in the Steve 
Martin ouevre.

Eating Raoul: Paul Bartel and Mary Woronov, in their best roles 
since "Rock and Roll High School."

Frances: Isn't mental illness fun?  Jessica Lange plays actress 
Frances Farmer, the only actress I know of who had a talk show 
AFTER having a lobotomy.

An Officer and a Gentleman: Mainstream film, but still good, probably 
due to the script and the acting of Lou Gossett, a man who will appear 
in anything even though he ought to know better.

The Wall: Another problematic Alan Parker film.  I've seen this way too 
many times to be able to comment on it.  It has its good parts, and its 
bad parts.

The Return of Martin Guerre: French film about a man who comes back to 
his wife from the war, maybe.

The Verdict: I think David Mamet wrote the screenplay for this, a very 
cynical look at court trials.  It's script-driven, in any case.