Films set in 1982

1982 film directed by Steven Spielberg

2018 film directed by Bryan Singer

2009 film directed by Neill Blomkamp

When Harry Met Sally… is a 1989 American romantic comedy film directed by Rob Reiner and written by Nora Ephron. Starring Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, and Bruno Kirby, it follows the title characters from the time they meet in Chicago and share a drive to New York City through twelve years of chance encounters in New York, and addresses the question "Can men and women ever just be friends?"

Tron is a 1982 American science fiction action adventure film written and directed by Steven Lisberger from a story he co-wrote with Bonnie MacBird. The film stars Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn, a computer programmer and video game developer who is transported inside the software world of a mainframe computer where he interacts with anthropomorphic programs in his attempt to escape. It also stars Bruce Boxleitner (in the eponymous role), David Warner, Cindy Morgan, and Barnard Hughes. Tron was one of cinema's earliest films to use extensive computer-generated imagery (CGI).

2011 film directed by Phyllida Lloyd

1981 film by Sam Raimi

1982 film directed by Sylvester Stallone

2015 film directed by Chris Columbus

2000 comedy film directed by Donald Petrie

1997 film by Paul Thomas Anderson

1982 film directed by Steve Miner

2016 film by Steven Spielberg

1987 film by Sam Raimi

2013 film directed by Joshua Michael Stern

1982 film by Sidney Lumet

1991 Japanese animated film directed by Isao Takahata

2008 Animated documentary film directed by Ari Folman

2011 film directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.

1982 film directed by Tommy Lee Wallace

1982 American spy film directed by Clint Eastwood

2017 film directed by Doug Liman

2008 film directed by Tomas Alfredson

1986 film by Anthony Perkins

2003 film by David McNally

2006 film directed by Glen Morgan

1983 film by Richard Franklin

2022 film directed by Akiva Schaffer

1985 film directed by Lance Hool

2013 film by Lilly Keeley Watts

Black Phone 2 is a 2025 American supernatural horror film directed by Scott Derrickson who co-wrote it with C. Robert Cargill. It serves as a sequel to The Black Phone (2021), is the second feature film and third overall installment in the Black Phone film series. The film stars Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, and Ethan Hawke reprising their roles from the first film, with Demián Bichir also joining the cast. The story sees siblings Finney and Gwen, along with their friend Ernesto, head to a winter youth camp to uncover a mystery regarding the first victims of the Grabber, whose ghostly presence now haunts the camp.

This Is Spinal Tap is a 1984 American mockumentary comedy film directed by Rob Reiner in his feature directorial debut. Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer play members of the parody heavy metal band Spinal Tap. Reiner plays Martin "Marty" Di Bergi, a documentary filmmaker following the band's American tour.

Five Nights at Freddy's 2 is a 2025 American supernatural horror film based on the video game series Five Nights at Freddy's created by Scott Cawthon and the sequel to the 2023 film adaptation. The film was directed by Emma Tammi and written by Cawthon. Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Lail, Piper Rubio, and Matthew Lillard reprise their roles from the previous film, with Wayne Knight joining the cast. Set a year and a half after the previous film, it follows Abby Schmidt (Rubio) as she gets manipulated by the Marionette, an animatronic from the original Freddy Fazbear's Pizza who aims to plot revenge against parents.

2009 film by Samuel Maoz

1982 film by Blake Edwards

1982 film by Wes Craven

Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere is a 2025 American biographical musical drama film starring Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen. Written and directed by Scott Cooper, and based on the 2023 book Deliver Me from Nowhere by Warren Zanes, as well as some elements from Springsteen's 2016 autobiography Born to Run, it chronicles Springsteen's personal and professional struggles during the conception of his 1982 album Nebraska. The film also stars Jeremy Strong, Paul Walter Hauser, Stephen Graham, and Odessa Young.

1988 film directed by Ramón Menéndez

1985 film by Willard Huyck

1980 film by Kinji Fukasaku

2004 film by Michael Mayer

2018 film directed by Brad Anderson

1995 television film directed by Chris Gerolmo

2013 film by Sanjay Gupta

2017 film by Ken Marino

2000 film by Keith Gordon

Sportloto-82 () is a 1982 Soviet action adventure comedy film directed by Leonid Gaidai. The film stars Algis Arlauskas, Svetlana Amanova, Mikhail Pugovkin, Mikhail Kokshenov and Nina Grebeshkova. It was filmed in Soviet Union. It was also one of the all-time leaders at the Soviet box office with over 55,000,000 theatre admissions in the Soviet era.

2013 film by Lukas Moodysson

1982 film by John Frankenheimer

1985 film by Peter R. Hunt

2019 film directed by Jeff Tremaine

1995 film directed by Clive Barker

1982 animated feature film

is a 1962 Japanese epic science fiction disaster film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Based on an idea by Jojiro Okami, the film is about mankind's efforts to move Earth out of its orbit to prevent it from colliding with a runaway white dwarf star. The film was extensively edited for its American release.

Moffie is a 2019 biographical war romantic drama film co-written and directed by Oliver Hermanus. Based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by André Carl van der Merwe, the film depicts mandatory conscription into the notorious South African Defence Force (SADF) during apartheid through the eyes of a young closeted character Nicholas van der Swart (Kai Luke Brümmer) as he attempts to hide his attraction to another gay recruit (Ryan de Villiers) in a hostile environment. The title derives from a homophobic slur in South Africa used to police masculinity.

1987 film directed by Bill Froehlich

1982 Spanish horror film directed by Juan Piquer Simón

2021 film directed by James DeMonaco

2009 film by Andrew Lancaster

2012 film directed by Eran Riklis