Australian and New Zealand films of 1982

162 films recorded for 1982; 54 have a full page. Sorted by release date where known.

54 films7 series

Drama · 9 Action · 6 Crime · 4 War · 3 Science fiction · 3 Thriller · 3

Films

Title	Director	Genre	Min	Awards
Attack Force Z	Tim Burstall	Action, War	93
The Best of Friends	Michael Robertson	Romantic comedy	—
Duet for Four	Tim Burstall	—	—
Evil Under the Sun	Guy Hamilton	Drama, Crime	116
Battletruck	Harley Cokeliss	Action, Science fiction	93	1
Dead Easy	Bert Deling	Action, Crime	—
Carry Me Back	John Reid	Comedy	—
Fighting Back	Michael Caulfield	—	—	1
Who Dares Wins	Ian Sharp	Action, Thriller	102
Moonlighting	Jerzy Skolimowski	Drama, Slice of life	97	1
Turkey Shoot	Brian Trenchard-Smith	Action, Horror	93
Running on Empty	John Clark	Action, Coming-of-age	83
The Year of Living Dangerously	Peter Weir	Drama, War	117	2
1915 Miniseries	—	—	—
A Dangerous Summer	Quentin Masters	Drama, Crime	88
A Slice of Life	John D. Lamond	Comedy	—
Beyond Reasonable Doubt	John Laing	Docudrama	—
Breakfast in Paris	John D. Lamond	—	95
Brothers	Terry Bourke	—	—
Crosstalk	—	Science fiction	—
Desolation Angels	Chris Fitchett	—	88
Early Frost	—	—	88
Far East	John Duigan	Drama	—
Fluteman	Peter Maxwell	—	—
Freedom	Scott Hicks	—	102
Ginger Meggs	Jonathan Dawson	—	101
Heatwave	Phillip Noyce	Drama, Thriller	91
Lonely Hearts	Paul Cox	Drama	—	1
Monkey Grip	Ken Cameron	Independent	102	1
Next of Kin	Tony Williams	Horror	89	1
Norman Loves Rose	Henri Safran	—	—
Oliver Twist Animated film	Richard Slapczynski	—	72
On the Run	Mende Brown	—	—
Peel Short film	Jane Campion	Fiction	9
Run Rebecca, Run	Peter Maxwell	—	—
Runaway Island TV film	Igor Auzins	—	—
Sara Dane TV film	Rod Hardy, Gary Conway	—	—
Sarah	Yoram Gross	Live-action/animated	70
Save the Lady	Leon Thau	—	—
Snow: The Movie	Robert Gibson	—	—
Squizzy Taylor	Kevin James Dobson	Drama, Biographical	—
Starstruck	Gillian Armstrong	Musical, Comedy drama	105
Storm Riders	—	Documentary, Surf	—
The Clinic	David Stevens	Comedy drama	—
The Dark Room	Paul Harmon	—	—
The Dean Case TV film	Kevin Dobson	—	—
The Little Feller	Colin Eggleston	—	—
The Mystery at Castle House	Peter Maxwell	Children's	—
The Plains of Heaven	Ian Pringle	Drama	—
The Scarecrow	Sam Pillsbury	Horror, Crime	90
We of the Never Never	Igor Auzins	—	—	1
The Pirate Movie	Ken Annakin	Musical, Pirate	105	4
The Man from Snowy River	George T. Miller	Western, Adventure	106	1
The Highest Honor	Peter Maxwell	War	—

TV series premiered in 1982

Series	From	To	Network	Episodes
Sons and Daughters	1982	1987	Seven Network	972
Watch This Space	1982	1982	ABC	13
Under the Mountain	1982	1982	TVNZ	8
Secret Valley	1982	1985	ABC	26
Today	1982	—	Nine Network	427
Taurus Rising	1982	1982	Nine Network	21
Aerobics Oz Style	1982	—	Network 10, Aurora Community Channel	4500