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Home Sweet HomeHome Sweet Home (1982)
Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Timothy Spall, Frances Barber
Postmen, social workers, and desperate housewives converge in this biting Mike Leigh feature, one of the director’s early achievements. Originally…
Honkytonk ManHonkytonk Man (1982)
Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Clint Eastwood, John McIntire, Verna Bloom
One of director–star Eastwood's more unusual efforts, playing a TB–stricken country singer in the Great Depression, who tries to make one…
Hound of the Baskervilles, TheHound of the Baskervilles, The (1982)
Dir. Peter Duguid
Feat. Tom Baker
Former Doctor Who Tom Baker plays Inspector Holmes in this serviceable adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan's most famous Sherlock mystery.
How Many Miles to Babylon?How Many Miles to Babylon? (1982)
Dir. Moira Armstrong
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis, Sian Phillips
Daniel Day–Lewis plays a Protestant whose friendship with a fellow Catholic solider is severely tested during the harsh realities of WWI in…
Human LanternsHuman Lanterns (Ren pi deng long) (1982)
Dir. Chung Sun
Feat. Leih Lo
The Shaw Brothers' first international star, Lo Leih, excels in this horror–suspenser as a mad lampshade maker in olden–day China who…
I Remember Nelson (TV Mini-series)I Remember Nelson (TV Mini-series) (1982)
Dir. Simon Langton
Feat. Kenneth Colley, Geraldine James
Soap–opera–tinged four–part miniseries taking a look at Naval Officer Lord Horatio Nelson, from the viewpoint of four who knew him…
Impossible Kid, TheImpossible Kid, The (1982)
Dir. Eddie Nicart
Feat. Weng Weng, Romy Diaz, Nina Sara
Chop–socky sequel with world's smallest spy again coming up another baddie intent to destroy the world. Comical dialogue, and more ball busting…
Irish R. M., TheIrish R. M., The (1982-1985)
Dir. Robert Chetwyn
Feat. Peter Bowles, Beryl Reid, Niall Toibin
Classic Irish comedy–drama series following a retired English army officer living in turn–of–the–century West Ireland. Based…
Junkman - Gone in 60 Seconds 2Junkman - Gone in 60 Seconds 2 (1982)
Dir. H.B. Halicki
Feat. H.B. Halicki, Susan Shaw
Further automotive shenanigans from ace petrolhead Halicki, setting a new record for the sheer number of cars and planes destroyed in one…
Killing of America, TheKilling of America, The (1982) Recommended
The ugly flipside of the land of the free, this disturbingly accounts many of America's most bizarre and horrific acts of violence including Manson,…

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