Best movies of 1982 that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Dustin Hoffman, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Jessica Lange,
Directors : Sydney Pollack,

Michael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap.

Actors : Rita Karin, Peter MacNicol, Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline,
Directors : Alan J. Pakula,

After spending time with his new neighbors, an aspiring writer realizes they are harboring deep secrets that will forever change him.

Actors : Peter Coyote, Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Dee Wallace,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape Earth and return to his home world.

Actors : Max von Sydow, Sandahl Bergman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones,
Directors : John Milius,

A barbarian warrior sets off to avenge his parents and his tribe whom were slain by an evil sorcerer and his henchmen when he was a boy.

Actors : Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Ben Kingsley,
Directors : Richard Attenborough,

Gandhi's character is fully explained as a man of nonviolence. Through his patience, he is able to drive the British out of the subcontinent. And the stubborn nature of Jinnah and his commitment towards Pakistan is portrayed.

Actors : David Keith, Debra Winger, Robert Loggia, Richard Gere,
Directors : Taylor Hackford,

A young man must complete his work at a Navy Flight school to become an aviator, with the help of a tough gunnery sergeant and his new girlfriend.

Actors : Julie Andrews, Robert Preston, Lesley Ann Warren, James Garner,
Directors : Blake Edwards,

A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.

Actors : Sissy Spacek, John Shea, Melanie Mayron, Jack Lemmon,
Directors : Costa-Gavras,

When an idealistic American writer disappears during the Chilean coup d'état in September 1973, his wife and father try to find him.