1982 National Board of Review – Top Ten Films Winner
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An Officer and a Gentleman
A young man must complete his work at a Navy Officer Candidate School to become an aviator, with the help of a tough Gunnery Sergeant and his new girlfriend.
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape Earth and return to his home world.
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Gandhi
Mohandas K. 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.
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Missing
When an idealistic American writer disappears during the Chilean coup d’état in September 1973, his wife and father try to find him.
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Moonlighting
A Polish contractor, Nowak, leads a group of workmen to London so they can provide cheap labor for a government official based there. Nowak (Irons) has to manage the project and the men as …
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Sophie’s Choice
Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live with Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust.
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The Chosen
In 1944, in Brooklyn, two Jewish kids become friends. One is from a very conservative family, and the other is more liberal. The issues of importance of tradition, parental expectations and the formation of Israel cause constant friction.
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The Verdict
A lawyer sees the chance to salvage his career and self-respect by taking a medical malpractice case to trial rather than settling.
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The World According to Garp
A struggling young writer finds his life and work dominated by his unfaithful wife and his radical feminist mother, whose best-selling manifesto turns her into a cultural icon.
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Tootsie
Michael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap.