1982---a banner year for summer blockbusters.

Conan The Barbarian.

Yep, a lot of classics in that year. I'll take the Barbarian for the 2nd on the list, but I'm too much of a die hard Trek fan not to rank Wrath the winner there.

At the time, Blade Runner was definitely my favorite, but these days I'd be more likely to watch The Thing. Both classics, though.

Gee, I went to a lot of movies back in those days:

Let's see, on the week of June 4th I saw
• Poltergeist
• Star Trek: Wrath of Khan

On the week of June 11, I saw
• Grease 2
• ET: The Extra-Terrestrial

The week of June 25, I saw
• Blade Runner
• Monty Python, Live at the Hollywood Bowl

For July, I saw The Secret of Nimh, Tron, Raiders of the Lost Arc, Young Doctors in Love,
The World According to Garp, and Night Shift

In August, I saw Fast Times at Ridgemount High, Star Wars: A New Hope (again), The
Beast Master, and Jekyll and Hyde, Together Again.

In September, I think I saw Eating Raoul.

In their own way, I think I enjoyed them all, and I think I would watch any one of them again right now.

"Wrath of Khan" is the only one on the list that I personally ever cared for. But it made up for all the rest!

E.T.

Amazing how forgotten that movie seems to be now. It's fantastic.

Blade Runner, hands down!

Rocky III!

I voted for ET in context of the era. I have a very very different order now, but then it was definitely a hands down winner.

Now, here's my commentary, in order of current preference:
Blade Runner - much prefer the director's cut without the voice over. Adds depth to the movie. The theatrical release was very good but artsy, and slow for someone looking for more Star Wars. The DC is incredible, and Rutger Hauer still doesn't get enough credit.
Star Trek II:The Wrath of Khan - great movie; probably the best ST movie. Hurt by word of ST:III being leaked beforehand
Conan the Barbarian - a really good take on the hero and the world. A little annoyed at the Girlfriend Ex Machina, since it doesn't really fit Conan's world, but good, and it was easily the best of the 80s Sword and Sorcery flicks. And not one, but two incredibly memorable passages - the opening context (between when the oceans drank Atlantis and the Rise of the Sons of Arius) and of course the What is Best in Life scene
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - an almost perfect kid's movie. The fake out only works if your a kid, but it worked on a LOT of kids
Poltergeist - another classic movie. Casting was perfect, and if you move past the premise of ghosts existing, everything else was internally consistent, which is a big deal in horror movies
Mad Max 2:The Road Warrior - enjoyable, but ultimately kind of a vignette of a movie. the plot scale was just so small. But a great modern western. The Man with No Name would be proud.
Fast Times at Ridgemont High - don't think I've ever seen the unedited version of this, but a classic of the genre
Tron - As a kid, I loved it; as an adult, I think it's lacking a bunch, but the premise had a lot of potential. Now that we've seen The Matrix, though, I don't know if the Tron concept is saveable.
The Thing - great example of "the monster's in the house" horror tropes. Really well executed
Rocky III - felt a little episodic, as Rocky moved closer and closer to a monster hunter.
Night Shift - meh. I preferred the short story, and there are a lot better King adaptations out there

I went with Star Trek today. At the time it would have been E.T., which I saw in the theaters 12 times. I loved that film.

Blade Runner - always thought this was overrated. It's a good movie, but it doesn't grab me as the sensation that others seem to see it as.
Conan the Barbarian - Has Arnold as a good Conan, but some pretty bad effects, even for the time.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - fantastic film.
Fast Times at Ridgemont High - too young for it when it came out, too old of a movie for me to care about it when I was finally old enough.
Mad Max 2:The Road Warrior - never saw it.
Night Shift - never HEARD of it.
Poltergeist - OK but I'm not a horror buff.
Rocky III - Can't stand Stallone. I've never seen a full Rocky movie.
Star Trek II:The Wrath of Khan - the best Trek film.
The Thing - see Poltergeist above.
Tron - saw once and forgot all about it.

I saw Tron, Poltergeist, Wrath of Khan, Blade Runner, E.T. and Conan at the movies.

The rest on the list I didn't see until years later; but although I loved all those movies, Conan had the biggest impact on me.

Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan

Wrong movie. Night Shift is a comedy directed by Ron Howard starring Henry Winkler and the breakout role for Michael Keaton as two morgue attendants running prostitutes out of the morgue. It was a huge hit as a rental in the early days of VHS.
Stephen King's Night Shift short story collection includes Graveyard Shift which was adapted into a film in 1990.

Ah, good. I thought I didn't properly remember the name of the Keaton/Winkler movie when Jason commented.

If that was your favourite movie, I feel for you...

huh. thanks. I don't think I even knew this movie existed.

If it's any consolation, there is no Stephen King Night Shift movie.

What a list. What an era to be 15 and see every move that comes out!

Yep I was 21 turning 22 that Summer and saw all those movies at the movies! Fun times. And we weren’t dependent on Super Hero movies back then, guess Conan was the closest to a comic book movie (though it’s considered pulp fiction).

I would've been turning elven that November...Tron, Poltergeist, Wrath of Khan and E.T. I saw with my Grandparents. My Dad, my brother and I saw Conan together and we also saw Blade Runner together. We also went to see Firefox that year.

I hadn't thought about all this for years. The fact that my Grandparents sat through Poltergeist astounds me.