Based on the Book
Movie Release: 1982
| Movie Title - Year | Book Title - Author |
| « 1981 - List Years - 1983 » |
| Movie (1982) | Book / Author |
|---|---|
| Amityville II: The Possession | Murder in Amityville / Hans Holzer |
| Beast Within, The | Beast Within, The / Edward Levy |
| Blade Runner | Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? / Philip K. Dick |
| Cannery Row | Cannery Row / John Steinbeck |
| Cold River | Cold River / William Judson |
| Creepshow | Crate and Weeds, The (stories) / Stephen King |
| Evil Under the Sun | Evil Under the Sun / Agatha Christie |
| Eyes of the Amaryllis, The | Eyes of the Amaryllis, The / Natalie Babbit |
| Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A True Story / Cameron Crowe |
| Fast-Walking | Rap, The / Ernest Brawley |
| Firefox | Firefox / Craig Thomas |
| First Blood | First Blood / David Morrell |
| Flight of Dragons, The | Flight of Dragons, The / Peter Dickinson |
| Hammett | Hammett / Joe Gores |
| Hard Feelings | Hard Feelings / Don Bredes |
| Heat and Dust | Heat and Dust / Ruth Prawer Jhabvala |
| Hit and Run | 80 Dollars to Stamford / Lucille Fletcher |
| Honkytonk Man | Honkytonk Man / Clancy Carlile |
| I, the Jury | I, the Jury / Mickey Spillane |
| If You Could See What I Hear | If You Could See What I Hear / Tom Sullivan |
| Missing | Execution of Charles Horman / Thomas Hauser |
| Out | Out / Ronald Sukenick |
| Plague Dogs, The | Plague Dogs, The / Richard Adams |
| Scarecrow, The | Scarecrow, The / Ronald Hugh Morrieson |
| Secret of NIMH, The | Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH / Robert C. O'Brien |
| Slapstick | Slapstick; Or Lonesome No More / Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
| Sophie's Choice | Sophie's Choice / William Styron |
| Stranger is Watching, A | Stranger is Watching, A / Mary Higgins Clark |
| Tex | Tex / S. E. Hinton |
| Verdict, The | Verdict, The / Barry Reed |
| World According to Garp, The | World According to Garp, The / John Irving |
| Wrong Is Right | Better Angels, The / Charles McCarry |
| Year of Living Dangerously, The | Year of Living Dangerously, The / C. J. Koch |