These are the 1982 Endy Awards, wherein I pretend to give out maneki-neko statues to the best in that year in film. Awards for many other years can be found in the Rankings & Awards Index. Eligibility is determined by imdb date and by whether or not I’ve seen the movie in question. Nominees are listed in alphabetical order and the winners are bolded. And the Endy goes to. . .

Best Picture:

1. The Atomic Café
2. Boat People
3. Chan is Missing
4. Conan the Barbarian
5. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
6. Fitzcarraldo
7. The Miracle Fighters
8. Nomad
9. The Thing
10. White Dog

Best Director:

1. Ann Hui, Boat People
2. Wayne Wang, Chan is Missing
3. Steven Spielberg, ET: The Extra-Terrestrial
4. Yuen Woo-ping, The Miracle Fighters
5. Patrick Tam, Nomad

Best Actor:

1. Wood Moy, Chan is Missing
2. Klaus Kinski, Fitzcarraldo
3. Robert DeNiro, King of Comedy
4. Leslie Cheung, Nomad
5. Paul Newman, The Verdict

Best Actress:

1. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Fast Times at Ridgemont High
2. Béatrice Romand, A Good Marriage
3. Debra Winger, An Officer and a Gentleman
4. Meryl Streep, Sophie’s Choice
5. Kristy McNichol, White Dog

Supporting Actor:

1. Andy Lau, Boat People
2. Sean Penn, Fast Times at Ridgemont High
3. Jerry Lewis, King of Comedy
4. Louis Gossett Jr, An Officer and a Gentleman
5. Kevin Kline, Sophie’s Choice

Supporting Actress:

1. Sylvia Chang, Aces Go Places
2. Deannie Ip, Carry on Pickpocket
3. Ellen Barkin, Diner
4. Sandra Bernhard, King of Comedy
5. Teri Garr, Tootsie

Original Screenplay:

1. Dai An-Ping, Boat People
2. Isaac Cronin, Terrel Seltzer & Wayne Wang, Chan is Missing
3. Melissa Mathison, ET: the Extra-terrestrial
4. Eric Rohmer, A Good Marriage
5. Joyce Chan & Patrick Tam, Nomad

Adapted Screenplay:

1. Hampton Fancher & David Peoples, Blade Runner
2. John Milius & Oliver Stone, Conan the Barbarian
3. Cameron Crowe, Fast Times at Ridgemont High
4. Bill Lancaster, The Thing
5. Samuel Fuller & Curtis Hanson, White Dog

Non-English Language Film:

1. Boat People (Ann Hui)
2. Fitzcarraldo (Werner Herzog)
3. A Good Marriage (Eric Rohmer)
4. The Miracle Fighters (Yuen Woo-ping)
5. Nomad (Patrick Tam)

Non-Fiction Film:

1. The Atomic Café (Jayne Loader, Kevin Rafferty & Pierce Rafferty)
2. Burden of Dreams (Les Blank)

Animated Film:

1. The Secret of NIMH (Don Bluth)

Short Film:

1. An Exercise in Discipline – Peel (Jane Campion)

Unseen Film:

1. Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (Robert Altman)
2. Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman)
3. On Top of the Whale (Raúl Ruiz)
4. Smithereens (Susan Seidelman)
5. Toute une nuit (Chantal Akerman)

Film Editing:

1. The Atomic Café
2. The Miracle Fighters
3. Nomad
4. The Thing
5. White Dog

Cinematography:

1. Blade Runner
2. ET the Extra-terrestrial
3. Nomad
4. Passion
5. The Thing

Art Direction:

1. Blade Runner
2. Conan the Barbarian
3. The Miracle Fighters
4. Tron
5. The Thing

Costume Design:

1. Blade Runner
2. Conan the Barbarian
2. King of Comedy
4. The Miracle Fighters
5. Tron

Make-up:

1. Blade Runner
2. Conan the Barbarian
2. King of Comedy
4. The Miracle Fighters
5. The Thing

Original Score:

1. Blade Runner
2. Conan the Barbarian
2. ET the Extra-terrestrial
4. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
5. The Thing

Adapted Score:

1. Annie
2. Diner
3. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
4. Fitzcarraldo
5. An Officer and a Gentleman

Sound:

1. Blade Runner
2. Conan the Barbarian
3. ET the Extra-terrestrial
4. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
5. The Thing

Sound Editing:

1. Blade Runner
2. Conan the Barbarian
3. ET the Extra-terrestrial
4. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
5. The Thing

Visual Effects:

1. Blade Runner
2. Conan the Barbarian
3. ET the Extra-terrestrial
4. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
5. The Thing