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The Thing 1982

Directed by John Carpenter

All-time standing

#219 of 4,399

In the top 5% of movies

By scope

1980s #16 of 379 Top 4% 1982 #4 of 43 Top 10%

Ballots (29)

All time 22

Time Out

Time Out

  • Published 2024
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #84
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Sight & Sound

Sight & Sound

  • Published 2022
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #118
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2025
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked

IndieWire

  • Published 2022
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2020
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
British Film Institute

British Film Institute

  • Published 2017
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Empire

Empire

  • Published 2017
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Film School Rejects

Film School Rejects

  • Published 2016
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2016
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Steven Jay Schneider

Steven Jay Schneider

  • Published 2016
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
The Quietus

The Quietus

  • Published 2016
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Kino Muzeum

Kino Muzeum

  • Published 2015
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2015
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
The Dissolve

The Dissolve

  • Published 2014
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked

Complex

  • Published 2013
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
El Pais

El Pais

  • Published 2010
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
TCM

TCM

  • Published 2009
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Steadycam

Steadycam

  • Published 2007
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked

The Guardian

  • Published 2007
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
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Bounty Books

Bounty Books

  • Published 2004
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Ciak

Ciak

  • Published 2000
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  • Included, unranked
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Danny Peary

Danny Peary

  • Published 1986
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
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Decade 7

IndieWire

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Ranked #3
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Rolling Stone

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Ranked #13
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Slant Magazine

Slant Magazine

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Ranked #16
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Empire

Empire

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Ranked #51
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Cinemanía

Cinemanía

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Included, unranked
Les Inrockuptibles

Les Inrockuptibles

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Included, unranked
Time Out

Time Out

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Included, unranked
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