1982 in home video

• 20th Century Fox and CBS merge their home video operations to become CBS/Fox Video.

Home video and politics

• June 12 - Sweden makes it forbidden to rent out video cassettes with violent movies to children who are forbidden by the rating system to see such movies.

Movie releases

The following movies were released on video on the following dates:

• Babes in Toyland
• Chariots of Fire
• Fun and Fancy Free
• The Great Muppet Caper
• Herbie Goes Bananas
• Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
• History of the World: Part 1
• Neighbors
• Night Crossing
• Oklahoma!
• Poltergeist
• The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
• Scanners
• South Pacific
• Star Wars
• Swiss Family Robinson
• The Thing