Year 1978 movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant year 1978 movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, psychological, tense, suspense and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with death, runaway, violence, brutality, mentor, female nudity, storytelling, friendship, murder and catastrophe plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as year 1978: Superman (1978), Halloween (1978), Halloween II (1981), Woman of the Hour (2023), Exterior Night (2022), The Black Phone (2021), Never Let Me Go (2010), Flight of the Navigator (1986), American Hustle (2013), The Class Of Miss MacMichael (1978).
Best films
New films
| Deep Murder (2019) | 4.1 | |
| The Kitchen (2019) | 5.6 | |
| 1978 (2024) | 4.9 | |
| The Poison Rose (2019) | 4.8 | |
| Halloween Kills (2021) | 5.5 |
List of year 1978 movies
206K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
Style:
exciting, epic, sexy, saga, tense ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night, family outing
Plot:
superhero, superhuman powers, time travel, megalomaniac, double life, space and aliens, father son relationship, cheerleader, save the world, heroes, alien, planet ...
Time:
year 1978, year 1948, 70s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
new york, kansas, california, san francisco, manhattan new york city ...
Is relevant?
336K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In John Carpenter's horror classic, a psychotic murderer, institutionalized since childhood for the murder of his sister, escapes and stalks a bookish teenage girl and her friends while his doctor chases him through the streets.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, slasher horror, spooky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
halloween, serial killer, psychopath, murder, holiday horror, babysitter, death, masked killer, killer, small town, psychiatrist, female nudity ...
Time:
year 1978, year 1963, 70s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
illinois, chicago, north america, midwest, california
Is relevant?
111K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis, Michael Myers has followed Laurie to the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, where she's been admitted for Myers' attempt on her ...
Style:
slasher, bloody, medical horror, perverse, grindhouse ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, hospital, halloween, murder, holiday horror, masked killer, masked villain, stalking, killer, masked man, psycho killer, voyeur ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
illinois, midwest, chicago, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An aspiring actress crosses paths with a prolific serial killer in '70s LA when they're cast on an episode of "The Dating Game."
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, period piece ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, murderer, sexual assault, problem, sexual predator, teenage runaway, rape victim, sex, based on real people, violence, actress ...
Time:
year 1978, year 1979, year 1971, year 1977, 70s ...
Place:
california, wyoming, new york, los angeles
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 330 min.
TV show
Story:
The 1978 kidnapping and assassination of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro by Red Brigades terrorists
Style:
factual, political drama
Plot:
fascism, political violence, alternate history, years of lead, resistance, corruption, terrorism, italian history, cold war, che guevara, female terrorist, neglected wife ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Place:
italy, switzerland, rome italy
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Finney Shaw, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, slasher horror, slasher, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
kidnapping, child abduction, phone terror, basement, serial child killer, victim, small town, locked in a basement, escape attempt, psycho killer, murder, kidnapped ...
Time:
70s, year 1978, 2020s, 20th century
Place:
colorado, denver colorado
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
As children, Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy spend their childhood at an idyllic and secluded English boarding school. As they grow into adults, they must come to terms with the complexity and strength of their love for one another while also preparing for ...
Style:
sad, melancholic, depressing, psychological, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night, chick flick, adult ...
Plot:
dystopia, boarding school, existentialism, distopia, childhood, cloning, sadness, friendship, transplant, couples, love story, love and romance ...
Time:
year 1978, 2010s, 50s, year 2010, 70s ...
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This 1986 Disney adventure tells the story of 12-year-old David who lives with his family in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. When he awakens from being accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, he finds that eight years have passed. His family is ...
Style:
futuristic, feel good, entertaining, exciting, stylized ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids, teen drama, preschool
Plot:
time travel, ufo, flying saucer, benign alien, space and aliens, nasa, outer space, space travel, robot, alien, alien abduction, childhood ...
Time:
year 1986, year 1978, 90s, 20th century, 80s ...
Place:
florida, miami, miami beach, tokyo, japan ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, China
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive partner Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild FBI agent, Richie DiMaso, who pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia.
Style:
tense, period piece, cerebral, suspense, cynical ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
partners in crime, mafia, scam, fbi, cons and scams, organized crime, fbi investigation, deception, con artists, politics, twists and turns, strip club ...
Time:
70s, 2010s, year 1978, year 2013, 90s ...
Place:
new jersey, usa, boston, atlantic city new jersey, new york ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A dedicated teacher (Glenda Jackson) tries to reach out to juvenile delinquent students at a London alternative school.
Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, independent film, inspirational ...
Plot:
teacher, school, female protagonist, education, juvenile delinquency, teacher student relationship, mentor, social issues, discipline, redemption, social realism, working class ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Place:
london
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Bobby Rose, a recent college graduate, returns home to Beverly Hills to work for his father, a successful carpet manufacturer. Bobby's dreams of a cushy junior executive position are soon quashed when his father employs him as one of the ...
Style:
retro, period piece, independent film
Plot:
father son relationship, coming of age, workplace, theft, small business, personal growth, blue collar, work ethic, ethics, redemption, class conflict, factory ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
This drama follows the last few days in the life of Elvira (formerly Erwin) Weisshaupt. Years before, Erwin told a co-worker, Anton, that he loved him. "Too bad, you aren't a woman," he replied. Erwin took Anton at his word. Trying to ...
Style:
disturbing, philosophical, depressing, controversial, art house ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
transsexual, gender, lgbt, transgender, sex, gay, suicide, loser, identity, unrequited love, father daughter reunion, emotional breakdown ...
Time:
year 1978, 20th century, 70s
Place:
frankfurt germany
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Stan works in drudgery at a slaughterhouse. His personal life is drab. Dissatisfaction and ennui keep him unresponsive to the needs of his adoring wife, and he must struggle against influences which would dishonor and endanger him and his family.
Style:
independent film, realistic, sincere, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
ghetto, african american, friendship, black, dysfunctional family, human nature, lifestyle, family life, parents and children, couple relations, family problems, slaughterhouse ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1978
Place:
los angeles, africa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 186 min.
Story:
The life inside a farm in Italy at the beginning of the century. Many poor country families live there, and the owner pays them by their productivity. One of the families has a very clever child. They decide to send him to school instead of make him ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, saga, contemplative ...
Plot:
peasant, farm, hide and seek, friendship, countryside, village, family relations, clergy, life is a bitch, parents and children, family life, parent child relationship ...
Time:
1900s, 19th century, year 1978, 1890s, 20th century ...
Place:
italy, europe, milan italy
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A film about the life and career of the early rock and roll star.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, touching, feel good ...
Plot:
biopic, music, musician, rock, rock music, singer, showbiz, musician's life, pop music, real life, subculture, art ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1978, 20th century, 70s ...
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa, new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Based on the Henry James short story "The Altar of the Dead", in which a man becomes obsessed with the many dead people in his life and builds a memorial to honor them. This film is also based on other short story by Henry James, "The ...
Style:
spiritual, emotional, atmospheric, gloomy, realistic ...
Plot:
death, tragic love, love story, spirituality, memory, reporter, trauma, amor, dying and death, world war one, life is a bitch, love and romance ...
Time:
year 1978, 1920s
Place:
france
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: Australia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The true story of a part aboriginal man who finds the pressure of adapting to white culture intolerable, and as a result snaps in a violent and horrific manner.
Style:
thought provoking, grindhouse, contemplative, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
racism, aborigine, interracial couple, indigenous people, australian aboriginal, biopic, fugitive, murder of family, interracial marriage, wild west, racial discrimination, blaxploitation ...
Time:
year 1978, 1900s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
australia, new south wales, new zealand
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The wife of a Marine serving in Vietnam, Sally Hyde (Jane Fonda) decides to volunteer at a local veterans hospital to occupy her time. There she meets Luke Martin (Jon Voight), a frustrated wheelchair-bound vet who has become disillusioned with the ...
Style:
political, erotic, realistic, emotional, romantic ...
Plot:
vietnam war, paraplegic, hospital, love, disability, vietnam veteran, love story, soldier, military, suicide, dysfunctional marriage, war hero ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1978, 70s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, hong kong, vietnam ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The Driver specializes in driving getaway cars for robberies. His exceptional talent has prevented him from being caught yet. After another successful flight from the police a self-assured detective makes it his primary goal to catch the Driver. He ...
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, tense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
car chase, car, existentialism, carsploitation, police detective, driver, heist, gambling, witness, one last job, on the run, law enforcement ...
Time:
20th century, year 1978, 70s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
An ambitious Hollywood hustler becomes involved with a reclusive female star whom he tries to lure out of retirement.
Style:
romantic drama, contemplative, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
mother daughter estrangement, bare breasts, filmmaking, hollywood, gay slur, mother daughter conflict, guard dog, actor, girl, twists and turns, love, couples ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s, 20th century, year 1947, year 1962
Place:
america, usa, california, santa monica california, paris france
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: West Germany, UK, Sweden
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After a seven-year absence, Charlotte Andergast travels to Sweden to reunite with her daughter Eva. The pair have a troubled relationship: Charlotte sacrificed the responsibilities of motherhood for a career as a classical pianist. Over an emotional ...
Style:
art house, depressing, emotional, philosophical, intense ...
Plot:
marriage, autumn, dysfunctional family, mother daughter estrangement, child neglect, pianist, intimacy, reconciliation, classical music, family relations, musician, women ...
Time:
year 1978, 20th century, 70s
Place:
europe, eastern europe, scandinavia
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Solange is depressed: she's stopped smiling, she eats little, she says less. She has fainting fits. Her husband Raoul seeks to save her by enlisting Stephane, a stranger, to be her lover. Although he listens to Mozart and has every Pocket Book ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sex comedy, sexual, romantic ...
Plot:
sexual initiation, age difference, teenage boy, smart kid, menage a trois, humiliation, pregnancy, teenage sexuality, sex, sex with a minor, sexual frustration, unrequited love ...
Time:
70s, year 1978, 20th century, 19th century
Place:
france, paris france, japan, tokyo
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Miles Cullen is a bored teller at a bank in a Toronto mall who accidentally learns that his place of business is about to be robbed. Instead of informing his bosses or contacting the police, Miles cleverly devises a way of keeping the cash.
Style:
neo noir, offbeat, christmas horror, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bank robbery, female nudity, bank, chess, robbery, caper, shopping mall, bank teller, xmas, criminal, bank robber, psychopath ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s, 20th century
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada
Is relevant?
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580
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Portrayal of British poet/author Stevie Smith and her life with her beloved aunt through direct dialogue with the audience by Stevie, as well as flashbacks, and narration by a friend. The movie mainly focuses on her relationship with her aunt, ...
Style:
independent film, uplifting, serious, realistic, sexual ...
Plot:
poet, writers, biopic, brain tumor, loneliness, drowning, tumor, trippy, art, medical, girl, friendship ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Place:
london, yorkshire, england, buckingham palace, moscow russia ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole officer.
Style:
neo noir, serious, realistic, psychological, thought provoking ...
Plot:
prison, parole officer, robbery, bank robbery, murder, friendship, going straight, dishonesty, life is a bitch, crime gone awry, female nudity, bank ...
Time:
20th century, year 1978, 70s
Place:
los angeles, beverly hills, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Paris, 1933. The daughter of a respectable lower middle class couple, Violette Nozière, leads a disreputable double life. Far from being the innocent 18-year-old her parents mistake her for, she spends her nights with dissolute young men in the ...
Style:
erotic, neo noir, disturbing, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
sex, evil girl, murder, female nudity, promiscuous daughter, syphilis, sexual promiscuity, women in prison, mother daughter relationship, stolen money, women's prison, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 1978, 1930s
Place:
france, paris france, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When the warren belonging to a community of rabbits is threatened, a brave group led by Fiver, Bigwig, Blackberry and Hazel leave their homeland in a search of a safe new haven.
Style:
sad, adult animation, emotional, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
rabbit, journey, violent, friendship, death, blood, animal, mature, animal protagonist, survival, violence, furry ...
Time:
70s, year 1978, 20th century
Place:
england
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Jackie Chan stars as Wong Fei-Hung, whose mischievous antics land him in hot water. Having tolerated enough of his son's mishaps, Fei-Hung's dad enlists his sadistic uncle, who specializes in drunken-style kung fu, to teach the lad some ...
Style:
humorous, cult classic, funny, exciting, intense ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, wuxia, wu shu, kung fu master, teacher, drinking, female martial artist, alcoholic, master, redemption, karate ...
Time:
year 1978, 20th century, 19th century
Place:
china, asia, east asia, tokyo, hong kong
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Some sporting victories are about more than just claiming a title. Some of them go down in history. The film follows the most dramatic and legendary showdown in the history of chess – the match between Anatoly Karpov, then world champion, and ...
Style:
tense, psychological, suspense, disturbing, contemplative ...
Plot:
chess, genius, child prodigy, rivalry, heroes, competition, tournament, championship, champion, ambition, snake, bad news ...
Time:
year 1978
Place:
russia
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Chile
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Four friends visit a rural locality of Chile, are brutally attacked by a man and his son. After not finding help in the town, they decide to confront these men with the help of a pair of policemen. But in this way, they will discover that their ...
Style:
disturbing, controversial, erotic, psychotronic, suspense ...
Plot:
dictator, rape, female nudity, redheaded woman, killed during sex, sister sister relationship, rape and revenge, mother son incest, abduction, forced incest, extreme, brutality ...
Time:
year 1978
Place:
chile
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