| The Silent Partner (1978) | 7.4 | |
| Das Ding (1978) | 8.0 | |
| Killer of Sheep (1978) | 7.2 | |
| Superman (1978) | 7.4 | |
| Halloween II (1981) | 6.5 |
Year 1978 movies and TV shows – page 5
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List of year 1978 movies
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Commissary Rizzo in Napoli gets a message from a policeman from South Africa who wants to meet him. Immediatlz before this meeting the south African policeman is killed. Dying he shows Rizzo a picture of his little son Bodo. Riyyo travels to ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, exciting, humorous, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
law enforcement, cop, conspiracy, escapades, tough law enforcer, heroes, gang, against the odds, violent content, airplane, party, car chase ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s, 20th century
Place:
south africa, africa, napoli italy, naples italy, italy
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Genre: Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Lassie is claimed from his family by a "former owner" and then braves a cross country trip to rejoin the ones that love her.
Style:
independent film, semi serious, realistic, touching, feel good
Audience:
family outing, preschool
Plot:
lassie, dog, animal, family relations, best friend, friendship, family life, hopes, pets, heroes, getting home, rescue ...
Time:
year 1978, 20th century, 70s
Place:
colorado, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
One night when seeking his estranged wife, Hoffmann goes to the youth center where she works. The police are there rounding up radicals who frequent the center - Hoffmann runs into the building and ends up being shot in the head. He awakens with ...
Style:
contemplative, thought provoking, mind bending, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
male pubic hair, male nudity, hospital, memory loss, infidelity, politics, terrorism, law enforcement, dishonesty, self discovery, life is a bitch, vengeance ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Place:
germany
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Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An 11th-century Viking prince sails to America to find his father, who on a previous voyage had been captured by Indians.
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, exciting, realistic, semi serious
Plot:
viking, medieval, sword and sorcery, barbarian, sorcery, native american, legend, ancient, native, knight, redsploitation, rescue ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, year 1978, 11th century
Place:
north america
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A mentally-challenged delivery boy indulges in fantasies that he is a superhero in the tough streets of Brooklyn. He lives a life marked with torments from the gang of deadbeats at the corner, overbearing concern from his mother and older brother, ...
Style:
period piece, melancholic
Plot:
working class, character study, mental disorder, mother son relationship, innocence, loneliness, outsider, dreaming, empathy, misunderstanding, coming of age, bullying ...
Time:
70s, year 1978
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Officer Jim Wade is a loose cannon on the force with a reputation roughing up suspects, informants, witnesses, and just about everybody else who rubs him the wrong way. When women start being killed by mysterious serial murderer called The Slasher, ...
Style:
neo noir, independent film
Plot:
criminal, revenge, violence, justice, anti hero, righteous rage, vigilante, police officer, injustice, kidnapping, yacht, revenge plot ...
Time:
year 1978
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
1951: Andy Schmidt is in his last year of college. Taking life easy and always a saucy joke on his lips, he manages to win fellow student Mary's heart, although she's already otherwise engaged. But getting a job after college turns out ...
Style:
independent film, semi serious, realistic, offbeat, touching ...
Plot:
wrestling, showbiz, professional wrestling, dysfunctional marriage, college, actor's life, couples, down on your luck, midlife crisis, relationship vs career, infidelity, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
year 1978, 1950s, 20th century, 50s, year 1951
Place:
new york
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2 is a 1978 film directed by Larry Peerce. It stars Marilyn Hassett and Timothy Bottoms. It is a sequel to The Other Side of the Mountain
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
disability, physical disability, quadriplegic, love, grief, paralysis, fall in love, human spirit, love and romance, hopes, misfit, unfulfillment ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Sylvester Stallone is fighting the odds again, this time in the wrestling ring. As Cosmo Carboni, he and his two brothers dream of getting out of Hell's Kitchen (circa 1946) and into the big time. The exit signs point to Paradise Alley, a ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, sincere, touching, cult classic ...
Plot:
wrestling, love interest, prostitute, arm wrestling, wager, tough guy, poverty, world war two veteran, greed, wrestler, christmas, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 20th century, year 1978
Place:
new york, usa, north america
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A comatose hospital patient harasses and kills though his powers of telekinesis to claim his private nurse as his own.
Style:
medical horror, grindhouse, slasher, mystical, scary ...
Plot:
hospital, male nudity, male pubic hair, telekinesis, serial killer, supernatural, coma, exploitation, mental disorder, mind power, psychokinesis, supernatural power ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Place:
oceania, australia, italy, europe, melbourne ...
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance, War
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The film chronicles Perceval's knighthood, maturation and eventual peerage amongst the Knights of the Round Table, and also contains brief episodes from the story of Gawain and the crucifixion of Christ.
Style:
arthurian, spiritual, stylized, aesthetic, anthology ...
Plot:
king arthur, medieval, knight, arthurian legend, female nudity, peasant, sword and sorcery, nude girl, time travel, ancient, time machine, spirituality ...
Time:
medieval times, middle ages, year 1978, 12th century
Place:
france
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Hattie (Susan Sarandon), a New Orleans hooker, meets a photographer named Bellocq (Keith Carradine) at her brothel one night and, after he photographs her, he befriends her 12-year-old daughter, Violet (Brooke Shields). When Violet is brought on as ...
Style:
controversial, sexy, erotic, disturbing, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
virginity, innocence lost, nymphet, child prostitution, prostitution, girl man relationship, loss of virginity, world war one, photographer, brothel, child sexual abuse, sexual content ...
Time:
1910s, ancient times, victorian era, year 1978, year 1917 ...
Place:
new orleans, america, louisiana, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Lionel's life turns around after a one-night stand on top of a pinball table... he becomes the world's first pregnant man!
Style:
mystic, independent film, spoof, parody
Plot:
pregnant man, teacher student romance, christmas, immigrant, abortion rights, ethnic slur, night school, racial stereotype, racial slur, switching roles, god, black stereotype ...
Time:
year 1978
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Just released from prison, a young woman arrives in town to "start a new life", but soon begins stalking a married construction worker for no apparent reason, turning his life inside out and eventually terrorizing him and his wife.
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
stalking, released from prison, female stalker, being followed, manipulative woman, ex husband ex wife relationship, arrest, female masturbation, love triangle, bare breasts, jealous wife, manipulative behavior ...
Time:
year 1978, 20th century, 70s
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, West Germany
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Anna is a film director whose job takes her all over western Europe. In each place she either already has some intimate connection, or readily makes one. People seem drawn to her, but inevitably insist on sharing their inmost secrets and discontents ...
Style:
art house, contemplative, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
lesbian, on the road, women, feminist, female nudity, existential loneliness, nude girl, filmmaking, modernism, lgbtq, woman, woman peeing ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Place:
france, brussels, germany, belgium, europe ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In this sequal to "Escape From Witch Mountain," Tia and Tony leave their safe refuge on witch mountain for a trip to Los Angeles. Tony is kidnapped by the evil Dr. Gannon and his spinster partner Letha and brainwashed into helping Gannon ...
Style:
saga, humorous, epic, gothic, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
kidnapping, boy, gang, mad scientist, spaceship, child abuse, brother sister relationship, greed, witch, supernatural, alien, psionic power ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: UK, USA, China, France, Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau is dead. At least that is what the world (and Charles Dreyfus) believe when a dead body is discovered in Clouseau's car after being shot off the road. Naturally, Clouseau knows differently, and taking advantage ...
Style:
hilarious, funny, humorous, slapstick, colorful ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
pink panther, farce, law enforcement, investigation, car chase, businessman, pirate, damage, weirdo, murder mystery, clumsy, presumed dead ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, europe, paris france, seattle
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A man and woman meet by chance at a romantic inn over dinner. Although both are married to others, they find themselves in the same bed the next morning questioning how this could have happened. They agree to meet on the same weekend each year. ...
Style:
talky, sentimental, clever, sad, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
adultery, infidelity, amor, marriage, polyamory, cheating, betrayal, accountant, midlife crisis, fall in love, bittersweet, love ...
Time:
year 1978, 20th century, 50s, 70s, 1950s ...
Place:
monterey california, california
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Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A man and a woman and 3 children start to sail around the world. They are shipwrecked near an uninhabited isle. This island is full of wild animals and it is very dangerous for them in the begining. They live through a lot of wonderful adventure ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
ocean, sailing, stowaway, sea, castaway, sea voyage, pelican, shipwreck, survival, wilderness, island, sailboat ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Place:
alaska, usa, seattle
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Four college seniors open a bogus sex clinic, which unexpectedly mushrooms into a multi-million dollar business. Featuring a young Dennis Quaid in one of his earliest roles and Alan Reed (the original voice of Fred Flintstone) in his final film ...
Style:
sexy, grindhouse, independent film, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
college, sex, female nudity, sleaze, friendship, clinic, friends, prostitute, cons and scams, sexual relations, tickling, nudity ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s, 20th century
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Marlo Manners is enjoying her honeymoon with Sir Michael Barrington, husband number 6. As luck would have it, an international conference is taking place in the same hotel and the Russian delegate (one of Marlo's former husbands) is threatening ...
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, spoof, absurd, not serious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
hotel, farce, diplomat, honeymoon, celebrity, mafia, reporter, conference, 007, the beatles, usa president, rock ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Place:
london
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, UK, West Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A small town band makes it big, but loses track of their roots, as they get caught up into the big-time machinations of the music biz. Now, they must thwart a plot to destroy their home town. Built around the music of the beatles, this musical uses ...
Style:
cult classic, independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
rock and roll, music, the beatles, video arcade, resurrection, greed, disco, hysteria, interracial, hippie, musician, billboard ...
Time:
1940s, year 1978, 1930s, 1920s, 1910s ...
Place:
los angeles
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The anti-Ching patriots, under the guidance of Ho Kuang-han, have secretly set up their base in Canton, disguised as school masters. During a brutal Manchu attack, Lui manages to escape, and devotes himself to learning the martial arts in order to ...
Style:
grindhouse, stylized, inspirational, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
shaolin, kung fu, martial arts, shaolin kung fu, martial artist, revenge, wuxia, samurai, kung fu master, training, fight, kung fu classic ...
Time:
year 1978, 18th century
Place:
china, asia, japan, tokyo, hong kong
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A traveller by the name of Crossley, forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.
Style:
surreal, atmospheric, psychological, horror musical, slasher ...
Plot:
female nudity, nudity, folk horror, surrealism, erotica, renaissance, mental disorder, small town, curses spells and rituals, witchcraft, spell, insanity ...
Time:
year 1978, 20th century, 70s
Place:
eastern europe, england
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
An aging out of shape reporter falls for a pretty but seriously ill ballerina.
Style:
realistic, captivating, sentimental, emotional, touching
Plot:
ballet, ballerina, life is a bitch, opposites attract, orphan, love and romance, society, hopes, ambition, dancer's life, doctors and patients, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Place:
new york, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A retired safe cracker is recruited by a young conman to return to the "business" for a million dollar heist.
Style:
suspense, independent film, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
safecracker, heist, crime wave, swing, disorder, cons and scams, intrigue, buddies, rivalry, gang, master and servant, law enforcement ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Is relevant?
19K
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A Thanksgiving dinner brings a host of family together in a Harlem apartment, where a 24-year-old schoolteacher named Dorothy Gale (Diana Ross) lives with her Aunt Em (Theresa Merritt) and Uncle Henry (Stanley Greene). Extremely introverted, she ...
Style:
stylized, cult classic, dark drama, sweet, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, teens
Plot:
wizard of oz, broadway, black, scarecrow, magic, fantasy world, dancing, music, african american, wizard, black woman, dog ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Place:
new york, harlem, new york city, usa, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Orchestra Rehearsal (Italian: Prova d'orchestra) is a 1978 Italian film directed by Federico Fellini. It follows an Italian orchestra as the members go on strike against the conductor. The film was shown out of competition at the 1979 Cannes ...
Style:
art house, black comedy, cult classic, spiritual, poetic ...
Plot:
musician, music, parable, orchestra, anarchy, labor, spirituality, union, strike, identity, concert, orchestra conductor ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s, 20th century
Place:
italy
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Jamaica
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Horsemouth, a drummer living in a ghetto of Kingston plans to make some extra money selling and distributing records. He buys a motorcycle to carry them to the sound systems around the island.
Style:
tense, semi serious, realistic, atmospheric
Plot:
jamaican, blaxploitation, rastafarian, motorcycle, tourism, rock, african, stoner, punk, stoned, wanderlust, rock and roll ...
Time:
year 1978, 20th century, 70s
Place:
jamaica, africa, caribbean
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A pair of smugglers manage to pick up a castaway while running from the authorities, who turns out to be the only survivor from a secret mission to destroy a mysterious superweapon designed by the evil Count Zartharn. The smugglers are soon ...
Style:
futuristic, retro, psychotronic, grindhouse, funny ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
space battle, space opera, robot, space, lightsaber, spacecraft, space travel, female warrior, psychic, exploding planet, emperor, smuggler ...
Time:
year 1978
Place:
space western
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