Best Movies of 1978
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Best Movies of 1978
TOP Movies: Halloween (1978), Superman (1978), Dawn of the Dead (1978), Death on the Nile (1978), The Deer Hunter (1978), Damien - Omen II (1978), Grease (1978), Days of Heaven (1978), The Fury (1978), Midnight Express (1978), Coming Home (1978), Animal House (1978), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), Interiors (1978), Heaven Can Wait (1978), The Buddy Holly Story (1978), Up in Smoke (1978), Straight Time (1978), Girlfriends (1978), The Silent Partner (1978).
List of Best Movies
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
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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 ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
Style:
grindhouse, classic horror, creepy, dark, splatter ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
zombie, infection, zombie apocalypse, apocalypse, chaos, epidemic, virus, living dead, siege, shopping mall, gory, isolation ...
Time:
70s, year 1978, 20th century
Place:
pennsylvania, pittsburgh, bolivia, philadelphia, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board. Can Poirot identify the killer before the ship reaches the end of its journey?
Style:
suspense, captivating, atmospheric, talky, mind bending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder mystery, whodunit, murder, multiple suspects, twists and turns, private detective, cruise, secrets, heir, mentor, writers, love triangle ...
Time:
year 1978, year 1937, 1930s
Place:
egypt, north africa, united kingdom, england, cairo egypt ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 183 min.
Story:
A group of working-class friends decides to enlist in the Army during the Vietnam War and finds it to be hellish chaos -- not the noble venture they imagined. Before they left, Steven married his pregnant girlfriend -- and Michael and Nick were in ...
Style:
depressing, epic, psychological, emotional, harsh ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, russian roulette, hunting, anti war, suicide, friendship, small town, wedding, u.s. army, gambling, drunkenness, war crime ...
Time:
20th century, year 1978, post world war two, 60s
Place:
vietnam, pennsylvania, pittsburgh, asia, usa ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Since the sudden and highly suspicious death of his parents, 12-year-old Damien has been in the charge of his wealthy aunt and uncle (Lee Grant and William Holden). Widely feared to be the Antichrist, Damien relentlessly plots to seize control of ...
Style:
religious horror, scary, grindhouse, slasher, demonic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
devil, killer child, 666, boy, antichrist, black magic, evil child, supernatural, evil wins, supernatural horror, raven, demon ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
chicago, wisconsin, israel
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324K
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?
Style:
romantic, sexy, feel good, sentimental, cult classic ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, teens, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
high school, opposites attract, coming of age, dancing, dance, makeover, summer romance, teenage love, love story, first love, teenager, teenage girl ...
Time:
1950s, year 1959, year 1978, 20th century, year 1958 ...
Place:
california, australia, los angeles, bronx new york city, usa ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In 1910, a Chicago steel worker accidentally kills his supervisor and flees to the Texas panhandle with his girlfriend and little sister to work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer. A love triangle, a swarm of locusts, a hellish ...
Style:
art house, sexy, breathtaking, visually stunning, visually appealing ...
Plot:
farmer, love triangle, impossible love, farm, train, love, autumn, harvest, passion, childhood, class differences, photograph ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1978, turn of the century, pre world war one
Place:
usa, chicago, texas, midwest, austin texas
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19K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A government agent is determined to come to his son's rescue, when a sinister official kidnaps him to harness his extremely powerful psychic abilities.
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
kidnapping, conspiracy, government agency, vengeance, telekinesis, chase, secret government organization, family relations, rescue, visceral, government agent, danger ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1978, year 1977
Place:
chicago, middle east
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, realistic, depressing, psychological ...
Plot:
prison, brutality, torture, injustice, lawyer, escape, prison life, prison escape, drug, drug smuggling, court, violent ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1970, year 1978, year 1975 ...
Place:
turkey, brooklyn new york city, greece, istanbul turkey, europe ...
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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 ...
Is relevant?
135K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.
Style:
funny, humorous, slapstick comedy, sexy, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
college, party, revenge, beer, female nudity, marijuana, rivalry, cheerleader, drinking, sorority, fraternity, youth ...
Time:
year 1962, year 1978, 20th century, 60s, 80s ...
Place:
pennsylvania
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The first remake of the paranoid infiltration classic moves the setting for the invasion, from a small town to the city of San Francisco and starts as Matthew Bennell notices that several of his friends are complaining that their close relatives are ...
Style:
cult classic, disturbing, frightening, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
alien invasion, alien, dystopia, doppelganger, extraterrestrial, alien parasite, supernatural, parasite, evil wins, monster, alien possession, body horror ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1978, 1950s, 50s
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
Is relevant?
22K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A look at a dysfunctional family dominated by the controlling madness of its matriarch, Eve. Her reluctant husband and their three daughters make doomed efforts to cope with Eve's demands, while also trying to get on with their own lives. But, ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, bleak, melancholic, touching ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, sister sister relationship, depression, father daughter relationship, sibling rivalry, divorce, mother daughter relationship, suicide, attempted rape, three sisters, psychology, character study ...
Time:
20th century, year 1978, 70s
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him to heaven only to discover that he wasn't ready to die, and that his body has been cremated. A ...
Style:
funny, sexy, sentimental, witty, touching ...
Audience:
kids, date night, family outing
Plot:
angel, reincarnation, afterlife, heaven, american football, supernatural, body swap, football team, soul transference, murder of husband, back from the dead, football ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s, 1930s
Place:
los angeles, usa, san francisco
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
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
An unemployed pot-smoking slacker and amateur drummer, Anthony Stoner ditches his strict parents and hits the road, eventually meeting kindred spirit Pedro de Pacas. While the drug-ingesting duo is soon arrested for possession of marijuana, Anthony ...
Style:
grindhouse, sexy, funny, cult classic, laugh out loud ...
Plot:
stoner, marijuana, drug, weed, rock and roll, buddy, road trip, stoned, satire, hippie, exploitation, hitchhiker ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1977
Place:
los angeles, mexico, california, latin america, vietnam ...
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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
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A photographer and her girlfriend are roommates. She is stuck with small-change shooting jobs and dreams of success. When her roommate decides to get married and leave, she feels hurt and has to learn how to deal with living alone.
Style:
independent film, mumblecore, art house, cult classic
Plot:
friendship, photographer, rabbi, female friendship, roommate, photograph, single, women, photography, feminist, sneeze, joke ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
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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?
19K
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.
Style:
suspenseful, detective, humorous, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
conspiracy, murder, fall in love, amateur detective, librarian, irreverence, music conductor, karate, police investigation, assassination plot, car chase, danger ...
Time:
20th century, year 1978, 70s
Place:
san francisco, phoenix arizona, usa, california
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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
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned opposition leader who is also critically ill and ...
Style:
exciting, tense, harsh, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, mercenary, politics, rescue, battles, heroes, dishonesty, danger, against the odds, political unrest, political corruption, behind enemy lines ...
Time:
20th century, year 1978, 70s, 80s
Place:
africa, zimbabwe, south africa, london, england ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A wealthy woman from Manhattan's Upper East Side struggles to deal with her new identity and her sexuality after her husband of 16 years leaves her for a younger woman.
Style:
sentimental, psychological, touching, humorous, emotional ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
female nudity, divorce, sex scene, marital separation, midlife crisis, breakup, voyeur, feminist, self discovery, betrayal, couple relations, fall in love ...
Time:
20th century, year 1978, 70s
Place:
new york, usa
Is relevant?
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: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Fed up with mistreatment at the hands of both management and union brass, and coupled with financial hardships on each man's end, three auto assembly line workers hatch a plan to rob a safe at union headquarters.
Style:
neo noir, realistic, disturbing, clever, cynical ...
Plot:
union, working class, robbery, labor union, money, female nudity, drinking, caper, blaxploitation, crime gone awry, fighting the system, criminal ...
Time:
70s, year 1978, 20th century
Place:
detroit, michigan, usa, africa
Is relevant?
92K
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.
Style:
natural horror, suspense, scary, slasher, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
shark, animal attack, survival, killer shark, monster, sea adventure, shark attack, creature feature, panic, underwater, creature, boat ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
fictional island, usa, new england, new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Misadventures of four groups of guests at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
Style:
funny, humorous, witty, clever, talky ...
Plot:
hotel, multiple storylines, tennis, sarcasm, farce, nylons, womanizer, custody, friendship, luxury hotel, couples, friends ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
los angeles, california, beverly hills, usa, new york ...
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.
Style:
suspense, intense, tense, talky, exciting ...
Plot:
heist, train robbery, robbery, gold, perfect crime, victorian england, betrayal, british, gangster, train travel, master criminal, partner ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s, 1800s, turn of the century, year 1979 ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, united kingdom, london
Is relevant?
21K
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Truckers form a mile long "convoy" in support of a trucker's vendetta with an abusive sheriff...Based on the country song of same title by C.W. McCall.
Style:
road movie, dark comedy, surprise ending, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
truck, car chase, on the road, chase, rebellion, on the run, desert, police brutality, highway, car, corrupt sheriff, state trooper ...
Time:
70s, year 1978, 20th century, 80s
Place:
texas, arizona, new mexico, austin texas, albuquerque new mexico ...
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