Movie List for "1978"

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Following an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia S.W.A.T. team members, a traffic reporter, and his television executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall. Year 1978.

Generes: Horror, Thriller
Director: George A. Romero
Writer: George A. Romero
Actors: David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger, Gaylen Ross

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)

Jimmie Blacksmith, the son of an Aboriginal mother and a white father, falls victim to much racist abuse after marrying a white woman, and goes on a killing spree and finds himself on the run in the aftermath. Year 1978.

Generes: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Director: Fred Schepisi
Writer: Fred Schepisi (screenplay), Thomas Keneally (novel)
Actors: Tommy Lewis, Freddy Reynolds, Ray Barrett, Jack Thompson

Coma (1978)

When a young female doctor notices an unnatural amount of comas occurring in her hospital she uncovers a horrible conspiracy. Year 1978.

Generes: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Michael Crichton
Writer: Michael Crichton (screenplay), Robin Cook (novel)
Actors: Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley, Rip Torn

The Comeback (1978)

A singer holes up at a sinister estate to write new songs for his act. The ghost of his murdered wife begins to haunt him, then the person who actually killed her shows up at the mansion. Year 1978.

Generes: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Pete Walker
Writer: Murray Smith (screenplay), Michael Sloan (additional script material)
Actors: Jack Jones, Pamela Stephenson, David Doyle, Bill Owen

The Cat and the Canary (1978)

A group of potential heirs gather in a forbidding old house to learn which of them will inherit a fortune. Later, they learn that a flesh-rending maniac is loose. Year 1978.

Generes: Comedy, Mystery, Horror
Director: Radley Metzger
Writer: Radley Metzger (screenplay), John Willard (play)
Actors: Honor Blackman, Michael Callan, Edward Fox, Wendy Hiller

The Boys in Company C (1978)

In 1967, five young men undergo boot camp training before being shipped out to Vietnam. Once they get there, the experience proves worse than they could have imagined. Year 1978.

Generes: Drama, War
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Writer: Rick Natkin, Sidney J. Furie
Actors: Stan Shaw, Andrew Stevens, James Canning, Michael Lembeck

The Buddy Holly Story (1978)

The story of the life and career of the early rock and roll singer, from his meteoric rise to stardom, to his marriage and untimely death. Year 1978.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Music
Director: Steve Rash
Writer: Alan Swyer (story), John Goldrosen (book), Robert Gittler (screenplay)
Actors: Gary Busey, Don Stroud, Charles Martin Smith, Conrad Janis

The Boys from Brazil (1978)

A Nazi hunter in Paraguay discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich. Year 1978.

Generes: Drama, Thriller
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer: Ira Levin (novel), Heywood Gould (screenplay)
Actors: Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier, James Mason, Lilli Palmer

Beartooth (1978)

An intriguing tale of courage and love in a savage wilderness, as two rivals become friends in order to survive the ordeals of a harsh winter. Follow the adventurous tales of these two as struggle with friendship and survival. Year 1978.

Generes: Adventure, Western
Director: Zack Belcher
Writer: Mary H. Belcher
Actors: Johnny Bush, Judy Nugent, Buck Taylor, Dub Taylor

UFO Journals (1978)

A documentary exploring the existence of extra-terrestrials. Year 1978.

Generes: Documentary
Director: Richard Martin
Writer: N/A
Actors: N/A

Karmayogi (1978)

Brash, outspoken, and aethiest Shanker lives in a small village with his son, Mohan, and his devout wife, Durga, who is expecting another child soon. Shanker and Durga are incompatible, as … Year 1978.

Generes: Action
Director: Ram Maheshwari
Writer: Binoy Chatterjee (screenplay), Ela Maheshwary (additional dialogue), C.J. Pavri (screenplay), Sagar Sarhadi (dialogue)
Actors: Mala Sinha, Raaj Kumar, Jeetendra, Rekha

She nu yu chao (1978)

The tribe of a remote island worships the legendary Snake Pearl. Two masters of kung fu visit the isle and discover they must defend the daughter of the murdered chief against a evil wizard. Year 1978.

Generes: Action, Drama, Adventure
Director: C.Y. Yang, Joseph Velasco
Writer: Ku-Yao Yang (screenplay)
Actors: Bruce Li, Dana, Sing Chen, Lik Cheung

Skateboard (1978)

A Hollywood agent finds himself in debt to a powerful bookie. To make a fast buck, he creates a team of exceptionally talented skateboarders and enters them in a downhill race. If they win, they will get $20,000. Year 1978.

Generes: Drama, Sport
Director: George Gage
Writer: Dick Wolf (screenplay), George Gage (screenplay), Dick Wolf (story)
Actors: Allen Garfield, Kathleen Lloyd, Leif Garrett, Richard Van der Wyk

Die Sister, Die! (1978)

A man hires a nurse to care for his ailing but nasty and shrewish sister. What he really intends to do, however, is to convince the nurse to join him in a plot to kill her. Year 1978.

Generes: Horror, Thriller
Director: Randall Hood
Writer: William Hersey (story), Tony Sawyer
Actors: Jack Ging, Edith Atwater, Antoinette Bower, Kent Smith

Three Card Monte (1978)

Movie Year 1978.

Generes: Comedy
Director: Les Rose
Writer: Richard Gabourie
Actors: Richard Gabourie, Chris Langevin, Lynne Cavanagh, Valerie Warburton

Brujo (1978)

Brujo is an exploration of shamanism and curing among the Mazatec Indians of Oaxaca, Mexico, and among two groups of Maya Indians in southern Mexico and Guatemala. Year 1978.

Generes: N/A
Director: Georges Payrastre, Claudine Viallon
Writer: N/A
Actors: N/A