Movie List for "drama 2"

The Greek Tycoon (1978)

The life of the Greek tycoon Aristotelis Onassis. Year 1978.

Generes: Drama
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Writer: Nico Mastorakis (story), Win Wells (story), Morton S. Fine (story), Morton S. Fine (screenplay)
Actors: Anthony Quinn, Jacqueline Bisset, Raf Vallone, Edward Albert

Drop Dead, Dearest (1978)

A woman is murdered and her millionaire husband is accused. But is he guilty? Year 1978.

Generes: Drama, Mystery
Director: Murray Markowitz
Writer: Murray Markowitz (original screenplay)
Actors: Elke Sommer, Donald Pilon, Chuck Shamata, George Touliatos

Gray Lady Down (1978)

A Navy Captain uses his experimental Snark to reach a nuclear submarine stuck on an ocean ledge. Year 1978.

Generes: Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Director: David Greene
Writer: David Lavallee (novel), James Whittaker (screenplay), Howard Sackler (screenplay), Frank P. Rosenberg (adaptation)
Actors: Charlton Heston, David Carradine, Stacy Keach, Ned Beatty

Girlfriends (1978)

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. Year 1978.

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: Claudia Weill
Writer: Claudia Weill (story), Vicki Polon (story), Vicki Polon (screenplay)
Actors: Melanie Mayron, Eli Wallach, Adam Cohen, Anita Skinner

Go Tell the Spartans (1978)

During the early 1960s, U.S. military advisers in South Vietnam discover the same challenges that plagued the French army in Indochina ten years prior. Year 1978.

Generes: Drama, War
Director: Ted Post
Writer: Daniel Ford (novel), Wendell Mayes
Actors: Burt Lancaster, Craig Wasson, Jonathan Goldsmith, Marc Singer

Gates of Heaven (1978)

A documentary about a pet cemetery in California, and the people who have pets buried there. Year 1978.

Generes: Documentary, Comedy, Drama
Director: Errol Morris
Writer: N/A
Actors: Lucille Billingsley, Zella Graham, Cal Harberts, Dan Harberts

F.I.S.T. (1978)

A rebellious Cleveland warehouse worker rises through the ranks of a trucking industry union to become union president but his organized crime links cause his eventual downfall. Year 1978.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Norman Jewison
Writer: Joe Eszterhas (story), Joe Eszterhas (screenplay), Sylvester Stallone (screenplay)
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Rod Steiger, Peter Boyle, Melinda Dillon

Death Drug (1978)

A young man in Los Angeles dreams of striking it big as a singer in the music business. One day he gets signed to a big record contract, but along with the fame and money he develops an addiction to the drug PCP. Year 1978.

Generes: Drama
Director: Oscar Williams
Writer: Roland S. Jefferson
Actors: Philip Michael Thomas, Vernee Watson, Rosalind Cash, Frankie Crocker

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 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

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

Knock-Out Cop (1978)

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 … Year 1978.

Generes: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director: Steno
Writer: Adriano Bolzoni (screenplay), Giovanni Simonelli (screenplay), Franco Verucci (screenplay), Rainer Brandt (screenplay), Franco Verucci (story)
Actors: Bud Spencer, Enzo Cannavale, Werner Pochath, Joe Stewardson