Best Movies of 1978
Most watched in 1978
Grease1978 · ★ 7.4 · 1h 50m
Halloween1978 · ★ 7.6 · 1h 31m
Superman1978 · ★ 7.2 · 2h 24m
The Deer Hunter1978 · ★ 8.0 · 3h 3m
Dawn of the Dead1978 · ★ 7.5 · 2h 7m
Jaws 21978 · ★ 6.0 · 1h 57m
#1 The Deer Hunter (1978) · ★ 8.0 · 4,404 votes · 3h 3m · drama, warThree steelworkers enlist in the army and are sent to Vietnam, one leaving behind a rushed marriage, the others a shared love. What they encounter during the war changes their live…
#2 Autumn Sonata (1978) · ★ 8.0 · 732 votes · 1h 33m · drama, musicAfter 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…
#3 Halloween (1978) · ★ 7.6 · 6,386 votes · 1h 31m · thriller, horrorFifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.…
#4 Dawn of the Dead (1978) · ★ 7.5 · 2,384 votes · 2h 7m · horror, science-fictionDuring 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 refug…
#5 Days of Heaven (1978) · ★ 7.5 · 1,215 votes · 1h 34m · romance, dramaIn 1916, 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…
#6 The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978) · ★ 7.5 · 523 votes · 1h 56m · action, adventureDuring the Qing Dynasty, a fishmonger is killed by the reigning Manchu government for supporting the anti-government movement; his son manages to escape to Shaolin Temple, where he…
#7 Grease (1978) · ★ 7.4 · 7,822 votes · 1h 50m · comedy, romanceAustralian 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 th…
#8 Midnight Express (1978) · ★ 7.4 · 1,951 votes · 2h 1m · drama, crimeBilly Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of a country. The courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two oppor…
#9 Drunken Master (1978) · ★ 7.4 · 1,178 votes · 1h 51m · action, comedyAfter getting into trouble, a mischievous young man is sent to train under a brutal, but slovenly old beggar, who teaches him the secret of the Drunken Fist.…
#10 Superman (1978) · ★ 7.2 · 4,446 votes · 2h 24m · action, adventure, science-fictionMild-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…
#11 Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) · ★ 7.2 · 1,389 votes · 1h 56m · horror, science-fictionThe residents of San Francisco are becoming drone-like shadows of their former selves, and as the phenomenon spreads, two Department of Health workers uncover the horrifying truth.…
#12 Death on the Nile (1978) · ★ 7.2 · 954 votes · 2h 20m · mysteryAs Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board and every elegant passenger becomes a prime suspect.…
#13 Watership Down (1978) · ★ 7.2 · 735 votes · 1h 32m · adventure, drama, animationWhen 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.…
#14 The Driver (1978) · ★ 7.2 · 526 votes · 1h 31m · action, thriller, crimeThe 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…
#15 Animal House (1978) · ★ 7.0 · 1,731 votes · 1h 49m · comedyAt a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.…
#16 The Lord of the Rings (1978) · ★ 6.6 · 1,093 votes · 2h 12m · fantasy, adventure, animationYoung Hobbit Frodo Baggins is thrown into an amazing adventure when he's tasked with destroying the One Ring, created by the dark lord Sauron. Frodo must travel in a small fellowsh…
#17 French Fried Vacation (1978) · ★ 6.6 · 965 votes · 1h 45m · comedyHolidaymakers arriving in a Club Med camp on the Ivory Coast are determined to forget their everyday problems and emotional disappointments. Games, competitions, outings, bathing a…
#18 Up in Smoke (1978) · ★ 6.6 · 647 votes · 1h 26m · comedy, adventureAn 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…
#19 Damien - Omen II (1978) · ★ 6.4 · 851 votes · 1h 47m · thriller, horrorSince the sudden and suspicious deaths of his parents, young Damien has been in the charge of his wealthy aunt and uncle and enrolled in a military school. Widely feared to be the…
#20 Game of Death (1978) · ★ 6.4 · 764 votes · 1h 41m · action, thriller, dramaA martial arts movie star must fake his death to find the people who are trying to kill him.…
#21 Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978) · ★ 6.4 · 501 votes · 1h 39m · comedy, crime, mysteryChief 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…
#22 Every Which Way but Loose (1978) · ★ 6.1 · 509 votes · 1h 50m · action, comedy, adventurePhilo Beddoe is your regular, easygoing, truck-driving guy. He's also the best bar-room brawler west of the Rockies. And he lives with a 165-pound orangutan named Clyde. Like other…
#23 Jaws 2 (1978) · ★ 6.0 · 2,194 votes · 1h 57m · thriller, horrorPolice chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.…
#24 Piranha (1978) · ★ 6.0 · 780 votes · 1h 34m · comedy, horror, science-fictionWhen flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.…
#25 Day of the Woman (1978) · ★ 6.0 · 751 votes · 1h 41m · thriller, drama, horrorA young, beautiful career woman rents a backwoods cabin to write her first novel. Attacked by a group of local lowlifes and left for dead, she devises a horrific plan to inflict re…
#26 The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) · ★ 3.4 · 522 votes · 1h 37m · fantasy, adventure, tv-movieLuke Skywalker and Han Solo battle evil Imperial forces to help Chewbacca reach his imperiled family on the Wookiee planet - in time for Life Day, their most important day of the y…