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Grease (1978)

Summary: Good girl Sandy Olsson and greaser Danny Zuko fell in love over the summer. When they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance?

Release Date: June 16, 1978

Genres: Musical, Romance

Director: Randal Kleiser

Writers: Jim Jacobs

, Warren Casey

, Bronte Woodard

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Paramount Pictures, Robert Stigwood Organization (RSO), Allan Carr Production

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, Paramount Home Entertainment, American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 6,000,000

Domestic: $ 190,071,103

International: $ 206,200,000

474k - Rotten Tomatoes Audience

The Lord of the Rings (1978)

Summary: The Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign over Middle-earth.

Release Date: November 15, 1978

Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Animation

Director: Ralph Bakshi

Writers: Chris Conkling

, Peter S. Beagle

, J.R.R. Tolkien

Runtime: 2 h 12 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Fantasy Films, Bakshi Productions, Saul Zaentz Film Productions

Distributor: Thorn EMI Video, HBO/Cannon Video, WPIX, HBO Video, Home Box Office Home Video (HBO), RCA (II), Lumière Pictures, Republic Pictures Home Video, Weintraub Entertainment Group, Warner Home Video

Countries: United States, United Kingdom, Spain

Language: English

Franchise: The Lord of the Rings

Movie budget: $ 4,000,000

Domestic: $ 30,471,420

300k - Rotten Tomatoes Audience

Jaws 2 (1978)

Summary: Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.

Release Date: June 16, 1978

Genres: Adventure, Thriller, Horror

Director: Jeannot Szwarc

Writers: Peter Benchley

, Carl Gottlieb

, Howard Sackler

Runtime: 1 h 56 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Universal Pictures, Zanuck/Brown Productions, Zanuck/Brown Productions

Distributor: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), MCA Home Video, Turner Broadcasting System (TBS), Disney Channel, Netflix, HBO Max, Peacock, DiscoVision, MCA/Universal Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Jaws

Movie budget: $ 20,000,000

Domestic: $ 81,766,007

International: $ 106,118,000

205k - Rotten Tomatoes Audience

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Summary: During an escalating zombie epidemic, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter and his TV executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.

Genres: Thriller, Horror

Director: George A. Romero

Writer: George A. Romero

Runtime: 2 h 07 min

MPAA: Unrated

Production: Laurel Group, Dawn Associates

Distributor: United Film Distribution Company (UFDC), Cinema 5 Distributing, MKR Group, Home Box Office Home Video (HBO), Image Entertainment, Republic Pictures Home Video, Thorn EMI Video, Elite Entertainment, Video Treasures, Anchor Bay Entertainment, WawkalakTV

Countries: United States, Italy

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 650,000

186k - Rotten Tomatoes Audience

National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)

Summary: 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.

Release Date: July 28, 1978

Genre: Comedy

Director: John Landis

Writers: Harold Ramis

, Douglas Kenney

, Chris Miller

Runtime: 1 h 49 min

MPAA: R

Production: Universal Pictures, Oregon Film Factory, Stage III Productions

Distributor: MCA Videocassette, DiscoVision, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), MCA Home Video, MCA/Universal Home Video, Turner Broadcasting System (TBS), Pioneer Entertainment, Universal Studios Home Video, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), Fathom Events, Netflix, Studio Distribution Services (SDS)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,000,000

Domestic: $ 141,600,000

International: $ 7,219

104k - Rotten Tomatoes Audience

The Deer Hunter (1978)

Summary: An in-depth examination of the ways in which the Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of several friends in a small steel mill town in Pennsylvania.

Release Date: February 23, 1979

Genres: Drama, War

Director: Michael Cimino

Writers: Michael Cimino

, Deric Washburn

, Louis Garfinkle

Runtime: 3 h 03 min

MPAA: R

Production: EMI Films, Universal Pictures

Distributor: MCA Videocassette, MCA Videodisc Inc., MCA Home Video, RCA (II), USA Network, MCA/Universal Home Video, Universal Home Video, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: United States, United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 48,979,328

International: $ 100,798

63k - Rotten Tomatoes Audience

Up in Smoke (1978)

Summary: Stoner musicians Pedro DePacas and Anthony "Man" Stoner unknowingly smuggle a van - made entirely of marijuana - from Mexico to Los Angeles with incompetent Police Sergeant Stedenko hot on their trail.

Release Date: September 15, 1978

Genres: Comedy, Music

Directors: Lou Adler

, Tommy Chong

Writers: Tommy Chong

, Cheech Marin

Runtime: 1 h 26 min

MPAA: R

Production: Paramount Pictures

Distributor: Paramount Home Entertainment, MCA/Universal Home Video, HBO Max, RCA (II)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,000,000

Domestic: $ 44,364,244

51k - Rotten Tomatoes Audience

Damien: Omen II (1978)

Summary: Damien the Antichrist, now about to turn thirteen years old, finally learns of his destiny under the guidance of an unholy disciple of Satan. Meanwhile dark forces begin to eliminate all those who suspect the child's true identity.

Release Date: June 09, 1978

Genre: Horror

Directors: Don Taylor

, Mike Hodges

Writers: Harvey Bernhard

, David Seltzer

, Stanley Mann

Runtime: 1 h 47 min

MPAA: R

Production: Twentieth Century Fox, Harvey Bernhard Productions, Mace Neufeld Productions

Distributor: National Broadcasting Company (NBC), CBS/Fox, Fox Video, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Scream Factory

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Franchise: The Omen

Movie budget: $ 6,800,000

Domestic: $ 26,518,355

36k - Rotten Tomatoes Audience

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

Summary: When strange seeds drift to earth from space, mysterious pods begin to grow and invade San Francisco, replicating the city's residents one body at a time.

Release Date: December 22, 1978

Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi

Director: Philip Kaufman

Writers: W.D. Richter

, Jack Finney

Runtime: 1 h 55 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Solofilm, Solofilm

Distributor: MGM Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Scream Factory, The Criterion Channel, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,500,000

Domestic: $ 24,946,533

International: $ 182

35k - Rotten Tomatoes Audience

The Wiz (1978)

Summary: An adaptation of "The Wizard of Oz" that tries to capture the essence of the African-American experience.

Release Date: October 24, 1978

Genres: Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Director: Sidney Lumet

Writers: L. Frank Baum

, William F. Brown

, Joel Schumacher

Runtime: 2 h 14 min

MPAA: G

Production: Universal Pictures, Motown Productions

Distributor: CBS, DiscoVision, MCA/Universal Home Video, Universal Studios Home Video, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 24,000,000

Domestic: $ 21,049,053

International: $ 594

34k - Rotten Tomatoes Audience

Watership Down (1978)

Summary: Hoping to escape destruction by human developers and save their community, a colony of rabbits, led by Hazel and Fiver, seek out a safe place to set up a new warren.

Release Date: November 01, 1978

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Animation

Directors: Martin Rosen

, John Hubley

Writers: Richard Adams

, John Hubley

, Martin Rosen

Runtime: 1 h 31 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Nepenthe Productions, Watership Productions, Embassy Pictures, Goldcrest Films International

Distributor: AVCO Embassy Pictures, Embassy Pictures, Warner Home Video, CBS, Home Box Office (HBO)

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

31k - Rotten Tomatoes Audience

Midnight Express (1978)

Summary: Billy Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.

Release Date: October 27, 1978

Genres: Drama, Crime, Biography

Director: Alan Parker

Writers: Oliver Stone

, Billy Hayes

, William Hoffer

Runtime: 2 h 01 min

MPAA: R

Production: Columbia Pictures, Casablanca Filmworks

Distributor: Columbia Pictures, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, Columbia TriStar Home Video, GoodTimes Home Video, RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, Sony Movie Channel, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,300,000

Domestic: $ 35,000,000

17k - Rotten Tomatoes Audience

The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)

Summary: Chewbacca and Han Solo try to get to the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk to celebrate Life Day, but are impeded by an Imperial blockade. Chewie's family passes the time with various forms of entertainment.

Release Date: November 17, 1978

Genres: Adventure, Family, Musical

Directors: Steve Binder

, David Acomba

Writers: Rod Warren

, Bruce Vilanch

, Pat Proft

Runtime: 1 h 37 min

MPAA: TV-PG

Production: Smith-Hemion Productions, 20th Century Fox Television, Lucasfilm

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,000,000

16k - Rotten Tomatoes Audience

Days of Heaven (1978)

Summary: A hot-tempered farm laborer convinces the woman he loves to marry their rich but dying boss so that they can have a claim to his fortune.

Release Date: October 06, 1978

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Terrence Malick

Writer: Terrence Malick

Runtime: 1 h 34 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Paramount Pictures

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, Pioneer, Paramount Home Entertainment, The Criterion Collection, The Criterion Channel, RCA (II)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,000,000

Domestic: $ 3,446,749

International: $ 44,184

14k - Rotten Tomatoes Audience

The Last Waltz (1978)

Summary: A film account and presentation of the final concert of The Band.

Release Date: April 26, 1978

Genres: Music, Documentary, Biography

Director: Martin Scorsese

Writer: Mardik Martin

Runtime: 1 h 57 min

MPAA: PG

Production: FM Productions, Last Waltz Inc.

Distributor: CBS/Fox, MGM Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Rhino Entertainment Company, The Criterion Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 322,313

International: $ 38,674

13k - Rotten Tomatoes Audience

Heaven Can Wait (1978)

Summary: A Los Angeles Rams quarterback, accidentally taken away from his body by an overanxious angel before he was meant to die, returns to life in the body of a recently murdered millionaire.

Release Date: June 28, 1978

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Directors: Warren Beatty

, Buck Henry

Writers: Elaine May

, Warren Beatty

, Harry Segall

Runtime: 1 h 41 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Paramount Pictures

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, DiscoVision, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Paramount Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 6,000,000

Domestic: $ 81,640,278

12k - Rotten Tomatoes Audience

Piranha (1978)

Summary: When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.

Release Date: August 03, 1978

Genres: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

Director: Joe Dante

Writers: Richard Robinson

, John Sayles

Runtime: 1 h 34 min

MPAA: R

Production: New World Pictures, Chako Film Company

Distributor: Concorde-New Horizons, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, HBO Max, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), National Broadcasting Company (NBC), New Concorde Home Entertainment, New Horizons Home Video, Scream Factory, Shout! Factory, Viacom, Warner Home Video

Countries: Japan, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 600,000

9k - Rotten Tomatoes Audience

Convoy (1978)

Summary: Truckers form a mile-long "convoy" in support of a trucker's vendetta with an abusive sheriff - Based on the country song of the same title by C.W. McCall.

Release Date: August 24, 1978

Genres: Action, Drama

Director: Sam Peckinpah

Writers: Bill Norton

, Chip Davis

, Bill Fries

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

MPAA: PG

Production: EMI Films, Robert M. Sherman Productions

Distributor: United Artists, Film Volt, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Cheezy Flicks Entertainment, Digital Media Rights, Kino Lorber, Truckerflicks

Countries: United States, United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 12,000,000

Domestic: $ 22,765,081

9k - Rotten Tomatoes Audience

Death on the Nile (1978)

Summary: 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?

Release Date: September 29, 1978

Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Director: John Guillermin

Writers: Anthony Shaffer

, Agatha Christie

Runtime: 2 h 20 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Mersham Productions Ltd., EMI Films

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Anchor Bay Entertainment, Home Box Office Home Video (HBO), Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment, Republic Pictures Home Video

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 7,920,000

Domestic: $ 14,560,084

International: $ 9,182

8k - Rotten Tomatoes Audience

Foul Play (1978)

Summary: A San Francisco librarian picks up a hitchhiker whose car has broken down, which leads to her being stalked and hunted by shady individuals. A cop she briefly met during a function eventually comes to her rescue.

Release Date: July 14, 1978

Genres: Comedy, Thriller, Mystery

Director: Colin Higgins

Writer: Colin Higgins

Runtime: 1 h 56 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Paramount Pictures, Miller-Milkis Productions, Shelburne Associates

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, CBS, Paramount Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 5,000,000

Domestic: $ 44,999,621

Grease (1978)

The Lord of the Rings (1978)

Jaws 2 (1978)

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)

The Deer Hunter (1978)

Up in Smoke (1978)

Damien: Omen II (1978)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

The Wiz (1978)

Watership Down (1978)

Midnight Express (1978)

The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)

Days of Heaven (1978)

The Last Waltz (1978)

Heaven Can Wait (1978)

Piranha (1978)

Convoy (1978)

Death on the Nile (1978)

Foul Play (1978)

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