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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

2k - OFDb

Halloween (1978)

Summary: Fifteen 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.

Release Date: October 27, 1978

Genres: Thriller, Horror

Director: John Carpenter

Writers: John Carpenter

, Debra Hill

Runtime: 1 h 31 min

MPAA: R

Production: Compass International Pictures, Falcon International Pictures, Falcon International Productions, Compass International Pictures

Distributor: Aquarius Releasing, Compass International Pictures, Mid-America Releasing, Media Home Entertainment, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), ITC Entertainment, Image Entertainment, The Criterion Collection, Blockbuster Entertainment Group, Anchor Bay Entertainment, The Sci-Fi Channel, USA Network, Video Treasures

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Halloween

Movie budget: $ 325,000

Domestic: $ 47,160,000

International: $ 13,315

1k - OFDb

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

790 - OFDb

Superman (1978)

Summary: An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero.

Release Date: December 15, 1978

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

Director: Richard Donner

Writers: Jerry Siegel

, Joe Shuster

, Mario Puzo

Runtime: 2 h 23 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Dovemead Films, Film Export A.G., International Film Production

Distributor: Warner Bros., Warner Home Video, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Creative Design, Warner Archive Collection, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment

Countries: United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Switzerland

Language: English

Franchise: Superman

Movie budget: $ 55,000,000

Domestic: $ 134,478,449

International: $ 166,000,000

730 - OFDb

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: 14+

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: $ 2,517

701 - OFDb

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

608 - OFDb

I Spit on Your Grave (1978)

Summary: An aspiring writer is repeatedly assaulted, humiliated, and left for dead by four men she systematically hunts down to seek revenge.

Release Date: November 22, 1978

Genres: Thriller, Horror

Director: Meir Zarchi

Writer: Meir Zarchi

Runtime: 1 h 41 min

MPAA: R

Production: Barquel Creations, Deja Vu (IIc)

Distributor: Wizard Video, VidAmerica, Elite Entertainment, Anchor Bay Entertainment, Koch Vision, Barquel Creations

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 650,000

596 - OFDb

Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978)

Summary: An orphan who has been raised at a kung fu school, where he is treated as little more than a dogsbody and practice target for the students, has a life-changing experience after helping an old peripatetic beggar.

Genres: Action, Comedy

Director: Woo-Ping Yuen

Writers: Chi Yuan Hsi

, Huo An Hsi

, Lung Hsiao

Runtime: 1 h 30 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Seasonal Film Corporation

Distributor: Cinematic

Country: Hong Kong

Language: Chinese

552 - OFDb

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

533 - OFDb

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

509 - OFDb

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

505 - OFDb

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

454 - OFDb

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

439 - OFDb

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

437 - OFDb

Faces of Death (1978)

Summary: A collection of death scenes, ranging from TV material to homemade super 8 movies.

Release Date: November 10, 1978

Genres: Documentary, Horror

Director: John Alan Schwartz

Writer: John Alan Schwartz

Runtime: 1 h 45 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: F.O.D. Productions

Distributor: Aquarius Releasing, Gorgon Video, MPI Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 450,000

433 - OFDb

The Driver (1978)

Summary: A getaway driver becomes the latest assignment for a tenacious detective.

Release Date: August 02, 1978

Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller

Director: Walter Hill

Writer: Walter Hill

Runtime: 1 h 31 min

MPAA: R

Production: EMI Films, Twentieth Century Fox

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, CBS, CBS/Fox, Twilight Time

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 4,000,000

407 - OFDb

Every Which Way But Loose (1978)

Summary: The San Fernando Valley adventures of trucker turned prize-fighter Philo Beddoe and his pet orangutan Clyde.

Release Date: December 20, 1978

Genres: Action, Comedy

Director: James Fargo

Writer: Jeremy Joe Kronsberg

Runtime: 1 h 54 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Warner Bros., The Malpaso Company

Distributor: CBS, Warner Home Video, Starz! Encore Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 5,000,000

Domestic: $ 85,196,485

405 - OFDb

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

373 - OFDb

Game of Death (1978)

Summary: A martial arts movie star must fake his death to bring down the syndicate that is extorting him and other celebrities - including his pop singer girlfriend - for protection money.

Release Date: June 08, 1979

Genres: Action, Drama, Crime

Directors: Robert Clouse

, Bruce Lee

Writers: Robert Clouse

, Bruce Lee

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: R

Production: Concord Productions, Columbia Pictures, Golden Harvest Company, Niche Pictures

Distributor: Columbia Pictures, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, CBS/Fox, Media Asia Distribution, Miramax, Shout! Factory, The Criterion Collection

Countries: Hong Kong, United States

Language: Chinese

Movie budget: $ 850,000

371 - OFDb

F.I.S.T. (1978)

Summary: 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.

Release Date: April 28, 1978

Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller

Director: Norman Jewison