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Cock Crows at Eleven (1978)

Summary: Federico, a criminal on the run, forms an inappropriate relationship with 12-year-old Simona. Her mother Vera conspires with Federico to murder Simona's disabled father, straining Federico's bond with Simona.

Release Date: November 20, 1978

Genres: Drama, Thriller

Director: Massimo Pirri

Writers: Morando Morandini Jr.

, Massimo Pirri

, Federico Tofi

Runtime: 1 h 49 min

Production: Ducale, Una Cinecooperativa

Country: Italy

Language: Italian

Northern Lights (1978)

Summary: NORTHERN LIGHTS has the feel of an old black and white photograph discovered in an attic. The bitter-sweet story of young lovers caught up in an political struggle waged by farmers against the grain trade, the banks and the railro...

Release Date: November 17, 1978

Genres: Drama, History

Directors: John Hanson

, Rob Nilsson

Writers: John Hanson

, Rob Nilsson

Runtime: 1 h 35 min

Distributor: New World Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 9,453

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

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

Language: English

Franchise: The Lord of the Rings

Movie budget: $ 4,000,000

Domestic: $ 30,471,420

International: $ 5,755

Killer of Sheep (1978)

Summary: Set in the Watts area of Los Angeles, a slaughterhouse worker must suspend his emotions to continue working at a job he finds repugnant, and then he finds he has little sensitivity for the family he works so hard to support.

Release Date: November 14, 1978

Genre: Drama

Director: Charles Burnett

Writer: Charles Burnett

Runtime: 1 h 20 min

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 100,000

Domestic: $ 404,508

International: $ 63,952

Matador (1978)

Summary: A man comes to Korsbæk, Denmark, in 1929, opens a women's clothing store in competition with an established one - bringing him up against the conservative establishment including the bank manager. We follow the families until afte...

Release Date: November 11, 1978

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 1 h 07 min

Production: Nordisk Film, Danmarks Radio (DR)

Country: Denmark

Language: Danish

The Wild Geese (1978)

Summary: A British banker hires a group of British mercenaries to rescue a deposed African President from the hands of a corrupt African dictator.

Release Date: November 11, 1978

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen

Writers: Reginald Rose

, Daniel Carney

Runtime: 2 h 14 min

MPAA: R

Production: The Rank Organisation

Countries: Switzerland, United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 10,000,000

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

Butterflies (1978)

Summary: Ria, a happily married suburban housewife, reaches the age when she feels like life is passing her by.

Release Date: November 10, 1978

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Runtime: 0 h 30 min

Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Magic (1978)

Summary: A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.

Release Date: November 08, 1978

Genres: Drama, Horror

Director: Richard Attenborough

Writer: William Goldman

Runtime: 1 h 47 min

MPAA: R

Production: Joseph E. Levine Productions

Distributor: National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Blay Video, Embassy Home Entertainment, Nelson Entertainment, United American Video, Dark Sky Films, HBO Max, MPI Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 7,000,000

Diff'rent Strokes (1978)

Summary: The misadventures of suave Park Avenue millionaire Phillip Drummond, his teenage daughter Kimberly, and their current housekeeper Edna Garrett who adopted the two pre-teenage sons of their late African American housekeeper from Ha...

Release Date: November 03, 1978

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family

Runtime: 0 h 30 min

MPAA: TV-14

Production: Tandem Productions

Country: United States

Language: English

Caravans (1978)

Summary: In 1948, at the U.S. embassy in Zadestan, a young diplomat is ordered to find the missing daughter of an influential U.S. Senator.

Release Date: November 02, 1978

Genres: Action, Adventure, History

Director: James Fargo

Writers: James A. Michener

, Nancy Voyles Crawford

, Thomas A. McMahon

Runtime: 2 h 07 min

MPAA: PG

Production: FIDCI, Ibex Films, Universal Pictures

Distributor: Universal Pictures, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Kino Lorber Studio Classics

Countries: Iran, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 14,000,000

Domestic: $ 3,930,501

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

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

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

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

Autumn Sonata (1978)

Summary: A devoted wife is visited by her mother, a successful concert pianist who had little time for her when she was young.

Release Date: October 18, 1978

Genres: Drama, Music

Director: Ingmar Bergman

Writer: Ingmar Bergman

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Persona Film, Suede Film, Incorporated Television Company (ITC)

Distributor: New World Pictures, The Criterion Collection, The Criterion Channel, HBO Max, Magnetic Video

Countries: United Kingdom, West Germany

Language: Swedish

Connections (1978)

Summary: Follow James Burke through the history of science and technology in this collection of 10 1-hour episodes, starting with "The Trigger Effect."

Release Date: October 17, 1978

Genres: Documentary, History

Runtime: 0 h 50 min

Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Television, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Time Life Films

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Treasure Island (1978)

Summary: Jim Hawkins, a thirteen-year-old boy in the eighteenth century, runs the Admiral Benbow Inn with his mother since his father died. The plots starts when a drunken sailor decides to stay in the hotel.

Release Date: October 08, 1978

Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Anime

Runtime: 0 h 24 min

MPAA: TV-PG

Production: Madhouse, TMS Entertainment

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Goin' South (1978)

Summary: Due to the lack of men after the Civil War, a western town allows a young bachelorette who lives alone to save a thief from hanging by marrying him. They must deal with his old gang, the Sheriff, the railroad, a gold mine, and eac...

Release Date: October 06, 1978

Genres: Comedy, Romance, Western

Director: Jack Nicholson