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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

11 - ZR Critics

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

11 - ZR Critics

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

9 - ZR Critics

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

8 - ZR Critics

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

8 - ZR Critics

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

7 - ZR Critics

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

7 - ZR Critics

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

6 - ZR Critics

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

6 - ZR Critics

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

4 - ZR Critics

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

4 - ZR Critics

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

4 - ZR Critics

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

4 - ZR Critics

The Boys from Brazil (1978)

Summary: A Nazi hunter in Paraguay discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.

Release Date: October 06, 1978

Genres: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

Writers: Ira Levin

, Heywood Gould

Runtime: 2 h 05 min

MPAA: R

Production: Sir Lew Grade, Producers Circle, ITC Films

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), CBS/Fox, Artisan Entertainment, Image Entertainment

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 12,000,000

4 - ZR Critics

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

4 - ZR Critics

Battlestar Galactica (1978)

Summary: After the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Mankind, the last major fighter carrier leads a makeshift fugitive fleet on a desperate search for the legendary planet Earth.

Release Date: September 17, 1978

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Runtime: 1 h 00 min

MPAA: TV-PG

Production: Glen A. Larson Productions, Universal Television

Country: United States

Language: English

TV Series budget: $ 750,000

3 - ZR Critics

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