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The Films of 1978

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A full list of 1978 Wide Release Films on Wikipedia

My Top Picks

Superman: The Movie
Damien: Omen II
Halloween
Dawn of the Dead
High Anxiety
Revenge of the Pink Panther
Drunken Master
Eyes of Laura Mars

Notable Mentions ("Surprise" Films)

Battlestar Galactica
Grease
Against the Wind (Series)
Blue Fin
Patrick
Animal House
Capricorn One
Watership Down
Coma
Magic

The Biggest Disappointments

The Star Wars Holiday Special
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
The Cat from Outer Space
Jaws 2
The Lord of the Rings (animated)

All the films I've seen from 1978 at the Cinema

Blue Fin
Convoy

All the films I've seen from 1978 on the Small Screen

Against the Wind (Series)
Animal House
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
Battlestar Galactica
Blue Fin
The Boys from Brazil
Capricorn One
Cat from Outer Space, The
Coma
Convoy
Damien: Omen II
Dawn of the Dead
The Deer Hunter
Drunken Master
Every Which Way But Loose
Eyes of Laura Mars
Foul Play
Fury, The
Grease
Halloween
Heaven Can Wait
High Anxiety
I Spit on Your Grave
Interiors
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Jaws 2
The Lord of the Rings (animated)
Magic
Midnight Express
Newsfront
Night the Prowler, The
Patrick
Pirahna
Return from Witch Mountain
Revenge of the Pink Panther
Star Wars Holiday Special, The
Superman: The Movie
Watership Down

What's left to see from 1978?

There's still a few films I need to see from 1978. The boldfaced ones are the ones I'm most keen to see.

36th Chamber of Shaolin, The (Shao Lin san shi liu fang) – (Hong Kong)
Almost Summer
American Hot Wax
Astral Factor
Autumn Sonata (Höstsonaten) – (Sweden)
Avalanche
Bad News Bears Go to Japan
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (Kumokiri Nizaemon) – (Japan)
Betsy
Big Fix
Big Sleep – (U.K.)
Big Wednesday
Bloodbrothers
Blue Collar
Born Again
Boys in Company C
Brink's Job
Buddy Holly Story
Bye Bye Monkey (Rêve de singe / Ciao maschio) – (France/Italy)
California Suite
Caravans
Casey's Shadow
Cat from Outer Space
Centennial
Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith * – (Australia)
Cheap Detective
China 9, Liberty 37 (Amore, piombo e furore) – (Italy/Spain)
Class of Miss MacMichael – (U.K.)
Closed Circuit (Circuito chiuso) – (Italy)
Coma
Comes a Horseman
Coming Home
Corvette Summer
Cosi' come sei (aka Stay As You Are) – (Italy)
Crippled Avengers (Can que) – (Hong Kong)
d'Artagnan and Three Musketeers (d'Artanyan i tri mushketera) – (U.S.S.R.)
Dain Curse
Days of Heaven
De Mantel der Liefde (The Mantle of Love) – (Netherlands)
Death on the Nile – (U.K.)
Deathsport
Debbie Does Dallas *
Demon, The (Kichiku) – (Japan)
Different Story, A
Don – (India)
Dream of Passion, A (Kravgi gynaikon) – (Greece)
Driver
Ecce bombo – (Italy)
El diputado (The Deputy) – (Spain)
Empire of Passion (Ai no Bōrei) – (Japan)
End
Enemy of the People, An
Enter the Fat Dragon (Fei Lung gwoh gong) – (Hong Kong)
F.I.S.T.
FM
Fedora
Fingers
Five Deadly Venoms
Force 10 from Navarone – (U.K.)
Gates of Heaven
Germany in Autumn (Deutschland im Herbst) – (West Germany)
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (Preparez vos mouchoirs) – (France)
Girlfriends
Go Tell the Spartans
Gray Lady Down
Harper Valley PTA
Herd, The (Sürü) – (Turkey)
High-Ballin'
Holocaust
Hooper
Hot Lead and Cold Feet
House Calls
Hunting Accident, A (Moy laskovyy i nezhnyy zver) – (U.S.S.R.)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Ice Castles
In Praise of Older Women – (Canada)
In a Year of 13 Moons (In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden) – (West Germany)
Interiors
International Velvet
Killer of Sheep
King of the Gypsies
Kondura (The Boon) – (India-Bollywood/Telugu)
L'argent des autres (Other People's Money) – (France)
La Cage aux Folles – (France/Italy)
La chambre verte (The Green Room) – (France)
Lady on the Bus (A Dama do Lotação) – (Brazil)
Las truchas (The Trout) – (Spain)
Last Waltz, The
Left-Handed Woman, The (Die linkshändige Frau) – (West Germany)
Long Weekend – (Australia)
Mean Dog Blues
Moment by Moment
Movie Movie
Muqaddar Ka Sikandar (Conqueror of Destiny) – (India)
Night Full of Rain, A (Una notte piena di pioggia) – (Italy/U.S.)
Occupation in 26 Pictures (Okupacija u 26 slika) – (Yugoslavia)
Oliver's Story
One and Only
Orchestra Rehearsal (Prova d'orchestra) – (Italy)
Paradise Alley
Passion Flower Hotel (Leidenschaftliche Blümchen) – (West Germany)
Perceval le Gallois (Percival the Gaul) – (France)
Place Without Limits, The (El lugar sin límites) – (Mexico)
Pretty Baby
Prophet, the Gold and the Transylvanians (Profetul, aurul si Ardelenii) – (Romania)
Pugachev – (U.S.S.R.)
Rabbit Test
Remember My Name
Renaldo and Clara
Rhinegold – (West Germany)
Ringing Bell (Chirin no Suzu) – (Japan)
Rockers – (Jamaica)
Sailor's Return – (U.K.)
Same Time Next Year
Second Awakening of Christa Klages – (West Germany)
Sextette
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Shogun's Samurai (Yagu ichizoku no inbō) – (Japan)
Shout, The – (U.K.)
Silent Partner
Slow Dancing in the Big City
Small One, The
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (Shé xíng diāo shǒu) – (Hong Kong)
Somebody Killed Her Husband
Stevie – (U.K.)
Straight Time
Stud – (U.K.)
Swarm
Swissmakers, The (Die Schweizermacher) – (Switzerland)
Thank God It's Friday
Three from Prostokvashino (Troye iz Prostokvashino) – (U.S.S.R.)
Toplo (Heat) – (Bulgaria)
Tree of Wooden Clogs, The (L'Albero degli zoccoli) – (Italy)
Trishul – (India)
Two Solitudes – (Canada)
Uncle Joe Shannon
Unmarried Woman, An
Up in Smoke
Violette Nozière – (France)
Ward Six (Paviljon VI) – (Yugoslavia)
Warriors Two (Zan xian sheng yu zhao qian Hua) – (Hong Kong)
Water Babies – (U.K./Poland)
Wedding, A
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? – (West Germany/U.S.)
Who'll Stop the Rain
Wild Geese – (U.K.)
Without Anesthesia (Bez znieczulenia) – (Poland)
Wiz, The
Wolf Lake
You Are Not Alone (Du er ikke alene) – (Denmark)