1978
by moimoi2 | created - 28 Jul 2016 | updated - 15 Jul 2022 | PublicMovies I've watched that were released in 1978. Listed alphabetically.
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1. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978)
PG | 83 min | Adventure, Comedy, Horror
A group of scientists band together to save the world from mutated killer tomatoes.
Director: John De Bello | Stars: David Miller, George Wilson, Sharon Taylor, J. Stephen Peace
Votes: 14,951
2. Autumn Sonata (1978)
PG | 99 min | Drama, Music
A devoted wife is visited by her mother, a successful concert pianist who had little time for her when she was young.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Lena Nyman, Halvar Björk
Votes: 37,754
3. Behind Convent Walls (1978)
95 min | Drama, Romance
On the surface the women at the convent are your average nuns. However, what they get up to in their spare time is far from what you'd expect from nuns.
Director: Walerian Borowczyk | Stars: Ligia Branice, Howard Ross, Marina Pierro, Gabriella Giacobbe
Votes: 1,344
4. Cat and the Pinkstalk (1978)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The Pink Panther trades his lazy cow for some magic beans and grows a large beanstalk.
Director: David Detiege
Votes: 114
5. Days of Heaven (1978)
PG | 94 min | Drama, Romance
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.
Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard, Linda Manz
Votes: 62,715
6. Death on the Nile (1978)
PG | 140 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
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?
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Mia Farrow, Simon MacCorkindale, Jane Birkin
Votes: 39,799
7. Dietetic Pink (1978)
TV-G | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The Pink Panther goes on a diet when he mistakenly learns he's overweight.
Director: Sid Marcus
Votes: 133
8. Dracula Sucks (1978)
X | 95 min | Adult, Horror
Count Dracula (Jamie Gillis), a vampire who's recently purchased a castle adjacent to a mental institution, as well as his vampire brides, use the patients, and daughters of Dr. Seward, to satisfy a lust for blood and sex.
Director: Phillip Marshak | Stars: Jamie Gillis, Annette Haven, John Leslie, Serena
Votes: 512
9. Fairy Tales (1978)
R | 76 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
On his twenty-first birthday, the Prince goes on a quest that takes him across the land searching for the one woman that gets him sexually excited, Princess Sleeping Beauty.
Director: Harry Hurwitz | Stars: Don Sparks, Sy Richardson, Irwin Corey, Robert Harris
Votes: 855
10. Girlfriends (1978)
PG | 88 min | Comedy, Drama
A photographer and her girlfriend are roommates. She is stuck with small-change shooting jobs and dreams of success. When her roommate decides to get married and leave, she feels hurt and has to learn how to deal with living alone.
Director: Claudia Weill | Stars: Melanie Mayron, Eli Wallach, Adam Cohen, Anita Skinner
Votes: 3,083
11. Grease (1978)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
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?
Director: Randal Kleiser | Stars: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway
Votes: 300,348 | Gross: $188.76M
12. Halloween (1978)
R | 91 min | Horror, Thriller
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.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tony Moran, Nancy Kyes
Votes: 306,634 | Gross: $47.00M
13. La Cage aux Folles (1978)
R | 97 min | Comedy
The manager of a Saint-Tropez nightclub featuring drag entertainment, and his star attraction, are a gay couple. Madness ensues when his straight son brings home a fiancée and her ultra-conservative parents to meet them.
Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Claire Maurier, Rémi Laurent
Votes: 11,901 | Gross: $20.42M
14. The Lord of the Rings (1978)
PG | 132 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
The Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign over Middle-earth.
Director: Ralph Bakshi | Stars: Christopher Guard, William Squire, Michael Scholes, John Hurt
Votes: 35,853 | Gross: $0.92M
15. National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
R | 109 min | Comedy
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.
Director: John Landis | Stars: John Belushi, Karen Allen, Tom Hulce, Stephen Furst
Votes: 129,265
16. Oh My Darling ... (1978)
7 min | Animation, Short
The pure and unconditional love that parents have for a child is admirable, but, in this case, there is also value in letting go.
Director: Børge Ring
Votes: 202
17. Pet Pink Pebbles (1978)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The Pink Panther has somehow picked up an unexpected friend: a large rock that wants to follow him wherever he goes. While an interesting curiosity at first, this new pet soon proves too ... See full summary »
Directors: Gerry Chiniquy, Art Leonardi
Votes: 108
18. Pink and Shovel (1978)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The Pink Panther, who lives in a small, rundown shack in the middle of the city, finds a five dollar bill. He gets so afraid of thieves, he decides to bury the bill in the ground. Later he ... See full summary »
Director: Gerry Chiniquy
Votes: 106
19. Pink Arcade (1978)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
After getting a bunch of quarters, the Pink Panther goes to an arcade.
Director: Sid Marcus
Votes: 130
20. Pink Bananas (1978)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The Pink Panther lives an easy life as Tarzan in the jungle, but when he irritates a big gorilla, he has to start using all his wits to avoid the ape. He finds out that the music drifting ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Davis
Votes: 113
21. Pink Daddy (1978)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
During a terrible storm, an alligator couple at the city zoo expect the stork to bring them a baby, but the stork gets so panicked by the wind and lightning, that he reads the address wrong... See full summary »
Director: Gerry Chiniquy
Votes: 134
22. Pink in the Drink (1978)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The Pink Panther goes on a cruise to the South Seas for 14 days, but the expected luxurious holiday turns out to be quite the opposite. The ship is a pirate ship, and the captain is a ... See full summary »
Director: Sid Marcus
Votes: 118
23. Pink Lemonade (1978)
TV-G | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The Pink Panther, chased by a dog catcher, seeks shelter in a house guarded by a vicious watchdog. To avoid being captured by the father and the two kids, he disguises himself as a toy. He ... See full summary »
Director: Gerry Chiniquy
Votes: 119
24. Pink Lightning (1978)
TV-G | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The panther's old car breaks down in the middle of the street. Meanwhile, Dr. Jekyll has developed a magic potion which transforms him into the mean Mr. Hyde. He pours the same drink into ... See full summary »
Director: Brad Case
Votes: 114
25. The Pink of Bagdad (1978)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The Pink Panther is in Bagdad, and immediately gets himself into trouble when his tail gets enchanted by a snake charmer's flute, and the tail and the rope in the snake charmer's basket ... See full summary »
Directors: Arthur Davis, Gerry Chiniquy
Votes: 105
26. Pink Pictures (1978)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The panther wants to take pictures of animals in the forest - but the animals are anything but cooperative.
Director: Gerry Chiniquy
Votes: 112
27. Pink Press (1978)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The Pink Panther works as a reporter for the newspaper The Dailey Blabbermouth. He gets an assignment to interview the reclusive Howard Huge, who lives in a luxurious manor, but the gate ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Davis
Votes: 98
28. Pink S.W.A.T. (1978)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The Pink Panther attempts to get rid of a fly in his home.
Director: Sid Marcus
Votes: 112
29. Pink Trumpet (1978)
TV-G | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
While staying overnight at a motel, the Pink Panther decides to practice his trumpet playing, disturbing the sleep of a guest staying next door, the Little Man.
Director: Arthur Davis
Votes: 123
30. Pink U.F.O. (1978)
TV-G | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A tiny insect-like UFO, armed with a ray that makes everything disappear, flies to Earth. The butterfly-collecting Pink Panther catches it, believing it to be a butterfly. When the UFO gets... See full summary »
Director: David Detiege
Votes: 127
31. Pink Z-Z-Z (1978)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Pink Panther wants to sleep, but he has problems with a cat.
Director: Sid Marcus
Votes: 108
32. Pinkologist (1978)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The Little Man visits a psychologist recounting some of his previous encounters with The Pink Panther.
Directors: Gerry Chiniquy, Hawley Pratt
Votes: 116
33. Pinktails for Two (1978)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The Pink Panther's tail grows to enormous proportions after Speedy-grow fertilizer drips on it.
Director: Arthur Davis
Votes: 105
34. Slave of the Cannibal God (1978)
99 min | Adventure, Horror
A woman and her brother fly to New Guinea to look for a lost expedition, led by her husband, which has vanished in the jungle.
Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: Ursula Andress, Stacy Keach, Claudio Cassinelli, Antonio Marsina
Votes: 4,708
35. Special Delivery (1979)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A hapless husband neglects to clear the icy walk, which leads to the mailman slipping and breaking his neck. A comedy of errors results from his attempts to hide the body.
Directors: Eunice Macaulay, John Weldon | Stars: Sandy Sanderson, Jean Marchand
Votes: 1,128
36. Sprinkle Me Pink (1978)
TV-G | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The Pink Panther's picnic gets ruined by a tiny raincloud which starts following him everywhere he goes. No matter where he tries to hide, the cloud sprinkles rain over him. It even gets ... See full summary »
Director: Bob Richardson
Votes: 107
37. Star Pink (1978)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
In the year 2001 ½, the Pink Panther is a gas station attendant on a small planet. When a particularly dangerous-looking spaceship arrives, the panther panics and closes his station, which ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Davis
Votes: 112
38. Three from Prostokvashino (1978)
17 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Little Fedor brings a cat to home despite his mother's distaste for cats. He runs away with his talking cat, to make more friends on the way.
Director: Vladimir Popov | Stars: Oleg Tabakov, Valentina Talyzina, Mariya Vinogradova, Boris Novikov
Votes: 3,733
39. The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)
Not Rated | 186 min | Drama, History
Peasant life in a feudal farm in rural Italy at the end of the 19th century.
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi, Omar Brignoli, Antonio Ferrari
Votes: 6,889
40. Watership Down (1978)
PG | 91 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
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.
Directors: Martin Rosen, John Hubley | Stars: John Hurt, Richard Briers, Ralph Richardson, Michael Graham Cox
Votes: 39,401
41. Yankee Doodle Pink (1978)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The Pink Panther must try to warn the Revolutionary War-era Boston that the Redcoats are coming, but must use a cranky British horse as his transportation. Needless to say, things do not go well between the Panther and the horse.
Director: Sid Marcus
Votes: 112
42. You Are Not Alone (1978)
Unrated | 90 min | Drama, Romance
Two precocious boys explore their sexuality at boarding school.
Directors: Ernst Johansen, Lasse Nielsen | Stars: Anders Agensø, Peter Bjerg, Ove Sprogøe, Elin Reimer
Votes: 4,201
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