1978
La mia personale classifica dell'anno cinematografico 1978
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- DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsPeter FalkPeter BoyleAllen GarfieldA fictional retelling of the infamous Boston Brink's Company robbery on January 17th, 1950, of $2.7M, and cost the American taxpayers $29M to apprehend the culprits with only $58,000 recovered.
- DirectorMichael CiminoStarsRobert De NiroChristopher WalkenJohn CazaleAn 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.
- DirectorErmanno OlmiStarsLuigi OrnaghiFrancesca MoriggiOmar BrignoliPeasant life in a feudal farm in rural Italy at the end of the 19th century.
- DirectorEnzo G. CastellariStarsBo SvensonPeter HootenFred WilliamsonIn 1944 France, a group of escaped American military prisoners en route to Switzerland volunteers to steal a German V2 rocket warhead for the Allies.
- DirectorÉdouard MolinaroStarsUgo TognazziMichel SerraultClaire MaurierThe 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.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsCarol BurnettDesi Arnaz Jr.Geraldine ChaplinThe daughter of a Louisville truck driver marries the scion of a very wealthy family, but the reception at the family estate is boycotted by the invited guests.
- DirectorMichele Massimo TarantiniStarsEdwige FenechRenzo MontagnaniAlvaro VitaliLuisa De Dominicus is a Milanese piano teacher who moves to Lucca to be with the man she loves: Ferdinando 'Bonci' Marinotti, a city councilman campaigning for mayor on a platform of moral values. She is of the belief that Fernando is single, living with his ailing mother. This, of course, is far from the case. The boys living in her apartment building mistakenly believe Luisa is a call-girl who uses piano teaching as a cover for her true profession, and word soon spreads among the building's dirty old men. The resourceful boys drill a well-concealed hole in the wall between Signorina Luisa's flat and the bedroom of the landlord's son, Marcello Busatti, allowing them a spectacular view of their spectacular neighbor. Marcello quickly becomes infatuated with Luisa, but is also conflicted regarding her supposed profession. Eventually Luisa learns of Fernando's philandering nature, and after a vigorous misunderstanding, satisfies Marcello's unrequited lust/love.
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsJohn BelushiKaren AllenTom HulceAt a 1962 college, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.
- DirectorMauro BologniniLuciano SalceAlberto SordiStarsUgo TognazziStefania SandrelliPietro BrambillaThree episodes, three funny couples and many great Italian actors.
- DirectorTed KotcheffStarsGeorge SegalJacqueline BissetRobert MorleyOne by one, the greatest Chefs in Europe are being killed. Each chef murdered in the same manner that their own special dish is prepared in. Food critics and the (many) self-proclaimed greatest Chefs in Europe demand the mystery be solved.
- DirectorSteve RashStarsGary BuseyDon StroudCharles Martin SmithThe story of the life and career of the early rock and roll singer, from his meteoric rise to stardom, to his marriage and untimely death.
- DirectorJohn MiliusStarsJan-Michael VincentWilliam KattGary BuseyThe lives of some California surfers from the early 1960s to the 1970s.
- DirectorWarren BeattyBuck HenryStarsWarren BeattyJames MasonJulie ChristieA 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.
- DirectorHal NeedhamStarsBurt ReynoldsJan-Michael VincentSally FieldAging Hollywood stuntman Sonny Hooper wants to prove that he's still got what it takes to be a great professional in this risky, under-recognized line of work.
- DirectorFranco CastellanoGiuseppe MocciaStarsAdriano CelentanoClaudio BigagliFrançois BastienIn Weimar Germany, twin brothers Hermann and Gustav find themselves on opposite extremes: Hermann is a loyal sympathizer of the emerging Nazi party and Gustav is an anarchist who prints and spreads anti-Nazi propaganda.
- DirectorNanni MorettiStarsNanni MorettiLuisa RossiLina SastriAn ironic peek into the life of a group of Italian university students in the 1970s.
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsNancy AllenBobby Di CiccoMarc McClureIn 1964, six teenagers from New Jersey run off to see The Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) in the hope of meeting their idols. However, they don't have tickets. Along the way, they learn new things about friendship and growing up.
- DirectorTerrence MalickStarsRichard GereBrooke AdamsSam ShepardA 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.
- DirectorStenoStarsMonica VittiJohnny DorelliEnrico Maria SalernoAnna wants to improve her marriage to sculptor Marco but ends up having an affair with her new teacher Antonio. While performing a careful balancing act alternating between her two lovers, she becomes pregnant and realizes she doesn't know which is the father, so she goes to a weekend retreat on her own. After Marco sees her off at the train station, he and Antonio meet, hit it off, and decide to have a guys' night out on their free weekend.
- DirectorMariano LaurentiStarsEdwige FenechRenzo MontagnaniAlvaro VitaliEdwige Fenech stars in this Italian sex-comedy as the new teacher in all-boys Catholic school. All of the boys desire for the chance to "learn" more about their new teacher, but only 1 student gets the opportunity.
- DirectorRandal KleiserStarsJohn TravoltaOlivia Newton-JohnStockard ChanningGood 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?
- DirectorRichard DonnerStarsChristopher ReeveMargot KidderGene HackmanAn alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero.
- DirectorFlavio MogheriniStarsMonica VittiRenato PozzettoJohnny DorelliFor having suffered the violence of seven Himalayan Sherpas, the Countess Valentina Contarini has fallen ill of "fallophobia" and consults a healer, a supposed extraterrestrial who is actually a young Swedish man who "works" for certain American psychologists.
- DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsPeter SellersHerbert LomBurt KwoukTo prove that he still is strong and powerful, Philippe Douvier decides to kill Clouseau. Once news of his "death" has been announced, Clouseau tries to take advantage of it and goes undercover with Cato to find out who tried to kill him.
- DirectorMichele LupoStarsBud SpencerRaimund HarmstorfOttaviano Dell'AcquaAfter his fishing boat is "periscoped", ex US footballer Bulldozer docks in an Italian port, where local criminals and American soldiers fight each other. Locals discover Bulldozer's talents and challenge the Yanks to a football game.
- DirectorJean GiraultStarsLouis de FunèsMichel GalabruMaurice RischIn St. Tropez, French gendarme Cruchot and his men battle petroleum-drinking, human-looking, metallic aliens.
- DirectorBruno CorbucciStarsTomas MilianEnzo CannavaleBomboloUndercover cop Nico Giraldi travels to New York and Las Vegas to find a crooked cop who gave his squadron back in Italy a bad name.
- DirectorGiancarlo SantiStarsPaolo VillaggioHugo PrattGianni CavinaThree friends remember the good old times of fascist Italy, when "He" (dictator Mussolini) ruled the country.
- DirectorPier Francesco PingitoreStarsPippo FrancoLino ToffoloCochi PonzoniDon Tarquinio Buttafava is the parish priest of a Ciociaro village, Cioci, where, according to a millennial concession, Mass is allowed to celebrate the Ciociaro dialect.
- DirectorRenato PozzettoStarsRenato PozzettoMariangela MelatoTeo TeocoliA young busker goes around Milan, constantly playing the same tune on his saxophone and experiencing surrealistic adventures throughout the big city. Meanwhile, a wealthy woman from the local "jet set" falls in love with him.
- DirectorLuciano SalceStarsPaolo VillaggioJosé WilkerVittoria ChamasThe story of a German scientist/stage magician eking out a miserly life in Rio de Janeiro's favelas until getting involved in an improbable kidnapping and ransom plot.
- DirectorMichael SchultzStarsPeter FramptonBarry GibbRobin GibbA small-town band hits it big, but it must battle a nefarious plot in the music industry.