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by robotmonkeycat | created - 16 Nov 2021 | updated - 20 Nov 2021 | PublicUS releases from 1978
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1. The Foreigner (1978)
77 min | Drama, Thriller
European secret agent Max Menace arrives in New York City, waiting for his contact to tell him his assignment. He becomes entangled with an assortment of odd characters and situations, but never learns why he's there.
Director: Amos Poe | Stars: Eric Mitchell, Anya Phillips, Patti Astor, Debbie Harry
Votes: 218
2. The Astral Factor (1978)
PG | 85 min | Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A convicted strangler, studying the paranormal in his jail cell, learns to make himself invisible. As an invisible man, he escapes from prison to stalk and strangle the five women who ... See full summary »
Directors: John Florea, Gene Fowler Jr., Arthur C. Pierce | Stars: Robert Foxworth, Stefanie Powers, Sue Lyon, Mark Slade
Votes: 864
3. Legacy of Blood (1978)
Not Rated | 77 min | Horror
Horror movie about three wicked sisters and their equally unsavory husbands who all arrive at a remote inn where they mean to attend the reading of their uncle's will. One by one, the heirs are dispatched by an unknown killer.
Director: Andy Milligan | Stars: Elaine Boies, Louise Gallandra, Jeannie Cusick, Dale Hansen
Votes: 399
4. Laserblast (1978)
PG | 85 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A teenager stumbles upon an alien weapon, which transforms him into a grotesque killer.
Director: Michael Rae | Stars: Kim Milford, Cheryl Smith, Gianni Russo, Ron Masak
Votes: 6,705
5. The Toolbox Murders (1978)
R | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A ski-masked maniac kills apartment complex tenants with the contents of a toolbox.
Director: Dennis Donnelly | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Pamelyn Ferdin, Wesley Eure, Nicolas Beauvy
Votes: 4,927
6. Starhops (1978)
PG | 82 min | Comedy
Three carhops try to help save a failing drive-in restaurant.
Director: Barbara Peeters | Stars: Dorothy Buhrman, Sterling Frazier, Jillian Kesner, Peter Liapis
Votes: 190
7. The Big Sleep (1978)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Grizzled American private detective in England investigates a complicated case of blackmail turned murder involving a rich but honest elderly general, his two loose socialite daughters, a pornographer and a gangster.
Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, Richard Boone, Candy Clark
Votes: 5,434
8. Good Guys Wear Black (1978)
PG | 95 min | Action
An ex-US Army commando must find the reason why his comrades from his unit are being systematically murdered before he is next.
Director: Ted Post | Stars: Chuck Norris, Anne Archer, James Franciscus, Lloyd Haynes
Votes: 3,749 | Gross: $18.33M
9. Game of Death (1978)
R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A martial arts movie star must fake his death to find the people who are trying to kill him.
Directors: Robert Clouse, Bruce Lee | Stars: Bruce Lee, Gig Young, Dean Jagger, Hugh O'Brian
Votes: 22,354 | Gross: $10.00M
10. The Redeemer: Son of Satan! (1978)
R | 84 min | Horror
Six people are trapped within the confines of their old high school during their 10th high school reunion with a psychotic, masked preacher who kills them off for their sinful lives they have made for themselves.
Director: Constantine S. Gochis | Stars: Jerry Lazarus, Jeannetta Arnette, Nick Carter, Nikki Barthen
Votes: 1,177
11. Sunset Cove (1978)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Romance
Teenagers band together to keep their beach from being bulldozed to build condominiums.
Director: Al Adamson | Stars: Jay B. Larson, William Smidt, Ray Andrews, Karen Fredrik
Votes: 254
12. Deathsport (1978)
R | 82 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Futuristic Science Fiction about a sport to the death, using "destructocycles".
Directors: Allan Arkush, Nicholas Niciphor, Roger Corman | Stars: David Carradine, Claudia Jennings, Richard Lynch, William Smithers
Votes: 2,459
13. The Evil (1978)
R | 89 min | Horror, Thriller
A doctor buys a Civil War era dilapidated mansion, and hires a few friends to fix it up, but the mansion hides a deadly secret.
Director: Gus Trikonis | Stars: Richard Crenna, Joanna Pettet, Andrew Prine, Cassie Yates
Votes: 3,134
14. Who'll Stop the Rain (1978)
R | 126 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Vietnam veteran gets conned into helping an old Marine friend smuggle drugs into the country but ends up having to go on the run with his friend's wife when the deal goes sour.
Director: Karel Reisz | Stars: Nick Nolte, Tuesday Weld, Michael Moriarty, Anthony Zerbe
Votes: 3,282
15. A Distant Thunder (1978)
TV-PG | 76 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
This second film of four, "A Distant Thunder", continues the story of Patty, a young woman living in the "end times" of biblical prophecy, begun in the first film of the series, entitled "A... See full summary »
Director: Donald W. Thompson | Stars: Patty Dunning, Sally Johnson, Sandy Christen, Thom Rachford
Votes: 460
16. Youngblood (1978)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A gang war/drug story set in a Los Angeles ghetto about the coming of age of a 15-year-old black youth.
Director: Noel Nosseck | Stars: Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Bryan O'Dell, Renn Woods, Tony Allen
Votes: 351
17. Nurse Sherri (1977)
R | 88 min | Horror
A hospital nurse is possessed by an evil spirit, and proceeds to kill off the hospital's patients.
Director: Al Adamson | Stars: Geoffrey Land, Jill Jacobson, Marilyn Joi, Katherine Pass
Votes: 891
18. Mag Wheels (1978)
R | 81 min | Action, Comedy
Cool van-driving stud Steve gets the hots for Anita, who's the new girl in town. However, this doesn't go over well with Steve's bitchy and jealous girlfriend Donna, who sets Steve up by ... See full summary »
Director: Bethel Buckalew | Stars: John Laughlin, Shelly Horner, Phoebe Schmidt, Verkina Flower
Votes: 285
19. Convoy (1978)
PG | 110 min | Action, Drama
Truckers form a mile-long "convoy" in support of a trucker's vendetta with an abusive sheriff - Based on the country song of the same title by C.W. McCall.
Director: Sam Peckinpah | Stars: Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw, Ernest Borgnine, Burt Young
Votes: 18,606 | Gross: $45.00M
20. Matilda (1978)
G | 105 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
A small-time talent agent discovers an amazing boxing kangaroo and figures to use it as his stepping-stone into the big time.
Director: Daniel Mann | Stars: Elliott Gould, Clive Revill, Harry Guardino, Roy Clark
Votes: 511
21. The Seniors (1978)
R | 87 min | Comedy
Four students open a bogus sex clinic for cheap thrills and then are amazed to see it blossom into a profitable business.
Director: Rod Amateau | Stars: Jeffrey Byron, Gary Imhoff, Dennis Quaid, Lou Richards
Votes: 452
22. Death Dimension (1978)
R | 88 min | Action, Sci-Fi
The Pig has a plan to eradicate some people with a freeze bomb that instantly freezes people to death. It is up to Detective Ash to stop him and protect the woman with the secret to the ice... See full summary »
Director: Al Adamson | Stars: Jim Kelly, Harold Sakata, George Lazenby, Terry Moore
Votes: 758
23. Spawn of the Slithis (1978)
PG | 86 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A nuclear leak creates a mutant Slithis sea monster, which terrorizes the variety of pets, winos, and hippies who hang around Venice, California.
Director: Stephen Traxler | Stars: Alan Blanchard, Judy Motulsky, J.C. Claire, Dennis Falt
Votes: 1,359
24. The Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1978)
G | 105 min | Adventure, Family
The Wilderness Family now face terrifying times in fierce winter storms, an avalanche, and being attacked by a ferocious pack of hungry wolves. Watch as America's favorite family stands ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Zuniga | Stars: Robert Logan, Susan Damante, Heather Rattray, Ham Larsen
Votes: 764
25. Circle of Iron (1978)
R | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A young martial artist embarks on an adventure, encountering other martial artists in battle until one day he meets an aging blind man who will show him the true meaning of martial arts and life.
Director: Richard Moore | Stars: David Carradine, Jeff Cooper, Christopher Lee, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 2,602
26. Piranha (1978)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.
Director: Joe Dante | Stars: Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies-Urich, Kevin McCarthy, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 24,712 | Gross: $6.00M
27. The Boys from Brazil (1978)
R | 125 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A Nazi hunter in Paraguay discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier, James Mason, Lilli Palmer
Votes: 30,576 | Gross: $19.00M
28. Avalanche (1978)
PG | 91 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
The vacationers at a winter wonderland struggle to survive after an avalanche of snow crashes into their ski resort. Their holiday then turns into a game of survival.
Director: Corey Allen | Stars: Rock Hudson, Mia Farrow, Robert Forster, Jeanette Nolan
Votes: 2,396
29. Killer's Delight (1978)
R | 85 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A detective tracks a serial killer through San Francisco.
Director: Jeremy Hoenack | Stars: James Luisi, Susan Sullivan, John Karlen, Martin Speer
Votes: 628
30. The Children of Sanchez (1978)
R | 126 min | Drama
The Sanchez clan has seen the worst of times living in impoverished Mexico but they have survived by sticking together. When Sanchez's oldest daughter Consuelo plans to change direction and... See full summary »
Director: Hall Bartlett | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Dolores Del Río, Lupita Ferrer, Katy Jurado
Votes: 706
31. 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: 14,958
32. Goin' South (1978)
PG | 108 min | Comedy, Romance, Western
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 each other.
Director: Jack Nicholson | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Mary Steenburgen, Christopher Lloyd, John Belushi
Votes: 8,011
33. Comes a Horseman (1978)
PG | 118 min | Drama, Romance, Western
A brave and proud woman struggles for her land, finding help and something more in unexpected way.
Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: James Caan, Jane Fonda, Jason Robards, George Grizzard
Votes: 3,346
34. Magic (1978)
R | 107 min | Drama, Horror
A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.
Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith, Ed Lauter
Votes: 13,449 | Gross: $25.94M
35. The House of the Dead (1978)
PG | 79 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
"The House of the Dead" is a 1978 horror anthology movie with "The Mortician" introducing each scary tale.
Director: Sharron Miller | Stars: John Ericson, Ivor Francis, Judith Novgrod, Burr DeBenning
Votes: 1,140
36. Fighting Mad (1978)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An American Vietnam soldier on his way home is left for dead and is saved by a pair of Japanese stragglers from WWII, who train him in the way of the samurai.
Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: James Iglehart, Carmen Argenziano, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Jayne Kennedy
Votes: 689
37. The Fifth Floor (1978)
R | 90 min | Thriller
College disco dancer is wrongly committed to an insane asylum.
Director: Howard Avedis | Stars: Bo Hopkins, Dianne Hull, Patti D'Arbanville, Sharon Farrell
Votes: 555
38. Movie Movie (1978)
PG | 105 min | Comedy, Musical, Sport
Three movie genres of the 1930s--boxing films, World War I aviation dramas, and backstage Broadway musicals--are satirized using the same cast.
Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Red Buttons, Eli Wallach
Votes: 1,281
39. Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws (1978)
PG | 90 min | Action, Comedy, Music
J.D. and The Salt Flat Kid have dreams of country-singer stardom and a habit of getting into trouble. After meeting a talent agent in a jail cell, the two buddies leave their small town and... See full summary »
Director: Alexander Grasshoff | Stars: Jesse Turner, Dennis Fimple, Slim Pickens, Dianne Sherrill
Votes: 65
40. Starcrash (1978)
PG | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
An outlaw smuggler and her alien companion are recruited by the Emperor of the Galaxy to rescue his son and destroy a secret weapon by the evil Count Zarth Arn.
Director: Luigi Cozzi | Stars: Marjoe Gortner, Caroline Munro, Christopher Plummer, David Hasselhoff
Votes: 7,962
41. Hey, Abbott! (1978)
76 min | Comedy
Take a golden trip down memory lane with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello and their classic zany, rapid-fire routines that keep generations laughing!
Director: Jim Gates | Stars: Milton Berle, Bud Abbott, Steve Allen, Joe Besser
Votes: 47
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