21. Battle of Chile: Part 1, The ( batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin armas - Primera parte: La insurreción de la burguesía, La )
Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Patricio Guzmán
22. Straight Time
Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ulu Grosbard
Actors: Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell, Gary Busey, Harry Dean Stanton, M. Emmet Walsh, Kathy Bates
Plot: After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules.
23. Heaven Can Wait
Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Warren Beatty, Buck Henry
Actors: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, James Mason, Jack Warden, Charles Grodin, Dyan Cannon
Plot: A quarterback for the Rams is involved in an accident and, although he isn't ready to die, an overeager angel takes him anyway - and his body is promptly cremated. Realizing the mistake, a new body must be found - and they settle on a recently-murdered billionaire. Back in a body, and with nigh-unlimited funds, he purchases the Rams for himself and instills him as the new quarterback, with a Superbowl victory in his sights.
24. Martin
Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: George A. Romero
Actors: John Amplas, Lincoln Maazel, Christine Forrest, Tom Savini, Elyane Nadeau, George A. Romero
Plot: A neurotic young man, claiming to be a vampire, is abused by his Catholic grandfather for being the bearer of an old family curse. But is the boy actually a vampire, or merely a murderer with supernatural delusions?
25. Revenge of the Pink Panther
Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Blake Edwards
Actors: Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Burt Kwouk, Dyan Cannon, Robert Loggia, Robert Webber
Plot: While letting the world believe that he's been murdered, ham-fisted but unflappable Inspector Clouseau disguises himself and travels the globe to break up a heroin ring with help from a drug lord's ex-mistress.
26. In a Year with 13 Moons ( In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden )
Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Actors: Volker Spengler, Ingrid Caven, Gottfried John, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Eva Mattes, Günther Kaufmann
Plot: Erwin Weisshaupt is in love with co-worker Anton - who tells him that it's too bad he wasn't a woman. Now, years later, Erwin is Elvira and he returns to Anton, hoping that in the wreckage love has made of his life, Anton will accept his love.
27. Chess Players, The ( Shatranj Ke Khilari )
Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Hindi
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Satyajit Ray
Actors: Sanjeev Kumar, Saeed Jaffrey, Shabana Azmi, Farida Jalal, Victor Banerjee, David Abraham
28. Death on the Nile
Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John Guillermin
Actors: Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin, Bette Davis, Mia Farrow, Olivia Hussey, George Kennedy
Plot: Based on the Agatha Christie novel, Detective Hercule Poirot must solve the mystery of a murdered heiress who is killed on a cruise down the Nile before it reaches port.
29. The Medusa Touch
Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jack Gold
Actors: Richard Burton, Lino Ventura, Lee Remick, Harry Andrews, Alan Badel, Derek Jacobi
30. Coma
Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Michael Crichton
Actors: Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Rip Torn, Elizabeth Ashley, Richard Widmark, Tom Selleck
Plot: A young doctor stumbles on a horrific conspiracy in her hospital after noticing a series of unnatural comas and patients that wind up at another facility.
