Top Movies of 1978


The top movies of 1978 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

41. A Wedding

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Robert Altman
Actors: Desi Arnaz Jr., Carol Burnett, Mia Farrow, Lillian Gish, Geraldine Chaplin, Howard Duff

42. Force 10 from Navarone

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Guy Hamilton
Actors: Robert Shaw, Harrison Ford, Barbara Bach, Edward Fox, Carl Weathers, Richard Kiel
Plot: A group of commandos are brought together in WWII in order to enact a dangerous plan - to destroy a bridge that is key to the German's plans.

43. Pretty Baby

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Louis Malle
Actors: Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, Susan Sarandon, Antonio Fargas, Diana Scarwid, Frances Faye

44. The Driver

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Walter Hill
Actors: Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani, Ronee Blakley, Rudy Ramos, Matt Clark

45. Foul Play

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Colin Higgins
Actors: Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Burgess Meredith, Dudley Moore, Rachel Roberts, Eugene Roche
Plot: A librarian and a cop team up when she becomes convinced that a dwarf and an albino are out to get her. It all leads to a plot to assassinate the pope and the two must solve the case before the deed is done.

46. Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Actors: George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Morley, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort

47. King of the Gypsies

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Frank Pierson
Actors: Sterling Hayden, Shelley Winters, Susan Sarandon, Brooke Shields, Annette O'Toole, Eric Roberts

48. Coup de grâce ( Fangschuß, Der )

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Volker Schlöndorff
Actors: Margarethe von Trotta, Matthias Habich, Rüdiger Kirschstein, Marc Eyraud, Bruno Thost, Frederik von Zichy

49. Girlfriends

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Claudia Weill
Actors: Eli Wallach, Christopher Guest, Bob Balaban, Jean De Baer, Melanie Mayron, Anita Skinner

50. Damien: Omen II

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Don Taylor
Actors: William Holden, Lance Henriksen, Lee Grant, Jonathan Scott-Taylor, Robert Foxworth, Nicholas Pryor
Plot: Now 13, an older Damien begins to discover his true destiny as the anti-Christ and is more than willing to accept it. Forces work to stop his power, but can they succeed?

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