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.

51. Five Deadly Venoms, The ( Wu du )

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Cheh Chang
Actors: Sheng Chiang, Philip Kwok, Feng Lu, Pai Wei, Chien Sun, Meng Lo
Plot: A dying martial arts master sends out his last pupil to locate one of his former students that he believes has turned evil and defeat him.

52. Violette Nozière

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Claude Chabrol
Actors: Isabelle Huppert, Stéphane Audran, Jean Carmet, Jean-François Garreaud, Guy Hoffman, Lisa Langlois
Plot: Violette (Isabelle Huppert) is a spoiled girl without a conscience. She decides to accuse her father of a terrible crime.

53. Movie Movie

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Stanley Donen
Actors: George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Red Buttons, Eli Wallach, Harry Hamlin, Ann Reinking

54. Comes a Horseman

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Western
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Actors: James Caan, Jane Fonda, Jason Robards, Mark Harmon, Jim Davis, Richard Farnsworth
Plot: A female rancher unknowingly has oil on her land. An oil baron wants that land, by hook or by crook, but a post war cowboy helps her fight him off.

55. The End

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Burt Reynolds
Actors: Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Sally Field, Strother Martin, Joanne Woodward, Myrna Loy
Plot: Wendell Lawson has only six months to live.Not wanting to endure his last few months of life waiting for the end, he decides to take matters into his own hands and enlists the help of a delusional mental patient to help him commit suicide.

56. The Eyes of Laura Mars

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Irvin Kershner
Actors: Faye Dunaway, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Dourif, Rene Auberjonois, Raul Julia, Frank Adonis
Plot: A "psychic" fashion photographer, who sees the ice pick murders of several women, works with a rugged police detective to catch the killer.

57. Nick Carter in Prague ( Adéla jeste nevecerela )

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Czech
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Oldrich Lipský
Actors: Michal Docolomanský, Rudolf Hrusínský, Milos Kopecký, Ladislav Pesek, Nada Konvalinková, Václav Lohniský

58. Place Without Limits, The ( lugar sin límites, El )

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Arturo Ripstein
Actors: Roberto Cobo, Lucha Villa, Ana Martín, Gonzalo Vega, Julián Pastor, Carmen Salinas

59. Interiors

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Kristin Griffith, Mary Beth Hurt, Richard Jordan, Diane Keaton, E.G. Marshall, Maureen Stapleton

60. The Big Sleep

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Winner
Actors: Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, Richard Boone, Candy Clark, James Stewart, Joan Collins

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