Best movies of 1977 that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Alec Guinness, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford,
Directors : George Lucas,

Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee, and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle-station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the evil Darth Vader.

Actors : Carol Kane, Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts,
Directors : Woody Allen,

Neurotic New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditzy Annie Hall.

Actors : Teri Garr, Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Melinda Dillon,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

Following an accidental encounter with otherworldly vessels, an ordinary man follows a series of psychic clues to the first scheduled meeting between representatives of Earth and visitors from the cosmos.

Actors : Barry Miller, Joseph Cali, Karen Lynn Gorney, John Travolta,
Directors : John Badham,

A Brooklyn teenager feels his only chance to succeed is as the king of the disco floor. His carefree youth and weekend dancing help him to forget the reality of his bleak life.

Actors : Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Curd Jürgens, Richard Kiel,
Directors : Lewis Gilbert,

James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads, with the help of a K.G.B. Agent, whose lover he killed.

Actors : Jerry Reed, Sally Field, Burt Reynolds, Mike Henry,
Directors : Hal Needham,

The Bandit is hired on to run a tractor trailer full of beer over county lines in hot pursuit by a pesky sheriff.

Actors : Harvey Korman, Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman,
Directors : Mel Brooks,

Mel Brooks' parody of Alfred Hitchcock films.

Actors : Mickey Rooney, Jim Dale, Sean Marshall, Helen Reddy,
Directors : Don Chaffey,

An orphan boy and his magical dragon come to town with his abusive adoptive parents in pursuit.

Actors : Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, Roy Scheider, Amidou,
Directors : William Friedkin,

Four unfortunate men from different parts of the globe agree to risk their lives transporting gallons of nitroglycerin across dangerous South American jungle.

Actors : Geraldine Page, Éva Gábor, Bob Newhart, Joe Flynn,

Two mice of the Rescue Aid Society search for a little girl kidnapped by unscrupulous treasure hunters.

Actors : Barry Primus, Robert De Niro, Lionel Stander, Liza Minnelli,
Directors : Martin Scorsese,

An egotistical saxophonist and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long, up-hill climb.

Actors : Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards, Maximilian Schell, Jane Fonda,
Directors : Fred Zinnemann,

At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.

Actors : Quinn Cummings, Richard Dreyfuss, Paul Benedict, Marsha Mason,
Directors : Herbert Ross,

After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter are reluctantly forced to live with a struggling off-Broadway actor.

Actors : Nick Nolte, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Shaw, Dick Anthony Williams,
Directors : Peter Yates,

A pair of young vacationers are involved in a dangerous conflict with treasure hunters when they discover a way into a deadly wreck in Bermuda waters. Featuring extended underwater ...

Actors : John Denver, Donald Pleasence, Teri Garr, George Burns,
Directors : Carl Reiner,

When God appears to an assistant grocery manager as a good natured old man, the Almighty selects him as his messenger for the modern world.

Actors : William Atherton, Diane Keaton, Richard Gere, Tuesday Weld,
Directors : Richard Brooks,

A dedicated schoolteacher spends her nights cruising bars, looking for abusive men with whom she can engage in progressively violent sexual encounters.

Actors : Gena Rowlands, Joan Blondell, Ben Gazzara, John Cassavetes,
Directors : John Cassavetes,

An actress suffers an emotional uproar in her personal life after a fan dies trying to see her.

Actors : Joan Plowright, Richard Burton, Colin Blakely, Peter Firth,
Directors : Sidney Lumet,

A psychiatrist attempts to uncover a troubled stable boy's disturbing obsession with horses.

Actors : Joseph Cotten, Lee Grant, Jack Lemmon, Olivia de Havilland,
Directors : Jerry Jameson,

Art thieves hijack a 747, hit fog and crash into the ocean, trapping them and the passengers under 100 feet of water.

Actors : Bill Macy, Eugene Roche, Art Carney, Lily Tomlin,
Directors : Robert Benton,

A grumpy semi-retired private investigator partners with a quirky female client to catch the people who murdered his partner.