Best movies of 1978

Actors : Ivor Francis, Burr DeBenning, John Ericson, Judith Novgrod,
Directors : Sharron Miller,

A man who is having an affair with a married woman is dropped off on the wrong street when going back to his hotel. He takes refuge out of the rain when an old man invites him in. He turns ...

Actors : Pernell Roberts, Mickey Rooney, Stephanie Zimbalist, James Stewart,
Directors : Don Chaffey,

Lassie is trying to find her way home. She will have to run all the way from Colorado to California. Her loving owner is looking for her too.

Actors : Giuliano Gemma, Gianni De Luigi, Sven Valsecchi, Ettore Manni,
Directors : Lucio Fulci,

Young boy who sees his father gunned down kills the assassin. Years later, he has grown up to be a successful bounty hunter who is feared by many. And then one day he discovers secrets to ...

Actors : Sabine Haudepin, Philippe Marlaud, Annick Alane, Michel Caron,
Directors : Maurice Pialat,

A study of a group of young working class people in a French village, who are embarking upon adult life. The film follows the choices and decisions made for their futures.

Actors : Carter Wong, Jack Long, Lieh Lo, Kuan-Wu Lung,
Directors : Joseph Kuo,

Two warlord chiefs, a ton-fa wielder who can destroy an opponents weapon and a Tai Chi expert that is impervious to weapons, send a pair of killers to track down and kill an old master ...

Actors : Sonia Braga, Paulo César Peréio, Nuno Leal Maia, Jorge Dória,
Directors : Neville de Almeida,

Carlos and Solange, childhood sweethearts, marry after a chaste courtship. On their wedding night, Solange refuses to make love to him. First he pleads, then in anger he rapes her. She says...

Actors : Ed Devereaux, Terence Donovan, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Tony Bonner,
Directors : Bruce Beresford,

An armoured car company is the target of repeated heists. Company leadership is enforcing new measures in order to tighten the security. However, the biggest danger of a new heist lies within the company's own ranks.

Actors : Flavio Andreini, Sherry Buchanan, Ray Lovelock, Florinda Bolkan,
Directors : Franco Prosperi,

Sister Cristina (Florinda Bolkan) plays a nun who takes the teenage girls in her care to a remote house where they rehearse A Midsummer Night's Dream. Three thugs show up, brutally raping ...

Actors : Lino Ventura, Paul Crauchet, Jean Bouise, Claudine Auger,
Directors : Jacques Deray,

Mystery film about a man who finds there is another world to the one we know.

Actors : David Chiang, Cecilia Wong, Chia Yung Liu, Lily Li,
Directors : Chia-Liang Liu,

Shaolin Mantis (Orig. Tang lang) is a 1978 Shaw Brothers film directed by Lau Kar-leung. Starring David Chiang and Liu Chia Hui. Shaolin Mantis tells the story of a man who learns martial arts by observing a praying mantis.

Actors : Tom Marshall, Georgina Kean, Anthony Forrest, Alison Elliott,
Directors : Alan Birkinshaw,

Four mental patients - who, due to unauthorized experiments, believe they're living in a dream and have shed all moral imperatives - escape and find their way to the nearest bus-load of stranded schoolgirls.

Actors : María Martín, Isabel Pisano, Francisco Falcon, Àngel Jové,
Directors : Bigas Luna,

A disturbed middle-aged man is obsessed by a dancer and prostitute and abducts her, with tragic consequences.

Actors : Nelly Borgeaud, Jean Carmet, Michel Piccoli, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Jacques Rouffio,

Civil servant Adrien Courtois comes to Paris in order to make his money bear fruits.

Actors : Boris Kralj, Milan Strljic, Tanja Poberznik, Frano Lasic,
Directors : Lordan Zafranovic,

Three young men - a Croat, an Italian, and a Jew - are the best friends in pre-WW2 Dubrovnik. When their country is occupied by Nazis and their cronies, the idyllic city becomes a place of ...

Actors : José Sacristán, Enrique Vivó, José Luis Alonso, María Luisa San José,
Directors : Eloy de la Iglesia,

Sex and politics collide in this tale of forbidden love, blackmail and murder. Set up by the secret police to compromise a prominent politician, a teenage hustler discovers himself ...

Actors : Rosalind Cash, Glenda Jackson, Oliver Reed, Michael Murphy,
Directors : Silvio Narizzano,

In the tradition of classic classroom dramas such as "To Sir, With Love," comes the story of dedicated teacher Conor MacMichael (Glenda Jackson), who tries to reach out and give to her ...

Actors : Nikitas Tsakiroglou, Dimitris Poulikakos, Olga Karlatos, George Dialegmenos,
Directors : Nikos Panayotopoulos,

A father moves with his three sons and their beautiful, hard working servant in a big, old house in the countryside, where a weird drowsiness seems to occupy the four men. Will it be possible for one of them to break free?

Actors : Canan Perver, Cüneyt Arkin, Sümer Tilmaç, Tanju Gürsu,
Directors : Natuk Baytan,

Fatih Sultan Mehmet finds out about the turmoil in Mora. The Greek Kani Pasa blames the vizier but Kara Murat tells the Sultan That Kani Pasa wants to take the vizier's position. Fatih ...

Actors : Pino Colizzi, Sal Borgese, Tomas Milian, Isa Danieli,
Directors : Umberto Lenzi,

Vincenzo 'hunchback' plans a robbery on a armored police van with his gang. Once the job is done, his gang try to kill him and absconds with the loot. Vincenzo hides in the sewers before ...

Actors : Sergiu Nicolaescu, Amza Pellea, Jean Constantin, Gheorghe Dinica,
Directors : Sergiu Nicolaescu,

After Iron Guard member Paraipan discovers that commissioner Moldovan had staged his own death, he kidnaps Moldovan's son in order to draw him out. Tensions build up resulting in a final epic confrontation.