Best Drama movies of 1978

Actors : Freddy Reynolds, Ray Barrett, Angela Punch McGregor, Tommy Lewis,
Directors : Fred Schepisi,

The true story of a part aboriginal man who finds the pressure of adapting to white culture intolerable, and as a result snaps in a violent and horrific manner.

Actors : Perry King, Peter Donat, Meg Foster, Valerie Curtin,
Directors : Paul Aaron,

A homosexual woman marries a gay male friend to prevent his deportation, but they soon fall in love.

Actors : Jacqueline Bisset, Edward Albert, Raf Vallone, Anthony Quinn,
Directors : J. Lee Thompson,

The life of the Greek tycoon Aristotelis Onassis.

Actors : George Kennedy, Max von Sydow, John Cassavetes, Sophia Loren,
Directors : John Hough,

In 1945, General Patton sends Germany's confiscated gold reserves to Frankfurt but the army train is robbed by plotters who also hire a Swiss hit-man to kill the general.

Actors : Marcello Mastroianni, James Coco, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Marco Ferreri,

A man walking on the beach near New York City finds the corpse of King Kong. He also finds Kong's orphaned son, and takes it to a friend who lives in the city, and they decide to raise it.

Actors : Randy Danson, Marilyn Jones, Kevin Wade, Grant Stewart,
Directors : Mark Rappaport,

Spins the tale of a woman, her sister, and the man who completes the triangle. Told through such fertile sources as grand opera, classical painting, and Victorian melodrama.

Actors : Fakhri Khorvash, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Jamshid Mashayekhi, Behrouz Vossoughi,
Directors : Ali Hatami,

Desiderium lyrically charts the hapless loves of a three brother: Majid, they young handicapped brother with a deformed head falls in love with Aghdas, a prostitute hired by his eldest ...

Actors : Billy Connolly, Richard Burton, David Bradley, Dominic Guard,
Directors : Anthony Page,

At a Catholic public school, Benjamin Stanfield is tired of being the teacher's pet and decides to play a practical joke on his form master Father Goddard. In confession, Stanfield tells ...

Actors : Joachim Bißmeier, Wolfgang Bächler, Heinz Bennent, Wolf Biermann,

Germany in Autumn does not have a plot per se; it mixes documentary footage, along with standard movie scenes, to give the audience the mood of Germany during the late 1970s. The movie ...

Actors : Solange Boulanger, Catherine Schroeder, Fabrice Luchini, André Dussollier,
Directors : Éric Rohmer,

The exploits of Sir Perceval, a legendary exemplar of knightly chivalry and one of the champions of King Arthur's Round Table.

Actors : Steve McQueen, Bibi Andersson, Richard Dysart, Charles Durning,
Directors : George Schaefer,

A scientist stands against an entire town when he discovers their medicinal spa is polluted.

Actors : Jay Leno, Laraine Newman, Tim McIntire, Fran Drescher,
Directors : Floyd Mutrux,

The story of Alan Freed, the pioneering disc jockey who was instrumental in introducing and popularizing rock 'n' roll in the 1950s.

Actors : Ka-Yan Leung, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Casanova Wong, Chia Yung Liu,
Directors : Sammo Kam-Bo Hung,

Beloved for its combination of thrilling combat choreography and hilarious physical comedy, the film tells the story of a humble cashier who discovers a plot to kill his small town mayor.

Actors : Daniel Grimm, Chantal Paley, Jean Raynaud, Jean Rougeul,
Directors : Raoul Ruiz,

Two narrators, one seen and one unseen, discuss possible connections between a series of paintings. The on-screen narrator walks through three-dimensional reproductions of each painting, ...

Actors : Wendy Hughes, Bill Hunter, Gerard Kennedy, Chris Haywood,
Directors : Phillip Noyce,

In post war Australia the men and women of Cinetone struggle to produce the weekly news reels for the movie going public.

Actors : Marcello Mastroianni, Francisco Rabal, Nastassja Kinski, Giuliana Calandra,
Directors : Alberto Lattuada,

A May-December romance. Roué Giulio Marengo, a Roman landscape architect unhappy in his marriage, meets Francesca, a young and beautiful Florentine, and then learns she might be his ...

Actors : Marie-Françoise Audollent, Philippe Caubère, Frédéric Ladonne, Odile Cointepas,
Directors : Ariane Mnouchkine,

Who was Moliere? He is known everywhere as one of the world's greatest playwrights. But who was he? Born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin in 1622, the son of a prosperous tapestry maker. His mother ...

Actors : Lelia Goldoni, Paul Sorvino, Richard Gere, Tony Lo Bianco,
Directors : Robert Mulligan,

A young man is torn between following in his brothers' footsteps or striking out on his own.

Actors : Sheng Chiang, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Feng Lu, Chien Sun,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

Three North Shaolin teachers (Lu Feng, Chang Sheng, and Sun Chien) are called on by the Manchus to teach their soldiers and are urged to challenge the current South Shaolin teachers. They ...

Actors : Hale Soygazi, Cüneyt Arkin, Meral Orhonsay, Tarik Akan,
Directors : Yavuz Özkan,

Mine workers in Turkey struggling for better working conditions.