Best Drama movies of 1978

Actors : Glenda Jackson, Trevor Howard, Alec McCowen, Mona Washbourne,
Directors : Robert Enders,

This biographical film has Glenda Jackson portraying a British poet with emotional problems.

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 : Peter Fonda, Chris Wiggins, Jerry Reed, Helen Shaver,
Directors : Peter Carter,

Two truck drivers fight off thugs who have been hired to drive them out of business.

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.

Actors : Rakhee Gulzar, Neetu Singh, Randhir Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Ramesh Behl,

Suman (Raakhee) and Amit (Amitabh Bachchan) love each other and plan to marry soon. Amit lives with his younger brother, Raju (Randhir Kapoor), and Raju already calls Suman "Bhabhi". Amit ...

Actors : Rajinikanth, Sarath Babu, Jayalakshmi, Shobha,
Directors : J. Mahendran,

A boorish villager butts heads with a newly appointed engineer from the city.

Actors : Ewa Dalkowska, Andrzej Seweryn, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Krystyna Janda,
Directors : Andrzej Wajda,

A famous Polish journalist presents a problem for the powers-that-be when he displays his full political skill and knowledge on a television show featuring questions and answers on a world ...

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 : Minori Matsushima, Akira Kamiya, Hitoshi Takagi, Taeko Nakanishi,
Directors : Masami Hata,

An innocent lamb learns about life and death when he seeks revenge upon the wolf who slaughtered his mother.

Actors : Katy Jurado, Anthony Quinn, Lupita Ferrer, Dolores del Rio,
Directors : Hall Bartlett,

The Sanchez clan has seen the worst of times living in impoverished Mexico but they have survived by sticking together. When Sanchez's oldest daughter Consuelo plans to change direction and...

Actors : Raymond Burr, John Ireland, Susan George, Oliver Reed,
Directors : Peter Collinson,

Coming back from an extended business trip, Frank discovers that his girlfriend Janie is now working at a new resort hotel where the owner has given her a permanent place to stay, as well ...

Actors : Angela Winkler, Heinz Hoenig, Hans Christian Blech, Bruno Ganz,
Directors : Reinhard Hauff,

One night when seeking his estranged wife, Hoffmann goes to the youth center where she works. The police are there rounding up radicals who frequent the center - Hoffmann runs into the ...

Actors : Hiroki Iwase, Shima Iwashita, Ken Ogata, Miyuki Yoshizawa,
Directors : Yoshitarô Nomura,

When Sokichi stops providing his long-time lover Kikuyo enough money to pay for the care of their three young children, Kikuyo leaves the children with Sokichi - and his very surprised and angry wife Oume - and disappears.

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 : Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, José Franco, Simón Andreu, Ramón Reparaz,
Directors : Eloy de la Iglesia,

Obsessed with fantasies of sex, Father Miguel seeks professional help through his church but they are not listening; thus leaving the Father in a dilemma; leaving the church or should he try, on his own, to surrender to these temptations?

Actors : Tao-Liang Tan, Nami Misaki, Jim Kelly, Sing Chen,
Directors : Tso Nam Lee,

When a diamond is stolen in Hong Kong, the company insuring the diamond sends a former CIA agent to Hong Kong to retrieve it. Meanwhile, one of the thieves begins to have a change of heart ...

Actors : Gregg Henry, Tina Louise, Kay Lenz, Scatman Crothers,
Directors : Mel Stuart,

When his friend injures a little girl in a small southern town while driving drunk, country singer Paul agrees to state in court he had been driving. But his lawyer betrays him, and he ends...

Actors : Iftekhar, Sachin, Madan Puri, Ranjeeta Kaur,
Directors : Hiren Nag,

A young man must deal with a broken engagement ceremony, while his to-be fiancée waits to be treated for blood cancer.

Actors : Vasilis Kolovos, Nikos Kapios, Antigoni Amanitou, Zaharias Rohas,
Directors : Nikos Koundouros,

Based on the book by Ilias Venezis "The Number 31328", the film by Nikos Koundouros unfolds through the personal tragedies of three characters, the Asia Minor Disaster and the agonizing ...

Actors : Sylvia Kristel, David Rappaport, Rita Tushingham, Rutger Hauer,
Directors : Paul de Lussanet,

A wealthy visitor to a small town befriends a midget and gets involved with two women as his behaviour becoming ever stranger.