Best Drama movies of 1978

Actors : Tom Berenger, Helen Shaver, Susan Strasberg, Karen Black,
Directors : George Kaczender,

Andras Varda grows up in a turbulent, war-torn Hungary, where he procures local girls for the occupying G.I.'s during World War II. Disappointed by girls of his age, he meets Maya, a ...

Actors : Slawa Kwasniewska, Wiktor Sadecki, Jerzy Stuhr, Michal Tarkowski,
Directors : Feliks Falk,

An ironic look at a climber who decides to do anything, including throwing mud at his best friend, to get a job he thinks will launch him into a better career.

Actors : Saeed Kangarani, Jahangir Forouhar, Googoosh, Mahbubeh Bayat,
Directors : Parviz Sayyad,

Babak who suffers from Leukemia falls in love with a famous singer named Parvaneh. Although at first she takes him for granted, but gradually a relationship begins that changes their lives.

Actors : Miroljub Leso, Zarko Radic, Marko Nikolic, Ljubisa Samardzic,
Directors : Branko Bauer,

The movie is based on the true story about a group of children, barely teenagers, who joined Yugoslav Partizans after losing their families in WW2. At first, Partizans want to get rid of ...

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 : 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 : Nikitas Tsakiroglou, Olga Karlatos, Dimitris Poulikakos, 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 : 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 : 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 : Anna Zinnemann, Antiniska Nemour, Barbara Magnolfi, Stefania D'Amario,
Directors : Enzo Milioni,

While searching for their estranged mother, two beautiful sisters, Dagmar and Ursula, arrive at a luxurious seaside hotel. At the same time, a mysterious killer starts murdering promiscuous women in the area.

Actors : Tony Westrope, Rachel Nicholas James, Ken Robertson, Maureen Dolan,
Directors : Ron Peck,

A homosexual man is forced to hide his sexuality by day while living his secret life by night.

Actors : Paul Kermack, William Carrol, Stephen Archibald, Jessie Combe,
Directors : Bill Douglas,

Jamie leaves the children's home to live with his paternal grandmother. After working in a mine and in a tailor's shop, he is conscripted into the RAF, and goes to Egypt, where he is ...

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 : 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 : Mario Del Monaco, Ornella Muti, Caterina Boratto, Ugo Tognazzi,
Directors : Dino Risi,

Actors : Howard Ross, Karin Trentephol, Andrea Franchetti, Lisa Gastoni,
Directors : Massimo Pirri,

Federico is a child-killer running from the law. Wounded, he is taken in by a 12 year old girl named Simona. Their strange love affair is interrupted by Simona's depressed, oversexed mother...

Actors : Jean-Louis Trintignant, Michèle Kornbluh, Laura Kornbluh, Catherine Deneuve,
Directors : Christian de Chalonge,

Bank executive Rainier allows his firm to deliver adventurous investor Chevalier d'Aven a huge loan, with what he thinks is his employer Mirement's total backing. Chevalier's business ...

Actors : Alan Lake, Mary Millington, Glynn Edwards, Gavin Campbell,
Directors : Willy Roe,

Two detectives are drawn into the world of porn, while investigating murders of centrefolds...

Actors : György Cserhalmi, József Madaras, László Dózsa, Jácint Juhász,
Directors : Sándor Sára,

Mail author for translation. 1848. Európa forrong. A Lengyelországban állomásozó, osztrák kötelékhez tartozó magyar huszárok egy csoportja a szabadság- harc kitörésének hírére hazaindul. A ...

Actors : John Frawley, John Derum, Ruth Cracknell, Kerry Walker,
Directors : Jim Sharman,

The Night The Prowler, is about the dark side of suburban middle-class urban culture and family relations. It film brings to the surface some of the darkest recesses of suburban family life...