Best Drama movies of 1978

Actors : Stephen McNally, Mel Ferrer, Darby Hinton, Ralph Meeker,
Directors : Greydon Clark,

Story of a group of drag races and the young boy and girl who join them.

Actors : Robert Behling, Ray Ness, Susan Lynch, Joe Spano,

NORTHERN LIGHTS has the feel of an old black and white photograph discovered in an attic. The bitter-sweet story of young lovers caught up in an political struggle waged by farmers against ...

Actors : Feng Ku, Chen Chi Lin, Hui-Ling Liu, Lung Ti,
Directors : Shan Hua,

Famed actor Ti Lung plays a lone swordsman trying to defeat the "Number One Swordsman" as part of his vengeance package in life in Soul Of The Sword. He quickly learns however, that sometimes wanting is better than having.

Actors : Ann Michelle, Alisha Fontaine, Bruce Davison, Virginia Mayo,
Directors : Dennis Kane,

Chronicles the life of a young New Orleans prostitute and her co-workers.

Actors : Ellen Burstyn, Despo Diamantidou, Andréas Voutsinas, Melina Mercouri,
Directors : Jules Dassin,

Melina Mercouri plays an actress who is attempting a comeback with a staging of the Greek tragedy "Medea" (about a woman who kills her children) in her native Greece. As a publicity stunt, ...

Actors : Leon Isaac Kennedy, Carmen Argenziano, James Iglehart, Jayne Kennedy,
Directors : Cirio H. Santiago,

An American Vietnam soldier on his way home is left for dead and is saved by a pair of Japanese stragglers from WWII, who train him in the way of the samurai.

Actors : Philip Michael Thomas, Frankie Crocker, Rosalind Cash, Vernee Watson,
Directors : Oscar Williams,

A young man in Los Angeles dreams of striking it big as a singer in the music business. One day he gets signed to a big record contract, but along with the fame and money he develops an addiction to the drug PCP.

Actors : Richard Bright, John Heard, Thomas G. Waites, Mike Kellin,
Directors : Raphael D. Silver,

In prison, one prisoner buys some smokes from another. Then he admits he can't pay for it and becomes indebted to him and the interest is rising daily.

Actors : Saeed Kangarani, Fourouzan, Ezzatolah Entezami, Bahman Forsi,
Directors : Dariush Mehrjui,

Ali and his father go from their poor neighborhood in the outskirts of the city to a hospital so that Ali's father can be treated for his sickness. However since they have no money, Ali ...

Actors : Zofia Kucówna, Jan Nowicki, Aleksander Bardini, Maja Komorowska,
Directors : Krzysztof Zanussi,

A strange arrogant tourist arrives at the Morskie Oko mountain shelter. Next morning, in spite of danger, he climbs alone and the search for him begins.

Actors : Poul Bundgaard, Jens Okking, Kirsten Olesen, Claus Strandberg,
Directors : Bille August,

A young man finds love and settles down, but when his young wife spirals into depression they both have decisions to make.

Actors : Capucine, Senta Berger, Paolo Bonacelli, Ornella Muti,
Directors : Tonino Cervi,

A background of rising fascism in Venice in 1930s. A music-student, Matthias, mixes with the town's bourgeoisie and falls in love with a mature teacher, Carla, the mother of his friend ...

Actors : Victor Campos, Robert Donner, Neville Brand, Sherry Boucher,
Directors : George Peppard,

A man escapes from a Louisiana prison to be at the California hospital bedside of his ailing son.

Actors : Daniel Auteuil, Anne Jousset, Henri Guybet, Gérard Jugnot,
Directors : Charles Nemes,

Actors : Rekha, Vinod Mehra, Asit Kumar Sen, Prema Narayan,

Vikas, the son of a successful lawyer defies his father's arrangement for him to be married; and marries his sweetheart Aarti. They enjoy the bliss of marriage, breaking away from the ...

Actors : Sacco van der Made, Leen Jongewaard, Coen Flink, Frederik de Groot,
Directors : Wim Verstappen,

In a Dutch village during the German occupation, a small group of badly organized resistance fighters attempt to assassinate a collaborator.

Actors : Juraj Kukura, Václav Babka, Marta Vancurová, Gustáv Valach,
Directors : Frantisek Vlácil,

Actors : Lloyd Bochner, Ron Slinker, Joie Chitwood, Richard Jaeckel,
Directors : Ricou Browning,

Heads roll as two cops, Chuck and Andy, go against Mr. D'Angelo, the biggest drug dealer in Florida, and his ruthless enforcer Fred, who has no legs but does have two mean double barrel shotguns built into his wheelchair.

Actors : Michel Marot, Anne-Marie Miéville,

A film about politics and the media, in which two workers in a newspaper plant attempt to make a film.

Actors : Silvia Dionisio, James Mason, Maurizio Merli, Raymond Pellegrin,
Directors : Giuseppe Rosati,

A cop pursues the Mob for revenge as well as personal honor.