21. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Philip Kaufman
Actors: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright, Leonard Nimoy, Art Hindle
Plot: In San Francisco a group of people are brought together when they notice friends and relatives somehow changing. As more and more people are affected, they soon realize an alien life-form is behind the changes and must act before they are all taken.
22. Martin
Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: George A. Romero
Actors: John Amplas, Lincoln Maazel, Christine Forrest, Tom Savini, Elyane Nadeau, George A. Romero
Plot: A neurotic young man, claiming to be a vampire, is abused by his Catholic grandfather for being the bearer of an old family curse. But is the boy actually a vampire, or merely a murderer with supernatural delusions?
23. Heaven Can Wait
Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Warren Beatty, Buck Henry
Actors: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, James Mason, Jack Warden, Charles Grodin, Dyan Cannon
Plot: A quarterback for the Rams is involved in an accident and, although he isn't ready to die, an overeager angel takes him anyway - and his body is promptly cremated. Realizing the mistake, a new body must be found - and they settle on a recently-murdered billionaire. Back in a body, and with nigh-unlimited funds, he purchases the Rams for himself and instills him as the new quarterback, with a Superbowl victory in his sights.
24. Five Deadly Venoms, The ( Wu du )
Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Cheh Chang
Actors: Sheng Chiang, Philip Kwok, Feng Lu, Pai Wei, Chien Sun, Meng Lo
Plot: A dying martial arts master sends out his last pupil to locate one of his former students that he believes has turned evil and defeat him.
25. Ascent, The ( Voskhozhdeniye )
Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Larisa Shepitko
Actors: Boris Plotnikov, Vladimir Gostyukhin, Sergei Yakovlev, Lyudmila Polyakova, Viktoriya Goldentul, Anatoli Solonitsyn
26. In a Year with 13 Moons ( In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden )
Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Actors: Volker Spengler, Ingrid Caven, Gottfried John, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Eva Mattes, Günther Kaufmann
Plot: Erwin Weisshaupt is in love with co-worker Anton - who tells him that it's too bad he wasn't a woman. Now, years later, Erwin is Elvira and he returns to Anton, hoping that in the wreckage love has made of his life, Anton will accept his love.
27. Chess Players, The ( Shatranj Ke Khilari )
Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Hindi
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Satyajit Ray
Actors: Sanjeev Kumar, Saeed Jaffrey, Shabana Azmi, Farida Jalal, Victor Banerjee, David Abraham
28. Revenge of the Pink Panther
Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Blake Edwards
Actors: Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Burt Kwouk, Dyan Cannon, Robert Loggia, Robert Webber
Plot: While letting the world believe that he's been murdered, ham-fisted but
unflappable Inspector Clouseau disguises himself and travels the globe to
break up a heroin ring with help from a drug lord's ex-mistress.
29. Death on the Nile
Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John Guillermin
Actors: Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin, Bette Davis, Mia Farrow, Olivia Hussey, George Kennedy
Plot: Based on the Agatha Christie novel, Detective Hercule Poirot must solve the mystery of a murdered heiress who is killed on a cruise down the Nile before it reaches port.
30. The Medusa Touch
Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jack Gold
Actors: Richard Burton, Lino Ventura, Lee Remick, Harry Andrews, Alan Badel, Derek Jacobi
