Top Movies of 1978


The top movies of 1978 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

31. I Wanna Hold Your Hand

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Actors: Nancy Allen, Bobby Di Cicco, Marc McClure, Susan Kendall Newman, Wendie Jo Sperber, Eddie Deezen

32. The Bermuda Depths

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tsugunobu Kotani
Actors: Leigh McCloskey, Carl Weathers, Connie Sellecca, Julie Woodson, Ruth Attaway, Burl Ives

33. Same Time, Next Year

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Robert Mulligan
Actors: Ellen Burstyn, Alan Alda, Ivan Bonar, Bernie Kuby, Cosmo Sardo, David Northcutt
Plot: A couple, both parties married to others, meet the same time each year, for over twenty years... the film chronicles the triumphs and the tragedies along the way.

34. Coma

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Michael Crichton
Actors: Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Rip Torn, Elizabeth Ashley, Richard Widmark, Tom Selleck
Plot: A young doctor stumbles on a horrific conspiracy in her hospital after noticing a series of unnatural comas and patients that wind up at another facility.

35. Shiver of the Vampires, The ( frisson des vampires, Le )

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jean Rollin
Actors: Sandra Julien, Jean-Marie Durand, Jacques Robiolles, Michel Delahaye, Marie-Pierre Castel, Kuelan Herce

36. American Hot Wax

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Floyd Mutrux
Actors: Tim McIntire, Fran Drescher, Jay Leno, Laraine Newman, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jeff Altman

37. Get Out Your Handkerchiefs ( Préparez vos mouchoirs )

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bertrand Blier
Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Carole Laure, Patrick Dewaere, Michel Serrault, Eléonore Hir, Jean Rougerie
Plot: A man will take any measures necessary to satisfy his glum wife -- including choosing a lover for her and inviting him to move in with them. But it turns out that her true soulmate may be a 13-year-old boy genius.

38. Magic

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Attenborough
Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith, Ed Lauter, E.J. André, David Ogden Stiers
Plot: A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to
renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.

39. The Rutles: All You Need is Cash

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Eric Idle, Gary Weis
Actors: Eric Idle, John Halsey, Ricky Fataar, Neil Innes, Michael Palin, John Belushi
Plot: Mockumentary about the band "The Rutles". A hilarious parody of Beatlemania and the many serious documentaries made about the Beatles. Created by the mind of brilliant Monty Python member Eric Idle.

40. A Wedding

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Robert Altman
Actors: Desi Arnaz Jr., Carol Burnett, Mia Farrow, Lillian Gish, Geraldine Chaplin, Howard Duff

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