Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre/Note |
|
Almost Summer |
Martin Davidson |
Bruno Kirby, Lee Purcell, Didi Conn |
Comedy |
|
Alucarda |
Juan Lopez Moctezuma |
Tina Romero, Susana Kamin, Claudio Brook |
Horror |
México |
American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince |
Martin Scorsese |
Steven Prince, Martin Scorsese |
Documentary |
|
American Hot Wax |
Floyd Mutrux |
Tim McIntire, Fran Drescher, Jay Leno, Laraine Newman |
Comedy, Musical |
Paramount |
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes |
John De Bello |
David Miller, George Wilson, Costa Dillon, Eric Christmas |
Comedy |
|
Avalanche |
Corey Allen |
Rock Hudson, Mia Farrow, Robert Forster |
Disaster |
New World |
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan |
John Berry |
Tony Curtis, Jackie Earle Haley |
Comedy |
2nd sequel |
Battlestar Galactica |
Richard A. Colla |
Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene |
Science fiction |
pilot for TV series |
The Betsy |
Daniel Petrie |
Laurence Olivier, Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Duvall, Katharine Ross, Lesley-Anne Down, Kathleen Beller, Joseph Wiseman, Jane Alexander |
Drama |
from a novel by Harold Robbins |
The Big Fix |
Jeremy Kagan |
Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Anspach, Bonnie Bedelia, John Lithgow, F. Murray Abraham |
Mystery |
Universal |
Big Wednesday |
John Milius |
Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, Gary Busey |
Drama |
Warner Bros. |
Bloodbrothers |
Robert Mulligan |
Paul Sorvino, Tony Lo Bianco, Richard Gere |
Drama |
Warner Bros. |
Blue Collar |
Paul Schrader |
Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto |
Drama, Crime |
Universal |
Born Again |
Irving Rapper |
Dean Jones, Anne Francis, Dana Andrews |
Drama |
|
The Boys from Brazil |
Franklin J. Schaffner |
Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier, James Mason, Lilli Palmer, Steve Guttenberg, Uta Hagen, Denholm Elliott, John Dehner |
Thriller |
from a novel by Ira Levin |
The Boys in Company C |
Sidney J. Furie |
Stan Shaw, Andrew Stevens, R. Lee Ermey, James Whitmore, Jr. |
Drama, War |
Columbia |
The Brink's Job |
William Friedkin |
Peter Falk, Peter Boyle, Warren Oates, Gena Rowlands, Paul Sorvino |
Comedy, Crime |
Universal |
The Buddy Holly Story |
Steve Rash |
Gary Busey, Charles Martin Smith, Don Stroud, Conrad Janis |
Biography, Musical |
3 Oscar nominations |
Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Note |
California Suite |
Herbert Ross |
Jane Fonda, Alan Alda, Maggie Smith, Michael Caine, Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, Walter Matthau |
Comedy |
written by Neil Simon; Oscar for Smith |
Capricorn One |
Peter Hyams |
Elliott Gould, Sam Waterston, James Brolin, O. J. Simpson, Brenda Vaccaro, Hal Holbrook |
Suspense |
Warner Bros. |
Caravans |
James Fargo |
Anthony Quinn, Michael Sarrazin, Behrouz Vossoughi |
Adventure |
Universal; based on novel by James Michener |
Casey's Shadow |
Martin Ritt |
Walter Matthau, Alexis Smith, Murray Hamilton |
Drama |
Columbia |
The Cat from Outer Space |
Norman Tokar |
Sandy Duncan, Roddy McDowall, Ken Berry |
Sci-fi |
Disney |
The Cheap Detective |
Robert Moore |
Peter Falk, Ann-Margret, Sid Caesar, Dom DeLuise, Stockard Channing, Louise Fletcher, Marsha Mason |
Comedy |
written by Neil Simon |
The Class of Miss MacMichael |
Silvio Narizzano |
Glenda Jackson, Oliver Reed, Rosalind Cash |
Drama |
|
Coma |
Michael Crichton |
Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Richard Widmark, Elizabeth Ashley, Rip Torn |
Thriller |
MGM; based on Robin Cook novel |
Comes a Horseman |
Alan J. Pakula |
James Caan, Jane Fonda, Jason Robards, George Grizzard, Richard Farnsworth |
Western |
United Artists |
Coming Home |
Hal Ashby |
Jon Voight, Jane Fonda, Bruce Dern |
Drama |
Oscars for Voight, Fonda, screenplay |
Convoy |
Sam Peckinpah |
Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw, Ernest Borgnine, Burt Young, Madge Sinclair |
Action |
United Artists; based on C.W. McCall song |
Corvette Summer |
Matthew Robbins |
Mark Hamill, Annie Potts, Danny Bonaduce |
Action |
MGM |
Covert Action |
Romolo Guerrieri |
David Janssen, Arthur Kennedy |
Drama |
|
The Dain Curse |
E.W. Swackhamer |
James Coburn, Héctor Elizondo, Jean Simmons |
Mystery |
based on James M. Cain novel |
Damien: Omen II |
Don Taylor |
William Holden, Lee Grant |
Horror |
sequel to The Omen |
Dawn of the Dead |
George A. Romero |
David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger, Gaylen Ross |
Horror |
Night of the Living Dead sequel |
Days of Heaven |
Terrence Malick |
Richard Gere, Brooke Adams |
Drama |
Oscar for cinematography; 4 nominations |
Death Dimension |
Al Adamson |
Jim Kelly, Harold Sakata, George Lazenby |
Action |
|
Deathsport |
Allan Arkush |
Claudia Jennings, David Carradine |
Action |
A.I.P. |
The Deer Hunter |
Michael Cimino |
Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep, John Savage, John Cazale |
Drama, War |
Universal; 5 Oscars including Best Picture |
A Different Story |
Paul Aaron |
Meg Foster, Perry King, Valerie Curtin |
Drama |
Embassy |
A Distant Thunder |
Donald W. Thompson |
Patty Dunning |
Drama |
|
The Driver |
Walter Hill |
Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani |
Crime drama |
20th Century Fox |
The End |
Burt Reynolds |
Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Sally Field |
Comedy |
United Artists |
An Enemy of the People |
George Schaefer |
Steve McQueen, Charles Durning, Bibi Andersson |
Drama |
First Artists |
Every Which Way but Loose |
James Fargo |
Clint Eastwood, Ruth Gordon, Beverly D'Angelo, Geoffrey Lewis, Sondra Locke |
Comedy |
Warner Bros. |
Eyes of Laura Mars |
Irvin Kershner |
Faye Dunaway, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Dourif |
Thriller |
20th Century Fox |
F.I.S.T. |
Norman Jewison |
Sylvester Stallone, Rod Steiger, Melinda Dillon, Brian Dennehy, Kevin Conway, Peter Boyle |
Drama |
United Artists |
FM |
John A. Alonzo |
Alex Karras, Cleavon Little, Martin Mull, Michael Brandon, Eileen Brennan |
Comedy |
Universal |
Fedora |
Billy Wilder |
William Holden, Marthe Keller, Hildegard Knef, Jose Ferrer, Frances Sternhagen, Stephen Collins |
Drama |
United Artists |
Fingers |
James Toback |
Harvey Keitel, Michael V. Gazzo, Tanya Roberts |
Drama |
|
Foul Play |
Colin Higgins |
Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn, Dudley Moore, Eugene Roche, Burgess Meredith |
Comedy |
Paramount; 6 Golden Globe nominations |
The Fury |
Brian De Palma |
Kirk Douglas, Amy Irving, John Cassavetes, Andrew Stevens, Charles Durning, Carrie Snodgress |
Horror |
20th Century Fox; based on John Farris novel |
Gates of Heaven |
Errol Morris |
Lucille Billingsley, Errol Morris |
Documentary |
|
Gay USA |
Arthur J. Bressan, Jr. |
Footage of 1977 gay pride events |
Documentary |
|
Girlfriends |
Claudia Weill |
Melanie Mayron, Eli Wallach, Bob Balaban, Christopher Guest |
Comedy, drama |
Warner Bros. |
Go Tell the Spartans |
Ted Post |
Burt Lancaster, Craig Wasson |
War, Drama |
Embassy; based on Daniel Ford novel |
Goin' South |
Jack Nicholson |
Jack Nicholson, Mary Steenburgen, John Belushi, Veronica Cartwright, Christopher Lloyd |
Comedy, Western |
Paramount; 1st film of Steenburgen, Belushi |
Good Guys Wear Black |
Ted Post |
Chuck Norris, Dana Andrews, Anne Archer |
Action |
|
Gray Lady Down |
David Greene |
Charlton Heston, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox, Stacy Keach, Rosemary Forsyth |
Adventure |
Universal |
Grease |
Randal Kleiser |
John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway, Eve Arden, Sid Caesar, Didi Conn, Edd Byrnes, Frankie Avalon |
Musical comedy |
Paramount; based on stage musical; 4 Golden Globe nominations |
The Greek Tycoon |
J. Lee Thompson |
Anthony Quinn, Jacqueline Bisset |
Drama |
Universal |
Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Note |
Halloween |
John Carpenter |
Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, P.J. Soles, Charles Cyphers, Kyle Richards |
Horror |
inspired Halloween film franchise |
Harper Valley PTA |
Richard C. Bennett |
Barbara Eden, Nanette Fabray, Ronny Cox |
Comedy |
based on a song by Jeannie C. Riley |
Heaven Can Wait |
Warren Beatty, Buck Henry |
Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Jack Warden, Dyan Cannon, Charles Grodin, James Mason, Buck Henry, Vincent Gardenia, R.G. Armstrong |
Comedy, Fantasy |
Here Comes Mr. Jordan remake; 9 Oscar nominations |
Holocaust |
Marvin J. Chomsky |
Meryl Streep, Michael Moriarty, Rosemary Harris |
Drama |
TV miniseries for NBC; 4 Emmy awards |
Hooper |
Hal Needham |
Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jan-Michael Vincent, Brian Keith, Robert Klein, James Best, Adam West |
Action, comedy |
Warner Bros. |
Hot Lead and Cold Feet |
Robert Butler |
Don Knotts, Jim Dale, Darren McGavin, Karen Valentine |
Western, Comedy |
Disney |
House Calls |
Howard Zieff |
Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Art Carney, Richard Benjamin, Candice Azzara |
Comedy |
Universal; became a 1979 TV series |
I Spit on Your Grave |
Meir Zarchi |
Camille Keaton |
Thriller |
|
I Wanna Hold Your Hand |
Robert Zemeckis |
Nancy Allen, Bobby DiCicco, Marc McClure |
Comedy |
based on a song by The Beatles |
Ice Castles |
Donald Wrye |
Lynn-Holly Johnson, Robby Benson |
Drama |
Columbia |
Interiors |
Woody Allen |
Geraldine Page, Diane Keaton, Maureen Stapleton, Mary Beth Hurt, Richard Jordan, E. G. Marshall |
Drama |
United Artists; 5 Oscar nominations |
International Velvet |
Bryan Forbes |
Tatum O'Neal, Christopher Plummer |
Drama, Family |
National Velvet sequel |
Invasion of the Body Snatchers |
Philip Kaufman |
Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Leonard Nimoy |
Science fiction |
from Jack Finney book; remake of 1956 film |
Jaws 2 |
Jeannot Szwarc |
Roy Scheider, Murray Hamilton, Lorraine Gary |
Thriller |
Jaws sequel |
Jennifer |
Brice Mack |
Lisa Pelikan, Nina Foch, Bert Convy |
Horror |
|
Killer of Sheep |
Charles Burnett |
|
Drama |
|
King of the Gypsies |
Frank Pierson |
Eric Roberts, Brooke Shields, Shelley Winters, Susan Sarandon, Sterling Hayden |
Drama |
Paramount |
Laserblast |
Michael Rae |
Kim Milford, Keenan Wynn |
Science fiction |
|
The Last Waltz |
Martin Scorsese |
The Band, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan |
Documentary |
United Artists |
The Legacy |
Richard Marquand |
Katharine Ross, Sam Elliott, Roger Daltrey |
Horror |
Universal |
Let Me Die a Woman |
Doris Wishman |
Harry Reems, Dr. Leo Wollman |
Exploitation |
|
The Lord of the Rings |
Ralph Bakshi |
Voices of John Hurt, Billy Barty |
Fantasy, Animated |
United Artists; from J. R. R. Tolkien book |
Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Note |
Magic |
Richard Attenborough |
Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith |
Suspense |
Fox; from William Goldman novel |
The Magic of Lassie |
Don Chaffey |
James Stewart, Mickey Rooney, Pernell Roberts |
Family |
|
The Manitou |
William Girdler |
Tony Curtis, Ann Sothern, Susan Strasberg |
Horror |
Avco Embassy |
Maraschino Cherry |
Radley Metzger |
Gloria Leonard, Annette Haven, Constance Money |
Adult film |
|
Mean Dog Blues |
Mel Stuart |
Gregg Henry, Kay Lenz, Scatman Crothers |
Drama |
|
The Medusa Touch |
Jack Gold |
Richard Burton, Lee Remick |
Drama |
ITC Entertainment |
Midnight Express |
Alan Parker |
Brad Davis, John Hurt, Randy Quaid |
Drama, Biography |
from Billy Hayes book; 6 Oscar nominations |
Moment by Moment |
Jane Wagner |
Lily Tomlin, John Travolta |
Drama |
Universal |
Movie Movie |
Stanley Donen |
George C. Scott, Art Carney, Ann Reinking, Harry Hamlin, Trish Van Devere, Barry Bostwick, Red Buttons |
Comedy, Musical |
Double feature |
National Lampoon's Animal House |
John Landis |
Tim Matheson, Tom Hulce, John Belushi, John Vernon, Peter Riegert, Karen Allen, Verna Bloom, Stephen Furst, Kevin Bacon, Donald Sutherland |
Comedy |
Universal Pictures; first film for Riegert, Allen, Furst, Bacon |
A Night Full of Rain |
Lina Wertmüller |
Giancarlo Giannini, Candice Bergen |
Romance |
U.S./Italy production |
Oliver's Story |
John Korty |
Ryan O'Neal, Candice Bergen, Ray Milland |
Romance |
sequel to Love Story |
Olly Olly Oxen Free |
Richard Colla |
Katharine Hepburn, Kevin McKenzie |
Family |
|
The One and Only |
Carl Reiner |
Henry Winkler, Kim Darby |
Comedy |
Paramount |
Paradise Alley |
Sylvester Stallone |
Sylvester Stallone, Armand Assante, Anne Archer |
Drama |
Universal |
Piranha |
Joe Dante |
Bradford Dillman, Barbara Steele, Dick Miller |
Horror |
New World Pictures |
Planet of Dinosaurs |
James Shea |
James Whitworth, Charlotte Speer |
Sci-fi |
|
Pretty Baby |
Louis Malle |
Brooke Shields, Susan Sarandon, Keith Carradine |
Drama |
Paramount |
Rabbit Test |
Joan Rivers |
Billy Crystal, Doris Roberts, Alex Rocco |
Comedy |
Avco Embassy; only film directed by Rivers |
Remember My Name |
Alan Rudolph |
Geraldine Chaplin, Anthony Perkins, Moses Gunn |
Thriller |
Columbia |
Renaldo and Clara |
Bob Dylan |
Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Harry Dean Stanton |
Concert |
nearly 4 hours |
Return from Witch Mountain |
John Hough |
Christopher Lee, Bette Davis, Jack Soo |
Family |
Escape to Witch Mountain sequel |
Revenge of the Pink Panther |
Blake Edwards |
Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Dyan Cannon |
Comedy |
Pink Panther sequel |
Same Time, Next Year |
Robert Mulligan |
Alan Alda, Ellen Burstyn |
Comedy |
from Bernard Slade play |
The Scenic Route |
Mark Rappaport |
Randy Danson, Marilyn Jones, Kevin Wade |
Drama |
|
Sextette |
Ken Hughes |
Mae West, Dom DeLuise, Tony Curtis |
Comedy |
West's final film |
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |
Michael Schultz |
Peter Frampton, The Bee Gees, George Burns |
Musical |
based on Beatles album |
Silent Partner |
Daryl Duke |
Elliott Gould, Christopher Plummer, Susannah York |
Crime drama |
Carolco; Canada 1979 Best Picture |
Slow Dancing in the Big City |
John G. Avildsen |
Paul Sorvino, Anne Ditchburn |
Drama |
United Artists |
Somebody Killed Her Husband |
Lamont Johnson |
Farrah Fawcett, Jeff Bridges |
Comedy |
Columbia |
Straight Time |
Ulu Grosbard |
Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell, Gary Busey |
Crime drama |
Warner Bros. |
Superman |
Richard Donner |
Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Jackie Cooper, Ned Beatty, Valerie Perrine, Glenn Ford, Phyllis Thaxter, Susannah York, Jeff East |
Superhero film |
based on DC Comics character; 3 Oscar nominations |
The Swarm |
Irwin Allen |
Michael Caine, Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland, Fred MacMurray, Richard Widmark, Katharine Ross, Bradford Dillman, Richard Chamberlain, Slim Pickens, Lee Grant |
Disaster film |
Warner Bros.; final film for MacMurray |