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| 1 |  | Superman (1978) |  3.7628 112 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi |
$5.99
| An alien child is sent to Earth from his dying home planet to help preserve his people. When Clark ...more about Superman starring Christopher Reeve and Gene Hackman |
| 2 |  | Halloween (1978) |  3.4886 195 reviews | R | Thriller, Horror |
$9.10
| From the age of six Michael Myers was institutionalized for killing his older sister. After 15 ...more about Halloween starring Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis |
| 3 |  | Grease (1978) | 3.2578 111 reviews | PG | Musical, Romance, Comedy, Teen |
$8.26
| After a world wind summer fling, bad boy Greaser, Danny, spends his senior year trying to impress ...more about Grease starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John |
| 4 |  | Dawn of the Dead (1978) |  3.2429 187 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Horror |
$5.07
| A group of four people are forced to live in an abandoned shopping mall after leagues of zombies ...more about Dawn of the Dead starring David Emge and Ken Foree |
| 5 |  | Deer Hunter, The (1978) | 3.2260 83 reviews | R | Drama, War |
$7.35
| Michael, Steven and Nick are young factory workers from Pennsylvania who get drafted to fight in ...more about Deer Hunter starring Robert De Niro and John Cazale |
| 6 |  | Animal House (1978) | 3.2014 80 reviews | R | Comedy, Teen |
$4.81
| This year Dean Wormer promises to expel a group of ragtag fraternity misfits that insists on ...more about Animal House starring John Belushi and Tim Matheson |
| 7 |  | Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) | 3.1073 46 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery |
$3.91
| Strange underground alien spores are planted in the earth and eventually begin to flower. As people ...more about Invasion of the Body Snatchers starring Donald Sutherland and Brooke Adams |
| 8 |  | Last Waltz, The (1978) | 3.0805 55 reviews | NA | Documentary, Music |
$5.09
| Thanksgiving, 1976, San Francisco's Winterland: the Band performs its last concert after 16 years ...more about Last Waltz starring Rick Danko and Levon Helm |
| 9 |  | Heaven Can Wait (1978) | 3.0376 34 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Comedy |
$3.90
| Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed ...more about Heaven Can Wait starring Warren Beatty and Julie Christie |
| 10 |  | Days of Heaven (1978) | 3.0245 53 reviews | PG | Drama |
$6.94
| Bill and Abby, a young couple who to the outside world pretend to be brother and sister are living ...more about Days of Heaven starring Richard Gere and Brooke Adams |
| 11 |  | Magic (1978) | 3.0076 26 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Romance |
$14.25
| Magician's assistant Corky performs disastrously at his first solo appearance. He is given a ...more about Magic starring Anthony Hopkins and Ann-Margret |
| 12 |  | Day of the Woman (1978) | 2.9958 86 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror |
$13.36
| The film follows Jennifer, a writer who is working on a new novel and needs to get out of the city ...more about Day of the Woman starring Camille Keaton and Eron Tabor |
| 13 |  | Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978) | 2.9868 29 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi, Musical, Comedy |
$9.99
| After a wave of reports of mysterious attacks involving people and pets being eaten by the ...more about Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! |
| 14 |  | Jaws 2 (1978) | 2.9238 43 reviews | NA | Adventure, Thriller, Horror |
$3.92
| The small island resort town of Amity is trying to bounce back from the financial problems it had ...more about Jaws 2 starring Roy Scheider and Lorraine Gary |
| 15 |  | I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978) | 2.9212 28 reviews | NA | Comedy, Teen |
$8.89
| Six teenagers from New Jersey set off for New York to see the Beatles live on the Ed Sullivan ...more about I Wanna Hold Your Hand starring Nancy Allen and Bobby Di Cicco |
| 16 |  | Swarm, The (1978) | 2.8579 17 reviews | NA | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$5.98
| Killer bees from South America have been breeding with the gentler bees of more northern climes, ...more about Swarm starring Michael Caine and Katharine Ross |
| 17 |  | Big Wednesday (1978) | 2.8413 29 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy, Teen |
$8.63
| In the 60's three friends lived for the waves, but over the course of 15 years the three, with ...more about Big Wednesday starring Jan-Michael Vincent and William Katt |
| 18 |  | Blue Collar (1978) | 2.8284 24 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime | N/A | Three workers, Zeke, Jerry and Smokey, are working at a car plant and drinking their beers together. ...more about Blue Collar starring Richard Pryor and Ed Begley Jr. |
| 19 |  | Fingers (1978) | 2.8232 17 reviews | NA | Drama |
$4.99
| Keitel plays the lead in this schizophrenic movie in which he is continually pulled by the two ...more about Fingers starring Tisa Farrow and Jim Brown |
| 20 |  | Coma (1978) | 2.8080 17 reviews | NA | Thriller, Mystery |
$1.96
| A young woman doctor discovers something sinister going on in her hospital. Relatively healthy ...more about Coma |
| 21 |  | Buddy Holly Story, The (1978) | 2.8048 20 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Teen, Music |
$7.10
| The musical career of Buddy Holly is chronicled, from the days when "Peggy Sue" was "Cindy Lou," a ...more about Buddy Holly Story starring Gary Busey and Don Stroud |
| 22 |  | Driver, The (1978) | 2.8004 18 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$5.75
| "The Driver" is specialist in a rare business: he drives getaway cars in robberies. His exceptional ...more about Driver starring Bruce Dern and Isabelle Adjani |
| 23 |  | Wild Geese, The (1978) | 2.7987 13 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama, War |
$10.95
| A British multinational seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of ...more about Wild Geese starring Richard Burton and Roger Moore |
| 24 |  | Coming Home (1978) | 2.7879 18 reviews | NA | Drama, War |
$9.99
| Sally Bender is the wife of a Captain in the United States Army. He is sent over to Vietnam, and ...more about Coming Home starring Jane Fonda and Jon Voight |
| 25 |  | Boys from Brazil, The (1978) | 2.7756 25 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi |
$5.75
| Barry Kohler, a young Nazi hunter, tracks down a group of SS officers meeting in Paraguay in the ...more about Boys from Brazil starring Gregory Peck and Laurence Olivier |
| 26 |  | Albero degli zoccoli, L' (1978) | 2.7724 17 reviews | NA |
$15.02
| The life inside a farm in Italy at the beginning of the century. Many poor country families live ...more about Albero degli zoccoli | |
| 27 |  | Capricorn One (1978) | 2.7713 29 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi |
$4.99
| Classic conspiracy tale about the first manned mission to Mars. All appears to be going well until ...more about Capricorn One starring Elliott Gould and James Brolin |
| 28 |  | Pretty Baby (1978) | 2.7688 21 reviews | NA | Drama |
$8.97
| 1917, the last months of legal prostitution in Storyville - New Orleans' red-light district. ...more about Pretty Baby starring Brooke Shields and Keith Carradine |
| 29 |  | Patrick (1978) | 2.7640 24 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$17.99
| After the shocking bathtub death of his mother and her lover, the sinister Patrick lays comatose in ...more about Patrick starring Susan Penhaligon and Robert Helpmann |
| 30 |  | Damien: Omen II (1978) | 2.7607 32 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror |
$4.99
| Seven years later, 13-year-old Damien is just discovering who he really is, and what he is destined ...more about Damien: Omen II starring William Holden and Lee Grant |
| 31 |  | Big Sleep, The (1978) | 2.7596 20 reviews | NA | Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$7.99
| Set in England, rather than California, the story follows Raymond Chandler's book fairly closely ...more about Big Sleep starring Sarah Miles and Richard Boone |
| 32 |  | Cat from Outer Space, The (1978) | 2.7587 12 reviews | G | Sci-Fi, Comedy, Family, Disney |
$7.02
| A UFO is stranded on earth and impounded by the US government. Its pilot, a cat with a collar that ...more about Cat from Outer Space starring Ken Berry and Sandy Duncan |
| 33 |  | Toolbox Murders, The (1978) |  2.7450 37 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror |
$13.47
| A lunatic runs around an apartment complex, apparently home only to attractive flight attendants ...more about Toolbox Murders starring Pamelyn Ferdin and Wesley Eure |
| 34 |  | Nighthawks (1978) | 2.7298 12 reviews | NA | Drama |
$9.99
| ...more about Nighthawks starring Ken Robertson and Tony Westrope |
| 35 |  | Unmarried Woman, An (1978) | 2.7208 19 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy |
$5.99
| Erica seemingly has the perfect life until her husband informs her he's leaving her for another ...more about Unmarried Woman starring Jill Clayburgh and Alan Bates |
| 36 |  | Piranha (1978) | 2.7099 27 reviews | NA | Horror, Comedy | N/A | When flesh-eating piranhas are accidently released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become ...more about Piranha starring Bradford Dillman and Heather Menzies |
| 37 |  | Autumn Sonata (1978) | 2.6998 15 reviews | NA | Drama, Music |
$27.95
| After having neglected her children for many years, world famous pianist Charlotte visits her ...more about Autumn Sonata starring Ingrid Bergman and Liv Ullmann |
| 38 |  | Interiors (1978) | 2.6774 14 reviews | NA | Drama |
$6.62
| A psychological study of the effect a mother has on her adult daughters and their mixed and often ...more about Interiors starring Kristin Griffith and Mary Beth Hurt |
| 39 |  | Watership Down (1978) | 2.6710 13 reviews | PG | Drama, Fantasy, Family, Animation | N/A | Based upon Richard Adam's novel of the same title, this animated feature delves into the ...more about Watership Down starring John Hurt and Michael Graham Cox |
| 40 | | Taxi (1978) | 2.6503 8 reviews | NA | N/A | Louie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain ...more about Taxi | |
| 41 |  | Fury, The (1978) | 2.6292 31 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror |
$5.99
| A secret US agency behind the unscrupulous Childres gathers children with parapsychologic abilities ...more about Fury starring Kirk Douglas and John Cassavetes |
| 42 |  | Newsfront (1978) | 2.5879 13 reviews | NA | Drama, History |
$12.95
| Surprisingly adventurous saga of an intrepid group of cinematographers and reporters who risk life ...more about Newsfront starring Bill Hunter and Wendy Hughes |
| 43 |  | It Lives Again (1978) | 2.5826 18 reviews | NA | Horror |
$5.99
| ...more about It Lives Again starring Frederic Forrest and Kathleen Lloyd |
| 44 |  | California Suite (1978) | 2.5636 18 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy |
$3.92
| 4 totally different and seperated stories of guests in a hotel. Maggie Smith and Michael Caine came ...more about California Suite starring Jane Fonda and Alan Alda |
| 45 |  | Death on the Nile (1978) | 2.4906 17 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$2.94
| Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot has a set of murder suspects on a boat in the Nile after a rich ...more about Death on the Nile starring Peter Ustinov and Jane Birkin |
| 46 |  | Long Weekend (1978) | 2.4745 14 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror |
$13.47
| ...more about Long Weekend starring John Hargreaves and Briony Behets |
| 47 | | 7 Grandmasters (1978) | 2.4619 1 reviews | NA | Action, Drama | N/A | ...more about 7 Grandmasters starring Yuet Sang Chin |
| 48 |  | Betsy, The (1978) | 2.4573 7 reviews | NA | Drama |
$4.99
| The patriarch of a family-owned corporation hires a young race car driver to help him design a fuel ...more about Betsy starring Laurence Olivier and Robert Duvall |
| 49 |  | Lord of the Rings, The (1978) | 2.4273 57 reviews | PG | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Animation |
$8.49
| Only the first two parts of J.R.R. Tolkein's classic fantasy trilogy of the same name are covered ...more about Lord of the Rings starring Christopher Guard and William Squire |
| 50 |  | Convoy (1978) | 2.3649 18 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Comedy |
$11.16
| ...more about Convoy starring Kris Kristofferson and Ali MacGraw |
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