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  2. 1978 Top 30 Movies. My 30 favorite films of 1978 (US release). List your movie, TV & celebrity picks. 1. The Deer Hunter. An in-depth examination of the ways in which the Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of several friends in a small steel mill town in Pennsylvania. 2. Halloween.

    • Halloween. Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Kyes. 420 votes. In the iconic horror film Halloween, directed by John Carpenter, the tranquil town of Haddonfield, Illinois is thrown into a state of terror.
    • Superman. Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Marlon Brando. 386 votes. In Superman, we meet Clark Kent (Christopher Reeve), a seemingly ordinary journalist. Raised by his loving adoptive parents in Smallville, Kansas, after being sent to Earth from the dying planet Krypton, he is anything but ordinary.
    • Grease. John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing. 386 votes. In the 1978 musical Grease, Danny Zuko (John Travolta) is a high school heartthrob who finds his world upended when sweet Sandy Olsson (Olivia Newton-John), a girl he met over summer vacation, enrolls at Rydell High.
    • Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Leonard Nimoy. 269 votes. In the chilling classic, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Dr. Miles Bennell (Kevin McCarthy) finds his small town gripped by a mysterious epidemic.
    • Days of Heaven 1978, 94 min. Terrence Malick • Starring: Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard. Costume Romance • Drama • New Hollywood. find this movie on ►
    • The Deer Hunter 1978, 182 min. Michael Cimino • Starring: Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep. Anti-War Film • Drama • Ensemble Film. find this movie on ►
    • Animal House 1978, 109 min. John Landis • Starring: John Belushi, Tom Hulce, Stephen Furst. Absurd Comedy • Comedy • Gross-Out Comedy. find this movie on ►
    • Dawn of the Dead 1978, 126 min. George A. Romero • Starring: David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger. Horror • Monster Film • Post-Apocalyptic Film. find this movie on ►
    • 10 'Grease'
    • 9 'Invasion of The Body Snatchers'
    • 8 'Superman'
    • 7 'Midnight Express'
    • 6 'The 36th Chamber of Shaolin'
    • 5 'Watership Down'
    • 4 'Days of Heaven'
    • 3 'Dawn of The Dead'
    • 2 'The Deer Hunter'
    • 1 'Halloween'

    After a brief fling during summer vacation, greaser Danny (John Travolta) and transfer student Sandy (Olivia Newton-John) find themselves reunited after she enrolls at his high school. Fate has more surprises in store for the young lovers as they navigate peer pressure and class differences to keep their romance alive. One of the most iconic musica...

    When health inspector Matthew Bennell (Donald Sutherland) begins to notice strange behavior in his friends and the other residents of San Francisco, he discovers an invading alien race are abducting people and taking their place. With a small group of allies, Bennell desperately attempts to halt the invasion before it is too late. The second movie ...

    The most iconic movie adaptation of the Man of Steel, Supermantells the classic origin story of the legendary character. After his home planet is destroyed, young Kal-El (Christopher Reeve) is sent to Earth, where is adopted by a kind family who raise him to become Superman, who protects his new home with his alien powers. Reeve offers the best por...

    When young American student Billy Hayes (Brad Davis) is caught smuggling drugs abroad, he is sentenced to four years in a Turkish prison. As his release date is drawing near, Billy learns his sentence has been overturned and will now be forced to spend 30 years in the prison where he is subjected to cruelty and abuse. Thus, he desperately tries to ...

    When the young Liu witnesses a massacre carried out by the cruel Manchu government, he retreats to the Shaolin temple where he vows to learn kung fu, so he can achieve revenge. Growing up among the monks and other students, Liu trains to be become a master of the martial arts. Rather than being a revenge story, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin instead s...

    When a rabbit sees a vision of his home being destroyed, he convinces a group of fellow rabbits to join him in retreating and going in search of a new home. As they journey across the land, they face all manner of dangers, from vicious predators to the brutality of humanity. One of the scariest animated movies, Watership Down has always been contro...

    On the run after killing his boss, Bill (Richard Gere) and his girlfriend Abby (Brooke Adams) pretend to be siblings and begin working for a rich farmer. Learning that the farmer only has a year to live, Bill convinces Abby to marry the man, so she can inherit his fortune, sparking a dramatic chain of events. Directed by Terrance Malick, Days of He...

    As the world is engulfed by a zombie outbreak, four survivors take refuge in an abandoned shopping mall. Facing feelings of isolation and desolation, the group tries to pass the time by safe proofing their new haven. But as the apocalypse rages on outside, the survivors will soon be faced with new threats. Directed by the zombie master George A. Ro...

    An epic that takes place during the backdrop of the Vietnam War, The Deer Hunter follows a group of friends who work at a steel mill in their small-working class town. When they set off for deployment in Vietnam, they face horrors that not everyone will come home from, and those that do will never be the same again. Pitched as an anti-war movie, Th...

    When convicted murderer Michael Myers breaks free of captivity and returns to his hometown of Haddonfield, he begins murdering teenagers on Halloween night. As his rampage brings him into the path of babysitter Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) the young woman will do whatever it takes to survive the night. The best slasher movie of all time, Hallow...

  3. 48 titles. Sort by List order. 1. The Deer Hunter. 1978 3h 3m R. 8.1 (366K) Rate. 90 Metascore. An in-depth examination of the ways in which the Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of several friends in a small steel mill town in Pennsylvania. Director Michael Cimino Stars Robert De Niro Christopher Walken John Cazale. 2. Midnight Express.

  4. 22 titles. Sort by List order. 1. National Lampoon's Animal House. 1978 1h 49m R. 7.4 (130K) Rate. 79 Metascore. At a 1962 college, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him. Director John Landis Stars John Belushi Karen Allen Tom Hulce. 2. The Deer Hunter.

  5. Rank This Chart. "Days of Heaven", "The Deer Hunter", "Animal House", "Dawn of the Dead", & "Halloween" are on The Best Movies of 1978 on Flickchart.

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