The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (Shao Lin san shi liu fang), starring Gordon Liu – (Hong Kong)

Almost Summer, directed by Martin Davidson, starring Bruno Kirby and Lee Purcell

American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince, directed by Martin Scorsese (documentary)

American Hot Wax, a biopic of Alan Freed, starring Tim McIntire, Fran Drescher, Laraine Newman, Jay Leno

L'argent des autres (Other People's Money), starring Jean-Louis Trintignant and Catherine Deneuve – (France)

The Astral Factor, starring Robert Foxworth and Stefanie Powers

Autumn Sonata (Höstsonaten), directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Ingrid Bergman and Liv Ullmann – (Sweden)

Avalanche, starring Rock Hudson, Robert Forster, Mia Farrow

The Bad News Bears Go to Japan, starring Tony Curtis and Jackie Earle Haley

Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (Kumokiri Nizaemon) – (Japan)

Battlestar Galactica (Canada and most European countries only; released in U.S. theatres the following year)

The Betsy, starring Laurence Olivier, Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Katharine Ross, Kathleen Beller, Lesley-Anne Down

The Big Fix, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Anspach, F. Murray Abraham, John Lithgow

The Big Sleep, starring Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, Oliver Reed, Richard Boone, Candy Clark, Joan Collins, James Stewart – (U.K.)

Big Wednesday, directed by John Milius, starring Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, Gary Busey

Bloodbrothers, starring Richard Gere and Paul Sorvino

Blue Collar, directed by Paul Schrader, starring Richard Pryor, Yaphet Kotto, Harvey Keitel

Born Again, starring Dean Jones and Anne Francis

The Boys from Brazil, directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, starring Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier, James Mason – (U.K./U.S.A.)

The Boys in Company C, starring Stan Shaw, Andrew Stevens and Craig Wasson

The Brink's Job, directed by William Friedkin, starring Peter Falk, Gena Rowlands, Peter Boyle, Paul Sorvino, Warren Oates

The Buddy Holly Story, starring Gary Busey, Don Stroud and Charles Martin Smith

Bye Bye Monkey (Rêve de singe / Ciao maschio), starring Gérard Depardieu and Marcello Mastroianni – (France/Italy)

La Cage aux Folles, directed by Édouard Molinaro, starring Ugo Tognazzi and Michel Serrault – (France/Italy)

California Suite, starring Alan Alda, Jane Fonda, Michael Caine, Maggie Smith, Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, Elaine May, Walter Matthau

Capricorn One, directed by Peter Hyams, starring Elliott Gould, James Brolin, O. J. Simpson, Sam Waterston, Hal Holbrook, Brenda Vaccaro

Caravans, starring Anthony Quinn, Jennifer O'Neill, Michael Sarrazin

Casey's Shadow, starring Walter Matthau, Alexis Smith, Robert Webber

The Cat from Outer Space, starring Ronnie Schell and Sandy Duncan

Centennial, TV miniseries, starring Raymond Burr, Richard Chamberlain, Richard Crenna, Andy Griffith, David Janssen, Alex Karras

La chambre verte (The Green Room), directed by and starring François Truffaut – (France)

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, directed by Fred Schepisi – (Australia)

The Cheap Detective, starring Peter Falk, Ann-Margret, Marsha Mason, Sid Caesar

China 9, Liberty 37 (Amore, piombo e furore), starring Fabio Testi, Jenny Agutter, Warren Oates – (Italy/Spain)

The Class of Miss MacMichael, starring Glenda Jackson - (U.K.)

Closed Circuit (Circuito chiuso) – (Italy)

Coma, directed by Michael Crichton, starring Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Richard Widmark

Comes a Horseman, directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Jane Fonda, James Caan, Jason Robards

Coming Home, directed by Hal Ashby, starring Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford

Convoy, directed by Sam Peckinpah, starring Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw and Ernest Borgnine

Corvette Summer, starring Mark Hamill

Cosi' come sei (aka Stay As You Are) starring Marcello Mastroianni and Nastassja Kinski – (Italy)

Crippled Avengers (Can que), directed by Chang Cheh – (Hong Kong)

The Dain Curse, mini-series for TV, starring James Coburn and Jean Simmons

Damien: Omen II, starring William Holden and Lee Grant

d'Artagnan and Three Musketeers (d'Artanyan i tri mushketera) – (U.S.S.R.)

Dawn of the Dead, directed by George A. Romero – (U.S.A./Italy)

Days of Heaven, directed by Terrence Malick, starring Richard Gere, Sam Shepard, Brooke Adams

Death on the Nile, directed by John Guillermin, starring Peter Ustinov, David Niven, Bette Davis, Maggie Smith, Angela Lansbury, Olivia Hussey, Mia Farrow – (U.K.)

Deathsport, starring David Carradine

Debbie Does Dallas, pornographic comedy

The Deer Hunter, directed by Michael Cimino, starring Robert De Niro, John Cazale, John Savage, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep

The Demon (Kichiku) – (Japan)

A Different Story, starring Meg Foster, Perry King, Valerie Curtin

El diputado (The Deputy) – (Spain)

Don, starring Amitabh Bachchan – (India)

A Dream of Passion (Kravgi gynaikon), directed by Jules Dassin, starring Melina Mercouri and Ellen Burstyn – (Greece)

The Driver, directed by Walter Hill, starring Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani, Ronee Blakley

Drunken Master (Jui kuen), starring Jackie Chan – (Hong Kong)

Ecce bombo, directed by and starring Nanni Moretti – (Italy)

Empire of Passion (Ai no Bōrei), directed by Nagisa Oshima – (Japan)

The End, directed by and starring Burt Reynolds, with Dom DeLuise, Joanne Woodward, Pat O'Brien, Myrna Loy, Sally Field

An Enemy of the People, starring Steve McQueen

Enter the Fat Dragon (Fei Lung gwoh gong), starring Sammo Hung – (Hong Kong)

Every Which Way but Loose, directed by James Fargo, starring Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis

Eyes of Laura Mars, directed by Irvin Kershner, starring Faye Dunaway and Tommy Lee Jones

F.I.S.T., directed by Norman Jewison, starring Sylvester Stallone, Melinda Dillon, Rod Steiger

FM, starring Cleavon Little and Eileen Brennan

Fedora, directed by Billy Wilder, starring William Holden and Marthe Keller

Fingers, directed by James Toback, starring Harvey Keitel

Five Deadly Venoms

Force 10 from Navarone, starring Robert Shaw, Edward Fox, Harrison Ford – (U.K.)

Foul Play, directed by Colin Higgins, starring Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Dudley Moore and Billy Barty

The Fury, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes, Carrie Snodgress, Andrew Stevens, Amy Irving

Gates of Heaven, a documentary film

Germany in Autumn (Deutschland im Herbst) – (West Germany)

Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (Preparez vos mouchoirs), directed by Bertrand Blier – (France)

Girlfriends, directed by Claudia Weill, starring Melanie Mayron – Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner

Go Tell the Spartans, starring Burt Lancaster

Gray Lady Down, starring Charlton Heston, David Carradine, Stacy Keach, Ronny Cox, Ned Beatty

Grease, directed by Randal Kleiser, starring John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Jeff Conaway, Stockard Channing, Sid Caesar, Eve Arden

Halloween, directed by John Carpenter, starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Pleasence

Harper Valley PTA, starring Barbara Eden

Heaven Can Wait, directed by Buck Henry and Warren Beatty, starring Beatty, Julie Christie, Charles Grodin, Dyan Cannon, Jack Warden, James Mason

The Herd (Sürü) – (Turkey)

High-Ballin', starring Peter Fonda, Michael Ironside, Helen Shaver, Jerry Reed

Holocaust, TV miniseries, starring Meryl Streep, James Woods, Michael Moriarty, Tovah Feldshuh, Fritz Weaver, Ian Holm

Hooper, directed by Hal Needham, starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jan-Michael Vincent, Robert Klein, Brian Keith

Hot Lead and Cold Feet, directed by Robert Butler, starring Jim Dale, Karen Valentine, Don Knotts

House Calls, directed by Howard Zieff, starring Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Richard Benjamin, Art Carney

A Hunting Accident (Moy laskovyy i nezhnyy zver) – (U.S.S.R.)

I Wanna Hold Your Hand, directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Nancy Allen, Marc McClure, Bobby Di Cicco

Ice Castles, directed by Donald Wrye, starring Lynn-Holly Johnson and Robby Benson

In a Year of 13 Moons (In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden), directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder – (West Germany)

In Praise of Older Women, starring Tom Berenger, Karen Black, Helen Shaver – (Canada)

Interiors, directed by Woody Allen, starring Geraldine Page, Diane Keaton, E. G. Marshall, Mary Beth Hurt, Maureen Stapleton

International Velvet, starring Tatum O'Neal, Nanette Newman and Anthony Hopkins

Invasion of the Body Snatchers, remake of 1956 movie, directed by Philip Kaufman, starring Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum

Jaws 2, directed by Jeannot Szwarc, starring Roy Scheider and Lorraine Gary

Killer of Sheep, directed by Charles Burnett

King of the Gypsies, starring Eric Roberts, Sterling Hayden, Judd Hirsch, Shelley Winters, Brooke Shields

Kondura (The Boon), directed by Shyam Benegal – (India-Bollywood/Telugu)

Lady on the Bus (A Dama do Lotação), starring Sônia Braga – (Brazil)

The Left-Handed Woman (Die linkshändige Frau) – (West Germany)

The Last Waltz, directed by Martin Scorsese, featuring The Band, Van Morrison, Neil Young, Bob Dylan

Long Weekend, starring John Hargreaves – (Australia)

The Lord of the Rings, animated film by Ralph Bakshi, with voices of William Squire, John Hurt, Anthony Daniels

Magic, directed by Richard Attenborough, starring Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith, Ed Lauter

De Mantel der Liefde (The Mantle of Love) – (Netherlands)

Mean Dog Blues, starring Gregg Henry, Kay Lenz, Tina Louise and George Kennedy

The Medusa Touch, starring Richard Burton, Lino Ventura and Lee Remick – (U.K.)

Midnight Express, directed by Alan Parker, starring Brad Davis, Randy Quaid, John Hurt – (U.K./U.S.A.)

Moment by Moment, directed by Jane Wagner, starring John Travolta and Lily Tomlin

Movie Movie, directed by Stanley Donen, starring George C. Scott, Harry Hamlin, Barry Bostwick, Trish Van Devere, Red Buttons, Art Carney

Muqaddar Ka Sikandar (Conqueror of Destiny), starring Amitabh Bachchan – (India)

National Lampoon's Animal House, directed by John Landis, starring John Belushi, Tim Matheson, Peter Riegert, Tom Hulce, Karen Allen, John Vernon

Newsfront, directed by Phillip Noyce, starring Wendy Hughes and Bryan Brown – (Australia)

A Night Full of Rain (Una notte piena di pioggia), directed by Lina Wertmüller, starring Giancarlo Giannini and Candice Bergen – (Italy/U.S.A.)

The Night the Prowler, directed by Jim Sharman – (Australia)

Occupation in 26 Pictures (Okupacija u 26 slika) – (Yugoslavia)

Oliver's Story, directed by John Korty, starring Ryan O'Neal and Candice Bergen

The One and Only, directed by Carl Reiner, starring Henry Winkler and Kim Darby

Orchestra Rehearsal (Prova d'orchestra), directed by Federico Fellini – (Italy)

Paradise Alley, directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone, with Armand Assante and Anne Archer

Passion Flower Hotel (Leidenschaftliche Blümchen), starring Nastassja Kinski – (West Germany)

Perceval le Gallois (Percival the Gaul), directed by Éric Rohmer – (France)

Piranha, directed by Joe Dante, starring Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Kevin McCarthy

The Place Without Limits (El lugar sin límites) – (Mexico)

Pretty Baby, directed by Louis Malle, starring Keith Carradine, Susan Sarandon, Brooke Shields

The Prophet, the Gold and the Transylvanians (Profetul, aurul si Ardelenii) – (Romania)

Pugachev – (U.S.S.R.)

Rabbit Test, directed by Joan Rivers, starring Billy Crystal

Remember My Name, starring Geraldine Chaplin and Anthony Perkins

Renaldo and Clara, directed by and starring Bob Dylan

Return from Witch Mountain, starring Bette Davis and Christopher Lee

Revenge of the Pink Panther, starring Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom and Dyan Cannon – (U.K./U.S.A.)

Rhinegold – (West Germany)

Ringing Bell (Chirin no Suzu), an anime film – (Japan)

Rockers, starring Burning Spear, Gregory Isaacs and Big Youth – (Jamaica)

The Sailor's Return, starring Tom Bell – (U.K.)

Same Time Next Year, starring Alan Alda and Ellen Burstyn

The Second Awakening of Christa Klages, directed by Margarethe von Trotta – (West Germany)

Sextette, starring Mae West, Timothy Dalton, Dom DeLuise, Ringo Starr, Keith Moon, George Hamilton, Alice Cooper

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, starring Peter Frampton, Steve Martin and the Bee Gees with music by The Beatles

Shogun's Samurai (Yagu ichizoku no inbō), starring Sonny Chiba – (Japan)

The Shout, directed by Jerzy Skolimowski, starring Alan Bates, John Hurt and Susannah York – (U.K.)

The Silent Partner, directed by Daryl Duke, starring Elliott Gould, Christopher Plummer, Susannah York

Slow Dancing in the Big City, directed by John G. Avildsen, starring Paul Sorvino

The Small One

Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (Shé xíng diāo shǒu), starring Jackie Chan – (Hong Kong)

Somebody Killed Her Husband, starring Farrah Fawcett and Jeff Bridges

Stevie, starring Glenda Jackson and Trevor Howard – (U.K.)

Straight Time, directed by Ulu Grosbard, starring Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell, Harry Dean Stanton, Gary Busey

The Stud, starring Joan Collins – (U.K.)

Superman, directed by Richard Donner, starring Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Valerie Perrine, Ned Beatty, Glenn Ford

The Swarm, starring Michael Caine, Katharine Ross, Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Fred MacMurray, Olivia de Havilland, Ben Johnson, Lee Grant

The Swissmakers (Die Schweizermacher) – (Switzerland)

Thank God It's Friday, starring Debra Winger, Donna Summer, Jeff Goldblum

Three from Prostokvashino (Troye iz Prostokvashino) – (U.S.S.R.)

Toplo (Heat) – (Bulgaria)

The Tree of Wooden Clogs (L'Albero degli zoccoli), directed by Ermanno Olmi – (Italy) – Palme d'Or winner

Trishul, starring Sanjeev Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan – (India)

Las truchas (The Trout) – (Spain) – Golden Bear winner

Two Solitudes, starring Jean-Pierre Aumont and Stacy Keach – (Canada)

Uncle Joe Shannon, starring Burt Young

An Unmarried Woman, directed by Paul Mazursky, starring Jill Clayburgh, Alan Bates, Michael Murphy

Up in Smoke, starring Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong

Violette Nozière, directed by Claude Chabrol, starring Isabelle Huppert and Stéphane Audran – (France)

Ward Six (Paviljon VI) – (Yugoslavia)

Warriors Two (Zan xian sheng yu zhao qian Hua), starring Bryan Leung and Sammo Hung – (Hong Kong)

The Water Babies, directed by Lionel Jeffries, starring James Mason, Bernard Cribbins, Billie Whitelaw – (U.K./Poland)

Watership Down, animated film directed by Martin Rosen, with the voices of John Hurt and Richard Briers – (U.K.)

A Wedding, directed by Robert Altman, starring Desi Arnaz, Jr., Carol Burnett, Geraldine Chaplin, Lauren Hutton, Paul Dooley, Mia Farrow

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?, starring George Segal and Jacqueline Bisset – (West Germany/U.S.A.)

Who'll Stop the Rain, directed by Karel Reisz, starring Nick Nolte and Tuesday Weld

The Wild Geese, starring Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris – (U.K.)

Without Anesthesia (Bez znieczulenia), directed by Andrzej Wajda – (Poland)

The Wiz, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell

Wolf Lake, directed by Burt Kennedy, starring Rod Steiger

You Are Not Alone (Du er ikke alene) – (Denmark)

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1978 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: