| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Note |
| Across the Great Divide |
Stewart Raffill |
Heather Rattray |
Family |
|
| Alice, Sweet Alice |
Alfred Sole |
Linda Miller, Brooke Shields |
Horror |
|
| All the President's Men |
Alan J. Pakula |
Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Robards, Jack Warden, Hal Holbrook, Stephen Collins, Jane Alexander, Martin Balsam, Ned Beatty, Lindsay Crouse |
Drama, Biographical |
adaptation of book; 8 Oscar nominations |
| Assault on Precinct 13 |
John Carpenter |
Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Charles Cyphers |
Action |
remade in 2005 |
| At the Earth's Core |
Kevin Connor |
Doug McClure |
Sci-fi |
|
| Baby Blue Marine |
John D. Hancock |
Jan-Michael Vincent, Glynnis O'Connor, Katherine Helmond, Richard Gere |
Drama |
Columbia |
| The Bad News Bears |
Michael Ritchie |
Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal, Chris Barnes, Jackie Earle Haley, Vic Morrow, Joyce Van Patten, Brandon Cruz |
Comedy |
2 sequels, then remade in 2005 |
| The Bette Midler Show |
Tom Trbovich |
Bette Midler, Sharon Redd, Ula Hedwig, Charlotte Crossley |
Comedy |
Concert tour |
| The Big Bus |
James Frawley |
Stockard Channing, Joseph Bologna, John Beck, Sally Kellerman, Richard Mulligan, Jose Ferrer, Murphy Dunne |
Comedy |
Paramount |
| The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings |
John Badham |
Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, Richard Pryor |
Comedy, Sports |
from William Brashler book |
| Black Heat |
Al Adamson |
|
Action |
|
| Black Shampoo |
Greydon Clark |
John R. Daniels, Tanya Boyd, Joe Ortiz |
Drama |
|
| The Blank Generation |
Ivan Kral, Amos Poe |
Richard Hell, Patti Smith Group, Ramones, Television |
Documentary |
|
| Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw |
Mark L. Lester |
Lynda Carter, Marjoe Gortner |
Drama |
|
| Bound for Glory |
Hal Ashby |
David Carradine, Ronny Cox, Melinda Dillon, Gail Strickland |
Biography |
story of Woody Guthrie |
| Breaking Point |
Bob Clark |
Bo Svenson, Robert Culp, John Colicos |
Crime drama |
|
| Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson |
Robert Altman |
Paul Newman, Burt Lancaster, Harvey Keitel, Will Sampson, Joel Grey, Pat McCormick, Geraldine Chaplin |
Western, Comedy |
United Artists |
| Burnt Offerings |
Dan Curtis |
Karen Black, Bette Davis, Oliver Reed |
Horror |
U.A. |
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Note |
| Cannonball |
Paul Bartel |
David Carradine, Robert Carradine, Veronica Hamel |
Action |
similar to Gumball Rally (below) |
| Car Wash |
Michael Schultz |
Antonio Fargas, Franklyn Ajaye, George Carlin |
Comedy |
Grammy-winning soundtrack |
| Carrie |
Brian De Palma |
Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, William Katt, Amy Irving, Betty Buckley, P.J. Soles, John Travolta |
Horror |
from Stephen King story; 2 Oscar nominations |
| Chesty Anderson, USN |
Ed Forsyth |
Shari Eubank, Fred Willard, Scatman Crothers |
Comedy |
Atlas Films |
| Creature from Black Lake |
Joy N. Houck, Jr. |
Jack Elam |
Horror |
|
| Death Journey |
Fred Williamson |
|
Action |
|
| Death Machines |
Paul Kyriazi |
|
|
|
| Deadly Hero |
Ivan Nagy |
Don Murray, James Earl Jones, Lilia Skala |
Thriller |
Avco Embassy |
| Diary of the Dead |
Arvin Brown |
Héctor Elizondo, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Salome Jens |
Thriller |
from Ruth Rendell novel |
| Dixie Dynamite |
Lee Frost |
Warren Oates, Christopher George |
Action |
Dimension Pictures |
| Dogs |
Burt Brinckerhoff |
|
Horror |
|
| Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde |
William Crain |
Bernie Casey |
Horror |
|
| Drive-In Massacre |
Stu Segall |
Bruce Kimball |
Horror |
74 minutes |
| Drum |
Steve Carver |
Warren Oates, Ken Norton, Pam Grier |
Action |
sequel to Mandingo |
| The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox |
Melvin Frank |
Goldie Hawn, George Segal |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox |
| The Eagle Has Landed |
John Sturges |
Michael Caine, Robert Duvall |
Drama |
Sturges' final film |
| Eat My Dust |
Charles B. Griffith |
Ron Howard |
Action |
New World Pictures |
| Embryo |
Ralph Nelson |
Rock Hudson, Barbara Carrera, Diane Ladd |
Sci-fi horror |
Cine Artists |
| The Enforcer |
James Fargo |
Clint Eastwood, Tyne Daly, Bradford Dillman |
Thriller |
third in Dirty Harry series |
| Family Plot |
Alfred Hitchcock |
Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, William Devane, Cathleen Nesbitt, Ed Lauter |
Suspense |
Hitchcock's final film |
| Fighting Mad |
Jonathan Demme |
Peter Fonda |
Action |
|
| The First Nudie Musical |
Bruce Kimmel |
Cindy Williams, Diana Canova |
Musical comedy |
cameo by Ron Howard |
| The Food of the Gods |
Bert I. Gordon |
Marjoe Gortner, Pamela Franklin, Ida Lupino |
Horror |
from H.G. Wells novel |
| Freaky Friday |
Gary Nelson |
Jodie Foster, Barbara Harris |
Comedy |
remade in 2003 |
| From Noon till Three |
Frank D. Gilroy |
Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland |
Western |
from Gilroy's novel |
| The Front |
Martin Ritt |
Woody Allen, Zero Mostel, Andrea Marcovicci, Herschel Bernardi, Michael Murphy |
Comedy, Drama |
story of show-biz blacklist |
| Futureworld |
Richard T. Heffron |
Blythe Danner, Peter Fonda, Arthur Hill, Yul Brynner |
Sci-fi |
sequel to Westworld |
| Gable and Lombard |
Sidney J. Furie |
James Brolin, Jill Clayburgh |
Biography |
story of Clark Gable, Carole Lombard |
| Gang Wars |
Barry Rosen |
|
|
|
| Gator |
Burt Reynolds |
Burt Reynolds, Lauren Hutton, Jack Weston |
Action |
United Artists |
| God Told Me To |
Larry Cohen |
Tony LoBianco, Sandy Dennis, Deborah Raffin |
Horror |
|
| The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday |
Don Taylor |
Lee Marvin, Oliver Reed, Robert Culp, Kay Lenz |
Western |
American International |
| Grizzly |
William Girdler |
Christopher George, Andrew Prine, Richard Jaeckel |
Horror |
Columbia |
| The Gumball Rally |
Charles Bail |
Gary Busey, Tim McIntire, Michael Sarrazin |
Action |
similar to Cannonball (above) |
| Gus |
Vincent McEveety |
Edward Asner, Don Knotts |
Comedy |
Disney |
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Note |
| Harlan County, USA |
Barbara Kopple |
W.A. Boyle |
Documentary |
Academy Award winner |
| Harry and Walter Go to New York |
Mark Rydell |
James Caan, Elliott Gould, Diane Keaton |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox |
| Hawmps! |
Joe Camp |
Slim Pickens, Denver Pyle |
Comedy |
Benji Films |
| Hollywood Boulevard |
Joe Dante, Allan Arkush |
Mary Woronov, Dick Miller |
Comedy |
Dante's first film |
| Hot Potato |
Oscar Williams |
Jim Kelly |
Action |
Warner Bros. |
| The Human Tornado |
Cliff Roquemore |
Rudy Ray Moore, Ernie Hudson |
Action |
|
| I Will, I Will... for Now |
Norman Panama |
Elliott Gould, Diane Keaton, Paul Sorvino |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox |
| J. D.'s Revenge |
Arthur Marks |
Louis Gossett, Jr., Glynn Turman |
Horror |
A.I.P. |
| Jackson County Jail |
Michael Miller |
Yvette Mimieux, Tommy Lee Jones |
Drama |
New World |
| The Killer Inside Me |
Burt Kennedy |
Stacy Keach, Susan Tyrrell |
Crime drama |
remade in 2010 |
| The Killing of a Chinese Bookie |
John Cassavetes |
Ben Gazzara, Timothy Carey, Seymour Cassel |
Crime drama |
|
| King Kong |
John Guillermin |
Jeff Bridges, Jessica Lange, Charles Grodin |
Adventure |
remake of 1933 film |
| King Kung Fu |
Lance D. Hayes |
John Balee, John D. Hayes |
Comedy |
|
| The Last Hard Men |
Andrew V. McLaglen |
Charlton Heston, James Coburn, Barbara Hershey, Michael Parks |
Western |
20th Century Fox |
| The Last Tycoon |
Elia Kazan |
Robert De Niro, Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum, Ray Milland, Theresa Russell, Jack Nicholson |
Drama |
F. Scott Fitzgerald story |
| Leadbelly |
Gordon Parks |
Roger E. Mosley |
Biography |
story of famed bluesman |
| Lifeguard |
Daniel Petrie |
Sam Elliott, Anne Archer, Kathleen Quinlan |
Drama |
Paramount |
| Lipstick |
Lamont Johnson |
Margaux Hemingway, Mariel Hemingway |
Drama |
Mariel's first film |
| The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane |
Nicolas Gessner |
Martin Sheen, Jodie Foster |
Thriller |
from Laird Koenig novel |
| Logan's Run |
Michael Anderson |
Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Peter Ustinov, Farrah Fawcett, Richard Jordan |
Science fiction |
3 Oscar nominations |
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Note |
| Mako: The Jaws of Death |
William Grefe |
Richard Jaeckel, Jennifer Bishop |
Thriller |
|
| Mansion of the Doomed |
Michael Pataki |
|
Horror |
|
| Marathon Man |
John Schlesinger |
Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, Marthe Keller, William Devane, Fritz Weaver |
Thriller |
Paramount; novel by William Goldman |
| Massacre at Central High |
Rene Daalder |
Andrew Stevens, Robert Carradine |
Thriller |
|
| Mastermind |
Alex March |
Zero Mostel |
Comedy |
filmed in 1969 |
| A Matter of Time |
Vincente Minnelli |
Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Liza Minnelli |
Fantasy |
Maurice Druon novel |
| Mean Johnny Barrows |
Fred Williamson |
Fred Williamson, Elliott Gould |
Crime drama |
|
| The Memory of Justice |
Marcel Ophüls |
|
Documentary |
|
| Midway |
Jack Smight |
Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, Glenn Ford, Robert Wagner, Cliff Robertson, James Coburn |
War |
Universal; based on Battle of Midway |
| Mikey and Nicky |
Elaine May |
Peter Falk, John Cassavetes |
Drama |
Paramount |
| The Missouri Breaks |
Arthur Penn |
Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid, Harry Dean Stanton, Frederic Forrest, Kathleen Lloyd |
Western |
United Artists; from Tom McGuane story |
| The Monkey Hustle |
Arthur Marks |
Yaphet Kotto, Rosalind Cash |
Action |
|
| Mother, Jugs & Speed |
Peter Yates |
Raquel Welch, Bill Cosby, Harvey Keitel |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox |
| Murder by Death |
Robert Moore |
Peter Falk, Peter Sellers, David Niven, Maggie Smith, Alec Guinness, Elsa Lanchester, James Coco, James Cromwell, Eileen Brennan, Nancy Walker, Truman Capote |
Comedy |
Columbia; screenplay by Neil Simon |
| The Mysterious Monsters |
Robert Guenette |
|
Documentary |
|
| Network |
Sidney Lumet |
Peter Finch, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Beatrice Straight, Robert Duvall, Wesley Addy, Ned Beatty |
Drama |
MGM; winner of 4 Academy Awards |
| The Next Man |
Richard C. Sarafian |
Sean Connery, Cornelia Sharpe |
Thriller |
|
| Next Stop, Greenwich Village |
Paul Mazursky |
Shelley Winters, Lenny Baker, Christopher Walken |
Comedy, Drama |
music by Dave Brubeck |
| Nickelodeon |
Peter Bogdanovich |
Ryan O'Neal, Burt Reynolds, Tatum O'Neal, Stella Stevens |
Comedy |
Columbia |
| No Deposit, No Return |
Norman Tokar |
David Niven, Don Knotts, Darren McGavin, Barbara Feldon |
Comedy |
Buena Vista Films |
| Obsession |
Brian De Palma |
Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Bujold, John Lithgow |
Thriller |
Paul Schrader script |
| Ode to Billy Joe |
Max Baer, Jr. |
Robby Benson, Glynnis O'Connor |
Drama |
Bobbie Gentry song |
| The Omen |
Richard Donner |
Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner |
Horror |
David Seltzer novel |
| One Summer Love |
Gilbert Cates |
Beau Bridges, Susan Sarandon, James Noble |
Romance |
|
| The Outlaw Josey Wales |
Clint Eastwood |
Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sam Bottoms, John Vernon, Bill McKinney, Sondra Locke, Joyce Jameson |
Western |
Warner Bros.; from a Forrest Carter novel |
| The Return of a Man Called Horse |
Irvin Kershner |
Richard Harris |
Western |
A Man Called Horse sequel |
| Rich Man, Poor Man |
Bill Bixby, David Greene, Boris Sagal |
Nick Nolte, Peter Strauss, Susan Blakely, Ed Asner, Robert Reed, Fionnula Flanagan, Van Johnson, Bill Bixby, Kim Darby, Kay Lenz |
Drama |
made for TV from Irwin Shaw novel; won 4 Emmy awards |
| The Ritz |
Richard Lester |
Rita Moreno, F. Murray Abraham, Kaye Ballard, Jerry Stiller |
Comedy |
from a play by Terrence McNally |
| Robin and Marian |
Richard Lester |
Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn |
Adventure |
based on Robin Hood |
| Rocky |
John G. Avildsen |
Sylvester Stallone, Carl Weathers, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Burgess Meredith |
Drama |
United Artists; won Oscar for Best Picture |
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Note |
| The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea |
Lewis John Carlino |
Sarah Miles, Kris Kristofferson |
Drama |
from Yukio Mishima novel |
| Secrets of the Gods |
William Sachs |
Rosko (narrated by) |
Documentary |
|
| The Sell Out |
Peter Collinson |
Richard Widmark, Oliver Reed |
Drama |
Warner Bros. |
| The Seven-Per-Cent Solution |
Herbert Ross |
Robert Duvall, Alan Arkin, Nicol Williamson, Samantha Eggar, Laurence Olivier |
Mystery |
Sherlock Holmes; based on Nicholas Meyer novel |
| The Shaggy D.A. |
Robert Stevenson |
Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette |
Family |
Disney |
| The Shootist |
Don Siegel |
John Wayne, James Stewart, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, Harry Morgan, Scatman Crothers, Hugh O'Brian, Richard Boone, Sheree North |
Western |
Paramount; Wayne's final film |
| Silent Movie |
Mel Brooks |
Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Marty Feldman, Sid Caesar, Bernadette Peters, Marcel Marceau, Anne Bancroft, Liza Minnelli, Burt Reynolds, James Caan |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox; only 1 word spoken |
| Silver Streak |
Arthur Hiller |
Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Jill Clayburgh, Patrick McGoohan, Ned Beatty, Clifton James |
Crime comedy |
1st Wilder-Pryor pairing; Fox |
| A Small Town in Texas |
Jack Starrett |
|
Crime |
|
| Sky Riders |
Douglas Hickox |
James Coburn, Susannah York, Robert Culp |
Action |
20th Century Fox |
| Snuff |
Michael Findlay |
|
Splatter film |
|
| The Song Remains the Same |
Peter Clifton |
Led Zeppelin |
Concert film |
|
| Sparkle |
Sam O'Steen |
Philip Michael Thomas, Irene Cara |
Musical |
Warner Bros. |
| Squirm |
Jeff Lieberman |
Don Scardino, Jean Sullivan |
Horror |
|
| A Star is Born |
Frank Pierson |
Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson, Gary Busey |
Musical, drama |
remake of 1937, 1954 films |
| Stay Hungry |
Bob Rafelson |
Jeff Bridges, Sally Field, Arnold Schwarzenegger |
Comedy drama |
United Artists |
| St. Ives |
J. Lee Thompson |
Charles Bronson, Jacqueline Bisset, John Houseman |
Action |
Warner Bros. |
| Swashbuckler |
James Goldstone |
Robert Shaw, James Earl Jones, Geneviève Bujold |
Adventure |
Warner Bros. |
| Sweet Revenge |
Jerry Schatzberg |
Stockard Channing, Sam Waterston |
Drama |
|
| The Swiss Conspiracy |
Jack Arnold |
David Janssen, Ray Milland |
Drama |
Germany/USA film |
| Sybil |
Daniel Petrie |
Sally Field, Joanne Woodward, Brad Davis |
Drama |
made for TV; won 4 Emmy awards |
| Target of an Assassin |
Peter Collinson |
Anthony Quinn |
Drama |
|
| Taxi Driver |
Martin Scorsese |
Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle, Albert Brooks |
Drama |
Cannes Palme D'or |
| That's Entertainment, Part II |
Gene Kelly |
Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly |
Documentary |
MGM, sequel to 1974 film |
| To Fly! |
Greg MacGillivray |
|
Documentary |
|
| The Town That Dreaded Sundown |
Charles B. Pierce |
Ben Johnson, Andrew Prine, Dawn Wells |
Horror |
A.I.P. |
| Track of the Moon Beast |
Richard Ashe |
Leigh Drake |
Sci-fi |
|
| Tracks |
Henry Jaglom |
Dennis Hopper, Dean Stockwell |
Drama |
|
| Treasure of Matecumbe |
Vincent McEveety |
Robert Foxworth, Joan Hackett, Peter Ustinov |
Family |
Disney |
| Tunnel Vision |
Neal Israel |
Ron Silver, Howard Hesseman, Roger Bowen |
Comedy |
Anthology |
| Two-Minute Warning |
Larry Peerce |
Charlton Heston, John Cassavetes, Jack Klugman, David Janssen, Beau Bridges, Marilyn Hassett, Walter Pidgeon, Gena Rowlands |
Thriller |
from novel by George La Fountaine, Jr. |
| Up! |
Russ Meyer |
Raven De La Croix, Kitten Natividad |
Adult comedy |
|
| Velvet Smooth |
|
Michael L. Fink, Johnnie Hill |
Mystery |
|
| Victory at Entebbe |
Marvin J. Chomsky |
Anthony Hopkins, Elizabeth Taylor, Burt Lancaster, Richard Dreyfuss, Julius Harris, Helmut Berger, Linda Blair, Kirk Douglas, Helen Hayes |
Drama |
made for TV; 4 Emmy nominations |
| Vigilante Force |
George Armitage |
Kris Kristofferson, Jan-Michael Vincent, Victoria Principal |
Action |
United Artists |
| W.C. Fields and Me |
Arthur Hiller |
Rod Steiger, Valerie Perrine, Jack Cassidy |
Biography |
from Carlotta Monti book |
| Welcome to L.A. |
Alan Rudolph |
Keith Carradine, Geraldine Chaplin, Harvey Keitel |
Drama |
United Artists |
| Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood |
Michael Winner |
Bruce Dern, Madeline Kahn, Art Carney |
Comedy |
Paramount |
