| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre/Note |
|
| 10 |
Blake Edwards |
Dudley Moore, Julie Andrews, Bo Derek, Robert Webber, Brian Dennehy, Dee Wallace |
Comedy |
6 Golden Globe nominations |
| 1941 |
Steven Spielberg |
John Belushi, Ned Beatty, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Toshirō Mifune, Robert Stack, Warren Oates, Tim Matheson, Nancy Allen, Treat Williams, Slim Pickens |
Comedy |
3 Academy Award nominations |
| Agatha |
Michael Apted |
Dustin Hoffman, Vanessa Redgrave |
Drama |
|
| Alien |
Ridley Scott |
Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Harry Dean Stanton, Veronica Cartwright, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto |
Sci-fi, Horror |
Oscar for Visual Effects; 2 sequels |
| The Alien Encounters |
James T. Flocker |
Bonnie Henry |
Science fiction |
|
| All That Jazz |
Bob Fosse |
Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Ann Reinking, Ben Vereen |
Drama, Musical |
won 4 Oscars |
| An Almost Perfect Affair |
Michael Ritchie |
Monica Vitti, Keith Carradine |
Romance, Drama |
|
| Americathon |
Neal Israel |
John Ritter, Harvey Korman, Fred Willard |
Comedy |
United Artists |
| The Amityville Horror |
Stuart Rosenberg |
James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger |
Horror |
1st of series |
| ...And Justice for All |
Norman Jewison |
Al Pacino, John Forsythe, Christine Lahti, Jack Warden |
Drama, Comedy |
2 Oscar nominations |
| Angels' Brigade |
Greydon Clark |
Sylvia Anderson, Peter Lawford, Jim Backus, Jack Palance |
Action |
|
| Apocalypse Now |
Francis Ford Coppola |
Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Sam Bottoms, Laurence Fishburne, Dennis Hopper, Albert Hall |
Drama, War |
8 Oscar nominations; winner of Palme d'Or |
| The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again |
Vincent McEveety |
Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Tim Matheson |
Family |
Disney, sequel |
| Ashanti |
Richard Fleischer |
Michael Caine, Peter Ustinov, Beverly Johnson |
Adventure |
Warner Bros. |
| Avalanche Express |
Mark Robson |
Lee Marvin, Robert Shaw, Joe Namath |
Thriller, Action |
final film of Robson, Shaw |
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Note |
| Baby Snakes |
Frank Zappa |
Frank Zappa, Dale Bozzio |
Concert |
|
| Being There |
Hal Ashby |
Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Richard Basehart, Richard A. Dysart, Jack Warden |
Comedy |
based on Jerzy Kosinski novel; Oscar for Douglas; Golden Globe for Sellers |
| The Bell Jar |
Larry Peerce |
Marilyn Hassett, Julie Harris, Jameson Parker |
Drama |
based on a book by Sylvia Plath |
| Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens |
Russ Meyer |
Ken Kerr, Kitten Natividad, Uschi Digard |
Comedy |
|
| Best Boy |
Ira Wohl |
Philip Wohl, Zero Mostel |
Documentary |
Oscar Best Documentary |
| Beyond the Poseidon Adventure |
Irwin Allen |
Michael Caine, Sally Field, Telly Savalas, Shirley Jones, Karl Malden, Mark Harmon |
Action |
The Poseidon Adventure sequel |
| Birth of The Beatles |
Richard Marquand |
Stephen MacKenna, Rod Culbertson |
Biography |
|
| The Black Hole |
Gary Nelson |
Ernest Borgnine, Anthony Perkins, Yvette Mimieux, Maximilian Schell |
Science fiction |
Disney |
| The Black Stallion |
Carroll Ballard |
Teri Garr, Mickey Rooney, Kelly Reno, Hoyt Axton |
Family |
2 Oscar nominations |
| Bloodline |
Terence Young |
Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, James Mason |
Drama |
from Sidney Sheldon novel |
| Boardwalk |
Stephen Verona |
Ruth Gordon, Lee Strasberg, Janet Leigh |
Drama |
|
| Breaking Away |
Peter Yates |
Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earle Haley, Paul Dooley, Barbara Barrie |
Drama, Comedy |
5 Oscar nominations; Golden Globe for Best Musical or Comedy |
| The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie |
Phil Monroe, Chuck Jones |
Voices of Mel Blanc |
Animated |
|
| Butch and Sundance: The Early Days |
Richard Lester |
Tom Berenger, William Katt |
Western |
prequel |
| C.H.O.M.P.S. |
Don Chaffey |
Wesley Eure, Valerie Bertinelli |
Family |
AIP |
| California Dreaming |
John D. Hancock |
Glynnis O'Connor, Dennis Christopher, Seymour Cassel |
Drama |
A.I.P. |
| Caligula |
Tinto Brass |
Malcolm McDowell, John Gielgud, Peter O'Toole, Helen Mirren |
Historical, Erotic |
produced by Penthouse magazine |
| The Cat and the Canary |
Radley Metzger |
Olivia Hussey, Honor Blackman |
Mystery |
remake of 1927 film |
| The Champ |
Franco Zeffirelli |
Jon Voight, Rick Schroder, Faye Dunaway |
Drama |
remake of 1931 film |
| Chapter Two |
Robert Moore |
James Caan, Marsha Mason, Joseph Bologna, Valerie Harper |
Comedy, Drama |
based on Neil Simon play |
| Cheerleaders' Wild Weekend |
Jeff Werner |
Kristine DeBell |
Action |
|
| The Children of Sanchez |
Hall Bartlett |
Anthony Quinn, Dolores del Río, Katy Jurado |
Drama |
from Oscar Lewis book; Del Río's last film |
| The China Syndrome |
James Bridges |
Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas |
Thriller |
4 Academy Award nominations |
| City on Fire |
Alvin Rakoff |
Susan Clark, Barry Newman, Ava Gardner |
Disaster film |
Embassy |
| The Concorde ... Airport '79 |
David Lowell Rich |
George Kennedy, Alain Delon, Charo, Robert Wagner, Susan Blakely |
Drama, Thriller |
3rd sequel to Airport |
| Cuba |
Richard Lester |
Sean Connery, Brooke Adams, Chris Sarandon, Jack Weston |
Drama |
United Artists |
| The Disco Godfather |
J. Robert Wagoner |
Rudy Ray Moore, Carol Speed |
Action, Comedy |
|
| Dracula |
John Badham |
Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier |
Horror |
based on Bram Stoker novel |
| Dreamer |
Noel Nosseck |
Tim Matheson, Jack Warden, Susan Blakely |
Drama, Sports |
Magnetic Video |
| The Driller Killer |
Abel Ferrara |
Abel Ferrara, Carolyn Marz |
Horror |
|
| The Electric Horseman |
Sydney Pollack |
Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Willie Nelson |
Romantic comedy |
with 5 songs by Nelson |
| Escape from Alcatraz |
Don Siegel |
Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Fred Ward |
Drama |
Paramount |
| The Europeans |
James Ivory |
Lee Remick, Lisa Eichhorn |
Drama |
based on Henry James novel |
| Fast Break |
Jack Smight |
Gabe Kaplan, Harold Sylvester |
Comedy, Sports |
Columbia |
| The Fifth Floor |
Howard Avedis |
Sharon Farrell, Bo Hopkins |
Horror |
|
| The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh |
Gilbert Moses |
Jonathan Winters, Julius Erving, Flip Wilson |
Comedy, Sports |
Lorimar |
| Five Days from Home |
George Peppard |
George Peppard |
Drama |
Universal |
| A Force of One |
Paul Aaron |
Chuck Norris, Jennifer O'Neill, Clu Gulager |
Action |
ACR |
| French Postcards |
Willard Huyck |
Miles Chapin, Blanche Baker, Debra Winger |
Comedy, Drama |
Paramount |
| The Frisco Kid |
Robert Aldrich |
Gene Wilder, Harrison Ford |
Western, Comedy |
Warner Bros. |
| Gal Young 'Un |
Victor Nuñez |
Dana Preu, David Peck |
Drama |
|
| The Glove |
Ross Hagen |
John Saxon, Joanna Cassidy, Roosevelt Grier, Joan Blondell |
Action |
Troma Entertainment |
| Going in Style |
Martin Brest |
George Burns, Art Carney, Lee Strasberg |
Comedy, Drama |
Brest's first film |
| Goldengirl |
Joseph Sargent |
Susan Anton, Leslie Caron, James Coburn |
Drama, Sports |
Embassy |
| The Great Santini |
Lewis Carlino |
Robert Duvall, Blythe Danner, Michael O'Keefe, Stan Shaw |
Drama |
from Pat Conroy novel; 2 Oscar nominations |
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Note |
| Hair |
Miloš Forman |
Treat Williams, Beverly D'Angelo, John Savage |
Musical |
United Artists; based on the stage musical |
| Hanover Street |
Peter Hyams |
Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down, Christopher Plummer |
Drama |
Columbia |
| Hardcore |
Paul Schrader |
George C. Scott, Season Hubley, Peter Boyle |
Drama |
Columbia |
| Head Over Heels |
Joan Micklin Silver |
Mary Beth Hurt, John Heard |
Drama |
based on Ann Beattie novel |
| Heartland |
Richard Pearce |
Conchata Ferrell, Rip Torn |
Drama |
Golden Bear winner |
| Hot Stuff |
Dom DeLuise |
Dom DeLuise, Suzanne Pleshette, Jerry Reed |
Comedy |
Columbia |
| Human Experiments |
Gregory Goodell |
Aldo Ray, Linda Haynes, Geoffrey Lewis |
Drama |
|
| Hurricane |
Jan Troell |
Mia Farrow, Jason Robards, Max von Sydow |
Adventure |
based on 1937 film |
| The In-Laws |
Arthur Hiller |
Peter Falk, Alan Arkin |
Comedy |
remade in 2003 |
| The Jerk |
Carl Reiner |
Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters |
Comedy |
Martin's first starring role |
| Jesus |
Peter Sykes, John Krish |
Brian Deacon, Eli Cohen |
Drama, Family |
|
| Just You and Me, Kid |
Leonard B. Stern |
George Burns, Brooke Shields |
Comedy |
Columbia |
| Kramer vs. Kramer |
Robert Benton |
Dustin Hoffman, Justin Henry, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander, JoBeth Williams, Howard Duff |
Drama |
won 5 Oscars; based on a novel by Avery Corman |
| The Lady Vanishes |
Anthony Page |
Elliott Gould, Cybill Shepherd |
Mystery |
remake of 1938 film |
| Last Embrace |
Jonathan Demme |
Roy Scheider, Janet Margolin |
Suspense |
United Artists |
| A Little Romance |
George Roy Hill |
Laurence Olivier, Sally Kellerman, Diane Lane |
Comedy |
Lane's first film |
| Lost and Found |
Melvin Frank |
Glenda Jackson, George Segal |
Comedy |
Columbia |
| Love and Bullets |
Stuart Rosenberg |
Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland |
Crime |
ITC |
| Love At First Bite |
Stan Dragoti |
George Hamilton, Susan Saint James |
Comedy |
spoof of Dracula |
| The Main Event |
Howard Zieff |
Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal |
Comedy |
Warner Bros. |
| The Magician of Lublin |
Menahem Golan |
Alan Arkin, Valerie Perrine |
Drama |
Cannon Films |
| Manhattan |
Woody Allen |
Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Mariel Hemingway, Meryl Streep |
Comedy, Drama |
2 Oscar nominations |
| Meteor |
Ronald Neame |
Sean Connery, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden |
Disaster film, Sci-Fi |
AIP |
| More American Graffiti |
Bill L. Norton |
Ron Howard, Candy Clark, Paul LeMat |
Comedy, Drama |
American Graffiti sequel |
| Mr. Mike's Mondo Video |
Michael O'Donoghue |
Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Teri Garr |
Comedy |
|
| The Muppet Movie |
James Frawley |
James Coburn, Mel Brooks, Orson Welles |
Comedy, Family |
based on characters of Jim Henson |
| Murder by Decree |
Bob Clark |
James Mason, Christopher Plummer |
Mystery |
Sherlock Holmes |
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Note |
| A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square |
Ralph Thomas |
David Niven, Elke Sommer, Richard Jordan |
Crime comedy |
Thomas's final film |
| Nightwing |
Arthur Hiller |
Nick Mancuso, David Warner, Kathryn Harrold |
Horror |
Columbia |
| Norma Rae |
Martin Ritt |
Sally Field, Ron Leibman, Beau Bridges |
Drama |
Oscar for Field; 8 nominations |
| The North Avenue Irregulars |
Bruce Bilson |
Edward Herrmann, Cloris Leachman, Susan Clark, Karen Valentine |
Comedy, Family |
Disney |
| North Dallas Forty |
Ted Kotcheff |
Nick Nolte, Mac Davis, G. D. Spradlin, Charles Durning, Dabney Coleman, Dayle Haddon |
Drama, Sports |
based on Peter Gent novel |
| The Onion Field |
Harold Becker |
James Woods, John Savage, Ted Danson |
Crime drama |
based on Joseph Wambaugh book |
| Over the Edge |
Jonathan Kaplan |
Matt Dillon, Vincent Spano |
Drama |
Dillon's 1st film |
| Parts: The Clonus Horror |
Robert S. Fiveson |
Peter Graves, Keenan Wynn |
Sci-fi |
|
| Penitentiary |
Jamaa Fanaka |
Leon Issac Kennedy, Badja Djola |
Action |
followed by two sequels |
| A Perfect Couple |
Robert Altman |
Paul Dooley, Marta Heflin, Henry Gibson |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox |
| Phantasm |
Don Coscarelli |
Reggie Bannister, Angus Scrimm |
Horror |
|
| The Prisoner of Zenda |
Richard Quine |
Peter Sellers, Elke Sommer, Lionel Jeffries |
Comedy |
based on Anthony Hope novel |
| The Prize Fighter |
Michael Preece |
Don Knotts, Tim Conway |
Comedy |
New World Pictures |
| The Promise |
Gilbert Cates |
Kathleen Quinlan, Stephen Collins |
Drama |
Universal |
| Promises in the Dark |
Jerome Hellman |
Marsha Mason, Ned Beatty |
Drama |
Orion |
| Prophecy |
John Frankenheimer |
Robert Foxworth, Talia Shire, Armand Assante |
Horror |
Paramount |
| The Punk Rock Movie |
Don Letts |
John Lydon, Joe Strummer, Siouxsie Sioux |
Documentary |
|
| Quintet |
Robert Altman |
Paul Newman, Fernando Rey |
Drama |
20th Century Fox |
| Real Life |
Albert Brooks |
Albert Brooks, Charles Grodin |
Comedy |
Brooks' 1st film; spoof of An American Family |
| Rich Kids |
Robert M. Young |
Trini Alvarado, Jeremy Levy, John Lithgow |
Comedy |
United Artists |
| Richard Pryor: Live in Concert |
Jeff Margolis |
Richard Pryor |
Comedy |
Concert film |
| Rock 'n' Roll High School |
Allan Arkush |
P. J. Soles, Mary Woronov, Ramones |
Comedy |
New World |
| Rocky II |
Sylvester Stallone |
Sylvester Stallone, Carl Weathers, Talia Shire, Burgess Meredith, Burt Young |
Drama |
sequel to Oscar-winning Rocky |
| Roller Boogie |
Mark L. Lester |
Linda Blair, Jim Bray, Beverly Garland, Mark Goddard |
Drama |
Compass |
| The Rose |
Mark Rydell |
Bette Midler, Alan Bates, Frederic Forrest |
Drama |
20th Century Fox; 4 Oscar nominations |
| Saint Jack |
Peter Bogdanovich |
Ben Gazzara, Denholm Elliott |
Drama |
from Paul Theroux novel |
| Scavenger Hunt |
Michael Schultz |
Cloris Leachman, Cleavon Little, Tony Randall |
Comedy |
also stars Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| The Seduction of Joe Tynan |
Jerry Schatzberg |
Alan Alda, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, Barbara Harris, Melvyn Douglas |
Drama |
Universal; written by Alda |
| Skatetown, U.S.A. |
William A. Levey |
Scott Baio, Flip Wilson, Patrick Swayze |
Comedy |
Columbia |
| Star Trek: The Motion Picture |
Robert Wise |
William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Persis Khambatta, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei |
Science fiction |
first film based on the TV series |
| Starting Over |
Alan J. Pakula |
Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh, Candice Bergen |
Romantic Comedy |
2 Oscar nominations |
| Sunburn |
Richard C. Sarafian |
Farrah Fawcett, Art Carney, Charles Grodin |
Action |
|
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Note |
| Take Down |
Kieth Merrill |
Lorenzo Lamas, Edward Herrmann, Kathleen Lloyd |
Drama, Sports |
Buena Vista |
| The Tale of Tiffany Lust |
Radley Metzger |
Candida Royalle, Desiree Cousteau, Dominique Saint Claire, George Payne, Ron Jeremy, Samantha Fox, Vanessa del Rio, Veronica Hart |
Adult film |
VCA Pictures |
| Tilt |
Rudy Durand |
Brooke Shields, Charles Durning |
Drama |
Warner Bros. |
| Time After Time |
Nicholas Meyer |
Malcolm McDowell, David Warner, Mary Steenburgen |
Sci-fi drama |
won 3 Saturn Awards |
| Tourist Trap |
David Schmoeller |
Chuck Connors, Jocelyn Jones, Tanya Roberts |
Horror |
Compass |
| The Villain |
Hal Needham |
Kirk Douglas, Ann-Margret, Arnold Schwarzenegger |
Western, Comedy |
Columbia |
| The Visitor |
Giulio Paradisi |
Glenn Ford, Shelley Winters, Steve Somers |
Horror |
Italy/U.S. |
| Wanda Nevada |
Peter Fonda |
Peter Fonda, Brooke Shields |
Western |
United Artists |
| The Wanderers |
Philip Kaufman |
Ken Wahl, Karen Allen, Val Avery |
Drama |
based on Richard Price novel |
| The War at Home |
Glenn Silber |
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Allen Ginsberg |
Documentary |
|
| The Warriors |
Walter Hill |
James Remar, Michael Beck, David Patrick Kelly, Dorsey Wright, Lynne Thigpen |
Action |
based on Sol Yurick novel |
| When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? |
Milton Katselas |
Marjoe Gortner, Candy Clark |
Drama |
based on Mark Medoff play |
| When a Stranger Calls |
Fred Walton |
Carol Kane, Charles Durning |
Thriller |
Columbia |
| Winter Kills |
William Richert |
Jeff Bridges, Anthony Perkins, Sterling Hayden, Eli Wallach, Richard Boone |
Drama |
based on Richard Condon novel |
| Wise Blood |
John Huston |
Brad Dourif, John Huston, Ned Beatty |
Drama |
based on Flannery O'Connor novel |
| Wolfman |
Worth Keeter, Earl Owensby |
Earl Owensby, Ed Grady |
Horror |
|
| Yanks |
John Schlesinger |
Richard Gere, Vanessa Redgrave, Lisa Eichhorn |
Drama, War |
Universal |
