Best award winning movies with reliable director from 1978

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with reliable director from 1978! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with reliable director from 1978, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 The Deer Hunter (1978)

A group of working-class friends decide to enlist in the Army during the Vietnam War and finds it to be hellish chaos -- not the noble venture they imagined. Before they left, Steven married his pregnant girlfriend -- and Michael and Nick were in love with the same woman. But all three are different men upon their return.

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1978-12-08 | Drama / War

Cast

Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken

Rating

rating icon 8.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #73 for
    life and limb story
  2. Ranked #78 for
    remarkable
  3. Ranked #93 for
    blue-collar

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2 Superman (1978)

Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.

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1978-12-14 | Science Fiction / Action

Cast

Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando

Rating

rating icon 7.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #126 for
    poindexter
  2. Ranked #203 for
    kitschy editing
  3. Ranked #227 for
    matte shot

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3 Newsfront (1978)

Two brothers working as news cameramen for competing companies in '50s Australia find their lives dramatically affected by the constantly changing times in which they live.

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1978-07-29 | Drama

Cast

Bill Hunter, Wendy Hughes

Rating

rating icon 5.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #271 for
    cocksure
  2. Ranked #272 for
    juicy atmosphere
  3. Ranked #344 for
    boyish

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4 Death on the Nile (1978)

As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board and every elegant passenger becomes a prime suspect.

Info

1978-09-29 | Mystery

Cast

Peter Ustinov, Mia Farrow

Rating

rating icon 7.145
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #32 for
    like Knives Out
  2. Ranked #98 for
    globetrotting
  3. Ranked #123 for
    playgirl

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5 The Boys from Brazil (1978)

Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.

Info

1978-10-05 | Drama / Mystery

Cast

Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier

Rating

rating icon 6.726
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #83 for
    odd casting
  2. Ranked #172 for
    bludgeoned to death
  3. Ranked #201 for
    redoubtable

Trailer

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6 Interiors (1978)

When Eve, an interior designer, is deserted by her husband of many years, Arthur, the emotionally glacial relationships of the three grown-up daughters are laid bare. Twisted by jealousy, insecurity and resentment, Renata, a successful writer; Joey, a woman crippled by indecision; and Flyn, a budding actress; struggle to communicate for the sake of their shattered mother. But when their father unexpectedly falls for another woman, his decision to remarry sets in motion a terrible twist of fate…

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1978-08-02 | Drama

Cast

Geraldine Page, Kristin Griffith

Rating

rating icon 6.847
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #216 for
    prissy
  2. Ranked #233 for
    brightly lit imagery
  3. Ranked #233 for
    cerebral

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7 The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)

Peasant life in a feudal farm in rural Italy at the end of the 19th century.

Info

1978-08-28 | Drama

Cast

Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi

Rating

rating icon 7.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #34 for
    neo-realism
  2. Ranked #121 for
    prosaic
  3. Ranked #126 for
    non-professional cast

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8 Patrick (1978)

A comatose hospital patient harasses and kills though his powers of telekinesis to claim his private nurse as his own.

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1978-10-01 | Horror / Science Fiction

Cast

Robert Thompson, Susan Penhaligon

Rating

rating icon 6.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #207 for
    jittery
  2. Ranked #213 for
    cult-favorite
  3. Ranked #218 for
    haunting music

Trailer

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9 Midnight Express (1978)

Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".

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1978-08-31 | Drama / Crime

Cast

Brad Davis, Irene Miracle

Rating

rating icon 7.512
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #102 for
    miscarriage of justice
  2. Ranked #110 for
    critically acclaimed
  3. Ranked #139 for
    remarkable

Trailer

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10 Comes a Horseman (1978)

Ella Connors is a single woman who gets pressured to sell her failing cattle farm to her corrupt ex-suitor, Jacob Ewing. She asks for help from her neighbor, Frank Athearn. As Ella and Frank fight back through stampedes, jealousy, betrayal, and sabotage... they eventually find love.

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1978-10-25 | Western / Drama

Cast

James Caan, Jane Fonda

Rating

rating icon 6.036
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #37 for
    lumberjack
  2. Ranked #103 for
    locking horns
  3. Ranked #130 for
    city slicker

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