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    Confessions of a Congressman 1978 POSTER

    Confessions of a Congressman

    1978

    Spanish

    6.7

    3

    67%

    90%

    1970s

    blackmail

    corruption

    Drama

    hustler

    madrid, spain

    politics

    Eloy de la Iglesia Eloy de la Iglesia Director Juan Antonio Bardem Juan Antonio Bardem as Juan Elmer Modling Elmer Modling as Miembro del grupo fascista Aldo Grilo Aldo Grilo as Periodista argentino María Jesús Hoyos María Jesús Hoyos as Política comunista
    Roberto, a leader and follower of the ideals of his radical leftist opposition party, can’t resist the cheap beautiful street teenagers that are thrown his way for various pleasures.
    Soul of the Sword 1978 POSTER

    Soul of the Sword

    1978

    Chinese

    6.5

    6

    Action

    Drama

    Shan Hua Shan Hua Director Corey Yuen Corey Yuen as 8 Diagram guard Chun-Hao Chen Chun-Hao Chen as Greenhorn challenger Lily Li Lily Li as Lo-yang assassin Han Chiang Han Chiang as Royal guard
    Ti Lung is the Nameless Swordsman bent on defeating the faceless King of Swords to claim the title, and the glory, for himself. Hordes of fighters lunge from the shadows to cut down the mysterious challenger. Even a cunning seductress takes a stab at him in a revealing bath house assassination. It is said that a man's weapon reflects his utmost dreams, desires and fears. A warrior with no name and one motive has a soul as merciless as cold steel.
    Life Gamble 1978 POSTER

    Life Gamble

    1978

    Chinese

    6.6

    7

    Action

    Drama

    Cheh Chang Cheh Chang Director You-Hsing Lai You-Hsing Lai as Dick Wei Dick Wei as (as Tu Chi-lung) Danny Lee Danny Lee as Escourt Boss Sheng Fu Sheng Fu as Yun Xiang
    Legendary director Chang Cheh teamed his latest big star, Alexander Fu Sheng, with future Venoms Lo Meng and Kuo Chue to create another winner in his vaunted filmography. Joining them were the top supporting actors and the prettiest starlets, for an entertaining, exciting tale of a kung-fu blacksmith taking on four famous robbers while a villainous gambling boss plots to destroy them.
    The Alien Factor 1978 POSTER

    The Alien Factor

    1978

    English

    3.9

    7

    30%

    30%

    Action

    alien

    campy

    Horror

    Sci-Fi

    woods

    Don Dohler Don Dohler Director Don Dohler Don Dohler as Ernie Johnny Walker Johnny Walker as Rex George Stover George Stover as Steven Kim Pfeiffer Kim Pfeiffer as Three Children
    A spaceship containing specimens for an intergalactic zoo crashes on Earth near a small backwoods town. The specimens escape, and soon town folk start turning up mutilated.
    Game of Death 1978 POSTER

    Game of Death

    1978

    Cn

    5.9

    100

    Action

    Crime

    Drama

    east asian lead

    fighting

    martial arts

    one against many

    revenge

    sword fight

    Thriller

    Robert Clouse Robert Clouse Director Betty Ting Pei Betty Ting Pei as Biao Yuen Biao Yuen as Billy Lo Tony Chiu Wai Leung Tony Chiu Wai Leung as David Mars Mars as Thug
    A martial arts movie star must fake his death to find the people who are trying to kill him.
    Shoot the Sun Down 1978 POSTER

    Shoot the Sun Down

    1978

    English

    4.6

    5

    40%

    40%

    desert

    Drama

    gold

    vulture

    Western

    David Leeds David Leeds Director Christopher Walken Christopher Walken as Mr. Rainbow Sacheen Littlefeather Sacheen Littlefeather as Navajo Woman A Martinez A Martinez as Sunbearer Margot Kidder Margot Kidder as The Woman
    Couple of strangers arrive in a small town, each one after a different thing.
    The Boys from Brazil 1978 POSTER

    The Boys from Brazil

    1978

    English

    7.0

    23

    72%

    66%

    Action

    based on novel or book

    doberman

    Drama

    mengele

    Mystery

    nazi

    nazi hunter

    paraguay

    Sci-Fi

    Thriller

    Franklin J. Schaffner Franklin J. Schaffner Director Rosemary Harris Rosemary Harris as Mrs. Doring Prunella Scales Prunella Scales as Mrs. Harrington Walter Gotell Walter Gotell as Mundt Carl Duering Carl Duering as Trausteiner
    Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot, masterminded by Dr. Josef Mengele, to rekindle the Third Reich.
    Midnight Express 1978 POSTER

    Midnight Express

    1978

    English

    7.5

    54

    90%

    88%

    Action

    airport

    based on a true story

    Biography

    court

    Crime

    Drama

    drug smuggling

    escape

    prison

    Thriller

    Alan Parker Alan Parker Director Peter Jeffrey Peter Jeffrey as Ahmet John Hurt John Hurt as Max Mike Kellin Mike Kellin as Mr. Hayes Michael Ensign Michael Ensign as Stanley Daniels
    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".
    Five Deadly Venoms 1978 POSTER

    Five Deadly Venoms

    1978

    Chinese

    7.0

    14

    80%

    84%

    Action

    Drama

    Fantasy

    kung fu

    martial arts

    Mystery

    Cheh Chang Cheh Chang Director Yu Lung Hsiao Yu Lung Hsiao as Constable Meng Lo Meng Lo as Liang Shen, Toad Dick Wei Dick Wei as Master Huang-Hsi Liu Huang-Hsi Liu as Men Hua
    A dying master sends his last student to check up on five former pupils, who each know a special style of kung-fu.
    Coma 1978 POSTER

    Coma

    1978

    English

    29

    81%

    66%

    Action

    black market

    boston, massachusetts

    coma

    desperate

    Drama

    Horror

    Mystery

    organ trafficking

    questioning

    Thriller

    Michael Crichton Michael Crichton Director Joanna Kerns Joanna Kerns as Diane Michael Douglas Michael Douglas as Dr. Mark Bellows Ed Harris Ed Harris as Pathology Resident #2 Tom Selleck Tom Selleck as Sean Murphy
    When relatively healthy patients begin having 'complications' during simple operations and ending up in comas, a concerned doctor defies her male superiors when she suspects a secret plot.
    Magic 1978 POSTER

    Magic

    1978

    English

    6.8

    22

    87%

    65%

    1970s

    Action

    alter ego

    based on novel or book

    Drama

    Horror

    magic

    telepathy

    ventriloquist

    Richard Attenborough Richard Attenborough Director Anthony Hopkins Anthony Hopkins as Corky / Fats Beverly Sanders Beverly Sanders as Laughing Lady E.J. André E.J. André as Merlin Lillian Randolph Lillian Randolph as Sadie
    A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.
    A Night Full of Rain 1978 POSTER

    A Night Full of Rain

    1978

    English

    5.8

    7

    29%

    29%

    Drama

    Romance

    woman director

    Lina Wertmüller Lina Wertmüller Director West Buchanan West Buchanan as (as John West Buchanan) Flora Carabella Flora Carabella as Friend Candice Bergen Candice Bergen as Lizzy Giancarlo Giannini Giancarlo Giannini as Paolo
    Lizzy, a liberated American photographer, falls for narrow-minded journalist Paolo. Then finds she can't live with him or without him.
    Death on the Nile 1978 POSTER

    Death on the Nile

    1978

    English

    7.3

    37

    79%

    79%

    Action

    based on novel or book

    Crime

    cruise

    Drama

    egypt

    Mystery

    nile

    paddleboat

    pyramid

    John Guillermin John Guillermin Director Celia Imrie Celia Imrie as Maid Maggie Smith Maggie Smith as Miss Bowers Angela Lansbury Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Salome Otterbourne Sam Wanamaker Sam Wanamaker as Rockford
    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.
    Someone's Watching Me! 1978 POSTER

    Someone's Watching Me!

    1978

    English

    6.6

    18

    88%

    59%

    Action

    Horror

    Mystery

    stalker

    stalking

    Thriller

    John Carpenter John Carpenter Director Len Lesser Len Lesser as Burly Man Charles Cyphers Charles Cyphers as Gary Hunt David Birney David Birney as Paul Winkless Adrienne Barbeau Adrienne Barbeau as Sophie
    A young woman moves to a high-rise apartment building and soon begins to be tormented by an unknown stalker who seems to know her every move.
    Tire Pas Sur Mon Collant 1978 POSTER

    Tire Pas Sur Mon Collant

    1978

    French

    3.6

    9

    Action

    Comedy

    Michel Lemoine Michel Lemoine Director Jacques Ristori Jacques Ristori as Jean-Pierre de Tourville France Lopard France Lopard as La jolie brune Isabelle Semanaz Isabelle Semanaz as La secrétaire de direction Cassandre Mara Cassandre Mara as Une collègue de bureau
    Secretaries by profession, Joëlle and Béatrice are invited to spend a dream stay in Marrakech. However, this invitation is actually the result of a misunderstanding, Joëlle having been mistaken for the daughter of her boss, an important CEO. But it does not matter after all, because once arrived there, in a luxury hotel, the two young women are determined to seduce all the handsome boys on vacation.
    Blue Collar 1978 POSTER

    Blue Collar

    1978

    English

    7.5

    14

    96%

    88%

    Action

    blackmail

    Crime

    detroit, michigan

    Drama

    drinking

    factory worker

    robbery

    union

    Paul Schrader Paul Schrader Director Ed Begley Jr. Ed Begley Jr. as Bobby Joe Harvey Keitel Harvey Keitel as Jerry Tracey Walter Tracey Walter as Union Member Richard Pryor Richard Pryor as Zeke
    Fed up with mistreatment at the hands of both management and union brass, and coupled with financial hardships on each man's end, three auto assembly line workers hatch a plan to rob a safe at union headquarters.
    Knock-Out Cop 1978 POSTER

    Knock-Out Cop

    1978

    Italian

    6.2

    8

    Action

    africa

    Comedy

    Crime

    Drama

    drugs

    kommissar geiger

    safari

    south africa

    Steno Steno Director Bud Spencer Bud Spencer as Commissario Rizzo 'Piedone' Ester Carloni Ester Carloni as Maria, tabaco seller Benito Pacifico Benito Pacifico as (uncredited) Pamela Tudor Pamela Tudor as (uncredited)
    Inspector Rizzo in Napoli gets a message from a policeman from South Africa who wants to meet him. Immediately before this meeting the South African policeman is killed. Dying he shows Rizzo a picture of his young son Bodo. Rizzo travels to Johannesburg to find out what the policeman was working on and to find Bodo.
    Ils sont fous ces sorciers 1978 POSTER

    Ils sont fous ces sorciers

    1978

    French

    4.4

    3

    Comedy

    Fantasy

    Georges Lautner Georges Lautner Director Gérard Chambre Gérard Chambre as Alex Julie Depouilly Julie Depouilly as Josépha Maitena Galli Maitena Galli as Mademoiselle Largeais Catherine Lachens Catherine Lachens as Thérèse Picard, femme de Julien
    Julien est envoyé par son patron à l'île Maurice, où il fait la connaissance d'Henri, un chômeur professionnel. Un soir de beuverie, les deux hommes se soulagent au pied d'une statue sacrée. Offensés par ce sacrilège, les dieux les punissent en leur ôtant leur reflet et en les faisant léviter. Si cette situation leur paraît au début invivable, les deux hommes finissent cependant par tirer parti de ces désavantages pour régler leurs problèmes personnels.
    The Medusa Touch 1978 POSTER

    The Medusa Touch

    1978

    English

    6.9

    10

    73%

    73%

    Action

    Drama

    execution

    Horror

    london, england

    Mystery

    robbery

    Sci-Fi

    super power

    telekinesis

    Jack Gold Jack Gold Director Philip Stone Philip Stone as Dean Gordon Jackson Gordon Jackson as Dr. Johnson Jennifer Jayne Jennifer Jayne as Mother Jeremy Brett Jeremy Brett as Parrish
    A French detective in London reconstructs the life of a man lying in hospital with severe injuries with the help of journals and a psychiatrist. He realises that the man had powerful telekinetic abilities.
    The Small One 1978 POSTER

    The Small One

    1978

    English

    7.5

    7

    Action

    Animation

    christmas

    Drama

    Family

    holiday

    jesus christ

    nativity

    virgin mary

    Don Bluth Don Bluth Director Ken Sansom Ken Sansom as Baker Joe Higgins Joe Higgins as Guard Gordon Jump Gordon Jump as Joseph Clarence Nash Clarence Nash as Small One
    Ordered by his father to sell an old mule called Small One, a Hebrew boy in the ancient Holy Land takes the donkey to the Jerusalem market. Finding no buyers there, the boy is about to give up when he meets a kind man named Joseph, who buys Small One and uses the steed to take his pregnant wife Mary to Bethlehem.
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