Films From Year

Ranking Alphabetical Release

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Films

Superman Richard Donner

The Last Waltz Martin Scorsese

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Films

The Deer Hunter Michael Cimino

Killer of Sheep Charles Burnett

Dawn of the Dead George A. Romero

Blue Collar Paul Schrader

La Cage aux folles Édouard Molinaro

Halloween John Carpenter

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Films

National Lampoon's Animal House John Landis

10.

Girlfriends Claudia Weill

11.

Autumn Sonata
Höstsonaten Ingmar Bergman

12.

The Silent Partner Daryl Duke

13.

Straight Time Ulu Grosbard

14.

The Brink's Job William Friedkin

15.

Pretty Baby Louis Malle

16.

Coma Michael Crichton

17.

Death on the Nile John Guillermin

18.

Grease Randal Kleiser

19.

Comes a Horseman Alan J. Pakula

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Films

20.

Midnight Express Alan Parker

21.

The Driver Walter Hill

22.

The Cheap Detective Robert Moore

23.

Force 10 from Navarone Guy Hamilton

24.

Casey's Shadow Martin Ritt

25.

Revenge of the Pink Panther Blake Edwards

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Films

26.

Interiors Woody Allen

27.

Heaven Can Wait Warren Beatty and Buck Henry

28.

Days of Heaven Terrence Malick

29.

Fingers James Toback

30.

I Spit on Your Grave
Day of the Woman Meir Zarchi

31.

The Cat from Outer Space Norman Tokar

32.

Foul Play Colin Higgins

33.

Hooper Hal Needham

34.

Every Which Way but Loose James Fargo

35.

Same Time, Next Year Robert Mulligan

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Films

36.

Jaws 2 Jeannot Szwarc

37.

The Wiz Sidney Lumet

38.

Convoy Sam Peckinpah

39.

The Boys from Brazil Franklin J. Schaffner

40.

Don Chandra Barot

41.

The Mafu Cage
Don't Ring the Doorbell
Deveation Karen Arthur

42.

California Suite Herbert Ross

43.

The Big Sleep Michael Winner

44.

Eyes of Laura Mars Irvin Kershner

45.

A Wedding Robert Altman

46.

Rabbit Test Joan Rivers

47.

Return from Witch Mountain John Hough

48.

S.O.S. Titanic William Hale

49.

Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
Se ying diu sau Woo-ping Yuen

50.

The Lord of the Rings Ralph Bakshi

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Films

51.

Capricorn One Peter Hyams

52.

Spawn of the Slithis
Slithis Stephen Traxler

53.

Moment by Moment Jane Wagner

Autumn Sonata
Höstsonaten Ingmar Bergman 

A Wedding Robert Altman 

Blue Collar Paul Schrader 

California Suite Herbert Ross 

Capricorn One Peter Hyams 

Casey's Shadow Martin Ritt 

Coma Michael Crichton 

Comes a Horseman Alan J. Pakula 

Convoy Sam Peckinpah 

Dawn of the Dead George A. Romero 

Days of Heaven Terrence Malick 

Death on the Nile John Guillermin 

Don Chandra Barot 

Every Which Way but Loose James Fargo 

Eyes of Laura Mars Irvin Kershner 

Fingers James Toback 

Force 10 from Navarone Guy Hamilton 

Foul Play Colin Higgins 

Girlfriends Claudia Weill 

Grease Randal Kleiser 

Halloween John Carpenter 

Heaven Can Wait Warren Beatty and Buck Henry 

Hooper Hal Needham 

Interiors Woody Allen 

I Spit on Your Grave
Day of the Woman Meir Zarchi 

Jaws 2 Jeannot Szwarc 

Killer of Sheep Charles Burnett 

La Cage aux folles Édouard Molinaro 

Midnight Express Alan Parker 

Moment by Moment Jane Wagner 

National Lampoon's Animal House John Landis 

Pretty Baby Louis Malle 

Rabbit Test Joan Rivers 

Return from Witch Mountain John Hough 

Revenge of the Pink Panther Blake Edwards 

Same Time, Next Year Robert Mulligan 

Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
Se ying diu sau Woo-ping Yuen 

S.O.S. Titanic William Hale 

Spawn of the Slithis
Slithis Stephen Traxler 

Straight Time Ulu Grosbard 

Superman Richard Donner 

The Big Sleep Michael Winner 

The Boys from Brazil Franklin J. Schaffner 

The Brink's Job William Friedkin 

The Cat from Outer Space Norman Tokar 

The Cheap Detective Robert Moore 

The Deer Hunter Michael Cimino 

The Driver Walter Hill 

The Last Waltz Martin Scorsese 

The Lord of the Rings Ralph Bakshi 

The Mafu Cage
Don't Ring the Doorbell
Deveation Karen Arthur 

The Silent Partner Daryl Duke 

The Wiz Sidney Lumet 

Coma Michael Crichton 06 January 1978

Blue Collar Paul Schrader 10 February 1978

Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
Se ying diu sau Woo-ping Yuen 01 March 1978

Return from Witch Mountain John Hough 10 March 1978

Pretty Baby Louis Malle 05 April 1978

The Big Sleep Michael Winner 07 April 1978

Straight Time Ulu Grosbard 21 April 1978

The Last Waltz Martin Scorsese 26 April 1978

Don Chandra Barot 12 May 1978

Capricorn One Peter Hyams 02 June 1978

The Cat from Outer Space Norman Tokar 09 June 1978

Grease Randal Kleiser 16 June 1978

Jaws 2 Jeannot Szwarc 16 June 1978

The Cheap Detective Robert Moore 23 June 1978

Heaven Can Wait Warren Beatty and Buck Henry 28 June 1978

Foul Play Colin Higgins 14 July 1978

Revenge of the Pink Panther Blake Edwards 19 July 1978

Spawn of the Slithis
Slithis Stephen Traxler 21 July 1978

Hooper Hal Needham 28 July 1978

National Lampoon's Animal House John Landis 28 July 1978

Eyes of Laura Mars Irvin Kershner 02 August 1978

The Driver Walter Hill 02 August 1978

Fingers James Toback 23 August 1978

Convoy Sam Peckinpah 24 August 1978

A Wedding Robert Altman 27 September 1978

Death on the Nile John Guillermin 29 September 1978

Girlfriends Claudia Weill 04 October 1978

The Boys from Brazil Franklin J. Schaffner 06 October 1978

Interiors Woody Allen 06 October 1978

Days of Heaven Terrence Malick 06 October 1978

Midnight Express Alan Parker 06 October 1978

Autumn Sonata
Höstsonaten Ingmar Bergman 18 October 1978

The Wiz Sidney Lumet 24 October 1978

Comes a Horseman Alan J. Pakula 25 October 1978

Halloween John Carpenter 27 October 1978

Killer of Sheep Charles Burnett 14 November 1978

The Lord of the Rings Ralph Bakshi 15 November 1978

I Spit on Your Grave
Day of the Woman Meir Zarchi 22 November 1978

The Mafu Cage
Don't Ring the Doorbell
Deveation Karen Arthur 01 December 1978

Force 10 from Navarone Guy Hamilton 08 December 1978

The Brink's Job William Friedkin 08 December 1978

Superman Richard Donner 15 December 1978

Every Which Way but Loose James Fargo 20 December 1978

California Suite Herbert Ross 22 December 1978

Moment by Moment Jane Wagner 22 December 1978

The Deer Hunter Michael Cimino 23 February 1979

Same Time, Next Year Robert Mulligan 08 March 1979

The Silent Partner Daryl Duke 16 March 1979

La Cage aux folles Édouard Molinaro 13 May 1979

Dawn of the Dead George A. Romero 24 May 1979

Rabbit Test Joan Rivers 30 August 1979

S.O.S. Titanic William Hale 23 September 1979

Casey's Shadow Martin Ritt 26 June 1980

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