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1978 Movie Reviews

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1978 Movies Critic and Audience Reviews – Above 60% Equals A Good Movie

CreditRank Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links Critic / Audience Reviews S
CreditRank Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links Critic / Audience Reviews S
1 The Deer Hunter (1978)
AA Best Picture Win
Robert De Niro &
Meryl Streep
87.70
3 Superman (1978) Marlon Brando &
Gene Hackman
83.50
2 Heaven Can Wait (1978)
AA Best Picture Nom
Warren Beatty &
Football Movies
71.00
8 Midnight Express (1978)
AA Best Picture Nom
John Hurt &
Oliver Stone
77.00
5 Animal House (1978) Harold Ramis &
Donald Sutherland
84.00
5 Halloween (1978) John Carpenter &
Jamie Lee Curtis
83.00
7 Coming Home (1978)
AA Best Picture Nom
Jane Fonda &
Jon Voight
77.00
6 Grease (1978) John Travolta 77.30
9 An Unmarried Woman (1978)
AA Best Picture Nom
Jill Clayburgh 72.00
9 Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978) Peter Sellers 70.00
10 Foul Play (1978) Goldie Hawn &
Chevy Chase
69.00
13 The End (1978) Burt Reynolds &
Sally Field
68.00
16 Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) Leonard Nimoy &
Donald Sutherland
85.00
12 Hooper (1978) Burt Reynolds &
Sally Field
62.50
18 Coma (1978) Richard Widmark &
Michael Douglas
70.70
15 The Cheap Detective (1978) Ann-Margret &
Peter Falk
61.50
17 California Suite (1978) Michael Caine &
Richard Pryor
55.60
20 The Buddy Holly Story (1978) Gary Busey 73.00
22 House Calls (1978) Walter Matthau 58.00
17 Jaws 2 (1978) Roy Scheider &
Lorraine Gary
56.00
21 Magic (1978) Anthony Hopkins &
Ann-Margret
68.00
23 The Fury (1978) Kirk Douglas 69.50
24 The Lord of the Rings (1978) John Hurt &
William Squire
62.00
27 La Cage aux Folles (1978) Edouard Molinaro 73.00
22 Every Which Way But Loose (1978) Clint Eastwood 46.00
25 Dawn of the Dead (1978) David Emge &
Directed by George Romero
88.50
29 Same Time, Next Year (1978) Ellen Burstyn 72.00
30 Up in Smoke (1978) Tommy Chong 67.50
31 The Boys from Brazil (1978) Laurence Olivier &
Gregory Peck
62.00
28 Days of Heaven (1978) Richard Gere &
Sam Shepard
90.00
31 Death on the Nile (1978) Bette Davis &
David Niven
72.00
35 Hot Lead and Cold Feet (1978) Don Knotts &
Joel Hirschhorn
61.00
30 Straight Time (1978) Dustin Hoffman 82.00
37 Damien: Omen II (1978) William Holden &
Sylvia Sidney
52.00
32 Interiors (1978) Diane Keaton &
Directed by Woody Allen
76.00
36 Convoy (1978) Ernest Borgnine &
Directed by Sam Peckinpah
61.50
37 Autumn Sonata (1978) Ingrid Bergman 88.00
40 F.I.S.T. (1978) Sylvester Stallone &
Rod Steiger
57.00
38 The Brink's Job (1978) Warren Oates &
Peter Falk
65.50
38 The Great Train Robbery (1978) Sean Connery &
Donald Sutherland
72.20
44 Ice Castles (1978) Olympics Movies &
Robbie Benson
55.00
42 Comes a Horseman (1978) James Caan &
Jane Fonda
73.50
40 Blue Collar (1978) Richard Pryor &
Harvey Keitel
79.00
44 American Hot Wax (1978) Tim McIntire &
Fran Drescher
69.00
46 The Cat From Outer Space (1978) Roddy McDowall 59.00
46 Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) Faye Dunaway &
Tommy Lee Jones
56.00
47 The Wiz (1978) Richard Pryor &
Sidney Lumet
50.50
50 The Big Fix (1978) Richard Dreyfuss &
John Lithgow
61.50
48 Watership Down (1978) John Hurt 78.00
49 A Wedding (1978) Lillian Gish &
Carol Burnett
73.50
52 Battlestar Galactica (1978) Ray Milland 60.00
51 The Last Waltz (1978) Directed by Martin Scorsese 76.60
57 The One and Only (1978) Henry Winkler 40.00
53 The Other Side of the Mountain: Part II (1978) Marilyn Hassett &
Timothy Bottoms
58.00
53 The Boys in Company C (1978) Stan Shaw &
Marines
69.00
55 The Driver (1978) Bruce Dern &
Ryan O'Neal
75.00
58 Pretty Baby (1978) Susan Sarandon &
Brooke Shields
67.00
56 Martin (1978) Directed by George A. Romero 82.80
60 Who Is Killing The Great Chefs of Europe? (1978) George Segal 64.00
59 Goin' South (1978) Jack Nicholson 70.30
60 Casey's Shadow (1978) Walter Matthau &
Alexis Smith
66.50
61 The Wild Geese (1978) Richard Burton &
Roger Moore
68.50
66 Corvette Summer (1978) Mark Hamill 55.00
63 The Silent Partner (1978) Elliott Gould &
Christopher Plummer
78.50
66 King of the Gypsies (1978) Susan Sarandon &
Shelley Winters
67.50
66 Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978) 73.50
65 Fedora (1978) William Holden &
Marthe Keller
74.50
73 Return from Witch Mountain (1978) Bette Davis 50.00
67 Drunken Master (1978) 77.50
72 Gray Lady Down (1978) Charlton Heston 60.00
68 I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978) Directed by Robert Zemeckis 72.50
74 The Betsy (1978) Laurence Olivier &
Robert Duvall
46.60
70 Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978) 76.00
73 Bully: An Adventure with Teddy Roosevelt (1978)
Film Festival Circuit Only
75.00
79 The Legacy (1978) Katharine Ross &
Sam Elliott
55.00
75 Who'll Stop The Rain (1978) Nick Nolte 65.00
79 Game of Death (1978) Dean Jagger &
Bruce Lee
57.00
74 Fingers (1978) Harvey Keitel 70.00
77 The Medusa Torch (1978) Richard Burton &
Lee Remick
73.00
80 Piranha (1978) Keenan Wynn 62.00
80 Big Wednesday (1978) Jan-Michael Vincent 67.00
82 Girlfriends (1978) Christopher Guest 70.50
85 FM (1978) Eileen Brennan 60.00
91 Oliver's Story (1978) Ray Milland &
Ryan O'Neal
39.00
84 Despair (1978) 68.50
83 Stevie (1978) Glenda Jackson 70.00
84 Remember My Name (1978) Anthony Perkins 67.00
87 The Shout (1978) Alan Bates 69.00
87 The Sea Gypsies (1978) Robert Logan 65.00
88 The Thirty Nine Steps (1978) John Mills 67.50
91 Force 10 From Navarone (1978) Harrison Ford &
Robert Shaw
57.20
90 Movie Movie (1978) George C. Scott 66.00
94 The Greek Tycoon (1978) Anthony Quinn &
Jacqueline Bisset
44.00
93 Caravans (1978) Anthony Quinn &
Joseph Cotten
60.00
94 Nunzio (1978) David Proval 66.00
95 The Odd Job (1978) 66.00
100 Thank God It's Friday (1978) Jeff Goldblum 51.00
97 Stay As You Are/Così come sei (1978) 65.00
97 An Enemy of the People (1978) Steve McQueen 65.00
97 Nest of Vipers (1978) Capucine 65.00
105 Almost Summer (1978) Bruno Kirby 55.00
101 The Magic of Lassie (1978) James Stewart &
Mickey Rooney
57.30
100 The Class of Miss MacMichael (1978) 63.00
104 Snake and Crane Arts of Shaolin (1978) 64.00
108 High-Ballin' (1978) Peter Fonda &
Jerry Reed
49.00
103 Attention the Kids Are Watching/Attention les enfants regardent (1978) 63.00
107 International Velvet (1978) Anthony Hopkins &
Christopher Plummer
60.00
104 A Dream Of Passion (1978) 63.50
108 Uncle Joe Shannon (1978) Burt Young 62.00
110 Circle of Iron (1978) Roddy McDowall 59.00
109 Mean Dog Blues (1978) George Kennedy &
Scatman Crothers
60.50
112 Our Winning Season (1978) Dennis Quaid 58.50
113 Five Days from Home (1978) George Peppard 61.00
114 Go Tell The Spartans (1978) Burt Lancaster 60.00
116 In Praise Of Older Women (1978) Tom Berenger &
Karen Black
57.00
114 Renaldo and Clara (1978) Bob Dylan 61.00
120 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) Steve Martin &
George Burns
26.50
116 Somebody Killed Her Husband (1978) Jeff Bridges 54.00
118 Youngblood (1978) Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs 56.00
119 The Mafu Cage (1978) 57.00
121 A Night Full of Rain (1978) 57.50
122 Absolution (1978) Richard Burton &
Dominic Guard
58.00
123 Brass Target (1978) Sophia Loren 48.50
122 Power Play (1978) 57.00
124 Warlords of Atlantis (1978) Cyd Charisse 51.00
125 Good Guys Wear Black (1978) Chuck Norris &
Dana Andrews
49.00
128 Paradise Alley (1978) Sylvester Stallone 44.00
126 Spirtual Kung Fu (1978) 56.00
140 The Swarm (1978) Michael Caine &
Henry Fonda
25.00
133 It Lives Again (1978) Frederic Forrest &
Eddie Constantine
49.00
129 The Evil (1978) 51.50
129 Bloodbrothers (1978) Richard Gere 53.00
132 Covert Action (1978) 54.00
133 The Cat and the Canary (1978) Carol Lynley 54.00
137 The Manitou (1978) Tony Curtis 48.50
135 Jennifer (1978) John Gavin 50.50
134 The Boss' Son (1978) 54.00
136 The Big Sleep (1978) Robert Mitchum &
James Stewart
50.00
137 Skateboard (1978) Allen Garfield 51.00
138 Magnificent Bodyguards (1978) 53.00
139 Half A Loaf Of Kung Fu (1978) 52.50
140 Olly, Olly, Oxen Free (1978) Katharine Hepburn 50.00
142 Slow Dancing in the Big City (1978) Directed by John G. Avildsen 49.00
145 Stunt Rock (1978)
Limited Release
Phil Hartman 51.00
144 The Squeeze (1978) 51.00
147 Malibu Beach (1978) Kim Lankford 44.00
147 Born Again (1978) Dana Andrews 47.00
149 Message from Space (1978) Vic Morrow 46.00
153 Rabbit Test (1978) Billy Crystal &
Roddy McDowall
32.50
147 Tommorow Never Comes (1978) 49.50
150 The Seniors (1978) Dennis Quaid 48.00
152 Avalanche (1978) Rock Hudson &
Mia Farrow
45.00
155 If I Ever See You Again (1978) Michael Decker 37.50
152 The Toolbox Murders (1978) 47.00
153 Just a Gigolo (1978) Marlene Dietrich &
David Bowie
46.00
155 Zero To Sixty (1978) Sylvia Miles 47.00
159 Starcrash (1978) Christopher Plummer 38.50
160 Moment by Moment (1978) John Travolta &
Lily Tomlin
28.00
157 The Fifth Floor (1978) Mel Ferrer 46.00
159 Boarding School (1978) 45.00
164 Goin' Coconuts (1978) Donnie Osmond &
Marie Osmond
39.00
160 The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978) Dudley Moore 43.00
163 Cyclone (1978) Arthur Kennedy 43.00
164 Hi-Riders (1978) Mel Ferrer 42.50
166 The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978) Tony Curtis 31.00
165 They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way (1978) Tim Conway 38.50
166 Blackout (1978) Ray Milland &
June Allyson
39.50
168 Matilda (1978) Robert Mitchum &
Elliott Gould
39.00
169 Death Dimension (1978) Jim Kelly &
George Lazenby
40.00
172 Coach (1978) Michael Biehn 31.50
171 The Alpha Incident (1978)
Limited Release
Ralph Meeker 39.00
172 Land of No Return (1978) 38.00
172 Deathsport (1978) 37.50
174 The Norseman (1978) Lee Majors &
Cornel Wilde
34.50
173 The Stud (1978) 37.00
175 Here Come The Tigers (1978) Kathy Bell 32.00
176 Laserblast (1978) Roddy McDowall 23.50

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