Best Movies of 1978

These are the 19 best-rated movies released in 1978, led by Evlidir Ne Yapsa Yeridir, Ski Lift to Death and George Carlin: Again!. Ranked by audience score, with cast, trailers and legal places to watch on every page.

1. Evlidir Ne Yapsa Yeridir (1978)

★ 7.7/10

Story of three married couples living in the same apartment.
2. Ski Lift to Death (1978)

★ 7.5/10

A sports promoter tries to matchmake for a pair of ski champions and, as a result, they end up trapped in a derailed ski-lift car along with a gangster and the hitman sent to kill him.
3. George Carlin: Again! (1978)

★ 7.4/10

Performing at the Celebrity Star Theater in Phoenix on July 23, 1978, Carlin mesmerizes his audience in the second of his 12 HBO specials. The show was originally planned as part of a concert/sketch movie, The…
4. Paths (1978)

★ 7.4/10

Parallel tales of young couples desperately escaping cruel false fathers, each couple on the run across different regions of the country and during increasingly contemporary time periods.
5. My Way Home (1978)

★ 7.3/10

Jamie leaves the children's home to live with his paternal grandmother. After working in a mine and in a tailor's shop, he is conscripted into the RAF, and goes to Egypt, where he is befriended by Robert, whose…
6. Dynamo (1978)

★ 7.2/10

Nobody would think that Bruce Li and Yuen Wo Ping has much in common but this epic film proves otherwise. After the death of Bruce Lee a new star is chosen and mayhem follows. The whole Yuen Clan contributes in what…
7. Reggae in a Babylon (1978)

★ 7.0/10

The young, gifted and black generation of the '70s who started the British Reggae movement is captured in this unique documentary. Groove to the smooth sounds and see rare footage.
8. Shogun's Samurai (1978)

★ 6.9/10

Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him the shogunate despite the stammer and birthmark which undermine his…
9. Attention, the Kids Are Watching (1978)

★ 6.6/10

In a seaside villa, under the care of a nanny, a group of children spend most of their days watching violent television shows.
10. Apdi The Gullıble (1978)

★ 6.5/10

Apti is a simple minded village man and he believes what is happening around him by chance is actually his doing. He becomes famous by beating a feared man and everyone starts to respect him than he meets a singer and…
11. Rape and Death of a Housewife (1978)

★ 6.5/10

Three young boys drunkenly rape a woman named Emiko, the wife of a man they've developed a friendship with. She dies of heart failure during the attack. Her chicken farmer husband, incapable of dealing with her death…
12. The Immigrants (1978)

★ 6.0/10

The rags-to-riches saga of a young Italian immigrant who battles his way out of the San Francisco earthquake to become a shipping magnate, rise to the top of Nob Hill's society through a loveless marriage to the…
13. Legend of the Bat (1978)

★ 5.8/10

A group of swordsmen set out on a journey to the mysterious Bat Island to seek answers for their problems but things go south when they run into other parties along the way.
14. The Odd Job (1978)

★ 5.8/10

Arthur Harris is a happily married man who returns from his job to discover that his wife, Fiona, is leaving him. Devastated he gets really drunk and tries to commit suicide. After a few setbacks and while he is trying…
15. Where Are You Going on Holiday? (1978)

★ 5.8/10

In three vignettes, two exes, a tour guide and a married couple struggle to overcome a series of misadventures during their vacations.
16. Lady on the Bus (1978)

★ 5.5/10

Solange is a recently married young woman whose wedding night did not end well. After constant fights with her husband, she decides to live through her sexual frustration by sleeping with strangers she picks up on…
17. The Dancing Hawk (1978)

★ 5.2/10

A peasant’s son rises through the ranks of post-war Polish society like none of his ancestors ever could. Moving to the city, he becomes part of a new socialist order. But in leaving his rural roots behind, does he…
18. Provincia violenta (1978)

★ 4.4/10

Franco Sereni, a captain of carabiniers, is dismissed from service for being the proponent of "the law of the gun". He is asked to hold a private investigation of several cases of blackmailing wealthy women. Soon…
19. Women of Suriname (1978)

★ 0.0/10

Oema Foe Sranang (1978), translated in Dutch as Vrouwen van Suriname, was a film made in close collaboration with LOSON (Landelijke Organisatie Strijd Organisatie Suriname). This anti-colonial, feminist portrait of the…