Movies released in 1978| 36th Chamber of Shaolin, The | Liu Chia-Liang |
| 72 Desperate Rebels, The | Lin Bing |
| Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet | Oldřich Lipský |
| Alien Factor, The | Don Dohler |
| Animal House | John Landis |
| Are You in the House Alone? | Walter Grauman |
| Astral Factor, The | John Florea, Gene Fowler Jr., Arthur C. Pierce |
| Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! | John De Bello |
| Avalanche | Corey Allen |
| Avenging Eagle, The | Sun Chung |
| Bad News Bears Go to Japan, The | John Berry |
| Barracuda | Harry Kerwin |
| Bermuda Triangle, The | René Cardona Jr. |
| Big Fix, The | Jeremy Kagan |
| Big Sleep, The | Michael Winner |
| Blackout | Eddy Matalon |
| Blood Type: Blue | Kihachi Okamoto |
| Bloodstained Shadow, The | Antonio Bido |
| Blue Collar | Paul Schrader |
| Blue Sunshine | Jeff Lieberman |
| Born Invincible | Joseph Kuo |
| Boys in Company C, The | Sidney J. Furie |
| Brave Archer 2, The | Chang Cheh |
| Brink's Job, The | William Friedkin |
| Buddy Holly Story, The | Steve Rash |
| Cat and the Canary, The | Radley Metzger |
| Cat from Outer Space, The | Norman Tokar |
| Cheap Detective, The | Robert Moore |
| Christmas Eve on Sesame Street | Jon Stone |
| Circle of Iron | Richard Moore |
| Clan of Amazons | Chor Yuen |
| Cleopatra Wong | Bobby A. Suarez |
| Collector, The | Mike Jittlov |
| Columbo: Murder Under Glass | Jonathan Demme |
| Comeback, The | Pete Walker |
| Coming of Sin, The | José Ramón Larraz |
| Convoy | Sam Peckinpah |
| Convoy Busters | Stelvio Massi |
| Corvette Summer | Matthew Robbins |
| Crippled Avengers | Chang Cheh |
| Cyclone | René Cardona Jr. |
| Damien: Omen II | Don Taylor |
| Das Sexabitur | Jürgen Enz |
| Dawn of the Dead | George A. Romero |
| Day of the Woman | Meir Zarchi |
| Days of Heaven | Terrence Malick |
| Deadly Duo | Yang Ching-Chen |
| Death Dimension | Al Adamson |
| Death Force | Cirio H. Santiago |
| Death on the Nile | John Guillermin |
| Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette | John Guillermin |
| Deathsport | Nicholas Niciphor, Allan Arkush |
| Deer Hunter, The | Michael Cimino |
| Demon, The | Yoshitaro Nomura |
| Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell | Curtis Harrington |
| Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog | Karl Maka |
| Driver, The | Walter Hill |
| Drunken Master | Yuen Woo-ping |
| Dynamite Shaolin Heroes | Godfrey Ho, Lee Hyeok-su |
| Dynamo | Hua Shan |
| Edge of Fury | Lee Tso-Nam |
| Empire of Passion | Nagisa Ōshima |
| End, The | Burt Reynolds |
| Enemy of the People, An | George Schaefer |
| Evil, The | Gus Trikonis |
| Eyes Behind the Stars | Mario Gariazzo |
| Eyes of Laura Mars | Irvin Kershner |
| Faces of Death | John Alan Schwartz |
| Fairy Tales | Harry Hurwitz |
| Fall of Ako Castle, The | Kinji Fukasaku |
| Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato | Toshio Masuda, Leiji Matsumoto |
| Filthy Guy | Kuang Hui, Hsu Tien-Yung |
| Fingers | James Toback |
| Five Venoms, The | Chang Cheh |
| Flying Guillotine II | Hua Shan, Cheng Kang |
| Force 10 from Navarone | Guy Hamilton |
| Foul Play | Colin Higgins |
| Full Circle | Richard Loncraine |
| Fury, The | Brian De Palma |
| Game of Death | Bruce Lee, Robert Clouse |
| Gatchaman: The Movie | Hisayuki Toriumi |
| Girlfriends | Claudia Weill |
| Goin' South | Jack Nicholson |
| Good Guys Wear Black | Ted Post |
| Grapes of Death, The | Jean Rollin |
| Grease | Randal Kleiser |
| Half a Loaf of Kung Fu | Chen Chi-Hwa |
| Halloween | John Carpenter |
| Hardware Wars | Ernie Fosselius |
| Heaven Can Wait | Warren Beatty, Buck Henry |
| Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre | Chor Yuen |
| Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre II | Chor Yuen |
| Heroes of the East | Liu Chia-Liang |
| High-Ballin' | Peter Carter |
| Hospitals Don't Burn Down | Brian Trenchard-Smith |
| Hot Snake | Fernando Durán Rojas |
| House of the Dead, The | Sharron Miller |
| Ice Castles | Donald Wrye |
| Inglorious Bastards, The | Enzo G. Castellari |
| Initiation of Sarah, The | Robert Day |
| Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Philip Kaufman |
| Invincible Shaolin | Chang Cheh |
| Iron Swallow | Chang Pei-Cheng |
| It Lives Again | Larry Cohen |
| Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang | Theodore J. Flicker |
| Jaws 2 | Jeannot Szwarc |
| Jennifer | Brice Mack |
| Jubilee | Derek Jarman |
| Junior High School | Michael Nankin, David Wechter |
| Killer's Delight | Jeremy Hoenack |
| Killer's Moon | Alan Birkinshaw |
| Killing Game, The | Tōru Murakawa |
| King of the Gypsies | Frank Pierson |
| KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park | Gordon Hessler |
| La Cage aux Folles | Édouard Molinaro |
| Laserblast | Michael Rae |
| Legacy, The | Richard Marquand |
| Legend of the Bat | Chor Yuen |
| Lemon Popsicle | Boaz Davidson |
| Life Gamble | Chang Cheh |
| Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo | Soji Yoshikawa |
| Mafu Cage, The | Karen Arthur |
| Magic | Richard Attenborough |
| Manitou, The | William Girdler |
| Mardi Gras Massacre | Jack Weis |
| Medusa Touch, The | Jack Gold |
| Meetings of Anna, The | Chantal Akerman |
| Message from Space | Kinji Fukasaku |
| Midnight Express | Alan Parker |
| Militant Eagle | Chia Chih Li |
| Money Movers | Bruce Beresford |
| Most Dangerous Game, The | Tōru Murakawa |
| New York After Midnight | Jacques Scandelari |
| Norseman, The | Charles B. Pierce |
| Okinawa War of Ten Years, The | Akinori Matsuo |
| Olivia | Steve Binder |
| One and Only, The | Carl Reiner |
| Other Side of the Mountain: Part II, The | Larry Peerce |
| Pennies from Heaven | Piers Haggard |
| Phantom Kung Fu | Lee Tso-Nam |
| Phoenix, The | Kon Ichikawa |
| Piranha | Joe Dante |
| Proud Youth, The | Sun Chung |
| Quiet Is the Night | Tadeusz Chmielewski |
| Record City | Dennis Steinmetz |
| Redeemer: Son of Satan!, The | Constantine S. Gochis |
| Remember My Name | Alan Rudolph |
| Return from Witch Mountain | John Hough |
| Riddles for a Candy | Jiří Bárta |
| Satan's Blood | Carlos Puerto |
| Sex and Violence | Leopoldo Pomés |
| Shalimar | Krishna Shah |
| Shaolin Hand Lock | Ho Meng-Hua |
| Shaolin Invincible Guys | Raymond Lui |
| Shaolin Invincibles | Hou Cheng |
| Shaolin Iron Claws | Shih Hao Ko |
| Shaolin Mantis | Liu Chia-Liang |
| Shogun's Samurai | Kinji Fukasaku |
| Shout, The | Jerzy Skolimowski |
| Showdown at the Cotton Mill | Wu Ma |
| Silent Partner, The | Daryl Duke |
| Sister of Ursula, The | Enzo Milioni |
| Slave of the Cannibal God | Sergio Martino |
| Snake and Crane Arts of Shaolin | Chen Chi-Hwa |
| Snake in the Eagle's Shadow | Yuen Woo-ping |
| Someone's Watching Me! | John Carpenter |
| Soul of the Sword | Hua Shan |
| Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Mystery Of The Arcadia | Rintaro |
| Spawn of the Slithis | Stephen Traxler |
| Spiritual Kung Fu | Lo Wei |
| Star Wars Holiday Special, The | Steve Binder, David Acomba |
| Starcrash | Luigi Cozzi |
| Starhops | Barbara Peeters |
| Stunt Rock | Brian Trenchard-Smith |
| Superman | Richard Donner |
| Swift Shaolin Boxer | Chen Hung-min |
| Swordsman and Enchantress | Chor Yuen |
| Tattoo Connection, The | Lee Tso-Nam |
| TeenAlien | Peter Semelka |
| Terror | Norman J. Warren |
| Thank God It's Friday | Robert Klane |
| Toolbox Murders, The | Dennis Donnelly |
| Trauma | León Klimovsky |
| Vampire Hookers | Cirio H. Santiago |
| Vengeful Beauty, The | Ho Meng-Hua |
| War of the Robots, The | Alfonso Brescia |
| Warlords of Atlantis | Kevin Connor |
| Warriors Two | Sammo Hung |
| Watership Down | Martin Rosen |
| Wild Geese, The | Andrew V. McLaglen |
| Witch's Night Out | John Leach |
| Wiz, The | Sidney Lumet |