Best Drama movies of 1978

Actors : Minori Matsushima, Akira Kamiya, Hitoshi Takagi, Taeko Nakanishi,
Directors : Masami Hata,

An innocent lamb learns about life and death when he seeks revenge upon the wolf who slaughtered his mother.

Actors : Angela Winkler, Heinz Hoenig, Hans Christian Blech, Bruno Ganz,
Directors : Reinhard Hauff,

One night when seeking his estranged wife, Hoffmann goes to the youth center where she works. The police are there rounding up radicals who frequent the center - Hoffmann runs into the ...

Actors : Rajinikanth, Sarath Babu, Jayalakshmi, Shobha,
Directors : J. Mahendran,

A boorish villager butts heads with a newly appointed engineer from the city.

Actors : Katy Jurado, Anthony Quinn, Lupita Ferrer, Dolores del Rio,
Directors : Hall Bartlett,

The Sanchez clan has seen the worst of times living in impoverished Mexico but they have survived by sticking together. When Sanchez's oldest daughter Consuelo plans to change direction and...

Actors : Ewa Dalkowska, Andrzej Seweryn, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Krystyna Janda,
Directors : Andrzej Wajda,

A famous Polish journalist presents a problem for the powers-that-be when he displays his full political skill and knowledge on a television show featuring questions and answers on a world ...

Actors : Flavio Andreini, Sherry Buchanan, Ray Lovelock, Florinda Bolkan,
Directors : Franco Prosperi,

Sister Cristina (Florinda Bolkan) plays a nun who takes the teenage girls in her care to a remote house where they rehearse A Midsummer Night's Dream. Three thugs show up, brutally raping ...

Actors : Sergiu Nicolaescu, Amza Pellea, Jean Constantin, Gheorghe Dinica,
Directors : Sergiu Nicolaescu,

After Iron Guard member Paraipan discovers that commissioner Moldovan had staged his own death, he kidnaps Moldovan's son in order to draw him out. Tensions build up resulting in a final epic confrontation.

Actors : Tom Berenger, Helen Shaver, Susan Strasberg, Karen Black,
Directors : George Kaczender,

Andras Varda grows up in a turbulent, war-torn Hungary, where he procures local girls for the occupying G.I.'s during World War II. Disappointed by girls of his age, he meets Maya, a ...

Actors : Glenda Jackson, Trevor Howard, Alec McCowen, Mona Washbourne,
Directors : Robert Enders,

This biographical film has Glenda Jackson portraying a British poet with emotional problems.

Actors : Hiroki Iwase, Shima Iwashita, Ken Ogata, Miyuki Yoshizawa,
Directors : Yoshitarô Nomura,

When Sokichi stops providing his long-time lover Kikuyo enough money to pay for the care of their three young children, Kikuyo leaves the children with Sokichi - and his very surprised and angry wife Oume - and disappears.

Actors : Peter Fonda, Chris Wiggins, Jerry Reed, Helen Shaver,
Directors : Peter Carter,

Two truck drivers fight off thugs who have been hired to drive them out of business.

Actors : Raymond Burr, John Ireland, Susan George, Oliver Reed,
Directors : Peter Collinson,

Coming back from an extended business trip, Frank discovers that his girlfriend Janie is now working at a new resort hotel where the owner has given her a permanent place to stay, as well ...

Actors : Boris Kralj, Milan Strljic, Tanja Poberznik, Frano Lasic,
Directors : Lordan Zafranovic,

Three young men - a Croat, an Italian, and a Jew - are the best friends in pre-WW2 Dubrovnik. When their country is occupied by Nazis and their cronies, the idyllic city becomes a place of ...

Actors : Ely Galleani, Laura Gemser, Venantino Venantini, Gabriele Tinti,
Directors : Joe D'Amato,

While attempting to interview an elusive gangster, photojournalist Emanuelle notices a man pushing a girl in a wheelchair through the airport. Later, in another country she sees the same ...

Actors : Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, José Franco, Simón Andreu, Ramón Reparaz,
Directors : Eloy de la Iglesia,

Obsessed with fantasies of sex, Father Miguel seeks professional help through his church but they are not listening; thus leaving the Father in a dilemma; leaving the church or should he try, on his own, to surrender to these temptations?

Actors : Robin Mattson, Rod Steiger, Jerry Hardin, David Huffman,
Directors : Burt Kennedy,

War veterans visit a lakeside cabin for a week of shooting, drinking, etc. but find the cabin being looked after by a young caretaker named David. When David's status as a war deserter is revealed, all hell breaks loose.

Actors : Tao-Liang Tan, Nami Misaki, Jim Kelly, Sing Chen,
Directors : Tso Nam Lee,

When a diamond is stolen in Hong Kong, the company insuring the diamond sends a former CIA agent to Hong Kong to retrieve it. Meanwhile, one of the thieves begins to have a change of heart ...

Actors : Ping Ou Wei, Lieh Lo, Bruce Li, Yuan Chuan,
Directors : Bruce Li,

An undercover cop has been assigned to bust up a narcotics ring but comes up against the mob's hired martial arts assassin. Both men are the best in their field and in a battle to the death, only one will survive...

Actors : Elke Sommer, Donald Pilon, Chuck Shamata, George Touliatos,
Directors : Murray Markowitz,

A woman is murdered and her millionaire husband is accused. But is he guilty?

Actors : Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Sripriya,
Directors : C. Rudraiyaa,

The film revolves around a solitary women, her plight and ordeal against evil society.