Best Drama Films of 1978
Coming Home
Hal Ashby's 1978 melodrama ... a way to deal with a changing world and with a system that betrayed the men fighting for it. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Straight Time
Paroled criminal Max Dembo ... their second film together, after Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Interiors
Diane Keaton, Kristin Griffith, ... Actress for Maureen Stapleton (who plays Arthur's new love), and Best Art Direction for Mel Bourne and Daniel Robert. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
F.I.S.T.
F.I.S.T. is author Norman ... -- that is, until crusading United States senator Andrew Madison (Rod Steiger) targets Johnny's union for a federal investigation. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
A Real American Hero
This made-for-TV actioner was ... is also one of Buford's oldest pals. A Real American Hero made its CBS debut on December 9, 1978. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
King of the Gypsies
Not surprisingly, this fascinating ... they also spent much of the shooting time trying to cadge a few dishonest dollars from cast and crew. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Casey's Shadow
Cajun quarter-horse trainer Lloyd ... when she offers to buy the horse rather than allow the vindictive Mike Marsh (Robert Webber) to destroy it. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Les Miserables
The 1979 TV movie ... Claude Dauphin, in his last screen appearance). Les Miserables debuted as a three-hour "IBM Special" on December 27, 1978. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Oliver's Story
Get ready for another ... from the first film as Oliver's father; the supporting cast includes Charles M. Haid, Swoosie Kurtz, and Jose Torres. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Pretty Baby
After making a series ... profoundly attractive to him, but their relationship quickly becomes problematic, especially when Hattie leaves Violet behind to get married. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
The Corn Is Green
Welsh-born writer Emlyn Williams' ... Directed by George Cukor (his ninth collaboration with Katharine Hepburn), The Corn is Green premiered on January 29, 1979. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Disraeli
Deadwood star Ian McShane ... coveted seat in Parliament. Over time the dubious rake would leverage that seat into a position of global power. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
The White Shadow: Season 01
In the Emmy-winning debut ... that not every troubled student is capable of being "saved"--especially after one such student tries to rape Ms. Buchanan. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Big Wednesday
Jan-Michael Vincent plays a ... Cut from 129 minutes to 104 for its pay-cable release, Big Wednesday is also known as Summer of Innocence. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Autumn Sonata
Ingrid Bergman, the Swedish ... in only one more project, a TV movie about the life of Golda Meir, before her death in 1982. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
The Mafu Cage
In this combination of ... effort behind the camera for former actress Karen Arthur, who would go on to become an in-demand TV-movie director. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Violette Nozière
Claude Chabrol's Violette was ... Hitchcock, director Chabrol manages to evoke a measure of sympathy and audience identification for his thoroughly dislikable leading character. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Fingers
Jimmy Angelelli (Harvey Keitel) ... lies the film's perverse appeal. Fingers represents the directorial debut of screenwriter James Toback, who also wrote the script. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Uncommon Women... and Others
A group of classmates ... years that followed. The 1978 production from the Phoenix Theater in New York was originally broadcast on public television. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
The Children of Sanchez
Hall Bartlett directs the ... performer Chuck Mangione was nominated for a Golden Globe and won a Grammy award for his original musical score. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
The Buddy Holly Story
From the time he ... the Crickets which can be heard are: Oh Boy, That'll Be The Day, Peggy Sue, and Not Fade Away. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
The Gift of Love
For her dramatic acting ... Produced by star Marie Osmond's brothers, The Gift of Love made its ABC network debut on December 8, 1978. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
The Rockford Files: Season 05
James Garner is back ... played in his own spin-off series) in the two-part "Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job." [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Fast Company
Amidst such formative shockers ... their salability. And, of course, we're offered plenty of breathtaking racing scenes, some of them real, others skillfully reenacted. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Dallas: Season 02
Having proven itself as ... tried to have her locked away in a sanitarium), is convinced that his rival Cliff is the baby's father! [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Midnight Express
Midnight Express is a ... for the performances of Brad Davis and John Hurt; and the screenplay, by Oliver Stone, won an Academy Award. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Pennies From Heaven
Not to be confused ... realistic contexts, contrasting the idealistic, carefree songs with the harsher economic, social, and interpersonal realities of the surrounding world. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Our Winning Season
In this youthful drama, ... the other travails of youth. One of his best friends is drafted and ends up getting killed in Vietnam. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Little Women
The third filming of ... Alcott's novel is this made-for-TV effort, which follows the hardships faced by the March family during the Civil War. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Watership Down
Unique in the annals ... Briers, Watership Down is an imperfect film with some of the most powerful moments ever created for the genre. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
The Billion Dollar Hobo
Stuart McGowan, once a ... Trayne (Will Geer). In order to collect the legacy, Vernon must emulate Choo Choo by going "on the bum". [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Thomas and Sarah [TV Series]
Thomas and Sarah was ... the result of a network technicians' strike. Unlike Upstairs Downstairs, Thomas and Sarah was never widely broadcast in America. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Martin
Nearly a decade after ... horror even more surreal and disturbing and creating a sense of doom that builds to a tragically ironic climax. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Woyzeck
Controversial German director Werner ... murdering the girl. An earlier film version of Woyzeck, filmed in 1947, was released in the U.S. in 1981. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
The Stud
Jackie Collins wrote the ... there was a sequel, also written by Jackie and starring Joan, titled The Bitch. Need we say more now? [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Blue Fin
Based on a novel ... it would have fared better had it been released after the internationally popular Aussie film Man From Snowy River. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Newsfront
Set between the years ... with a cast of unknowns. The film represented a laudable feature-film directorial debut for one-time documentary filmmaker Philip Noyce. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Flambards
Based upon the books ... and tribulations of true love -- the latter lesson taught by none other than her cousin, whom she marries. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
In a Year With 13 Moons
This Rainer Werner Fassbinder ... heart of another, Anton. Unfortunately, the sex-change operation does not change the intended's mind; Anton is simply not interested. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Cat in the Cage
A recently released mental ... is a full-blown witch, the cat has disappeared and finally the chauffeur is busily chasing after his newest mistress. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Clarence Darrow
Henry Fonda stars in ... Darrow was first seen on PBS; it later became a staple of such cable services as Arts & Entertainment. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
The Dain Curse
Dashiell Hammett's money-grubbing detective ... to recover purloined diamonds that are reportedly cursed. This version of the tale was released as five-hour television mini-series. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
In the Realm of Passion
Also known as Phantom ... and their nemesis, in the form of a bumbling police inspector sent to investigate an unrelated murder, pursues them. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
King: The Martin Luther King Story
King: The Martin Luther ... was killed....and so it goes. Martin Luther King certainly deserved a superior mini-series. Perhaps some day he'll get one. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Little Lips
A young French lass ... her sexual awakening in this erotic drama from director Mimmo Cattarinich. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Sooner or Later
Attempting to get the ... musician, a 13-year-old pretends to be more mature and soon is faced with the dilemmas of an older teen. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Struggle Through Death
In this adventure, two ... support of their fellow prisoners. That is not easy, for they all afraid and have been beaten in submission. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
The Tree of the Wooden Clogs
Italian filmmaker Ermanno Olmi's ... their neighbors. Tree of the Wooden Clogs was honored with the Golden Palm award at the Cannes Film Festival. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Beartooth
A secluded mountain paradise ... his home or allowing the shelter-seeking wanderer to face certain death in the blinding white storm that rages outside. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Nighthawks
The dual life of ... he is the model of an upstanding educator, but at night, he creeps out to feed his deepest desires. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Three Card Monte
Busher is a card ... together they scam their way across the underbelly of Canada. This tragic story won 11 Canadian Film Award nominations. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Ishi: The Last of His Tribe
Made for television, Ishi: ... retelling of the same story, 1992's Last of His Tribe, which was bogged down in revisionism and political correctness. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Ruby and Oswald
Producer/director Mel Stuart, who'd ... in November, including JFK's funeral. Made for TV, Ruby and Oswald has been rereleased as Four Days in Dallas. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Someone's Watching Me!
Hot on the heels ... all by herself. Filmed under the title High Rise, Someone's Watching Me! first aired November 24, 1978, on NBC. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Nuevo Mundo
Gabriel Retes's period religious ... and Elpidia Carrillo co-star. The Vatican instantly objected to this film, and banned it for well over twenty years. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Cadena Perpetua
An ex-con struggling to ... this 1979 crime drama that won Ariel Awards for Best Supporting Actress and Actor, Best Director, and Best Picture. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Csaladi Tuzfeszek
In a one-room apartment, ... to give his wife the money to bribe a housing official, she angrily leaves, taking her daughter with her. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
The Mallens
A 19th Century family ... damage their once luminous reputation, they prepare to make one last effort to pull themselves back from the brink. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Originally telecast by the ... The Mayor of Casterbridge was shown in America as part of PBS' Masterpiece Theatre anthology beginning September 3, 1978. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Anna Karenina
This ten-hour BBC adaptation ... thrust of the plot. Anna's scandalous affair brings about devastating consequences for herself and almost everyone she cares about. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Verna: USO Girl
Based on a short ... smitten with her. Verna: USO Girl was first aired in 1978 as part of the PBS series Great Performances. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
The Trial of the Moke
From the Broadway Theatre ... premired at the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre. This production also stars Alfre Woodard, Samuel L. Jackson, and Howard Rollins Jr. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Daphne Laureola
Sir Laurence Olivier stars ... is an elderly businessman who may find that things with this enchanting woman may not be what they seem. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Little House on the Prairie: Season 05
Devastating financial reverses, prompted ... Albert and Laura run away from home to keep company with their young friend, a boy dying of leukemia. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Hunting Drama
From director Emil Lotyanu, ... hold her feelings secret no longer and decides to be with her true love. However, fate has other plans. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Starsky & Hutch: Season 04
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Charlie's Angels: Season 03
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Family Flaw
A straight-laced father and ... her burial, so the brothers embark on an unexpectedly eventful trip through the countryside to grant her last request. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
The Mill on the Floss
Family ties and moral ... with her cousin Lucy's urbane and handsome fiancée, Maggie's problems elevate from the merely objectionable to the outright scandalous. [ best drama films - 1978 ]
Operation Arsenal
Polish director Jan Lowicki's ... The action doubles the patriotism, determination and commitment of the Polish people for the duration of the global conflict. [ best drama films - 1978 ]Supplemental Navigation
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