Subgenre Sampler
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Corvette Summer (1978)
- Dir. Matthew Robbins
Feat. Mark Hamill, Annie Potts, Eugene Roche…
- Benign comedy with Hamill heading to Vegas in pursuit of a Corvette Stingray stolen from his auto–shop class.
Cyclone (1978)
- Dir. René Cardona Jr.
Feat. Arthur Kennedy, Carroll Baker, Lionel Stander
- Mexican survival horror with a brutal cyclone pummeling the first 20 minutes of the film, resulting in an airplane crash, and a group of survivors…
Dallas - Season 1 and 2 (TV Series) (1978-1991)
- Feat. Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray…
- The high–powered soap opera that became a 1980s icon, this follows the fortunes and misfortunes of Texas oil magnate JR Ewing and his family,…
Damien: The Omen II (Omen 2) (1978)
- Dir. Don Taylor
Feat. Jonathan Scott-Taylor, William Holden, Lee Grant
- Effective continuation of the story with Damien (chillingly understated by Jonathan Scott–Taylor) now grappling with teenage problems on top of…
Death of a Snowman (Black Trash) (1978)
- Dir. Christopher Rowley
Feat. Nigel Davenport, Ken Gampu, Peter Dyneley
- A rare blaxploitation movie to be made outside of America, this South African film stars Nigel Davenport and Ken Gampu as a white policeman and black…
Death on the Nile (1978)
- Dir. John Guillermin
Feat. Peter Ustinov, Bette Davis, David Niven…
- An overlong yet none–the–less charming version of the Agatha Christie whodunnit. Peter Ustinov, as the definitive Hercule Poirot, holds…
Deer Hunter, The (1978)
- Dir. Michael Cimino
Feat. Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep
- A grimly realistic portrait of how the atrocities of the Vietnam war have an effect on a group of friends. Robert De Niro heads a virtuoso cast in…
Diff'rent Strokes (TV Series) (Different Strokes) (1978-1986)
- Feat. Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges, Conrad Bain…
- Classic American sitcom had a rich white widower (Bain) adopt two black boys, notably a pint–sized Gary Coleman who proved the…
Disraeli (TV Mini-series) (1978)
- Dir. Claude Whatham
Feat. Ian McShane, Rosemary Leach, Mary Peach…
- Detailed biopic of the remarkable life of the author turned British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. Talky and visually limited this is more than a…
Driver, The (1978)
- Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani…
- Memorable exercise in action stylistics from dir. Hill (THE WARRIORS), which opposes specialist getaway driver Ryan O’Neal with maniacal cop Bruce…