Subgenre Sampler
: 25145 Films to Buy & Rent
Silent Partner, The (1978)
- Dir. Daryl Duke
Feat. Elliott Gould, Susannah York, Christopher Plummer…
- A clever twister about a bank heist during the Christmas season involving crafty teller Elliot Gould and psychotic hoodlum Christopher Plummer. A…
Six Plays by Alan Bennett (1978-1979)
- Dir. Stephen Frears, Lindsay Anderson, Giles Foster
Feat. Thora Hird, Prunella Scales, Patricia Routledge…
- Six classic plays by Oscar nominated playwright Alan Bennett, produced by Stephen Frears, who also directs four of the six.
ME! I'M AFRAID OF…
Slave of the Cannibal God (1978)
- Dir. Sergio Martino
Feat. Ursula Andress, Stacy Keach, Helmut Berger
- A star–studded, big–budget entry in the Italian 'cannibal movie' cycle, with Andress and Keach off to the wilds of New Guinea and the…
Star Wars Holiday Special, The (1978)
- Dir. Steve Binder
Feat. Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford…
- A TV christmas special set in the Star Wars universe that was the first Star Wars spin–off film, set between the events of the original film…
Starcrash (1978)
- Dir. Luigi Cozzi
Feat. Marjoe Gortner, Caroline Munro, David Hasselhoff…
- Galactic adventure following a pair of smugglers who take on the evil Count Zartharn who is developing a mysterious and deadly weapon.
Very much a…
Straight Time (1978)
- Dir. Ulu Grosbard
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, M. Emmet Walsh, Harry Dean Stanton…
- Dustin Hoffman is brilliantly convincing as a convicted felon fighting a losing battle to go straight after a six year jail term, as are most aspects…
Stud, The (1978)
- Dir. Quentin Masters
Feat. Joan Collins
- Joan Collins stars in this appropriately ludicrous dramatisation of sister Jackie's trash novel about the rise and fall of a…
Stunt Rock (1978)
- Dir. Brian Trenchard-Smith
Feat. Monique Van de Ven
- Corny stunt–fuelled musical actioner about an Aussie stuntman sent to LA to work on a TV series who helps his cousin's band 'Sorcery' to…
Summer of Fear (Stranger in the House) (1978)
- Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. Linda Blair, Lee Purcell, Jeremy Slate…
- One of dir. Wes Craven's early commercial successes (initially a telemovie), sees teenager Linda Blair suffer the perils of occult forces in suburban…
Superman (1978)
- Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman
- Christopher Reeve is the Man of Steel in the first and best adventure – from his humble inception through to…