Subgenre Sampler
: 25145 Films to Buy & Rent
Vegas (TV Series) (Vega$) (1978)
- Feat. Robert Urich, Tony Curtis
- Although Michael Mann is credited as creator of this splashy 70s detective series (in which Sin City is at its gaudy and ostentatious best), the…
Warlords of Atlantis (1978)
- Dir. Kevin Connor
Feat. Doug McClure, Peter Gilmore, Shane Rimmer
- Enjoyably hokey British sci–fi adventure film about a perilous trip to the lost world of Atlantis where Doug McClure and his expedition…
Water Babies, The (1978)
- Dir. Lionel Jeffries
Feat. James Mason, Bernard Cribbins, Billie Whitelaw…
- The children's classic by Charles Kingsley, given a sterling treatment by its English cast and some nifty animation. A young chimney sweep finds…
Watership Down (1978)
- Dir. Martin Rosen
- A family of rabbits escape impending threats of nature and make a perilous journey in search of a tranquil burrow.
Adapted from Richard Adams'…
Who'll Stop The Rain? (Dog Soldiers) (1978)
- Dir. Karel Reisz
Feat. Nick Nolte, Tuesday Weld, Michael Moriarty…
- Classic post–Vietnam War thriller has journalist Moriarty ditching his journalistic career for heroin–smuggling, recruiting wife Weld and…
Who's Who (1978)
- Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Adam Norton, Simon Chandler, Philip Davis
- The slobbish and the snobbish are unflatteringly portrayed in this early Mike Leigh ensemble piece, a little on the heavy side with its somewhat…
Wild Geese, The (1978)
- Dir. Andrew McLagen
Feat. Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris…
- Trashily entertaining adventure yarn has a gaggle of middle–aged mercenaries drawn into a rescue job for a kidnapped politician in deepest…
Will Shakespeare (TV Mini-series) (1978)
- Dir. Mark Cullingham, Robert Knights
Feat. Tim Curry, Ian McShane, Nicholas Clay…
- 6 Part Mini Series dramatising the life of Shakespeare, portrayed by Tim Curry. Each episode centres around the creation of a different play.
Wise Blood (1978)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Brad Dourif
- Brad Dourif plays the obsessed leader of the 'Church Without Christ' in this marvellous satire on contemporary evangelism in the American South. From…
Wiz, The (1978)
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Richard Pryor
- Much maligned 'black musical' version of L. Frank Baum's classic fairytale (best known through the Judy Garland version).
Here, New York City was…