Grease

Grease 1978

7.38

Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?

1978

Superman

Superman 1978

7.14

Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush: Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.

1978

Animal House

Animal House 1978

6.97

At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.

1978

Halloween

Halloween 1978

7.60

Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.

1978

French Fried Vacation

French Fried Vacation 1978

6.57

Holidaymakers arriving in a Club Med camp on the Ivory Coast are determined to forget their everyday problems and emotional disappointments. Games, competitions, outings, bathing and sunburn accompany a continual succession of casual affairs.

1978

Death on the Nile

Death on the Nile 1978

7.20

As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board and every elegant passenger becomes a prime suspect.

1978

Ecce Bombo

Ecce Bombo 1978

7.40

Michele, Goffredo, Mirko and Vito are four friends who have participated in the battles of the student in Sixties. Now in the Seventies, the four friends don't know what to do, though young and with so many possibilities to find a job in life. Intellectuals marginalized and misunderstood, the four friends find themselves when they can in a restaurant to discuss their outlandish theories. A girl named Olga disrupts their life, but Michele is her favorite, although he does not know what to do with the girl.

1978

The Swarm

The Swarm 1978

5.00

Scientist Dr. Bradford Crane and army general Thalius Slater join forces to fight an almost invisible enemy threatening America; killer bees that have deadly venom and attack without reason. Disaster movie-master Irwin Allen's film contains spectacular special effects, including a train crash caused by the eponymous swarm.

1978

The Wiz

The Wiz 1978

6.00

Dorothy Gale, a shy kindergarten teacher, is swept away to the magic land of Oz where she embarks on a quest to return home.

1978

Force 10 from Navarone

Force 10 from Navarone 1978

6.22

World War II, 1943. Mallory and Miller, the heroes who destroyed the guns of Navarone, are sent to Yugoslavia in search of a ghost from the past.

1978

The Boys from Brazil

The Boys from Brazil 1978

6.70

Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.

1978

Heaven Can Wait

Heaven Can Wait 1978

6.62

Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him to heaven only to discover that he wasn't ready to die, and that his body has been cremated. A new body must be found, and that of a recently-murdered millionaire is chosen. His wife and accountant—the murderers—are confused by this development, as he buys the L.A. Rams in order to once again quarterback them into the Superbowl.

1978

Convoy

Convoy 1978

6.30

Trucker Rubber Duck and his buddies Pig Pen, Widow Woman and Spider Mike use their CB radios to warn one another of the presence of cops. But conniving Sheriff Wallace is hip to the truckers' tactics, and begins tricking the drivers through his own CB broadcasts. Facing constant harassment from the law, Rubber Duck and his pals use their radios to coordinate a vast convoy and rule the road.

1978

The Star Wars Holiday Special

The Star Wars Holiday Special 1978

3.30

Luke Skywalker and Han Solo battle evil Imperial forces to help Chewbacca reach his imperiled family on the Wookiee planet - in time for Life Day, their most important day of the year!

1978

Coming Home

Coming Home 1978

7.03

In 1968 California, a Marine officer's wife falls in love with a former high school classmate who suffered a paralyzing combat injury in the war.

1978

The Toolbox Murders

The Toolbox Murders 1978

5.50

A serial killer, plagued by the memory of a fatal car accident, uses various tools to murder female tenants of a Los Angeles apartment complex, then abducts a teenaged girl who lives there with her family. When the police express doubt that the murders are connected to the girl's disappearance, her brother sets out to search for her on his own.

1978

Piranha

Piranha 1978

5.90

When flesh-eating piranhas are accidently released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.

1978

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! 1978

5.00

After a wave of reports of mysterious attacks involving people and pets being eaten by the traditionally docile fruit, a special government task force is set up to investigate the violent fruit and put a stop to their murderous spree.

1978

Jaws 2

Jaws 2 1978

6.00

Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.

1978

The First Great Train Robbery

The First Great Train Robbery 1978

6.67

In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.

1978

The South Bank Show

The South Bank Show 1978

5.60

The South Bank Show is a television arts magazine show that was produced by ITV between 1978 and 2010. A new series began on Sky Arts from 27 May 2012. Presented by Melvyn Bragg, the show aims to bring both high art and popular culture to a mass audience.

1978

Grange Hill

Grange Hill 1978

6.50

Children's drama series following the lives of students and teachers at Grange Hill comprehensive school.

1978

SOKO München

SOKO München 1978

5.50

SOKO 5113 is a long-running German police procedural television series. It was first aired in 1978 on 2 January. SOKO is an abbreviation of the term "Sonderkommission" in German.

1978

20/20

20/20 1978

6.10

20/20 is an American television newsmagazine that has been broadcast on ABC since June 6, 1978. Created by ABC News executive Roone Arledge, the show was designed similarly to CBS's 60 Minutes but focuses more on human interest stories than international and political subjects. The program's name derives from the "20/20" measurement of visual acuity. The hour-long program has been a staple on Friday evenings for much of the time since it moved to that timeslot from Thursdays in September 1987, though special editions of the program occasionally air on other nights.

1978

The Unfettered Shogun

The Unfettered Shogun 1978

8.10

Set in the 18th century, the show follows the Shogun Yoshimune, who likes to disguise himself as a low-ranking samurai and go into his capital of Edo to see the life of the common man, as well as to seek out and punish evildoers who would hurt his citizens. He is aided by Magistrate Oo'oka and a vivacious fireman, Tatsugoro, as well as a rotating cast of other recurring characters. Along with Zenigata Heiji and Mito Kōmon, it ranks among the longest-running series in the jidaigeki genre. Like so many other jidaigeki, it falls in the category of kanzen-chōaku, loosely, "rewarding good and punishing evil."

1978

Otei-chan

Otei-chan 1978

1

The 21st NHK Asadora. Starring Chikako Yuri in a dramatization of the life of Sadako Sawamura.

1978

Watashi wa umi

Watashi wa umi 1978

1

The 22nd NHK Asadora. Starring Tomoko Aihara. About a woman raising war orphans.

1978

Dallas

Dallas 1978

6.80

The world's first mega-soap, and one of the most popular ever produced, Dallas had it all. Beautiful women, expensive cars, and men playing Monopoly with real buildings. Famous for one of the best cliffhangers in TV history, as the world asked "Who shot J.R.?" A slow-burner to begin with, Dallas hit its stride in the 2nd season, with long storylines and expert character development. Dallas ruled the airwaves in the 1980's.

1978

The Kennedy Center Honors

The Kennedy Center Honors 1978

7.30

The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture.

1978

Top Gear

Top Gear 1978

7.80

Motoring programme featuring reviews of and reports about cars of all types.

1978

All Creatures Great and Small

All Creatures Great and Small 1978

7.70

All Creatures Great and Small is a British television series, based on the books of the British veterinary surgeon Alf Wight, who wrote under the pseudonym James Herriot. Ninety episodes were aired over two three-year runs. The first run was based directly on Herriot's books; the second was filmed with original scripts.

1978

Taxi

Taxi 1978

7.20

Louie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain order over a collection of varied and strange characters who drive for him. As he bullies and insults them from the safety of his “cage,” they form a special bond among themselves, becoming friends and supporting each other through the inevitable trials and tribulations of life.

1978

Mork & Mindy

Mork & Mindy 1978

7.10

A wacky alien comes to Earth to study its residents and the life of the human woman he boards with is never the same.

1978

Battlestar Galactica

Battlestar Galactica 1978

7.10

When the 12 Colonies of Man are wiped out by a cybernetic race called the Cylons, Commander Adama and the crew of the battlestar Galactica lead a ragtag fleet of human survivors in search of a "mythical planet" called Earth.

1978

Fantasy Island

Fantasy Island 1978

6.32

A magical island hosted by Mr Roarke and Tattoo where weekly guests learn valuable life lessons in their pursuit of fulfilling their dreams. Not all dreams are fulfilled as expected.

1978

Future Boy Conan

Future Boy Conan 1978

8.40

After the great disaster of 2008, a war that destroyed the planet, the world is now largely ocean with the continents having sunk. Conan lives on a remote island with his grandpa and nature, never having seen another human being. But one day a mysterious girl, Lana, washes up on his beach. The two become quick friends, but she’s soon kidnapped and taken to Industria, a technological remainder from the world before. Conan leaves his island in pursuit, braving new lands and many hardships with new friends and enemies just beyond the horizon.

1978