List of British films of 1978

A list of films produced in the United Kingdom in 1978 (see 1978 in film):

1978

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1978
Absolution	Anthony Page	Richard Burton, Dominic Guard	Thriller
The Big Sleep	Michael Winner	Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles	Crime drama
The Boys from Brazil	Franklin J. Schaffner	Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier James Mason	Thriller	Co-production with the US
Carry On Emmannuelle	Gerald Thomas	Kenneth Connor, Suzanne Danielle	Comedy
The Class of Miss MacMichael	Silvio Narizzano	Glenda Jackson, Oliver Reed, Rosalind Cash	Drama
The Comeback	Pete Walker	Pamela Stephenson, David Doyle, Bill Owen	Horror
Death on the Nile	John Guillermin	Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin, Bette Davis, Mia Farrow	Suspense	Based on the Agatha Christie novel
Force 10 from Navarone	Guy Hamilton	Robert Shaw, Harrison Ford, Richard Kiel	World War II/adventure
Give Us Tomorrow	Donovan Winter	Sylvia Syms, Derren Nesbitt	Crime
Home Before Midnight	Pete Walker	James Aubrey, Alison Elliott, Richard Todd	Drama
Killer's Moon	Alan Birkinshaw	Anthony Forrest, David Jackson	Horror
The Legacy	Richard Marquand	Katharine Ross, Sam Elliott	Horror
Leopard in the Snow	Gerry O'Hara	Keir Dullea, Susan Penhaligon	Drama
Let's Get Laid	James Kenelm Clarke	Robin Askwith, Fiona Richmond	Comedy
Long Shot	Maurice Hatton	Charles Gormley, Neville Smith, Susannah York	Drama
The Medusa Touch	Jack Gold	Richard Burton, Lee Remick	Thriller
Midnight Express	Alan Parker	Brad Davis, Randy Quaid, John Hurt	Prison drama
Nighthawks		Ken Robertson	LGBT drama
The Odd Job	Peter Madek	David Jason, Graham Chapman	Comedy
The Playbirds	Willy Roe	Alan Lake, Glynn Edwards	Crime
Power Play	Martyn Burke	Peter O'Toole, David Hemmings	Thriller	Co-production with Canada
Revenge of the Pink Panther	Blake Edwards	Peter Sellers, Robert Webber	Comedy
Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse	Justin Cartwright	Debbie Ash, Carolyne Argyle	Comedy
The Sailor's Return	Jack Gold	Tom Bell, Shope Shodeinde	Drama
Sammy's Super T-Shirt	Jeremy Summers	Reggie Winch, Lawrie Mark	Family
The Shout	Jerzy Skolimowski	Alan Bates, Susannah York, John Hurt	Horror
Silver Bears	Ivan Passer	Michael Caine, Cybill Shepherd	Comedy
Stevie	Robert Enders	Glenda Jackson, Mona Washbourne	Biopic
The Stud	Quentin Masters	Joan Collins, Oliver Tobias	Drama
Superman	Richard Donner	Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder	Adventure	Co-production with US
Sweeney 2	Tom Clegg	John Thaw, Dennis Waterman	Crime	Second cinematic spin-off of the TV series
Terror	Norman J. Warren	John Nolan, Carolyn Courage	Horror
The Thirty Nine Steps	Don Sharp	Robert Powell, David Warner, Karen Dotrice	Thriller	Previously filmed in 1935 and 1959
Tomorrow Never Comes	Peter Collinson	Oliver Reed, Susan George	Crime	Co-production with Canada; entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival
Warlords of Atlantis	Kevin Connor	Doug McClure, Peter Gilmore, Shane Rimmer	Science fiction/fantasy
The Water Babies	Lionel Jeffries	James Mason, Bernard Cribbins, Billie Whitelaw	Family/animated
Watership Down	Martin Rosen	John Hurt, Richard Briers, Zero Mostel	Animated drama/Horror	Zero Mostel's last film
What's Up Superdoc!	Derek Ford	Christopher Mitchell, Julia Goodman, Harry H. Corbett	Comedy
The Wild Geese	Andrew V. McLaglen	Richard Burton, Roger Moore	Action

Top Films at the British Box Office in 1978

• Star Wars
• Grease
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind
• Saturday Night Fever
• Revenge of the Pink Panther
• The Rescuers
• ABBA: The Movie
• The Gauntlet
• Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
• The Stud
• The Deep
• Annie Hall
• Convoy
• The Wild Geese
• Warlords of Atlantis
• Candleshoe
• The Goodbye Girl
• Spider-Man Strikes Back
• Heaven Can Wait
• Julia
• International Velvet

See also

• 1978 in British music
• 1978 in British radio
• 1978 in British television
• 1978 in the United Kingdom

External links

• British films of 1978 at IMDb