Category:1978, Top Films

1974 -- 1975 -- 1976 -- 1977

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1979 -- 1980 -- 1981 -- 1982

Ranking

My Picks

-- #14. Superman -- #30. Ecce Bombo

Limbo

-- #2. The Deer Hunter (Cimino) <Best Picture & Director> -- #5. Autumn Sonata (Bergman) -- #20. The Tree of Wooden Clogs (Olmi) -- #26. Pretty Baby (Malle) -- #32. Coming Home (Ashby)

Critical Reception

-- #1. <Days of Heaven> -- #2. <The Deer Hunter> -- #3. <Dawn of the Dead> -- #4. <Halloween> -- #5. <Autumn Sonata> -- #6. <Interiors> -- #7. Killer of Sheep -- #8. National Lampoon's Animal House -- #9. <Invasion of the Body Snatchers> -- #10. Grease

-- #11. Midnight Express -- #12. In a Year with 13 Moons -- #13. Gates of Heaven -- #14. Superman -- #15. Empire of Passion -- #16. Watership Down -- #17. The Meeting of Anna -- #18. The Last Waltz -- #19. Jubilee -- #20. <The Tree of Wooden Clogs>

-- #24. Blue Collar -- #26. Pretty Baby -- #30. Ecce Bombo -- #32. <Coming Home>

Flickchart, Best Films

-- @1. Days of Heaven -- @2. <The Deer Hunter> -- @3. National Lampoon's Animal House -- @4. Dawn of the Dead -- @5. Halloween -- @6. Invasion of the Body Snatchers -- @7. Autumn Sonata -- @8. Superman -- @9. The Last Waltz

-- @11. Midnight Express -- @12. Grease -- @16. Blue Collar -- @17. <Coming Home> -- @18. The Boys from Brazil -- @19. Killer of Sheep -- @20. Gates of Heaven -- @22. Interiors -- @52. Pretty Baby

Critics, Best Films

-- =1. An Unmarried Woman -- =2. Coming Home -- =3. The Deer Hunter -- =4. Heaven Can Wait -- =5. Interiors -- =6. Days of Heaven -- =7. Autumn Sonata -- =8. Superman -- =9. Midnight Express -- =10. Animal House

-- =11 A Wedding -- =12 Girlfriends -- =13 The Buddy Holly Story -- =14 Who'll Stop the Rain -- =15 Invasion of the Body Snatchers -- =16 Bread and Chocolate -- =17 Pretty Baby -- =18 Blue Collar -- =19 Halloween -- =20 Madame Rosa

-- =21 The Last Waltz -- =22 Get Out Your Hankerchief -- =23 Straight Time -- =24 Stevie -- =25 Movie Movie -- =26 Grease -- =27 Magic -- =28 Dear Inspector -- =29 Watership Down -- =30 The Big Fix -- =31 Hooper

Oscar, Best Films

-- The Deer Hunter -- Coming Home -- Heaven Can Wait -- Midnight Express -- An Unmarried Woman -- Interiors -- Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (France)

Golden Globe, Best Films

-- Midnight Express -- Heaven Can Wait -- The Deer Hunter -- Autumn Sonata (Sweden)

National Board of Review

-- Days of Heaven -- Coming Home -- Interiors -- Superman -- Movie Movie -- Midnight Express -- An Unmarried Woman -- Pretty Baby -- Girlfriends -- Comes a Horseman

Top Grossing Films

-- Grease -- Superman -- National Lampoon’s Animal House -- Every Which Way but Loose -- Heaven Can Wait -- Hooper -- Jaws 2 -- Up In Smoke -- Revenge of the Pink Panther -- The Deer Hunter

NYT, Best Films

-- Pretty Baby -- Get Out Your Handkerchiefs -- Blue Collar -- Coming Home -- Straight Time -- The Last Waltz -- The Tree of Wooden Clogs -- The Buddy Holly Story -- Violette -- National Lampoon's Animal House -- Dawn of the Dead -- Days of Heaven -- Stevie -- The Deer Hunter -- California Suite

TSPDT, Best Films

-- Days of Heaven -- The Deer Hunter -- Dawn of the Dead -- Halloween -- The Tree of Wooden Clogs -- In a Year with 13 Moons -- National Lampoon's Animal House

Top10ner, Best Films

-- Days of Heaven -- The Deer Hunter -- Dawn of the Dead -- Autumn Sonata -- Halloween

Film101, Best Films

-- Superman -- The Deer Hunter -- Days of Heaven -- Halloween -- Killer of Sheep -- The Tree of Wooden Clogs -- The Last Waltz -- Dawn of the Dead -- Grease -- National Lampoon's Animal House -- The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith -- Coming Home -- Midnight Express -- An Unmarried Woman

Child Actors, Best Films

-- Absolution (UK) -- The Adventures of Jody Shanan AKA Jody -- L'Albero degli zoccoli AKA The Tree of Wooden Clogs (Italy) -- The Bad News Bears Go to Japan -- Battlestar Galactica -- Because He's My Friend AKA Love Under Pressure (Australia) -- Blue Fin (Australia) -- The Boys from Brazil (UK) -- Casey's Shadow -- Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase -- Child of Glass -- A Christmas to Remember -- The Contest Kid and the Big Prize -- Damien: Omen II -- Dante - akta're för Hajen! (Sweden) -- Du er ikke alene AKA You Are Not Alone (Denmark) -- Duncan's World -- The Force on Thunder Mountain -- Gaucho -- The Ghost of Thomas Kempe -- The Great Brain -- Here Come the Tigers -- A Home Run for Love AKA Thank You, Jackie Robinson -- Ich zwing dich zu leben (East Germany) -- Ira Sleeps Over -- It's a Mile from Here to Glory -- Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang (Canada) -- Jak dostat tatínka do polepsovny (Czechoslovakia) -- Junior High School -- Keménykalap és krumpliorr (Hungary) -- Lassie: A New Beginning -- The Magic of Lassie -- Manny's Orphans (AKA Kick! -- My Way Home (UK) -- Nauka latania (Poland) -- Nechci nic slyset (Czechoslovakia) -- El niño y el tiburón (Mexico) -- Novye priklyucheniya kapitana Vrungelya AKA The New Adventures of Captain Vrungel (URSS) -- Olly, Olly, Oxen Free AKA The Great Balloon Adventure -- Pod Jezevci skalou AKA Under the Badger's Rock (Czechoslovakia) -- Questo sì che è amore (Italy) -- Rasmus-brodyaga (URSS) -- Return from Witch Mountain -- Sammy's Super T-Shirt (UK) -- Soup for President -- Step AKA Steppe (URSS) -- Strange Companions -- The Swarm -- Tobi (Spain) -- Trocadero bleu citron (France) -- Uncle Joe Shannon -- Va voir maman, papa travaille (France) -- When Every Day Was the Fourth of July (1978) -- Where's Willie? (1978) -- Wonderland Cove AKA Stickin' Together