List of films released in 1978 in USA
All films are released in 1978 in United States.
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- DirectorRichard DonnerStarsChristopher ReeveMargot KidderGene HackmanAn alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero.USA: 10 December 1978 (Washington, D.C.) (premiere)
USA: 11 December 1978 (New York City, New York)
USA: 13 December 1978 (Boston, Massachusetts)
USA: 14 December 1978 (Los Angeles, California)
USA: 15 December 1978 - DirectorsDon BluthJack CuttingWolfgang ReithermanStarsSean MarshallWilliam WoodsonOlan SouleOrdered by his father to sell his old, small donkey, named Small One, a boy in ancient Palestine takes the donkey to the Nazareth market. Finding no buyers there, the boy is about to give up when he meets a kind man named Joseph.USA: 16 December 1978
- DirectorsNorman FergusonT. HeeWilfred JacksonStarsDickie JonesChristian RubMel BlancA living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy.USA: 16 December 1978 (re-release)
- DirectorAlan ParkerStarsBrad DavisIrene MiracleBo HopkinsBilly Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.
- DirectorDon ChaffeyStarsMarie OsmondTimothy BottomsBethel LeslieA wealthy orphan is dutifully resigned to an arranged marriage to a man of "socially acceptable class." When her heart is captured by a young Swiss immigrant, she struggles between her relatives' expectations and her own wishes.
- DirectorMichael CrichtonStarsMichael DouglasRip TornGeneviève BujoldA young and ambitious female doctor's best friend falls into an unexplained coma after a routine medical procedure. Noticing an unusually high number of similar comas occurring in her hospital, she's determined to uncover the cause.
- DirectorNorman TokarStarsKen BerrySandy DuncanHarry MorganThree scientists help an Alien feline, stranded on Earth, to repair its damaged spacecraft in order to return home but their efforts are hampered by inept army officials and foreign spies.
- DirectorGiuliano CenciStarsLauro GazzoloRoberta PaladiniRoberto BerteaA fairly faithful adaptation of Carlo Collodi's classic novel about an animated puppet that desires to become a real boy.