“You’ll believe a man can fly.”
— Superman (1978)
From disco highs and fright-night legends to soaring superheroes and era-defining dramas, 1978 delivered. Browse the list below—then call your top three in the comments! ⬇️
- Big Wednesday — A coming-of-age surf epic about friendship, waves, and growing up on the California coast.
- Coming Home — A tender, Oscar-winning Vietnam-era love story about healing and finding your voice.
- Days of Heaven — Terrence Malick’s lyrical Great Plains love triangle bathed in golden-hour light.
- The Silent Partner — A mild-mannered bank teller outfoxes a violent thief in a razor-sharp heist duel.
- Heaven Can Wait — Warren Beatty’s quarterback gets a heavenly do-over in a fizzy fantasy romance.
- F.I.S.T. — Stallone as a tough union organizer in a gritty rise-and-fall labor drama.
- Girlfriends — Warm, funny New York indie about roommates, careers, and evolving friendships.
- Pretty Baby — A mother and daughter navigate survival in 1917 New Orleans in Louis Malle’s period drama.
- The Driver — Walter Hill’s cool, neon-noir car-chase thriller with the ultimate getaway pro.
- Midnight Express — A harrowing true story of imprisonment and escape in Turkey.
- Halloween — John Carpenter births the slasher template—enter Michael Myers and the Shape’s theme.
- Dawn of the Dead — Romero’s mall-set zombie siege: gnarly gore meets razor-sharp satire.
- The Great Train Robbery — Connery & Sutherland pull a Victorian heist in Michael Crichton’s caper.
- The Buddy Holly Story — Gary Busey electrifies as the rock ’n’ roll pioneer.
- Battlestar Galactica — Humanity flees the Cylons in a star-spanning space opera.
- Coma — A medical-conspiracy nail-biter where patients check in…but don’t wake up.
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers — Paranoia blooms in San Francisco as doubles replace the living.
- Superman — Christopher Reeve’s iconic debut; truth, justice, and pure blockbuster wonder.
- National Lampoon’s Animal House — Food fights, toga parties, and the blueprint for college comedies.
- Grease — Summer love and leather jackets—Danny & Sandy rule the school in a sing-along classic.
- The Lord of the Rings — Ralph Bakshi’s rotoscoped quest brings Middle-earth to animated life.
- The Boys from Brazil — A chilling thriller of Nazi fugitives and a diabolical cloning plot.
- Magic — Anthony Hopkins vs. his own murderous ventriloquist dummy—unsettling and unforgettable.
- The Deer Hunter — Friendship, war, and the scars that follow—an epic emotional sledgehammer.
- Up in Smoke — Cheech & Chong light the fuse on the ultimate stoner road comedy.
🙏 Your turn: which three from ’78 are you queuing up tonight? 🍿✨