Movie List for "drama 4"

Slow Dancing in the Big City (1978)

An aging out of shape reporter falls for a pretty but seriously ill ballerina. Year 1978.

Generes: Drama, Musical, Romance
Director: John G. Avildsen
Writer: Barra Grant
Actors: Paul Sorvino, Anne Ditchburn, Nicolas Coster, Anita Dangler

Same Time, Next Year (1978)

A man and woman meet by chance at a romantic inn over dinner. Although both are married to others, they find themselves in the same bed the next morning questioning how this could have … Year 1978.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Robert Mulligan
Writer: Bernard Slade (based on the stage play by), Bernard Slade (screenplay)
Actors: Ellen Burstyn, Alan Alda, Ivan Bonar, Bernie Kuby

The Playbirds (1978)

Two detectives are drawn into the world of porn, while investigating murders of centrefolds… Year 1978.

Generes: Drama
Director: Willy Roe
Writer: George Evans (screenplay), Willy Roe (screenplay)
Actors: Mary Millington, Glynn Edwards, Gavin Campbell, Alan Lake

The Greek Tycoon (1978)

The life of the Greek tycoon Aristotelis Onassis. Year 1978.

Generes: Drama
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Writer: Nico Mastorakis (story), Win Wells (story), Morton S. Fine (story), Morton S. Fine (screenplay)
Actors: Anthony Quinn, Jacqueline Bisset, Raf Vallone, Edward Albert

Drop Dead, Dearest (1978)

A woman is murdered and her millionaire husband is accused. But is he guilty? Year 1978.

Generes: Drama, Mystery
Director: Murray Markowitz
Writer: Murray Markowitz (original screenplay)
Actors: Elke Sommer, Donald Pilon, Chuck Shamata, George Touliatos

Gray Lady Down (1978)

A Navy Captain uses his experimental Snark to reach a nuclear submarine stuck on an ocean ledge. Year 1978.

Generes: Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Director: David Greene
Writer: David Lavallee (novel), James Whittaker (screenplay), Howard Sackler (screenplay), Frank P. Rosenberg (adaptation)
Actors: Charlton Heston, David Carradine, Stacy Keach, Ned Beatty

Girlfriends (1978)

A photographer and her girlfriend are roommates. She is stuck with small-change shooting jobs and dreams of success. When her roommate decides to get married and leave, she feels hurt and has to learn how to deal with living alone. Year 1978.

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: Claudia Weill
Writer: Claudia Weill (story), Vicki Polon (story), Vicki Polon (screenplay)
Actors: Melanie Mayron, Eli Wallach, Adam Cohen, Anita Skinner

Go Tell the Spartans (1978)

During the early 1960s, U.S. military advisers in South Vietnam discover the same challenges that plagued the French army in Indochina ten years prior. Year 1978.

Generes: Drama, War
Director: Ted Post
Writer: Daniel Ford (novel), Wendell Mayes
Actors: Burt Lancaster, Craig Wasson, Jonathan Goldsmith, Marc Singer

Gates of Heaven (1978)

A documentary about a pet cemetery in California, and the people who have pets buried there. Year 1978.

Generes: Documentary, Comedy, Drama
Director: Errol Morris
Writer: N/A
Actors: Lucille Billingsley, Zella Graham, Cal Harberts, Dan Harberts

F.I.S.T. (1978)

A rebellious Cleveland warehouse worker rises through the ranks of a trucking industry union to become union president but his organized crime links cause his eventual downfall. Year 1978.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Norman Jewison
Writer: Joe Eszterhas (story), Joe Eszterhas (screenplay), Sylvester Stallone (screenplay)
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Rod Steiger, Peter Boyle, Melinda Dillon

Death Drug (1978)

A young man in Los Angeles dreams of striking it big as a singer in the music business. One day he gets signed to a big record contract, but along with the fame and money he develops an addiction to the drug PCP. Year 1978.

Generes: Drama
Director: Oscar Williams
Writer: Roland S. Jefferson
Actors: Philip Michael Thomas, Vernee Watson, Rosalind Cash, Frankie Crocker

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)

Jimmie Blacksmith, the son of an Aboriginal mother and a white father, falls victim to much racist abuse after marrying a white woman, and goes on a killing spree and finds himself on the run in the aftermath. Year 1978.

Generes: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Director: Fred Schepisi
Writer: Fred Schepisi (screenplay), Thomas Keneally (novel)
Actors: Tommy Lewis, Freddy Reynolds, Ray Barrett, Jack Thompson

Coma (1978)

When a young female doctor notices an unnatural amount of comas occurring in her hospital she uncovers a horrible conspiracy. Year 1978.

Generes: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Michael Crichton
Writer: Michael Crichton (screenplay), Robin Cook (novel)
Actors: Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley, Rip Torn

The Boys in Company C (1978)

In 1967, five young men undergo boot camp training before being shipped out to Vietnam. Once they get there, the experience proves worse than they could have imagined. Year 1978.

Generes: Drama, War
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Writer: Rick Natkin, Sidney J. Furie
Actors: Stan Shaw, Andrew Stevens, James Canning, Michael Lembeck

The Buddy Holly Story (1978)

The story of the life and career of the early rock and roll singer, from his meteoric rise to stardom, to his marriage and untimely death. Year 1978.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Music
Director: Steve Rash
Writer: Alan Swyer (story), John Goldrosen (book), Robert Gittler (screenplay)
Actors: Gary Busey, Don Stroud, Charles Martin Smith, Conrad Janis

The Boys from Brazil (1978)

A Nazi hunter in Paraguay discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich. Year 1978.

Generes: Drama, Thriller
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer: Ira Levin (novel), Heywood Gould (screenplay)
Actors: Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier, James Mason, Lilli Palmer