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51st Academy Awards

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  • Robert De Niro in The Deer Hunter (1978)

    1. The Deer Hunter

    19783h 3mR90Metascore
    8.1 (376K)
    An in-depth examination of the ways in which the Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of several friends in a small steel mill town in Pennsylvania.
    DirectorMichael CiminoStarsRobert De NiroChristopher WalkenJohn Cazale
    Winner - Best Picture
    Winner - Michael Cimino
    Nominated - Best Actor for Robert De Niro
    Winner - Best Supporting Actor for Christopher Walken
    Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for Meryl Streep
    Nominated - Best Original Screenplay for Michael Cimino, Deric Washburn, Louis Garfinkle and Quinn K. Redeker
    Winner - Best Sound Mixing
    Nominated - Best Cinematography for Vilmos Zsigmond
    Winner - Best Film Editing for Peter Zinner
  • Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, and Bruce Dern in Coming Home (1978)

    2. Coming Home

    19782h 7mR61Metascore
    7.3 (15K)
    In 1968 California, a woman whose husband is a Marine officer fighting in Vietnam falls in love with a former high school classmate who suffered a paralyzing combat injury in the war.
    DirectorHal AshbyStarsJane FondaJon VoightBruce Dern
    Nominated - Best Picture
    Nominated - Best Director for Hal Ashby
    Winner - Best Actor for Jon Voight
    Winner - Best Actress for Jane Fonda
    Nominated - Best Supporting Actor for Bruce Dern
    Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for Penelope Milford
    Winner - Best Original Screenplay for Nancy Dowd, Waldo Salt and Robert C. Jones
    Nominated - Best Film Editing for Don Zimmerman
  • Warren Beatty in Heaven Can Wait (1978)

    3. Heaven Can Wait

    19781h 41mPG72Metascore
    6.9 (25K)
    A Los Angeles Rams quarterback, accidentally taken away from his body by an overanxious angel before he was meant to die, returns to life in the body of a recently murdered millionaire.
    DirectorsWarren BeattyBuck HenryStarsWarren BeattyJames MasonJulie Christie
    Nominated - Best Picture
    Nominated - Best Director for Warren Beatty and Buck Henry
    Nominated - Best Actor for Warren Beatty
    Nominated - Best Supporting Actor for Jack Warden
    Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for Dyan Cannon
    Nominated - Best Adapted Screenplay for Elaine May and Warren Beatty
    Nominated - Best Original Score for Dave Grusin
    Winner - Best Art Direction
    Nominated - Best Cinematography for William A. Fraker
  • Brad Davis in Midnight Express (1978)

    4. Midnight Express

    19782h 1mR59Metascore
    7.5 (91K)
    Billy Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.
    DirectorAlan ParkerStarsBrad DavisIrene MiracleBo Hopkins
    Nominated - Best Picture
    Nominated - Best Director for Alan Parker
    Nominated - Best Supporting Actor for John Hurt
    Winner - Best Adapted Screenplay for Oliver Stone
    Winner - Best Original Score for Giorgio Moroder
    Nominated - Best Film Editing for Gerry Hambling
  • Jill Clayburgh in An Unmarried Woman (1978)

    5. An Unmarried Woman

    19782h 4mR79Metascore
    7.2 (6.4K)
    A Manhattan woman struggles with her identity as she tries to move on from a painful divorce.
    DirectorPaul MazurskyStarsJill ClayburghAlan BatesMichael Murphy
    Nominated - Best Picture
    Nominated - Best Actress for Jill Clayburgh
    Nominated - Best Original Screenplay for Paul Mazursky
  • Diane Keaton, Mary Beth Hurt, and Kristin Griffith in Interiors (1978)

    6. Interiors

    19781h 32mPG67Metascore
    7.3 (22K)
    Three sisters find their lives spinning out of control in the wake of their parents' sudden, unexpected divorce.
    DirectorWoody AllenStarsDiane KeatonGeraldine PageKristin Griffith
    Nominated - Best Director for Woody Allen
    Nominated - Best Actress for Geraldine Page
    Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for Maureen Stapleton
    Nominated - Best Original Screenplay for Woody Allen
    Nominated - Best Art Direction
  • The Buddy Holly Story (1978)

    7. The Buddy Holly Story

    19781h 54mPG78Metascore
    7.2 (10K)
    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.
    DirectorSteve RashStarsGary BuseyDon StroudCharles Martin Smith
    Nominated - Best Actor for Gary Busey
    Winner - Best Original Song Score or Adaptation Score for Joe Renzetti
    Nominated - Best Sound Mixing
  • The Boys from Brazil (1978)

    8. The Boys from Brazil

    19782h 5mR40Metascore
    7.0 (32K)
    A Nazi hunter in Paraguay discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.
    DirectorFranklin J. SchaffnerStarsGregory PeckLaurence OlivierJames Mason
    Nominated - Best Actor for Laurence Olivier
    Nominated - Best Original Score for Jerry Goldsmith
    Nominated - Best Film Editing for Robert E. Swink
  • Ingrid Bergman and Liv Ullmann in Autumn Sonata (1978)

    9. Autumn Sonata

    19781h 39mPG
    8.1 (40K)
    A devoted wife is visited by her mother, a successful concert pianist who had little time for her when she was young.
    DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsIngrid BergmanLiv UllmannLena Nyman
    Nominated - Best Actress for Ingrid Bergman
    Nominated - Best Original Screenplay for Ingmar Bergman
  • Same Time, Next Year (1978)

    10. Same Time, Next Year

    19781h 59mPG
    7.2 (7K)
    Beginning in 1951, neurotic married accountant George and naive married homemaker Doris have a one-night stand and then meet at the same place once each year. As years go by, they observe changes in each other and their relationship.
    DirectorRobert MulliganStarsAlan AldaEllen BurstynIvan Bonar
    Nominated - Best Actress for Ellen Burstyn
    Nominated - Best Adapted Screenplay for Bernard Slade
    Nominated - Best Original Song for "The Last Time I Felt Like This"
    Nominated - Best Cinematography for Robert Surtees
  • Jane Fonda, James Caan, and Jason Robards in Comes a Horseman (1978)

    11. Comes a Horseman

    19781h 58mPG41Metascore
    6.3 (3.8K)
    A brave and proud woman struggles for her land, finding help and something more in unexpected way.
    DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsJames CaanJane FondaJason Robards
    Nominated - Best Supporting Actor for Richard Farnsworth
  • Alan Alda, Michael Caine, Jane Fonda, Walter Matthau, Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, Maggie Smith, and Elaine May in California Suite (1978)

    12. California Suite

    19781h 43mPG
    6.2 (8.7K)
    Misadventures of four groups of guests at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
    DirectorHerbert RossStarsJane FondaAlan AldaMaggie Smith
    Winner - Best Supporting Actress for Maggie Smith
    Nominated - Best Adapted Screenplay for Neil Simon
    Nominated - Best Art Direction
  • Bloodbrothers (1978)

    13. Bloodbrothers

    19781h 56mR49Metascore
    5.8 (1.1K)
    A young man is torn between following in his family's footsteps or striking out on his own.
    DirectorRobert MulliganStarsPaul SorvinoTony Lo BiancoRichard Gere
    Nominated - Best Adapted Screenplay for Walter Newman
  • Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere, Carole Laure, and Michel Serrault in Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978)

    14. Get Out Your Handkerchiefs

    19781h 48mR
    6.9 (4.6K)
    A worried husband finds a lover for his depressed wife, but she falls in love with a bullied thirteen-year-old math prodigy and wants to have the boy's baby.
    DirectorBertrand BlierStarsGérard DepardieuCarole LaurePatrick Dewaere
    Winner - Best Foreign Language Film (France)
  • Brigitte Fossey and Helmut Griem in The Glass Cell (1978)

    15. The Glass Cell

    19781h 33m
    6.6 (306)
    A man is wrongfully imprisoned for five years. Once out, he hears about his wife's supposed adventures outside of their marriage and becomes increasingly jealous.
    DirectorHans W. GeissendörferStarsBrigitte FosseyHelmut GriemDieter Laser
    Nominated - Best Foreign Language Film (West Germany)
  • Hungarians (1978)

    16. Hungarians

    19781h 47m
    6.9 (417)
    Many Hungarian migrant workers work in Germany in good conditions and for good wages during WW2. They face the war only once they return home to Hungary.
    DirectorZoltán FábriStarsGábor KonczÉva PapJózsef Bihari
    Nominated - Best Foreign Language Film (Hungary)
  • Ornella Muti, Vittorio Gassman, Alberto Sordi, and Ugo Tognazzi in Viva Italia! (1977)

    17. Viva Italia!

    19771h 30mR
    7.0 (2.3K)
    Several episodes depicting Italian's life in short humoristic stories.
    DirectorsMario MonicelliDino RisiEttore ScolaStarsUgo TognazziOrietta BertiGianfranco Barra
    Nominated - Best Foreign Language Film (Italy)
  • White Bim Black Ear (1977)

    18. White Bim Black Ear

    19773h 2mPG
    8.0 (2.6K)
    A white dog called Bim is looking for its owner. It encounters all kinds of people and situations.
    DirectorStanislav RostotskiyStarsVyacheslav TikhonovValentina VladimirovaMikhail Dadyko
    Nominated - Best Foreign Language Film (U.S.S.R.)
  • Death on the Nile (1978)

    19. Death on the Nile

    19782h 20mPG59Metascore
    7.3 (42K)
    As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board. Can Poirot identify the killer before the ship reaches the end of its journey?
    DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsPeter UstinovMia FarrowSimon MacCorkindale
    Winner - Best Costume Design for Anthony Powell
  • Caravans (1978)

    20. Caravans

    19782h 7mPG
    5.9 (1.2K)
    In 1948, at the U.S. embassy in Zadestan, a young diplomat is ordered to find the missing daughter of an influential U.S. Senator.
    DirectorJames FargoStarsAnthony QuinnMichael SarrazinChristopher Lee
    Nominated - Best Costume Design for Renie Conley
  • Days of Heaven (1978)

    21. Days of Heaven

    19781h 34mPG94Metascore
    7.7 (66K)
    A hot-tempered farm laborer convinces the woman he loves to marry their rich but dying boss so that they can have a claim to his fortune.
    DirectorTerrence MalickStarsRichard GereBrooke AdamsSam Shepard
    Nominated - Best Costume Design for Patricia Norris
    Nominated - Best Original Score for Ennio Morricone
    Nominated - Best Sound Mixing
    Winner - Best Cinematography for Nestor Almendros
  • Olivia de Havilland, Henry Fonda, Michael Caine, Richard Chamberlain, Patty Duke, José Ferrer, Slim Pickens, Katharine Ross, Richard Widmark, Bradford Dillman, Lee Grant, Ben Johnson, and Fred MacMurray in The Swarm (1978)

    22. The Swarm

    19781h 56mPG30Metascore
    4.5 (9K)
    Deadly African bees spread over Texas and kill thousands of people. Scientists led by Bradford Crane and Captain Helena Anderson try to find an antidote and destroy the swarm - against the advice of Army General Thalius Slater.
    DirectorIrwin AllenStarsMichael CaineKatharine RossRichard Widmark
    Nominated - Best Costume Design for Paul Zastupnevich
  • Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Ted Ross, and Nipsey Russell in The Wiz (1978)

    23. The Wiz

    19782h 14mG53Metascore
    5.6 (18K)
    When Harlem schoolteacher Dorothy is miraculously whisked away to an urban fantasy land called Oz, she goes in search of the Wiz, a wizard who can help her get back to Manhattan, along with the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion.
    DirectorSidney LumetStarsDiana RossMichael JacksonNipsey Russell
    Nominated - Best Costume Design for Tony Walton
    Nominated - Best Original Song Score or Adaptation Score for Quincy Jones
    Nominated - Best Art Direction
    Nominated - Best Cinematography for Oswald Morris
  • Scared Straight! (1978)

    24. Scared Straight!

    19781h 36mTV-PG
    7.7 (880)
    The filmed depiction of a program where convicts tell troubled kids about the horrors of prison life.
    DirectorArnold ShapiroStarsPeter FalkMickie ColdDoug Cronin
    Winner - Best Documentary Feature
  • The Lovers' Wind (1978)

    25. The Lovers' Wind

    19781h 11m
    8.2 (353)
    A tour of Iran filmed from a helicopter.
    DirectorAlbert LamorisseStarManouchehr Anvar
    Nominated - Best Documentary Feature

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