| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Note
|
| Neighbors |
John G. Avildsen |
John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Cathy Moriarty |
Comedy |
Columbia; Based on Thomas Berger novel
|
| The Nesting |
Armand Weston |
Robin Groves, Christopher Loomis, John Carradine |
Supernatural Horror |
|
| Nice Dreams |
Tommy Chong |
Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong |
Action, Adventure, Comedy |
Columbia
|
| The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia |
Ronald F. Maxwell |
Kristy McNichol, Dennis Quaid, Mark Hamill |
Musical |
Embassy; Based on 1973 song
|
| Night School |
Ken Hughes |
Rachel Ward |
Horror |
Paramount
|
| Nighthawks |
Bruce Malmuth |
Sylvester Stallone, Rutger Hauer, Billy Dee Williams, Lindsay Wagner, Persis Khambatta |
Neo-Noir, Action, Crime, Thriller |
Universal; Hauer's first U.S. film
|
| Nightmare |
Romano Scavolini |
Baird Stafford, Sharon Smith, C.J. Cooke |
Slasher |
|
| Nobody's Perfekt |
Peter Bonerz |
Gabe Kaplan, Alex Karras, Susan Clark |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
| Omen III: The Final Conflict |
Graham Baker |
Sam Neill, Lisa Harrow, Rossano Brazzi, Don Gordon |
Horror |
|
| On Golden Pond |
Mark Rydell |
Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, Jane Fonda, Dabney Coleman, Doug McKeon |
Drama |
Oscars for H. Fonda, Hepburn, screenplay; 10 nominations
|
| On the Right Track |
Lee Philips |
Gary Coleman, Michael Lembeck, Lisa Eilbacher |
Comedy |
|
| Only When I Laugh |
Glenn Jordan |
Marsha Mason, Joan Hackett, James Coco, David Dukes, Kristy McNichol |
Drama |
Neil Simon play; 3 Oscar nominations
|
| Outland |
Peter Hyams |
Sean Connery, Peter Boyle, Frances Sternhagen |
Science Fiction, Thriller |
|
| Paternity |
David Steinberg |
Burt Reynolds, Beverly D'Angelo, Elizabeth Ashley |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
| Pennies from Heaven |
Herbert Ross |
Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Jessica Harper |
Musical, Drama |
Based on BBC series; 3 Oscar nominations; Remake of 1936 film
|
| The Pit |
Lew Lehman |
Sammy Snyders, Jeannie Elias |
Horror |
|
| Polyester |
John Waters |
Divine, Tab Hunter |
Comedy |
New Line Cinema
|
| Porky's |
Bob Clark |
Kim Cattrall, Susan Clark, Doug McGrath |
Sex Comedy |
followed by 2 sequels
|
| The Postman Always Rings Twice |
Bob Rafelson |
Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange, John Colicos, Michael Lerner, Anjelica Huston, John P. Ryan |
Neo-Noir, Erotic, Thriller |
Based on James M. Cain novel, remake of 1946 film
|
| The Pride of Jesse Hallam |
Gary Nelson |
Johnny Cash, Brenda Vaccaro, Eli Wallach |
Drama |
Made-for-TV
|
| Prince of the City |
Sidney Lumet |
Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach, Lindsay Crouse, Bob Balaban, James Tolkan, Lane Smith, Lee Richardson |
Crime Drama |
Based on Robert Daley book; 3 Golden Globe nominations
|
| Private Lessons |
Alan Myerson |
Sylvia Kristel, Howard Hesseman, Ed Begley Jr. |
Comedy |
|
| The Prowler |
Joseph Zito |
Vicky Dawson, Christopher Goutman, Farley Granger |
Slasher |
|
| The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper |
Roger Spottiswoode |
Treat Williams, Robert Duvall, Kathryn Harrold |
Crime, Thriller |
Universal
|
| Raggedy Man |
Jack Fisk |
Sissy Spacek, Eric Roberts, Sam Shepard |
Drama |
Universal
|
| Ragtime |
Miloš Forman |
Elizabeth McGovern, Howard Rollins, James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Kenneth McMillan, Mary Steenburgen, James Olson, Moses Gunn, Mandy Patinkin, Brad Dourif, Donald O'Connor, Norman Mailer, Robert Joy, Jeff Daniels, Fran Drescher |
Drama |
Based on E.L. Doctorow novel; 8 Oscar nominations
|
| Raiders of the Lost Ark |
Steven Spielberg |
Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Denholm Elliott, John Rhys-Davies, Ronald Lacey, Paul Freeman, Alfred Molina |
Adventure |
1st Indiana Jones adventure; 8 Oscar nominations
|
| Reds |
Warren Beatty |
Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Gene Hackman, Maureen Stapleton, Jerzy Kosinski, Paul Sorvino, Jack Nicholson |
Epic, Biography |
story of John Reed; 12 Oscar nominations
|
| Return of the Rebels |
Noel Nosseck |
Barbara Eden, Don Murray, Jamie Farr, Patrick Swayze |
Biker, Drama |
Made-for-TV
|
| Rich and Famous |
George Cukor |
Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen, Hart Bochner |
Drama |
Cukor's final film
|
| The Road Warrior |
George Miller |
Mel Gibson |
Post-Apocalyptic, Action |
sequel to Mad Max
|
| Roar |
Noel Marshall |
Noel Marshall, Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith |
Adventure, Comedy |
|
| Rollover |
Alan J. Pakula |
Jane Fonda, Kris Kristofferson, Hume Cronyn |
Thriller |
Orion
|
| Ruckus |
Max Kleven |
Dirk Benedict, Linda Blair, Richard Farnsworth |
Action, Comedy |
|
| S.O.B. |
Blake Edwards |
Julie Andrews, William Holden, Richard Mulligan, Robert Preston, Robert Webber, Robert Vaughn, Larry Hagman |
Comedy |
2 Razzie nominations; Holden's final film
|
| The Salamander |
Peter Zinner |
Franco Nero, Anthony Quinn, Sybil Danning |
Thriller |
ITC
|
| Saturday the 14th |
Howard R. Cohen |
Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss, Severn Darden |
Horror, Comedy |
New World
|
| Second-Hand Hearts |
Hal Ashby |
Robert Blake, Barbara Harris |
Romance |
Paramount
|
| Sharky's Machine |
Burt Reynolds |
Burt Reynolds, Rachel Ward, Vittorio Gassman, Henry Silva, Charles Durning, Earl Holliman |
Neo-Noir, Action, Thriller |
Based on William Diehl novel
|
| Shock Treatment |
Jim Sharman |
Cliff DeYoung, Jessica Harper |
Musical |
20th Century Fox
|
| Sizzle Beach, U.S.A. |
Richard Brander |
Kevin Costner |
Comedy, Romance |
Costner's first film appearance
|
| Southern Comfort |
Walter Hill |
Powers Boothe, Keith Carradine, Fred Ward, Peter Coyote |
Thriller |
20th Century Fox
|
| Sphinx |
Franklin J. Schaffner |
Frank Langella, Lesley-Anne Down, John Gielgud |
Adventure |
Based on book by Robin Cook
|
| Stripes |
Ivan Reitman |
Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates, John Candy, Sean Young, P.J. Soles, John Larroquette |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
| Student Bodies |
Mickey Rose |
Kristen Riter, Matt Goldsby |
Parody, Slasher |
|
| Superman II |
Richard Lester |
Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Sarah Douglas, Margot Kidder |
Superhero |
Original director Richard Donner was fired after filming 75% of the film before director Richard Lester took over
|
| So Fine |
Andrew Bergman |
Ryan O'Neal, Jack Warden |
Comedy |
Warner Bros.
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