| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Note
|
| Baby Snakes |
Frank Zappa |
Frank Zappa, Dale Bozzio |
Concert |
|
| Being There |
Hal Ashby |
Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Richard Basehart, Richard A. Dysart, Jack Warden |
Comedy |
Based on Jerzy Kosinski novel; Oscar for Douglas; Golden Globe for Sellers
|
| The Bell Jar |
Larry Peerce |
Marilyn Hassett, Julie Harris, Jameson Parker |
Drama |
Based on a book by Sylvia Plath
|
| Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens |
Russ Meyer |
Ken Kerr, Kitten Natividad, Uschi Digard |
Comedy |
|
| Best Boy |
Ira Wohl |
Philip Wohl, Zero Mostel |
Documentary |
Oscar for Best Documentary
|
| Beyond the Poseidon Adventure |
Irwin Allen |
Michael Caine, Sally Field, Telly Savalas, Shirley Jones, Karl Malden, Mark Harmon |
Disaster, Action, Adventure |
The Poseidon Adventure sequel
|
| Birth of The Beatles |
Richard Marquand |
Stephen MacKenna, Rod Culbertson |
Biography |
|
| The Black Hole |
Gary Nelson |
Ernest Borgnine, Anthony Perkins, Yvette Mimieux, Maximilian Schell |
Science fiction |
Disney
|
| The Black Stallion |
Carroll Ballard |
Teri Garr, Mickey Rooney, Kelly Reno, Hoyt Axton |
Family |
2 Oscar nominations
|
| Bloodline |
Terence Young |
Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, James Mason |
Drama |
from Sidney Sheldon novel
|
| Boardwalk |
Stephen Verona |
Ruth Gordon, Lee Strasberg, Janet Leigh |
Drama |
|
| Breaking Away |
Peter Yates |
Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earle Haley, Paul Dooley, Barbara Barrie |
Drama, Comedy |
5 Oscar nominations; Golden Globe for Best Musical or Comedy
|
| Buck Rogers in the 25th Century |
Daniel Haller |
Gil Gerard, Erin Gray, Tim O'Connor, Henry Silva |
Science fiction, Adventure |
|
| The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie |
Phil Monroe, Chuck Jones |
Voices of Mel Blanc |
Animated |
|
| Butch and Sundance: The Early Days |
Richard Lester |
Tom Berenger, William Katt |
Western |
prequel to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
|
| C.H.O.M.P.S. |
Don Chaffey |
Wesley Eure, Valerie Bertinelli |
Family |
AIP
|
| California Dreaming |
John D. Hancock |
Glynnis O'Connor, Dennis Christopher, Seymour Cassel |
Drama |
A.I.P.
|
| Caligula |
Tinto Brass |
Malcolm McDowell, John Gielgud, Peter O'Toole, Helen Mirren |
Historical, Erotic, Drama, History |
produced by Penthouse magazine
|
| Captain America |
Rod Holcomb |
Reb Brown, Heather Menzies, Steve Forrest |
Superhero |
Made-for-TV
|
| Captain America II: Death Too Soon |
Ivan Nagy |
Reb Brown, Christopher Lee, Connie Sellecca, William Lucking, Lana Wood |
Superhero |
Made-for-TV
|
| The Cat and the Canary |
Radley Metzger |
Olivia Hussey, Honor Blackman |
Mystery |
remake of 1927 film
|
| The Champ |
Franco Zeffirelli |
Jon Voight, Rick Schroder, Faye Dunaway |
Drama |
remake of 1931 film
|
| Chapter Two |
Robert Moore |
James Caan, Marsha Mason, Joseph Bologna, Valerie Harper |
Comedy, Drama |
Based on Neil Simon play
|
| Cheerleaders' Wild Weekend |
Jeff Werner |
Kristine DeBell |
Comedy |
|
| The Children of Sanchez |
Hall Bartlett |
Anthony Quinn, Dolores del Río, Katy Jurado |
Drama |
from Oscar Lewis book; Del Río's last film
|
| The China Syndrome |
James Bridges |
Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, Wilford Brimley, James Hampton, Richard Herd |
Disaster, Thriller |
4 Academy Award nominations
|
| City on Fire |
Alvin Rakoff |
Susan Clark, Barry Newman, Ava Gardner |
Disaster |
Embassy
|
| The Concorde ... Airport '79 |
David Lowell Rich |
George Kennedy, Alain Delon, Robert Wagner, Charo, Susan Blakely |
Disaster, Drama, Thriller |
3rd and final sequel to Airport
|
| The Corn Is Green |
George Cukor |
Katharine Hepburn |
Drama |
Made-for-TV; Remake of 1945 film
|
| Cuba |
Richard Lester |
Sean Connery, Brooke Adams, Chris Sarandon, Jack Weston |
Drama |
United Artists
|
| Death Car on the Freeway |
Hal Needham |
Shelley Hack, George Hamilton, Peter Graves, Harriet Nelson, Dinah Shore, Frank Gorshin, Barbara Rush, Abe Vigoda |
Crime, Thriller |
Made-for-TV
|
| Disaster on the Coastliner |
Richard C. Sarafian |
Lloyd Bridges, Raymond Burr, William Shatner, Robert Fuller, E.G. Marshall, Yvette Mimieux, Michael Pataki, Pat Hingle, Rockne Tarkington, Sandy McPeak, Lane Smith, Peter Jason |
Disaster |
Made-for-TV
|
| Disco Godfather |
J. Robert Wagoner |
Rudy Ray Moore, Carol Speed |
Action, Comedy |
|
| Dracula |
John Badham |
Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier |
Horror |
Based on Bram Stoker novel
|
| Dreamer |
Noel Nosseck |
Tim Matheson, Jack Warden, Susan Blakely |
Sports, Drama |
Magnetic Video
|
| The Driller Killer |
Abel Ferrara |
Abel Ferrara, Carolyn Marz |
Black comedy, Slasher |
|
| The Electric Horseman |
Sydney Pollack |
Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Willie Nelson |
Western, Comedy, Drama |
Columbia
Universal; with 5 songs by Nelson
|
| Elvis |
John Carpenter |
Kurt Russell, Bing Russell, Shelley Winters, Season Hubley, Pat Hingle, Melody Anderson, Charles Cyphers, Joe Mantegna, Ed Begley Jr., |
Biopic |
Made-for-TV
|
| Escape from Alcatraz |
Don Siegel |
Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Fred Ward |
Prison, Thriller |
Paramount
|
| The Europeans |
James Ivory |
Lee Remick, Lisa Eichhorn |
Drama |
Based on Henry James novel
|
| The Evictors |
Charles B. Pierce |
Vic Morrow, Michael Parks, Jessica Harper |
Horror, Crime |
AIP
|
| Fast Break |
Jack Smight |
Gabe Kaplan, Harold Sylvester |
Sports, Comedy |
Columbia
|
| The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh |
Gilbert Moses |
Jonathan Winters, Julius Erving, Flip Wilson |
Sports, Fantasy, Comedy |
Lorimar
|
| Five Days from Home |
George Peppard |
George Peppard |
Drama |
Universal
|
| A Force of One |
Paul Aaron |
Chuck Norris, Jennifer O'Neill, Clu Gulager |
Action |
ACR
|
| French Postcards |
Willard Huyck |
Miles Chapin, Blanche Baker, Debra Winger |
Comedy drama |
Paramount
|
| The Frisco Kid |
Robert Aldrich |
Gene Wilder, Harrison Ford |
Western, Comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
| Gal Young Un |
Victor Nuñez |
Dana Preu, David Peck |
Drama |
|
| Gas Pump Girls |
Joel Bender |
Kristen Baker, Dennis Bowen, Huntz Hall |
Comedy |
Cannon Films
|
| The Glove |
Ross Hagen |
John Saxon, Joanna Cassidy, Roosevelt Grier, Keenan Wynn, Joan Blondell, Michael Pataki, Howard Honig, Aldo Ray, Jack Carter |
Action |
Troma Entertainment
|
| Going in Style |
Martin Brest |
George Burns, Art Carney, Lee Strasberg |
Comedy drama |
Brest's first film
|
| Goldengirl |
Joseph Sargent |
Susan Anton, James Coburn, Michael Lerner, Jessica Walter, Leslie Caron, Robert Culp |
Science fiction, Sports, Drama |
Embassy
|
| The Great Santini |
Lewis John Carlino |
Robert Duvall, Blythe Danner, Michael O'Keefe, Theresa Merritt, Stan Shaw, David Keith |
Drama |
from Pat Conroy novel; 2 Oscar nominations
|
