Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Note
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New York, New York |
Martin Scorsese |
Liza Minnelli, Robert De Niro, Lionel Stander |
Musical |
United Artists; music by Kander and Ebb
|
Oh, God! |
Carl Reiner |
George Burns, John Denver, Paul Sorvino, Teri Garr |
Comedy |
Warner Bros. Based on Avery Corman novel; 2 sequels
|
One on One |
Lamont Johnson |
Robby Benson, Annette O'Toole, G. D. Spradlin |
Drama |
Warner Bros. Co-written by Benson
|
Opening Night |
John Cassavetes |
Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara, John Cassavetes |
Drama |
Independent
|
The Opening of Misty Beethoven |
Radley Metzger |
Constance Money, Jamie Gillis, Gloria Leonard |
Adult film |
Independent
|
Orca |
Michael Anderson |
Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling, Bo Derek |
Adventure |
Paramount; Dino De Laurentiis production
|
The Other Side of Midnight |
Charles Jarrott |
Marie-France Pisier, Susan Sarandon, John Beck, Clu Gulager, Michael Lerner, Raf Vallone |
Drama |
Fox; based on Sidney Sheldon novel
|
Outlaw Blues |
Richard T. Heffron |
Peter Fonda, Susan Saint James, John Crawford |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
The Pack |
Robert Clouse |
Joe Don Baker, Richard B. Shull, Bibi Besch |
Horror |
Warner Bros.
|
The People That Time Forgot |
Kevin Connor |
Doug McClure, Sarah Douglas |
Science fiction |
AIP.
|
Pete's Dragon |
Don Chaffey |
Sean Marshall, Helen Reddy, Mickey Rooney, Shelley Winters |
Animated |
Disney
|
A Piece of the Action |
Sidney Poitier |
Bill Cosby, Sidney Poitier, James Earl Jones |
Comedy |
Warner Bros. 3rd Cosby-Poitier pairing
|
Pine Canyon is Burning |
Christian I. Nyby II |
Kent McCord, Megan McCord, Shane Sinutko |
Drama |
TV film for NBC
|
Planet of Dinosaurs |
James Shea |
Max Thayer, Louie Lawless |
Sci-fi |
Independent
|
Portrait of a Hitman |
Allan A. Buckhantz |
Rod Steiger, Jack Palance, Bo Svenson |
Crime |
Independent. Unreleased until 1984
|
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover |
Larry Cohen |
Broderick Crawford, Jose Ferrer, Celeste Holm |
Biopic |
AIP
|
Pumping Iron |
George Butler |
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lou Ferrigno |
Documentary |
Mr. Olympia contest
|
Rabid |
David Cronenberg |
Marilyn Chambers, Joe Silver, Howard Ryshpan, |
Horror |
New World
|
Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown |
Phil Roman, Bill Melendez |
Duncan Watson, Bill Melendez, Gail Davis, Stuart Brotman |
Animation |
Paramount
|
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure |
Richard Williams |
Didi Conn, Mark Baker |
Animation |
20th Century Fox
|
Raid on Entebbe |
Irvin Kershner |
Peter Finch, Martin Balsam, Yaphet Kotto, Charles Bronson, John Saxon, Jack Warden |
Drama |
made for TV; 10 Emmy nominations
|
The Ransom |
Richard Compton |
Oliver Reed, Deborah Raffin, James Mitchum |
Thriller |
New World
|
The Rescuers |
John Lounsbery |
Voices of Eva Gabor, Bob Newhart, Geraldine Page |
Animated |
Disney
|
Rollercoaster |
James Goldstone |
George Segal, Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda |
Thriller |
Universal
|
Rolling Thunder |
John Flynn |
William Devane, Tommy Lee Jones, James Best |
Drama |
AIP
|
Roseland |
James Ivory |
Teresa Wright, Geraldine Chaplin, Christopher Walken |
Romance |
Independent. 3 stories
|
Ruby |
Curtis Harrington |
Piper Laurie, Stuart Whitman. Roger Davis |
Horror |
Dimension
|
Run for the Roses |
Henry Levin |
Vera Miles, Stuart Whitman, Lisa Eilbacher |
Drama |
Independent
|
Satan's Cheerleaders |
Greydon Clark |
Yvonne De Carlo, John Ireland |
Comedy |
Dimension Pictures
|
Saturday Night Fever |
John Badham |
John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney, Donna Pescow |
Drama |
Paramount; 4 Golden Globe nominations
|
Scott Joplin |
Jeremy Kagan |
Billy Dee Williams, Clifton Davis, Margaret Avery |
Biopic |
Universal
|
Semi-Tough |
Michael Ritchie |
Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson, Jill Clayburgh, Robert Preston, Brian Dennehy, Carl Weathers, Bert Convy |
Comedy |
United Artists; from Dan Jenkins novel
|
The Sentinel |
Michael Winner |
Chris Sarandon, Martin Balsam, Ava Gardner |
Horror |
Universal; from Jeffrey Konvitz novel
|
September 30, 1955 |
James Bridges |
Richard Thomas, Susan Tyrell, Collin Wilcox |
Drama |
Universal
|
The Serpent's Egg |
Ingmar Bergman |
Liv Ullmann, David Carradine, Gert Fröbe |
Drama |
Paramount; Bergman's only Hollywood film
|
The Shadow of Chikara |
Earl E. Smith |
Betty Bronson, Ford Sterling, Louise Dresser |
Western |
Howco
|
Shock Waves |
Ken Wiederhorn |
Peter Cushing, Brooke Adams, John Carradine |
Horror |
Independent
|
Short Eyes |
Robert M. Young |
Bruce Davison, Jose Perez |
Crime drama |
Independent
|
Sidewinder 1 |
Earl Bellamy |
Marjoe Gortner, Michael Parks, Susan Howard |
Action |
Embassy
|
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger |
Sam Wanamaker |
Jane Seymour, Taryn Power, Patrick Wayne |
Action |
Columbia
|
Slap Shot |
George Roy Hill |
Paul Newman, Strother Martin, Michael Ontkean, Lindsay Crouse, Jennifer Warren, M. Emmet Walsh |
Comedy |
Universal
|
Smokey and the Bandit |
Hal Needham |
Burt Reynolds, Jackie Gleason, Sally Field, Jerry Reed |
Comedy |
Universal. 2nd to Star Wars at box office; 2 sequels
|
Sorcerer |
William Friedkin |
Roy Scheider, Francisco Rabal, Bruno Cremer |
Thriller |
Paramount-Universal. The Wages of Fear remake
|
Speedtrap |
Earl Bellamy |
Joe Don Baker, Tyne Daly, Richard Jaeckel |
Action |
Independent
|
The Spy Who Loved Me |
Lewis Gilbert |
Roger Moore, Barbara Bach |
Spy/action |
United Artists
|
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (aka Star Wars) |
George Lucas |
Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness |
Science fiction |
Fox; first Star Wars film released; won 6 Academy Awards
|
Stunts |
Mark L. Lester |
Robert Forster, Fiona Lewis, Joanna Cassidy |
Mystery |
New Line
|