| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Note |
| Candleshoe |
Norman Tokar |
David Niven, Helen Hayes, Jodie Foster |
Family |
Disney; final film for Hayes |
| The Car |
Elliot Silverstein |
James Brolin, Kathleen Lloyd, John Marley, Ronny Cox |
Mystery |
Universal |
| The Choirboys |
Robert Aldrich |
Charles Durning, Louis Gossett, Jr., Perry King, Don Stroud, Burt Young, Barbara Rhoades, Phyllis Davis |
Crime drama, comedy |
based on novel by Joseph Wambaugh |
| Cinderella |
Michael Pataki |
Cheryl Smith, Sy Richardson |
Erotic Musical |
|
| Citizen's Band |
Jonathan Demme |
Paul Le Mat, Candy Clark, Roberts Blossom |
Comedy |
a.k.a. Handle with Care |
| Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
Steven Spielberg |
Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, Francois Truffaut, Bob Balaban |
Science fiction |
9 Oscar nominations; Columbia |
| The Confessions of Amans |
Gregory Nava |
William Bryan |
Drama |
|
| Contract on Cherry Street |
William Goldwyn |
Frank Sinatra, Martin Balsam |
Crime drama |
made for TV |
| Cross of Iron |
Sam Peckinpah |
James Coburn, James Mason, Maximilian Schell |
War, Action |
from Willi Heinrich book |
| Crossed Swords |
Richard Fleischer |
Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Mark Lester |
Adventure |
|
| Damnation Alley |
Jack Smight |
George Peppard, Jan-Michael Vincent |
Science fiction |
from Roger Zelazny novel |
| The Day of the Animals |
William Girdler |
Leslie Nielsen, Lynda Day George |
Science fiction |
from Edward Montoro story |
| Death Bed: The Bed That Eats |
George Barry |
William Russ |
Comedy |
|
| The Deep |
Peter Yates |
Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Shaw, Nick Nolte |
Thriller |
from Peter Benchley novel |
| Demon Seed |
Donald Cammell |
Julie Christie, Fritz Weaver, Robert Vaughn |
Horror |
from Dean Koontz novel |
| Desperate Living |
John Waters |
Liz Renay, Mink Stole |
Comedy |
|
| The Domino Principle |
Stanley Kramer |
Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, Richard Widmark, Eli Wallach, Mickey Rooney, Edward Albert |
Thriller |
from Adam Kennedy novel |
| Drive-In Massacre |
Stu Segall |
|
Horror |
|
| Eaten Alive |
Tobe Hooper |
Carolyn Jones, Michael Berryman |
Horror |
|
| Empire of the Ants |
Bert I. Gordon |
Joan Collins, Albert Salmi |
Horror |
from H. G. Wells novel |
| Equus |
Sidney Lumet |
Richard Burton, Peter Firth, Joan Plowright |
Drama |
based on the play; 2 Golden Globes |
| Eraserhead |
David Lynch |
Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart |
Horror, Fantasy |
first film directed by Lynch |
| Exorcist II: The Heretic |
John Boorman |
Linda Blair, Richard Burton |
Horror |
sequel to The Exorcist |
| Fight for Your Life |
Richard A. Enderson |
Robert Judd, William Sanderson |
Thriller |
|
| First Love |
Joan Darling |
William Katt, Susan Dey, Beverly D'Angelo |
Drama |
Paramount |
| For the Love of Benji |
Joe Camp |
Patsy Garrett, Ed Nelson |
Family |
|
| Fun with Dick and Jane |
Ted Kotcheff |
George Segal, Jane Fonda, Ed McMahon |
Comedy |
remade in 2005 |
| The Gauntlet |
Clint Eastwood |
Clint Eastwood, Pat Hingle, Sondra Locke |
Thriller |
Warner Bros. |
| The Goodbye Girl |
Herbert Ross |
Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings |
Comedy, Drama |
Oscar for Dreyfuss; written by Neil Simon |
| Grand Theft Auto |
Ron Howard |
Ron Howard, Marion Ross |
Action, Comedy |
Howard's directorial debut |
| The Grateful Dead Movie |
Leon Gast |
Bob Weir, Jerry Garcia |
Documentary |
|
| Grayeagle |
Charles B. Pierce |
Ben Johnson, Lana Wood |
Western |
A.I.P. |
| Greased Lightning |
Michael Schultz |
Richard Pryor, Pam Grier, Cleavon Little |
Biography |
on auto racer Wendell Scott |
| The Greatest |
Tom Gries, Monte Hellman |
Muhammad Ali, Ernest Borgnine |
Biography |
Ali as himself |
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Note |
| Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo |
Vincent McEveety |
Dean Jones, Don Knotts |
Family |
sequel to The Love Bug |
| Heroes |
Jeremy Kagan |
Henry Winkler, Sally Field, Harrison Ford |
Comedy, Drama |
Universal |
| High Anxiety |
Mel Brooks |
Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman, Howard Morris, Ron Carey |
Comedy |
spoof of Alfred Hitchcock films |
| The Hills Have Eyes |
Wes Craven |
Susan Lanier, Michael Berryman, Dee Wallace |
Horror |
|
| I Never Promised You a Rose Garden |
Anthony Page |
Kathleen Quinlan, Bibi Andersson |
Drama |
from Joanne Greenberg novel |
| The Incredible Melting Man |
William Sachs |
Myron Healey, Janus Blythe |
Sci-fi |
|
| The Island of Dr. Moreau |
Don Taylor |
Burt Lancaster, Michael York |
Sci-fi |
from H.G. Wells novel; remade in 1996 |
| Islands in the Stream |
Franklin J. Schaffner |
George C. Scott, David Hemmings, Gilbert Roland |
Drama |
based on Ernest Hemingway story |
| Julia |
Fred Zinnemann |
Vanessa Redgrave, Jane Fonda, Jason Robards, Meryl Streep, Rosemary Murphy, John Glover, Hal Holbrook |
Drama |
from Lillian Hellman book; 11 Oscar nominations |
| The Kentucky Fried Movie |
John Landis |
Donald Sutherland, Henry Gibson, Uschi Digard |
Comedy |
Landis's 2nd film |
| Kingdom of the Spiders |
John Cardos |
William Shatner, Woody Strode, Tiffany Bolling |
Sci-fi |
|
| Last House on Dead End Street |
Roger Watkins |
Roger Watkins, Ken Fisher |
Horror |
|
| The Last Remake of Beau Geste |
Marty Feldman |
Marty Feldman, Michael York, Ann-Margret |
Comedy |
Universal |
| The Late Show |
Robert Benton |
Art Carney, Lily Tomlin, Eugene Roche, Bill Macy, Joanna Cassidy, Ruth Nelson |
Drama |
Warner Bros.; Silver Bear for Tomlin |
| The Lincoln Conspiracy |
James L. Conway |
Bradford Dillman |
Drama |
on Abe Lincoln assassination |
| A Little Night Music |
Harold Prince |
Elizabeth Taylor, Diana Rigg, Len Cariou |
Musical |
based on stage show; Oscar for Best Score |
| Looking for Mr. Goodbar |
Richard Brooks |
Diane Keaton, Tuesday Weld, Richard Gere |
Drama |
from Judith Rossner novel |
| MacArthur |
Joseph Sargent |
Gregory Peck, G. D. Spradlin |
War, Biography |
on General Douglas MacArthur |
| The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh |
Wolfgang Reitherman |
Sterling Holloway, John Fiedler, Paul Winchell |
Animation |
Disney; based on story by A.A. Milne |
| March or Die |
Dick Richards |
Gene Hackman, Catherine Deneuve |
War |
on French Foreign Legion |
| Martin |
George A. Romero |
John Amplas, Christine Forrest, Tom Savini |
Horror |
|
| The Mouse and His Child |
Chris Swenson |
Voices of Cloris Leachman, Peter Ustinov, Andy Devine |
Animated, Family |
USA/Japan production |
| Mr. Billion |
Jonathan Kaplan |
Terence Hill, Valerie Perrine, Jackie Gleason |
Action |
20th Century Fox |
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Note |
| New York, New York |
Martin Scorsese |
Liza Minnelli, Robert De Niro |
Musical |
United Artists; music by Kander and Ebb |
| Oh, God! |
Carl Reiner |
George Burns, John Denver, Paul Sorvino, Teri Garr |
Comedy |
based on Avery Corman novel; 2 sequels |
| One on One |
Lamont Johnson |
Robby Benson, Annette O'Toole, G. D. Spradlin |
Drama |
co-written by Benson |
| Opening Night |
John Cassavetes |
Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara, John Cassavetes |
Drama |
|
| The Opening of Misty Beethoven |
Radley Metzger |
Constance Money, Jamie Gillis, Gloria Leonard |
Adult film |
|
| 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 People That Time Forgot |
Kevin Connor |
Doug McClure, Sarah Douglas |
Science fiction |
A.I.P. |
| Pete's Dragon |
Don Chaffey |
Helen Reddy, Mickey Rooney, Shelley Winters |
Animated |
Disney |
| A Piece of the Action |
Sidney Poitier |
Bill Cosby, Sidney Poitier, James Earl Jones |
Comedy |
3rd Cosby-Poitier pairing |
| Pine Canyon is Burning |
Christian I. Nyby II |
Kent McCord, Megan McCord, Shane Sinutko |
Drama |
TV film for NBC |
| Portrait of a Hitman |
Allan A. Buckhantz |
Rod Steiger, Jack Palance, Bo Svenson |
Crime |
|
| Pumping Iron |
George Butler |
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lou Ferrigno |
Documentary |
Mr. Olympia contest |
| Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown |
Phil Roman |
|
Animation |
Paramount |
| Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure |
Richard Williams |
|
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 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 |
A.I.P. |
| Roots |
Marvin J. Chomsky, John Erman, Gilbert Moses |
LeVar Burton, Louis Gossett, Jr., John Amos, Ben Vereen, Cicely Tyson, Georg Stanford Brown, Richard Roundtree, O. J. Simpson, Leslie Uggams, Madge Sinclair, Ed Asner, Chuck Connors, Lloyd Bridges, Sandy Duncan |
Drama, television miniseries |
from the book by Alex Haley; 36 Emmy nominations |
| Roseland |
James Ivory |
Teresa Wright, Geraldine Chaplin, Christopher Walken |
Romance |
3 stories |
| Ruby |
Curtis Harrington |
Piper Laurie, Stuart Whitman |
Horror |
Dimension |
| Run for the Roses |
Henry Levin |
Vera Miles, Stuart Whitman, Lisa Eilbacher |
Drama |
|
| Satan's Cheerleaders |
Greydon Clark |
Yvonne De Carlo, John Ireland |
Comedy |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
Drama |
Universal |
| The Serpent's Egg |
Ingmar Bergman |
Liv Ullmann, David Carradine |
Drama |
Paramount; Bergman's only Hollywood film |
| Short Eyes |
Robert M. Young |
Bruce Davison, Jose Perez |
Crime drama |
|
| 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 |
2nd to Star Wars at box office; 2 sequels |
| Sorcerer |
William Friedkin |
Roy Scheider, Francisco Rabal, Bruno Cremer |
Thriller |
The Wages of Fear remake |
| Speedtrap |
Earl Bellamy |
Joe Don Baker, Tyne Daly, Richard Jaeckel |
Action |
|
| 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 |
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Note |
| Telefon |
Don Siegel |
Charles Bronson, Lee Remick, Donald Pleasence |
Spy film |
MGM |
| Tentacles |
Ovidio G. Assonitis |
John Huston, Shelley Winters, Henry Fonda |
Horror |
A.I.P. |
| Thieves |
John Berry |
Marlo Thomas, Héctor Elizondo |
Comedy |
|
| Thunder and Lightning |
Corey Allen |
David Carradine, Kate Jackson |
Action |
20th Century Fox |
| The Turning Point |
Herbert Ross |
Shirley MacLaine, Anne Bancroft, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Tom Skeritt |
Drama |
20th Century Fox; 11 Oscar nominations |
| Twilight's Last Gleaming |
Robert Aldrich |
Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Charles Durning, Paul Winfield, Burt Young, Joseph Cotten, William Marshall, Melvyn Douglas |
Thriller |
Allied Artists; based on Walter Wager novel |
| Valentino |
Ken Russell |
Rudolf Nureyev, Leslie Caron, Carol Kane |
Drama, Biography |
on Rudolf Valentino |
| The Van |
Sam Grossman |
Danny DeVito, Deborah White |
Comedy |
|
| Viva Knievel! |
Gordon Douglas |
Evel Knievel, Lauren Hutton, Gene Kelly |
Action, Biography |
Knievel as himself |
| Which Way Is Up? |
Michael Schultz |
Richard Pryor, Lonette McKee |
Comedy |
Pryor in 3 roles |
| The White Buffalo |
J. Lee Thompson |
Charles Bronson, Will Sampson, Jack Warden, Slim Pickens, Kim Novak |
Western |
United Artists |
| Wilma |
Bud Greenspan |
Shirley Jo Finney, Cicely Tyson, Denzel Washington |
Drama |
|
| Wizards |
Ralph Bakshi |
Voices of Mark Hamill, David Proval |
Animated, Fantasy |
20th Century Fox |
| Word Is Out |
Rob Epstein |
John Burnside, Elsa Gidlow |
Documentary |
|
| The World's Greatest Lover |
Gene Wilder |
Gene Wilder, Carol Kane, Dom DeLuise |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox |
| You Light Up My Life |
Joseph Brooks |
Didi Conn |
Romance |
Oscar for Best Song |
