Best award winning movies with a turn of events from 1978

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with a turn of events from 1978! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with a turn of events from 1978, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 The Silent Partner (1978)

Toronto, Canada. A few days before Christmas, Miles Cullen, a bored teller working at a bank branch located in a shopping mall, accidentally learns that the place is about to be robbed when he finds a disconcerting note on one of the counters.

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1978-09-07 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Elliott Gould, Christopher Plummer

Rating

rating icon 7.072
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #70 for
    nifty
  2. Ranked #90 for
    like Cape Fear
  3. Ranked #114 for
    cat-and-mouse

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2 Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)

A famous fashion photographer develops a disturbing ability to see through the eyes of a serial killer.

Info

1978-08-02 | Mystery / Thriller

Cast

Faye Dunaway, Tommy Lee Jones

Rating

rating icon 5.87
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #41 for
    lurid
  2. Ranked #41 for
    like Knives Out
  3. Ranked #56 for
    bludgeoned to death

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3 Damien: Omen II (1978)

Since the sudden and suspicious deaths of his parents, young Damien has been in the charge of his wealthy aunt and uncle and enrolled in a military school. Widely feared to be the Antichrist, he relentlessly plots to seize control of his uncle's business empire — and the world.

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1978-06-09 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

William Holden, Lee Grant

Rating

rating icon 6.435
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #200 for
    with epiphany moments
  2. Ranked #257 for
    spine-tingling
  3. Ranked #271 for
    Occult

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Damien: Omen II trailer
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4 Magic (1978)

A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.

Info

1978-11-08 | Drama / Horror

Cast

Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret

Rating

rating icon 6.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #18 for
    potty-mouthed
  2. Ranked #40 for
    with sleight of hand
  3. Ranked #73 for
    disappearing acting

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5 The Deer Hunter (1978)

A group of working-class friends decide to enlist in the Army during the Vietnam War and finds it to be hellish chaos -- not the noble venture they imagined. Before they left, Steven married his pregnant girlfriend -- and Michael and Nick were in love with the same woman. But all three are different men upon their return.

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1978-12-08 | Drama / War

Cast

Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken

Rating

rating icon 8.006
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #73 for
    life and limb story
  2. Ranked #78 for
    remarkable
  3. Ranked #92 for
    blue-collar

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6 Halloween (1978)

Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.

Info

1978-10-24 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis

Rating

rating icon 7.556
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #9 for
    Slasher Film
  2. Ranked #45 for
    bludgeoned to death
  3. Ranked #66 for
    Urban Legend

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Halloween trailer
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7 Day of the Woman (1978)

A young, beautiful career woman rents a backwoods cabin to write her first novel. Attacked by a group of local lowlifes and left for dead, she devises a horrific plan to inflict revenge.

Info

1978-11-02 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Camille Keaton, Eron Tabor

Rating

rating icon 6.012
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #45 for
    lurid
  2. Ranked #142 for
    blaxploitation
  3. Ranked #184 for
    like Clue

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8 The Fury (1978)

When a devious plot separates CIA agent Peter Sandza from his son, Robin, the distraught father manages to see through the ruse. Taken because of his psychic abilities, Robin is being held by Ben Childress, who is studying people with supernatural powers in hopes of developing their talents as weapons. Soon Peter pairs up with Gillian, a teen who has telekinesis, to find and rescue Robin.

Info

1978-03-10 | Horror / Science Fiction

Cast

Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes

Rating

rating icon 6.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #18 for
    Grand-Guignol
  2. Ranked #89 for
    carny ride
  3. Ranked #95 for
    razzle-dazzle

Trailer

The Fury trailer
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9 Remember My Name (1978)

Just released from prison, a young woman arrives in town to "start a new life," but soon begins stalking a married construction worker for no apparent reason, turning his life inside out and eventually terrorizing him and his wife.

Info

1978-02-10 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Geraldine Chaplin, Anthony Perkins

Rating

rating icon 6.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #207 for
    intense role
  2. Ranked #264 for
    unfaithful partner
  3. Ranked #293 for
    scrawny

Trailer

Remember My Name trailer
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10 The First Great Train Robbery (1978)

In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.

Info

1978-12-14 | Thriller / Adventure

Cast

Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland

Rating

rating icon 6.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #18 for
    poindexter
  2. Ranked #108 for
    most thrilling
  3. Ranked #142 for
    gentlemanly

Trailer

The First Great Train Robbery trailer
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