Best 29 Drama Movies Award-Winning Released in 1978

Billy Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison. Read about Midnight Express / IMDB / YouTube

A hot-tempered farm laborer convinces the woman he loves to marry their rich but dying boss so that they can have a claim to his fortune. Details on Days of Heaven / IMDB / YouTube

As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board. Can Poirot identify the killer before the ship reaches the end of its journey? Find out about Death on the Nile / IMDB / YouTube

Hoping to escape destruction by human developers and save their community, a colony of rabbits, led by Hazel and Fiver, seek out a safe place to set up a new warren. Look into Watership Down / IMDB / YouTube

A devoted wife is visited by her mother, a successful concert pianist who had little time for her when she was young. More about Autumn Sonata / IMDB / YouTube

A Nazi hunter in Paraguay discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich. Info on The Boys from Brazil / IMDB / YouTube

The San Fernando Valley adventures of trucker turned prize-fighter Philo Beddoe and his pet orangutan Clyde. Read about Every Which Way But Loose / IMDB / YouTube

France, 1801. Due to a minor perceived slight, mild-mannered Lieutenant d'Hubert is forced into a duel with the hot-headed and irrational, Lieutenant Feraud; their disagreement ultimately resulting in scores of duels spanning several years. Look into The Duellists / IMDB / YouTube

When the first manned flight to Mars is deemed unsafe and scrubbed on the launch pad, anxious authorities must scramble to save face and retain their funding - and so an unthinkable plot to fake the mission is hatched. Explore Capricorn One / IMDB / YouTube

A young and ambitious female doctor's best friend falls into an unexplained coma after a routine medical procedure. Noticing an unusually high number of similar comas occurring in her hospital, she's determined to uncover the cause. Info on Coma / IMDB / YouTube

During World War II, several oddly assorted military experts are teamed in a mission to raid and destroy a bridge vital to enemy strategy. Info on Force 10 from Navarone / IMDB / YouTube

Three sisters find their lives spinning out of control in the wake of their parents' sudden, unexpected divorce. Explore Interiors / IMDB / YouTube

Truckers form a mile-long convoy in support of a trucker's vendetta with an abusive sheriff - Based on the country song of the same title by C.W. McCall. Details on Convoy / IMDB / YouTube

A school student who conspires with his teacher and others to overthrow the Qing Dynasty sees his family slaughtered at the hands of his enemies. He joins the Shaolin Temple and rigorously studies martial arts to avenge his beloved ones. Details on The 36th Chamber of Shaolin / IMDB / YouTube

Story of a dilemma between a woman's love and her logic. Asya, a young girl with a strict mother, meets Ilyas, who is a womanizer city man, and they quickly fall in love. They get over the hardships and have a happy marriage. However, after he helps a man one night, Ilyas' life changes forever and he leaves Asya and their son for another woman and doesn't come back. Find out about The Girl with the Red Scarf / IMDB / YouTube

A British banker hires a former British Army colonel turned mercenary to parachute into Africa with his team and rescue a deposed president of a southern African nation from the hands of a corrupt dictator. Find out about The Wild Geese / IMDB / YouTube

In 1968 California, a woman whose husband is a Marine officer fighting in Vietnam falls in love with a former high school classmate who suffered a paralyzing combat injury in the war. Learn about Coming Home / IMDB / YouTube

A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart. Get info on Magic / IMDB / YouTube

A preteen girl lives as a prostitute in New Orleans in 1917. Read about Pretty Baby / IMDB / YouTube

A renowned actress teeters on the edge of a breakdown as she counts down the days toward a big Broadway opening. Details on Opening Night / IMDB / YouTube

A recently-returned Vietnam POW loses his family and his right hand during a violent home invasion, and seeks retribution against those responsible. Find out about Rolling Thunder / IMDB / YouTube

When three automotive factory workers who're struggling financially try to steal from their own labor union, they discover corruption, and reluctantly decide to use this information for blackmail. More about Blue Collar / IMDB / YouTube

The difficulties of a career burglar to reinsert himself after being released on parole. Explore Straight Time / IMDB / YouTube

At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany. See more about Julia / IMDB / YouTube

The story of the life and career of the early rock and roll singer, from his meteoric rise to stardom, to his marriage and untimely death. Check out The Buddy Holly Story / IMDB / YouTube

A rebellious Cleveland warehouse worker rises through the ranks of a trucking industry union to become union president but his organized crime links cause his eventual downfall. Details on F.I.S.T. / IMDB / YouTube

Misadventures of four groups of guests at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Check out California Suite / IMDB / YouTube

The sixth and final disciple of a dying martial arts master is instructed to find the master's five former disciples, each specializing in their own unique kung fu style, and defeat any evil ones amongst them. Get info on Five Deadly Venoms / IMDB / YouTube

A telekinetic novelist causes disasters simply by thinking about them. Look into The Medusa Touch / IMDB / YouTube