Top 27 Thriller Movies Highly Recommended Released in 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. See more about Halloween / IMDB / YouTube

During an escalating zombie epidemic, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter and his TV executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall. Details on Dawn of the Dead / IMDB / YouTube

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

Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters. Details on Jaws 2 / 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. Info on Watership Down / IMDB / YouTube

Damien the Antichrist, now about to turn thirteen years old, finally learns of his destiny under the guidance of an unholy disciple of Satan. Meanwhile dark forces begin to eliminate all those who suspect the child's true identity. Learn about Damien: Omen II / IMDB / YouTube

An aspiring writer is repeatedly assaulted, humiliated, and left for dead by four men she systematically hunts down to seek revenge. Read about I Spit on Your Grave / IMDB / YouTube

A Nazi hunter in Paraguay discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich. Get info on The Boys from Brazil / 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. Look into Capricorn One / IMDB / YouTube

When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal. Look into Piranha / 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. Check out Coma / IMDB / YouTube

A getaway driver becomes the latest assignment for a tenacious detective. Look into The Driver / IMDB / YouTube

A former CIA agent uses the talents of a young psychic to help retrieve his telekinetic son from a shadowy secret government agency. Details on The Fury / IMDB / YouTube

A San Francisco librarian picks up a hitchhiker whose car has broken down, which leads to her being stalked and hunted by shady individuals. A cop she briefly met during a function eventually comes to her rescue. Read about Foul Play / 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. Info on The Wild Geese / IMDB / YouTube

Fashion photographer Laura Mars, whose photographs contain violent images, develops the ability to see through a killer's eyes. Those around her include her driver Tommy, her manager Donald, her ex-husband Michael, and policeman John. Find out about Eyes of Laura Mars / 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. Check out Rolling Thunder / IMDB / YouTube

Don, a wanted criminal, dies in a police chase. DSP D'Silva is the only one who knows about his death, and to get hold of the gang he trains Don-lookalike Vijay. But Vijay faces danger from the police and from within the gang. Info on Don / IMDB / YouTube

At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany. Find out about Julia / 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. Info on F.I.S.T. / IMDB / YouTube

Deadly African bees spread over Texas and kill thousands of people. Scientists led by Bradford Crane and Captain Helena Anderson try to find an antidote and destroy the swarm - against the advice of Army General Thalius Slater. See more about The Swarm / IMDB / YouTube

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

Berlin, 1923. Following the suicide of his brother, American circus acrobat Abel Rosenberg attempts to survive while facing unemployment, depression, alcoholism and the social decay of Germany during the Weimar Republic. Info on The Serpent's Egg / IMDB / YouTube

San Francisco, 1940, detectives, dames, documents, Nazis, and a treasure. Learn about The Cheap Detective / IMDB / YouTube

A grizzled American private detective in England investigates a complicated case of blackmail-turned-murder involving a rich but honest elderly general, his two loose socialite daughters, a pornographer, and a gangster. Get info on The Big Sleep / IMDB / YouTube

A woman is being watched in her apartment by a stranger, who also calls and torments her. A cat-and-mouse game begins. Get info on Someone's Watching Me! / IMDB / YouTube

A ski-masked maniac kills apartment complex tenants with the contents of a toolbox. Get info on The Toolbox Murders / IMDB / YouTube