Subgenre Sampler
Boys from Brazil, The (1978)- Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Gregory Peck, James Mason… - Ira Levin's novel makes for an ingenious if implausible thriller with obsessed Nazi–hunter Laurence Olivier trying to scupper super–Nazi…
Boys in Company C, The (1978)- Dir. Sidney J. Furie
Feat. Stan Shaw, Andrew Stevens, R. Lee Ermey… - A rugged and absurdist action film about young soldiers scarred by the horrors and blunders of war. Faintly critical of America’s involvement, this…
Coming Home (1978)- Dir. Hal Ashby
Feat. Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern - A provocative weepie about the effects of the Vietnam war on the relatives at home. Jane Fonda involves herself with paraplegic veteran Jon Voight.
Deer Hunter, The (1978)
- Dir. Michael Cimino
Feat. Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep - A grimly realistic portrait of how the atrocities of the Vietnam war have an effect on a group of friends. Robert De Niro heads a virtuoso cast in…
Four Feathers, The (1978)- Dir. Don Sharp
Feat. Jane Seymour, Beau Bridges, Robert Powell - Fine costume drama, based on A E W Mason's classic tale of a British officer charged with cowardice, who regains his honour and his love, during an…
Go Tell the Spartans (1978)- Dir. Ted Post
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Craig Wasson, David Clennon… - Set in the early stages of the conflict in Vietnam, Lancaster plays a Major who, with a small band of untested soldiers, is ordered to hold a small…
Holocaust (TV Mini-series) (1978)
- Dir. Marvin J. Chomsky
Feat. Meryl Streep, James Woods, Michael Moriaty… - Captivating saga of a Jewish family shattered by the rise of the Nazis. One of the top–rating and best quality mini–series of the 1970s.
Inglorious Bastards (Quel maledetto treno blindato) (1978)- Dir. Enzo G. Castellari
Feat. Bo Svenson, Fred Williamson, Ian Bannen - Enjoyably sleazy cult war film following a group of shamed American soldiers who manage to escape their captives en route to military prison, only to…
Unknown War, The (1978)- Burt Lancaster narrates this enormous 20–part documentary series on the conflict between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.
Who'll Stop The Rain? (Dog Soldiers) (1978)- Dir. Karel Reisz
Feat. Nick Nolte, Tuesday Weld, Michael Moriarty… - Classic post–Vietnam War thriller has journalist Moriarty ditching his journalistic career for heroin–smuggling, recruiting wife Weld and…
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