Films of 1978
1978 was the least ambiguous year of its era.
Across 59 well-known films, 1978 reads lower on ambiguity than the decade around it — 26.3 against 33.3, a gap of 7.0. Every year is measured against its own era rather than against all of cinema, because a slow trend is not a year’s signature.
The best-liked films of 1978
The Deer Hunter
8.0 / 10
Autumn Sonata
8.0 / 10
Halloween
7.6 / 10
Dawn of the Dead
7.5 / 10
Days of Heaven
7.5 / 10
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
7.5 / 10
Grease
7.4 / 10
Midnight Express
7.4 / 10
Drunken Master
7.4 / 10
Superman
7.2 / 10
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
7.2 / 10
Watership Down
7.2 / 10
The most singular films of 1978
Highest Cinnamon Scores of the year, leaving out anything already listed above. Not the best films of 1978 — the ones you cannot get anywhere else.
Death on the Nile
Cinnamon 76
The Driver
Cinnamon 68
French Fried Vacation
Cinnamon 58
Damien - Omen II
Cinnamon 55
Animal House
Cinnamon 51
Every Which Way but Loose
Cinnamon 51
Game of Death
Cinnamon 49
Up in Smoke
Cinnamon 44
The Lord of the Rings
Cinnamon 43
Day of the Woman
Cinnamon 39
Piranha
Cinnamon 37
Jaws 2
Cinnamon 26