Australian and New Zealand films of 1978

179 films recorded for 1978; 43 have a full page. Sorted by release date where known.

43 films2 series

Drama · 8 Horror · 7 Thriller · 3 Comedy · 2 Crime · 2 Comedy drama · 2

Films

Title	Director	Genre	Min	Awards
The ABC of Love and Sex: Australia Style	John D. Lamond	—	87
Weekend of Shadows	Tom Jeffrey	—	—
Adventures of a Plumber's Mate	Stanley Long	Comedy, Sex	88
The Shout	Jerzy Skolimowski	Drama, Horror	84	1
Fedora	Billy Wilder	Drama, Flashback	113
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith	Fred Schepisi	Western, Bushranging	120	2
The Wild Geese	Andrew V. McLaglen	Drama, War	131
Newsfront	Phillip Noyce	Drama	110	7
Long Weekend	Colin Eggleston	Horror, Animal horror	92	2
Patrick	Richard Franklin	Horror	96	1
International Velvet	Bryan Forbes	Drama	114
Death Train	Igor Auzins	Thriller	—
Skin Deep	Geoff Steven	—	—
A Good Thing Going TV film	Arch Nicholson	—	—
Barnaby and Me	Norman Panama	Crime	90
Because He's My Friend	Ralph Nelson	Drama	—
Bit Part	Eric Tayler	Comedy	—
Blue Fin	Carl Schultz	Independent	—
Cass TV film	Chris Noonan	—	—
Demolition	Kevin Dobson	Thriller	—
Dominique	Michael Anderson	Horror	96
Harvest of Hate TV film	Michael Thornhill	—	—
Hospitals Don't Burn Down Short film	Brian Trenchard-Smith	Documentary	24
Little Boy Lost	Terry Bourke	Drama	—
Loss of Innocence TV film	Michael Carson	—	—
Money Movers	Bruce Beresford	Heist	92
Mouth to Mouth	John Duigan	—	96
Plunge Into Darkness TV film	Peter Maxwell	—	—
Ripkin	Frank Arnold	—	—
Roses Bloom Twice TV film	David Stevens	—	—
Sammy's Super T-Shirt	Jeremy Summers	Children's	58
She'll Be Sweet	Gene Levitt	—	—
Temperament Unsuited	Ken Cameron	—	—
The Alternative	Paul Eddey	Drama	—
The Cat and the Canary	Radley Metzger	Horror, Crime	89
The Comeback	Pete Walker	Horror, Mystery	93	1
The Irishman	Donald Crombie	Romance	106
The Medusa Touch	Jack Gold	Horror, Science fiction	105
The Night the Prowler	Jim Sharman	Comedy drama	100
The Playbirds	Willy Roe	Comedy drama	91
The Scalp Merchant TV film	Howard Rubie	—	—
Third Person Plural	James Ricketson	—	—
The Thirty Nine Steps	Don Sharp	Action, Spy	102

TV series premiered in 1978

Series	From	To	Network	Episodes
The Daryl and Ossie Show	1978	1978	Network 10	40
Against the Wind Miniseries	1978	1978	Seven Network	13