1978

1. The Tree of Wooden Clogs (Ermanno Olmi)
2. The Last Waltz (Martin Scorsese)
3. Halloween (John Carpenter)
4. National Lampoon's Animal House (John Landis)
5. Dawn of the Dead (George Romero)
6. Gates of Heaven (Errol Morris)
7. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Philip Kaufman)
8. The Fury (Brian De Palma)
9. Autumn Sonata (Ingmar Bergman)
10. Five Deadly Venoms (Chang Cheh)
11. Who'll Stop the Rain? (Karol Reisz)

Almost There: The Buddy Holly Story (Steve Rash), Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick), The Driver (Walter Hill), Interiors (Woody Allen), Revenge of the Pink Panther (Blake Edwards), The Shout (Jerzy Skolimowski), Straight Time (Ulu Grosbard), Superman (Richard Donner).

Have Yet to See: Blue Collar (Paul Schrader), Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (Bertrand Blier), The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (Liu Chia-Liang), Watership Down (Martin Rosen).