List of LGBT-related films of 1978 explained

Films

TitleDirectorCountryGenreCastNotes
A Question of Love United States Drama Gena Rowlands, Jane Alexander, Ned Beatty, Clu Gulager, Bonnie Bedelia
France
Italy
ComedyCo-written by Jean Poiret, based on his play of the same name
California Suite United States Comedy, romanceScreenplay by Neil Simon, based on his play of the same name
United States Drama
El diputado Spain DramaJosé Sacristán, María Luisa San José, José Luis Alonso, Enrique Vivó, Agustín González, Queta Claver and Ángel Pardo Aka Confessions of a Congressman
El lugar sin límites Mexico DramaRoberto Cobo, Lucha Villa, Ana Martín, Gonzalo Vega, Julián Pastor, Carmen Salinas, Fernando Soler, Emma Roldán, Hortensia Santoveña, Blanca Torres, Marta Aura and Tere Olmedo Aka The Place Without Limits
Gay USA United States DocumentaryAbout Gay Pride Marches.[1]
Un hombre llamado Flor de Otoño Spain DramaAka A Man Called Autumn Flower
In a Year of 13 Moons West Germany DramaVolker Spengler, Ingrid Caven, Gottfried John, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Eva Mattes, Günther Kaufmann, Lilo Pempeit (credited as Liselotte Pempeit), Isolde Barth, Karl Scheydt, Walter Bockmayer, Peter Kollek, Bob Dorsay and Gerhard Zwerenz Lilo Pempeit was director Fassbinder's mother
Jubilee United Kingdom Drama, music
Just a Gigolo West Germany Drama
Killer Nun Italy Drama, horror, mysteryAlso known as Suor Omicidi, or Deadly Habits
Let Me Die a Woman United States Documentary
Midnight Express United States
United Kingdom
DramaBased on the autobiographical book of the same name by Billy Hayes and William Hoffer
Nighthawks United Kingdom DramaKen Robertson, Tony Westrope, Rachel Nicholas James, Maureen Dolan, Stuart Turton (credited as Stuart Craig Turton), Clive Peters, Robert Merrick, Frank Dilbert, Peter Radmall and Ernest Brightmore
Nos Embalos de Ipanema Brazil Drama, ComedyAndré de Biase, Angelina Muniz, Zaira Zambelli, Paulo Villaça, Roberto Bonfim, Selma Egrei, Gracinda Freire, Yara Amaral, Suzy Arruda, Jacqueline Laurence, Mauro Mendonça, Stepan Nercessian and Flávio São Thiago (credited as Flavio Sao Thiago)
Ocaña, retrat intermitent Spain DocumentaryAbout the Spanish painter José Pérez Ocaña
El sacerdote Spain Dramaaka The Priest
The Users United States Drama
Women in Cellblock 9 Jesús Franco (as Jess Franco) Switzerland Action, horror Karine Gambier
You Are Not Alone Denmark Romantic, dramaAnders Agensø, Peter Bjerg, Ove Sprogøe, Elin Reimer, Jan Jørgensen, Jørn Faurschou, Merete Axelberg, John Hahn-Petersen, Hugo Herrestrup, Beatrice Palner, Aske Jacoby and Ole Meyer aka Du er ikke alene

Notes and References

  1. Richard Meran Barsam