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Theme: Films of 1977

3 Women (1977)

31 May 201710 August 2023

Rating: ★★½

Cryptic Identity Exchange

Director: Robert Altman
Actors: Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Robert Fortier, Janice Rule, …
Category: Fantasy

Audrey Rose (1977)

6 January 200119 June 2021

Rating: ★★

Reincarnation/Courtroom Drama

Director: Robert Wise
Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Marsha Mason, Susan Swift, John Beck, …
Category: Horror

Blue Sunshine (1977)

9 June 19996 June 2024

Rating: ★★

LSD Flashbacks Create Psychos

Director: Jeff Lieberman
Actors: Zalman King, Deborah Winters, Robert Walden, Ray Young
Category: Horror

The Car (1977)

2 November 200122 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

Possessed Car

Director: Elliot Silverstein
Actors: James Brolin, Ronny Cox, Kathleen Lloyd, John Marley, …
Category: Horror

The Child (1977)

13 September 201615 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Evil Child

Director: Robert Voskanian
Category: Horror

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

4 November 20003 March 2023

Rating: ★★★★★

UFOs/Alien Contact

Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Richard Dreyfuss, Francois Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, …
Category: Science Fiction

Count Dracula (1977)

29 November 201430 January 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Dracula Adaptation

Director: Philip Saville
Actors: Louis Jourdan, Frank Finlay, Susan Penhaligon, Judi Bowker
Category: Horror

The Crater Lake Monster (1977)

17 May 201728 June 2024

Rating: ★

Monster in the Lake

Director: William R. Stromberg
Category: Science Fiction

Damnation Alley (1977)

4 January 200130 August 2022

Rating: 0­

Post-Apocalyptic Trek

Director: Jack Smight
Actors: Jan-Michael Vincent, George Peppard, Dominique Sanda, Paul Winfield, …
Category: Science Fiction

Day of the Animals (1977)

28 May 200123 September 2020

Rating: ★

Nature’s Revenge

Director: William Girdler
Actors: Christopher George, Leslie Nielsen, Michael Ansara, Jon Cedar, …
Category: Science Fiction, Horror

Demon Seed (1977)

15 February 200021 October 2023

Rating: ★

Computer Wants to Have Sex

Director: Donald Cammell
Actors: Julie Christie, Fritz Weaver, Robert Vaughn, Gerrit Graham
Category: Science Fiction

Dogs (1977)

20 February 202426 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Animals Attack

Director: Burt Brinckerhoff
Actors: David McCallum, Linda Gray, George Wyner
Category: Horror

Eaten Alive (1977)

21 November 200830 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Psycho Backwoods Motelier

Director: Tobe Hooper
Actors: Neville Brand, Marilyn Burns, Jose Ferrer, Robert Englund, …
Category: Horror

Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals (1977)

8 July 201321 July 2023

Rating: ★★

Erotica/Italian Cannibal Film

Director: Joe D'Amato
Actors: Laura Gemser, Gabriele Tinti, Donald O'Brien
Category: Horror

Empire of the Ants (1977)

1 February 20014 April 2023

Rating: 0­

Giant Atomic Ants

Director: Bert I. Gordon
Actors: Joan Collins, Robert Lansing, John David Carson, Pamela Susan Shoop, …
Category: Science Fiction

End of the World (1977)

14 November 20136 October 2020

Rating: ½

Aliens in a Convent/Looming End of the World

Director: John Hayes
Actors: Christopher Lee, Sue Lyon, Lew Ayres, Dean Jagger, …
Category: Science Fiction

Eraserhead (1977)

9 March 200125 October 2022

Rating: ★★★★½

Surrealist Weirdness

Director: David Lynch
Actors: Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Jeanne Bates
Category: Fantasy

Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

19 March 20102 November 2023

Rating: ★½

Demonic Possession

Director: John Boorman
Actors: Richard Burton, Linda Blair, Louise Fletcher, Kitty Winn, …
Category: Horror

The Extraordinary Adventures of the Mouse and His Child (1977)

5 July 200211 May 2021

Rating: ★

Animation/Windup Toy’s Quest

Director: Charles Swenson, Fred Wolf
Actors: Marcy Swenson, Peter Ustinov, Andy Devine, Cloris Leachman, …
Category: Fantasy

Fight For Your Life (1977)

13 November 200511 April 2023

Rating: ★★★½

Racial Assault and Brutality

Director: Robert A. Endelson
Actors: William Sanderson, Robert Judd
Category: Horror

Full Circle (1977)

14 September 200229 March 2021

Rating: ★★

Ghost Story

Director: Richard Loncraine
Actors: Mia Farrow, Tom Conti, Keir Dullea, Jill Bennett, …
Category: Horror

The Gestapo’s Last Orgy (1977)

24 August 20224 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Nazisploitation Film

Director: Cesare Canevari
Actors: Daniela Poggi, Adriano Micantoni
Category: Horror

Good Against Evil (1977)

23 January 202523 January 2025

Rating: ★★

Deviltry and Exorcism

Director: Paul Wendkos
Actors: Dack Rambo, Elyssa Davalos, Richard Lynch, Dan O'Herlihy, …
Category: Horror

Gulliver’s Travels (1977)

17 January 200121 August 2020

Rating: ★★½

Land of Little People

Director: Peter Hunt
Actors: Richard Harris, Catherine Schell
Category: Fantasy

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977)

2 January 201012 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Cute Car/Disney Comedy

Director: Vincent McEveety
Actors: Dean Jones, Don Knotts, Jacques Marin, Roy Kinnear, …
Category: Fantasy

The Hills Have Eyes (1977)

27 February 200312 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Backroads Brutality

Director: Wes Craven
Actors: Dee Wallace, Michael Berryman, Robert Houston, Virginia Vincent, …
Category: Horror

The Hobbit (1977)

3 September 20051 January 2025

Rating: ★★★

Epic Fantasy Adventure/Animation

Director: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr
Actors: Orson Bean, John Huston, Richard Boone, Hans Conreid, …
Category: Fantasy

Holocaust 2000 (1977)

8 April 200223 July 2021

Rating: ★★

The Anti-Christ

Director: Alberto de Martino
Actors: Kirk Douglas, Simon Ward, Agostina Belli, Massimo Foschi, …
Category: Horror

House (1977)

18 May 201012 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Gonzo Japanese Haunted House Film

Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi
Actors: Kimiko Ikegami
Category: Horror

Ilsa, The Tigress of Siberia (1977)

20 April 202120 April 2021

Rating: ★★½

Sadistic Woman Commandant

Director: Jean Lafleur
Actors: Dyanne Thorne, Terry Haig
Category: Horror

The Incredible Hulk (1977)

5 May 20034 September 2022

Rating: ★★½

Comic-Book Adaptation/The Rampaging Monster Within

Director: Kenneth Johnson
Actors: Bill Bixby, Lou Ferrigno, Jack Colvin
Category: Science Fiction

The Incredible Melting Man (1977)

16 May 199929 August 2021

Rating: ★★½

Melting Astronaut

Director: William Sachs
Actors: Burr DeBenning, Alex Rebar, Myron Healey, Michael Alldredge
Category: Science Fiction

The Island of Dr Moreau (1977)

19 November 20109 May 2023

Rating: ★★

Mad Scientist Creates Beast Men

Director: Don Taylor
Actors: Michael York, Burt Lancaster, Barbara Carrera, Nigel Davenport, …
Category: Science Fiction

Jabberwocky (1977)

21 December 200017 December 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Mediaeval Quest Black Comedy

Director: Terry Gilliam
Actors: Michael Palin, Harry H. Corbett, Max Wall, Warren Mitchell, …
Category: Fantasy

Land of the Minotaur (1977)

17 January 201024 December 2024

Rating: 0­

Minotaur-Worshipping Cult

Director: Costas Carayiannis
Actors: Donald Pleasence, Peter Cushing, Luan Peters
Category: Horror

Last Cannibal World (1977)

2 February 20159 June 2023

Rating: ★★★

Italian Cannibal Film

Director: Ruggero Deodato
Actors: Massimo Foschi, Me Me Lai, Ivan Rassimov
Category: Horror

The Last Dinosaur (1977)

11 July 201715 August 2022

Rating: ★★

Prehistoric Lost World

Director: Alex Grasshoff, Tom Kotani
Actors: Richard Boone, Joan Van Ark, Steven Keats
Category: Science Fiction

The Last House on Dead End Street (1977)

22 April 201425 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Snuff Filmmaking

Director: Victor Janos, Roger Michael Watkins
Category: Horror

The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1977)

19 October 200327 March 2024

Rating: ★★★

Teenage Girl Kills Intruders Psycho-Thriller

Director: Nicholas Gessner
Actors: Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Scott Jacoby, Mort Shuman, …
Category: Horror

The Mighty Peking Man (1977)

9 April 200128 July 2019

Rating: ★

Giant Ape

Director: Ho Meng-Hua
Actors: Evelyne Kraft, Li Hsiu-Hsien, Feng Ku
Category: Science Fiction

Nightmare in Blood (1977)

10 March 202010 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Horror Actor is a Vampire

Director: John Stanley
Category: Horror

Oh, God! (1977)

12 November 200213 June 2020

Rating: ★★½

The Almighty Appears Comedy

Director: Carl Reiner
Actors: George Burns, John Denver, Teri Garr, Paul Sorvino, …
Category: Fantasy

Orca (1977)

6 August 200022 February 2022

Rating: ★★★

Killer Whale

Director: Michael Anderson
Actors: Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling, Bo Derek, Will Sampson, …
Category: Horror

The Pack (1977)

18 October 200426 June 2025

Rating: ★★★

Killer Dogs

Director: Robert Clouse
Actors: Joe Don Baker, Richard B. Shull, Hope Alexander-Willis, Richard O'Brien, …
Category: Horror

The People That Time Forgot (1977)

21 April 20083 February 2025

Rating: ★★★

Prehistoric Lost World

Director: Kevin Connor
Actors: Patrick Wayne, Sarah Douglas, Doug McClure, Thorley Walters, …
Category: Science Fiction

Pete’s Dragon (1977)

29 March 19993 January 2024

Rating: ★★

Boy and Invisible Dragon/Disney Film

Director: Don Chaffey
Actors: Helen Reddy, Mickey Rooney, Shelley Winters, Sean Marshall, …
Category: Fantasy

Planet of Dinosaurs (1977)

14 April 201610 February 2025

Rating: ★★

Survival on a Dinosaur-Inhabited Planet

Director: James K. Shea
Actors: Louie Lawless, James Whitworth, Michael Thayer
Category: Science Fiction

The Possessed (1977)

5 March 202015 August 2021

Rating: ★

Evil Happenings at a Girl’s Boarding School

Director: Jerry Thorpe
Actors: James Farentino, Joan Hackett, Claudette Nevins, Ann Dusenberry, …
Category: Horror

Providence (1977)

25 February 200625 August 2020

Rating: ★★★

Meta-Fiction

Director: Alain Resnais
Actors: John Gielgud, Dirk Bogarde, Ellen Burstyn, David Warner, …
Category: Fantasy

The Psychic (1977)

21 May 201328 March 2024

Rating: ★★

Clairvoyance Thriller

Director: Lucio Fulci
Actors: Jennifer O'Neill, Gianni Garko, Gabriele Ferzetti, Ida Galli
Category: Horror

Rabid (1977)

11 December 19993 February 2020

Rating: ★★★

Parasitic Skin Graft

Director: David Cronenberg
Actors: Marilyn Chambers, Frank Moore, Joe Silver, Susan Roman, …
Category: Horror

Rollercoaster (1977)

18 March 200514 May 2024

Rating: ★★★

Psycho Bomber

Director: James Goldstone
Actors: George Segal, Timothy Bottoms, Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, …
Category: Horror

Ruby (1977)

2 August 199917 November 2021

Rating: ★★★

Haunted Drive-In/Possession

Director: Curtis Harrington
Actors: Piper Laurie, Stuart Whitman, Roger Davis, Janit Baldwin
Category: Horror

Schock (1977)

30 May 201415 October 2020

Rating: ★★★

Possible Haunting/Possible Hallucinations

Director: Mario Bava
Actors: Daria Nicolodi, David Colin Jr, John Steiner
Category: Horror

The Sentinel (1977)

15 February 200010 March 2025

Rating: ★

Haunted Apartment/Gateway to Hell

Director: Michael Winner
Actors: Cristina Raines, Chris Sarandon, Burgess Meredith, Eli Wallach, …
Category: Horror

Shadow of Chikara (1977)

9 March 200011 February 2020

Rating: ★★★

Western Quest/Cursed Mountain

Director: Earl E. Smith
Actors: Joe Don Baker, Sondra Locke, Ted Neeley, Grady Wyatt, …
Category: Horror

Shock Waves (1977)

4 April 20003 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Nazi Zombies

Director: Ken Wiederhorn
Actors: Peter Cushing, Brooke Adams, John Carradine, Luke Halpin, …
Category: Horror

Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)

15 July 200214 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Arabian Nights Adventure

Director: Sam Wanamaker
Actors: Patrick Wayne, Jane Seymour, Taryn Power, Patrick Troughton, …
Category: Fantasy

Sleeping Dogs (1977)

16 December 201418 February 2020

Rating: ★★★

New Zealand Dystopia

Director: Roger Donaldson
Actors: Sam Neill, Ian Mune, Warren Oates
Category: Science Fiction

Space Cruiser Yamato (1977)

11 September 200120 March 2025

Rating: ★★½

Anime Space Opera

Director: Yoshinobu Nishizaki, Gino Tanasescu
Category: Science Fiction

Spectre (1977)

21 October 200731 October 2024

Rating: ★★★

Occult Investigators

Director: Clive Donner
Actors: Robert Culp, Gig Young, John Hurt, Ann Bell, …
Category: Horror

Spider-Man (1977)

29 March 20013 December 2021

Rating: ★

Comic-Book Superhero

Director: E.W. Swackhamer
Actors: Nicholas Hammond, Thayer David, David White, Michael Pataki, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

16 July 200022 April 2025

Rating: ★★

James Bond Film

Director: Lewis Gilbert
Actors: Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Curt Jurgens, Richard Kiel, …
Category: Science Fiction

Star Wars (1977)

16 December 20009 September 2023

Rating: ★★★★★

Space Opera

Director: George Lucas
Actors: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness, …
Category: Science Fiction

Starship Invasions (1977)

1 October 200122 September 2022

Rating: ★★★

UFO Invasion

Director: Ed Hunt
Actors: Christopher Lee, Robert Vaughn, Daniel Pilon, Helen Shaver
Category: Science Fiction

The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver (1977)

4 August 201623 March 2023

Rating: ★★

Possessed Housewife

Director: Gordon Hessler
Actors: Karen Black, George Hamilton, Robert F. Lyons, Jean Allison, …
Category: Horror

Suspiria (1977)

5 December 200015 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Witchcraft in a Girl’s School

Director: Dario Argento
Actors: Jessica Harper, Alida Valli, Joan Bennett, Udo Kier
Category: Horror

Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo (1977)

24 June 202524 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Spider Takeover

Director: Stuart Hagmann
Actors: Claude Akins, Charles Frank, Bert Remsen, Deborah Winters, …
Category: Horror

Tentacles (1977)

11 June 202511 June 2025

Rating: 0­

Giant Octopus

Director: Ovidio G. Assonitis
Actors: John Huston, Shelley Winters, Bo Hopkins, Claude Akins, …
Category: Science Fiction

Tintorera (1977)

22 February 20221 August 2023

Rating: ★★★

Killer Shark Film

Director: Rene Cardona Jr
Actors: Hugo Stiglitz, Susan George, Andres Garcia, Fiona Lewis, …
Category: Horror

Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)

2 April 200412 May 2025

Rating: ★★

Nuclear Missile Silo Hijacking

Director: Robert Aldrich
Actors: Burt Lancaster, Charles Durning, Richard Widmark, Paul Winfield, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Uncanny (1977)

6 July 199930 September 2023

Rating: ★★

Cat Horror Anthology

Director: Denis Heroux
Actors: Peter Cushing, Donald Pleasence, Ray Milland, Susan Penhaligon, …
Category: Horror

Victor Frankenstein (1977)

14 September 202115 September 2021

Rating: ★★★

Frankenstein Adaptation

Director: Calvin Floyd
Actors: Leon Vitali, Per Oscarsson, Nicholas Clay, Stacey Dorning, …
Category: Horror

Welcome to Blood City (1977)

31 July 20008 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Western Simulation in Virtual Reality

Director: Peter Sasdy
Actors: Keir Dullea, Jack Palance, Samantha Eggar, Chris Wiggins, …
Category: Science Fiction

The White Buffalo (1977)

7 November 201826 June 2021

Rating: ★★★

Western/Hunt for a Mythic Buffalo

Director: J. Lee Thompson
Actors: Charles Bronson, Jack Warden, Will Sampson, Slim Pickens, …
Category: Fantasy

Wizards (1977)

3 May 200325 April 2025

Rating: ★★★

Post-Holocaust Sword and Sorcery/Animation

Director: Ralph Bakshi
Actors: Bob Holt, Richard Romanus, David Proval, Mark Hamill, …
Category: Fantasy, Science Fiction

The Worm Eaters (1977)

6 May 20205 January 2022

Rating: ★★★

Man and His Worms/Worm-Human Hybrids

Director: Herb Robins
Category: Horror

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