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Movie Summaries & Endings Explained from the 1970s
2,399 movies from the 1970s, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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Terror
1978 · Horror
Warlords of Atlantis
1978 · Adventure
Jaganmohini
1978 · Horror
Message from Space
1978 · Action
The Place Without Limits
1978 · Drama
The Manitou
1978 · Sci-Fi
F.I.S.T.
1978 · Drama
Life Gamble
1978 · Action
The Last Waltz
1978 · Music
Ringo
1978 · Music
Same Time, Next Year
1978 · Comedy
Almost Summer
1978 · Comedy
Lemon Popsicle
1978 · Comedy
Kasme Vaade
1978 · Drama
The Medusa Touch
1978 · Sci-Fi
Rabbit Test
1978 · Comedy
Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se
1978 · Romance
The Green Room
1978 · History
Pretty Baby
1978 · Drama
The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting
1978 · Drama
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
1978 · Comedy
Deathsport
1978 · Action
Getting to Know the Big Wide World
1978 · Drama
The True Game of Death
1978 · Action
The Mafu Cage
1978 · Horror
An Enemy of the People
1978 · Drama
Grand Slam
1978 · Comedy
American Hot Wax
1978 · Drama
Women in Cellblock 9
1978 · Crime
Straight Time
1978 · Drama
House Calls
1978 · Romance
The Big Sleep
1978 · Crime
Aayiram Jenmangal
1978 · Drama
Gray Lady Down
1978 · Drama
Return from Witch Mountain
1978 · Adventure
The Fury
1978 · Sci-Fi
An Unmarried Woman
1978 · Drama
Nest of Vipers
1978 · Romance
Avalude Ravukal
1978 · Drama
The Toolbox Murders
1978 · Mystery
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