# List of LGBTQ-related films of 1978

This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer-related films released in 1978. It contains theatrically released films that deal with important gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or queer characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device.

## Films

| Title | Director | Country | Genre | Cast | Notes |
| A Question of Love | William Blinn | United States | Drama | Gena Rowlands, Jane Alexander, Ned Beatty, Clu Gulager, Bonnie Bedelia |
| La Cage aux Folles | Edouard Molinaro | France Italy | Comedy | Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Claire Maurier, Rémi Laurent, Carmen Scarpitta, Benny Luke, Luisa Maneri and Michel Galabru | Co-written by Jean Poiret, based on his play of the same name |
| California Suite | Herbert Ross | United States | Comedy, romance | Maggie Smith, Alan Alda, Jane Fonda, Michael Caine, Walter Matthau, Elaine May, Herb Edelman, Denise Galik, Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, Gloria Gifford, Sheila Frazier and Dana Plato | Screenplay by Neil Simon, based on his play of the same name |
| A Different Story | Paul Aaron | United States | Drama | Meg Foster, Perry King, Valerie Curtin, Peter Donat, Richard Bull, Barbara Collentine, Guerin Barry, Doug Higgins, Lisa James and Burke Byrnes | |
| El diputado | Eloy de la Iglesia | Spain | Drama | José 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 | Arturo Ripstein | Mexico | Drama | Roberto 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 | Arthur J. Bressan Jr. | United States | Documentary | | About Gay Pride Marches. |
| Un hombre llamado Flor de Otoño | Pedro Olea | Spain | Drama | José Sacristán, Francisco Algora, Carmen Carbonell, Roberto Camardiel, Carlos Piñeiro, José Franco, Antonio Corencia, Antonio Gamero, Félix Dafauce, Carlos Lucena, María Rivas (credited as Maria de las Rivas), María Elena Flores, Mimí Muñoz, Marisa Porcel and Víctor Israel | Aka A Man Called Autumn Flower |
| In a Year of 13 Moons | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | West Germany | Drama | Volker 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 | Derek Jarman | United Kingdom | Drama, music | Jenny Runacre, Nell Campbell, Toyah Willcox, Jordan, Hermine Demoriane, Ian Charleson, Karl Johnson, Linda Spurrier, Jack Birkett, Jayne County, Richard O'Brien, Adam Ant, Helen Wellington-Lloyd, Claire Davenport, Barney James, Lindsay Kemp, Gene October, David Brandon, Siouxsie Sioux and Steven Severin | |
| Just a Gigolo | David Hemmings | West Germany | Drama | David Bowie, Sydne Rome, Kim Novak, David Hemmings, Maria Schell, Curd Jürgens, Marlene Dietrich, Erika Pluhar, Hilde Weissner, Werner Pochath, Rudolf Schündler and Evelyn Künneke | |
| Killer Nun | Giulio Berruti | Italy | Drama, horror, mystery | Anita Ekberg, Joe Dallesandro, Alida Valli, Lou Castel, Paola Morra, Massimo Serato, Daniele Dublino, Laura Nucci, Alice Gherardi, Lee De Barriault, Ileana Fraia, Antonietta Patriarca, Sofia Lusy, Nerina Montagnani and Franco Caracciolo | Also known as Suor Omicidi, or Deadly Habits |
| Let Me Die a Woman | Doris Wishman | United States | Documentary | | |
| Midnight Express | Alan Parker | United States United Kingdom | Drama | Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paolo Bonacelli, Paul L. Smith, Randy Quaid, Norbert Weisser, John Hurt, Kevork Malikyan, Yashaw Adem, Mike Kellin, Franco Diogene, Michael Ensign, Gigi Ballista, Peter Jeffrey and Michael Yannatos | Based on the autobiographical book of the same name by Billy Hayes and William Hoffer |
| Nighthawks | Ron Peck | United Kingdom | Drama | Ken 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 | Antônio Calmon | Brazil | Drama, Comedy | André 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 | Ventura Pons | Spain | Documentary | | About the Spanish painter José Pérez Ocaña |
| El sacerdote | Eloy de la Iglesia | Spain | Drama | Simón Andreu, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, Esperanza Roy, José Franco, Ramón Reparaz, José Vivó, África Pratt and Queta Claver | aka The Priest |
| The Users | Joseph Hardy | United States | Drama | Jaclyn Smith, Tony Curtis, Red Buttons | |
| Women in Cellblock 9 | Jesús Franco (as Jess Franco) | Switzerland | Action, horror | Karine Gambier | |
| You Are Not Alone | Ernst Johansen, Lasse Nielsen | Denmark | Romantic, drama | Anders 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 |