# List of Soviet films of 1978
## 1978

| Title | Original title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1978 ||||||
| 31 June | 31 июня | Leonid Kvinikhidze | Nikolai Yeryomenko M., Natalya Trubnikova, Vladimir Zeldin, Vladimir Etush, Lyubov Polishchuk | Musical, Fantasy | |
| Balamut | Баламут | Vladimir Rogovoy | Vadim Andreev | Comedy | |
| Catch the Wind | Ищи ветра… | Vladimir Lyubomudrov | Konstantin Grígoryev | Drama | |
| Centaurs | Кентавры | Vytautas Žalakevičius | Donatas Banionis, Regimantas Adomaitis | Drama | |
| Citizen Nikanorova Waits for You | Вас ожидает гражданка Никанорова | Leonid Maryagin | Natalya Gundareva | Comedy | |
| D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers | Д'Артаньян и три мушкетёра | Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich | Mikhail Boyarsky, Veniamin Smekhov, Igor Starygin, Valentin Smirnitsky | Adventure, musical | |
| Dawns Are Kissing | Целуются зори | Sergey Nikonenko | Boris Saburov | Comedy | |
| The Dog in the Manger | Собака на сене | Yan Frid | Margarita Terekhova, Mikhail Boyarsky, Igor Dmitriev | Musical, comedy | |
| A Dog walked along the Piano | Шла собака по роялю | Vladimir Grammatikov | Alyona Kishchik | Comedy | |
| Errors of Youth | Ошибки юности | Boris Frumin | Nina Arkhipova, Nikolai Karachentsov, Marina Neyolova, Nikolai Penkov, Natalya Varley, Mikhail Vaskov | Drama | Screened at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival |
| A Fantastic Tale | Чудеса в решете | Andrei Khrzhanovsky | | Animation | |
| Father Sergius | Отец Сергий | Igor Talankin | Sergei Bondarchuk, Valentina Titova | Drama | |
| Five Evenings | Пять вечеров | Nikita Mikhalkov | Stanislav Lyubshin | Drama | |
| Getting to Know the Big, Wide World | Познавая белый свет | Kira Muratova | Nina Ruslanova | Drama | |
| A Hunting Accident | Мой ласковый и нежный зверь | Emil Loteanu | Galina Belyayeva, Oleg Yankovskiy, Kirill Lavrov, Leonid Markov, Svetlana Toma, Grigore Grigoriu | Romantic Drama | Entered into the 1978 Cannes Film Festival |
| In the Zone of Special Attention | В зоне особого внимания | Andrei Malyukov | Boris Galkin, Mihai Volontir, Anatoly Kuznetsov | Action | |
| The Lonely Voice of Man | Одинокий голос человека | Alexander Sokurov | Tatyana Goryacheva | Drama | |
| Lone Wolf | Бирюк | Roman Balayan | Mikhail Golubovich | Drama | Entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival |
| The New Adventures of Captain Wrongel | Новые приключения капитана Врунгеля | Gennady Vasilyev | Mikhail Pugovkin | Musical | |
| Old Fashioned Comedy | Старомодная комедия | Era Savelyeva, Tatyana Berezantseva | Alisa Freindlich | Melodrama | |
| Pugachev | Емельян Пугачёв | Aleksei Saltykov | Yevgeny Matveyev, Vija Artmane, Pyotr Glebov, Grigore Grigoriu, Viktor Pavlov, Tamara Syomina | Biopic | All-Union Film Festival Special Prize for Historical Film |
| School Waltz | Школьный вальс | Pavel Lyubimov | Elena Tsyplakova, Sergey Nasibov, Yury Solomin | Drama | |
| Stowaway | Безбилетная пассажирка | Yuri Pobedonostsev | Tatyana Dogileva | Comedy | |
| Summer Trip to the Sea | Летняя поездка к морю | Semyon Aranovich | Igor Fokin | Drama | |
| The Tavern on Pyatnitskaya | Трактир на Пятницкой | Aleksandr Faintsimmer | Gennadiy Korolkov, Tamara Syomina, Konstantin Grigoriev, Lev Prygunov, Nikolai Eremenko, Aleksandr Galibin | Crime drama | |
| Territory | Территория | Aleksander Surin | Donatas Banionis, Vladimir Letenkov | Adventure | |
| The Turning Point | Поворот | Vadim Abdrashitov | Oleg Yankovsky | Drama | |
| Where were you, Odysseus? | Где ты был, Одиссей? | Timur Zoloyev | Donatas Banionis, Anatoli Romashin | War | |
| The Wind of Travel | Ветер странствий | Yuri Yegorov | Galina Astakhova | Drama | |
| The Woman who Sings | Женщина, которая поёт | Aleksandr Orlov | Alla Pugacheva, Alla Budnitskaya | Musical | |
| Young Wife | Молодая жена | Leonid Menaker | Anna Kamenkova | Drama | |