1979 Watchlist
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1. Uthiri Pookkal (1979)
143 min | Drama
A hedonist/sadist makes life hell for everyone around him.
Director: J. Mahendran | Stars: Ashwini, Sarath Babu, Sunder, Vijayan
Votes: 297
HIGHLY RATED PAGE 1
2. West Indies (1979)
110 min | Drama, Musical
This vast musical fresco covers hundreds of years of history from enslavement to 20th-century immigration. Set on an enormous slave ship and boasts a dazzling array of brilliant choreography, wide-ranging musical styles and sharp satire.
Director: Med Hondo | Stars: Cyril Aventurin, Fernand Berset, Roland Bertin, Gérald Bloncourt
Votes: 198
HIGHLY RATED PAGE 1
3. No Longer Kids (1979 TV Movie)
236 min | Comedy
After discovering that their father is having an affair and planning to escape with a woman , four siblings try their best to stop him.
Director: Samir Al Asfory | Stars: Sa'eed Saleh, Younes Shalaby, Ahmed Zaki, Nadia Shukri
Votes: 1,312
HIGHLY RATED PAGE 1. maybe tv movie
4. We Are the Bus People (1979)
138 min | Drama, History, Thriller
Adel Imam and neighbour Abdel Moneim Madbouly are taken to a Police station after an altercation with a bus conductor. They are mistakenly arrested with a group of suspected terrorists and taken to a maximum security jail.
Director: Hussein Kamal | Stars: Adel Emam, Abdel Moneim Madbouly, Saeed Abdulghani, Essad Youniss
Votes: 1,321
5. Gol Maal (1979)
Not Rated | 120 min | Comedy, Romance
A man's simple lie to secure his job escalates into more complex lies when his orthodox boss gets suspicious.
Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Stars: Amol Palekar, Bindiya Goswami, Deven Verma, Shobha Khote
Votes: 20,071
Highly praised
6. Starting Over (1979)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Romance
A divorced man falls in love, but somehow he can't get over his ex-wife. This affects his love life in comic ways. Based on Dan Wakefield's novel.
Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh, Candice Bergen, Charles Durning
Votes: 3,241 | Gross: $41.64M
oscar noms. High criticism in letterboxd. Divisive film
7. From the Cloud to the Resistance (1979)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama
Two segments. The first one arranges six stories from Cesare Pavese's "Dialoghi con Leucò", taken from classical mythology. The second segment is taken from Pavese's novel "La luna e i falò... See full summary »
Directors: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub | Stars: Olimpia Carlisi, Guido Lombardi, Gino Felici, Lori Pelosini
Votes: 483
HIGHLY RATED PAGE 1
8. The Brood (1979)
R | 92 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A man tries to uncover an unconventional psychologist's therapy techniques on his institutionalized wife, amidst a series of brutal murders.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, Art Hindle, Henry Beckman
Votes: 34,319
too violent?
9. Mad Max (1979)
R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang.
Director: George Miller | Stars: Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley
Votes: 222,381 | Gross: $8.75M
10. The Kids Are Alright (1979)
PG | 109 min | Documentary, Music
Interviews, TV clips and concert footage make up this comprehensive profile of The Who, Britain's premiere rock band.
Director: Jeff Stein | Stars: Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, Keith Moon, John Entwistle
Votes: 3,924
11. Asparagus (1979)
Not Rated | 20 min | Animation, Short
An animated, surreal, visually stunning as well as rather uniquely imaginative candy-colored nightmare from indie artist Suzan Pitt.
Director: Suzan Pitt
Votes: 1,463
best docu
12. Em Nome da Razão (1979)
25 min | Documentary, Short
The infamous Hospital Colonia de Barbacena (Barbacena Colony Hospital), biggest mental institution of Brazil, once compared to concentration camps of Auschwitz ,opens its gates to a ... See full summary »
Director: Helvecio Ratton
Votes: 72
13. The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed (1979)
372 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
In post-war Moscow, two dissimilar police detectives follow the trail of a ruthless gang.
Stars: Vladimir Vysotskiy, Vladimir Konkin, Sergey Yurskiy, Aleksandr Belyavskiy
Votes: 5,050
14. Junoon (1979)
141 min | Drama
Set during the 1857 War of Independence, an obsessed Indian Nawab desires to wed a young Anglo-Indian woman, but the girl's obstinate mother stands between them.
Director: Shyam Benegal | Stars: Shashi Kapoor, Nafisa Ali, Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah
Votes: 572
Highly praised
15. Case #1, Case #2 (1979)
53 min | Documentary, Drama
While the teacher is faced towards the blackboard, one of the students makes some funny noises. The teacher can't find the person who did that, so he decides to dismiss a group of students ... See full summary »
Director: Abbas Kiarostami | Stars: Mehdi Azadbakht, Mohammadreza Barati, Hedayat Matin Daftari, Nader Ebrahimi
Votes: 786
stressed in awardsworthy
16. Over the Edge (1979)
PG | 95 min | Crime, Drama
A group of bored teenagers rebel against authority in the community of New Granada after the death of one of their own.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan | Stars: Matt Dillon, Michael Eric Kramer, Pamela Ludwig, Vincent Spano
Votes: 8,125
HIGHLY RATED PAGE 1
17. Phantasm (1979)
R | 89 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber, known only as the Tall Man, who employs a lethal arsenal of unearthly weapons.
Director: Don Coscarelli | Stars: A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister, Kathy Lester
Votes: 41,276 | Gross: $11.99M
lets drop this movie
18. Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980)
R | 104 min | Drama
Seven former college friends, along with a few new friends, gather for a weekend reunion at a summer house in New Hampshire to reminisce about the good old days, when they got arrested on the way to a protest in Washington, DC.
Director: John Sayles | Stars: Bruce MacDonald, Maggie Renzi, Adam LeFevre, Maggie Cousineau
Votes: 2,229 | Gross: $2.00M
Mcteague-ensemble- cult following
19. Sangue Corsário (1979)
10 min | Documentary, Short
One of the first Brazilian movies to conjecture about contraculture and its reflexes on the behaviour of a generation. A tribute to the late poet and friend Orlando Parolini.
Director: Carlos Reichenbach | Stars: Roberto Miranda, Orlando Parolini
Votes: 36
20. The Third Generation (1979)
111 min | Crime, Drama
A wildly anarchic satire of urban guerrilla warfare in which a band of leftist radicals inadvertently become puppets of the West German government, which uses them to justify its authoritarian policies.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Eddie Constantine, Hanna Schygulla, Volker Spengler, Margit Carstensen
Votes: 2,808
fassbinder-cult following
21. Best Boy (1979)
111 min | Documentary, Biography
In this documentary, the director follows the day-to-day activities of his mentally ill, middle-aged cousin Philly, over a three-year period.
Director: Ira Wohl | Stars: Ira Wohl, Philip Wohl, Zero Mostel, Christine O'Connor
Votes: 685
best docu
22. Joi Baba Felunath: The Elephant God (1979)
112 min | Adventure, Crime, Family
This is the second film about the detective Feluda (Soumitra Chatterjee) set in the holy city of Benares, where he (along with his cousin, Topshe and friend, Lalmohan Ganguly) goes for a ... See full summary »
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Soumitra Chatterjee, Utpal Dutt, Santosh Dutta, Siddhartha Chatterjee
Votes: 2,297
23. Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Charles is a bored civil servant struggling through a harsh Utah winter. He spends most of his time reflecting on his romance with Laura, a coworker who left him to return to her husband, an A-Frame salesman.
Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: John Heard, Mary Beth Hurt, Peter Riegert, Kenneth McMillan
Votes: 1,654
HIGHLY RATED PAGE 1
24. The Jerk (1979)
R | 94 min | Comedy
A simpleminded, sheltered country boy suddenly decides to leave his family home to experience life in the big city, where his naivete is both his best friend and his worst enemy.
Director: Carl Reiner | Stars: Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams, Mabel King
Votes: 64,219 | Gross: $73.69M
25. 22 June 1897 (1979)
121 min | Drama, History
Three brothers from the Chapekar family plan and neutralize a tyrant British Commissioner on a backdrop of elements like Old Pune, the bubonic plague, the animosity between different castes.
Directors: Jayoo Patwardhan, Nachiket Patwardhan | Stars: Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Udayan Dixit, Rod Gilbert, John Irving
Votes: 60
Award.
26. Messidor (1979)
123 min | Crime, Drama
Two young women from very different backgrounds journey into the countryside seeking respite from unsatisfactory lives and relationships, but ultimately find that there is no way back to the world they once knew.
Director: Alain Tanner | Stars: Clémentine Amouroux, Catherine Rétoré, Franziskus Abgottspon, Gérald Battiaz
Votes: 547
HIGHLY RATED PAGE 1
27. The Hussy (1979)
90 min | Drama
Misfit François kidnaps young Mado and takes her to live with him in the attic of his parents' home. A strange relationship evolves till the police comes upon them.
Director: Jacques Doillon | Stars: Claude Hébert, Madeleine Desdevises, Paulette Lahaye, Juliette Le Cauchoix
Votes: 694
very very highly stressed by morganalefey
28. Kaala Patthar (1979)
Not Rated | 176 min | Action, Drama, History
Inspired by a true mining tragedy the film is about people from all walks of life showing courage and character to fight the forces of nature.
Director: Yash Chopra | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Shatrughan Sinha, Rakhee Gulzar
Votes: 2,760
Highly praised
29. Fatma of the Forest (1979)
28 min | Documentary, Short
"Fatma of the Forest" documentary, screened in 1979, International Year of Children, reflects life, longings and a major "fear" in her subconscious of an 12-years old "woodcutter" girl ... See full summary »
Director: Suha Arin
Votes: 171
30. Parashuram (1979)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
A rural migrant comes to the city and shares a temporary shelter with an old beggar in an abandoned graveyard.
Director: Mrinal Sen | Stars: Arun Mukherjee, Bibhas Chakraborty, Sreela Majumdar, Samaresh Banerjee
Votes: 64
award. Highly praised.
31. The Bugs Bunny/Road-Runner Movie (1979)
G | 98 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Bugs Bunny reflects on his past cartoon exploits.
Directors: Chuck Jones, Phil Monroe, Maurice Noble, Tom Ray | Stars: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan, Paul Julian, Nicolai Shutorev
Votes: 4,457
32. Luna (1979)
R | 142 min | Drama
While touring in Italy, a recently-widowed American opera singer has an incestuous relationship with her 15-year-old son to help him overcome his heroin addiction.
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Jill Clayburgh, Matthew Barry, Veronica Lazar, Renato Salvatori
Votes: 5,377
s.actor nominee-morganalefey
33. The In-Laws (1979)
PG | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
On the eve of their children's marriage, NYC in-laws Sheldon Kornpett and Vince Ricardo embark on a series of misadventures involving the CIA, the Treasury Department and Central American dictators.
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Richard Libertini, Nancy Dussault
Votes: 10,112 | Gross: $38.20M
34. The Battle of Chile: Part III (1979)
80 min | Documentary, History
This film investigates the factory worker's response to the insurrection, as well as Chile's socialist aspirations for the future. The camera captures the optimism in the industrial working class before Pinochet's US-backed coup d'état.
Director: Patricio Guzmán | Stars: Salvador Allende, Abilio Fernández, Ernesto Malbran
Votes: 1,041
35. Pasi (1979)
138 min
Director: Durai | Stars: Delhi Ganesh, Kamal Haasan, Jayabharathi, Narayanan
Votes: 53
Award
36. Peruvazhiyambalam (1979)
118 min | Drama
This is a National award winning and critically acclaimed film by P Padmarajan, based on his novel of the same name. The film explores the angst of a teenage mind remorseful of murder and the changes life brings in the aftermath.
Director: P. Padmarajan | Stars: Ashokan, Azeez, Adoor Bhawani, Geetha
Votes: 96
award
37. Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Music
Ramones fanatic and delinquent Riff Randell battles it out with the strict new principal of Vince Lombardi High School, Miss Togar, with help from the Ramones.
Directors: Allan Arkush, Joe Dante | Stars: P.J. Soles, Vincent Van Patten, Clint Howard, Dey Young
Votes: 11,207
38. Aarilirindhu Aruvathu Varai (1979)
150 min | Drama
A story about life of a common man who is very genuine in his character and struggles to lead a normal life by bearing responsibilities of his siblings.
Director: S.P. Muthuraman | Stars: Rajinikanth, Jayalakshmi, Cho Ramaswamy, Sangeetha
Votes: 806
HIGHLY RATED PAGE 1
39. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced out of semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6's echelons.
Stars: Alec Guinness, Michael Jayston, Anthony Bate, George Sewell
Votes: 9,620
miniseries
40. Family Nest (1979)
108 min | Drama
The breakdown of the relationship of a couple by living in a flat of the husband's parents.
Director: Béla Tarr | Stars: Irén Szajki, László Horváth, Gábor Kun, Gábor Ifj. Kun
Votes: 1,440
bela tarr
41. Ondanondu Kaladalli (1978)
Not Rated | 156 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A mercernary sets out to assist a tribal chieftain to defeat the chieftain's brother who is now an opponent and an enemy.
Director: Girish Karnad | Stars: Shankar Nag, Sushilendra Joshi, Vasant Rao Nakod, Rekha Sabnis
Votes: 179
42. Black Jack (1979)
R | 105 min | Adventure, Comedy
When honest young Tolly is forced on the run with 'Black Jack,' adventure and mishap are never far away. Based on Leon Garfield's popular novel, Ken Loach's 'Black Jack' is a dark, complex adventure film set in the 18th century.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Stephen Hirst, Louise Cooper, Jean Franval, Phil Askham
Votes: 761
ken loach-best docu
43. The Human Factor (1979)
R | 115 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
When a leak of information in the African section of British Intelligence is discovered, security man Daintry is brought in to investigate.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Nicol Williamson, Derek Jacobi, Joop Doderer
Votes: 1,578
mcteague-script and supporting actor
44. Retour à la bien-aimée (1979)
98 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Julien seeks to reconquer Jeanne, his ex-wife, of whom he is separated and who lives with another man. He is prepared to go far to make it happen.
Director: Jean-François Adam | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jacques Dutronc, Bruno Ganz, Christian Rist
Votes: 229
very very stressed by morganalefey-best actor and actress nominee
45. The Tempest (1979)
R | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy
Banished to a forsaken island, the Right Duke of Milan and Sorcerer Prospero gets the chance to take his revenge on the King of Naples with the assistance of his airy spirit-servant, Ariel.
Director: Derek Jarman | Stars: Peter Bull, David Meyer, Neil Cunningham, Heathcote Williams
Votes: 1,243
very very highly stressed by morganalefey-including s.actor win
46. Dear Father (1979)
105 min | Drama
The story of the decadent lifestyle of a wealthy businessman's dysfunctional family.
Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Aurore Clément, Andrée Lachapelle, Stefano Madia
Votes: 237
Canned winner. Letterboxd highly-ratwd
47. Hungarian Rhapsody (1979)
103 min | Drama, History
The first chapter of a two-part dramatized history of Hungary, from the turn of the century, to World War II.
Director: Miklós Jancsó | Stars: György Cserhalmi, Lajos Balázsovits, Gábor Koncz, Udo Kier
Votes: 253
48. Charles and Lucie (1979)
95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Charles and Lucie, an old and poor couple, inherits a luxurious house in the South of France.
Director: Nelly Kaplan | Stars: Daniel Ceccaldi, Ginette Garcin, Jean-Marie Proslier, Samson Fainsilber
Votes: 250
lLetterboxd high rated. Must watch
49. Sundori (1979)
134 min | Drama
Director: Amjad Hossain | Stars: Bobita, Ilias Kanchan, Jashim, Anwar Hossain
Votes: 12
bengali movie. Award
50. The Father (1979)
Drama, Family
Director: Kazi Hayat | Stars: John Napier Adams, Suchorita, Bulbul Ahmed, Shaukat Akbar
Votes: 11
highly praised
51. Nimajjanam (1976)
Drama
The story is about a Brahmin housewife who has to go to her in-laws house. Her Father-in-law dies. She and her husband take a bullock cart to immerse the ashes in a holy place which is the ... See full summary »
Director: Narayana B.S. | Stars: Sharada, Chakrapani
Votes: 8
52. Traffic Jam (1979)
128 min | Drama
A tremendous congestion hit the Roma highway ring. The biggest traffic jam ever seen endures for more than 36 hours. People blocked in their cars react at the beginning normally. But the ... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Annie Girardot, Fernando Rey, Patrick Dewaere
Votes: 1,189
53. David (1979)
125 min | Drama, War
David (Mario Fischel), the son of a local rabbi (Walter Taub), sees the rise in anti-Semitism in 1930s Germany, but it isn't until his father's synagogue is burned down and his mother (... See full summary »
Director: Peter Lilienthal | Stars: Mario Fischel, Walter Taub, Irena Vrkljan, Eva Mattes
Votes: 171
54. Womanlight (1979)
98 min | Drama
Two strangers help each other survive a night of great loss.
Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Yves Montand, Romy Schneider, Romolo Valli, Lila Kedrova
Votes: 924
55. Griha Pravesh (1979)
134 min | Drama, Romance
Amar and Mansi meet through their respective families and have an arranged marriage. Amar, a book-keeper, is very thrifty, intends to save money so that they can buy their very own flat, ... See full summary »
Director: Basu Bhattacharya | Stars: Sanjeev Kumar, Sharmila Tagore, Sarika Thakur, Vishal Desai
Votes: 148
Highly praised
56. Meetings with Remarkable Men (1979)
G | 108 min | Biography, Drama
G.I. Gurdjieff is a spiritual teacher and mystic who, after a lifetime study, developed a form of meditation incorporating modern dance.
Director: Peter Brook | Stars: Dragan Maksimovic, Terence Stamp, Mikica Dimitrijevic, Athol Fugard
Votes: 1,195
57. A Perfect Couple (1979)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A repressed, middle-aged divorced U.S. Greek meets a young singer through a dating service and becomes smitten.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Paul Dooley, Marta Heflin, Titos Vandis, Belita Moreno
Votes: 1,012
best actress runnerup by morganalefey
58. Ballad of Tara (1979)
110 min | Drama, Fantasy
Tara, the young beautiful widow, returns with her two little kids from country to her village. In her way home, she finds out that her grandfather has passed away. She distributes grandpa's... See full summary »
Director: Bahram Beyzaie | Stars: Susan Taslimi, Manuchehr Farid, Reza Babak, Siamak Atlassi
Votes: 798
stressed in awardsworthy
59. Meera (1979)
Not Rated | 155 min | Drama, History
Circa Mughal rule in India, the Rajputs get together to discuss the ouster of Badshah Akbar, who is now the Emperor of Hindustan (India). Prominent amongst the Rajputs are Virendev Rathod, ... See full summary »
Director: Gulzar | Stars: Hema Malini, Vinod Khanna, Shammi Kapoor, Shreeram Lagoo
Votes: 142
Highly praised
60. Nea Marin miliardar (1979)
88 min | Comedy
A Romanian peasant, visiting a friend who is working at a hotel on the Black Sea Riviera, is mistaken for a look-alike rich American businessman.
Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu | Stars: Amza Pellea, Draga Olteanu Matei, Jean Constantin, Stefan Mihailescu-Braila
Votes: 3,913
61. The Brontë Sisters (1979)
Not Rated | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History
In a small presbytery in Yorkshire, living under the watchful eyes of their aunt and father, a strict Anglican pastor, the Bronte sisters write their first works and quickly become literary sensations.
Director: André Téchiné | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Marie-France Pisier, Isabelle Huppert, Pascal Greggory
Votes: 1,218
supporting actress nominee by morganafey(awardsworthy)-mcteague
62. The Unknown Soldier's Patent Leather Shoes (1979)
85 min | Drama
This is a story of lifetime. A story full of spiritual power biography, behind which stays a whole age in the national development of Bulgaria.
Director: Rangel Vulchanov | Stars: Slavka Ankova, Emiliya Myrynska, Ivan Stoychev, Borislav Tsankov
Votes: 344
63. Ogro (1979)
115 min | Drama, Thriller
As 1973 winds down, Francisco Franco is still governing Spain with an iron hand. Opposition parties are forbidden, labor movements are repressed, and Basque nationalists are mercilessly ... See full summary »
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Ángela Molina, Saverio Marconi, José Sacristán
Votes: 1,094
64. Opname (1979)
92 min | Drama
An unsuspecting flower farmer visits the hospital to discuss some test results, only to find himself admitted without explanation for an indefinite period of further examination and observation.
Directors: Marja Kok, Erik van Zuylen | Stars: Helmert Woudenberg, Frank Groothof, Hans Man in 't Veld, Marja Kok
Votes: 119
65. Le navire Night (1979)
90 min | Drama
Each night in Paris, hundreds of men and women anonymously use telephone lines that date from the German Occupation and are no longer listed to talk to each other, to love each other.
Director: Marguerite Duras | Stars: Bulle Ogier, Dominique Sanda, Mathieu Carrière, Benoît Jacquot
Votes: 349
duras
66. Schalcken the Painter (1979 TV Movie)
68 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Can Schalcken save his love, Rose, from the clutches of a ghastly suitor before it is too late?
Director: Leslie Megahey | Stars: Jeremy Clyde, Maurice Denham, Cheryl Kennedy, John Justin
Votes: 511
necessary
67. Grass Labyrinth (1979)
40 min | Short, Fantasy, Romance
A young man, haunted by his past, travels the land in search of the lyrics to a lullaby his mother used to sing to him.
Director: Shûji Terayama | Stars: Hiroshi Mikami, Takeshi Wakamatsu, Keiko Niitaka, Yasumi Nakasuji
Votes: 745
HIGHLY RATED PAGE 1
68. The Crying Woman (1979)
90 min | Drama
Jacques has a child with Dominique: Lola. His mistress is Haydée and they are having a child.
Director: Jacques Doillon | Stars: Dominique Laffin, Haydée Politoff, Jacques Doillon, Lola Doillon
Votes: 171
69. An Ordinary Miracle (1979 TV Movie)
138 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
The Wizard's magic got out of control because it touched human feelings.
Director: Mark Zakharov | Stars: Oleg Yankovskiy, Irina Kupchenko, Evgeniy Leonov, Evgeniya Simonova
Votes: 3,469
HIGHLY RATED PAGE 1
70. Galaxy Express 999 (1979)
PG | 129 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The adventures of a brave young boy who travels from planet to planet in a determined quest to avenge his mother's death.
Director: Rintarô | Stars: Masako Nozawa, Masako Ikeda, Yôko Asagami, Miyoko Asô
Votes: 2,370
71. Tatsu no ko Tarô (1979)
75 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A young boy has to make a voyage to a distant lake to save his mother, who has been turned into a dragon.
Directors: Kiriô Urayama, Peter Fernandez | Stars: Jun'ya Katô, Mîna Tominaga, Kazuo Kumakura, Kazuo Kitamura
Votes: 916
72. XIX saukunis qartuli qronika (1979)
67 min | Drama
A poetised chronicle of the events taking place in one of the Georgian villages in the late 19th century, when, to save a forest, the in-numerous intelligentsia could rally the people and oppose the industrialists.
Director: Aleksandre Rekhviashvili | Stars: Mamuka Salukvadze, Ramaz Chkhikvadze, Valodia Tsuladze, Tsutsa Medzmariashvili
Votes: 126
73. Is This Fate? (1979)
117 min | Documentary, History
This documentary chronicles the ups and downs of a German family in the 1970s, but in an unorthodox manner. Footage from several years prior serves as a point of comparison to the family's current tumultuous state.
Director: Helga Reidemeister | Star: Irene Rakowitz
Votes: 106
74. Life Sentence (1979)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A former felon is blackmailed by a corrupt policeman and forced to commit a crime.
Director: Arturo Ripstein | Stars: Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Narciso Busquets, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Angélica Chain
Votes: 523
75. Macbeth (1979 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 145 min | Drama
Macbeth (Ian McKellen) is a daring member of the Scottish military, who receives a revelation from three menacing sorceresses that he will someday become the King of Scotland. This ... See full summary »
Directors: Philip Casson, Trevor Nunn | Stars: Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, John Bown, Susan Dury
Votes: 915
HIGHLY RATED PAGE 1
76. Hospital of the Transfiguration (1979)
90 min | Drama
The film is set in 1943 in an unusual mental asylum in the country. There are several incurable schizophrenic cases, the staff is bit strange, and a writer has voluntarily entered the ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Zebrowski | Stars: Piotr Dejmek, Jerzy Binczycki, Henryk Bista, Ewa Dalkowska
Votes: 436
77. When a Stranger Calls (1979)
R | 97 min | Mystery, Thriller
A psychopathic killer terrorizes a babysitter, then returns seven years later to menace her again.
Director: Fred Walton | Stars: Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Rutanya Alda, Carmen Argenziano
Votes: 14,332 | Gross: $21.41M
78. My Son! My Son! (1979)
131 min | Drama
A man whose son has been murdered pushes to create laws to financially protect victims' families.
Director: Keisuke Kinoshita | Stars: Tomisaburô Wakayama, Hideko Takamine, Ken Tanaka, Shinobu Ôtake
Votes: 119
79. Last Hurrah for Chivalry (1979)
Not Rated | 106 min | Action, Drama
A son tries to avenge his father, and gets two sword fighters to help him.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Pai Wei, Damian Lau, Kong Lau, Chau-Wah Yim
Votes: 1,882
80. Hunter in the Dark (1979)
Not Rated | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An aging Yakuza boss in the the late 18th century runs a thriving lantern and silk dying business. However, he is also a Hunter in the Dark, an shady underworld figure who unravels a ... See full summary »
Director: Hideo Gosha | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tetsurô Tanba, Yoshio Harada, Ayumi Ishida
Votes: 579
81. Keiko (1979)
119 min | Drama
Follows the daily life of Keiko, a lonely young woman seeking for love in a cafe she frequents.
Director: Claude Gagnon | Stars: Junko Wakashiba, Akiko Kitamura, Takuma Ikéuchi, Toshio Hashimoto
Votes: 61
82. Jukyusai no chizu (1979)
110 min | Drama
Yanagimachi's first feature film is about a young man who makes a map of a neighborhood in which he delivers newspapers. He keeps a dossier on each family, recording their habits and rating how much he dislikes them.
Director: Mitsuo Yanagimachi | Stars: Yûji Honma, Keizô Kanie, Hideko Okiyama, Chisako Hara
Votes: 153
83. No More Easy Life (1979)
103 min | Drama
A wistful slice-of-life drama about a college student's attempts to manage her relations with two men.
Director: Yôichi Higashi | Stars: Kaori Momoi, Eiji Okuda, Leo Morimoto, Jûzô Itami
Votes: 132
84. Die letzten Jahre der Kindheit (1979)
105 min | Drama
A 14-year-old repeatedly comes into conflict with the authorities and into the vicious circle of juvenile home stays and escapes, until he commits suicide in custody.
Director: Norbert Kückelmann | Stars: Gerhard Gundel, Dieter Mustaffof, Norbert Bauhuber, Karl Obermayr
Votes: 88
85. The Ninth Heart (1979)
90 min | Fantasy, Horror
A poor student must rescue an ailing princess from the castle of an evil magician, who's preparing a rejuvenating elixir from the stolen hearts of nine children.
Director: Juraj Herz | Stars: Ondrej Pavelka, Anna Malová, Julie Juristová, Josef Kemr
Votes: 265
86. Zloy dukh Yambuya (1979)
87 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
A team of surveyors in Siberia enlist the help of native Evenk guides to solve a string of disappearances on the dreaded mountain Yambuy.
Director: Boris Buneev | Stars: Olga Yenzak, Rodna Yeshonov, Filimon Sergeyev, Vladimir Kruglov
Votes: 221
87. Bájecní muzi s klikou (1979)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Returning home to Prague, the magician Pasparte (Rudolf Hrusínský), an owner of a circus caravan, meets his dying colleague who entrusts his beautiful daughter Aloisie (Hana Buresová) to ... See full summary »
Director: Jirí Menzel | Stars: Rudolf Hrusínský, Vlasta Fabiánová, Blazena Holisová, Vladimír Mensík
Votes: 299
88. Dog of Fortune (1979)
137 min | Crime, Drama
From Hokkaido to Tokyo, hunting dog Goro embarks on a long and grueling journey to reach home. Goro's master held a weapons smuggling case and the corruptions of those who are involved.
Director: Shigeyuki Yamane | Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Yôko Shimada, Isao Natsuyagi, Takeo Chii
Votes: 86
89. Osenniye kolokola (1979)
76 min | Family, Fantasy, Musical
An adaptation of Alexander Pushkin's poem 'The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights' in which a vain and jealous tsaritza wants to have her stepdaughter killed because she has become more beautiful than her.
Director: Vladimir Gorikker | Stars: Irina Alfyorova, Aleksandr Kirillov, Lyudmila Drebnyova, Andrey Aleshin
Votes: 69
90. Harpya (1979)
9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
An unknowing man rescues a rather aggressive and demanding harpy.
Director: Raoul Servais | Stars: Will Spoor, Fran Waller Zeper, Sjoert Schwibethus
Votes: 1,064
91. Chapter Two (1979)
PG | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
George Schneider is an author whose wife had just died. His brother Leo gives him the number of Jennie MacLaine, and somehow they hit it off, and just when things are moving along, the memory of his first wife comes between them.
Director: Robert Moore | Stars: James Caan, Marsha Mason, Joseph Bologna, Valerie Harper
Votes: 1,275
92. Que Viva Mexico (1979)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Drama, Western
Eisenstein shows us Mexico in this movie, its history and its culture. He believes, that Mexico can become a modern state.
Director: Sergei Eisenstein | Stars: Sergey Bondarchuk, Grigoriy Aleksandrov
Votes: 1,883
93. Simhasan (1979)
170 min | Crime, Drama
When Chief Minister of Maharashtra gets an anonymous call to warn him against possible rebellion in his party, all is not well. The current government is being questioned by opposition on a... See full summary »
Director: Jabbar Patel | Stars: Mohan Agashe, Suresh Bansale, Ravindra Bapat, Suresh Bhagwat
Votes: 235
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94. Aangan Ki Kali (1979)
Drama, Family
Anmol and Sunita are living a happy married life.But Sunita is suffering from a serious heart condition and has to go for a dangerous operation or risk her life.She can't go for children as... See full summary »
Director: Harsh Kohli | Stars: Rakesh Roshan, Lakshmi, Prema Narayan, Abhi Bhattacharya
Votes: 7
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95. A Scream from Silence (1979)
96 min | Drama
A director and an editor, both woman, cannot work on a movie presenting the rape of a nurse without reacting on the scenes they're working on, the situation of womenhood in general, and the way the 'Justice' handle those cases of rape.
Director: Anne Claire Poirier | Stars: Julie Vincent, Germain Houde, Paul Savoie, Monique Miller
Votes: 196
96. That Sinking Feeling (1979)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Crime
Ronnie, Wal, Andy and Vic are four bored, unemployed teens in dreary, rainy Glasgow. Ronnie comes up with a great idea. He has noticed that stainless steel sinks are worth a lot of money ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Forsyth | Stars: Tom Mannion, Eddie Burt, Richard Demarco, Alex Mackenzie
Votes: 1,282
97. Quintet (1979)
R | 118 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
During a future ice age, dying humanity occupies its remaining time by playing a board game called "Quintet." For one small group, this obsession is not enough; they play the game with living pieces ... and only the winner survives.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Paul Newman, Vittorio Gassman, Fernando Rey, Bibi Andersson
Votes: 3,580
98. See Here My Love (1978)
124 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Young aristocrat Arnaud de Maule hires female private detective Claude Alphand to investigate a strange cult, the Church of the Final Revival, that tried to recruit his girlfriend Chloé, who then disappeared, and it now stalks him.
Director: Hugo Santiago | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Sami Frey, Antoine Vitez, Anne Parillaud
Votes: 191
99. Geschichte der Nacht (1979)
61 min | Documentary
A black and white documentary which captures nighttime scenes in various European cities.
Director: Clemens Klopfenstein
Votes: 77
100. The Last of the Knucklemen (1979)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
In the tradition of Sunday Too Far Away (1975), this independent film is based on the classic Australian play by John Power. Pic tells the story of a group of miners living in a camp in ... See full summary »
Director: Tim Burstall | Stars: Gerard Kennedy, Michael Preston, Peter Hehir, Dennis Miller
Votes: 172
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