1979

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1979 · 147 min
action·horror
Apocalypse Now
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
1979 · 117 min
fantasy·action
Alien
Directed by Ridley Scott
1979 · 103 min
biographical
My Left Foot
Directed by Jim Sheridan
1979 · 96 min
comedy·romance
My Brilliant Career
Directed by Gillian Armstrong
1979 · 163 min
science fiction
Stalker
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
1979 · 156 min
biographical
Caligula
Directed by Tinto Brass
1979 · 119 min
action
Rocky II
Directed by Sylvester Stallone
1979 · 113 min
screwball comedy
1941
Directed by Steven Spielberg
1979 · 88 min
action·thriller
Mad Max
Directed by George Miller
1979 · 100 min
drama
Kramer vs. Kramer
Directed by Robert Benton
1979 · 93 min
comedy
Monty Python's Life of Brian
Directed by Terry Jones
1979 · 126 min
action·adventure
Moonraker
Directed by Lewis Gilbert
1979 · 111 min
action
Escape from Alcatraz
Directed by Don Siegel
1979 · 123 min
biographical
All That Jazz
Directed by Bob Fosse
1979 · 131 min
adventure
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Directed by Robert Wise
1979 · 88 min
fantasy·horror
Phantasm
Directed by Don Coscarelli
1979 · 117 min
crime
Quadrophenia
Directed by Franc Roddam
1979 · 130 min
comedy drama
Being There
Directed by Hal Ashby
1979 · 115 min
comedy drama·crime
...And Justice for All
Directed by Norman Jewison
1979 · 117 min
horror
The Amityville Horror
Directed by Stuart Rosenberg
1979 · 96 min
drama
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Directed by Werner Herzog
1979 · 101 min
comedy
Breaking Away
Directed by Peter Yates
1979 · 109 min
crime
Hardcore
Directed by Paul Schrader
1979 · 122 min
romantic comedy
10
Directed by Blake Edwards
1979 · 119 min
musical
Hair
Directed by Miloš Forman
1979 · 105 min
romantic comedy
Starting Over
Directed by Alan J. Pakula
1979 · 96 min
romantic comedy
Manhattan
Directed by Woody Allen
1979 · 164 min
drama
Tess
Directed by Roman Polanski
1979 · 104 min
drama
Norma Rae
Directed by Martin Ritt
1979 · 176 min
action
Kaala Patthar
Directed by Yash Chopra
1979 · 110 min
comedy
More American Graffiti
Directed by Bill L. Norton
1979 · 113 min
action·thriller
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
Directed by Irwin Allen
1979 · 111 min
horror
Murder by Decree
Directed by Bob Clark
1979 · 150 min
biographical
Elvis
Directed by John Carpenter
1979 · 110 min
horror·romance
Dracula
Directed by John Badham
1979 · 108 min
action·adventure
Meteor
Directed by Ronald Neame
1979 · 150 min
war
All Quiet on the Western Front
Directed by Delbert Mann
1979 · 102 min
horror
Prophecy
Directed by John Frankenheimer
1979 · 106 min
action
The Concorde... Airport '79
Directed by David Lowell Rich
1979 · 125 min
action·war
Escape to Athena
Directed by George P. Cosmatos
1979 · 119 min
comedy·Western
The Frisco Kid
Directed by Robert Aldrich
1979 · 110 min
romantic comedy
A Little Romance
Directed by George Roy Hill
1979 · 118 min
science fiction
Quintet
Directed by Robert Altman
1979 · 88 min
action·thriller
Avalanche Express
Directed by Mark Robson
1979 · 142 min
drama
La Luna
Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
1979 · 104 min
action·adventure
Hanover Street
Directed by Peter Hyams
1979 · 96 min
horror·parody
Love at First Bite
Directed by Stan Dragoti
1979 · 117 min
crime·romance
Bloodline
Directed by Terence Young
1979 · 118 min
action·adventure
Bear Island
Directed by Don Sharp
1979 · 129 min
adventure
Galaxy Express 999
Directed by Rintaro
1979 · 104 min
crime·romance
Agatha
Directed by Michael Apted
1979 · 124 min
romantic comedy
Chapter Two
Directed by Robert Moore
1979 · 90 min
romance
Laura
Directed by David Hamilton
1979 · 91 min
action
Fast Company
Directed by David Cronenberg
1979 · 118 min
action·adventure
Ashanti
Directed by Richard Fleischer
1979 · 90 min
action·crime
A Force of One
Directed by Paul Aaron
1979 · 92 min
martial arts
The Fearless Hyena
Directed by Jackie Chan
1979 · 117 min
action
Cuba
Directed by Richard Lester
1979 · 99 min
action·adventure
North Sea Hijack
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
1979 · 96 min
drama
Heartland
Directed by Richard Pearce
1979 · 199 min
war·romance
Siberiade
Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky
1979 · 124 min
romance
Lady Oscar
Directed by Jacques Demy
1979 · 139 min
science fiction
G.I. Samurai
Directed by Kōsei Saitō
1979 · 95 min
horror
Killer Fish
Directed by Antonio Margheriti
1979 · 105 min
action·thriller
City on Fire
Directed by Alvin Rakoff
1979 · 89 min
romance
Love on the Run
Directed by François Truffaut
1979 · 150 min
war
Christ Stopped at Eboli
Directed by Francesco Rosi
1979 · 80 min
science fiction
Dead Mountaineer's Hotel
Directed by Grigori Kromanov
1979 · 103 min
action·crime
Love and Bullets
Directed by John Huston
1979 · 93 min
action
Dragon Fist
Directed by Lo Wei
1979 · 121 min
mystery
I as in Icarus
Directed by Henri Verneuil
1979 · 96 min
comedy·action
I'm for the Hippopotamus
Directed by Italo Zingarelli
1979 · 109 min
drama
Camera Buff
Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski
1979 · 176 min
musical
Don Giovanni
Directed by Joseph Losey
1979 · 82 min
comedy·action
Master with Cracked Fingers
Directed by Chu Mu
1979 · 96 min
comedy
The Gendarme and the Extra-Terrestrials
Directed by Jean Girault
1979 · 90 min
comedy·crime
Buffet froid
Directed by Bertrand Blier
1979 · 75 min
anime
Taro the Dragon Boy
Directed by Peter Fernandez
1979 · 133 min
autobiographical
Alexandria... Why?
Directed by Youssef Chahine
1979 · 120 min
comedy
Lovers and Liars
Directed by Mario Monicelli
1979 · 89 min
comedy
Coup de tête
Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
1979 · 101 min
drama
Life Is Beautiful
Directed by Grigori Chukhrai
1979 · 89 min
comedy drama
Autumn Marathon
Directed by Georgiy Daneliya
1979 · 138 min
fantasy·musical
An Ordinary Miracle
Directed by Mark Zakharov
1979 · 107 min
comedy·action
Cop or Hood
Directed by Georges Lautner
1979 · 95 min
comedy
Mama Turns 100
Directed by Carlos Saura
1979 · 127 min
drama
David
Directed by Peter Lilienthal
1979 · 112 min
drama
An Adventure for Two
Directed by Claude Lelouch
1979 · 142 min
war
The Tin Drum
Directed by Volker Schlöndorff
1979 · 110 min
comedy·action
The Castle of Cagliostro
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
1979 · 93 min
action·thriller
The Warriors
Directed by Walter Hill
1979 · 117 min
action
The China Syndrome
Directed by James Bridges
1979 · 97 min
comedy·musical
The Muppet Movie
Directed by James Frawley
1979 · 115 min
drama
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1979 · 123 min
drama
The Champ
Directed by Franco Zeffirelli
1979 · 88 min
horror
Zombi 2
Directed by Lucio Fulci
1979 · 98 min
action·adventure
The Black Hole
Directed by Gary Nelson
1979 · 129 min
musical
The Rose
Directed by Q953627
1979 · 112 min
adventure·sport
The Black Stallion
Directed by Carroll Ballard
1979 · 120 min
biographical
The Brontë Sisters
Directed by André Téchiné