Search results for "1979"
Meteor

Meteor

Meteor
IMDb: 5.0
107

After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid “Orpheus” is heading towards Earth. If it will hit it will cause a incredible catastrophe which…

Being There

Being There

Being There
IMDb: 8.0
130

A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
The Shape of Things to Come

The Shape of Things to Come

The Shape of Things to Come
IMDb: 3.1
98

Planet Earth is a devastated wasteland, and what’s left of humanity has colonized the Moon in domed cities. Humanity’s continued survival depends on an anti-radiation drug only available on planet…

Scum

Scum

Scum
IMDb: 7.6
98

This is the hard and shocking story of life in a British Borstal for young offenders. The brutal regime made no attempt to reform or improve the inmates and actively…

Genre: Crime, Drama
The Concorde Affair

The Concorde Affair

The Concorde Affair
IMDb: 5.6
96

A reporter tries to stop the crash of an aircraft after uncovering an airline’s plot to save their business by sabotaging Concorde flights and have them decommissioned.

Black Journal

Black Journal

Black Journal
IMDb: 6.4
115

Black Journal (originally titled Gran Bollito) is a 1977 Italian drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini. It is based on the real life events of Leonarda Cianciulli, the Italian serial…

The Human Factor

The Human Factor

The Human Factor
IMDb: 6.1
115

When Arthur Davis, a junior bachelor in the British secret service’s African section, is seen taking a file with him to meet his girlfriend Cynthia- the brass fears he may…

Zombie

Zombie

Zombie
IMDb: 6.9
91

A zombie is found aboard a boat off the New York coast which belongs to a famous scientist. A journalist travels to the Antilles with the daughter of the scientist….

Genre: Horror
Killer Nun

Killer Nun

Killer Nun
IMDb: 5.1
82

A demented nun sliding through morphine addiction into madness, whilst presiding over a regime of lesbianism, torture and death. Sister Gertrude is the head nurse/nun in a general hospital, whose…

Beyond the Darkness

Beyond the Darkness

Beyond the Darkness
IMDb: 6.3
94

A young rich orphan loses his fiancĂ©e to voodoo doll mischief on the part of his housekeeper who is jealous of his attentions. He digs his girlfriend up, cleans her…

Genre: Horror
When a Stranger Calls

When a Stranger Calls

When a Stranger Calls
IMDb: 6.5
97

A psychopathic killer terrorizes a babysitter, then returns seven years later to menace her again.

Agatha

Agatha

Agatha
IMDb: 6.3
105

In real life, mystery writer Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days in December 1926. To this day, no one knows the details of what she did during that time. The…

Cheerleaders’ Wild Weekend

Cheerleaders’ Wild Weekend

Cheerleaders’ Wild Weekend
IMDb: 3.7
87

A busload containing three cheerleading teams from three different schools who are heading to compete against each other is hijacked by terrorists and the girls are kidnapped.

The Concorde… Airport ’79

The Concorde… Airport ’79

The Concorde… Airport ’79
IMDb: 4.3
123

The last of the ‘Airport’ series again stars George Kennedy as aviation disaster-prone Joe Patroni, this time having to contend with nuclear missiles, the French Air Force and the threat…

Yanks

Yanks

Yanks
IMDb: 6.4
138

During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort. Against their proper sensibilities, many of the Brits don’t much like the…

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
IMDb: 5.7
115

A “prequel” of sorts to “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” chronicling the two outlaws’ lives in the years before the events portrayed in the Newman/Redford movie.

Genre: Comedy, Western
Disco Godfather

Disco Godfather

Disco Godfather
IMDb: 5.3
93

A retired cop becomes a DJ/celebrity at the Blueberry Hill disco– he’s the “Disco Godfather!” All is well until his nephew flips out on a strange new drug that’s sweeping…

La Luna

La Luna

La Luna
IMDb: 6.6
142

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.

Genre: Drama
My Brilliant Career

My Brilliant Career

My Brilliant Career
IMDb: 7.3
100

A young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family who wants her to tame her wild side and get married.

Time After Time

Time After Time

Time After Time
IMDb: 7.2
112

The Wildest Chase Of The Century! London 1893 is home to a killer with a macabre nickname… and also to a visionary genius who would write The Time Machine. But…

Ashanti

Ashanti

Ashanti
IMDb: 5.5
118

Dr. Anansa Linderby is kidnapped in a medical mission in Africa by a slave trader. From this moment, her husband will do anything to recover her and to punish the…

The Deadly Art of Survival

The Deadly Art of Survival

The Deadly Art of Survival
IMDb: 5.1
77

Real-life kung fu master Nathan Ingram stars in this gritty, low-budget martial arts epic as a local karate school owner who clashes with a gang of drug traffickers posing as…

Genre: Action, Drama
More American Graffiti

More American Graffiti

More American Graffiti
IMDb: 5.2
110

College graduates deal with Vietnam and other issues of the late ’60s.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Last Embrace

Last Embrace

Last Embrace
IMDb: 6.1
102

Secret agent Harry Hannan suffers a mental breakdown when a botched mission in Mexico results in the death of his wife. He is sent to a mental asylum, after which…

Hair

Hair

Hair
IMDb: 7.6
121

“Hair” is a 1979 musical war comedy-drama film adaptation of the 1968 Broadway musical “Hair: An American Tribal Love-Rock Musical” about a Vietnam War draftee, Claude, who meets and befriends…

All That Jazz

All That Jazz

All That Jazz
IMDb: 7.8
123

Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theater. But he can feel his world slowly collapsing around him…

Viaggio con Anita

Viaggio con Anita

Viaggio con Anita
IMDb: 4.8
120

American actress on vacation in Italy falls for her friend’s married Italian lover.

Genre: Comedy
The China Syndrome

The China Syndrome

The China Syndrome
IMDb: 7.4
122

A modern nightmare nearly becomes reality in this tension-filled story about an “incident” at a nuclear power plant. Jane Fonda stars as Kimberly Wells, an ambitious TV reporter covering a…

Genre: Drama, Thriller
Salem’s Lot

Salem’s Lot

Salem’s Lot
IMDb: 6.8
187

Salem’s Lot is a 1979 American television adaptation of the novel of the same name by Stephen King. Directed by Tobe Hooper and starring David Soul and James Mason, the…

Genre: Horror
The Great Santini

The Great Santini

The Great Santini
IMDb: 7.2
115

As he approaches manhood, Ben Meechum struggles to win the approval of his demanding alpha male father, an aggressively competitive, but frustrated marine pilot.

Genre: Drama
Roots of Evil

Roots of Evil

Roots of Evil
IMDb: 3.8
85

An action film directed by Christian Anders and Antonio Tarruella.

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Stone Cold Dead

Stone Cold Dead

Stone Cold Dead
IMDb: 5.2
100

Sergeant Boyd’s police search to find a sniper who has been shooting hookers.

The Bugs Bunny/Road-Runner Movie

The Bugs Bunny/Road-Runner Movie

The Bugs Bunny/Road-Runner Movie
IMDb: 7.1
98

A collection of Warner Brothers short cartoon features, “starring” the likes of Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and Wile.E.Coyote. These animations are interspersed by Bugs Bunny reminiscing on past events and…

Racquet

Racquet

Racquet
IMDb: 5.3
87

Centred around a former tennis champ who swings with the girls and volleying straight sets with the rich and famous while set on owning his own tennis court.

Genre: Comedy
Penitentiary

Penitentiary

Penitentiary
IMDb: 3.8
99

A hitchhiker named Martel Gordone gets in a fight with two bikers over a prostitute, and one of the bikers is killed. Gordone is arrested and sent to prison, where…

Genre: Action, Drama
The Face with Two Left Feet

The Face with Two Left Feet

The Face with Two Left Feet
IMDb: 5.2
87

Also known as THE LONELY DESTINY OF JOHN TRAVOLTO, it’s the first and only Travoltasploitation movie. It’s about a hotel cook named Gianni who can’t dance but is frustratingly in…

Genre: Comedy
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
IMDb: 6.9
98

Capt. William “Buck” Rogers is a jovial space cowboy who is accidentally time-warped from 1987 to 2491. Earth is engaged in interplanetary war following a global holocaust, and Buck’s piloting…

The Electric Horseman

The Electric Horseman

The Electric Horseman
IMDb: 6.1
122

Sonny Steele used to be a rodeo star, but his next appearance is to be on a Las Vegas stage, wearing a suit covered in lights, advertising a breakfast cereal….

Doing Time

Doing Time

Doing Time
IMDb: 8.2
93

Times are hard for habitual guest of Her Majesty Norman Stanley Fletcher. The new prison officer, Beale, makes MacKay look soft and what’s more, an escape plan is hatching from…

Genre: Comedy, Crime
Hometown U.S.A.

Hometown U.S.A.

Hometown U.S.A.
IMDb: 5.4
93

High school loser Rodney C. Duckworth (Gary Springer) is known as The Rodent until one unforgettable night when he borrows a cherry-new Chevy convertible and goes cruising for the girl…

Genre: Comedy