1979

The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid
6.1

The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid

A young humanoid alien who gets stranded on earth hooks up with a grizzled old sheriff in a western town and tries to help him solve a tough ...
Americathon
4.4

Americathon

Aug. 10, 1979

Americathon

In a story told in narrative flashbacks, a young TV consultant is hired by the President of a bankrupt USA to organize a telethon in order to ...
The Odd Couple
7.1

The Odd Couple

Aug. 09, 1979

The Odd Couple

Hailed as possibly the greatest classical weapons movie ever made and starring world-renowned martial arts master, director and ...
Galaxy Express 999
7.4

Galaxy Express 999

Aug. 04, 1979

Galaxy Express 999

In the future, one can achieve immortality by obtaining a mechanized body. Orphaned, young Tetsuro hitches a ride on the space train Galaxy ...
Dirty Ho
7.1

Dirty Ho

Aug. 04, 1979

Dirty Ho

A prince enlists a thief to serve as his bodyguard to protect him from assassins.
North Dallas Forty
7

North Dallas Forty

Aug. 03, 1979

North Dallas Forty

A semi-fictional account of life as a professional Football (American-style) player. Loosely based on the Dallas Cowboys team of the early 1970s.
More American Graffiti
5.3

More American Graffiti

College graduates deal with Vietnam and other issues of the late ’60s.
Rich Kids
6.5

Rich Kids

Aug. 01, 1979

Rich Kids

Two 12 year olds, the products of Upper West Side broken homes, struggle to make sense of their parents lives and their own adolescent feelings
The Amityville Horror
6.2

The Amityville Horror

Jul. 26, 1979

The Amityville Horror

George Lutz and his wife Kathleen, move into their Long Island dream house with their children only for their lives to be turned into a hellish ...
The Villain
5.3

The Villain

Jul. 26, 1979

The Villain

Handsome Stranger has agreed to escort Charming Jones to collect her inheritance from her father. But Avery Jones wants the money, and hires ...
Dracula
6.5

Dracula

Jul. 20, 1979

Dracula

Romanticized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s 1897 classic. Count Dracula is a subject of fatal attraction to more than one English maiden lady, ...
Just You and Me, Kid
6

Just You and Me, Kid

Jul. 13, 1979

Just You and Me, Kid

George Burns stars as a former vaudevillian who befriends a young runaway, played by 14-year old Brooke Shields, who is being chased by drug dealers.
Tim
6.4

Tim

Jul. 13, 1979

Tim

Handsome but backward gardener Tim Melville has a new woman in his life. She is Mary, his widowed employer, a woman who had given up on love ...
The Wanderers
7.4

The Wanderers

Jul. 13, 1979

The Wanderers

The streets of the Bronx are owned by ’60s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is lived. Philip Kaufman tells his take on the ...
Legend of the Mountain
7.4

Legend of the Mountain

A scholar, tasked to copy a sutra, meets with a mysterious old lady and her daughter in the mountains.
City on Fire
4.1

City on Fire

Jul. 11, 1979

City on Fire

A pyromaniac, ex-employee of a city oil refinery creates an explosion at the facility which starts a chain-reaction of fires that engulf the ...
Raining in the Mountain
7.4

Raining in the Mountain

An esquire and a General eyes a priceless handwritten scroll by Tripitaka, held in a Temple library. The Abbot of the Temple selects his successor.
The Champ
6.9

The Champ

Jul. 10, 1979

The Champ

The more you love, the harder you fight.The world looks at Billy Flynn and sees a has-been who seemingly never was, an ex-boxing champion slammed ...
Arabian Adventure
5.7

Arabian Adventure

Jul. 08, 1979

Arabian Adventure

An evil caliph (Christopher Lee) offers his daughter’s hand in marriage to a prince if he can complete a perilous quest for a magical rose. ...
The Frisco Kid
6.4

The Frisco Kid

Jul. 06, 1979

The Frisco Kid

Rabbi Avram arrives in Philadelphia from Poland en route to San Francisco where he will be a congregation’s new rabbi. An innocent and ...
The Lady in Red
6.2

The Lady in Red

Jul. 01, 1979

The Lady in Red

1930’s set film that tells the crime story of Polly Franklin, a poor farmer’s daughter who leaves for Chicago, where she is sent to ...
King Frat
4.4

King Frat

Jul. 01, 1979

King Frat

Set on the quiet campus of Yellowstream University, this comedy follows the rivalries that build between two of the college’s fraternities. ...
Bloodline
4.6

Bloodline

Jun. 29, 1979

Bloodline

When her father is murdered, a cosmetics heiress becomes the next target of an unknown killer amid the international jet set.
Meatballs
6.2

Meatballs

Jun. 28, 1979

Meatballs

Tripper is the head counselor at a budget summer camp called Camp Northstar. In truth, he’s young at heart and only marginally more mature ...
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
6.1

The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again

Amos and Theodore, the two bumbling outlaw wannabes from The Apple Dumpling Gang, are back and trying to make it on their own. This time, the ...
Moonraker
6.3

Moonraker

Jun. 26, 1979

Moonraker

After Drax Industries’ Moonraker space shuttle is hijacked, secret agent James Bond is assigned to investigate, traveling to California to ...
The Who: The Kids Are Alright
8.1

The Who: The Kids Are Alright

Through concert performances and interviews, this film offers us an “inside look” at this famous rock group, “The Who”. ...