1979

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Escape from Alcatraz
7.6

Escape from Alcatraz

Jan. 25, 1979

Escape from Alcatraz

Escape from Alcatraz tells the story of the only three men ever to escape from the infamous maximum security prison at Alcatraz. In 29 years, the ...
Nightwing
5

Nightwing

Jun. 22, 1979

Nightwing

Killer bats plague an Indian reservation in Arizona.
The Main Event
5.6

The Main Event

Jun. 22, 1979

The Main Event

Hillary Kramer, successful Perfume magnate awakes one morning to find that her accountant has robbed her blind and left for South America. Going ...
The Driller Killer
5.2

The Driller Killer

Jun. 15, 1979

The Driller Killer

An artist slowly goes insane while struggling to pay his bills, work on his paintings, and care for his two female roommates, which leads him ...
The In-Laws
7.3

The In-Laws

Jun. 15, 1979

The In-Laws

In preparation for his daughter’s wedding, dentist Sheldon Kornpett meets Vince Ricardo, the groom’s father. Vince, a manic fellow ...
Rocky II
7.3

Rocky II

Jun. 15, 1979

Rocky II

After Rocky goes the distance with champ Apollo Creed, both try to put the fight behind them and move on. Rocky settles down with Adrian but ...
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
5.6

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days

A “prequel” of sorts to “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” chronicling the two outlaws’ lives in the years ...
Autumn Marathon
7.9

Autumn Marathon

Jun. 06, 1979

Autumn Marathon

Andrey Pavlovich Buzykin, who makes a living by teaching at an institute and translating English literature, is cheating on his wife. ...
Velvet Hands
6.5

Velvet Hands

Jun. 06, 1979

Velvet Hands

Engineer Quiller has become rich by selling his completely indestructible shop-window glass to jeweleries around the world. But this got him lots ...
Escape to Athena
5.7

Escape to Athena

May. 21, 1979

Escape to Athena

During the World War II, the prisoners of a German camp in a greek island are trying to escape. They don’t want only their freedom, but ...
Nocturna
4.5

Nocturna

Jun. 01, 1979

Nocturna

Hard times have fallen on the Transylvanian House of Dracula. To help pay the taxes, Castle Dracula has been converted into the Hotel ...
A Force of One
5.2

A Force of One

Jun. 01, 1979

A Force of One

Karate champion Matt Logan is enlisted by the police to train officers in self-defense after narcotics agents are killed by an assailant using ...
Up from the Depths
3.1

Up from the Depths

Jun. 01, 1979

Up from the Depths

A menacing shark-like predator attacks a Hawaiian tourist area in this low-budget creature feature. An uncredited Roger Corman served as ...
Going Steady
5.7

Going Steady

May. 31, 1979

Going Steady

Going Steady aka Lemon Popsicle 2 is the sequel to the 1978 Israeli film Lemon Popsicle. The movie basically follows the daily lives of several ...
The Muppet Movie
7.6

The Muppet Movie

May. 31, 1979

The Muppet Movie

A Hollywood agent persuades Kermit the Frog to pursue a career in Hollywood. On his way there he meets his future muppet crew while being chased ...
The Brood
6.8

The Brood

May. 25, 1979

The Brood

A man tries to uncover an unconventional psychologist’s therapy techniques on his institutionalized wife, while a series of brutal attacks ...
Alien
8.4

Alien

May. 25, 1979

Alien

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the ...
Alien
8.4

Alien

May. 25, 1979

Alien

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the ...
Stalker
8.1

Stalker

May. 25, 1979

Stalker

Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to ...
Woyzeck
7.1

Woyzeck

May. 25, 1979

Woyzeck

Having fathered an illegitimate child with his lover, Marie, feckless soldier Franz Woyzeck takes odd jobs around his small town to provide some ...
Breaking Away
7.7

Breaking Away

May. 24, 1979

Breaking Away

Dave, nineteen, has just graduated high school, with his 3 friends, The comical Cyril, the warm hearted but short-tempered Moocher, and the ...
Air Crew
7.4

Air Crew

May. 19, 1979

Air Crew

Story of the lives of three Soviet pilots who are united by disaster in a small town in the mountains.
Fast Company
5.5

Fast Company

May. 18, 1979

Fast Company

An early departure from director David Cronenberg’s canon of visceral horror, 1979’s Fast Company profiles one of his personal ...
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
4.6

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

After “The Poseidon Adventure”, in which the ship got flipped over by a tidal wave, the ship drifts bottom-up in the sea. While the ...
Zulu Dawn
6.7

Zulu Dawn

May. 14, 1979

Zulu Dawn

In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.
Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens
5.6

Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens

Believe it or not even in Smalltown USA there are still people who are unfulfilled and unrelieved in the midst of plenty. Levonna & Lamar ...
Winter Kills
6.1

Winter Kills

May. 11, 1979

Winter Kills

19 years after President Timothy Keegan was assassinated, his brother Nick discovers a dying man claiming to have been the gunman. While trying ...
The Bronte Sisters
6.5

The Bronte Sisters

May. 09, 1979

The Bronte Sisters

In a small presbytery in Yorkshire, England, living under the watchful eyes of their aunt and father, a strict Anglican pastor, the Bronte ...
Killer Nun
5

Killer Nun

May. 09, 1979

Killer Nun

A demented nun sliding through morphine addiction into madness, whilst presiding over a regime of lesbianism, torture and death. Sister Gertrude ...
Last Embrace
6.1

Last Embrace

May. 04, 1979

Last Embrace

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 ...