Best movies of 1979

Actors : Lee Majors, Jennifer O'Neill, Harris Yulin, Art Carney,
Directors : Steve Carver,

Mike Catton was once a world-renowned construction foreman (at least in the construction world), but an accident left him with a serious fear of heights. Unable to climb the big skyscrapers...

Actors : Jennifer Hetrick, Jim Harris, Richard Gitlin, Helen Campitelli,
Directors : Lloyd Kaufman,

A male softball team is challenged by a female softball team to see who is best.

Actors : Sam Waterston, Harvey Keitel, Stéphane Audran, Martin Sheen,
Directors : Anthony Harvey,

A white trapper steals a white mustang called Eagle Wing from a Kiowa Indian who pursues him to get his horse back.

Actors : Barry Morse, Carol Lynley, John Ireland, Jack Palance,
Directors : George McCowan,

In the future, human race sets up colonies on the Moon, when Earth becomes uninhabitable. A madman decides to destroy the Moon colonies with his robots and automated ships and only three people and their robot dog can stop him.

Actors : Ray Ashcroft, Stephen MacKenna, Rod Culbertson, John Altman,
Directors : Richard Marquand,

An account of The Beatles during the Hamburg years, their signing with Brian Epstein and their inevitable rise during the early sixties.

Actors : Charles Grodin, Joan Collins, Farrah Fawcett, Art Carney,
Directors : Richard C. Sarafian,

After a rich old man dies in a suspicious car accident in Acapulco, his widow wants his insurance company to pony up $5 million. A hotshot investigator Decker (Grodin) and a charming model (Fawcett) come in to check it out.

Actors : Giancarlo Giannini, Claudine Auger, Goldie Hawn, Aurore Clément,
Directors : Mario Monicelli,

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

Actors : O.J. Simpson, Eli Wallach, James Coburn, Sophia Loren,
Directors : Michael Winner,

A merc is hired by the FBI to track down a powerful recluse criminal. A woman is also trying to track him down for her own personal vendetta.

Actors : Jean Simmons, Jenny Agutter, Simon Ward, Cliff Robertson,
Directors : Michael Anderson,

A millionaire who has recently lost his wife starts believing that he is being haunted by her spirit.

Actors : David Hayman, Alex Norton, Sean Scanlan, Jake D'Arcy,
Directors : John Mackenzie,

The life and imprisonment of Glasgow hard man and gangster Jimmy Boyle.

Actors : Jean Benguigui, Miou-Miou, Maria Schneider, Niels Arestrup,
Directors : Daniel Duval,

Marie (Miou-Miou) is a young girl from a working-class family who falls for Gerard (Daniel Duval) before she discovers he is a vicious, sadistic pimp. She is degraded, abused, and beaten ...

Actors : Leonora Fani, Jeff Blynn, Gianni Dei, Michele Renzullo,
Directors : Mario Landi,

In Venice a detective is on the trail of a killer who commits a double murder (a married couple) then more grisly killings occur. Sex, drugs, gore and perversions are ingredients of this sadistic and sleazy giallo.

Actors : Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Rados Bajic, Bekim Fehmiu, Ljubisa Samardzic,
Directors : Hajrudin Krvavac,

The first Yugoslav Partisan air force unit. Loosely based on historical facts.

Actors : Neetu Singh, Zeenat Aman, Prem Chopra, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Shakti Samanta,

Jai (Amitabh Bachchan) is an expert gambler, and has been so as long as he can remember, and has never lost a game. These skills bring him to the attention of the underworld don Saxena (...

Actors : Mimsy Farmer, Fiamma Maglione, James Franciscus, Venantino Venantini,
Directors : Ruggero Deodato,

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.

Actors : Miles Chapin, David Marshall Grant, Blanche Baker, Valérie Quennessen,
Directors : Willard Huyck,

An American group of exchange students come to Paris to study the language and culture for a year. The film depicts the various interactions between the students and the instructors, ...

Actors : Sam Bottoms, Susanne Reed, Kedric Wolfe, Virgil Frye,
Directors : Charles B. Griffith,

A giant shark-like creature preys on a Hawaiian tourist community.

Actors : Roy Sekoff, Robert Small, John DiSanti, Charles Pitt,
Directors : Ken Wiederhorn,

Frat boys -- or is that fart boys? -- compete in a farting contest.

Actors : Bill Adler, Melissa Prophet, Cynthia Wood, Dennis Bowen,
Directors : William Sachs,

A small-town kid hears about the wild nights of cruising the boulevard in Van Nuys, California. He drives out there to check it out, and gets involved with drag racers, topless dancers and bikers.

Actors : Edward Underdown, Peter Ustinov, Peter Bennett, Brenda Cavendish,
Directors : David Cobham,

A family film which follows the life of a real otter and its adventures in the wild.