Best movies of 1979

Actors : Michael Brandon, Susan Clark, Ned Beatty, Marsha Mason,
Directors : Jerome Hellman,

Numbed by career demands and a recent divorce, Dr. Alexandra Kendall (Marsha Mason) hides behind a hard shell of professional detatchment - until she treats Buffy Koenig (Kathleen Beller), ...

Actors : Alan Arkin, Shelley Winters, Valerie Perrine, Louise Fletcher,
Directors : Menahem Golan,

Yasha is a Jewish stage magician who tours through eastern Europe while destroying his career through personal problems. He has one more chance at theatrical success, but he needs to do a brand new trick in a Warsaw theater.

Actors : Susan Blakely, Tim Matheson, Jack Warden, Richard B. Shull,
Directors : Noel Nosseck,

Up and coming professional bowler trying to win a tournament against a grizzled veteran bowler.

Actors : Louise Cooper, Phil Askham, Stephen Hirst, Jean Franval,
Directors : Ken Loach,

A rediscovered classic from director Ken Loach (THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY, KES) and one of the inspirations for Wes Anderson's MOONRISE KINGDOM, BLACK JACK is a dark and complex ...

Actors : Timothy Brown, Rik Van Nutter, Richard Jaeckel, Jim Brown,
Directors : Rolf Bayer,

After the fall of the Philippines in World War II, the Japanese discover that Gen. MacArthur ordered millions of dollars in silver dumped in Manila Bay in order that it not fall into enemy ...

Actors : Susan Sarandon, David Steinberg, Marilyn Sokol, Jean-Pierre Aumont,
Directors : David Helpern,

A romantic comedy revolving around the on-again, off-again relationship of a young New York couple.

Actors : Renji Ishibashi, Moeko Ezawa, Ako, Junko Miyashita,
Directors : Tatsumi Kumashiro,

At his working place, Kozo and his colleague gangrape the boss' teenage daughter. Then, on the highway, he picks up a red-haired woman walking on the road back to his home. She ends up ...

Actors : Don Knotts, Robin Clarke, Tim Conway, David Wayne,
Directors : Michael Preece,

A mobster tricks an ex-boxer and his manager to take part in a series of (fixed) fights as part of a scheme to get his hands on an old boxing gym.

Actors : John Mills, Margaret Tyzack, Simon MacCorkindale, Barbara Kellerman,
Directors : Piers Haggard,

A separate screenplay by Nigel Kneale for theaters, parallel to the 1979 Quatermass four part mini-series. The story set in the near future involves influences from outer space that are possessing people. Professor Quatermass must save his granddaughter from the clutches of a popular and sinister cult "Planet People" that "performs raptures".

Actors : Adele Fátima, Costinha, Meiry Vieira, Denis Derkian,
Directors : Oswaldo de Oliveira,

Erotic spoof of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Actors : Ann Sothern, Chris Petersen, Pat Petersen, Charles Lane,
Directors : Curtis Hanson,

Karate experts attempt to rescue a girl who was kidnapped by a mother and her two psycho sons.

Actors : Magnus Härenstam, Lis Nilheim, Micha Gabay, Anki Lidén,
Directors : Lasse Hallström,

Bosse works at an advertising agency while working on the novel of the century. At a burger restaurant he meets Lena, and before he knows it, she is pregnant. Bosse starts thinking that his...

Actors : Lino Banfi, Alvaro Vitali, Pippo Santonastaso, Gloria Guida,
Directors : Nando Cicero,

3 short stories directed by Nando Cicero.

Actors : Ana Harpo, Sara Lezana, Paul Naschy, David Rocha,
Directors : Paul Naschy,

The devil, following in the footsteps of Christ, decides to become flesh and take a stroll around Earth to see how humans have progressed, and have a little fun creating havoc and mayhem in the process.

Actors : Edwige Fenech, Lino Banfi, Lory Del Santo, Daniele Vargas,

Actors : Tatsuya Nakadai, Yoshio Harada, Ayumi Ishida, Tetsurô Tanba,
Directors : Hideo Gosha,

Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo, to protect him during an inter-clan ...

Actors : Paul Mazursky, Allan Kolman, Brooke Adams, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Noel Black,

The two least likely bank robbers in the known universe plan and execute... kind of... the ultimate heist.

Actors : Zvonimir Crnko, Vladimir Popovic, Charles Millot, Ranko Kovacevic,
Directors : Veljko Bulajic,

After the murder of the Russian Emperor Peter III, who was succeeded by Empress Catherine, Satan decides that the balance between good and evil on Earth has been destabilized. In order to ...

Actors : Jun Aki, Yûki Mizuhara, Reiko Fujinami, Keizô Kanie,
Directors : Chûsei Sone,

When a writer for a porn magazine, watches a "rape" porn that is set in a school, he becomes obsessed with the lead actress, Nami, and tries to find her. He meets her by chance as he arrives for a shoot at a hotel.

Actors : Jacques Dutronc, Paul Préboist, Catherine Deneuve, Jacques Villeret,
Directors : Claude Lelouch,