Best movies of 1979

Actors : Meng Lo, Li Wang, Chien Sun, Feng Lu,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

Yuan Ying Fei is the descendant of the one known as Golden Sword and himself is a master of the technique as well as being boss of the town. He is so a cruel man and has killed his sparring...

Actors : Sylvaine Charlet, Peter Cushing, Keenan Wynn, Oliver Reed,
Directors : Peter Curran,

A bumbling US marine Captain is assigned to retrieve a space capsule from a despotic African ruler.

Actors : Mariangela Melato, Nerina Montagnani, Eleonora Giorgi, Erland Josephson,
Directors : Franco Brusati,

A gay brother visits his childhood home where his lesbian sister still lives. They reminisce about the better past and their parents.

Actors : Manuchehr Farid, Reza Babak, Susan Taslimi, Siamak Atlassi,
Directors : Bahram Beizai,

Tara, the young beautiful widow, returns with her two little kids from country to her village. In her way home, she finds out that her grandfather has passed away. She distributes grandpa's...

Actors : Sterling Hayden, Niall O'Brien, Patricia Quinn, Craig Wasson,
Directors : Tony Luraschi,

A young American man joins the IRA in Ireland but soon finds out that he is being used for political purposes and propaganda.

Actors : Paola Senatore, Mario Carotenuto, Alvaro Vitali, Renzo Montagnani,
Directors : Marino Girolami,

Actors : Chris Carbis, Curt Colbert, Peter Spelson, Robin Newton,
Directors : Jack M. Sell,

A man discovers that he has psychotronic powers--the ability to will people to die. He begins exercising that power.

Actors : Monique van de Ven, Grant Page, Paul Haynes, Margaret Gerard,
Directors : Brian Trenchard-Smith,

Australian stuntman Grant Page goes to Los Angeles to work on a television series. He uses his spare time to lend his expertise to rock band Sorcery, whose act features duels between the ...

Actors : Paola Morra, Lino Banfi, Alvaro Vitali, Nadia Cassini,
Directors : Giuliano Carnimeo,

Girls' dance instructor Claudia Gambetti takes over the boy's gym class after gym teacher Martorelli breaks both his legs owing to one of his student's pranks. Soon both teachers and ...

Actors : John Smihula, Fred Borges, Fred Dabby, Jody Kadish,
Directors : Nathan Schiff,

Returning from the planet Venus, an errant NASA spacecraft crashes into the ocean, spilling its radioactive cargo. Enveloped by a radioactive mass, a rabid weasel is transformed into a ...

Actors : Renato Pozzetto, Max von Sydow, Shelley Winters, Alberto Lionello,
Directors : Mauro Bolognini,

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 killer best known as the "Soap-Maker of Correggio".

Actors : Edwige Fenech, Gianrico Tedeschi, Gordon Mitchell, Paolo Villaggio,
Directors : Steno,

A lusty young woman decides to use her sexual powers to "tame" the evil and murderous Dr. Jekyll.

Actors : Siu Tin Yuen, Billy Chong, Chiu-Sing Hau, Brandy Yuen,
Directors : Shan Hua,

A young man vows revenge against the killers of his father. To do this, he must train with his father's teacher who teaches him the "Shadow Claw", a deadly combination of the eagle claw and...

Actors : Shan Chang, Cheng-Lan Chen, Tien-Chi Cheng, Kai Chia,

A ruthless white haired general intends to take over a small town with the help of his "Five Hands Gang"

Actors : Gloria DeHaven, Marshall Thompson, Leo Gordon, Aldo Ray,
Directors : Don Keeslar,

Dynamite fishing in a rural swamp revives a prehistoric gill monster that must have the blood of human females in order to survive.

Actors : Tomasz Hudziec, Piotr Lysak, Hanna Skarzanka, Maria Chwalibóg,
Directors : Wojciech Marczewski,

Set before the first Wold War in part of Poland under Austrain occupation, the story of a young boy in primary school who later grows up to become a rebellious, poetic-minded teen in the ...

Actors : Afolabi Ajayi, Stanley Church, Mark Owens, Peggy Feury,
Directors : John Ballard,

A disturbed young man is plagued by horrific headaches that he believes make him commit murders.

Actors : Anne Wiazemsky, Henri de Maublanc, Xuan Lindenmeyer, Cécile Le Bailly,
Directors : Philippe Garrel,

Four chapters based on the birth of a 'secret child', or a film, with chapter titles: "La séction Césarienne" (Caesarian section: a descriptive detail introducing the mother); "Le dernier ...

Actors : Bo Svenson, Rod Steiger, Ann Turkel, Jack Palance,
Directors : Allan A. Buckhantz,

A professional hitman is hired to kill a brain surgeon. However, it turns out that not only are he and the surgeon old friends, but they are both in love with the same woman.

Actors : Sheng Chiang, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Feng Lu, Chien Sun,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

The heroes pose as gun dealers and acrobats in order to get close to the bad guys so they can avenge the death of one of their brothers. In the end they lock the bad guys in a warehouse for a final battle to the death.