Best movies of 1979

Actors : Eli Wallach, Jeff Bridges, Anthony Perkins, John Huston,
Directors : William Richert,

The Pickering Commission concluded that a lone gunman killed US President Kegan in 1960, in Philadelphia. 19 years later a dying man confesses to be the real shooter hired to kill him. Kegan's brother and filthy rich father investigate.

Actors : Mitsuko Baishô, Rentarô Mikuni, Ken Ogata, Chôchô Miyako,
Directors : Shôhei Imamura,

Chronological exploits of Iwao Enokizu, a murderous thief on the lam.

Actors : Maggie Renzi, Maggie Cousineau, Bruce MacDonald, Adam LeFevre,
Directors : John Sayles,

Seven former college friends, along with a few new friends, gather for a weekend reunion at a summer house in New Hampshire to reminisce about the good old days, when they got arrested on the way to a protest in Washington, DC.

Actors : Jean-Pierre Léaud, Dani, Claude Jade, Marie-France Pisier,
Directors : François Truffaut,

Antoine Doinel is now more than thirty. He divorces from Christine. He is a proofreader, and is in love with Sabine, a record seller. Colette, his teenager love, is now a lawyer. She buys ...

Actors : George Burns, Art Carney, Lee Strasberg, Charles Hallahan,
Directors : Martin Brest,

Three friends who are living on the dole decide to organize a bank robbery.

Actors : Dan Grimaldi, Bill Ricci, Charles Bonet, Robert Carnegie,
Directors : Joseph Ellison,

A disturbed young man who was burned as a child by his sadistic mother stalks women with a flamethrower.

Actors : Hector Elizondo, Sean Connery, Jack Weston, Brooke Adams,
Directors : Richard Lester,

A British mercenary arrives in pre-Revolution Cuba to help train the corrupt General Batista's army against Castro's guerrillas while he also romances a former lover now married to an unscrupulous plantation owner.

Actors : Barbra Streisand, Paul Sand, Ryan O'Neal, Whitman Mayo,
Directors : Howard Zieff,

A bankrupt entrepreneur attempts to recoup some of her losses by getting a washed-out boxer she picked up as a tax loss back into the ring - an idea her protégé isn't fond of.

Actors : Ewa Pokas, Jerzy Stuhr, Malgorzata Zabkowska, Stefan Czyzewski,
Directors : Krzysztof Kieslowski,

Filip buys an eight-millimetre movie camera when his first child is born. Because it's the first camera in town, he's named official photographer by the local Party boss. His horizons widen...

Actors : Semra Türel, Reha Yurdakul, Ekrem Dümer, Kemal Sunal,
Directors : Osman F. Seden,

The story of a guard who revolts because of exploiting reeve and tradespeople. People start to think he has an uncle working in the ministry of the interior.

Actors : Telly Savalas, Peter Boyle, Sally Field, Michael Caine,
Directors : Irwin Allen,

Adventurers return to the overturned ship, seeking a fortune.

Actors : Joss Ackland, Ben Gazzara, Denholm Elliott, James Villiers,
Directors : Peter Bogdanovich,

Jack Flowers, an American hustler in early 1970s Singapore, dreams of building a fortune by running a brothel and returning to the States to lead a life of luxury.

Actors : Nicolai Shutorov, Arthur Q. Bryan, Paul Julian, Mel Blanc,

Bugs Bunny reflects on his past cartoon exploits.

Actors : Bernard Blier, Jean Carmet, Denise Gence, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Bertrand Blier,

Black comedy about solitude and the dehumanization of the modern world, through the adventures of three men. First introduced is Alphonse Tram, an unemployed young man. His only neighbour ...

Actors : Tim Choate, Robin Ellis, Wesley Addy, Lee Remick,
Directors : James Ivory,

It's the mid-nineteenth century. Adult siblings Felix Young and Eugenia Munster were born and raised in Europe and have a somewhat bohemian lifestyle reflective of their travels throughout ...

Actors : Kemal Sunal, Aysen Atav, Aynur Akkum, Kamer Baba,
Directors : Natuk Baytan,

Mulayim sert believes that he only has 6 month to live. So to avoid meeting his fate, he decides to re do his job status, carry a time bomb, and play Russian Roulette.

Actors : Richard Dysart, Talia Shire, Robert Foxworth, Armand Assante,
Directors : John Frankenheimer,

A log company's waste mutates the environment, creating a giant killer bear-monster.

Actors : Cinzia Monreale, Franca Stoppi, Sam Modesto, Kieran Canter,
Directors : Joe D'Amato,

Grief-struck after the death of his wife, a young man attempts to keep her with him forever - by gutting her, stuffing her and replacing her eyes with glass eyes, turning her into a doll. But his bouts of insanity are just beginning.

Actors : David Niven, Roger Moore, Telly Savalas, Stefanie Powers,
Directors : George P. Cosmatos,

A World War II adventure, involving a group of Allied POWs, Nazis, black market priceless art treasures, Greek resistance, a Greek monastery, and a secret German rocket base.

Actors : Jill Clayburgh, Matthew Barry, Veronica Lazar, Renato Salvatori,
Directors : Bernardo Bertolucci,

While touring in Italy, a recently-widowed American opera singer has an incestuous relationship with her 15-year-old son to help him overcome his heroin addiction.