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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Dick Van Dyke stars as a priest accused of murdering a nun. Directed by Stanley Kramer, this 1979 drama also features Kathleen Quinlan, Maureen Stapleton, Ray Bolger, Beau Bridges and Tammy Grimes.
Style:
religious drama, emotional, atmospheric, intense, period piece ...
Plot:
nun, convent, priest, small town, character study, moral ambiguity, false accusation, scandal, investigation, working class, poverty, isolation ...
Time:
year 1970, 70s, year 1979
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876
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An Olympic hopeful marathon runner hopes his success will be the answer to his marriage woes and other personal problems.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, intense, period piece
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fitness, running, olympics, marathon, runner, divorce, athlete, perseverance, determination, endurance, ambition, sacrifice ...
Time:
70s, year 1979, year 1976
Place:
new york
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After a successful robbery leaves famed thief Lupin III and his partner Jigen with nothing but a large amount of fake money, the so called "Goat Bills", he decides to track down the counterfeiter responsible - and steal any other treasures ...
Style:
anime, manga, stylized, humorous, epic ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
wedding, samurai, heist, lupin iii, chase, castle, car chase, fictional country, forgery, caper, friendship, ninja ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s
Place:
japan, east asia, monte carlo, tokyo
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 275 min.
Story:
The evolution of a nation during six decades of turbulent history is dramatized via two families from opposing classes.
Style:
family saga, realistic, serious, captivating, epic
Plot:
parents and children, swamp, forbidden love, taiga, wartime life, homecoming, culture clash, tragic love, political unrest, village life, family life, revolution ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1979, 60s, 1920s ...
Place:
siberia, soviet union, ussr, russia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In a small presbytery in Yorkshire, England, living under the watchful eyes of their aunt and father, a strict Anglican pastor, the Bronte sisters write their first works and quickly become literary sensations.
Style:
realistic, serious, gloomy, contemplative, period drama ...
Plot:
writers, women, art, writer's life, biopic, historical event, tuberculosis, winter, disease, painting, fire, siblings ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s, year 1979, 1840s, 1830s ...
Place:
yorkshire, france, united kingdom, europe, england ...
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155K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
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 frequent anomalies. A Stalker guides two men into the Zone, specifically to an area in which deep seeded ...
Style:
philosophical, atmospheric, bleak, art house, psychological ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
stalker, post apocalypse, dystopian future, surrealism, psychokinesis, dog, wish come true, trippy, human nature, distopia, escapades, post apocalyptic ...
Time:
future, distant future, year 1979, near future
Place:
soviet union, ussr, russia
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A divorced man falls in love, but somehow he can't get over his ex-wife. This effects his love life in comic ways. Based on Dan Wakefield's novel. Burt Reynolds is an attractive middle-aged man who suffers a crisis of confidence when ...
Style:
realistic, touching, semi serious, witty, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
support group, starting over, dating, love affair, love triangle, infidelity, couple relations, hopes, thanksgiving, love, friendship, holiday ...
Time:
20th century, year 1979, 70s
Place:
boston, usa, new york
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An enthralling & action-packed comedy-thriller, full of blistering excitement.
Style:
realistic, not serious, humorous, neo noir
Plot:
investigation, scuba diving, underwater, insurance investigator, attempted murder, womanizer, silly humor, profanity, couples, disorder, couple relations, goofy hero ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s, 20th century
Place:
mexico, acapulco mexico
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109
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A new swimming coach is hired to break a team's seven-year losing streak.
Style:
uplifting, dramatic, grindhouse, retro, period piece ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens
Plot:
swimming, teamwork, underdog, team, coach, mentor, training, inspiration, perseverance, determination, competition, motivation ...
Time:
70s, year 1979
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4K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Handsome but backward gardener Tim Melville has a new woman in his life. She is Mary, his widowed employer, a woman who had given up on love until she had found Tim. At first they are friends. But soon they become lovers, as Mary, drawn to ...
Style:
romantic, realistic, serious, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, redheaded woman, unrequited love, family relations, male female relationship, autism, tenderness, mother in law son in law relationship, age-gap relationship, sibling relationship, women, psychopath ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s, 20th century
Place:
australia
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A NASA spacecraft proves Einstein right when, travelling faster than light, it ends up near King Arthur's Camelot. On board are big-hearted Tom Trimble and Hermes, the look-alike robot he built. Tom immediately makes friends with pretty ...
Style:
arthurian, semi serious, feel good, humorous, psychotronic
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
time travel, king arthur, astronaut, nasa, medieval, fish out of water, arthurian legend, space adventure, jousting, camelot, yankee, astronomy ...
Time:
middle ages, year 1979, 6th century, medieval times
Place:
england, cornwall, connecticut, usa, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Handsome Stranger has agreed to escort Charming Jones to collect her inheritance from her father. But Avery Jones wants the money, and hires notorious outlaw Cactus Jack to ambush Charming. However, Cactus Jack is not very good at robbing people.
Style:
funny, humorous, light, feel good, spoof ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
chase, disorder, escapades, nothing goes right, goofy hero, wild west, robbery, partner, friends, kidnapping, rescue, heroes ...
Time:
20th century, year 1979, 70s
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
An ancient intergalactic warrior arrives on Earth to put a stop to a demonic child's plot to reproduce Satan's next generation of evil.
Style:
psychotronic, grindhouse, psychedelic, supernatural thriller, terrifying ...
Plot:
evil child, bird attack, mother daughter relationship, supernatural power, killer child, animal attack, occult, bird, supernatural, basketball, youth, witch ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s
Place:
europe, atlanta georgia
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355
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Oscar-nominee Amy Irving ("Crossing Delancy," "Carrie") stars as a deaf woman who falls in love with an aspiring rock singer, even though she is unable to hear him sing.
Plot:
deaf, rock star, mother daughter relationship, brother brother relationship, gambling, bus, dancer, singer, father son relationship, dancing, singing, gambler ...
Time:
year 1979
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A young Chicano gang member in Los Angeles comes to realize that the gang life is not what he really wants but doesn't know how to get out.
Style:
hispanic, serious, realistic
Plot:
gang, gang member, teenager, african american gangster, redemption, cholo, violent content, gangster, life is a bitch, youth, society, going straight ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, latin america, mexico
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the American Southwest of the 1950s, middle-aged vagabond Beaudray Demerille survives as a cardsharp who moves from town to town. But his latest victory brings him unwanted spoils in the form of Wanda Nevada, a fiery 13-year-old. At first ...
Style:
funny, semi serious, realistic, offbeat, humorous ...
Plot:
treasure hunt, mysticism, gold mine, teenage girl, grand canyon, thinness, father daughter relationship, sex, age difference, card playing, young love, ghost ...
Time:
year 1979, 50s, 1950s
Place:
nevada, usa, arizona
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
19 years after President Timothy Keegan was assassinated, his brother Nick discovers a dying man claiming to have been the gunman. While trying to avoid his wealthy and domineering father's attempts to control his actions, Nick follows the ...
Style:
dark comedy, anamorphic, neo noir, surreal, political ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, assassination of president, assassination, winter, sex scene, bare breasts, female nudity, assassin, chess, cop, basement, paranoid ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s, 20th century, year 1959, 60s ...
Place:
philadelphia, new york, havana cuba, cleveland ohio, malaysia ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
David Cooper works in advertising but spends more time on his love life despite the fact that he is married. When his wife Linda discovers his girlfriends, she decides to get revenge by having an affair.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
disco, nudity, infidelity, model, extramarital affair, female nudity, lesbian sex, sex, wife, revenge, love, advertising ...
Time:
year 1979
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA, West Germany
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort. Against their proper sensibilities, many of the Brits don't much like the brash Yanks, especially when it comes to the G.I.s making advances on the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, touching, historical drama ...
Plot:
world war two, soldier, wartime life, forbidden love, premarital sex, american abroad, prejudice, racism, infidelity, couple relations, love affair, world war ...
Time:
1940s, year 1979, 20th century, year 1942
Place:
england, yorkshire, northern england, europe
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Netherlands, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership. Cy Endfield co-wrote the epic prequel Zulu Dawn 15 years after his enormously popular Zulu. Set in 1879, this film depicts the catastrophic Battle of ...
Style:
action adventure, historical drama, cult classic, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
imperialism, battles, british empire, zulu, medieval, colonialism, revolution, hand to hand combat, massacre, war hero, last stand, british army ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, year 1979, turn of the century, 1870s
Place:
africa, south africa
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41K
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
The perversion behind imperial Rome, the epic story of Rome's mad Emporer. All the details of his cruel, bizarre reign are revealed right here: His unholy sexual passion for his sister, his marriage to Rome's most infamous prostitute, his ...
Style:
erotic, disturbing, sexual, cult classic, sexy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ancient rome, incest, sex, sexual perversion, sexploitation, explicit sex, brutality, ancient world, brother sister sex, sex scene, unsimulated sex, roman empire ...
Time:
ancient times, 1st century, year 1979, 1930s, 1940s
Place:
rome italy, italy, greece
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Genre: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A small family relocates to the Sonoran Desert, to be closer to the grandparents of the family. Though there are news reports of a spectacular triple supernova, and the young granddaughter has seen a glowing alien construction behind the barn, the ...
Style:
claymation, independent film, semi serious, suspenseful, offbeat ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
tyrannosaurus rex, stop motion, time travel, pyramid, kaiju, monster, dinosaur, giant monster, alien, horse, flying saucer, youth ...
Time:
year 1979, prehistory, 70s
Place:
arizona
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132
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A hardened and embittered man turns his life around with the help of a farm boy in this uplifting family tale. Down on his luck and dependent on booze, Native American Fish Hawk (Will Sampson) changes his fate when he accepts a job hunting down a ...
Style:
uplifting, emotional, touching, sincere, period piece ...
Plot:
redemption, alcoholism, intergenerational friendship, second chance, healing, family drama, resilience, empathy, rehabilitation, heartwarming, village life, coming of age ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s, turn of the century
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
The Lightning Bug has a multi-prong scheme to enslave the earth. First, rock and roll, which the JMen counter with Muzac, then marijuana. Finally, the JMen build a bomb to blow up the moon with, but the Bug beats them to it by self destructing the ...
Style:
parody, spoof, surreal, independent film, not serious ...
Plot:
marijuana, superhero, satire, drug, silly humor, rivalry, evil alien, musician's life, artists and showbiz, space and aliens, alien encounter, drug abuse ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Based on Joni Eareckson's autobiography. She becomes paralyzed after breaking her neck in a swimming accident at age 17. Trying to cope with her new life, she learns to paint using her mouth and finds strength in her new Christian faith.
Style:
christian film, independent film
Plot:
physical disability, quadriplegic, faith, christianity, religious, disability, girl, christian, physical therapy, autobiography, obstacle, actress playing herself ...
Time:
year 1979, year 1967, 70s, 60s
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
independent film, cult classic, realistic, talky, political ...
Plot:
friendship, vietnam war, male nudity, college, skinny dipping, naked man, drinking, drug, marriage, teacher, hitchhiking, marijuana ...
Time:
year 1979, 20th century, 70s, 80s, 60s
Place:
new hampshire, washington d.c., usa, boston, california
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Sergeant Boyd's police search to find a sniper who has been shooting hookers.
Style:
psychotronic, slasher, suspense, independent film, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prostitute, murder, serial killer, urban setting, sniper, porn, urban, stalker, gangster, law enforcement, working undercover, psychopath ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s
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Genre: Adventure, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Tikoyo lives by the Bora Bora lagoon in the South Pacific, where he found a man-eating tiger shark when it was an orphaned baby, just a foot long. He named it Manidu, and it grew to be sixteen feet long. Tikoyo believes that his companion houses the ...
Style:
polynesian
Plot:
shark, underwater, ocean, night, brother sister relationship, fight, human animal relationship, drawing, letter, old man, tragedy, mirror ...
Time:
year 1979
Place:
pacific ocean
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Disarmingly realistic in its depiction of the realities of frontier life, Heartland is a strong antidote to the cliches of traditional Westerns. This semi-documentary slice of life is based on the diaries of Elmore Randall Stewart about her days on ...
Style:
historically accurate, independent film, contemplative, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
farm, homestead, rural setting, widow, ranch, cattle, scenery, nature, strong female presence, society, single parent, love and romance ...
Time:
1910s, year 1979, 20th century
Place:
wyoming, usa
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The hunter becomes the prey as a Vietnam veteran (Perry King) tries to ferret out the real culprit after being tagged as the prime suspect in the murders of his former Army pals.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, period piece, detective, neo noir ...
Plot:
vietnam war, vietnam veteran, suspect, false accusation, manhunt, crime investigation, cat and mouse, investigation, frame up, paranoia, killing spree, war trauma ...
Time:
year 1979
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