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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.
Style:
suspense, intense, tense, talky, exciting ...
Plot:
heist, train robbery, robbery, gold, perfect crime, victorian england, betrayal, british, gangster, train travel, master criminal, partner ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s, 1800s, turn of the century, year 1979 ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, united kingdom, london
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44K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance, War
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
"Hair" is a 1979 musical war comedy-drama film adaptation of the 1968 Broadway musical "Hair: An American Tribal Love-Rock Musical" about a Vietnam War draftee, Claude, who meets and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on ...
Style:
stylized, thought provoking, psychedelic, cult classic, feel good ...
Plot:
hippie, nudity, counterculture, vietnam war, broadway, anti war, music, rock and roll, dancing, male nudity, commune, lsd ...
Time:
60s, year 1979, 20th century, 70s
Place:
oklahoma, vietnam, new york, manchester, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Margaret is a nurse in England during WW2, and married to a secret agent. Things get complicated when she falls for David, an American pilot.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, period piece, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
world war two, war, secret mission, aviation, secret agent, couples, fall in love, love triangle, infidelity, love and romance, dishonesty, couple relations ...
Time:
20th century, year 1979, 1940s
Place:
london, europe, france, england
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243K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang.
Style:
grindhouse, retro, futuristic, apocalyptic, perverse ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, dystopia, chase, post apocalypse, vengeance, revenge, biker, car chase, car, dystopic future, chaos, criminal ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 1979, near future, distant future ...
Place:
australia, oceania
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, West Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
atmospheric, art house, independent film, period drama, moody
Plot:
magician, jewish culture, stage magic, european, theater, character study, ambition, obsession, moral ambiguity, midlife crisis, existential crisis, melancholy ...
Time:
year 1979, 1800s, 19th century
Place:
poland, warsaw poland, eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Hillary Kramer, successful Perfume magnate awakes one morning to find that her accountant has robbed her blind and left for South America. Going through all of her remaining assets she finds a boxer, purchased as a tax write off. She decides to take ...
Style:
romantic comedy, semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
boxing, forbidden love, fish out of water, underdog, screwball, love, teenager, disco, martial arts, opposites attract, financial ruin, driving instructor ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s, 1930s
Place:
latin america, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two novice thieves are plotting to rob a bank in Vancouver. A photographer snaps a shot of one thief as he is carrying the bank building's blueprints. The would-be thief then begins a relationship with the photographer and attempts to retrieve ...
Style:
independent film, period piece, lighthearted, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heist, bank robbery, photographer, money laundering, relationships, fall in love, hustler, in love, computer hacking, urban, cat and mouse, criminal underworld ...
Time:
70s, year 1979, 20th century
Place:
vancouver, macau
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153K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
Style:
romantic, intellectual, visually stunning, humorous, meditative ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
dating, couples, older man younger woman relationship, age difference, love and romance, teenage girl, dachshund, lolita, sarcasm, relationships, divorce, 17 year old ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1979
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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26K
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Tripper is the head counselor at a budget summer camp called Camp Northstar. In truth, he's young at heart and only marginally more mature than the campers themselves. Tripper befriends Rudy, a loner camper who has trouble fitting in. As ...
Style:
funny, humorous, light, entertaining, grindhouse ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
summer camp, coming of age, campfire story, camp, rivalry, youth, outcast, mentor, camping, friends, mischievous children, rich and poor ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1979, 80s
Place:
canada
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The story of G.I. Gurdjieff an Asian mystic who after a lifetimes study developed a form of meditation incorporating modern dance.
Style:
spiritual, philosophical, surreal, inspirational, esoteric ...
Plot:
biopic, spirit, camel, spirituality, holy man, buddhism, occult, myth, anthropology, dancing, transcendence, art ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s
Place:
tibet, asia, himalaya, afghanistan, armenia ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it will hit it will cause a incredible catastrophe which will probably extinguish mankind. To stop the meteor NASA wants to use ...
Style:
apocalyptic, psychotronic, grindhouse, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, cold war, nasa, race against time, asteroid, space station, astrophysicist, scientist, astronaut, apocalypse, 007 ...
Time:
70s, year 1979, 20th century, future
Place:
new york, russia, switzerland, france, usa ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
College graduates deal with Vietnam and other issues of the late '60s.
Style:
grindhouse, sentimental, captivating, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
vietnam war, drag racing, hippie, racing, bittersweet, coming of age, marijuana, student protest, radio, driving, car, auto racing ...
Time:
60s, year 1979, 20th century, year 1966, year 1965 ...
Place:
vietnam, usa, california, san francisco, hawaii
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Michael Flaherty (Craig Wasson), an American Vietnam veteran of Irish descent, returns to Belfast to join the cause of his grandfather, Seamus (Sterling Hayden). Soon he finds that he is not as welcomed in his home country as he imagined he would ...
Style:
neo noir, independent film, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
ira, anglo irish relations, trouble, machine gun, power relations, war, innocence lost, terrorism, rivalry, dishonesty, life is a bitch, state affairs ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, detroit, england, scotland
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
During WW 2, a Basque shepherd is approached by the underground, who wants him to lead a scientist and his family across the Pyrenees. While being pursued by a sadistic German.
Style:
factual, suspense, disturbing, tense, independent film ...
Plot:
world war two, exploitation, pursuit, resistance, rescue mission, ss officer, ss, shepherd, machine gun, world war, nazi, mountain ...
Time:
1940s, year 1979
Place:
basque country, france
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A hitchhiker named Martel Gordone gets in a fight with two bikers over a prostitute, and one of the bikers is killed. Gordone is arrested and sent to prison, where he joins the prison's boxing team in an effort to secure an early parole and to ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, prison, boxing, prison life, black, drifter, prison sex, underground, black history, martial arts, thug life, false accusation ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s
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Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Offbeat but endearing romantic comedy about unlikely match-up (by computer dating) of straitlaced Dooley, under the thumb of overbearing father, and singer Heflin, whose life is wrapped up with her familial rock group.
Style:
realistic, humorous, feel good, semi serious, romantic comedy
Audience:
date night
Plot:
dating, opposites attract, looking for love, love and romance, lifestyle, unlikely couple, family relations, couples, bachelor, loneliness, relationships, dating service ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
At first simply grating, the presence of a hard-edged, macho plumber who damages more than he repairs and returns day after day soon turns menacing for the intellectual wife of a distracted doctor.
Style:
psychological thriller, thrilling, slasher, erotic, spooky ...
Plot:
stalking, plumber, dark humor, intimidation, nudity, husband wife relationship, tenant, destruction, university, married couple, elevator, harmonica ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s, 20th century
Place:
australia, adelaide south australia
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Times are hard for habitual guest of Her Majesty Norman Stanley Fletcher. The new prison officer, Beale, makes MacKay look soft and what's more, an escape plan is hatching from the cell of prison godfather Grouty and Fletcher wants no part of ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, witty, clever, humorous ...
Plot:
prison, prison escape, prisoner, escape, anti hero, partner, disorder, friends, troublemaker, buddies, nothing goes right, confined ...
Time:
year 1979, 20th century, 70s
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Anthony Hope's classic tale gets a decidedly 'un-classic' treatment at the hands of Peter Sellers. Following the story somewhat, friends of the new King Rudolph of Ruritania fear for his life, and switch him with a look-a-like London ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, exciting, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
kidnapping, prison escape, satire, fictional country, literary, prison, sword fight, fictitious country, body swapping, kingdom, heir to the throne, partner ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s
Place:
england, london, europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
"Bags" the boxer (funnyman Tim Conway) and his manager, Shake (Don Knotts), are quite a pair: One is a dim bulb, and the other has a mean streak. Times are tough and they must save their gym, so they line up some moneymaking fights. But ...
Style:
buddy comedy, humorous, lighthearted, feel good, slapstick ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
boxing, underdog, friendship, boxer, organized crime, corruption, misadventure, small town, hostile takeover, redemption, exploitation, hooligan ...
Time:
70s, year 1979, 1930s
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A rich student's fiancee has her face destroyed by a car accident, and refuses to return to him fearing the loss of his love.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional
Audience:
date night
Plot:
car wreck, plastic surgery, elopement, architect, forbidden love, confrontation, punched in the face, painting, deception, car accident, hidden truth, love ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A Savage beast, grown to monstrous size and driven mad by toxic wastes that are poisoning the waters, spreads terror and death on a Maine countryside.
Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, rough, natural horror ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
creature feature, toxic, bear, contamination, creature, environmentalism, danger, animal life, rivalry, experiment gone awry, pregnancy, mutant ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s
Place:
maine, usa
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
During a future ice age, dying humanity occupies its remaining time by playing a board game called Quintet. For one small group, this obsession is not enough. They play the game with living pieces, and only the winner survives.
Style:
apocalyptic, psychological, serious, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot:
dystopian future, apocalypse, climate change, ice age, danger, rivalry, isolation, society, survival, life is a bitch, obsession, chaos ...
Time:
year 1979, future
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Genre: Drama, Music, Mystery
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Set in 1970s Britain, a man drives from London to Bristol to investigate his brother's death. The purpose of his trip is offset by his encounters with a series of odd people.
Style:
road movie, black and white, atmospheric, surreal, independent film ...
Plot:
on the road, death of brother, jukebox, mysticism, road trip, investigation, obsessive quest, music, life is a bitch, death in the family, rock, riddles and clues ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s
Place:
england, europe, bristol
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a post-apocalyptic world divided between two groups called the Flockers and the Ravagers, an adventurer and his "pleasure girl" try to find their way to a rumored safe haven called the Land of Genesis.
Style:
apocalyptic, grindhouse, independent film, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, post-apocalyptic future, apocalypse, nuclear holocaust, dystopia, post nuclear, post apocalyptic, distopia, wasteland, epidemic, survival, atomic bomb ...
Time:
year 1979, 90s, future
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their everyday lives, in the manner of the ground-breaking PBS series "An American Family".
Style:
mockumentary, satirical, funny, humorous, witty ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, society, fictional reality show, family relations, dark humor, lifestyle, family life, nothing goes right, disorder, satire, husband wife relationship, showbiz ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s, 20th century
Place:
arizona, phoenix arizona, usa, hawaii, california
Is relevant?
726
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Two 12 year olds, the products of Upper West Side broken homes, struggle to make sense of their parents lives and their own adolescent feelings
Style:
grindhouse, stylized, independent film, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
young love, first love, coming of age, youth, friends, child, children, love, divorce, middle class, best friend, bittersweet ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In the early years of the 20th Century, two British yachtsmen (Michael York and Simon MacCorkindale) stumble upon a German plot to invade the east coast of England in a flotilla of specially designed barges. They set out to thwart this terrible ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, independent film
Plot:
spy, yacht, military, sailing, ocean, espionage, state affairs, danger, undercover, conquering, heroes, ship ...
Time:
1900s, year 1979, 20th century
Place:
germany, britain, england
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Teen lovers Bobby and Terry band together with other roller skaters to try and prevent a powerful mobster taking over the land their favourite skating rink sits on, and compete in the Boogie Contest.
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
disco, extortion, flirting, dance contest, teensploitation, love, underground, skater, friendship, save the day, underdog, rivalry ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california, venice beach california, santa monica california, los angeles
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, Spain, Panama
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This horrific dramatization of the Guyana tragedy traces the steps of Reverend Jim Jones, a highly charismatic, but profoundly paranoid clergyman, who after years of evangelism and good deeds, begins his own church in the mid-western United States. ...
Style:
controversial, thought provoking, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
religious sect, religious fanaticism, religion, brainwashing, submission, female nudity, killer, murder, historical figure, psychopath, religions or cults, social relations ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s, year 1978
Place:
caribbean, latin america, south america, guyana
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