Best Movies of 1979 – page 4
Genre: Comedy, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Amos and Theodore, the two bumbling outlaw wannabes from The Apple Dumpling Gang, are back and trying to make it on their own. This time, the crazy duo gets involved in an army supply theft case -- and, of course, gets in lots of comic trouble along ...
Style:
funny, humorous, slapstick, family comedy, lighthearted ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
humour, partner, friends, disorder, bank, heist, family life, gang, orphan, rivalry, heroes, goofy hero ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A focus on life in a gang, Boulevard Nights portrays the dangers of street violence. Richard Yniguez plays a young Chicano who tries to get out of the gang, but he keeps finding himself drawn back into it.
Style:
hood, crime drama, hispanic, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
gang, gang member, gangster, mexican gang, chicano, mafia, street gang, brother brother relationship, teenager, coming of age, street kid, thug ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s
Place:
los angeles, south america, california
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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: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When Arthur Davis, a junior bachelor in the British secret service's African section, is seen taking a file with him to meet his girlfriend Cynthia- the brass fears he may be the leak to Moscow, and allows Dr. Percival to terminate the ...
Style:
medical drama, political thriller, independent film, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, cold war, espionage, interracial romance, double agent, conspiracy, covert operation, politics, suspicion, intrigue, interracial marriage, traitor ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s
Place:
britain, england, africa, europe, south africa ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Mike Catton was once a world-renowned construction foreman (at least in the construction world), but an accident left him with a serious fear of heights. Unable to climb the big skyscrapers while under construction, he retired and became a truck ...
Style:
action thriller, sexy, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
explosions, stuntman, race against time, skyscraper, partner, ambition, danger, boss and employee, workplace, power relations, friends, workplace intrigue ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s
Place:
kentucky
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347
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A drag-racer enters a local championship race. However, he runs up against the town boss, a corrupt sheriff who has already made arrangements to ensure that his own son wins the race.
Style:
fast paced, tension, period piece, retro, heroic ...
Plot:
drag racing, car race, car, corruption, motor sport, underdog, cheating, small town, showdown, corrupt official, rivalry, bribery ...
Time:
70s
Place:
california
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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: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
1930's gangster era film about Dillinger and his last girl. Written by John Sayles.
Style:
grindhouse, sexual, cult classic, independent film, serious ...
Plot:
mafia, gangster, nudity, murder, prostitution, violence, sex scene, loss of virginity, brothel, farm, on the run, dishonesty ...
Time:
1930s, year 1979, 70s
Place:
chicago
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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: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In real life, mystery writer Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days in December 1926. To this day, no one knows the details of what she did during that time. The film gives a fictional account of Christie's time away, showing her as a woman ...
Style:
atmospheric, realistic, serious, psychological, factual ...
Plot:
disappearance, missing person, writers, investigation, writer's life, historical figure, uncover truth, private detective, murder, biopic, interwar period, spa ...
Time:
1920s, year 1979, 20th century
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An artist slowly goes insane while struggling to pay his bills, work on his paintings, and care for his two female roommates, which leads him taking to the streets of New York after dark and randomly killing derelicts with a power drill.
Style:
slasher, ambiguous ending, terrifying, psychological, scary ...
Plot:
murder, painting, artist, serial killer, punk rock, painter, anger, homeless man, homelessness, church, insomnia, dream ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Henry Bolingbroke has now been crowned King of England, but faces a rebellion headed by the embittered Earl of Northumberland and his son (nicknamed 'Hotspur'). Henry's son Hal, the Prince of Wales, has thrown over life at court in ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, comedy drama, tense
Plot:
british history, shakespeare, king of england, medieval, rebellion, political intrigue, coming of age, friendship, betrayal, identity crisis, character study, loyalty ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Old Mr. Parker has made millions inventing and selling games. At the beginning of the movie, he dies and his relatives gather for the reading of the will. However, Old Mr. Parker is a game player to the last, and his will stipulates a Scavenger Hunt ...
Style:
entertaining, not serious, offbeat, humorous, slapstick comedy
Audience:
teens
Plot:
treasure hunt, blaxploitation, treasure map, lost treasure, buried treasure, family relations, car chase, competition, contest, disorder, fish out of water, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s, 20th century
Place:
california, san diego california
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Genre: Documentary, Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
Story:
This special was taped in 1977 but did not air until August 1979, on ABC. It featured most of Andy's famous gags, including Foreign Man/Latka and his Elvis Presley impersonation, as well as a host of unique segments (including a special ...
Style:
parody, spoof, sketch comedy, post modern
Plot:
sketch, singing, surrealism, satire, stand up comedy, stand up comedian, interview, singer, comedian, joke, irreverence, absurd humor ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
As a child, Donald was tormented by his mother who used fire as a punishment. Now a deranged adult, Donald stalks women at clubs, then takes them home where he kills them with a flamethrower.
Style:
slasher, grindhouse, scary, psychological, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, sadism, burned alive, abusive mother, obsession, loss of control, murder, burn victim, exploitation, child abuse, maniac, deeply disturbed person ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new jersey, new york
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Ghoulish Count Dracula lures a naive estate agent, Jonathan Harker, to his decaying Transylvanian castle with the promise of easy money. But when he spies a portrait of the man's beautiful young wife Lucy, the vampire becomes obsessed and sets ...
Style:
gothic, gothic horror, dark, bleak, creepy ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
vampire, blood, castle, melancholy, plague, nosferatu, death, rat, medieval, loneliness, insanity, solitude ...
Time:
19th century, year 1979, 1850s, 1800s, 20th century ...
Place:
romania, transylvania, europe, germany, black sea ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Believe it or not even in Smalltown USA there are still people who are unfulfilled and unrelieved in the midst of plenty. Levonna & Lamar could have the perfect relationship if it were not Lamar's obsession with rear entry. After ...
Style:
erotic, sex comedy, surreal, sexual, black comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sexploitation, outdoor sex, sex scene, skinny dipping, stripper, striptease, oral sex, chainsaw, voyeur, erection, erotica, exploitation ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Based on Henry James' novel with the same title. It's the fall of 1850, a few miles outside Boston. The household of the dour Mr. Wentworth receives two unannounced visitors from Europe, Eugenia and Felix, the daughter and son of his half ...
Style:
independent film, costume drama, historical drama, romantic drama, biting ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
culture clash, baroness, couple relations, autumn, sister sister relationship, cousin cousin relationship, incest, uncle nephew relationship, femme fatale, puritan, social climber, expatriate ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, year 1979, 1850s
Place:
massachusetts, usa, europe, boston, vienna ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA, Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
This emmy award winner for Best Animated Special is based on the first tale of C.S. Lewis' acclaimed children's books, "The Chronicles of Narnia." When four children pass through a special wardrobe closet, they discover the ...
Style:
christmas classics, sentimental, mythical, mystical, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
narnia, betrayal, parallel world, animal, christmas, fantasy world, minotaur, myth, winter, creature, christian, sword and sorcery ...
Time:
1900s, 70s, year 1979
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Hoping to repair their marriage, Jennie Logan and her husband move into a beautiful Victorian manor. When Jennie tries on an antique dress she finds in the attic, she is transported back one hundred years, where she meets the house's previous ...
Style:
esoteric, spiritual, serious, crying, urban fantasy
Plot:
time travel, jealousy, female protagonist, love triangle, duel, painting, myth, occult, time, performer's life, changing the past or future, love and romance ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 20th century, 70s
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Genre: Western
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Two men, an aging Native American and a ne'er-do-well trapper from North America, race to claim the stallion Eagle's Wing in antebellum Mexico, meeting marauded stagecoach travelers and garrisoned Mexicans along the way.
Style:
euro western, semi serious, independent film
Plot:
stallion, desert, indian burial ground, horse thief, indian attack, cowboy, horseman, apache, native, kidnapping, desertion, rivalry ...
Time:
year 1979, 19th century, victorian era, 1830s
Place:
europe, england
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Marjoe Gortner plays a drug dealer whose car breaks down in a small U.S. town. In turn, the town's people become victim to his unique brand of physical and mental torture.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
diner, hostage, torture, vietnam veteran, mexican border, mexican american border, underground, sociopath, mind game, skinny dipping, marital problem, teenage boy ...
Time:
year 1979, 60s
Place:
texas
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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: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
Can Schalcken save his love, Rose, from the clutches of a ghastly suitor before it is too late?
Style:
gothic horror, classic horror, gothic, dark, spooky ...
Plot:
ghost, nude model, uncle niece relationship, painter, art history, occult, artist, missing person, painting, bare breasts, female nudity, servant ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
netherlands, rotterdam netherlands
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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, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
David Greene is a New York basketball enthusiast, who wants to coach. He is then offered the coaching job at a small Nevada college. He brings along some players, who are a bit odd but good. Like Swish who unknown to the rest of the team is a girl. ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous
Audience:
teens
Plot:
basketball, teenager, transsexual, student athlete, culture clash, college, stoner, disorder, power relations, sport team, rivalry, fugitives ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s
Place:
nevada, usa, new york
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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: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A man hires hires five hookers to fulfill a final fantasy before killing himself and his family.
Style:
depressing, philosophical, cynical, independent film, f word
Plot:
suicide, prostitute, bipolar disorder, magazine editor, midlife crisis, adultery, child murder, two brothers, brother sister relationship, ends with death, adulterer, brothel ...
Time:
year 1979
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Genre: Animation, Short, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
Story:
A TV movie special that compiles of a few Looney Tunes episodes centered around an episode of a Christmas Carol, with the part of Scrooge played by Yosemite Sam.
Style:
slapstick, christmas special, anthology, not serious, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
coyote, christmas, bugs bunny, looney tunes, holiday, christmas carol, porky pig, imaginary, human nature, chases and races, escapades, uninhibited rivalry ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Scotty moves into Mrs. Engels' seaside mansion where three other college students are boarding. Mrs. Engels prefers to stay in her room in the attic, but her son Mason helps the students get settled. Soon one of the students is killed. The ...
Style:
slasher, rough, suspenseful, serious, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
haunted house, college student, murder, danger, serial murder, campus, serial killer, brutality, investigation, female villain, psycho, exploitation ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s
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