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  • Hanna Schygulla in The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)

    1. The Marriage of Maria Braun

    19792hR
    7.7 (16K)
    Maria marries Hermann Braun in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. Alone, Maria puts to use her beauty and ambition in order to find prosperity during Germany's "economic miracle" of the 1950s.
    DirectorRainer Werner FassbinderStarsHanna SchygullaKlaus LöwitschIvan Desny
  • Manhattan (1979)

    2. Manhattan

    19791h 36mR83Metascore
    7.8 (151K)
    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.
    DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenDiane KeatonMariel Hemingway
  • John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Monty Python in Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)

    3. Monty Python's Life of Brian

    19791h 34mR77Metascore
    8.0 (429K)
    Born on the original Christmas in the stable next door to Jesus Christ, Brian of Nazareth spends his life being mistaken for a messiah.
    DirectorTerry JonesStarsGraham ChapmanJohn CleeseMichael Palin
  • Sally Field in Norma Rae (1979)

    4. Norma Rae

    19791h 54mPG61Metascore
    7.3 (13K)
    A young single mother and textile worker agrees to help unionize her mill despite the problems and dangers involved.
    DirectorMartin RittStarsSally FieldBeau BridgesRon Leibman
  • The China Syndrome (1979)

    5. The China Syndrome

    19792h 2mPG81Metascore
    7.4 (35K)
    A reporter finds what appears to be a cover-up of safety hazards at a nuclear power plant.
    DirectorJames BridgesStarsJane FondaJack LemmonMichael Douglas
  • Tess (1979)

    6. Tess

    19793h 6mPG82Metascore
    7.3 (19K)
    A strong-willed young peasant girl attracts the affection of two men.
    DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsNastassja KinskiPeter FirthLeigh Lawson
  • "The Human Factor" (Saul Bass Poster) 1979

    7. The Human Factor

    19791h 55mR62Metascore
    6.1 (1.7K)
    When a leak of information in the African section of British Intelligence is discovered, security man Daintry is brought in to investigate.
    DirectorOtto PremingerStarsRichard AttenboroughNicol WilliamsonDerek Jacobi
  • The In-Laws (1979)

    8. The In-Laws

    19791h 43mPG69Metascore
    7.3 (11K)
    On the eve of their children's marriage, NYC in-laws Sheldon Kornpett and Vince Ricardo embark on a series of misadventures involving the CIA, the Treasury Department and Central American dictators.
    DirectorArthur HillerStarsPeter FalkAlan ArkinRichard Libertini
  • Brad Dourif, Ned Beatty, Harry Dean Stanton, Dan Shor, and Amy Wright in Wise Blood (1979)

    9. Wise Blood

    19791h 46mPG84Metascore
    6.9 (6.8K)
    Fresh out of the army, Hazel Motes attempts to open the first Church Without Christ in the small town of Taulkinham.
    DirectorJohn HustonStarsBrad DourifJohn HustonDan Shor
  • My Brilliant Career (1979)

    10. My Brilliant Career

    19791h 40mG77Metascore
    7.1 (5.1K)
    A proud young woman in early 20th century Australia must choose between marriage and independence.
    DirectorGillian ArmstrongStarsJudy DavisSam NeillWendy Hughes
  • Dustin Hoffman and Vanessa Redgrave in Agatha (1979)

    11. Agatha

    19791h 45mPG
    6.2 (3.9K)
    In December 1926, mystery writer Dame Agatha Christie's husband Colonel Archie Christie asks for a divorce. She leaves her car and goes missing for eleven days. US reporter Wally Stanton searches for her in this speculative story.
    DirectorMichael AptedStarsDustin HoffmanVanessa RedgraveTimothy Dalton
  • Woyzeck (1979)

    12. Woyzeck

    19791h 22mNot Rated
    7.0 (11K)
    Franz Woyzeck is a hapless, hopeless soldier, alone and powerless in society, assaulted from all sides by forces he can not control.
    DirectorWerner HerzogStarsKlaus KinskiEva MattesWolfgang Reichmann
  • Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, and Justin Henry in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

    13. Kramer vs. Kramer

    19791h 45mPG77Metascore
    7.8 (161K)
    After his wife leaves him, a work-obsessed Manhattan advertising executive is forced to learn long-neglected parenting skills, but a heated custody battle over the couple's young son deepens the wounds left by the separation.
    DirectorRobert BentonStarsDustin HoffmanMeryl StreepJane Alexander
  • Louis de Funès and Michel Galabru in The Gendarme and the Extra-Terrestrials (1979)

    14. The Gendarme and the Extra-Terrestrials

    19791h 36m
    6.3 (10K)
    In St. Tropez, French gendarme Cruchot and his men battle petroleum-drinking, human-looking, metallic aliens.
    DirectorJean GiraultStarsLouis de FunèsMichel GalabruMaurice Risch
  • Five Evenings (1979)

    15. Five Evenings

    19791h 48m
    7.6 (1.5K)
    Tamara and Sasha were separated during the war. Now (1957) Sasha is visiting Moscow for five days and by chance recognizes the house where Tamara used to live. She is still living there with her nephew Slava.
    DirectorNikita MikhalkovStarsLyudmila GurchenkoStanislav LyubshinValentina Telichkina
  • Being There (1979)

    16. Being There

    19792h 10mPG83Metascore
    7.9 (81K)
    After the death of his employer forces him out of the only home he's ever known, a simpleminded, sheltered gardener becomes an unlikely trusted advisor to a powerful tycoon and an insider in Washington politics.
    DirectorHal AshbyStarsPeter SellersShirley MacLaineMelvyn Douglas
  • Camera Buff (1979)

    17. Camera Buff

    19791h 52mNot Rated
    7.8 (8.8K)
    An ordinary factory worker buys a camera on the occasion of the birth of his child. The authorities order him to make documentaries about the factory's success. But his endeavor to be truthful leads him to opposition against censorship.
    DirectorKrzysztof KieslowskiStarsJerzy StuhrMalgorzata ZabkowskaEwa Pokas
  • Marlon Brando and Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now (1979)

    18. Apocalypse Now

    19792h 27mR94Metascore
    8.4 (743K)
    A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.
    DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMartin SheenMarlon BrandoRobert Duvall
  • Orson Welles, Steve Martin, Mel Brooks, James Coburn, Frank Oz, Milton Berle, Dom DeLuise, Elliott Gould, Jim Henson, Bob Hope, Madeline Kahn, Carol Kane, Cloris Leachman, Richard Pryor, Telly Savalas, Edgar Bergen, and Paul Williams in The Muppet Movie (1979)

    19. The Muppet Movie

    19791h 35mG74Metascore
    7.6 (41K)
    Kermit and his newfound friends trek across America to find success in Hollywood, but a frog legs merchant is after Kermit.
    DirectorJames FrawleyStarsJim HensonFrank OzJerry Nelson
  • Over the Edge (1979)

    20. Over the Edge

    19791h 35mPG67Metascore
    7.3 (8.8K)
    A group of bored teenagers rebel against authority in the community of New Granada after the death of one of their own.
    DirectorJonathan KaplanStarsMatt DillonMichael Eric KramerPamela Ludwig
  • The Black Stallion (1979)

    21. The Black Stallion

    19791h 58mG84Metascore
    7.4 (15K)
    After being shipwrecked with a magnificent horse off the coast of Africa in the 1940s, a boy bonds with the stallion, and trains him to race after their rescue.
    DirectorCarroll BallardStarsKelly RenoMickey RooneyTeri Garr
  • Malcolm McDowell in Caligula (1979)

    22. Caligula

    19792h 36mX
    5.3 (40K)
    A dramatization of the ascent to Caesar and subsequent reign of Caligula, one of the most notorious leaders of ancient Rome.
    DirectorTinto BrassStarsMalcolm McDowellPeter O'TooleHelen Mirren
  • Alien (1979)

    23. Alien

    19791h 57mR89Metascore
    8.5 (1M)
    After investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin, the crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform.
    DirectorRidley ScottStarsSigourney WeaverTom SkerrittJohn Hurt
  • Isabelle Adjani and Klaus Kinski in Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)

    24. Nosferatu the Vampyre

    19791h 47mPG79Metascore
    7.4 (47K)
    Count Dracula moves from Transylvania to Wismar, spreading the Black Plague across the land. Only a woman pure of heart can bring an end to his reign of horror.
    DirectorWerner HerzogStarsKlaus KinskiIsabelle AdjaniBruno Ganz
  • Harrison Ford and Lesley-Anne Down in Hanover Street (1979)

    25. Hanover Street

    19791h 49mPG32Metascore
    6.0 (6.2K)
    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.
    DirectorPeter HyamsStarsHarrison FordLesley-Anne DownChristopher Plummer

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