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Events

• March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
  Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
  
  Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back is a 1980 in film space opera film directed by Irvin Kershner. The screenplay, based on a story by George Lucas, was written by Lawrence Kasdan and Leigh Brackett....
  .
• April 13 - The Adventure of Sudsakorn
  The Adventure of Sudsakorn
  
  The Adventure of Sudsakorn is a 1979 in film Cinema of Thailand animation fantasy film. The only Traditional animation feature film ever made in Thailand, it was directed by Payut Ngaokrachang....
  , Thailand
  Thailand
  
  The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
  's first (and only) animated feature film is released.
• May 25 - Alien
  Alien (film)
  
  Alien is a 1979 science fiction film/horror film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm and Yaphet Kotto....
  , a landmark of the science fiction
  Science fiction
  
  Science fiction is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology. Science fiction is found in books, art, television, films, games, theatre, and other media....
   genre, is released.
• June 22 - The Muppet Movie
  The Muppet Movie
  
  The Muppet Movie is the first of a series of live-action musical film feature films starring Jim Henson's Muppets. Released in 1979 in film, the film was produced by The Jim Henson Company under their second name and ITC Entertainment....
  , Jim Henson's Muppets' first foray into the world of feature length motion pictures, is released.
• July - Production begins on The Blues Brothers
  The Blues Brothers (film)
  
  The Blues Brothers is a 1980 in film musical film comedy film directed by John Landis and starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as "Joliet" Jake and Elwood Blues, characters developed from a "Saturday Night Live" musical sketch....
  .
• September 19 - Don Bluth
  Don Bluth
  
  Donald Virgil Bluth is an United States animator and independent studio owner....
   and a group of fellow animators resign from The Walt Disney Company
  The Walt Disney Company
  
  The Walt Disney Company is the largest media and entertainment corporation in the world. Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy O....
  's animation department to set up a rival studio, Don Bluth Productions.
• November 1 - Production begins on Raiders of the Lost Ark
  Raiders of the Lost Ark
  
  Raiders of the Lost Ark is a action film-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by George Lucas and starring Harrison Ford....
  .
• December 7 - Star Trek: The Motion Picture
  Star Trek: The Motion Picture
  
  Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a 1979 in film science fiction film released by Paramount Pictures. It is the first motion picture based on the Star Trek: The Original Series television series....
   debuts in the United States to mixed reviews but strong box office, launching a film franchise that would span 11 films over the next 30 years. It also would eventually lead to the creation of four spin-off television series based upon the franchise.

Top grossing films (U.S.)

Awards

Best Picture

Academy Award for Best Picture

The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Academy Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to artists working in the film industry....
: Kramer vs. Kramer

Kramer vs. Kramer

Kramer vs. Kramer is a 1979 in film trial movies film adapted by Robert Benton from the novel by Avery Corman, and directed by Benton. The film tells the story of a married couple's divorce and its impact on everyone involved, including the couple's young son....
- Jaffe, Columbia

Best Director

Academy Award for Directing

The Academy Award for Achievement in Directing is one of the Academy Award presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to Film directors working in the film industry....
: Robert Benton

Robert Benton

Robert Benton is an United States, Academy Award winning screenwriter and film director.He has enjoyed a highly successful career in film, winning numerous prestigious awards for both writing and directing....
- Kramer vs. Kramer

Best Actor

Academy Award for Best Actor

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry....
: Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Lee Hoffman is a two-time Academy Award-, six-time Golden Globe-, three-time BAFTA- and Emmy Award-winning United States actor....
 - Kramer vs. Kramer

Best Actress

Academy Award for Best Actress

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry....
: Sally Field

Sally Field

Sally Margaret Field is an United States two-time Academy Awards-winning actress. She is also a three-time Emmy Award winner and two-time Golden Globe Award winner who became a household name at the age of 20 as Sister Bertrille in the 1960s sitcom The Flying Nun....
 - Norma Rae

Norma Rae

Norma Rae is a 1979 in film film which tells the story of a woman from a small town in the Southern United States who becomes involved in the trade union activities at the textile factory where she works....

Best Supporting Actress

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry....
: Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep

Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep is an American actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. She is widely regarded as being one of the most talented and respected movie actors of the modern era....
 - Kramer vs. Kramer

Best Supporting Actor

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry....
: Melvyn Douglas

Melvyn Douglas

Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg , better known as Melvyn Douglas, was an American actor. He won all three of the entertainment industry's highest awards, two Academy Awards, one Tony Award and an Emmy Award....
 - Being There

Being There

Being There is a 1979 film directed by Hal Ashby, adapted from the 1971 novel written by Jerzy Kosinski. The film stars Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard A....

Best Foreign Language Film

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Award, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ....
: The Tin Drum

The Tin Drum (film)

The Tin Drum is a 1979 film adaptation of the The Tin Drum by G?nter Grass. It was directed and co-written by Volker Schl?ndorff.The film won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival and the 1979 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film....
(Die Blechtrommel), directed by Volker Schlöndorff

Volker Schlöndorff

Volker Schl?ndorff is a Berlin-based Germany filmmaker.He won an Academy Awards as well as the Palme d'or at the Cannes Film Festival for The Tin Drum , the film version of the novel by Nobel Prize in Literature-winning author G?nter Grass....
, W. Germany

Drama:

Best Picture

Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama

This page lists the winners and nominees for the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture ? Drama, since its institution in 1951....
: Kramer vs. Kramer

Best Actor

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture - Drama was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951 in film....
: Dustin Hoffman - Kramer vs. Kramer

Best Actress

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture - Drama was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951 in film....
: Sally Field - Norma Rae

Musical or comedy:

Best Picture

Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy has been awarded annually since 1952 in film by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association....
: Breaking Away

Breaking Away

Breaking Away is a 1979 in film coming of age film that tells the story of four teenagers in Bloomington, Indiana who have graduated from high school and are not sure what they want to do with their lives, other than hang out and go swimming in an abandoned Indiana Limestone quarry....

Best Actor

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951 in film....
: Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers

'Richard Henry Sellers', Order of British Empire, commonly known as 'Peter Sellers' was a United Kingdom comedian and actor best known for his roles in Dr....
 - Being There

Being There

Being There is a 1979 film directed by Hal Ashby, adapted from the 1971 novel written by Jerzy Kosinski. The film stars Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard A....

Best Actress

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1950 in film....
: Bette Midler

Bette Midler

Bette Midler is an American singing, actress and comedienne, also known as The Divine Miss M. During her career, she has won four Grammy Awards, four Golden Globes, three Emmy Awards, and a Tony Awards, and has been nominated for two Academy Awards....
 - The Rose

The Rose (film)

The Rose is a 1979 in film film which tells the story of a self-destructive 1960s rock and roll star who struggles to cope with the constant pressures of her career and the demands of her ruthless business manager....

Other

Best Director

Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture

This page lists the winners of and nominees for the Golden Globe Award for Best Director. Since its inception in 1943, it has been presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, an organization comprised of journalists who cover the United States film industry for publications based outside North America....
: Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford "Frank" Coppola is a five-time Academy Award-winning United States film director, Film producer and screenwriter. Away from showbusiness, Coppola is also a vintner, publisher and Hotel manager....
 - Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now is an Cinema of the United States 1979 in film epic film war film set during the Vietnam War. It tells the tale of United States Armed Forces Captain Benjamin L....

Best Foreign Language Film

Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film

The Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the awards presented at the Golden Globe Awards, an American film awards ceremony....
: La Cage aux Folles

La Cage aux Folles (film)

La Cage aux Folles is a 1978 film adaptation of the 1973 play by Jean Poiret. It was directed by ?douard Molinaro. Like the play, the film tells the story of a gay couple - Renato, the manager of a Saint-Tropez nightclub featuring drag entertainment, and Albin, his star attraction - and the adventures that ensue when Renato's son brings h...
(France)

Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now is an Cinema of the United States 1979 in film epic film war film set during the Vietnam War. It tells the tale of United States Armed Forces Captain Benjamin L....
, directed by Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford "Frank" Coppola is a five-time Academy Award-winning United States film director, Film producer and screenwriter. Away from showbusiness, Coppola is also a vintner, publisher and Hotel manager....
, United States

The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel), directed by Volker Schlöndorff, W. Germany

David

David (film)

David is a 1979 West German film by director Peter Lilienthal. It tells the story of a rabbi's son in Germany during the Holocaust, who tries to raise money to escape to Palestine....
, directed by Peter Lilienthal

Peter Lilienthal

Peter Lilienthal is a Germany film director, writer, actor and producer....
, West Germany

Films released in 1979

• 10
  10 (film)
  
  10 is a 1979 in film romantic comedy film directed by Blake Edwards and starring Bo Derek, Dudley Moore and Julie Andrews. Considered a trend-setting film at the time, and one of the year's biggest box office hits, the movie made superstars of Derek and Moore....
  , directed by Blake Edwards
  Blake Edwards
  
  Blake Edwards is an Academy Award-winning United States film director, screenwriter, and film producer.Born William Blake Crump in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Edwards was the son of a stage director....
  , starring Dudley Moore
  Dudley Moore
  
  Dudley Stuart John Moore Order of the British Empire was an English people actor, comedian and musician.Moore first came to prominence as one of the four writer-performers in Beyond the Fringe in the early 1960s and became famous as half of the hugely popular television double-act he formed with Peter Cook....
  , Julie Andrews
  Julie Andrews
  
  Dame Julie Elizabeth Andrews, Order of the British Empire is an award-winning English actress, singer, author and Cultural icon. She is the recipient of Golden Globe, Emmy, Grammy, BAFTA, People's Choice Award, Theatre World Award, Screen Actors Guild and Academy Awards honours....
   and Bo Derek
  Bo Derek
  
  Bo Derek is a Golden Globe-nominated American film actress and Model ....
  
• 1941
  1941 (film)
  
  1941 is a period comedy film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale. It starred John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd and premiered in December 1979....
  , directed by Steven Spielberg
  Steven Spielberg
  
  Steven Allan Spielberg, KBE is an American film director, screenwriter and film producer. Forbes magazine places Spielberg's net worth at $3.1 billion....
  , starring Dan Aykroyd
  Dan Aykroyd
  
  Daniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, Order of Canada is an Academy Awards-nominated and Emmy Award-winning Canadian comedian, actor, screenwriter, musician, winemaker and ufologist....
   and John Belushi
  John Belushi
  
  John Adam Belushi was an United States comedian, actor and musician, notable for his work on Saturday Night Live, National Lampoon's Animal House and The Blues Brothers ....
  
• A Little Romance
  A Little Romance
  
  A Little Romance is a 1979 in film romantic comedy film starring Laurence Olivier and Diane Lane in her film debut. It was directed by George Roy Hill....
  
• A Perfect Couple
  A Perfect Couple
  
  A Perfect Couple is a 1979 in film film directed by Robert Altman....
  
• The Adventure of Sudsakorn
  The Adventure of Sudsakorn
  
  The Adventure of Sudsakorn is a 1979 in film Cinema of Thailand animation fantasy film. The only Traditional animation feature film ever made in Thailand, it was directed by Payut Ngaokrachang....
  , Thailand
  Thailand
  
  The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
  's first and only cel-animated feature film
• Agatha
  Agatha (film)
  
  Agatha is a drama thriller directed by Michael Apted, starring Vanessa Redgrave, Dustin Hoffman and Timothy Dalton. The film focuses on renowned crime writer Agatha Christie, offering a theory as to her still unsolved 12-day disappearance in 1926....
  
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• Alien
  Alien (film)
  
  Alien is a 1979 science fiction film/horror film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm and Yaphet Kotto....
  , directed by Ridley Scott
  Ridley Scott
  
  Sir Ridley Scott is a United Kingdom Academy Award nominated and Golden Globe Award, Emmy Award and British Academy of Film and Television Arts winning film director and film producer known for his stylish visuals and an obsession for detail....
  , starring Tom Skerritt
  Tom Skerritt
  
  Thomas Roy "Tom" Skerritt is an Emmy Award-winning United States actor who has appeared in over 40 films and more than 200 television episodes since 1962....
  , Sigourney Weaver
  Sigourney Weaver
  
  Sigourney Weaver is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, best known for her roles as Lt. Ellen Ripley in the Alien film series and as Dana Barrett in the Ghostbusters movies....
  , Veronica Cartwright
  Veronica Cartwright
  
  Veronica A. Cartwright is an Emmy Award-nominated English/American actress.Cartwright was born in Bristol, England, the sister of actress Angela Cartwright, who appeared in The Sound of Music and in the television series Lost in Space....
  , John Hurt
  John Hurt
  
  'John Vincent Hurt', Order of the British Empire is an England actor. Hurt initially came to prominence for his role as Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich in the 1966 film A Man for All Seasons , and has since retained a career as a leading actor and supporting actor of many popular motion pictures, including: Watership Down , Midnight Exp...
  , Ian Holm
  Ian Holm
  
  Sir Ian Holm Order of the British Empire is an England award-winning actor known for his stage work and for many film roles, including the hobbit Bilbo Baggins in the first and third films of the The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Father Vito Cornelius in The Fifth Element and the android Ash in Alien ....
  , Harry Dean Stanton
  Harry Dean Stanton
  
  Harry Dean Stanton is an United States actor of film and television....
   and Yaphet Kotto
  Yaphet Kotto
  
  Prince Yaphet Frederick Kotto is an United States actor, known for numerous film roles, and his starring role in the NBC television series: Homicide: Life on the Street....
  
• Alien Encounters, The
  The Alien Encounters
  
  The Alien Encounters is a 1979 in film science fiction film written and directed by James T. Flocker. It is an American B-movie which follows the story of an investigator who is sent to locate an alien probe which has landed on Earth....
  
• All That Jazz
  All That Jazz
  
  All That Jazz is a 1979 in film United States musical film directed by Bob Fosse. The screenplay by Robert Alan Aurthur and Fosse is a autobiographical novel fantasy based on aspects of the dancer, choreographer, and director's life and career....
  , directed by Bob Fosse
  Bob Fosse
  
  Robert Louis ?Bob? Fosse was an American musical theater choreographer and theatre director, and a film director. He won an unprecedented eight Tony Awards for choreography, as well as one for direction....
  , starring Roy Scheider
  Roy Scheider
  
  Roy Richard Scheider was an American actor. He is best known for his role as police chief Martin Brody in Jaws , his role as Joe Gideon in All That Jazz, and as detective Buddy 'Cloudy' Russo in The French Connection . Scheider's final role comes as Joseph in the 2009 thriller Iron Cross ....
  , Palme d'Or
  Palme d'Or
  
  The Palme d'Or is the highest prize awarded to competing films at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the organising committee....
   winner
• Americathon
  Americathon
  
  Americathon is a 1979 in film comedy starring John Ritter, Fred Willard, Peter Riegert, Harvey Korman, and Nancy Morgan, with narration by George Carlin, based on a play by Firesign Theatre alumni Phil Proctor and Peter Bergman ....
  
• The Amityville Horror
  The Amityville Horror (1979 film)
  
  The Amityville Horror is a 1979 United States horror film based on the bestselling The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson. The film was directed by Stuart Rosenberg and starred James Brolin, Margot Kidder and Rod Steiger....
  , starring James Brolin
  James Brolin
  
  James Brolin is an Emmy Award-winning United States television, film, character actor, Film producer, and Film director, best known for his roles in soap operas, movies, sitcoms, and television....
   and Margot Kidder
  Margot Kidder
  
  Margot Kidder is a Canada-American actor, best known for playing Lois Lane in the Superman movies starring Christopher Reeve....
  
• …And Justice for All
• Apocalypse Now
  Apocalypse Now
  
  Apocalypse Now is an Cinema of the United States 1979 in film epic film war film set during the Vietnam War. It tells the tale of United States Armed Forces Captain Benjamin L....
  , directed by Francis Ford Coppola
  Francis Ford Coppola
  
  Francis Ford "Frank" Coppola is a five-time Academy Award-winning United States film director, Film producer and screenwriter. Away from showbusiness, Coppola is also a vintner, publisher and Hotel manager....
  , starring Marlon Brando
  Marlon Brando
  
  Marlon Brando, Jr. was an Academy Award-winning American actor whose body of work spanned over half a century. He is widely considered one of the greatest actors of all time, and was named the fourth AFI's 100 Years......
  , Robert Duvall
  Robert Duvall
  
  Robert Selden Duvall is an United States film actor and Film director who has won an Academy Award, two Emmys, and four Golden Globes. He has appeared in films such as To Kill a Mockingbird , The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Apocalypse Now, The Natural , Network , THX 1138, MASH , The Great Santini,...
  , Martin Sheen
  Martin Sheen
  
  Martin Sheen is an American actor who earned recognition for his performances as Captain Willard in the film Apocalypse Now and President of the United States Josiah Bartlet on the NBC political drama series The West Wing....
  , Dennis Hopper
  Dennis Hopper
  
  Dennis Lee Hopper is an Academy Award-nominated United Statesn actor and filmmaker, known for playing psychotic and villain characters....
  , Harrison Ford
  Harrison Ford
  
  Harrison Ford is an United Statesn actor. Ford is best known for his performances as Han Solo in the original Star Wars trilogy, and as the Indiana Jones in the Indiana Jones franchise#Films film series....
  , Palme d'Or winner
• The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
  The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
  
  The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again is a 1979 sequel to the 1975 family hit The Apple Dumpling Gang starring the comedy duo of Tim Conway, and Don Knotts....
  
• Anti-Clock
  Anti-Clock
  
  Anti-Clock is a 1979 film written and directed by Jane Arden and co-directed Jack Bond. The film, which stars Sebastian Saville, was shot on film and video in colour and black and white sequences....
  
• Ashanti
  Ashanti (film)
  
  Ashanti is a 1979 in film adventure film, produced by Georges-Alain Vuille, and directed by Richard Fleischer. Despite its impressive cast and setting , it was widely panned by critics upon release....
  , starring Michael Caine
  Michael Caine
  
  Sir Michael Caine Order of the British Empire , is a two-time Academy Award and multiple BAFTA Award and Golden Globe winning England film actor who has appeared in more than one hundred films....
  
• Banjo the Woodpile Cat
  Banjo the Woodpile Cat
  
  Banjo the Woodpile Cat is a 1979 animated short television movie directed by Don Bluth. It follows the story of Banjo, an overly curious and rebellious kitten who, after getting into trouble for falling from a house to see if he could land on his feet, runs away from his woodpile home in his owners' farm in Payson, Utah by catching a truc...
  
• Being There
  Being There
  
  Being There is a 1979 film directed by Hal Ashby, adapted from the 1971 novel written by Jerzy Kosinski. The film stars Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard A....
  , directed by Hal Ashby
  Hal Ashby
  
  Hal Ashby was an United States film director and Academy Awards-winning film editor....
  , starring Peter Sellers
  Peter Sellers
  
  'Richard Henry Sellers', Order of British Empire, commonly known as 'Peter Sellers' was a United Kingdom comedian and actor best known for his roles in Dr....
  , Melvyn Douglas
  Melvyn Douglas
  
  Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg , better known as Melvyn Douglas, was an American actor. He won all three of the entertainment industry's highest awards, two Academy Awards, one Tony Award and an Emmy Award....
   and Shirley MacLaine
  Shirley MacLaine
  
  Shirley MacLaine is an United States Academy Awards-winning film and theater actress, dancer, activist, and author, well-known for her beliefs in new age spirituality and reincarnation....
  
• Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
  Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
  
  Beyond the Poseidon Adventure is a 1979 in film American disaster film, a sequel to the 1972 film, The Poseidon Adventure . It was directed by Irwin Allen....
  
• Birth of The Beatles
  Birth of the Beatles
  
  Birth of The Beatles is a 1979 biopic TV movie, produced by Dick Clark 's company and directed by Richard Marquand, that focuses on the early history of 1960s rock band The Beatles....
  
• The Black Hole
  The Black Hole
  
  The Black Hole is a 1979 science fiction film directed by Gary Nelson for The Walt Disney Company. It stars Maximilian Schell, Robert Forster, Joseph Bottoms, Yvette Mimieux, Anthony Perkins, and Ernest Borgnine....
  
• The Black Stallion
  The Black Stallion (film)
  
  The Black Stallion is a 1979 film based on the 1941 classic children's novel The Black Stallion by Walter Farley. It tells the story of Alec Ramsey, who is shipwrecked on a deserted island, together with a wild Arabian horse stallion whom he befriends....
  , starring Mickey Rooney
  Mickey Rooney
  
  Mickey Rooney is an United States film actor and entertainer whose film, television, and theatre appearances span nearly his entire lifetime. During his career he has won multiple awards, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award....
  
• Breaking Away
  Breaking Away
  
  Breaking Away is a 1979 in film coming of age film that tells the story of four teenagers in Bloomington, Indiana who have graduated from high school and are not sure what they want to do with their lives, other than hang out and go swimming in an abandoned Indiana Limestone quarry....
  , directed by Peter Yates
  Peter Yates
  
  Peter Yates is an England film director and producer.He went to Charterhouse School as a boy, graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked for some years as an actor, director and stage manager....
  , starring Dennis Christopher
  Dennis Christopher
  
  Dennis Christopher is an United States actor. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania.His breakthrough role was as Dave Stoller in the coming-of-age classic Breaking Away ....
  , Dennis Quaid
  Dennis Quaid
  
  Dennis William Quaid is an United States acting. Raised in Texas, he became known during the 1980s after appearing in several successful films, and established a career as a Hollywood actor....
  , Daniel Stern
  Daniel Stern (actor)
  
  Daniel Jacob Stern is an United States actor of film and television. He is known for his roles in the Hollywood films C.H.U.D., City Slickers and the first two Home Alone films, and as the narrator for the television series The Wonder Years....
  , Jackie Earle Haley
  Jackie Earle Haley
  
  Jackie Earle Haley is an Academy Award-nominated United States actor....
   and Barbara Barrie
  Barbara Barrie
  
  Barbara Barrie is an United States actress and author of children's books....
  
• The Brood
  The Brood
  
  The Brood is a 1979 in film Cinema of Canada horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg, starring Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar and Art Hindle....
  , directed by David Cronenberg
  David Cronenberg
  
  David Paul Cronenberg, Order of Canada, Royal Society of Canada is a Canada film director, screenwriter, and occasional actor. He is one of the principal originators of what is commonly known as the body horror or venereal horror genre....
  
• Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
  Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
  
  Butch and Sundance: The Early Days is a 1979 in film Western film and prequel to the 1969 in film film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid....
  
• Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
  Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series)
  
  Buck Rogers in the 25th Century is an United States science fiction adventure television series produced by Universal Studios. The series was developed by Glen A....
  
• The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
  The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
  
  The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie is a 1979 in film Looney Tunes film with a compilation of classic Warner Bros. cartoon shorts and animation bridging sequences, hosted by Bugs Bunny....
  
• Bye Bye Brazil
• Caligula
  Caligula (film)
  
  Caligula is a 1979 in film film directed by Tinto Brass, with additional scenes filmed by Giancarlo Lui and Penthouse magazine founder Bob Guccione....
  , directed by Tinto Brass
  Tinto Brass
  
  Giovanni Brass , better known as Tinto Brass, is an Italy filmmaker. He is noted especially for his work in the erotic genre, with films such as Cos? fan tutte , Paprika , Monella and Trasgredire....
  , written by Gore Vidal
  Gore Vidal
  
  Gore Vidal is an United States novelist, screenwriter, playwright, essayist, short story writer and politician. Early in his career he wrote the ground-breaking The City and the Pillar , which outraged mainstream critics as one of the first major American novels to feature unambiguous homosexuality....
  , starring Malcolm McDowell
  Malcolm McDowell
  
  Malcolm McDowell is a UK actor. McDowell's career has spanned five decades and includes notable roles in if...., A Clockwork Orange , O Lucky Man!, Caligula , Star Trek Generations, Heroes , Metalocalypse, and the 2007 horror remake of Halloween ....
  , Teresa Ann Savoy
  Teresa Ann Savoy
  
  The HonourableTeresa Ann Savoy,Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts is a United Kingdom actress. She has appeared in a number of Italy films....
  , Helen Mirren
  Helen Mirren
  
  Dame Helen Mirren, Order of the British Empire is a multi-award winnning English actor. She has won an Academy Award, four SAG Awards, four BAFTAs, three Golden Globes and four Emmy Awards during her career....
   and Peter O'Toole
  Peter O'Toole
  
  Peter Seamus O'Toole is an Irish people actor of stage and screen who achieved instant stardom in 1962 playing T.E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia ....
  
• Carry On Emmannuelle
  Carry On Emmannuelle
  
  Carry On Emmannuelle is the 29th Carry On films film, and was released in 1978 in film. This was the last Carry On film to be made before the series was resurrected in 1992 in film with Carry On Columbus....
  
• The Cat and the Canary
  The Cat and the Canary (1979 film)
  
  The Cat and the Canary is a film released in 1979. It is a remake of the 1927 film of the The Cat and the Canary .Cast Plot ...
  
• The Champ (1979 film)
  The Champ (1979 film)
  
  The Champ is a 1979 in film remake of the 1931 in film Academy Award for Best Picture-winning film of the same name, namely The Champ directed by King Vidor....
  , starring Jon Voight
  Jon Voight
  
  Jonathan Vincent "Jon" Voight is an American Academy Award-winning, Emmy Award- and British Academy of Film and Television Arts-nominated film and television actor....
  , Faye Dunaway
  Faye Dunaway
  
  Dorothy Faye Dunaway , known as Faye Dunaway, is an United States actor. She has starred in a variety of films, from blockbusters such as The Towering Inferno and the camp classic Mommie Dearest , to the most critically acclaimed including Bonnie and Clyde , Chinatown , and Network ....
   and Ricky Schroder
• The China Syndrome
  The China Syndrome
  
  The China Syndrome is a 1979 in film thriller film which tells the story of a reporter and cameraman who discover safety coverups at a nuclear power plant....
  , starring Jack Lemmon
  Jack Lemmon
  
  'John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III' was an United States actor known principally for his comedic roles. He starred in over 60 films including Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Days of Wine and Roses , Irma La Douce, The Odd Couple , The Out-of-Towners , Glengarry Glen Ross , The China Syndrome and JFK ....
  , Jane Fonda
  Jane Fonda
  
  Jane Fonda is an United States actress, writer, political activism, former fashion model and Physical fitness guru. She rose to fame in the 1960s with films such as Barbarella and Cat Ballou and, with interruptions, has appeared in films ever since....
   and Michael Douglas
  Michael Douglas
  
  Michael Kirk Douglas is an United States actor and film producer, primarily in movies and television. Douglas's first television exposure was that of Karl Malden's young college-educated partner, Insp....
  
• C.H.O.M.P.S.
• Christ Stopped at Eboli
  Christ Stopped at Eboli (film)
  
  Christ Stopped at Eboli is a 1979 film adaptation of the Christ Stopped at Eboli by Carlo Levi. It was directed by Francesco Rosi and stars Gian Maria Volont? as Carlo Levi, with Paolo Bonacelli, Alain Cuny, L?a Massari, and Irene Papas....
  (Cristo si è fermato a Eboliby), by Francesco Rosi
  Francesco Rosi
  
  Francesco Rosi is an Italy film director. He is the father of the actress Carolina Rosi....
  
• The Concorde: Airport '79
  The Concorde: Airport '79
  
  The Concorde ... Airport '79 is a 1979 in film United States disaster film . The film was the fourth and final installment of the Airport series....
  
• Cuba
  Cuba (film)
  
  Cuba is a 1979 drama film starring Sean Connery set during the build up to the 1959 Cuban Revolution.Connery starred as a British mercenary who returns to Cuba, which is on the brink of revolution with the authority of dictator Fulgencio Batista collapsing every day....
  
• David
  David (film)
  
  David is a 1979 West German film by director Peter Lilienthal. It tells the story of a rabbi's son in Germany during the Holocaust, who tries to raise money to escape to Palestine....
  , Golden Bear (award) winner
• Don Giovanni
  Don Giovanni (1979 film)
  
  Don Giovanni is a 1979 film adaptation of Mozart's classic opera Don Giovanni, based on the Don Juan legend of a seducer destroyed by his excesses....
  
• Dracula, starring Frank Langella
  Frank Langella
  
  'Frank A. Langella, Jr.' is an Academy Award-nominated, Tony Award-winning United States Stage and film actor. His Tonys include two for Best Featured Actor in a Play for Edward Albee's Seascape , and Ivan Turgenev's Fortune's Fool , and for Best Leading Actor in a Play for his performance as Richard Nixon in Peter Morgan's Frost/N...
   as Dracula and Sir Laurence Olivier as Van Helsing. With Trevor Eve
  Trevor Eve
  
  Trevor John Eve is a United Kingdom film and television actor. In 1979 he gained fame as the eponymous lead in the detective series Shoestring , and is currently best known for his role as Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd in BBC television drama Waking the Dead ....
  
• The Electric Horseman
  The Electric Horseman
  
  The Electric Horseman is a 1979 in film adventure film and romance film film starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda and directed by Sydney Pollack....
  , directed by Sydney Pollack
  Sydney Pollack
  
  Sydney Irwin Pollack was an United States film director, producer and actor. Born in Lafayette, Indiana to Russian Jewish immigrants, Pollack studied with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City, where he later taught acting....
  , starring Robert Redford
  Robert Redford
  
  Charles Robert Redford Jr. , better known as Robert Redford, is an Academy Award-winning United States film director, actor, film producer, businessman, model , environmentalism, philanthropist, and founder of the Sundance Film Festival....
   and Jane Fonda
  Jane Fonda
  
  Jane Fonda is an United States actress, writer, political activism, former fashion model and Physical fitness guru. She rose to fame in the 1960s with films such as Barbarella and Cat Ballou and, with interruptions, has appeared in films ever since....
  
• Escape from Alcatraz
  Escape from Alcatraz (film)
  
  Escape from Alcatraz is a 1979 in film Cinema of the United States Thriller film, directed by Don Siegel and starring Clint Eastwood. The film co-stars Fred Ward, and also features Patrick McGoohan as the suspicious, vindictive warden....
  , starring Clint Eastwood
  Clint Eastwood
  
  Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American actor, film director, film producer and composer. He is known for his tough guy, anti-hero acting roles in Action films and western films, particularly in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s....
  
• The Fifth Musketeer
  The Fifth Musketeer
  
  The Fifth Musketeer is a 1979 in film film adaption of the last section of the novel The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas, p?re, which is itself based on the French legend of the Man in the Iron Mask....
  
• Gal Young 'Un
• The Great Santini
  The Great Santini
  
  The Great Santini is a 1979 film which tells the story of a highly successful United States Marine Corps officer whose success as a military aviator contrasts with his shortcomings as a husband and father....
  
• HAIR
  Hair (film)
  
  Hair is a 1979 film adaptation of the 1968 Broadway Hair about a Vietnam war military draft who meets and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his way to the army induction center....
   , directed by Milos Forman, starring John Savage
  John Savage (actor)
  
  ----John Savage is an American film actor, Film producer, production manager, and composer....
   and Treat Williams
  Treat Williams
  
  Treat Williams is an American actor who has appeared on film, stage and television over the course of his prolific career. From 2002 to 2006, he was the star of the popular television series Everwood....
  
• Hardcore
  Hardcore (film)
  
  Hardcore is a 1979 USA drama film written and directed by Paul Schrader and starring George C. Scott....
  , starring George C. Scott
  George C. Scott
  
  George Campbell Scott was an American stage and film actor, film director, and Film producer. He was best known for his Academy Award-winning portrayal of General George S....
  
• Heartland
  Heartland (film)
  
  Heartland is a 1979 in film film, directed by Richard Pearce, starring Rip Torn and Conchata Ferrell. The movie is a stark depiction of early Homesteading life in the American West, and is based on a 1914 published reminiscence by Elinore Pruitt Stewart, titled Letters of a Woman Homesteader....
  , Golden Bear (award) winner, Sundance Grand Jury Prize
• Hanover Street, starring Harrison Ford
  Harrison Ford
  
  Harrison Ford is an United Statesn actor. Ford is best known for his performances as Han Solo in the original Star Wars trilogy, and as the Indiana Jones in the Indiana Jones franchise#Films film series....
   and Lesley-Anne Down
  Lesley-Anne Down
  
  Lesley-Anne Down is an English actor who is best known for her roles as Georgina Worsley in the ITV period piece Upstairs, Downstairs, Olivia Blake in the NBC soap opera Sunset Beach and Madeline Fabray LaMotte Main in North and South ....
  
• Hot Stuff
  Hot Stuff (1979 film)
  
  Hot Stuff is a 1979 in film comedy movie that starred Dom DeLuise, Suzanne Pleshette, Jerry Reed and Ossie Davis. Along with acting in the title, Dom DeLuise also directed the movie....
  
• I as in Icarus
  I as in Icarus
  
  I as in Icarus is a 1979 in film France thriller film directed by Henri Verneuil....
  
• The In-Laws
• The Jerk
  The Jerk
  
  The Jerk is a 1979 in film rags-to-riches-to-rags comedy film of belated self-discovery. This was Steve Martin's first starring role in a feature film....
  , starring Steve Martin
  Steve Martin
  
  Stephen Glenn "Steve" Martin is an Emmy Award-winning United States actor, comedian, writer, playwright, Film producer, musician, and composer....
  
• Just You and Me, Kid
  Just You and Me, Kid
  
  Just You and Me, Kid is a 1979 in film comedy film that stars Brooke Shields, George Burns, Ray Bolger and Burl Ives. It was directed by Leonard Stern....
  
• Killerfair directed by Robert Zemeckis
  Robert Zemeckis
  
  Robert Lee "Bob" Zemeckis is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning American film director, Film producer and screenwriter. Zemeckis first came to public attention in the 1980s as the director of the comedic time-travel Back to the Future trilogy films as well as the live-action/animated film Who Framed Roger Rabbit , though in t...
  , starring James Coburn
  James Coburn
  
  'James Harrison Coburn, Jr.' was an United States film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his charisma and natural charm. He had appeared in almost 70 films and made over 100 appearances on television in his 45-year career, and won an Academy Award for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Affliction...
  
• Kramer vs. Kramer
  Kramer vs. Kramer
  
  Kramer vs. Kramer is a 1979 in film trial movies film adapted by Robert Benton from the novel by Avery Corman, and directed by Benton. The film tells the story of a married couple's divorce and its impact on everyone involved, including the couple's young son....
  , directed by Robert Benton
  Robert Benton
  
  Robert Benton is an United States, Academy Award winning screenwriter and film director.He has enjoyed a highly successful career in film, winning numerous prestigious awards for both writing and directing....
  , starring Dustin Hoffman
  Dustin Hoffman
  
  Dustin Lee Hoffman is a two-time Academy Award-, six-time Golden Globe-, three-time BAFTA- and Emmy Award-winning United States actor....
   and Meryl Streep
  Meryl Streep
  
  Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep is an American actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. She is widely regarded as being one of the most talented and respected movie actors of the modern era....
  , both of whom won Oscar
  Academy Awards
  
  The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers....
  s for their performances, Justin Henry
  Justin Henry
  
  'Justin Henry' is a former Oscar-nominated child actor, who since 2000 has been a new media business professional. He appeared in the 1979 film Kramer vs....
   and Jane Alexander
  Jane Alexander
  
  Jane Alexander is an award-winning American actress, author, and former director of the National Endowment for the Arts. Although perhaps best known for playing the female lead in The Great White Hope on both stage and screen, Alexander has played a wide array of roles in both theater and film, and has committed herself to a variety of c...
  
• Love At First Bite
  Love At First Bite
  
  Love at First Bite is a 1979 in film comedy horror film directed by Stan Dragoti and written by Robert Kaufman, using characters originally created by Bram Stoker....
  , starring George Hamilton
  George Hamilton (actor)
  
  George Hamilton in Memphis, Tennessee is an United States film and television actor and occasional film director....
  
• Mad Max
  Mad Max
  
  Mad Max is a Australian films of the 1970s Cinema of Australia apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction action film thriller film directed by George Miller and written by Miller and Byron Kennedy....
  , starring Mel Gibson
  Mel Gibson
  
  Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, Officer of the Order of Australia is an Australian-American actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter....
  
• The Main Event
  The Main Event (1979 film)
  
  The Main Event is a 1979 in film comedy starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal, written by Gail Parent and directed by Howard Zieff.The film received negative reviews from critics, but was one of the among the Top 10 highest grossing films of the year at the box office....
  , starring Barbra Streisand
  Barbra Streisand
  
  Barbra Streisand is an United states singer and film and theatre actress. She has also achieved note as a composer, political activist, film producer and film director....
   and Ryan O'Neal
  Ryan O'Neal
  
  Ryan O'Neal is an Academy Awards- and Golden Globe Awards-nominated United States actor....
  
• Manhattan
  Manhattan (film)
  
  Manhattan is a 1979 in film romantic comedy film about Isaac Davis , a twice-divorced 42-year-old comedy writer dating a 17-year-old high school girl ....
  , directed by Woody Allen
  Woody Allen
  
  Woody Allen is an Cinema of the United States film director, writer, actor, comedian, musician and playwright.Allen's distinctive films, which run the gamut from dramas to Screwball comedy film, have made him one of the most respected living American directors....
  , starring Allen, Diane Keaton
  Diane Keaton
  
  Diane Keaton is an United Statesn Cinema of the United States actress, film director and film producer. Keaton began her career on stage, and made her screen debut in 1970....
   and Mariel Hemingway
  Mariel Hemingway
  
  Mariel Hadley Hemingway is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe-nominated United States actor....
  
• The Marriage of Maria Braun
  The Marriage of Maria Braun
  
  The Marriage of Maria Braun is a 1979 in film West German film Film director by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. It was nominated for the 1980 Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film....
  
• Meatballs
  Meatballs (film)
  
  Meatballs is a 1979 in film Cinema of Canada comedy film. It was the first film appearance of Bill Murray in a starring role and, though not his first film, launched Ivan Reitman into a career of light comedies....
  , starring Bill Murray
  Bill Murray
  
  'William James' "'Bill'" 'Murray' is an Academy Award-nominated United States comedian and actor. He first gained national exposure on Saturday Night Live, following that with roles in films such as Stripes , Caddyshack, The Razor's Edge , Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day , Space Jam, Rushmore and What Abo...
  
• Meetings with Remarkable Men
  Meetings with Remarkable Men
  
  Meetings with Remarkable Men is the second volume of the All and Everything trilogy written by the Greeks-Armenian mysticism G. I. Gurdjieff....
  , Gurdjieff biography directed by Peter Brook
  Peter Brook
  
  Peter Stephen Paul Brook Companion of Honour, Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom theatre director and film director and innovator....
  
• Monty Python's Life of Brian
  Monty Python's Life of Brian
  
  Monty Python's Life of Brian, also known as Life of Brian, is a 1979 in film comedy film written, directed and largely performed by the Monty Python comedy team....
  
• Moonraker
  Moonraker (film)
  
  Moonraker is the eleventh spy film in the James Bond James Bond , and the fourth to star Roger Moore as the fictional character Secret Intelligence Service agent James Bond ....
   (from the James Bond franchise)
• More American Graffiti
  More American Graffiti
  
  More American Graffiti is the 1979 in film sequel film to George Lucas's hit film American Graffiti. Whereas the first film followed a group of friends during the summer evening before they set off for college, this film shows us where the characters from the first film end up a few years later....
  
• Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears
  Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears
  
  Moscow Does not Believe in Tears is a Soviet film made by Mosfilm. It was written by Valentin Chernykh and directed by Vladimir Menshov. The leading roles were played by Menshov's wife Vera Alentova and by Aleksey Batalov....
   - Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film
• Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
  Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
  
  Mr. Mike's Mondo Video was a 1979 in film movie conceived by Saturday Night Live writer/featured player Michael O'Donoghue.Mondo Video was a spoof of the controversial 1962 in film documentary Mondo Cane, showing people doing weird stunts....
  
• The Muppet Movie
  The Muppet Movie
  
  The Muppet Movie is the first of a series of live-action musical film feature films starring Jim Henson's Muppets. Released in 1979 in film, the film was produced by The Jim Henson Company under their second name and ITC Entertainment....
  
• Murder by Decree
  Murder by Decree
  
  Murder by Decree is a 1979 in film Anglo-Canadian film involving Sherlock Holmes and John Watson in the case of the serial murderer Jack the Ripper....
  , a Sherlock Holmes mystery starring Christopher Plummer
  Christopher Plummer
  
  Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer, Order of Canada is a Canadian theater, film and television acting. In a career that spans over five decades and includes substantial roles in film, television, and theater, Plummer is perhaps best known for the iconic role of Georg Ludwig von Trapp in The Sound of Music ....
   and James Mason
  James Mason
  
  James Neville Mason was a three-time Academy Award-nominated British People actor who attained stardom in both United Kingdom and United States films....
  
• Norma Rae
  Norma Rae
  
  Norma Rae is a 1979 in film film which tells the story of a woman from a small town in the Southern United States who becomes involved in the trade union activities at the textile factory where she works....
  , directed by Martin Ritt
  Martin Ritt
  
  Martin Ritt was an United States Theater director, actor, and playwright who worked in both film and theater. He was born in New York City....
  , starring Sally Field
  Sally Field
  
  Sally Margaret Field is an United States two-time Academy Awards-winning actress. She is also a three-time Emmy Award winner and two-time Golden Globe Award winner who became a household name at the age of 20 as Sister Bertrille in the 1960s sitcom The Flying Nun....
   and Beau Bridges
  Beau Bridges
  
  Lloyd Vernet ?Beau? Bridges III is a U.S. three-time Emmy Award-winning actor....
  
• The North Avenue Irregulars
  The North Avenue Irregulars
  
  The North Avenue Irregulars is a 1979 The Walt Disney Company film starring Edward Hermann. It was based on original work by Albert Fay Hill, as adapted by Don Tait....
  
• Nosferatu
  Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht
  
  Nosferatu the Vampyre is a 1979 in film Cinema of Germany vampire film horror film, set primarily in nineteenth-century Wismar, Germany and Transylvania, Romania....
   ("Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht")
• The Odd Angry Shot
  The Odd Angry Shot
  
  The Odd Angry Shot is an Cinema of Australia based on Australian soldiers and their experiences during the Vietnam War. It follows the departure and tour of duty of an Australian Special Air Service Regiment reconnaissance team and avoids much of the political comment on Australia?s involvement in Vietnam; a theme that became more popula...
  
• Over the Edge
  Over the Edge (film)
  
  Over the Edge is a film directed by Jonathan Kaplan released in 1979. Due to the negative publicity surrounding a wave of recent youth gang films, Over the Edge had a limited theatrical release....
  
• Phantasm
  Phantasm (film)
  
  Phantasm is a low-budget cult classic horror film produced in 1977 and released in 1979. The film was directed, written, photographed, co-produced and edited by Don Coscarelli....
  
• Players
  Players
  
  Players is an United States Police procedural that aired on NBC from 1997-1998. Created by Law & Order creator Dick Wolf, the series starred Ice-T, Costas Mandylor, Frank John Hughes, and Mia Korf....
  
• The Prisoner of Zenda
  The Prisoner of Zenda (1979 film)
  
  The Prisoner of Zenda is a 1979 in film USA comedy film directed by Richard Quine and adapted from the adventure novel by Anthony Hope, first published in 1894....
  
• Prophecy
  Prophecy (film)
  
  Prophecy is a 1979 horror film starring Robert Foxworth, Talia Shire and Armand Assante. It was directed by John Frankenheimer and written by David Seltzer....
  
• The Prize Fighter
• Quadrophenia
  Quadrophenia (film)
  
  Quadrophenia is a 1979 in film United Kingdom film based on the 1973 rock opera album Quadrophenia by The Who. The film stars Phil Daniels in the leading role as a Mod named Jimmy....
  
• Rock 'n' Roll High School
  Rock 'n' Roll High School
  
  Rock 'n' Roll High School is a 1979 musical comedy film produced by Roger Corman, directed by Allan Arkush, and featuring The Ramones.The film starred P....
  , produced by Roger Corman
  Roger Corman
  
  Roger William Corman , sometimes nicknamed "King of the Bs" for his output of B-movies , is a prolific United States film producer and film director of low-budget movies, some of which have an established critical reputation: his cycle of films derived from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe for example....
  , featuring The Ramones
• Rocky II
  Rocky II
  
  Rocky II is the 1979 in film sequel to Rocky, a motion picture in which an unknown boxing had been given a chance to go the distance with the World Heavyweight Champion....
  
• Roller Boogie
  Roller Boogie
  
  Roller Boogie is a United Artists film starring Linda Blair and introducing Jim Bray The film also stars Beverly Garland, Mark Goddard, and Kimberly Beck, and is directed by Mark L....
  
• The Rose
  The Rose (film)
  
  The Rose is a 1979 in film film which tells the story of a self-destructive 1960s rock and roll star who struggles to cope with the constant pressures of her career and the demands of her ruthless business manager....
  , directed by Mark Rydell
  Mark Rydell
  
  Mark Rydell is an United States actor, film director and Film producer.Rydell began his career as an actor and first became known for his role as Walt Johnson on The Edge of Night and as Jeff Baker on As the World Turns, which he played from 1956 to 1962....
  , starring Bette Midler
  Bette Midler
  
  Bette Midler is an American singing, actress and comedienne, also known as The Divine Miss M. During her career, she has won four Grammy Awards, four Golden Globes, three Emmy Awards, and a Tony Awards, and has been nominated for two Academy Awards....
  , Alan Bates
  Alan Bates
  
  Sir Alan Arthur Bates Order of British Empire was a United Kingdom actor of stage, screen and television....
   and Frederic Forrest
  Frederic Forrest
  
  Frederic Fenimore Forrest, Jr. is an Academy Award-nominated American actor....
  
• Siberiade
  Siberiade
  
  Siberiade is a epic Soviet film in four parts. The leading roles were played by the celebrated Soviet actors Nikita Mikhalkov and Lyudmila Gurchenko....
  
• Sisters, or the Balance of Happiness
  Sisters, or the Balance of Happiness
  
  Sisters, or the Balance of Happiness is a 1979 West Germany drama film written and directed by Margarethe von Trotta....
  
• Soldier of Orange
  Soldier of Orange
  
  Soldier of Orange is a 1977 in film Netherlands film directed by Paul Verhoeven and produced by Rob Houwer, starring Rutger Hauer and Jeroen Krabb?....
  
• Star Trek: The Motion Picture
  Star Trek: The Motion Picture
  
  Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a 1979 in film science fiction film released by Paramount Pictures. It is the first motion picture based on the Star Trek: The Original Series television series....
  
• Starting Over
  Starting Over (film)
  
  Starting Over is a 1979 film which tells the story of a recently divorced man who is torn between his new girlfriend and his ex-wife . It costars Charles Durning, Frances Sternhagen, Austin Pendleton and Mary Kay Place....
  , directed by Alan J. Pakula
  Alan J. Pakula
  
  Alan Jay Pakula was an United Statesn film director, writer and producer noted for his contributions to the conspiracy thriller genre....
  , starring Burt Reynolds
  Burt Reynolds
  
  Burton Leon "Burt" Reynolds Jr. is an United States actor. Some of his memorable roles include Lewis Medlock in Deliverance, Paul Crewe in The Longest Yard , Bo 'Bandit' Darville in Smokey and the Bandit, J.J....
  , Jill Clayburgh
  Jill Clayburgh
  
  Jill Clayburgh is an United States actress....
   and Candice Bergen
  Candice Bergen
  
  'Candice Patricia Bergen' is an Academy Awards-nominated and Golden Globe- and Emmy Awards-winning United States actress and former fashion model, best known for her starring role on the television situation comedy Murphy Brown, and as Shirley Schmidt, the legal partner of Denny Crane , on the American Broadcasting Company comedy-drama B...
  
• Stay as you are
  Stay as you are
  
  Stay As You Are is a 1978 in film erotic-drama film, directed by Alberto Lattuada, starring Nastassja Kinski, Marcello Mastroianni, Barbara De Rossi and Ania Pieroni....
  , starring Nastassja Kinski
  Nastassja Kinski
  
  'Nastassja Kinski' is a German Actor, who has appeared in more than 60 international movies. Her starring roles include her Golden Globe Award-winning portrayal of 'Tess Durbeyfield' in Roman Polanski's film Tess, her roles in two erotic films , and her parts in Wim Wenders' films The Wrong Move, Paris, Texas , and Faraway, So Close!...
   (U.S. release)
• Take Down
• Tess
  Tess
  
  For other uses, see Tess Tess is a 1979 in film English language romance film directed by Roman Polanski, an adaptation of Thomas Hardy's 1891 novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles....
  , directed by Roman Polanski
  Roman Polanski
  
  Roman Raymond Polanski is an Academy Award-winning and four-time nominated Poland-France film director, writer, actor and film producer.Polanski began his career in Poland, and later became a celebrated director of both art house and commercial films, making such films as Rosemary's Baby and Chinatown ....
  , starring Nastassja Kinski
  Nastassja Kinski
  
  'Nastassja Kinski' is a German Actor, who has appeared in more than 60 international movies. Her starring roles include her Golden Globe Award-winning portrayal of 'Tess Durbeyfield' in Roman Polanski's film Tess, her roles in two erotic films , and her parts in Wim Wenders' films The Wrong Move, Paris, Texas , and Faraway, So Close!...
  
• The Third Generation
  The Third Generation
  
  The Third Generation is a 1979 in film West German comedy crime film written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder....
  
• Time After Time
  Time After Time (1979 film)
  
  Time After Time is a 1979 in film United States feature film produced by Orion Pictures, starring Malcolm McDowell, Mary Steenburgen, David Warner , and Charles Cioffi....
  
• The Tin Drum
  The Tin Drum (film)
  
  The Tin Drum is a 1979 film adaptation of the The Tin Drum by G?nter Grass. It was directed and co-written by Volker Schl?ndorff.The film won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival and the 1979 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film....
  , Palme d'Or
  Palme d'Or
  
  The Palme d'Or is the highest prize awarded to competing films at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the organising committee....
   winner
• Vengeance Is Mine
  Vengeance is Mine (1979 film)
  
  Vengeance Is Mine is a 1979 film directed by Shohei Imamura, based on the book of the same name by Ryuzo Saki. It depicts the true story of serial killer Akira Nishiguchi ....
  
• The Warriors
• Wolfman
  Wolfman (1979 film)
  
  Wolfman is a 1979 in film horror film written and directed by Worth Keeter....
  
• Woyzeck
  Woyzeck (1979 film)
  
  Woyzeck is a 1979 in film film by the Germany film director Werner Herzog that stars Klaus Kinski and Eva Mattes. It is an adaptation of the Woyzeck by German dramatist Georg B?chner....
  
• Zulu Dawn
  Zulu Dawn
  
  Zulu Dawn is a 1979 1979 in literature and war film about the Battle of Isandlwana between British Empire and Zulu military units in 1879 in South Africa....
  

Births

• January 8 - Sarah Polley
  Sarah Polley
  
  Sarah Polley is a Canadian actress, singer, Genie Award-winning film director and Academy Award-nominated screenwriter. She has starred in such films as The Sweet Hereafter , Guinevere , Go , The Weight of Water , My Life Without Me, and Terry Gilliam's The Adventures of Baron Munchausen....
  , actress
• January 12 - Isidra Vega
  Isidra Vega
  
  Isidra Vega is an United States actress of hispanic decent, born and raised in the Morningside Heights section of New York City.Vega acted in the New York Undercover television series, and she debuted as a movie actress in 1997, as Melena, in the critically acclaimed movie Hurricane Streets....
  , actress
• January 27 - Rosamund Pike
  Rosamund Pike
  
  Rosamund Pike is an English actor. She is perhaps best known for her portrayals of James Bond villainess, Miranda Frost in Die Another Day and Jane Bennet in Pride & Prejudice ....
  , actress
• February 9 - Mena Suvari
  Mena Suvari
  
  Mena Adrienne Suvari is an BAFTA-nominated American actress, model, fashion designer and spokeswoman. She is best known for her role as Angela in the critical and commercial hit American Beauty , as well as the comedy film American Pie and its sequel American Pie 2 ....
  , actress
• February 9 - Zhang Ziyi
  Zhang Ziyi
  
  Zhang Ziyi is a Chinese film actresses. Zhang is considered one of the Four Young Dan actresses in China, along with Zhao Wei, Xu Jinglei, and Zhou Xun....
  , actress and dancer
• April 4 - Bunko Kanazawa
  Bunko Kanazawa
  
  photo= |birth= |location= Iwate prefecture, Japan , as a child Bunko Kanazawa was good at mathematics and science, but horrible in Japanese language and English language studies....
  , actress
• April 4 - Heath Ledger
  Heath Ledger
  
  Heath Andrew Ledger was an Australian television and film actor. After performing roles in Australian television and film during the 1990s, Ledger moved to the United States in 1998 to develop his movie career....
  , actor (d. 2008
  2008 in film
  
  The year '2008 in film' saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels such as Rambo , The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, The Dark Knight , The X-Files: I...
  )
• April 4 - Natasha Lyonne
  Natasha Lyonne
  
  Natasha Lyonne is an United States film and television actress....
  , actress
• April 12 - Claire Danes
  Claire Danes
  
  Claire Catherine Danes is a Golden Globe Award-winning and Emmy Award-nominated American film, television, and theater actor most known for the television series My So-Called Life and the films Romeo + Juliet, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Stardust , and voice acting for Princess Mononoke....
  , actress
• April 19 - Kate Hudson
  Kate Hudson
  
  'Kate Garry Hudson' is an American film actor. She came to prominence in 2001 after receiving an Academy Awards nomination and a Golden Globe for her role in the drama Almost Famous, and has since established herself as a Hollywood lead actress, starring in several films, including How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, The Skeleton Key, ...
  , actress
• April 23 - Jaime King
  Jaime King
  
  Jaime King is an American actor and model . In her modeling career and early film roles, she went by the names Jamie King and James King, which was a childhood nickname given to King by her parents, because her agency already represented another Jaime — the older, then-more famous model Jaime Rishar....
  , actress
• May 9 - Rosario Dawson
  Rosario Dawson
  
  Rosario Dawson is an American actress and singer perhaps best known for her roles in the films Clerks II, Sin City , Rent , Death Proof and Seven Pounds....
  , actress
• May 25 - Monica Keena
  Monica Keena
  
  Monica C. Keena is an United States actress, known for her role as Abby Morgan on Dawson's Creek....
  , actress
• June 27 - Benjamin Speed
  Benjamin Speed
  
  Benjamin Peter Speed is an Australian musician who composes Film score composer, television and theatre. He performs and records as Mister Speed and was vocalist and songwriter in the Australian Alternative rock, electronica and Hip hop music band The New Pollutants....
  , film composer
• October 4 - Rachael Leigh Cook
  Rachael Leigh Cook
  
  Rachael Leigh Cook is an American actress. She came to fame after her role in the 1999 Teen film romantic comedy She's All That, and has since appeared mostly in lower-profile films....
  , actress
• October 8 - Kristanna Loken
  Kristanna Loken
  
  Kristanna Sommer Loken or Kristanna Sommer L?ken is an American actress known for her work in both film and television, and as a former model ....
  , actress
• December 23 - Summer Altice
  Summer Altice
  
  Summer Danielle Altice is an United States model and actress. She was named after Miss USA 1975, Summer Bartholomew. Her father is a German-American and her mother is an Italian-American....
  , model
  Model (person)
  
  A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who poses or who is displayed for the purpose of art, fashion, or other product s and advertising....
   and actress
  Actor
  
  An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
  

Deaths

• February 12 - Jean Renoir
  Jean Renoir
  
  Jean Renoir , born in the Montmartre district of Paris, France, was a film director, actor and author. He was the second son of Aline Charigot and the French painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir....
  , director
• March 1 - Dolores Costello
  Dolores Costello
  
  Dolores Costello was an United States film actress who achieved her greatest success during the era of silent movies. She was nicknamed "The Goddess of the Silent Screen"....
  , actress
• March 22 - Ben Lyon
  Ben Lyon
  
  Ben Lyon was an American film actor and a 20th Century Fox studio executive.Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Lyon entered films in 1918 after a successful appearance on Broadway theatre opposite Jeanne Eagels....
  , actor, also credited as the person who "discovered" and renamed Marilyn Monroe
  Marilyn Monroe
  
  Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, singer, model, and a sex symbol.After spending much of her childhood in foster homes, Monroe began a career as a model, which led to a film contract in 1946....
  
• May 26 - George Brent
  George Brent
  
  George Brent was an Ireland film and television actor in Cinema of the United States....
  , actor
• May 29 - Mary Pickford
  Mary Pickford
  
  Mary Pickford was an Academy Award-winning Canada film actor, as well as a co-founder of the film studio United Artists and one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences....
  , actress, movie studio
  Movie studio
  
  A movie studio is, in the established sense of the term, a film distributor. Literally, however, the term denotes a controlled environment for the making of a film....
   founder
• June 11 - John Wayne
  John Wayne
  
  John Wayne was an Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning United States film actor. He epitomized rugged masculinity and has become an enduring American icon....
  , actor
• July 8 - Michael Wilding
  Michael Wilding (actor)
  
  Michael Wilding was an English actor....
  , English actor
• August 17 - Vivian Vance
  Vivian Vance
  
  Vivian Vance was an United States Emmy Award-winning television actress, theater actress and singer. Often referred to as ?TV?s most beloved second banana,? she is best known for her role as sidekick "Ethel Mertz" on the landmark American television sitcom I Love Lucy....
  , actress
• September 8 - Jean Seberg
  Jean Seberg
  
  Jean Dorothy Seberg was an American actress. She starred in 34 films in Hollywood and in France. Seberg became even more of an icon after her roles in numerous French films and the tragedy of her turbulent life and eventual suicide....
  , actress
• September 12 - Jocelyne LaGarde
  Jocelyne LaGarde
  
  Jocelyne LaGarde was a Tahitian who became famous for her one acting role in the 1966 in film motion picture, Hawaii .The film was a big-budget drama based on the best-selling novel of the same name by James A....
  , Tahitian actress
• November 23 - Merle Oberon
  Merle Oberon
  
  Merle Oberon , born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson, was an Academy Award-nominated British film actor....
  , American actress
• November 30 - Zeppo Marx
  Zeppo Marx
  
  Herbert Manfred Marx is best known as Zeppo Marx, the name he used when he performed with his brothers, The Marx Brothers....
  , comic actor
• December 11 - Adile Nasit
  Adile Nasit
  
  Adile Nasit was a Turkish people actress who played in Hababam Sinifi , Neseli G?nler and many other movies. She also starred in a children's programme called Uykudan ?nce as a storyteller....
  , actress, director
• December 13 - Jon Hall
  Jon Hall
  
  Jon Hall was an United States film actor.Born Charles Hall Locher in Fresno, California and raised in Tahiti by his father, the Swiss-born actor Felix Locher, he was a nephew of James Norman Hall, one of the authors of Mutiny on the Bounty ....
  , actor