Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
Synopsis: A convict with a habit of breaking out of prison, Frank Morris (Clint Eastwood, The Outlaw Josey Wales), is sent to serve the remaining of his life sentence to […]
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Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter (1979, TV-Movie)
Synopsis: A tough New England widow’s (Bette Davis) quiet life is disrupted when she gets an unannounced visit from her estranged daughter (Gena Rowlands, A Woman Under the Influence) who […]
Time After Time (1979)
Synopsis: One night in 1893, British novelist and inventor H.G. Wells (Malcolm McDowell, A Clockwork Orange) informs a group of friends that he has built a time machine. However, one […]
Bloodline (1979)
Synopsis: After the sudden death of her wealthy father, socialite Elizabeth Roffe (Audrey Hepburn, My Fair Lady) inherits her dad’s vast pharmaceutical empire, but someone in Elizabeth’s inner circle wants […]
Salem’s Lot (1979, TV-Mini-Series)
Synopsis: In a small town in Maine, a writer (David Soul, TV’s Starsky & Hutch) discovers that a vampire is slowly turning the town’s residents into creatures of the night. Reaction & […]
Winter Kills (1979, Director’s Cut)
Synopsis: Nearly twenty years after the assassination of US President Kegan, a dying man admits to being the real killer. The late POTUS’s younger brother (Jeff Bridges, Starman) sets out […]
Moonraker (1979)
Synopsis: The “Moonraker” is a spacecraft sold to the U.S. government by billionaire and entrepreneur Hugo Drax (Michael Lonsdale, The Track), who owns a California-based tech company. When the ship […]
Thirst (1979)
Synopsis: An ordinary career woman, Kate Davis (Chantal Contouri, Snapshot), is kidnapped by members of a strange cult of modern vampires. Cult members believe that Kate is the descendant of […]
When a Stranger Calls (1979)
Synopsis: A babysitter (Carol Kane, The World’s Greatest Lover) keeps getting creepy phone calls from a seemingly disturbed man (Tony Beckley, Revenge of the Pink Panther) while on a job. […]
The Amityville Horror (1979)
Synopsis: Newlyweds George (James Brolin, Capricorn One) and Kathy (Margot Kidder, Superman: The Movie) Lutz move into a house with a history of violence and immediately begin experiencing a series […]
Dominique (1979)
Synopsis: A wealthy lady, Dominique Ballard (Jean Simmons, Spartacus), is apparently driven to suicide by her husband, David Ballard (Cliff Robertson, Charly). But the hubby starts to see and hear […]
The Bell Jar (1979)
Synopsis: In the 1950s, an extremely bright young woman, Esther Greenwood (Marilyn Hassett, The Other Side of the Mountain), who grew up in a highly dysfunctional household, gradually loses control […]
A Little Romance (1979)
Synopsis: A 13-year-old American girl (Diane Lane, Unfaithful) attending school in Paris, France, meets and falls in love with a precocious French boy (Thelonious Bernard), who is also a huge […]
Quintet (1979)
Synopsis: In a dystopian world, the last survivors of an Ice Age try to stay alive. Seal hunter, Essex (Paul Newman, The Verdict), and his wife, Vivia (Brigitte Fossey, Forbidden […]
Breaking Away (1979)
Synopsis: In Bloomington, Indiana, a group of young blue-collar friends (Dennis Christopher, Chariots of Fire, Dennis Quaid, The Day After Tomorrow, Daniel Stern, Home Alone, Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children) […]
More American Graffiti (1979)
Synopsis: The teenagers from American Graffiti are back. Now, a little older but not much wiser, these youngsters struggle to find their purpose in life. Reaction & Thoughts: “We’re gonna open […]
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