Movie List for "drama 3"

Rocky II (1979)

Rocky struggles in family life after his bout with Apollo Creed, while the embarrassed champ insistently goads him to accept a challenge for a rematch. Year 1979.

Generes: Drama, Sport
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Writer: Sylvester Stallone
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers

Roller Boogie (1979)

Skaters band together to keep their roller-disco open. Year 1979.

Generes: Drama, Music
Director: Mark L. Lester
Writer: Barry Schneider (screenplay), Irwin Yablans (story)
Actors: Linda Blair, Jim Bray, Beverly Garland, Roger Perry

More American Graffiti (1979)

College graduates deal with Vietnam and other issues of the late 1960s. Year 1979.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, War
Director: Bill Norton
Writer: Bill Norton, George Lucas (based on characters created by), Gloria Katz (based on characters created by), Willard Huyck (based on characters created by)
Actors: Candy Clark, Bo Hopkins, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat

Kill the Golden Goose (1979)

Two former friends find themselves battling against each others. Government officials and powerful business men pulling the strings. Year 1979.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Elliott Hong
Writer: Brad Weston (screenplay), Patrick Strong (screenplay)
Actors: Brad Weston, Bong Soo Han, Ed Parker, Seaward Forbes

Goldengirl (1979)

A neo-Nazi doctor tries to make a superwoman of his daughter who has been specially fed, exercised, and conditioned since she was a child to run in the Olympics. Year 1979.

Generes: Drama, Sci-Fi, Sport
Director: Joseph Sargent
Writer: John Kohn, Peter Lovesey (novel)
Actors: Susan Anton, James Coburn, Curd Jürgens, Leslie Caron

Vengeance Is Mine (1979)

Chronological exploits of Iwao Enokizu, a murderous thief on the run. Year 1979.

Generes: Crime, Drama
Director: Shôhei Imamura
Writer: Masaru Baba (screenplay), Ryûzô Saki (novel), Shunsaku Ikehata
Actors: Ken Ogata, Rentarô Mikuni, Chôchô Miyako, Mitsuko Baishô

Dimboola (1979)

Dimboola follows the interaction of various characters at a country wedding reception. Year 1979.

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: John Duigan
Writer: John Hibberd (screenplay), John Power (play)
Actors: Bruce Spence, Natalie Bate, Max Gillies, Bill Garner

City on Fire (1979)

A pyromaniac, ex-employee of a city oil refinery creates an explosion at the facility which starts a chain-reaction of fires that engulf the entire city. Year 1979.

Generes: Action, Drama
Director: Alvin Rakoff
Writer: Jack Hill, David P. Lewis, Céline La Frenière
Actors: Barry Newman, Susan Clark, Shelley Winters, Leslie Nielsen

Dawn! (1979)

Biopic of Australian 3 Time Olympic Gold Medalist swimmer Dawn Fraser. Year 1979.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Sport
Director: Ken Hannam
Writer: Joy Cavill
Actors: Bronwyn Mackay-Payne, Ron Haddrick, Bunney Brooke, Tom Richards

Birth of the Beatles (1979)

An account of The Beatles during the Hamburg years, their signing with Brian Epstein and their inevitable rise during the early sixties. Year 1979.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Music
Director: Richard Marquand
Writer: John Kurland (teleplay), Jacob Eskendar (teleplay), John Kurland (story)
Actors: Stephen MacKenna, Rod Culbertson, John Altman, Ray Ashcroft

…and justice for all. (1979)

A lawyer is forced to defend a guilty judge, while defending other innocent clients, and trying to find punishment for the guilty and provide justice for the innocent. Year 1979.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Norman Jewison
Writer: Valerie Curtin, Barry Levinson
Actors: Al Pacino, Jack Warden, John Forsythe, Lee Strasberg

Plague (1979)

An ambitious lab assistant carries out a forbidden experiment and accidentally creates a deadly bacteria which kills her and rapidly engulfs the city. The authorities order a curtain of … Year 1979.

Generes: Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller
Director: Ed Hunt
Writer: Ed Hunt, Barry Pearson
Actors: Daniel Pilon, Kate Reid, Céline Lomez, Michael J. Reynolds

The Glove (1979)

A bounty hunter is offered $20,000 – off the record – for the capture of a very large man who dons body armor and steel-plated gauntlets for his regular beatings of some unfortunate individuals. Year 1979.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Ross Hagen
Writer: Hugh Smith (screenplay), Julian Roffman (screenplay), Hugh Smith (story), Ross Hagen (story)
Actors: John Saxon, Roosevelt Grier, Joanna Cassidy, Joan Blondell

Lady Oscar (1979)

The story of Lady Oscar, a female military commander who served during the time of the French Revolution. Year 1979.

Generes: Drama, History, Romance
Director: Jacques Demy
Writer: Jacques Demy (screenplay), Patricia Louisianna Knop (screenplay), Jacques Demy (adaptation), Patricia Louisianna Knop (adaptation), Riyoko Ikeda (manga: Versailles no bara/La Rose de Versailles)
Actors: Catriona MacColl, Barry Stokes, Christine Böhm, Jonas Bergström

She Came to the Valley (1979)

Family movies to a border town near Rio Grande and opens up a store. Unfortunately, Pancho Villa and his man storm the town and rob the place. The wife is left to fend for herself, so she gets in touch with the man who works for Villa. Year 1979.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Drama
Director: Albert Band
Writer: Frank Ray Perilli (screenplay), Albert Band (screenplay), Cleo Dawson (novel)
Actors: Ronee Blakley, Dean Stockwell, Scott Glenn, Freddy Fender

Delta Fox (1979)

Woman is kidnaped by hitman who discovers that he is the target of another hitman. Year 1979.

Generes: Crime, Drama
Director: Beverly Sebastian, Ferd Sebastian
Writer: Ferd Sebastian, Beverly Sebastian
Actors: Stuart Whitman, John Ireland, Richard Jaeckel, Richard Lynch