Circa Mughal rule in India, the Rajputs get together to discuss the ouster of Badshah Akbar, who is now the Emperor of Hindustan (India). Prominent amongst the Rajputs are Virendev Rathod, … Year 1979.
| Generes: Drama, History |
| Director: Gulzar |
| Writer: Bhushan Banmali, Gulzar (dialogue), Gulzar (screenplay) |
| Actors: Hema Malini, Vinod Khanna, Shammi Kapoor, Shreeram Lagoo |
Vikram has prospered in a life of crime and lives a hedonistic, self-indulgent lifestyle. When Durga, his wife gives birth to twins, he not only repudiates the children but discards his … Year 1979.
| Generes: Action, Drama, Musical |
| Director: Manmohan Desai |
| Writer: Kader Khan (dialogue), Prayag Raj (story), K.K. Shukla (screenplay) |
| Actors: Shashi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Rekha, Parveen Babi |
A dramatization of the Battle of Isandlwana, where the British Army met its match against the Zulu nation. Year 1979.
| Generes: Adventure, Drama, History, War |
| Director: Douglas Hickox |
| Writer: Cy Endfield (original story and scenario), Cy Endfield (screenplay), Anthony Story (screenplay) |
| Actors: Burt Lancaster, Simon Ward, Denholm Elliott, Peter Vaughan |
To inherit a fortune, various addressees of a will must compete in a wild scavenger hunt to collect selected items, but cannot be simply bought. Year 1979.
| Generes: Comedy |
| Director: Michael Schultz |
| Writer: Steven Vail (story), John Thomson (adaptation), Gerry Woolery (adaptation), Steven Vail (screenplay), Henry Harper (screenplay) |
| Actors: Richard Benjamin, James Coco, Scatman Crothers, Ruth Gordon |
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 |
Psycopathic killer stalks teens at a run down, abandoned movie theatre. Year 1979.
| Generes: Horror |
| Director: David Burton Morris |
| Writer: David Burton Morris, George Caldwell (story), Damon Fuller (story), David Burton Morris (story), Tom Kelsey (Grizzly Safari voice over) |
| Actors: Arch Joboulian, Dianne Davis, Peter Spitzer, Emily Spindler |
An ex-soldier is hired by local right-wingers as a vigilante to clean up criminals and street people. However, he freaks out and starts killing off everybody. Year 1979.
| Generes: Thriller |
| Director: Peter Maris |
| Writer: Eddie Krell (story), Jim Loew (story), Peter Maris, Richard Yalem |
| Actors: Turk Cekovsky, Debi Chaney, Terry TenBroek, Barron Winchester |
Some school kids stumble across a briefcase full of money, when they go back for it, they find a body instead. When they bring the police, neither is there, and the police refuse to believe… Year 1979.
| Generes: Mystery, Family |
| Director: Joe Camp |
| Writer: Richard Baker (story), Joe Camp (screenplay), Joe Camp (story) |
| Actors: Dion Pride, Greg Hodges, Jeff Nicholson, Vincent Spano |
A World War II adventure, involving a group of Allied POWs, Nazis, black market priceless art treasures, Greek resistance, a Greek monastery, and a secret German rocket base. Year 1979.
| Generes: Action, Adventure, Comedy |
| Director: George P. Cosmatos |
| Writer: Edward Anhalt (screenplay), Richard S. Lochte (screenplay), Richard S. Lochte (story), George P. Cosmatos (story) |
| Actors: Roger Moore, Telly Savalas, David Niven, Stefanie Powers |
A young man invents a robot dog that has super strength, x-ray vision and can detect crimes being committed. A greedy businessman tries to steal the invention from him. Year 1979.
| Generes: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi |
| Director: Don Chaffey |
| Writer: Dick Robbins (screenplay), Duane Poole (screenplay), Joseph Barbera (screenplay), Joseph Barbera (story) |
| Actors: Wesley Eure, Valerie Bertinelli, Conrad Bain, Chuck McCann |
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 |
A research vessel finds a missing ship, commanded by a mysterious scientist, on the edge of a black hole. Year 1979.
| Generes: Action, Sci-Fi |
| Director: Gary Nelson |
| Writer: Jeb Rosebrook (story by), Bob Barbash (story by), Richard H. Landau (story by), Jeb Rosebrook (screenplay by), Gerry Day (screenplay by) |
| Actors: Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster, Joseph Bottoms |
Hysterical Californians prepare for a Japanese invasion in the days after Pearl Harbor. Year 1979.
| Generes: Action, Comedy, War |
| Director: Steven Spielberg |
| Writer: Robert Zemeckis (screenplay), Bob Gale (screenplay), Robert Zemeckis (story), Bob Gale (story), John Milius (story) |
| Actors: Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi, Lorraine Gary |
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 |
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 |
Movie Year 1978.
| Generes: Adventure, Horror, Thriller |
| Director: Paul Kiener |
| Writer: Algernon Blackwood (short story), Paul Kiener (screenplay) |
| Actors: Van Washburn Jr., Victor Lawrence, Ron Berger, Carole Cocherelle |