Jack Flowers, an American hustler in early 1970s Singapore, dreams of building a fortune by running a brothel and returning to the States to lead a life of luxury. Year 1979.
| Generes: Drama |
| Director: Peter Bogdanovich |
| Writer: Howard Sackler (screenplay), Paul Theroux (screenplay), Peter Bogdanovich (screenplay), Paul Theroux (based on the novel by) |
| Actors: Ben Gazzara, Denholm Elliott, James Villiers, Joss Ackland |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Soviet KGB General Marenkov defects to the Americans and together with his CIA handler Harry Wargrave they plan an operation meant to reveal the KGB agents in Europe. Year 1979.
| Generes: Action, Thriller |
| Director: Mark Robson, Monte Hellman |
| Writer: Abraham Polonsky (screenplay), Colin Forbes (novel) |
| Actors: Lee Marvin, Robert Shaw, Linda Evans, Maximilian Schell |
A film on postwar Vietnam. Year 1979.
| Generes: Documentary |
| Director: Robert Richter |
| Writer: Robert Richter |
| Actors: Tranh Thi Lei, Robert Richter, My Lai Survivor |
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 |
Vinnie gets out of jail after serving 10 years and tries to find out who killed his younger brother – played by a young Robert de Niro. Year 1979.
| Generes: Crime, Drama |
| Director: Jordan Leondopoulos |
| Writer: John C. Broderick |
| Actors: Robert De Niro, Jennifer Warren, Jarred Mickey, Terrayne Crawford |
Before Sujay is able to complete his studies, he is forced to marry Vijaya, a pious lady from his village, by his father. Vijaya was aware that Sujay was not convinced with the match … Year 1979.
| Generes: N/A |
| Director: Jayanto Basu |
| Writer: Biswanath Roy |
| Actors: Ishani Bannerjee, Chhaya Devi, Dipankar Dey, Rabi Ghosh |
This biographical film has Glenda Jackson portraying a British poet with emotional problems. Year 1978.
| Generes: Biography, Drama |
| Director: Robert Enders |
| Writer: Hugh Whitemore (screenplay), Hugh Whitemore (based on his play), Stevie Smith (and the works of) |
| Actors: Glenda Jackson, Mona Washbourne, Alec McCowen, Trevor Howard |
The life of the Greek tycoon Aristotelis Onassis. Year 1978.
| Generes: Drama |
| Director: J. Lee Thompson |
| Writer: Nico Mastorakis (story), Win Wells (story), Morton S. Fine (story), Morton S. Fine (screenplay) |
| Actors: Anthony Quinn, Jacqueline Bisset, Raf Vallone, Edward Albert |
A Navy Captain uses his experimental Snark to reach a nuclear submarine stuck on an ocean ledge. Year 1978.
| Generes: Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller |
| Director: David Greene |
| Writer: David Lavallee (novel), James Whittaker (screenplay), Howard Sackler (screenplay), Frank P. Rosenberg (adaptation) |
| Actors: Charlton Heston, David Carradine, Stacy Keach, Ned Beatty |
During the early 1960s, U.S. military advisers in South Vietnam discover the same challenges that plagued the French army in Indochina ten years prior. Year 1978.
| Generes: Drama, War |
| Director: Ted Post |
| Writer: Daniel Ford (novel), Wendell Mayes |
| Actors: Burt Lancaster, Craig Wasson, Jonathan Goldsmith, Marc Singer |
A rebellious Cleveland warehouse worker rises through the ranks of a trucking industry union to become union president but his organized crime links cause his eventual downfall. Year 1978.
| Generes: Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Director: Norman Jewison |
| Writer: Joe Eszterhas (story), Joe Eszterhas (screenplay), Sylvester Stallone (screenplay) |
| Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Rod Steiger, Peter Boyle, Melinda Dillon |
A group of potential heirs gather in a forbidding old house to learn which of them will inherit a fortune. Later, they learn that a flesh-rending maniac is loose. Year 1978.
| Generes: Comedy, Mystery, Horror |
| Director: Radley Metzger |
| Writer: Radley Metzger (screenplay), John Willard (play) |
| Actors: Honor Blackman, Michael Callan, Edward Fox, Wendy Hiller |
In 1967, five young men undergo boot camp training before being shipped out to Vietnam. Once they get there, the experience proves worse than they could have imagined. Year 1978.
| Generes: Drama, War |
| Director: Sidney J. Furie |
| Writer: Rick Natkin, Sidney J. Furie |
| Actors: Stan Shaw, Andrew Stevens, James Canning, Michael Lembeck |