Movies released in 1979

Cocaine Cowboys

32/100

Dustin (Tom Sullivan) is the leader of a rock band on the brink of super-stardom. Until now they have juggled their music career with cocaine smuggling. The musicians, and their manager Raf... See full summary »

Julius Caesar

73/100

The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for Brutus and the republic.

Life Sentence

76/100

A former felon is blackmailed by a corrupt policeman and forced to commit a crime.

Hot Rod

73/100

A drag-racer enters a local championship race. However, he runs up against the town boss, a corrupt sheriff who has already made arrangements to ensure that his own son wins the race.

Le coup de sirocco

51/100

A Deadly Game

72/100

Charlie Muffin, top British Intelligence operative, has just broken up a major Soviet spy network in England. However, a new Director with new ideas takes over and wants Charlie out. But ... See full summary »

Take Down

63/100

An unqualified teacher finds himself saddled with coaching duties after a small group of high school seniors form a wrestling team in a last ditch effort to end a 9-year losing streak against a rival school.

Oi fantarines

40/100

Jetzt oder nie

60/100

The Knowledge

77/100

Four men attempt "The Knowledge" examination to qualify as London taxi drivers.

Rend mig i traditionerne

62/100

Dreamer

55/100

Up and coming professional bowler trying to win a tournament against a grizzled veteran bowler.

Pacific Inferno

34/100

After the fall of the Philippines in World War II, the Japanese discover that Gen. MacArthur ordered millions of dollars in silver dumped in Manila Bay in order that it not fall into enemy ... See full summary »

Akai kami no onna

60/100

At his working place, Kozo and his colleague gangrape the boss' teenage daughter. Then, on the highway...

The Orphan

42/100

A disturbed young man is plagued by horrific headaches that he believes make him commit murders.

...And Give Us Our Daily Sex

42/100

Verónica (Barbara Rey) and her friend (Laura Gemser) are two very sexy bisexual nurses who live upstairs from a rather boring couple and their teenage soon. In a science class at school he ... See full summary »

Assassination on the Tiber

62/100

A black-out occurs during the meeting of a gang of criminals. When the light is back one of them is found killed with a stab on his back and all the clues point to a penniless man who had ... See full summary »

Tenshi no harawata: Akai kyôshitsu

63/100

When a writer for a porn magazine, watches a "rape" porn that is set in a school, he becomes obsessed with the lead actress, Nami, and tries to find her. He meets her by chance as he arrives for a shoot at a hotel.

The Kid from Left Field

61/100

The Quatermass Conclusion

59/100

A separate screenplay by Nigel Kneale for theaters, parallel to the 1979 Quatermass four part mini-series. The story set in the near future involves influences from outer space that are possessing people. Professor Quatermass must save his granddaughter from the clutches of a popular and sinister cult "Planet People" that "performs raptures".