Subgenre Sampler
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Sisters or the Balance of Happiness (Schwestern oder Die Balance des Glücks) (1979)
- Dir. Margarethe von Trotta
- 1970s West German drama about two sisters whose unusually close relationship negatively impacts their individual personal lives.
Snapshot (One More Minute) (1979)
- Dir. Simon Wincer
Feat. Chantal Contouri, Sigrid Thornton, Robert Bruning
- Offbeat, low–budget thriller from Oz stars Sigrid Thornton as a 20–something lured into the sleazy world of topless modelling. While she…
Sons for the Return Home (1979)
- Dir. Paul Maunder
Feat. Uelese Pataia
- Compassionate screen adaptation of Albert Wendt's autobiographical novel, the first published by a Samoan. Uelese Pataia plays the shy young academic…
Stalker (1979)
- Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky
Feat. Aleksandr Kajdanovsky, Alisa Frejndlikh, Anatoli Solonitsyn
- A stark, apocalyptic vision into a world where the Stalker guides those who wish to enter the forbidden Zone. Intimate, dilatory work conjures images…
Star Trek - The Motion Picture (1979)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley…
- Starring the cast from the 60's TV phenomenon, this special effects fest features the crew fighting a lethal force field spinning toward Earth.…
Starting Over (1979)
- Dir. Alan J. Pakula
Feat. Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh, Candice Bergen…
- James L. Brooks scripted this classic breakup comedy with Burt Reynolds and Jill Clayburgh (fresh off AN UNMARRIED WOMAN) as divorcees trying to get…
Stone (1979)
- Dir. Sandy Harbutt
Feat. Ken Shorter, Sandy Harbutt
- Hailed as one of the great bikie movies, but with a few unintentional laughs along the way as renegade cop Stone (a John Farnham look and…
Tempest, The (1979)
- Dir. Derek Jarman
Feat. Toyah Wilcox, Peter Bull, Richard Warwick
- One of dir. Jarman's early triumphs, reimagines Shakespeare's final play as a blend of Edwardian drama, cabaret carnival and punk jamboree, all…
Testament of Youth (Mini-series) (1979)
- Dir. Moira Armstrong
Feat. Cheryl Campbell, Peter Woodward, Emrys James…
- Sterling adaptation of Vera Brittain's memoir recounts her early years and lost loves admidst the turmoil of the first world war.
That Sinking Feeling (1979)
- Dir. Bill Forsyth
Feat. John Hughes
- The Bill Forsyth (LOCAL HERO) ‘touch’ for gentle, ironic comedy, is fully evident in this first feature. Chronicling a small–scale scam…