Subgenre Sampler
Saint Jack (1979)
- Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Ben Gazzara, Denholm Elliott - Enjoyably amoral later gem from dir. Bogdanovich, about an American hustler who fulfils his dubious dream of opening a whorehouse in Singapore during…
Salem's Lot (1979)- Dir. Tobe Hooper
Feat. David Soul, James Mason, Lance Kerwin - Creepy Stephen King story made for TV, but no less scary for it. The town of Salem don't take kindly to nosy strangers!
Sapphire and Steel (TV Series) (1979- 1982)- Dir. Shaun O'Riordan
Feat. Joanna Lumley, David McCallum - A pre–AB FAB Joanna Lumley and a post–INVISIBLE MAN David McCallum cavort around in eerie abodes repairing 'tears in time'. High concept,…
Secret Policeman's Ball - The Music Collector's Edition (1979)- Compilation of live moments from Amnesty International's series of fundraising concerts. Featured artists include John Cleese, Tom Jones, Eric…
Secret Policeman's Ball, The (1979)- Feat. John Cleese, Michael Palin, Peter Cook…
- The third in the series of Amnesty International charity gigs and first 'Ball' featuring a series of Britain's finest comedians and musicians. Apart…
Shaolin Temple (1979)- Dir. Cheung Hsin Yen
Feat. Jet Li - Martial Arts superstar Jet Li’s debut film, as a Shaolin–trained fighter who exacts revenge upon an evil warlord, already displaying the…
Shape of Things to Come, The (1979)- Dir. George McCowan
Feat. Jack Palance, Carol Lynley, Barry Morse… - Loosely adapted from the H.G. Wells novel, this follows a mankind's post–nuclear colonisation of the Moon and series of crises that bedevil the…
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…
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