Subgenre Sampler
Minder (TV Series) (1979-1994)
- Feat. George Cole, Dennis Waterman
- Long–running British drama set around the shady activities of Arthur Daley (Cole) and his beleaguered 'minder'. Most entertaining for its…
Moonraker (1979)- Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Roger Moore, Richard Kiel, Lois Chiles… - Roger Moore as Bond pursues a megalomaniac billionaire into outer space in one of the more outlandish entries of the series. Memorable scenes…
More American Graffiti (1979)- Dir. Bill L. Norton
Feat. Ron Howard, Bo Hopkins, Candy Clark… - College graduates deal with Vietnam and other issues of the late '60s in this creaky sequel to the coming–of–age hit.
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979)- Dir. Michael O'Donoghue
Feat. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Carrie Fisher… - Notorious spoof of the Italian schockumentaries is the brain child of Saturday Night Live's oddball genius Michael O'Donoghue. Originally…
Muppet Movie, The (1979)- Dir. James Frawley
Feat. Dom DeLuise, Charles Durning - The first Muppet feature has Kermit the Green One taking a long hop from his swamp in Georgia all the way to Hollywood, en route collecting Miss…
Murder by Decree (1979)- Dir. Bob Clark
Feat. Christopher Plummer, James Mason, David Hemmings… - Sherlock Holmes and the ever faithful Watson are back, this time investigating the notorious Jack the Ripper and his gruesome fascination with…
My Brilliant Career (1979)- Dir. Gillian Armstrong
Feat. Judy Davis, Sam Neill - Landmark Australian film, with Judy Davis as a determinedly independent femme in the late 19th century. From the novel by Miles Franklin.
Never Dead, The (Phantasm) (1979)- Dir. Don Coscarelli
Feat. A.Michael Baldwin, Bill Thombury, Reggie Bannister… - This slick slice of macabre, if a little disjointed, has enough gruesome deaths and sinister silliness to please discerning horror buffs.
Norma Rae (1979)- Dir. Martin Ritt
Feat. Sally Field, Ron Leibman, Beau Bridges - Sally Field won the 1979 Best Actress Oscar for her portrait of a feisty textile factory worker in North Carolina who becomes involved in the labour…
North Dallas Forty (1979)- Dir. Ted Kotcheff
Feat. Nick Nolte, Bo Svenson, Steve Forrest - A sports film set in late 1970s Texas, following American Football player Phil Elliott (Nolte), whose independent attitude and lifestyle of…
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