Subgenre Sampler
: 25145 Films to Buy & Rent
Cat and the Canary, The (1979)
- Dir. Radley Metzger
Feat. Honor Blackman, Michael Callan, Edward Fox…
- The classic spooky–house mystery by John Willard is here adapted for the fifth time. The relatives a recently–deceased man gather to hear…
Champ, The (1979)
- Dir. Franco Zeffirelli
Feat. Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, Rick Schroder…
- Franco Zeffirelli's sentimental remake of the 1931 Academy Award–winning film stars Jon Voight as a debt–ridden Florida…
Changeling, The (1979)
- Dir. Peter Medak
Feat. George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Melvyn Douglas
- An impeccably crafted ghost story that demands to be taken seriously, not least because of the dignified casting of George C. Scott as a recently…
Chapter Two (1979)
- Dir. Robert Moore
Feat. James Caan, Marsha Mason, Valerie Harper
- Neil SImon's hit play is competently adapted for the big screen. James Caan in a rare romantic role plays a man recently widowed who falls for a…
Children of Fire Mountain (TV Mini-Series) (1979)
- Dir. Peter Sharp
Feat. Terence Cooper, Mark Hadlow
- Fondly–remembered Kiwi period drama set in 1900 New Zealand, depicting the conflict between Maori and British settlers from the point of view…
Chilly Scenes of Winter (Head Over Heels) (1979)
- Dir. Joan Micklin Silver
Feat. John Heard, Mary Beth Hurt, Peter Riegert…
- A celebrated early rom–com from writer–director Joan Micklin Silver (CROSSING DELANCEY) with a likable John Heard playing a hopeless…
Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
- Dir. Francesco Rosi
Feat. Gian Maria Volente, Paolo Bonacelli, Alain Cuny
- A writer is exiled to the remote South in the mid 1930s. Based on the autobiography of Carlos Levi, this film in four parts contrasts his political…
Collected Works of Hayao Miyazaki (1979-2013)
- Dir. Hayao Miyazaki
- Featuring collected Studio Ghibli movies of legendary director Hayao Miyazaki.
Contains:
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
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Cribb (TV Series) (1979-1980)
- Feat. Alan Dobie
- Superior crime series set in Victorian London, following the wry Detective Sergeant Cribb, a member of Scotland Yard's newly formed CID unit, as he…
Cuba (1979)
- Dir. Richard Lester
Feat. Sean Connery
- Political adventure set at the end of the Batista regime concerning a mercenary mixing business with pleasure in the revolution–torn state.