Subgenre Sampler
: 25145 Films to Buy & Rent
Middle Age Spread (1979)
- Dir. John Reid
Feat. Grant Tilly, Dorothy McKegg, Peter Sumner…
- Grant Tilly is priceless as the philandering high–school deputy who reluctantly hosts a dinner party for six. Based on the play by Roger Hall,…
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…