1979

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The Wobblies
7.4

The Wobblies

Sep. 15, 1979

The Wobblies

“Solidarity! All for One and One for All!” With that slogan, the Industrial Workers of the World, aka the Wobblies, took to ...
Wise Blood
6.9

Wise Blood

Oct. 24, 1979

Wise Blood

A Southerner–young, poor, ambitious but uneducated–determines to become something in the world. He decides that the best way to do ...
Winter Kills
6.1

Winter Kills

May. 11, 1979

Winter Kills

The younger brother of an assassinated US President is led down a rabbit hole of conspiracies and dead ends after learning of a man claiming to ...
The Wild Wild West Revisited
6.6

The Wild Wild West Revisited

The intrepid team of Old West government intelligence agents are brought out of retirement after 10 years to hunt down a cunning new adversary, ...
Wild Horse Hank
5.2

Wild Horse Hank

Jan. 01, 1979

Wild Horse Hank

A teenage girl tries to save a herd of wild horses from a local gang intending on capturing and selling them for dog meat. Unfortunately the ...
When She Was Bad…
5.8

When She Was Bad…

Nov. 25, 1979

When She Was Bad…

Stressed by a recent move and being a stay-at-home mom, Teeny takes out her bottled-up rage on her daughter Robbie. Only the help of her friends, ...
The Warriors
7.5

The Warriors

Feb. 09, 1979

The Warriors

Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York’s gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a ...
The War at Home
7.6

The War at Home

Dec. 01, 1979

The War at Home

Documentary film about the anti-war movement in the Madison, Wisconsin area during the time of the Vietnam War. It combines archival footage and ...
The Wanderers
7.3

The Wanderers

Jul. 13, 1979

The Wanderers

The streets of the Bronx are owned by ’60s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is lived. Philip Kaufman tells his take on the ...
Wanda Nevada
5.5

Wanda Nevada

Jun. 01, 1979

Wanda Nevada

In the American Southwest of the 1950s, middle-aged vagabond Beaudray Demerille survives as a cardsharp who moves from town to town. But his ...
Walk Proud
5.3

Walk Proud

Jun. 15, 1979

Walk Proud

A young Chicano gang member in Los Angeles comes to realize that the gang life is not what he really wants but doesn’t know how to get out.
Is This Fate?
7.8

Is This Fate?

Feb. 25, 1979

Is This Fate?

A portrait of a family in Berlin in the late 1970’s, this film focuses on the mother.
The Visitor
5.1

The Visitor

Mar. 14, 1979

The Visitor

An ancient intergalactic warrior arrives on Earth to put a stop to a demonic child’s plot to reproduce Satan’s next generation of evil.
The Villain
5.3

The Villain

Jul. 26, 1979

The Villain

Handsome Stranger has agreed to escort Charming Jones to collect her inheritance from her father. But Avery Simpson wants the money and hires ...
Van Nuys Blvd.
5.1

Van Nuys Blvd.

Mar. 16, 1979

Van Nuys Blvd.

A small-town kid hears about the wild nights of cruising the boulevard in Van Nuys, California. He drives out there to check it out, and gets ...
Up from the Depths
3.3

Up from the Depths

Jun. 01, 1979

Up from the Depths

A menacing shark-like predator attacks a Hawaiian tourist area in this low-budget creature feature. An uncredited Roger Corman served as ...
Zombie Flesh Eaters
6.8

Zombie Flesh Eaters

Aug. 25, 1979

Zombie Flesh Eaters

On the Caribbean island of Matul, white doctor David Menard is trying to stem the tide of cannibal zombies that are returning from the dead. ...
Twice a Woman
5.5

Twice a Woman

May. 23, 1979

Twice a Woman

When a divorced museum director takes a young girl as a lover things quickly become more complicated when her ex-husband also engages in a ...
Tourist Trap
6.1

Tourist Trap

Mar. 16, 1979

Tourist Trap

After their car breaks down, a group of young travelers find themselves stranded at a roadside museum run by the mysterious Mr. Slausen and ...
The Medic
5.2

The Medic

Oct. 26, 1979

The Medic

The film is set in a modern war, probably between a European country and a country in the Far East. Behind the battle lines, in a medical unit, a ...
Tim
6.4

Tim

 

Tim

The Lone Ranger is an American western television series that ran from 1949 to 1957, starring Clayton Moore with Jay Silverheels as Tonto. The ...
Thirst
5.8

Thirst

Sep. 28, 1979

Thirst

The descendant of Elizabeth Bathory is abducted by a cult of self-proclaimed supermen who achieve this state of superiority by drinking from the ...
That Sinking Feeling
6.7

That Sinking Feeling

Oct. 01, 1980

That Sinking Feeling

Ronnie, Wal, Andy and Vic are four bored, unemployed teens in dreary, rainy Glasgow. Ronnie comes up with a great idea. He has noticed that ...
Pilot Pirx’s Inquest
6.4

Pilot Pirx’s Inquest

Pirx, an experienced pilot, is hired to go on a top-secret mission to evaluate some ‘nonlinears’ (an experimental model of android) ...
Tess
7.3

Tess

Oct. 06, 1979

Tess

A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumor that their families are from ...
Tarka the Otter
6.7

Tarka the Otter

Nov. 01, 1979

Tarka the Otter

Set in the English countryside of the 1920s – when otter hunting was still legal – this film follows the life of Tarka the Otter from ...
Tale of Tales
7.8

Tale of Tales

Jan. 05, 1979

Tale of Tales

Skazka Skazok (Tale of Tales) is a 27-minute animated short film, considered the masterpiece of influential Russian animator Yuri Norstein. Told ...
Serie Noire
7.3

Serie Noire

Apr. 25, 1979

Serie Noire

Franck Poupart is a slightly neurotic door-to-door salesman in a sinister part of Paris’ suburbs. He meets Mona, a teenager, who’s ...
Sunnyside
5.2

Sunnyside

Jun. 01, 1979

Sunnyside

Nick Martin, a young street tough, has a change of heart and attempts to stop the gang violence in his neighborhood.
Stalker
8.1

Stalker

May. 25, 1979

Stalker

Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to ...
The Gang That Sold America
5.4

The Gang That Sold America

Now an agent of Interpol undercover, the former Inspector Giraldi, goes to New York to find his friend Salvatore Esposito, aspiring restaurateur ...
Outer Touch
4.4

Outer Touch

Jul. 01, 1979

Outer Touch

Four earthlings are kidnapped and imprisoned by three alien women and are guarded by a seemingly intoxicated computerized psychiatrist.
Son-Rise: A Miracle of Love
7.1

Son-Rise: A Miracle of Love

A young couple is overjoyed when they find out that, after having had two girls, the wife is pregnant again, and this time it will be a son. ...
The Bronte Sisters
6.5

The Bronte Sisters

May. 09, 1979

The Bronte Sisters

In a small presbytery in Yorkshire, England, living under the watchful eyes of their aunt and father, a strict Anglican pastor, the Bronte ...
Snapshot
5.2

Snapshot

Jun. 01, 1979

Snapshot

A young hairdresser enters into the modeling world while fearing retaliation from her puritanical mother and stalker ex-boyfriend.
Skatetown, U.S.A.
4.8

Skatetown, U.S.A.

Oct. 01, 1979

Skatetown, U.S.A.

A street-gang leader challenges a handsome young skater in a championship contest at the local roller-disco rink.
The Shape of Things to Come
3.2

The Shape of Things to Come

Planet Earth is a devastated wasteland, and what’s left of humanity has colonized the Moon in domed cities. Humanity’s continued ...
A Slice of Death
6.5

A Slice of Death

Jul. 11, 1979

A Slice of Death

While international favorite David Chiang was best known for his roles as a grinning, streetwise, fighter in many Chang Cheh-directed classics, ...
Legend of the Mountain
7.4

Legend of the Mountain

A scholar, tasked to copy a sutra, meets with a mysterious old lady and her daughter in the mountains.
Seven
5.8

Seven

Sep. 07, 1979

Seven

A government agent discovers a plot by a cartel of seven gangsters to take over the state of Hawaii. He hires a team of seven hitmen to stop them.
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
6.1

The Seduction of Joe Tynan

Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment. It means losing an old friend and fudging ...
Scum
7.6

Scum

Sep. 12, 1979

Scum

Powerful, uncompromising drama about two boys’ struggle for survival in the nightmare world of Britain’s notorious Borstal Reformatory.
Screams of a Winter Night
4.8

Screams of a Winter Night

Ten college friends take a winter weekend camping trip to Lake Durand. The group holes up in an old cabin where the original owners were once ...
Scavenger Hunt
5.8

Scavenger Hunt

Dec. 21, 1979

Scavenger Hunt

An eccentric games inventor dies and leaves behind an inheritance worth hundreds of millions of dollars – which will only be given to the ...
Savage Weekend
4.5

Savage Weekend

Mar. 09, 1979

Savage Weekend

Several couples head upstate to the country to watch a boat being built. Unfortunately they are stalked by a murderer behind a ghoulish mask.