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| 1 |  | Alien (1979) |  3.6601 312 reviews | R | Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$7.50
| Space vehicle Nostromo discovers a strange pod. The creature in the pod infects a member of the ...more about Alien starring Tom Skerritt and Sigourney Weaver |
| 2 |  | Manhattan (1979) | 3.5666 56 reviews | R | Drama, Romance, Comedy |
$5.69
| This movie focuses on the life of 42-year-old Isaac Davis (Woody Allen) who is going through a ...more about Manhattan starring Woody Allen and Diane Keaton |
| 3 |  | Apocalypse Now (1979) | 3.4773 316 reviews | R | Action, Adventure, Drama, War |
$10.30
| During the height of the Vietnam War, Special Forces Captain Willard is given the assignment to ...more about Apocalypse Now starring Marlon Brando and Martin Sheen |
| 4 |  | Muppet Movie, The (1979) | 3.3201 51 reviews | G | Adventure, Musical, Comedy, Family, Disney |
$13.99
| Convinced by a big time Hollywood agent named Dom DeLuise that he belongs on the big screen ...more about Muppet Movie starring Jim Henson and Frank Oz |
| 5 |  | Warriors, The (1979) | 3.2899 85 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime, Teen |
$7.96
| The Warriors are wrongly accused of killing a rival gang leader in NYC during an "all gang meeting" ...more about Warriors starring Michael Beck and James Remar |
| 6 |  | Life of Brian (1979) |  3.2139 109 reviews | R | Comedy |
$14.99
| Brian was born in a manger the same night as the man who would be Christ. For the rest of his life ...more about Life of Brian starring Graham Chapman and John Cleese |
| 7 |  | Breaking Away (1979) | 3.1799 44 reviews | PG | Drama, Comedy, Sports |
$3.99
| One reviewer subtitled it, the Boy Who Wanted to be Italian. The Stollers only child has graduated ...more about Breaking Away starring Dennis Christopher and Dennis Quaid |
| 8 |  | Jerk, The (1979) | 3.1424 54 reviews | R | Comedy |
$6.31
| Navin was born a poor black boy, but when his family informs him he is white he is distraught. ...more about Jerk starring Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters |
| 9 |  | Being There (1979) | 3.1081 26 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy |
$13.41
| A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old ...more about Being There starring Peter Sellers and William Dance |
| 10 |  | Mad Max (1979) | 3.0981 73 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi |
$4.12
| In the future following the apocalypse pillage and plunder is a way of life. Mild-mannered, police ...more about Mad Max starring Mel Gibson and Joanne Samuel |
| 11 |  | China Syndrome, The (1979) | 3.0877 43 reviews | PG | Drama, Thriller |
$9.78
| While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, an opportunistic reporter Kimberly ...more about China Syndrome starring Jane Fonda and Jack Lemmon |
| 12 |  | Time After Time (1979) | 3.0249 15 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Romance |
$9.30
| H.G. Wells has just invented a time machine but hasn't tried it out yet. When he discovers that one ...more about Time After Time starring David Warner and Mary Steenburgen |
| 13 |  | All That Jazz (1979) | 3.0020 45 reviews | NA | Drama, Fantasy, Musical |
$5.99
| Overworked, exhausted dancer Joe Gideon relies on a slew of drugs to keep up with is hectic ...more about All That Jazz starring Roy Scheider and Jessica Lange |
| 14 |  | Phantasm (1979) | 2.9860 39 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$12.14
| Mike, a young teenage boy who has just lost his parents, is afraid to lose his brother. This fear ...more about Phantasm starring Bill Thornbury and Reggie Bannister |
| 15 |  | Hardcore (1979) | 2.9732 22 reviews | R | Drama |
$3.95
| Jake Van Dorn is businessman from American heartland who shares strong Calvinist convictions with ...more about Hardcore starring George C. Scott and Peter Boyle |
| 16 |  | ...And Justice for All (1979) | 2.9632 17 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$3.92
| When a corrupt judge is charged with rape, Arthur Kirkland must defend him. Kirkland has had ...more about ...And Justice for All starring Al Pacino and Jack Warden |
| 17 |  | Brood, The (1979) | 2.9293 46 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$9.27
| A man's wife is under the care of an eccentric psychiatrist who uses innovative and theatrical ...more about Brood starring Oliver Reed and Samantha Eggar |
| 18 |  | Over the Edge (1979) | 2.9166 21 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Teen |
$12.71
| New Grenada is a planned community set in the desert where there is nothing for the kids to do, ...more about Over the Edge starring Michael Eric Kramer and Pamela Ludwig |
| 19 |  | Escape from Alcatraz (1979) | 2.9094 22 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller |
$2.10
| A group of inmates attempt a daring escape from the notorious Alcatraz prison island, from where ...more about Escape from Alcatraz starring Clint Eastwood and Roberts Blossom |
| 20 |  | Black Hole, The (1979) | 2.9011 59 reviews | PG | Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Disney |
$7.02
| The crew of the spaceship Palamino stumbles across the "lost" ship U.S.S. Cygnus, hovering on the ...more about Black Hole starring Maximilian Schell and Anthony Perkins |
| 21 |  | Hair (1979) | 2.8674 25 reviews | NA | Drama, Musical, Comedy |
$6.59
| This movie, based on cult Broadway musical of the '60ties, tells a story about Claude, young man ...more about Hair starring Treat Williams and Beverly D'Angelo |
| 22 |  | Rocky II (1979) | 2.8150 24 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Sports |
$5.69
| After his fight with Apollo Creed, Rocky decides to live a peaceful life with his wife Adrian. ...more about Rocky II starring Sylvester Stallone and Talia Shire |
| 23 |  | Norma Rae (1979) | 2.8102 17 reviews | NA | Drama |
$3.41
| Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. ...more about Norma Rae starring Sally Field and Beau Bridges |
| 24 |  | Arven (1979) | 2.8050 14 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | I et blomstersmykket kapell er en sørgerskare forsamlet til begravelse. Kai Skag, den vellykkede ...more about Arven starring Espen Skjønberg and Anita Björk |
| 25 | | Amator (1979) | 2.8026 17 reviews | NA | Drama |
$20.95
| Filip buys an 8mm movie camera when his first child is born. Because it's the first camera in town, ...more about Amator |
| 26 |  | Driller Killer, The (1979) | 2.7954 40 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror |
$18.95
| An artist slowly loses his mind as he and his two female friends scrape to pay the bills. The punk ...more about Driller Killer starring Carolyn Marz and Baybi Day |
| 27 |  | Cat and the Canary, The (1979) | 2.7938 21 reviews | NA | Horror, Mystery, Comedy |
$7.99
| When an elderly man dies, some of his relatives gather to hear the reading of the will. When it is ...more about Cat and the Canary starring Honor Blackman and Michael Callan |
| 28 |  | 10 (1979) | 2.7926 39 reviews | R | Romance, Comedy |
$1.96
| George Webber escapes from the bustle and headaches (and toothaches) of Los Angeles to the beaches ...more about 10 starring Dudley Moore and Bo Derek |
| 29 |  | Onion Field, The (1979) | 2.7854 18 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime |
$5.69
| Greg Powell is a disturbed ex-con who recruits Jimmy Smith (aka Jimmy Youngblood), a petty thief, ...more about Onion Field starring James Woods and Franklyn Seales |
| 30 |  | Tess (1979) | 2.7660 20 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance |
$8.99
| A rural clergyman in 19th century England tells Durbeyfield, a simple farmer, that he is descended ...more about Tess starring Nastassja Kinski and Peter Firth |
| 31 |  | Clonus Horror, The (1979) | 2.7610 16 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi |
$11.95
| A young man escapes from a govenment run project called Clonus only to find out that Peter Graves ...more about Clonus Horror starring Paulette Breen and Keenan Wynn |
| 32 |  | Shape of Things to Come, The (1979) | 2.7551 13 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi |
$9.99
| Planet Earth is a devastated wasteland, and what's left of humanity has colonized the Moon in domed ...more about Shape of Things to Come starring Jack Palance and Carol Lynley |
| 33 |  | Amityville Horror, The (1979) |  2.7383 84 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Mystery |
$4.99
| Based on a true story that was claimed by writer Jay Anson, The Amityville Horror is about a large ...more about Amityville Horror starring James Brolin and Margot Kidder |
| 34 |  | Moonraker (1979) | 2.7250 23 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Thriller, Sci-Fi |
$43.91
| A Boeing 747 carrying a US space shuttle on loan to the UK crashes into the Atlantic Ocean. When ...more about Moonraker starring Roger Moore and Lois Chiles |
| 35 |  | My Brilliant Career (1979) | 2.7002 22 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Romance |
$18.95
| ...more about My Brilliant Career starring Judy Davis and Wendy Hughes |
| 36 |  | North Dallas Forty (1979) | 2.6864 15 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy, Sports |
$3.90
| A semi-fictional account of life as a professional Football (American-style) player. Loosely based ...more about North Dallas Forty starring Mac Davis and Charles Durning |
| 37 |  | 1941 (1979) | 2.6825 29 reviews | PG | War, Comedy |
$6.76
| Hysteria grips California in the wake of the bombing of Pearl harbour as an assorted group of ...more about 1941 starring Dan Aykroyd and Ned Beatty |
| 38 | | Tourist Trap (1979) | 2.6822 16 reviews | NA | Horror |
$7.14
| Teenagers come across a shut-in psychopath (played by Chuck Connors) with telekinetic powers. He ...more about Tourist Trap starring Chuck Connors and Jocelyn Jones |
| 39 |  | North Avenue Irregulars, The (1979) | 2.6400 9 reviews | G | Action, Crime, Comedy, Family, Disney |
$10.98
| When crooks set up operations in a traditional town, a minister and a group of church ladies are ...more about North Avenue Irregulars starring Edward Herrmann and Barbara Harris |
| 40 |  | When a Stranger Calls (1979) | 2.6331 27 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror |
$9.99
| High school student Jill Johnson is traumatized over an evening of babysitting by a caller who ...more about When a Stranger Calls starring Charles Durning and Carol Kane |
| 41 |  | Black Stallion, The (1979) | 2.5971 22 reviews | NA | Adventure, Family, Sports |
$5.79
| While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion ...more about Black Stallion starring Kelly Reno and Mickey Rooney |
| 42 |  | Winter Kills (1979) | 2.5932 14 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller |
$4.99
| 19 years after President Timothy Keegan was assassinated, his brother Nick discovers a dying man ...more about Winter Kills starring Jeff Bridges and John Huston |
| 43 |  | Murder by Decree (1979) | 2.5770 21 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Crime, Mystery |
$2.94
| Sherlock Holmes investigates London's most infamous case, Jack the Ripper. As he investigates, he ...more about Murder by Decree starring Christopher Plummer and David Hemmings |
| 44 |  | Love at First Bite (1979) | 2.5747 19 reviews | NA | Horror, Romance, Comedy |
$5.99
| This vampire spoof has Count Dracula moving to New York to find his Bride, after being forced to ...more about Love at First Bite starring George Hamilton and Susan Saint James |
| 45 |  | Meatballs (1979) | 2.5710 17 reviews | NA | Comedy, Teen | N/A | Summer Camp highjinks centered around a camp counselor with a wacky sense of humor. He tries to ...more about Meatballs starring Harvey Atkin and Kate Lynch |
| 46 |  | Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) | 2.5239 13 reviews | NA | Drama |
$10.23
| Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take ...more about Kramer vs. Kramer starring Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep |
| 47 |  | Wanderers, The (1979) | 2.5056 16 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Teen |
$13.79
| ...more about Wanderers starring Ken Wahl and John Friedrich |
| 48 | | Coriolanus (1979) | 2.4573 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | ...more about Coriolanus |
| 49 | | Prisoner of Zenda, The (1979) | 2.4573 5 reviews | NA | Adventure, Comedy | N/A | Anthony Hope's classic tale gets a decidedly 'un-classic' treatment at the hands of Peter Sellers. ...more about Prisoner of Zenda starring Peter Sellers and Lynne Frederick |
| 50 |  | Quintet (1979) | 2.4552 26 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi, Mystery |
$27.97
| ...more about Quintet starring Fernando Rey and Vittorio Gassman |
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