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Movies from 1979

6.1
10 (1979) movie poster
10 (1979)

Comedy, Romance

A Hollywood songwriter goes through a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with a sexy blonde newlywed.

8.5
Alien (1979) movie poster
Alien (1979)

Horror, Science Fiction

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.

8.4
Apocalypse Now (1979) movie poster
Apocalypse Now (1979)

Drama, War

At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.

5.3
Caligula (1979) movie poster
Caligula (1979)

Drama, History, Romance

The perversion behind imperial Rome, the epic story of Rome's mad Emporer. All the details of his cruel, bizarre reign are revealed right here: His unholy sexual passion for his sister, his marriage to Rome's most infamous prostitute, his fiendishly inventive means of disposing those who would oppose him, and more.

8
Life of Brian (1979) movie poster
Life of Brian (1979)

Comedy

Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the pompous Pontius Pilate and acronym-obsessed members of a separatist movement. Rife with Monty Python's signature absurdity, the tale finds Brian's life paralleling Biblical lore, albeit with many more laughs.

6.8
Mad Max (1979) movie poster
Mad Max (1979)

Adventure, Action, Thriller

In the ravaged near future, a savage motorcycle gang rules the road. Terrorizing innocent civilians while tearing up the streets, the ruthless gang laughs in the face of a police force hell-bent on stopping them. But they underestimate one officer: Max Rockatansky. And when the bikers brutalize Max's best friend and family, they send him into a mad frenzy that leaves him with only one thing left in the world to live for – revenge!

6.2
Moonraker (1979) movie poster
Moonraker (1979)

Action, Adventure, Thriller

After Drax Industries' Moonraker space shuttle is hijacked, secret agent James Bond is assigned to investigate, traveling to California to meet the company's owner, the mysterious Hugo Drax. With the help of scientist Dr. Holly Goodhead, Bond soon uncovers Drax's nefarious plans for humanity, all the while fending off an old nemesis, Jaws, and venturing to Venice, Rio, the Amazon...and even outer space.

5.4
More American Graffiti (1979) movie poster
More American Graffiti (1979)

Comedy, Drama, War

College graduates deal with Vietnam and other issues of the late '60s.

6.4
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) movie poster
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Science Fiction, Adventure, Mystery

When a destructive space entity is spotted approaching Earth, Admiral Kirk resumes command of the Starship Enterprise in order to intercept, examine, and hopefully stop it.

6.2
The Amityville Horror (1979) movie poster
The Amityville Horror (1979)

Horror

George Lutz, his wife Kathy, and their three children have just moved into a beautiful, and improbably cheap, Victorian mansion nestled in the sleepy coastal town of Amityville, Long Island. However, their dream home is concealing a horrific past and soon each member of the Lutz family is plagued with increasingly strange and violent visions and impulses.

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