Year 1979
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- DirectorDon KeeslarStarsGloria DeHavenAldo RayMarshall ThompsonDynamite fishing in a rural swamp revives a prehistoric gill monster that must have the blood of human females in order to survive.
- DirectorFrank C. ClarkeStarsDayton Ka'neMaren JensenKathleen SwanTikoyo lives by the Bora Bora lagoon in the South Pacific, where he found a man-eating tiger shark when it was an orphaned baby, just a foot long. He named it Manidu, and it grew to be sixteen feet long. Tikoyo believes that his companion houses the soul of a wise old man, and helps him guard the sacred black pearls in the lagoon. In fact, Manidu does protect Tikoyo and his girlfriend Diana, only eating those who are their enemies, or who seek to destroy their environment, or steal the pearls.
- DirectorWilliam FruetStarsPerry KingDon StroudTisa FarrowThe members of a Vietnam veteran's old Army unit start turning up murdered. The police soon begin to suspect that he is in fact the killer. He knows he isn't, and must find the real killer in order to clear his name. He soon realizes, however, that the real killer is now hunting him.
- DirectorTinto BrassStarsMalcolm McDowellPeter O'TooleHelen MirrenA dramatization of the ascent to Caesar and subsequent reign of Caligula, one of the most notorious leaders of ancient Rome. We see his ambition, his scheming, his perversion and decadence, his brutality and his lunacy.
- DirectorJohn 'Bud' CardosStarsJim DavisChristopher MitchumDorothy MaloneAliens visit the solar-powered house of a middle-class family, and the house is suddenly sucked into a time warp that transports it back to prehistoric times.
- DirectorDonald ShebibStarsWill SampsonDon FrancksCharles FieldsAn embittered, hard-drinking Indian finds himself befriending a young white farmboy, and together they determine to help him end his drinking problems and return to his former life.
- DirectorMurray LernerStarsIsaac SternDavid GolubDelun LiIsaac Stern's cultural tour of China is seen, with the master violinist performing and mentoring young Chinese musicians. He visits rehearsals of the Peking Opera, meeting with their musicians who use traditional Chinese instruments, and also visits a sports academy and other venues. The lingering effects of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), which opposed any western influences and oppressed those who introduced western approaches, are evident in the lack of skill development among many of the young musicians and the emphasis on technical skill rather than artistic interpretation.
- DirectorRené Cardona Jr.StarsStuart WhitmanGene BarryJohn IrelandReverend Jim Jones, the priest of an independent church in the South American country Guyana, orders his followers to commit suicide. But not all of them follow him blindly and begin to think on their own.
- DirectorGregory GoodellStarsLinda HaynesGeoffrey LewisEllen TravoltaA demented prison doctor performs gruesome shock therapy experiments on inmates.
- DirectorJames F. CollierStarsJoni Eareckson TadaBert RemsenKatherine De HetreBased on Joni Eareckson's autobiography. She becomes paralyzed after breaking her neck in a swimming accident at age 17. Trying to cope with her new life, she learns to paint using her mouth and finds strength in her new Christian faith.
- DirectorCurtis HansonStarsCharles LaneAnn SothernChris PetersenA grandfather takes his two young grandsons on a camping trip for their karate tournament, and become involved in a kidnapping by a poor country family that lives in the woods.
- DirectorPeter WeirStarsJudy MorrisIvar KantsRobert ColebyA young couple, living in a campus apartment complex, are repeatedly harassed by an eccentric plumber, who subjects them to a series of bizarre mind games while making unnecessary repairs to their bathroom.
- DirectorPiers HaggardStarsJohn MillsSimon MacCorkindaleBarbara KellermanA separate screenplay by Nigel Kneale for theaters, parallel to the 1979 Quatermass 4-part miniseries. The story, set in the near future, involves influences from outer space that are possessing people. Professor Quatermass must save his granddaughter from the clutches of a popular, sinister cult called "Planet People" that "performs raptures."
- DirectorJohn SaylesStarsBruce MacDonaldMaggie RenziAdam LeFevreSeven former college friends, along with a few new friends, gather for a weekend reunion at a summer house in New Hampshire to reminisce about the good old days, when they got arrested on the way to a protest in Washington, DC.
- DirectorDenny HarrisStarsRebecca BaldingCameron MitchellAvery SchreiberDuring her first semester at college, a co-ed finds housing at a seaside mansion where, following the death of a fellow-student, she becomes entangled in a murder mystery surrounding the property and its secretive tenants.
- DirectorSteve CarverStarsLee MajorsJennifer O'NeillArt CarneyThe construction of a steel skyscraper becomes a race against time and challenges the sanity of a building foreman and his crew.
- DirectorGeorge MendelukStarsRichard CrennaPaul WilliamsLinda SorensenSergeant Boyd's police search to find a sniper who has been shooting hookers.
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsDustin HoffmanVanessa RedgraveTimothy DaltonIn December 1926, Agatha Christie's husband asks for a divorce. She leaves her car and goes missing for 11 days. She books into a hotel as Mrs. Neele. A US reporter looks for her and investigates.
- DirectorMichael RitchieStarsKeith CarradineMonica VittiRaf ValloneA smalltime US filmmaker goes to Cannes to try to get his movie in the limelight. A wife of one of the producers there gets interested in his story and they begin an affair.
- DirectorNeal IsraelStarsHarvey KormanFred WillardPeter RiegertIn a story told in narrative flashbacks, a young TV consultant is hired by the President of a bankrupt USA to organize a telethon in order to prevent the country from being repossessed by wealthy Native Americans.
- DirectorVincent McEveetyStarsTim ConwayDon KnottsTim MathesonThe adventures of two idiotic outlaw wannabees, Amos and Theodore.
- DirectorKevin ConnorStarsChristopher LeeMilo O'SheaOliver TobiasAn evil magician seeks to gain power by obtaining a magic rose. A peasant boy and a Prince join forces to stop him.
- DirectorRichard FleischerStarsMichael CainePeter UstinovKabir BediDr. Anansa Linderby (Beverly Johnson) is kidnapped in a medical mission in Africa by a slave trader. From this moment, her husband will do anything to recover her and to punish the bad guys, but that will be not an easy task.
- DirectorMark RobsonMonte HellmanStarsLee MarvinRobert ShawLinda EvansSoviet KGB General Marenkov defects to the Americans and together with his CIA handler Harry Wargrave they plan an operation meant to reveal the KGB agents in Europe.
- DirectorFrank ZappaStarsFrank ZappaAdrian BelewTommy MarsRock artist Frank Zappa hosts a concert in New York City. This movie contains tons of on-stage footage, off-stage footage, and animation.