HBO September 1979
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1. The Vintage (1957)
Approved | 92 min | Crime, Drama
Two Italian brothers flee to France and hide out in a vineyard with two sisters and their family.
Director: Jeffrey Hayden | Stars: Pier Angeli, Mel Ferrer, John Kerr, Michèle Morgan
Votes: 155
2. Almost Summer (1978)
PG | 88 min | Comedy
A high school student body presidential race gets nasty when the expected winner, beautiful and popular Christine, is challenged by an unknown candidate, Darryl, carefully chosen and managed by Christine's Machiavelian ex-boyfriend.
Director: Martin Davidson | Stars: Bruno Kirby, Lee Purcell, John Friedrich, Didi Conn
Votes: 345
3. House Calls (1978)
PG | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Charley is a surgeon who's recently lost his wife. He embarks on a tragicomic romantic quest with woman after woman until he meets up with Ann, a singular woman closer to his own age, who immediately and unexpectedly captures his heart.
Director: Howard Zieff | Stars: Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Art Carney, Richard Benjamin
Votes: 2,022 | Gross: $28.46M
4. Boulevard Nights (1979)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama
From executive producer Tony Bill comes a gritty and groundbreaking look at Los Angeles gang life in the city’s Mexican-American barrios.
Director: Michael Pressman | Stars: Richard Yniguez, Danny De La Paz, Marta DuBois, James Victor
Votes: 759
5. Baker's Hawk (1976)
G | 98 min | Western
When a young boy nurses an injured hawk back to health, he gains newfound courage and confidence on his own.
Director: Lyman Dayton | Stars: Clint Walker, Burl Ives, Diane Baker, Lee Montgomery
Votes: 277
6. Movie Movie (1978)
PG | 105 min | Comedy, Musical, Sport
Three movie genres of the 1930s--boxing films, World War I aviation dramas, and backstage Broadway musicals--are satirized using the same cast.
Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Red Buttons, Eli Wallach
Votes: 1,281
7. A Different Story (1978)
PG | 108 min | Drama, Romance
A homosexual woman marries a gay male friend to prevent his deportation, but they soon fall in love.
Director: Paul Aaron | Stars: Perry King, Meg Foster, Valerie Curtin, Peter Donat
Votes: 481
8. Jaws (1975)
PG | 124 min | Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
When a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Cape Cod, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary
Votes: 659,368 | Gross: $260.00M
9. The Great Houdini (1976 TV Movie)
120 min | Biography, Drama
A biography of renowned escape artist Harry Houdini, examining his fascination with the occult and his promise to his wife on his deathbed that he would contact her from the great beyond, if it were at all possible.
Director: Melville Shavelson | Stars: Paul Michael Glaser, Sally Struthers, Ruth Gordon, Vivian Vance
Votes: 450
10. Undercovers Hero (1974)
R | 107 min | Comedy
In this comedy, set during the German occupation of France, Peter Sellers plays most major male parts, so he stars in nearly every scene, always bumbling in inspector Clouseau-style. As ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Boulting | Stars: Peter Sellers, Lila Kedrova, Curd Jürgens, Béatrice Romand
Votes: 745
11. Carnal Knowledge (1971)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
Chronicling the lifelong sexual development of two men who meet and become friends in college.
Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Candice Bergen, Art Garfunkel, Ann-Margret
Votes: 14,892 | Gross: $28.62M
12. The Driver (1978)
R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A getaway driver becomes the latest assignment for a tenacious detective.
Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani, Ronee Blakley
Votes: 19,421 | Gross: $4.91M
13. The Chicken Chronicles (1977)
PG | 95 min | Comedy
A high school senior tries to score with Margaret.
Director: Frank Simon | Stars: Phil Silvers, Ed Lauter, Steve Guttenberg, Lisa Reeves
Votes: 377
14. One by One (1974)
PG | 100 min | Documentary, Sport
Documentary following the drivers of the 1973 Formula 1 Season
Director: Claude Du Boc | Stars: Stacy Keach, Jackie Stewart, Niki Lauda, Peter Revson
Votes: 208
15. Avalanche (1978)
PG | 91 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
The vacationers at a winter wonderland struggle to survive after an avalanche of snow crashes into their ski resort. Their holiday then turns into a game of survival.
Director: Corey Allen | Stars: Rock Hudson, Mia Farrow, Robert Forster, Jeanette Nolan
Votes: 2,396
16. Blazing Saddles (1974)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Western
In order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black Sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.
Director: Mel Brooks | Stars: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman
Votes: 152,475 | Gross: $119.50M
17. Swashbuckler (1976)
PG | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.
Director: James Goldstone | Stars: Robert Shaw, James Earl Jones, Peter Boyle, Geneviève Bujold
Votes: 1,882
18. The Savage Is Loose (1974)
R | 114 min | Adventure, Drama
A husband, wife and their son are stranded on a remote island with no way off; as the son grows older, sexual tensions emerge.
Director: George C. Scott | Stars: George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, John David Carson, Lee Montgomery
Votes: 441 | Gross: $0.84M
19. Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
PG | 99 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
To prove that he still is strong and powerful, Philippe Douvier decides to kill Clouseau. Once news of his "death" has been announced, Clouseau tries to take advantage of it and goes undercover with Cato to find out who tried to kill him.
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Burt Kwouk, Dyan Cannon
Votes: 23,252
20. Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
GP | 108 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by the Crow tribe and proves to be a match for their warriors in single combat on the early frontier.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Robert Redford, Will Geer, Delle Bolton, Josh Albee
Votes: 34,987 | Gross: $47.74M
21. The White Buffalo (1977)
PG | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Western
At the closing of 1874 a haunted, dying Wild Bill Hickok teams up with a grieving Crazy Horse to hunt a murderous albino buffalo.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Charles Bronson, Jack Warden, Will Sampson, Kim Novak
Votes: 5,220
22. The Stranger and the Gunfighter (1974)
PG | 107 min | Comedy, Western
A martial artist joins a hard-hitting gunfighter in the search for treasure while bandits step into their way.
Director: Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Lee Van Cleef, Lieh Lo, Patty Shepard, Femi Benussi
Votes: 1,050
23. Midnight Express (1978)
R | 121 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Billy Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paolo Bonacelli
Votes: 88,233 | Gross: $35.00M
24. The Goodbye Girl (1977)
PG | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter are reluctantly forced to live with a struggling off-Broadway actor.
Director: Herbert Ross | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings, Paul Benedict
Votes: 16,184 | Gross: $102.00M
25. Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider (1979)
PG | 99 min | Comedy
A World War I deserter competes in the first long-distance motorcycle race.
Director: Steve Carver | Stars: David Carradine, Brenda Vaccaro, L.Q. Jones, R.G. Armstrong
Votes: 224
26. A Wedding (1978)
PG | 125 min | Comedy, Drama
The daughter of a Louisville truck driver marries the scion of a very wealthy family, but the reception at the family estate is boycotted by the invited guests.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Carol Burnett, Desi Arnaz Jr., Geraldine Chaplin, Howard Duff
Votes: 3,750
27. Hooper (1978)
PG | 99 min | Action, Comedy
Aging Hollywood stuntman Sonny Hooper wants to prove that he's still got what it takes to be a great professional in this risky, under-recognized line of work.
Director: Hal Needham | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Jan-Michael Vincent, Sally Field, Brian Keith
Votes: 7,888 | Gross: $78.00M
28. The Amsterdam Kill (1977)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Ex-DEA agent Quinlan enters a labyrinth of deception and death as he tries to destroy a powerful Amsterdam-based drug cartel named 'Juliana'.
Director: Robert Clouse | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Richard Egan, Leslie Nielsen, Bradford Dillman
Votes: 557
29. Murder by Decree (1979)
PG | 124 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Sherlock Holmes investigates the murders commited by Jack the Ripper and discovers a conspiracy to protect the killer.
Director: Bob Clark | Stars: Christopher Plummer, James Mason, David Hemmings, Susan Clark
Votes: 6,594
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