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Apocalypse Now (1979)
A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god. Read about Apocalypse Now / IMDB / YouTube
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The Deer Hunter (1979)
An in-depth examination of the ways in which the Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of several friends in a small steel mill town in Pennsylvania. Check out The Deer Hunter / IMDB / YouTube
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Rocky II (1979)
Rocky struggles in family life after his bout with Apollo Creed, while the embarrassed champ insistently goads him to accept a challenge for a rematch. Check out Rocky II / IMDB / YouTube
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Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
After his wife leaves him, a work-obsessed Manhattan advertising executive is forced to learn long-neglected parenting skills, but a heated custody battle over the couple's young son deepens the wounds left by the separation. Check out Kramer vs. Kramer / IMDB / YouTube
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Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
Alcatraz is the most secure prison of its time. It is believed that no one can ever escape from it, until three daring men make a possibly successful attempt at escaping from one of the most infamous prisons in the world. Details on Escape from Alcatraz / IMDB / YouTube
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Manhattan (1979)
The life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress. Read about Manhattan / IMDB / YouTube
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Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
Count Dracula moves from Transylvania to Wismar, spreading the Black Plague across the land. Only a woman pure of heart can bring an end to his reign of horror. More about Nosferatu the Vampyre / IMDB / YouTube
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Hair (1979)
Claude Bukowski leaves the family ranch in Oklahoma for New York where he is rapidly embraced into the hippie group of youngsters led by Berger, yet he's already been drafted. He soon falls in love with Sheila Franklin, a rich girl but still a rebel inside. Look into Hair / IMDB / YouTube
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Picnic at Hanging Rock (1979)
During a rural summer picnic, a few students and a teacher from an Australian girls' school vanish without a trace. Their absence frustrates and haunts the people left behind. Look into Picnic at Hanging Rock / IMDB / YouTube
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And Justice for All (1979)
A lawyer is forced to defend a judge, while defending other clients, and trying to find punishment for the guilty and provide justice for the innocent. Find out about And Justice for All / IMDB / YouTube
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All That Jazz (1979)
Director/choreographer Bob Fosse tells his own life story as he details the sordid career of Joe Gideon, a womanizing, drug-using dancer. Get info on All That Jazz / IMDB / YouTube
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The China Syndrome (1979)
A reporter finds what appears to be a cover-up of safety hazards at a nuclear power plant. Learn about The China Syndrome / IMDB / YouTube
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Breaking Away (1979)
A working-class Indiana teen obsessed with the Italian cycling team vies for the affections of a college girl while searching for life goals with his friends. Get info on Breaking Away / IMDB / YouTube
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Game of Death (1979)
A martial arts movie star must fake his death to bring down the syndicate that is extorting him and other celebrities - including his pop singer girlfriend - for protection money. Find out about Game of Death / IMDB / YouTube
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Quadrophenia (1979)
Jimmy Cooper loathes his dead-end job and his working-class parents. He seeks solace with his mod clique, scooter riding, and drugs, only to be disappointed. Details on Quadrophenia / IMDB / YouTube
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Time After Time (1979)
H.G. Wells pursues Jack the Ripper to the 20th Century when the serial murderer uses the future writer's time machine to escape his time period. Find out about Time After Time / IMDB / YouTube
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The Great Train Robbery (1979)
England, 1850s. A master criminal aims to rob a train of a large sum of gold. Security is incredibly tight and the task seems an impossible one. However, he has a plan and just the right people to carry it out. Look into The Great Train Robbery / IMDB / YouTube
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The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
Maria marries Hermann Braun in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. Alone, Maria puts to use her beauty and ambition in order to find prosperity during Germany's economic miracle of the 1950s. More about The Marriage of Maria Braun / IMDB / YouTube
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Hardcore (1979)
A religious businessman from Michigan has to venture into the world of pornography in California, desperately searching for his runaway teenage daughter. Details on Hardcore / IMDB / YouTube
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L'Age d'Or (1979)
A surrealist tale of a man and a woman who are passionately in love with each other, but their attempts to consummate that passion are constantly thwarted by their families, the Church, and bourgeois society. Learn about L'Age d'Or / IMDB / YouTube
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Scum (1979)
An uncompromising story of life in a British juvenile offender institution in the '70s. More about Scum / IMDB / YouTube
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Soldier of Orange (1979)
During World War II, Dutch students join the resistance movement against the German occupation of the Netherlands. Read about Soldier of Orange / IMDB / YouTube
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The Wanderers (1979)
The Wanderers is a teenage, Italian gang in Bronx, NYC, 1963. They have their confrontations with other gangs. Drugs and weapons are uncool. Adult life awaits them. See more about The Wanderers / IMDB / YouTube
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