The top ten 1979 released films by North American gross are as follows:
39 films were released this year with the same actor playing the lead role, Prem Nazir.
March 5 - Production begins on The Empire Strikes Back.
May 25 - Alien, a landmark of the science fiction genre, is released.
May 31 - The Muppet Movie, Jim Henson's Muppets' first foray into the world of feature-length motion pictures, is released in United Kingdom.
June 11 - John Wayne dies.
June 29 - Moonraker, The 11th film in the James Bond franchise is released in the United States and goes on to become the highest-grossing film of the year worldwide.
September 19 - Don Bluth and a group of fellow animators resign from The Walt Disney Company's animation department to set up a rival studio, Don Bluth Productions.
November 1 - Production begins on Raiders of the Lost Ark.
December 7 - Star Trek: The Motion Picture debuts in the United States to mixed reviews but strong box office, launching a film franchise that leads to 11 films over the next 30 years. It also leads to the creation of four spin-off television series based upon Gene Roddenberry's creation.
Academy Awards:
Best Picture:
Kramer vs. Kramer - Jaffe, Columbia
Best Director:
Robert Benton -
Kramer vs. Kramer
Best Actor:
Dustin Hoffman -
Kramer vs. Kramer
Best Actress:
Sally Field -
Norma Rae
Best Supporting Actress:
Meryl Streep -
Kramer vs. Kramer
Best Supporting Actor:
Melvyn Douglas -
Being There
Best Foreign Language Film:
The Tin Drum (
Die Blechtrommel), directed by Volker Schlöndorff, W. Germany
Golden Globe Awards:
Drama:
Best Picture:
Kramer vs. Kramer
Best Actor:
Dustin Hoffman -
Kramer vs. Kramer
Best Actress:
Sally Field -
Norma Rae
Musical or comedy:
Best Picture:
Breaking Away
Best Actor:
Peter Sellers -
Being There
Best Actress:
Bette Midler -
The Rose
Other
Best Director:
Francis Ford Coppola -
Apocalypse Now
Best Foreign Language Film:
La Cage aux Folles (France)
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
Apocalypse Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, United States
The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel), directed by Volker Schlöndorff, W. Germany
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
David, directed by Peter Lilienthal, West Germany
U.S.A. unless stated
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10, directed by Blake Edwards, starring Dudley Moore, Julie Andrews, Bo Derek, Robert Webber, Brian Dennehy
1941, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Tim Matheson, Nancy Allen, Toshiro Mifune, Treat Williams, Warren Oates, Robert Stack
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The Actress, the Dollars and the Transylvanians (Artista, dolarii şi ardelenii) - (Romania)
L'adolescente (The Adolescent), directed by Jeanne Moreau, starring Simone Signoret - (France)
The Adventure of Sudsakorn, the first and only cel-animated feature film from Thailand
Adventures of Sinbad
Agatha, directed by Michael Apted, starring Vanessa Redgrave and Dustin Hoffman - (U.K.)
Ah! Nomugi Toge (Nomugi Pass) - (Japan)
Air Crew (Ekipazh) - (U.S.S.R.)
Alien, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Harry Dean Stanton, Yaphet Kotto - (U.S.A./U.K.)
All Quiet on the Western Front, a TV film directed by Delbert Mann, starring Richard Thomas and Ernest Borgnine
All That Jazz, directed by Bob Fosse, starring Roy Scheider, Ann Reinking, Ben Vereen, John Lithgow, Jessica Lange
An Almost Perfect Affair, starring Keith Carradine and Monica Vitti
Americathon, starring John Ritter and Harvey Korman
The Amityville Horror, directed by Stuart Rosenberg, starring James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger
...And Justice for All, directed by Norman Jewison, starring Al Pacino, John Forsythe, Jack Warden, Christine Lahti, Craig T. Nelson, Jeffrey Tambor
Anti-Clock, directed by Jane Arden - (U.K.)
Apocalypse Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Dennis Hopper, Laurence Fishburne, Frederic Forrest
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again, starring Don Knotts and Tim Conway
Arabian Adventure, starring Christopher Lee and Emma Samms - (U.K.)
Ashanti, directed by Richard Fleischer, starring Michael Caine and Peter Ustinov
Autumn Marathon (Osenniy marafon) - (U.S.S.R.)
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Baby Snakes, directed by Frank Zappa
Ball Lightning (Kulový blesk) - (Czechoslovakia)
Ballad of Tara (Tcherike-ye Tara) - (Iran)
Bear Island, starring Donald Sutherland, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Widmark, Barbara Parkins
Being There, directed by Hal Ashby, starring Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden
The Bell Jar, starring Marilyn Hassett, Julie Harris, Anne Jackson
Best Boy, award-winning documentary
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure, directed by Irwin Allen, starring Michael Caine, Telly Savalas, Sally Field, Karl Malden, Shirley Jones
Birth of the Beatles, directed by Richard Marquand
The Bitch, starring Joan Collins - (U.K.)
The Black Hole, directed by Gary Nelson, starring Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins, Ernest Borgnine, Yvette Mimieux
The Black Stallion, directed by Carroll Ballard, starring Mickey Rooney, Hoyt Axton, Teri Garr, Kelly Reno
Bloodline, directed by Terence Young, starring Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, James Mason, Gert Fröbe, Beatrice Straight
Bloody Kids, directed by Stephen Frears - (U.K.)
Boardwalk, starring Ruth Gordon, Lee Strasberg, Janet Leigh
Boulevard Nights, directed by Michael Pressman
Breaking Away, directed by Peter Yates, starring Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earle Haley, Paul Dooley
Breakthrough, starring Richard Burton, Robert Mitchum, Rod Steiger, Curd Jürgens
Les Bronzés font du ski (a.k.a. French Fried Vacation 2), directed by Patrice Leconte - (France)
The Brood, directed by David Cronenberg, starring Oliver Reed and Samantha Eggar - (Canada)
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, starring Gil Gerard and Erin Gray
Buffet froid, directed by Bertrand Blier, starring Gérard Depardieu, Bernard Blier, Jean Carmet - (France)
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days, starring Tom Berenger and William Katt
The Butterfly Murders (Die bian), directed by Tsui Hark - (Hong Kong)
Bye Bye Brazil - (Brazil/France/Argentina)
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C.H.O.M.P.S., directed by Don Chaffey, starring Wesley Eure, Valerie Bertinelli, Conrad Bain, Red Buttons
California Dreaming, starring Glynnis O'Connor, Dennis Christopher, Tanya Roberts
Caligula, directed by Tinto Brass, written by Gore Vidal, starring Malcolm McDowell, Teresa Ann Savoy, Helen Mirren, Peter O'Toole - (Italy/U.S.A.)
Camera Buff. directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski - (Poland)
The Castle of Cagliostro (Rupan sansei: Kariosutoro no shiro), an anime film by Hayao Miyazaki - (Japan)
The Cat and the Canary, starring Honor Blackman, Carol Lynley, Olivia Hussey - (U.K.)
The Champ, directed by Franco Zeffirelli, starring Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, Ricky Schroder, Jack Warden, Arthur Hill
Chapter Two, starring James Caan, Marsha Mason, Joseph Bologna, Valerie Harper
The China Syndrome, directed by James Bridges, starring Jack Lemmon, Jane Fonda, Michael Douglas
Christ Stopped at Eboli (Cristo si è fermato a Eboli), directed by Francesco Rosi, starring Gian Maria Volontè - (Italy/France)
City on Fire, starring Susan Clark and Ava Gardner
The Concorde ... Airport '79, starring Alain Delon, Susan Blakely, Robert Wagner, George Kennedy
Cuba, directed by Richard Lester, starring Sean Connery, Brooke Adams, Chris Sarandon
D
David - (West Germany) - Golden Bear winner
Derek and Clive Get the Horn, starring Peter Cook and Dudley Moore - (U.K.)
Dirty Ho (Lan tou He), starring Gordon Liu - (Hong Kong)
Don Giovanni, directed by Joseph Losey, starring Ruggero Raimondi, John Macurdy, Kiri Te Kanawa - (Italy/France/U.K./West Germany)
Dracula, directed by John Badham, starring Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Trevor Eve - (U.S.A./U.K.)
Dreamer, starring Tim Matheson
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Eagle's Wing, starring Martin Sheen and Sam Waterston - (U.K.)
The Electric Horseman, directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Valerie Perrine, John Saxon, Willie Nelson
Escape from Alcatraz, directed by Don Siegel, starring Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Fred Ward
Escape to Athena, starring Roger Moore, David Niven, Elliott Gould, Stefanie Powers, Claudia Cardinale, Telly Savalas - (U.K.)
The Europeans, directed by James Ivory, starring Lee Remick, Lisa Eichhorn, Kristin Griffith - (U.K.)
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Fast Break, starring Gabe Kaplan and Bernard King
Felicity, starring Glory Annen - (Australia)
Folkes, aka North Sea Hijack, starring Roger Moore, James Mason, Anthony Perkins, Michael Parks - (U.K.)
The Fifth Musketeer, starring Sylvia Kristel, Ursula Andress, Beau Bridges, Ian McShane, Rex Harrison - (Austria/West Germany)
Firepower, starring Sophia Loren, James Coburn, O. J. Simpson - (U.K.)
First Case, Second Case (Qazieh, Shekl-e Avval, Shekl-e Dovom), directed by Abbas Kiarostami - (Iran)
The First Great Train Robbery, starring Sean Connery, Lesley-Anne Down, Donald Sutherland - (U.K.)
A Force of One, starring Chuck Norris and Jennifer O'Neill
French Postcards, starring Miles Chapin, David Marshall Grant, Debra Winger
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Gal Young Un, directed by Victor Nuñez
The Genealogy (Jokbo) - (South Korea)
Going in Style, directed by Martin Brest, starring George Burns, Art Carney, Lee Strasberg
The Glove, starring John Saxon and Roosevelt Grier
Gol Maal (Confusion) - (India)
Goldengirl, starring Susan Anton, James Coburn, Leslie Caron
Grass Labyrinth (Kusa Meikyū) - (Japan)
The Great Santini, starring Robert Duvall, Michael O'Keefe, Blythe Danner, Lisa Jane Persky, Stan Shaw
The Great Riviera Bank Robbery, starring Ian McShane - (U.K.)
H
Hair, directed by Miloš Forman, starring John Savage, Treat Williams, Beverly D'Angelo
Hanover Street, directed by Peter Hyams, starring Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down, Christopher Plummer - (U.S.A./U.K.)
Hardcore, directed by Paul Schrader, starring George C. Scott and Peter Boyle
Heart of the Forest (El corazón del bosque) - (Spain)
Heartland, directed by Richard Pearce, starring Rip Torn and Conchata Ferrell - Golden Bear winner, Sundance Grand Jury Prize
Hot Stuff, directed by and starring Dom DeLuise, with Suzanne Pleshette, Ossie Davis, Jerry Reed
The Human Factor, starring Richard Attenborough, John Gielgud, Derek Jacobi - (U.K.)
Hurricane, starring Mia Farrow, Jason Robards, Max von Sydow, Trevor Howard
The Hussy (La drôlesse) - (France)
The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting (L'Hypothèse du tableau volé), directed by Raúl Ruiz - (France)
I
I as in Icarus (I... comme Icare), starring Yves Montand - (France)
The In-Laws, directed by Arthur Hiller, starring Alan Arkin and Peter Falk
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Jack Frost, directed by Rankin/Bass, starring Robert Morse
Jaguar - (Philippines)
The Jerk, directed by Carl Reiner, starring Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters
Jesus, directed by Peter Sykes and John Krisch, starring Brian Deacon - (Australia/U.S.A./U.K.)
Just You and Me, Kid, starring George Burns and Brooke Shields
K
Kaala Patthar (Black Stone), starring Shashi Kapoor - (India)
Kassbach – Ein Porträt (Kassbach - A Portrait) - (Austria)
The Kids Are Alright, a rockumentary featuring The Who - (U.K.)
Knockabout, directed by and starring Sammo Hung - (Hong Kong)
Kramer vs. Kramer, directed by Robert Benton, starring Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep (both won Oscars), Justin Henry, JoBeth Williams, Jane Alexander
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Lady Oscar, starring Catriona MacColl and Patsy Kensit - (France/Japan)
Le Pétomane, starring Leonard Rossiter and Graham Stark
The Lady Vanishes, starring Elliott Gould, Cybill Shepherd, Angela Lansbury
Last Embrace, directed by Jonathan Demme, starring Roy Scheider and Janet Margolin
The Last of the Knucklemen - (Australia)
Little House Years
A Little Romance, directed by George Roy Hill, starring Laurence Olivier, Diane Lane, Sally Kellerman - (France/U.S.A.)
Little Tragedies (Malenkie tragedii) - (U.S.S.R.)
Love and Bullets, directed by Stuart Rosenberg, starring Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Rod Steiger
Love at First Bite, starring George Hamilton and Susan Saint James
Love on the Run (L'amour en fuite), directed by François Truffaut - (France)
Lovers and Liars (Viaggio con Anita), starring Goldie Hawn and Giancarlo Giannini - (Italy/France)
La Luna, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, starring Jill Clayburgh - (Italy)
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Mad Max, directed by George Miller, starring Mel Gibson - (Australia)
The Magician of Lublin, starring Alan Arkin, Louise Fletcher, Valerie Perrine
Magnificent Butcher (Lin shi rong), starring Sammo Hung - (Hong Kong)
The Main Event, starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal
Mamá cumple cien años (Mama Turns 100), directed by Carlos Saura, starring Geraldine Chaplin - (Spain)
Manhattan, directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Diane Keaton, Michael Murphy, Mariel Hemingway
A Man, a Woman, and a Bank, starring Donald Sutherland and Brooke Adams
The Marriage of Maria Braun, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, starring Hanna Schygulla - (West Germany)
Maula Jatt - (Pakistan)
Meatballs, directed by Ivan Reitman, starring Bill Murray - (Canada)
The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed (Mesto vstrechi izmenit nelzya) - (U.S.S.R.)
Meetings with Remarkable Men, Gurdjieff biography directed by Peter Brook - (U.K.)
Meteor, directed by Ronald Neame, starring Sean Connery, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Henry Fonda, Martin Landau, Trevor Howard
Monty Python's Life of Brian, directed by Terry Jones, starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin - (U.K.)
Moonraker, directed by Lewis Gilbert, starring Roger Moore (as James Bond), with Lois Chiles, Michael Lonsdale, Richard Kiel - (U.K.)
More American Graffiti, starring Candy Clark, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears - (U.S.S.R.) - Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video, starring Michael O'Donoghue, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray
The Muppet Movie, made by Jim Henson, with Charles Durning and Dom DeLuise
Murder by Decree, starring Christopher Plummer (as Sherlock Holmes) and James Mason - (U.K./Canada)
My Brilliant Career, directed by Gillian Armstrong, starring Judy Davis and Sam Neill - (Australia)
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Nightwing, directed by Arthur Hiller, starring Nick Mancuso and Kathryn Harrold
Noorie, directed by Manmohan Krishna - (India)
Norma Rae, directed by Martin Ritt, starring Sally Field, Ron Leibman, Beau Bridges
The North Avenue Irregulars, starring Karen Valentine, Barbara Harris, Susan Clark
North Dallas Forty, starring Nick Nolte, Mac Davis, G. D. Spradlin, Dayle Haddon, Bo Svenson, John Matuszak
Nosferatu the Vampyre (Nosferatu: Phantom der Nach), directed by Werner Herzog, starring Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz - (West Germany)
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The Odd Angry Shot, starring Bryan Brown - (Australia)
The Odd Couple (Bo ming chan dao duo ming qiang), starring Sammo Hung - (Hong Kong)
The Onion Field, directed by Harold Becker, starring James Woods, John Savage, Franklyn Seales, Ted Danson
Operación Ogro, directed by Gillo Pontecorvo, starring Gian Maria Volontè - (Spain/Italy)
Over the Edge, directed by Jonathan Kaplan, starring Matt Dillon
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The Passage, starring Anthony Quinn, James Mason, Malcolm McDowell, Patricia Neal, Kay Lenz
A Perfect Couple, directed by Robert Altman, starring Paul Dooley and Marta Heflin
Peruvazhiyambalam, directed by Padmarajan - (India)
Les petites fugues (The Little Fugitives) - (Switzerland)
Phantasm, directed by Don Coscarelli
The Plank, directed by and starring Eric Sykes, with Arthur Lowe - (U.K.)
The Plumber, directed by Peter Weir, starring Judy Morris - (Australia)
Prince Nezha's Triumph Against Dragon King (Nezha nao hai), an animated film - (China)
The Prisoner of Zenda, starring Peter Sellers, Lynne Frederick and Lionel Jeffries
The Prize Fighter, starring Don Knotts and Tim Conway
Prophecy, directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Talia Shire, Robert Foxworth, Richard Dysart, Armand Assante
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Quadrophenia, directed by Franc Roddam, starring Phil Daniels, Leslie Ash, Ray Winstone, with music by The Who - (U.K.)
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Real Life, directed by and starring Albert Brooks, with Charles Grodin
Richard Pryor: Live in Concert
Rich Kids, starring Trini Alvarado and John Lithgow
Rock 'n' Roll High School, produced by Roger Corman, featuring The Ramones
Rocky II, directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone, with Carl Weathers, Talia Shire, Burgess Meredith, Burt Young
The Rose, directed by Mark Rydell, starring Bette Midler, Alan Bates, Frederic Forrest
Running, starring Michael Douglas
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Saint Jack, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Ben Gazzara
Scavenger Hunt, starring Cloris Leachman, Cleavon Little, Vincent Price, Tony Randall
Scum, starring Ray Winstone - (U.K.)
A Scream from Silence (Mourir à tue-tête) - (Canada)
The Seduction of Joe Tynan, starring Alan Alda, Meryl Streep, Melvyn Douglas, Barbara Harris, Rip Torn
A Sense of Freedom, directed by John Mackenzie - (U.K.)
Série noire (Black Series), directed by Alain Corneau - (France)
Siberiade, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky - (U.S.S.R.)
Sisters, or the Balance of Happiness (Schwestern oder Die Balance des Glücks), directed by Margarethe von Trotta - (West Germany)
Skatetown, U.S.A., starring Scott Baio, Flip Wilson, Maureen McCormick, Patrick Swayze
Something Out of Nothing, directed by Nikola Rudarov, starring Asen Kisimov, Stefan Danailov, Aneta Sotirova - (Bulgaria)
Stalker, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky - (U.S.S.R.)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture, directed by Robert Wise, starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Persis Khambatta, Stephen Collins
Starting Over, directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh, Candice Bergen, Charles Durning
Suhaag (a.k.a. Sign of Marriage), starring Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Rekha - (India)
The Survivors (Los sobrevivientes) - (Cuba)
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Take Down, starring Lorenzo Lamas and Maureen McCormick
Tale of Tales (Skazka skazok), an animated film - (U.S.S.R.)
Tarka the Otter, narrated by Peter Ustinov - (U.K.)
The Tempest, directed by Derek Jarman, starring Toyah Willcox - (U.K.)
Tess, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Nastassja Kinski - (France/U.K.)
That Summer!, starring Ray Winstone - (U.K.)
The Third Generation (Die Dritte Generation), directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, starring Hanna Schygulla - (West Germany)
Those Wonderful Movie Cranks (Báječní muži s klikou), directed by Jiří Menzel - (Czechoslovakia)
La Tía Alejandra (Aunt Alejandra) - (Mexico)
Tim, starring Mel Gibson and Piper Laurie - (Australia)
Time After Time, directed by Nicholas Meyer, starring Malcolm McDowell, David Warner, Mary Steenburgen
The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel), directed by Volker Schlöndorff, starring David Bennent - (West Germany) - Palme d'Or winner
To Forget Venice (Dimenticare Venezia), starring Mariangela Melato and Erland Josephson - (Italy)
Tourist Trap, starring Chuck Connors and Tanya Roberts
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Ultraman - (Japan)
Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle - (Japan)
Uncle Marin, the Billionaire (Nea Mărin miliardar) - (Romania)
V
Vengeance Is Mine (fukushū suru wa ware ni ari), directed by Shohei Imamura, starring Ken Ogata - (Japan)
The Villain, directed by Hal Needham, starring Kirk Douglas, Ann-Margret, Arnold Schwarzenegger
The Visitor, starring John Huston, Glenn Ford, Shelley Winters
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Wanda Nevada, directed by and starring Peter Fonda, with Brooke Shields
The Wanderers, starring Ken Wahl and Karen Allen
The Warriors, directed by Walter Hill, starring Michael Beck, James Remar, David Patrick Kelly, Deborah Van Valkenburgh
When a Stranger Calls, starring Charles Durning and Carol Kane
Winter Kills, starring Jeff Bridges, John Huston, Anthony Perkins
Wise Blood, directed by and starring John Huston, with Brad Dourif - (U.S.A./West Germany)
Woman Between Wolf and Dog (Femme entre chien et loup) - (Belgium/France)
Woyzeck, directed by Werner Herzog, starring Klaus Kinski and Eva Mattes - (West Germany)
The Wretches Are Still Singing (Τα Κουρέλια Τραγουδάνε Ακόμα), directed by Nikos Nikolaidis - (Greece)
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Yanks, directed by John Schlesinger, starring Richard Gere, Lisa Eichhorn, Vanessa Redgrave - (U.S.A./U.K.)
Yesterday's Hero, directed by Neil Leifer, starring Ian McShane, Suzanne Somers, Adam Faith and Paul Nicholas - (U.K.)
Zombi 2, directed by Lucio Fulci, starring Tisa Farrow, Ian McCulloch, Richard Johnson - (Italy)
Zulu Dawn, starring Peter O'Toole, Burt Lancaster, Simon Ward - (U.S.A./South Africa/Netherlands)
February 1979
February 2
The First Great Train Robbery
February 9
Agatha
The Warriors
The North Avenue Irregulars
March 1979
March 2
Norma Rae
Real Life
March 14
Hair
March 16
The China Syndrome
April 1979
April 4
The Champ
April 25
Manhattan
May 1979
May 4
Last Embrace
May 10
Apocalypse Now
May 11
Winter Kills
May 25
Alien
May 31
The Muppet Movie
June 1979
June 1
Phantasm
June 15
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
The In-Laws
Prophecy
Rocky II
June 22
Escape from Alcatraz
The Main Event
June 26
Moonraker
June 27
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
July 1979
July 13
Dracula
July 27
The Amityville Horror
July 26
Unidentified Flying Oddball
August 1979
August 3
More American Graffiti
August 17
Monty Python's Life of Brian
The Prisoner of Zenda
August 25
Zombi 2
September 1979
September 28
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
October 1979
October 26
When a Stranger Calls
November 1979
November 9
The Rose
December 1979
December 7
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
December 14
1941
The Jerk
December 21
The Black Hole
January 8 - Sarah Polley, Canadian actress
January 12 - Isidra Vega, actress
January 27 - Rosamund Pike, English actress
February 9 - Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress and dancer
February 13 - Mena Suvari, actress
February 21 - Jennifer Love Hewitt, actress and singer
March 9 - Oscar Isaac, actor
March 10 - Danny Pudi, actor
April 4
Bunko Kanazawa, Japanese actress
Heath Ledger, Australian actor (d. 2008)
Natasha Lyonne, actress
April 12 - Claire Danes, actress
April 19 - Kate Hudson, actress
April 21 - James McAvoy, actor
April 23 - Jaime King, actress
May 9 - Rosario Dawson, actress
May 28 - Monica Keena, actress
June 7 - Anna Torv, Australian actress
June 21- Chris Pratt, American actor
June 24 - Mindy Kaling, American writer and actress
June 27 - Benjamin Speed, Australian film composer
July 3 - Ludivine Sagnier, French actress
July 31 - B. J. Novak, American writer and actor
August 3 - Evangeline Lilly, Canadian actress
August 27 - Aaron Paul, actor
August 31 - Yuvan Shankar Raja, Indian film composer
September 8 - Pink, singer and actress
September 11 - Ariana Richards, actress
October 4 - Rachael Leigh Cook, actress
October 6 - Sareh Bayat, actress
October 8 - Kristanna Loken, actress
October 29 - Maya Karin, Malaysian actress
December 23 - Summer Altice, model and actress
December 26 - Chris Daughtry, actor and singer
Rosanna Arquette - More American Graffiti
Matt Craven - Meatballs
Ted Danson - The Onion Field
Keith David - Disco Godfather
Matt Dillon - Over the Edge
Cary Elwes - Yesterday's Hero
Danny Glover - Escape from Alcatraz
Diane Lane - A Little Romance
Hayao Miyazaki (director) - The Castle of Cagliostro
David Paymer - The In-Laws
Chris Penn - Charlie and the Talking Buzzard
Jean Reno - The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting
Mickey Rourke - 1941
Ricky Schroder - The Champ
Wallace Shawn - Manhattan
Martin Short - Lost and Found
Timothy Spall - Quadrophenia
Daniel Stern - Breaking Away
Patrick Swayze - Skatetown, U.S.A.
Ray Winstone - That Summer!
JoBeth Williams - Kramer vs. Kramer
