1979

Prophecy When a dispute occurs between a logging operation and a nearby Native American tribe, Dr. Robert Verne and his wife, Maggie, are sent in to mediate. Chief John Hawks insists the loggers are poisoning the water supply, and, though company man Isley denies it, the Vernes can't ignore the strangely mutated wildlife roaming the woods. Robert captures a bear cub ...

5.5

IMDB: 5.5/10 4923 votes

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Prophecy

1979

6.9

The Onion Field Greg Powell, a disturbed ex-con, recruits Jimmy Youngblood (Smith) a petty thief, as partner in crime. Powell panics when they two of are pulled over by two cops for tail lights. Powell decides to kidnap the cops and Smith goes along with his crazy scheme. They drive out to a deserted onion field in Bakersfield, where one cop is killed ...

6.9

IMDB: 6.9/10 3,958 votes

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The Onion Field

1979

8.5

Alien 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 ...

8.5

IMDB: 8.5/10 675,229 votes

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Alien

1979

7.0

Mad Max In a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang.

7.0

IMDB: 7.0/10 170,184 votes

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Mad Max

1979

7.2

The Jerk After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson runs off on a hilarious misadventure in this comedy classic that takes him from rags to riches and back to rags again. The slaphappy jerk strikes it rich, but life in the fast lane isn't all it's cracked up to be and, in the ...

7.2

IMDB: 7.2/10 47,306 votes

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The Jerk

1979

7.3

Quadrophenia Based on the 1973 rock opera album of the same name by The Who, this is the story of 60s teenager Jimmy. At work he slaves in a dead-end job. While after, he shops for tailored suits and rides his scooter as part of the London Mod scene.

7.3

IMDB: 7.3/10 14,807 votes

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Quadrophenia

1979

7.4

The Wanderers The streets of the Bronx are owned by 60’s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is lived. Philip Kaufman tells his take on the novel by Richard Price about the history of the Italian-American gang ‘The Wanderers.’

7.4

IMDB: 7.4/10 8,556 votes

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The Wanderers

1979

7.6

Escape from Alcatraz Escape from Alcatraz tells the story of the only three men ever to escape from the infamous maximum security prison at Alcatraz. In 29 years, the seemingly impenetrable federal penitentiary, which housed Al Capone and "Birdman" Robert Stroud, was only broken once - by three men never heard of again.

7.6

IMDB: 7.6/10 98,944 votes

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Escape from Alcatraz

1979

7.7

The Warriors Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' death. Before you know it, the cops and every gangbanger in town is hot on the Warriors' ...

7.7

IMDB: 7.7/10 81,592 votes

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The Warriors

1979

6.3

Moonraker During the transportation of a Space Shuttle a Boeing 747 crashes in the Atlantic Ocean yet when they go to look for the destroyed shuttle it is not there. James Bond investigates the missing mission space shuttle and soon learns that the shuttles owner Hugo Drax wants to kill all of mankind.

6.3

IMDB: 6.3/10 78,222 votes

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Moonraker

1979

6.4

Star Trek: The Motion Picture 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.

6.4

IMDB: 6.4/10 71,570 votes

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Star Trek: The Motion Picture

1979

7.6

Nosferatu the Vampyre Ghoulish Count Dracula lures a naive estate agent, Jonathan Harker, to his decaying Transylvanian castle with the promise of easy money. But when he spies a portrait of the man's beautiful young wife Lucy, the vampire becomes obsessed and sets in motion their destruction.

7.6

IMDB: 7.6/10 27,134 votes

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Nosferatu the Vampyre

1979

7.0

The Rose Midler is the rock-and-roll singer Mary Rose Foster (known as the Rose to her legions of fans), whose romantic relationships and mental health are continuously imperiled by the demands of life on the road.

7.0

IMDB: 7.0/10 6,939 votes

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The Rose

1979

7.4

The Black Stallion While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion that is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it tragically sinks both he and the horse survive only to be stranded on a deserted island. He befriends it, so when finally rescued both return to his home where they ...

7.4

IMDB: 7.4/10 10,096 votes

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The Black Stallion

1979

7.4

IMDB: 7.4/10 10,096 votes

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The Black Stallion

1979

4.2

Americathon In 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.

4.2

IMDB: 4.2/10 679 votes

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Americathon

1979

6.2

The Amityville Horror George Lutz and his wife Kathleen, move into their Long Island dream house with their children only for their lives to be turned into a hellish nightmare. The legacy of a murder committed in the house gradually affects the family and a priest is brought in to try and exorcise the demonic presence from their home.

6.2

IMDB: 6.2/10 30,934 votes

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The Amityville Horror

1979

5.4

The Villain Handsome Stranger has agreed to escort Charming Jones to collect her inheritance from her father. But Avery Jones wants the money, and hires notorious outlaw Cactus Jack to ambush Charming. However, Cactus Jack is not very good at robbing people.

5.4

IMDB: 5.4/10 5,643 votes

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The Villain

1979

6.8

Phantasm A young boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber known only as the Tall Man, who keeps a mysterious arsenal of terrible weapons with him.

6.8

IMDB: 6.8/10 26,768 votes

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Phantasm

1979

5.9

The Black Hole The explorer craft U.S.S. Palomino is returning to Earth after a fruitless 18-month search for extra-terrestrial life when the crew comes upon a supposedly lost ship, the magnificent U.S.S. Cygnus, hovering near a black hole. The ship is controlled by Dr. Hans Reinhardt and his monstrous robot companion, Maximillian. But the initial wonderment and awe the Palomino crew feel for ...

5.9

IMDB: 5.9/10 20,127 votes

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The Black Hole

1979

Action 8,424
Action & Adventure 444
Adult 16
Adventure 5,112
Animation 2,838
Biography 1,997
Comedy 14,745
Crime 6,305
Documentary 5,861
Drama 22,938
Family 4,379
Fantasy 3,792
Film-Noir 129
Game-Show 10
History 1,922
Horror 8,473
Kids 142
Music 2,004
Musical 859
Mystery 4,547
n/A 36
News 228
Reality 672
Reality-TV 82
Romance 7,689
Sci-Fi 4,038
Sci-Fi & Fantasy 468
Science Fiction 3,391
Short 1,625
Soap 29
Sport 1,233
Talk 67
Talk-Show 38
Thriller 12,461
TV Movie 1,690
Uncategorized 0
War 1,375
War & Politics 44
Western 802

1979

Prophecy

The Onion Field

Alien

Mad Max

The Jerk

Quadrophenia

The Wanderers

Escape from Alcatraz

The Warriors

Moonraker

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Nosferatu the Vampyre

The Rose

The Black Stallion

The Black Stallion

Americathon

The Amityville Horror

The Villain

Phantasm

The Black Hole

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