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The year '''1979 in film''' involved many significant events. |
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The year 1979 in film involved many significant events.
Highest-grossing films
United States
The top ten 1979 released films by North American gross are as follows:
Rank | Title | Distributor | Box-office gross |
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1 | Kramer vs. Kramer | Columbia Pictures | $106,260,000[1] |
2 | The Amityville Horror | American International Pictures | $86,432,520[2] |
3 | Rocky II | United Artists | $85,182,160[3] |
4 | Apocalypse Now | $83,471,511[4] | |
5 | Star Trek: The Motion Picture | Paramount Pictures | $82,258,456[5] |
6 | Alien | Fox | $80,931,801[6] |
7 | 10 | Warner Bros. | $74,865,517[7] |
8 | The Jerk | Universal Pictures | $73,691,419[8] |
9 | Moonraker | United Artists | $70,308,099[9] |
10 | The Muppet Movie | Associated Film Distribution | $65,200,000[10] |
International
International market | Title | Distributor | Admissions | Gross revenue | Production country | |
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Local currency | US$ | |||||
China | Gunshots in the CIB | Changchun Film Studio | 600,000,000[11] | CN¥180,000,000[11] | $116,000,000 | China |
France | The Gendarme and the Extra-Terrestrials | SNC | 6,280,070[12] | Unknown | Unknown | France |
Germany | The Jungle Book | Fox | 9,103,582[13] | €32,092,155[13] | $44,000,000 | United States |
India | Suhaag | Sharma Cine Associates | Unknown | ₹100,000,000[14] | $12,310,000[15] | India |
Italy | Superman | Columbia-EMI-Warner | 904,000[16] | Unknown | Unknown | United States |
Japan | Galaxy Express 999 | Toei | Unknown | ¥16,500,000,000[17] | $76,120,000[18] | Japan |
Soviet Union | Sholay (Embers) | R. K. Films | 60,000,000[19] | 15,000,000 руб[n 1] | $23,290,000[n 2] | India |
United Kingdom | Superman | Columbia-EMI-Warner | 10,190,000[22] | £11,547,308[22][23] | $24,455,309[24] | United States |
Major events
- March 2 – Buena Vista release their first film since the advent of U.S. movie ratings to not be G-rated, Take Down.
- March 5 – Production begins on The Empire Strikes Back.
- March – Frank Price becomes president of Columbia Pictures.
- May 25 – Alien, a landmark of the science fiction genre, is released.
- May 29 - Mary Pickford, a silent screen legend and Hollywood pioneer who was, at the height of her career, the most famous woman in the world, dies of a stroke.
- 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, a famous Western movie actor, dies at the age of 72 from stomach cancer.
- 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.
- August 15 – Apocalypse Now is released to worldwide critical acclaim and box office success. Heralded as one of the greatest films ever made to this day.
- 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.
- October 3 – Producers Benjamin Melniker and Michael E. Uslan purchase the film rights of Batman from DC Comics. It would be another ten years, before a Batman feature film would be fully realized.
- 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 blockbuster box office, launching a film franchise that leads to 9 sequels and 3 reboots over the next 37 years. It also leads to the creation of five spin-off television series based upon Gene Roddenberry's creation.
- Allied Artists files for bankruptcy.
Awards
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
Notable films released in 1979
United States 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
A
- 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 – (US/UK)
- 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.)
B
- 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)
C
- 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/United States)
- 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 (Template:Lang-it), directed by Francesco Rosi, starring Gian Maria Volonté – (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 – (US/UK)
- Dreamer, starring Tim Matheson
E
- 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.)
F
- Fast Break, starring Gabe Kaplan and Bernard King
- Felicity, starring Glory Annen – (Australia)
- Ffolkes, 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
- The Frisco Kid, directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Gene Wilder, Harrison Ford
- French Postcards, starring Miles Chapin, David Marshall Grant, Debra Winger
G
- 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, Charles Hallahan
- 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 – (US/UK)
- 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
J
- J-Men Forever, directed by Richard Patterson, starring Peter Bergman, M. G. Kelly, Philip Proctor
- 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/US/UK)
- 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
L
- 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)
- A Little Romance, directed by George Roy Hill, starring Laurence Olivier, Diane Lane, Sally Kellerman – (France/United States)
- 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)
M
- 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
- 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)
N
- 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)
O
- 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 Volonté – (Spain/Italy)
- Over the Edge, directed by Jonathan Kaplan, starring Matt Dillon
P
- 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
- A Pleasure Doing Business, directed by Steven Vagnino, starring Conrad Bain, John Byner, Alan Oppenheimer and Misty Rowe
- 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
Q
- Quadrophenia, directed by Franc Roddam, starring Phil Daniels, Leslie Ash, Ray Winstone, with music by The Who – (U.K.)
R
- 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
- Roller Boogie, directed by Mark L. Lester, starring Linda Blair, Jim Bray, Albert Insinnia, Jimmy Van Patten, Kimberly Beck, Stoney Jackson, Beverly Garland, Mark Goddard
- The Rose, directed by Mark Rydell, starring Bette Midler, Alan Bates, Frederic Forrest
- Running, starring Michael Douglas
S
- 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)
T
- 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 Theme (Tema), directed by Gleb Panfilov, starring Mikhail Ulyanov, Inna Churikova, Stanislav Lyubshin, and Yevgeni Vesnik. Winner of 1987 Golden Bear – (U.S.S.R.)
- 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), directed by Franco Brusati, starring Mariangela Melato and Erland Josephson – (Italy)
- Tourist Trap, starring Chuck Connors and Tanya Roberts
U
- 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
W
- 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 – (United States/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)
Y
- Yanks, directed by John Schlesinger, starring Richard Gere, Lisa Eichhorn, Vanessa Redgrave – (US/UK)
- Yesterday's Hero, directed by Neil Leifer, starring Ian McShane, Suzanne Somers, Adam Faith and Paul Nicholas – (U.K.)
Z
- Zombi 2, directed by Lucio Fulci, starring Tisa Farrow, Ian McCulloch, Richard Johnson – (Italy)
- Zulu Dawn, starring Peter O'Toole, Burt Lancaster, Simon Ward – (United States/South Africa/Netherlands)
1979 Wide-release movies
January–March
April–June
July–September
October–December
Births
- January 1 – Vidya Balan, Indian actress
- January 6 - Cristela Alonzo, American comedian, actress, writer and producer
- January 8 – Sarah Polley, Canadian actress
- January 16 - Aaliyah, American actress and singer (d. 2001)
- January 24 – Tatyana Ali, American actress and singer
- January 27 – Rosamund Pike, English actress
- January 29 - Andrew Keegan, American actor
- February 1 - Rachelle Lefevre, Canadian actress
- February 2 – Shamita Shetty, Indian actress
- February 9 – Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress and dancer
- February 11 – Brandy Norwood, American actress and singer
- February 13 – Mena Suvari, American actress
- February 21
- Jordan Peele, American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer
- Maryke Hendrikse, Bahamian-born Canadian voice actress
- Jennifer Love Hewitt, American actress and singer
- March 3 - Patrick Renna, American actor
- March 5 - Riki Lindhome, American actress, comedian and musician
- March 9 – Oscar Isaac, Guatemalan-American actor
- March 10
- Edi Gathegi, Kenyan-American actor
- Danny Pudi, American actor
- March 17 - Stephen Kramer Glickman, Canadian actor, music producer and stand-up comedian
- March 24 – Lake Bell, American actress, director and screenwriter
- March 25 – Lee Pace, American actor
- March 28 - Shakib Khan, Bangladeshi film actor, producer, singer, film organiser and media personalities[25]
- April 4
- Bunko Kanazawa, Japanese actress
- Heath Ledger, Australian actor (d. 2008)
- Natasha Lyonne, American actress
- April 11 – Josh Server, American actor
- April 12 – Claire Danes, American actress
- April 19 – Kate Hudson, American actress
- April 21 – James McAvoy, Scottish actor
- April 23 – Jaime King, American actress
- May 7 – Yōsuke Kubozuka, Japanese actor
- May 9 – Rosario Dawson, American actress
- May 12 - Aaron Yoo, Korean-American actor
- May 19 – Bérénice Marlohe, French actress
- May 22 – Maggie Q, American actress
- May 28
- Jesse Bradford, American actor
- Monica Keena, American actress
- June 7 – Anna Torv, Australian actress
- June 12 - Wil Horneff, American former child actor
- June 17 - Young Maylay, American rapper, producer and voice actor
- 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 6
- Kevin Hart, American actor
- Abdul Salis, British actor
- July 16 – Jayma Mays, American actress
- July 17 - Mike Vogel, American actor and former model
- July 31 – B. J. Novak, American writer and actor
- August 3 – Evangeline Lilly, Canadian actress[26]
- August 6 – Dayahang Rai, Nepalese actor
- August 22 - Brandon Adams (actor), American actor
- August 26 – Erik Valdez, American actor
- August 27 – Aaron Paul, American actor
- August 31 – Yuvan Shankar Raja, Indian film composer
- September 8 – Pink, American singer and actress
- September 11 – Ariana Richards, American actress
- September 18 - Alison Lohman, American former actress
- September 19 - Noémie Lenoir, French model and actress
- September 20 - Chris Tardio, American actor
- September 22 - MyAnna Buring, Swedish-born actress
- September 27 - Jad Saxton, American voice actress
- October 1 – Marielle Heller, American film director
- October 4 – Rachael Leigh Cook, American actress
- October 6 – Sareh Bayat, Iranian actress
- October 7 – Aaron Ashmore and Shawn Ashmore, Canadian actors
- October 8 – Kristanna Loken, American actress
- October 9 - Brandon Routh, American actor
- October 20 - John Krasinski, American actor and filmmmaker
- October 29 – Maya Karin, Malaysian actress
- October 31 - Erica Cerra, Canadian actress
- November 14 – Olga Kurylenko, Ukrainian-French actress
- November 19 – Barry Jenkins, American film director
- November 22 - Andrew Knott, British actor
- November 23 - Jonathan Sadowski, American actor
- December 3 – Tiffany Haddish, American comedian and actress
- December 5 - Nick Stahl, American actor
- December 7 - Eric Bauza, Canadian-born American voice actor, stand-up comedian and animation artist
- December 11 – Rider Strong, American actor
- December 23 – Summer Altice, American model and actress
- December 26 – Chris Daughtry, American actor and singer
- December 29 - Diego Luna, Mexican actor, director and producer
Deaths
Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
January | 11 | Jack Soo | 61 | US | Actor | |
16 | Peter Butterworth | 63 | UK | Actor, Writer | ||
16 | Ted Cassidy | 46 | US | Actor | ||
18 | Cyril J. Mockridge | 82 | UK | Composer | ||
25 | Dick Crockett | 63 | US | Stuntman, Actor | ||
February | 12 | Jean Renoir | 84 | US | Director, Writer, Actor | |
16 | Louise Allbritton | 58 | US | Actress | ||
17 | William Gargan | 73 | US | Actor | ||
19 | Leigh Jason | 74 | US | Director | ||
28 | Jane Hylton | 51 | UK | Actress | ||
March | 1 | Dolores Costello | 75 | US | Actress | |
2 | Edith Craig | 71 | US | Actress | ||
6 | John Robinson | 70 | UK | Actor | ||
9 | Barbara Mullen | 64 | UK | Actress | ||
19 | John Tate | 64 | UK | Actor | Invasion | |
22 | Ben Lyon | 78 | US | Actor, Writer | ||
24 | Yvonne Mitchell | 63 | UK | Actress | ||
April | 4 | Edgar Buchanan | 76 | US | Actor | |
6 | Norman Tokar | 59 | US | Director | ||
10 | Nino Rota | 67 | Italy | Composer | ||
24 | John Carroll | 72 | US | Actor | ||
May | 6 | Rosemary La Planche | 55 | US | Actress | |
8 | Victor Saville | 83 | UK | Producer, Director | ||
10 | Beatrice Campbell | 56 | UK | Actress | ||
11 | Joan Chandler | 55 | US | Actress | ||
26 | George Brent | 80 | US | Actor | ||
29 | Mary Pickford | 87 | US | Actress, Producer, Writer | ||
June | 2 | Larisa Shepitko | 41 | Soviet Union | Director | |
2 | Jim Hutton | 45 | US | Actor | ||
6 | Jack Haley | 80 | US | Actor | ||
11 | John Wayne | 72 | US | Actor, Producer, Director | ||
12 | Henry Berman | 65 | US | Editor, Producer | ||
14 | David Butler | 84 | US | Director | ||
16 | Nicholas Ray | 67 | US | Director, Writer, Actor | ||
19 | Nick Grinde | 86 | US | Director | ||
21 | Julian Orchard | 49 | UK | Actor, Writer | ||
July | 2 | Larisa Shepitko | 41 | USSR | Director, Writer, Actress | |
8 | Michael Wilding | 66 | UK | Actor, Producer | ||
13 | Corinne Griffith | 84 | US | Actress | ||
22 | Kathleen Case | 45 | US | Actress | ||
25 | Eric Pohlmann | 66 | Germany | Actor | ||
26 | Virginia Brissac | 96 | US | Actress | ||
27 | Ettore Manni | 52 | Italy | Actor | ||
27 | Shirley Mason | 79 | US | Actress | ||
28 | George Seaton | 68 | US | Director | ||
28 | Frederick Stafford | 51 | Czechoslovakia | Actor | ||
31 | Beatrix Lehmann | 76 | UK | Actress | The Spy Who Came in from the Cold | |
August | ?? | Betty Henderson | 72 | UK | Actress | |
6 | Kurt Kasznar | 65 | Austria | Actor | ||
7 | Vicente Salumbides | 85 | Philippines | Actor | ||
10 | Dick Foran | 69 | US | Actor | ||
17 | Vivian Vance | 70 | US | Actress | ||
21 | Stuart Heisler | 82 | US | Director | ||
30 | Jean Seberg | 40 | US | Actress | ||
September | 1 | Doris Kenyon | 81 | US | Actress | |
2 | Felix Aylmer | 90 | UK | Actor | ||
12 | Les Clark | 71 | US | Animator | ||
12 | Jocelyne LaGarde | 54 | Tahiti | Actress | Hawaii | |
17 | Willis Goldbeck | 80 | US | Screenwriter | ||
22 | Frederick Piper | 76 | UK | Actor | ||
23 | Catherine Lacey | 75 | UK | Actress | ||
26 | John Cromwell | 91 | US | Director | ||
26 | Arthur Hunnicutt | 69 | US | Actor | ||
27 | Gracie Fields | 81 | UK | Actress, Singer | ||
October | 1 | Dorothy Arzner | 82 | US | Director | |
3 | Dorothy Peterson | 81 | US | Actress | ||
12 | Celia Lovsky | 82 | Austria | Actress | ||
15 | Geoffrey Moon | ?? | ?? | Actor | ||
17 | John Stuart | 81 | UK | Actor | ||
30 | Graham Ashley | 52 | UK | Actor | ||
November | 2 | Saro Urzì | 66 | Italy | Actor | |
5 | Amedeo Nazzari | 71 | Italy | Actor | ||
8 | Sydney Tafler | 63 | UK | Actor | ||
11 | Dimitri Tiomkin | 85 | Russia | Composer | ||
20 | Michael Darbyshire | 62 | UK | Actor, Writer | ||
22 | George Froeschel | 88 | US | Screenwriter | ||
23 | Merle Oberon | 68 | US | Actress, Producer | ||
30 | Joyce Grenfell | 69 | UK | Actress | ||
30 | Zeppo Marx | 78 | US | Actor, Director | ||
December | 5 | Jesse Pearson | 49 | US | Actor | Bye Bye Birdie |
5 | Lesley Selander | 70 | US | Director | ||
9 | James Neilson | 70 | US | Director | ||
10 | Ann Dvorak | 68 | US | Actress | ||
11 | Claire Carleton | 66 | US | Actress | ||
12 | Jon Hall | 64 | US | Actor, Director | ||
22 | George Pollock | 72 | UK | Director | ||
23 | Ernest B. Schoedsack | 86 | US | Director, Cinematographer, Producer | ||
25 | Michael Collins | 57 | Canada | Actor | ||
25 | Lee Bowman | 79 | US | Actor | ||
25 | Joan Blondell | 73 | US | Actress |
Debuts
- Rosanna Arquette – More American Graffiti
- Tobin Bell - Manhattan
- Lorraine Bracco – Duos sur canapé
- Frances Conroy – Manhattan
- Matt Craven – Meatballs
- Ted Danson – The Onion Field
- Keith David – Disco Godfather
- Matt Dillon – Over the Edge
- Lisa Eichhorn – Yanks
- Cary Elwes – Yesterday's Hero
- Giancarlo Esposito – Running
- Bruce Greenwood – Bear Island
- Danny Glover – Escape from Alcatraz
- Dennis Haysbert – Scoring
- Anna Maria Horsford – An Almost Perfect Affair
- Sam J. Jones – 10
- Wayne Knight – The Wanderers
- Christine Lahti – ...And Justice for All
- Diane Lane – A Little Romance
- Hayao Miyazaki (director) – The Castle of Cagliostro
- Will Patton – Minus Zero
- David Paymer – The In-Laws
- Chris Penn – Charlie and the Talking Buzzard
- Jean Reno – The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting
- Mickey Rourke – 1941
- Jay O. Sanders – Starting Over
- 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.
- Christoph Waltz – Breakthrough
- Peter Weller – Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
- Ray Winstone – That Summer!
- JoBeth Williams – Kramer vs. Kramer
Notes
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