Top Movies of 1979


The top movies of 1979 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

111. Tourist Trap

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: David Schmoeller
Actors: Chuck Connors, Jocelyn Jones, Jon Van Ness, Robin Sherwood, Tanya Roberts, Dawn Jeffory
Plot: A group of young friends stranded at a secluded roadside museum are stalked by the owner of the place, who has the power to control his collection of mannequins.

112. Love at First Bite

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Stan Dragoti
Actors: George Hamilton, Susan Saint James, Richard Benjamin, Arte Johnson, Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford
Plot: In this Dracula spoof, the count has been kicked out of his castle and, in order to secure a bride, transplants to New York City. He sets his sites on the beautiful Cindy Soundheim, but her doctor boyfriend will try everything to get her back - no matter how inept his plans may be.

113. Roller Boogie

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Mark L. Lester
Actors: Linda Blair, Jim Bray, Beverly Garland, James Van Patten, Roger Perry, Sean McClory

114. Chapter Two

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Robert Moore
Actors: James Caan, Marsha Mason, Joseph Bologna, Valerie Harper, Alan Fudge, Judy Farrell

116. Gendarme and the Extra-Terrestrials, The aka Troops & Aliens, The ( gendarme et les extra-terrestres, Le )

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean Girault
Actors: Louis de Funès, Michel Galabru, Maurice Risch, Jean-Pierre Rambal, Guy Grosso, Michel Modo
Plot: A bungling inspector (Louis De Funès) and his cronies try to save the world from aliens who can assume human form.

117. The Evictors

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Charles B. Pierce
Actors: Vic Morrow, Michael Parks, Jessica Harper, Sue Ane Langdon, Dennis Fimple, Bill Thurman
Plot: A real estate agent sells a young couple a lovely farmhouse in Louisiana, but does not tell them about its violent past.

118. Sunnyside

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Timothy Galfas
Actors: Joey Travolta, John Lansing, Stacey Pickren, Andrew Rubin, Michael Tucci, Talia Balsam

119. Black Jack

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ken Loach
Actors: Jean Franval, Stephen Hirst, Louise Cooper, Andrew Bennett, Packie Byrne, Brian Hawksley

120. Bear Island

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Don Sharp
Actors: Donald Sutherland, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Barbara Parkins, Lloyd Bridges

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