1979 in film

Other movies released

• Agatha
• Alexandria... Why?
• All That Jazz
• Apocalypse Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Dennis Hopper, Harrison Ford, Palme d'Or winner
• Being There, starring Peter Sellers
• The Black Stallion
• Caligula, directed by Tinto Brass (with minor additional inserts directed by Bob Guccione and Giancarlo Lui,) written by Gore Vidal (with un-credited re-writes by Tinto Brass and Malcolm McDowell,) starring Malcolm McDowell, Teresa Ann Savoy, Helen Mirren and Peter O'Toole, produced by Bob Guccione and Franco Rossellini
• The China Syndrome
• David, Golden Bear winner
• The Electric Horseman, directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda
• Escape from Alcatraz
• Hardcore, starring George C. Scott
• The In-Laws
• The Jerk, starring Steve Martin
• Kramer vs. Kramer, starring Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep, both of whom won Oscars for their performances
• La Cage aux Folles
• Love at First Bite, starring George Hamilton
• Mad Max, starring Mel Gibson
• Manhattan
• The Marriage of Maria Braun
• Meatballs, starring Bill Murray
• Monty Python's Life of Brian
• Moonraker starring Roger Moore
• 1941, starring Dan Aykroyd
• Norma Rae
• Nosferatu the Vampyre
• Rock 'n' Roll High School, produced by Roger Corman, featuring The Ramones
• The Rose
• Siberiade
• Soldier of Orange
• 10, directed by Blake Edwards, starring Dudley Moore
• Tess, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Nastassja Kinski
• Time After Time
• The Tin Drum, Palm d'Or winner
• Vengeance is Mine
• The Warriors
• Zulu Dawn