1979 in film

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The year 1979 in film involved many significant events.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1979 released films by North American gross are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1979
Rank	Title	Distributor	Box-office gross
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	United Artists	$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]

Highest-grossing films (international)

Highest-grossing films of 1979 (international markets)
International market	Title	Distributor	Gross (local currency)	Gross (US$)	Production country
India	Suhaag	Sharma Cine Associates	₹100,000,000^[11]	$12,310,000^[12]	India
Japan	Galaxy Express 999	Toei	¥16,500,000,000^[13]	$76,120,000^[14]	Japan
Soviet Union	Sholay	R. K. Films	15,000,000 руб^{[n 1]}	$23,290,000^{[n 2]}	India
United Kingdom	Superman	Columbia-EMI-Warner	£11,547,308^[18]^[19]	$24,455,309^[20]	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

Category/Organization	37th Golden Globe Awards January 26, 1980		33rd BAFTA Awards March 20, 1980	52nd Academy Awards April 14, 1980
Category/Organization	Drama	Musical or Comedy	33rd BAFTA Awards March 20, 1980	52nd Academy Awards April 14, 1980
Best Film	Kramer vs. Kramer	Breaking Away	Manhattan	Kramer vs. Kramer
Best Director	Francis Ford Coppola Apocalypse Now			Robert Benton Kramer vs. Kramer
Best Actor	Dustin Hoffman Kramer vs. Kramer	Peter Sellers Being There	Jack Lemmon The China Syndrome	Dustin Hoffman Kramer vs. Kramer
Best Actress	Sally Field Norma Rae	Bette Midler The Rose	Jane Fonda The China Syndrome	Sally Field Norma Rae
Best Supporting Actor	Melvyn Douglas Being There Robert Duvall Apocalypse Now		Robert Duvall Apocalypse Now	Melvyn Douglas Being There
Best Supporting Actress	Meryl Streep Kramer vs. Kramer		Rachel Roberts Yanks	Meryl Streep Kramer vs. Kramer
Best Screenplay, Adapted	Robert Benton Kramer vs. Kramer		Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman Manhattan	Robert Benton Kramer vs. Kramer
Best Screenplay, Original	Robert Benton Kramer vs. Kramer		Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman Manhattan	Steve Tesich Breaking Away
Best Original Score	Carmine Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola Apocalypse Now		Ennio Morricone Days of Heaven	Georges Delerue A Little Romance Ralph Burns All That Jazz
Best Original Song	"The Rose" The Rose		N/A	"It Goes Like It Goes" Norma Rae
Best Foreign Language Film	La Cage aux Folles		N/A	The Tin Drum

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

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-Z

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.)
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


Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
J A N U A R Y	1	Take Down	Buena Vista Distribution / American Film Consortium	Kieth Merrill (director/screenplay); Eric Hendershot (screenplay); Edward Herrmann, Lorenzo Lamas, Maureen McCormick, Kathleen Lloyd, Maxx Payne, Stephen Furst, Kevin Hooks, Toney Smith, Salvador Feliciano, Boyd Silversmith, Nicholas Beauvy, Scott Burgi, Lynn Baird, Ron Bartholomew, Vincent Roberts, David M. Thorne, Ray Perry	Comedy, Drama, Sports	Live Action
	26	Richard Pryor: Live in Concert	Special Event Entertainment / Elkins Entertainment / SEE Theater Network	Jeff Margolis (director); Richard Pryor (screenplay); Richard Pryor	Comedy	Live Action
	29	Love on the Run	AMLF / Gala / Les Films du Carrosse	François Truffaut (director/screenplay); Marie-France Pisier, Jean Aurel, Suzanne Schiffman (screenplay); Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade, Marie-France Pisier, Dorothée, Dani, Daniel Mesguich, Julien Bertheau, Rosy Varte, Jean-Pierre Ducos, Marie Henriau, Julien Dubois, Pierre Dois, Alain Ollivier, Monique Dury, Emmanuel Clot	Comedy, Drama	Live Action
F E B R U A R Y	2	ABBA: The Movie	Warner Bros. / Polar Music / Reg Grundy Productions	Lasse Hallström (director/screenplay); Robert Caswell (screenplay); Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Fältskog, Robert Hughes, Tom Oliver, Stig Anderson, Richard Norton, Bruce Barry	Drama, Documentary	Live Action
	2	The First Great Train Robbery	United Artists / Dino De Laurentiis Company / Starling Films	Michael Crichton (director/screenplay); Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, Lesley-Anne Down, Alan Webb, Malcolm Terris, Robert Lang, Michael Elphick, Wayne Sleep, Pamela Salem, Gabrielle Lloyd, George Downing, James Cossins, André Morell, Peter Benson, Janine Duvitski, Peter Butterworth	Heist, Neo-Noir, Crime	Live Action
	9	Agatha	Warner Bros. / Casablanca FilmWorks / First Artists	Michael Apted (director); Kathleen Tynan, Arthur Hopcraft (screenplay); Dustin Hoffman, Vanessa Redgrave, Timothy Dalton, Helen Morse, Celia Gregory, Paul Brooke, Carolyn Pickles, Timothy West, Tony Britton, Alan Badel, Robert Longden, Donald Nithsdale, Yvonne Gilan, Sandra Voe, Barry Hart, David Hargreaves, Tim Seely, Jill Summers, Chris Fairbank, Liz Smith, Peter Arne	Drama, Thriller	Live Action
		Hardcore	Columbia Pictures / A-Team Productions	Paul Schrader (director/screenplay); George C. Scott, Peter Boyle, Season Hubley, Dick Sargent, Gary Rand Graham, Larry Block, Marc Alaimo, Leslie Ackerman, Hal Williams, Reb Brown, Leonard Gaines, David Nichols, Charlotte McGinnes, Ilah Davis, Paul Marin, Will Walker, James Helder	Neo-Noir, Crime, Drama	Live Action
		Murder by Decree	AVCO Embassy Pictures	Bob Clark (director); John Hopkins (screenplay): Christopher Plummer, James Mason, David Hemmings, Susan Clark, Anthony Quayle, John Gielgud, Frank Finlay, Donald Sutherland, Geneviève Bujold, Peter Jonfield, Roy Lansford	Mystery, Thriller	Live Action
		The North Avenue Irregulars	Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution	Bruce Bilson (director); Don Tait (screenplay); Edward Herrmann, Barbara Harris, Susan Clark, Karen Valentine, Michael Constantine, Cloris Leachman, Steve Franken, Patsy Kelly, Douglas Fowley, Virginia Capers, Ruth Buzzi, Herb Voland, Ivor Francis, Louisa Moritz, Marjorie Bennett, Ceil Cabot, Melora Hardin, Dena Dietrich, Cliff Osmond, Carl Ballantine, Alan Hale, Jr., Frank Campanella, Chuck Henry, Jack Perkins, Tom Pedi, Gary Morgan, Don Stanley, Bobby Rolofson, Dick Fuchs, Damon Bradley Daskin, Linda Lee Lyons, David Ketchum, David Rode, Pitt Herbert, Bill McLean	Comedy, Crime	Live Action
		Quintet	20th Century Fox	Robert Altman (director/screenplay); Frank Barhydt, Patricia Resnick (screenplay); Paul Newman, Vittorio Gassman, Fernando Rey, Bibi Andersson, Brigitte Fossey, Nina Van Pallandt, David Langton, Thomas Hill, Monique Mercure, Craig Richard Nelson, Anne Gerety, Maruska Stankova, Michel Maillot, Max Fleck, Françoise Berd	Sci-Fi	Live Action
		The Warriors	Paramount Pictures	Walter Hill (director/screenplay); David Shaber (screenplay); Michael Beck, James Remar, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Marcelino Sánchez, David Harris, Tom McKitterick, Brian Tyler, Dorsey Wright, Terry Michos, David Patrick Kelly, Roger Hill, Edward Sewer, Lynne Thigpen, Thomas G. Waites, Joel Weiss, Paul Greco, Craig R. Baxley, A.J. Bakunas, Steve James, Bill Anagnos, Mercedes Ruehl, Irwin Keyes, Sonny Landham, John Snyder, Jery Hewitt, Kate Klugman, Konrad Sheehan, Dennis Gregory, Ginny Ortiz	Action, Thriller	Live Action
	11	Elvis	ABC / Dick Clark Productions / Worldvision Enterprises	John Carpenter (director); Anthony Lawrence (screenplay); Kurt Russell, Shelley Winters, Season Hubley, Bing Russell, Robert Gray, Pat Hingle, Melody Anderson, Charles Cyphers, Ellen Travolta, Will Jordan, Joe Mantegna, Peter Hobbs, Ed Begley Jr., James Canning, Elliott Street, Charlie Hodge	Biography	Live Action
	23	Fast Break	Columbia Pictures / Kings Road Entertainment	Jack Smight (director); Marc Kaplan, Sandor Stern (screenplay); Gabe Kaplan, Harold Sylvester, Bernard King, Randee Heller, Michael Warren, Bert Remsen, Reb Brown, Larry Fishburne, John Chappell, Richard Brestoff, Mavis Washington	Comedy	Live Action
	26	The Passage	Hemdale Film Distribution / Monday Films	J. Lee Thompson (director); Bruce Nicolaysen (screenplay); Anthony Quinn, James Mason, Malcolm McDowell, Patricia Neal, Kay Lenz, Christopher Lee, Michael Lonsdale, Marcel Bozzuffi, Paul Clemens, Peter Arne, Neville Jason, Robert Brown, Jim Broadbent, Robert Rhys	Action, War	Live Action
M A R C H	2	Norma Rae	20th Century Fox	Martin Ritt (director); Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr. (screenplay); Sally Field, Ron Leibman, Beau Bridges, Pat Hingle, Barbara Baxley, Gail Strickland, Gregory Walcott, Morgan Paull, John Calvin, Noble Willingham, Grace Zabriskie, Robert Broyles	Drama	Live Action
		The Odd Angry Shot	Roadshow Film Distributors / Samson Productions / Australian Film Commission / New South Wales Film Corporation	Tom Jeffrey (director/screenplay); Graham Kennedy, Bryan Brown, John Hargreaves, John Jarratt, Graeme Blundell, Ian Gilmour, Richard Moir, Tony Barry, Ray Meagher, Frankie J. Holden, Joy Westmore, Brian Wenzel, Max Cullen, Tim Page, Harold Hopkins, Ron Wilson, Graham Sproule, Graham Rouse, John Allen, Brandon Burke, Mike Harris, Johnny Garfield, Roger Newcombe, Brian Evis	War, Action	Live Action
		Real Life	Paramount Pictures	Albert Brooks (director/screenplay); Monica Johnson, Harry Shearer (screenplay); Albert Brooks, Charles Grodin, Frances Lee McCain, J.A. Preston, Matthew Tobin, Jennings Lang, David Spielberg, Norman Bartold, Julie Payne, Johnny Haymer, Leo McElroy, Lisa Urette, Robert Stirrat	Comedy	Live Action
	7	Starcrash	New World Pictures / Bancom Audiovision Corporation / Film Enterprise Productions	Luigi Cozzi (director/screenplay); Nat Wachsberger, R.A. Dillon (screenplay); Marjoe Gortner, Caroline Munro, David Hasselhoff, Joe Spinell, Robert Tessier, Nadia Cassini, Judd Hamilton, Christopher Plummer	Space Opera	Live Action
	8	The Promise	Universal Pictures	Gilbert Cates (director); Garry Michael White, Fred Weintraub (screenplay); Kathleen Quinlan, Stephen Collins, Beatrice Straight, Laurence Luckinbill, William Prince, Bibi Besch, Michael O'Hare, Paul Ryan, Michael Collins	Drama	Live Action
	14	Hair	United Artists Pictures / CIP Filmproduktion GmbH	Miloš Forman (director); Michael Weller (screenplay); John Savage, Treat Williams, Beverly D'Angelo, Annie Golden, Dorsey Wright, Don Dacus, Cheryl Barnes, Melba Moore, Ronnie Dyson, Nell Carter, Richard Bright, Ellen Foley, Miles Chapin, Charlotte Rae, Laurie Beechman, Nicholas Ray, Antonia Rey, Geogre J. Manos, Michael Jeter, Renn Woods, David Rose	Musical, War, Comedy, Drama	Live Action
		Tourist Trap	Compass International Pictures / Manson International Pictures / Mid-America Releasing / Charles Band Productions	David Schmoeller (director/screenplay); J. Larry Carroll (screenplay); Chuck Connors, Jocelyn Jones, Jon Van Ness, Robin Sherwood, Tanya Roberts, Dawn Jeffory-Nelson, Keith McDermott, Linnea Quigley	Slasher, Horror	Live Action
		Voices	United Artists / Cinema International Corporation	Robert Markowitz (director); John Herzfeld (screenplay); Michael Ontkean, Amy Irving, Alex Rocco, Herbert Berghof, Barry Miller, Allan Rich, Viveca Lindfors	Drama	Live Action
	16	California Dreaming	American International Pictures	John D. Hancock (director); Ned Wynn (screenplay); Glynnis O'Connor, Dennis Christopher, Seymour Cassel, Tanya Roberts, Dorothy Tristan, John Calvin, Todd Susman, Alice Playten	Comedy, Drama	Live Action
		The China Syndrome	Columbia Pictures / IPC Films / Major Studio Partners	James Bridges (director/screenplay); Mike Gray, T.S. Cook (screenplay); Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, Scott Brady, Wilford Brimley, James Hampton, Peter Donat, Richard Herd, Daniel Valdez, Stan Bohrman, James Karen	Drama, Neo-Noir, Thriller	Live Action
		The Riddle of the Sands	Rank Film Distributors / Worldmark Productions	Tony Maylam (director/screenplay); John Bailey (screenplay); Michael York, Simon MacCorkindale, Jenny Agutter, Alan Badel, Michael Sheard, Hans Meyer, Wolf Kahler, Olga Lowe, Jurgen Andersen, Ronald Markham	Spy, Thriller	Live Action
	17	The Story of Heidi	Zuiyo	Randi Kiger, Vic Perrin	Drama	Animation
	21	The Bell Jar	AVCO Embassy Pictures	Larry Peerce (director); Marjorie Kellogg (screenplay); Marilyn Hassett, Julie Harris, Anne Jackson, Barbara Barrie, Robert Klein, Donna Mitchell, Mary Louise Weller, Jameson Parker, Thaao Penghlis, Scott McKay, Meg Mundy	Drama	Live Action
	23	Boulevard Nights	Warner Bros.	Michael Pressman (director); Desmond Nakano (screenplay); Richard Yniguez, Danny De La Paz, Marta DuBois, Carmen Zapata, James Victor, Victor Millan, Garret Pearson, Betty Carvalho, Gary Cervantes, Jerado Carmona, Jesse Aragon, Roberto Covarrubia, Eliseo Estrada, Dawson Mays	Neo-Noir, Crime	Live Action
	28	Phantasm	AVCO Embassy Pictures / New Breed Productions	Don Coscarelli (director/screenplay); Angus Scrimm, Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister, Kathy Lester, Bill Cone, Mary Ellen Shaw, Terrie Kalbus, Lynn Eastman	Science, Fantasy, Horror	Live Action

April–June


Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
A P R I L	4	The Champ	United Artists / Cinema International Corporation	Franco Zeffirelli (director); Frances Marion, Walter Newman (screenplay); Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, Ricky Schroder, Jack Warden, Arthur Hill, Joan Blondell, Strother Martin, Elisha Cook Jr., Stefan Gierasch, Mary Jo Catlett, Kristoff St. John, Dana Elcar	Neo-Noir, Drama, Sports	Live Action
	6	The Fifth Musketeer	Columbia Pictures	Ken Annakin (director); David Ambrose, George Bruce (screenplay); Beau Bridges, Sylvia Kristel, Ursula Andress, Cornel Wilde, Ian McShane, Lloyd Bridges, José Ferrer, Alan Hale Jr., Olivia de Havilland, Rex Harrison, Helmut Dantine, Patrick Pinney	Adventure	Live Action
		Love at First Bite	American International Pictures / Melvin Simon Productions	Stan Dragoti (director); Robert Kaufman (screenplay); George Hamilton, Susan Saint James, Richard Benjamin, Arte Johnson, Dick Shawn, Ronnie Schell, Isabel Sanford, Sherman Hemsley, Barry Gordon, Bob Basso, Bryan O'Byrne, Ralph Manza, Michael Pataki	Comedy, Horror	Live Action
		A Perfect Couple	20th Century Fox	Robert Altman (director/screenplay); Allan F. Nicholls (screenplay); Paul Dooley, Marta Heflin, Titos Vandis, Belita Moreno, Henry Gibson, Dimitra Arliss, Allan F. Nicholls, Dennis Franz, Mona Golabek, Joel Crothers, Ann Ryerson, Poppy Lagos, Margery Bond, Susan Blakeman, Melanie Bishop	Romance, Comedy	Live Action
	12	Hurricane	Paramount Pictures / Dino De Laurentiis Productions	Jan Troell (director); Lorenzo Semple Jr. (screenplay); Jason Robards, Mia Farrow, Max von Sydow, Trevor Howard, Timothy Bottoms, James Keach, Dayton Ka'ne, Ariirau Tekurarere, Bernadette Sarcione	Romance, Adventure	Live Action
	12	Mad Max	Warner Bros. / Roadshow Film Distributors / Kennedy Miller Productions	George Miller (director/screenplay); James McCausland (screenplay); Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Tim Burns, Roger Ward, Geoff Parry, Jonathan Hardy, Brendan Heath, Sheila Florence, John Ley, Steve Millichamp, Vincent Gil, Lulu Pinkus, Reg Evans, Karen Moregold	Action, Thriller	Live Action
	13	Firepower	Associated Film Distribution / ITC Entertainment / Michael Winner Productions	Michael Winner (director); Gerard Wilson (screenplay); Sophia Loren, James Coburn, O. J. Simpson, Eli Wallach, Anthony Franciosa, George Grizzard, Vincent Gardenia, Victor Mature, Jake LaMotta, Hank Garrett, George Touliatos, Conrad Roberts, Billy Barty, Vincent Beck, Dominic Chianese, Andrew Duncan, Paul D'Amato	Thriller	Live Action
	20	Ashanti	Warner Bros. / Columbia Pictures	Richard Fleischer (director); Stephen Geller (screenplay); Michael Caine, Peter Ustinov, Kabir Bedi, Beverly Johnson, Omar Sharif, Rex Harrison, William Holden, Zia Mohyeddin, Winston Ntshona, Jean-Luc Bideau, Olu Jacobs, Johnny Sekka, Tariq Yunus, Tyrone Jackson, Marne Maitland, Eric Pohlmann, Akosua Busia	Action, Adventure	Live Action
	20	Tilt	Warner Bros.	Rudy Durand (director/screenplay); Brooke Shields, Ken Marshall, Charles Durning, Lorenzo Lamas, Don Stark, John Crawford, Geoffrey Lewis, Karen Lamm, Robert Brian Berger, Harvey Lewis	Comedy, Drama	Live Action
	25	Manhattan	United Artists	Woody Allen (director/screenplay); Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Michael Murphy, Mariel Hemingway, Meryl Streep, Anne Byrne, Michael O'Donoghue, Wallace Shawn, Karen Ludwig, Charles Levin, Karen Allen, David Rasche, Mark Linn-Baker, Frances Conroy	Romance, Comedy	Live Action
	27	An Almost Perfect Affair	Paramount Pictures	Michael Ritchie (director); Walter Bernstein, Don Peterson (screenplay); Keith Carradine, Monica Vitti, Raf Vallone, Christian De Sica, Dick Anthony Williams, Anna Maria Horsford, Katya Berger, Andy Ho, Henri Garcin, Sady Rebbot, Gérard Buhr, Chau Luang Ham, Jean-Pierre Zola, François Viaur, Farrah Fawcett	Romance, Comedy	Live Action
		Dreamer	20th Century Fox	Noel Nosseck (director); James Proctor, Larry Bischof (screenplay); Tim Matheson, Susan Blakely, Jack Warden, Richard B. Shull, Barbara Stuart, Owen Bush, John Crawford, Marya Small, Matt Clark, Morgan Farley, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Speedy Zapata, JoBe Cerny, Azizi Johari, Dick Weber, Chris Schenkel, Nelson Burton Jr., Julian Byrd, Rita Ascot Boyd	Sports	Live Action
		A Little Romance	Orion Pictures	George Roy Hill (director/screenplay); Allan Burns (screenplay); Laurence Olivier, Arthur Hill, Sally Kellerman, Diane Lane, Thelonious Bernard, Broderick Crawford, David Dukes, Anna Massey, Dominique Lavanant, Mike Marshall, Andrew Duncan, Claudette Sutherland, Graham Fletcher-Cook, Ashby Semple, Claude Brosset, Jacques Maury, Peter Maloney, Isabel Duby	Romance, Comedy	Live Action
		Saint Jack	New World Pictures	Peter Bogdanovich (director/screenplay); Howard Sackler, Paul Theroux (screenplay); Ben Gazzara, Denholm Elliott, James Villiers, Joss Ackland, Rodney Bewes, Mark Kingston, Lisa Lu, George Lazenby, Peter Bogdanovich, Monika Subramaniam, Judy Lim, Joseph Noël	Crime, Comedy	Live Action
M A Y	1	Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider	Universal Pictures	Steve Carver (director); Michael Gleason (screenplay); David Carradine, Brenda Vaccaro, L.Q. Jones, R.G. Armstrong, Terry Kiser, Jesse Vint, Noble Willingham, Ralph James, Bill Bartman, David Hayward II, Whit Clay, Jack Hunsucker	Comedy	Live Action
	3	Winds of Change	Sanrio Communications	Takashi Masunaga (director/screenplay); Ovid (screenplay);	Anthology	Animation
	4	Last Embrace	United Artists	Jonathan Demme (director); David Shaber (screenplay); Roy Scheider, Janet Margolin, John Glover, Sam Levene, Charles Napier, Christopher Walken, Jacqueline Brookes, Andrew Duncan, David Margulies, Marcia Rodd, Gary Goetzman, Lou Gilbert, Mandy Patinkin, Max Wright, Sandy McLeod	Neo-Noir, Thriller	Live Action
	7	The Ballad of the Daltons		René Goscinny, Henri Gruel, Morris, Pierre Watrin (directors); Roger Carel, Daniel Ceccaldi, Jacques Balutin, Jacques Deschamps, Jacques Fabbri, Gérard Hernandez, Henri Labussière, Jacques Legras, Jacques Morel, Pierre Trabaud, Jean-Marc Thibault, Rosy Varte, Pierre Tornade, René Goscinny, Michel Elias, Bernard Haller, Roger Lumont, Ada Lonati, Henri Poirier, Henri Virlojeux, Eric Kirsty, Georges Atlas, Gisèle Grimm, Lawrence Riesner	Comedy	Animation
	11	Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens		Russ Meyer (director/screenplay); Roger Ebert (screenplay); Kitten Natividad, Anne Marie, June Mack, Uschi Digard, Stuart Lancaster, Steve Tracy, DeForest Covan, Russ Meyer, Ken Kerr, Candy Samples, Lola Langusta, Patrick Wright, Michael E. Finn, Sharon Hill, Henry Rowland, Robert E. Pearson, Don Scarbrough, Aram Katcher, Mary Gavin	Sexploitation	Live Action
	12	Ravagers	Columbia Pictures / Cinecorp	Richard Compton (director); Donald S. Sanford (screenplay); Richard Harris, Ernest Borgnine, Ann Turkel, Art Carney, Anthony James, Alana Stewart, Woody Strode, Seymour Cassel, Bob Westmoreland, Kate Bray, Brian Carney, Kurt Grayson, Gordon Hyde, George Stokes	Sci-Fi, Action	Live Action
	14	The Kids Are Alright	New World Pictures	Jeff Stein (director); The Who	Rockumentary	Live Action
	15	Zulu Dawn	American Cinema Releasing	Douglas Hickox (director); Cy Endfield, Anthony Storey (screenplay); Burt Lancaster, Peter O'Toole, Simon Ward, Nigel Davenport, Michael Jayston, Peter Vaughan, Denholm Elliott, James Faulkner, John Mills, Christopher Cazenove, Bob Hoskins, Ronald Pickup, Ronald Lacey, Ken Gampu, Simon Sabela, Abe Temba, Gilbert Tiabane	Adventure, War	Live Action
	17	Winter Kills	AVCO Embassy Pictures	William Richert (director/screenplay); Jeff Bridges, John Huston, Anthony Perkins, Eli Wallach, Sterling Hayden, Belinda Bauer, Dorothy Malone, Tomas Milian, Toshiro Mifune, Richard Boone, Ralph Meeker, David Spielberg, Brad Dexter, Gladys Hill, Joe Spinell, Irving Selbst, Sidney Lanier, Lissette Álvarez, Byron Morrow, John Warner, Tisa Farrow, Gianni Russo, Kim O'Brien, Erin Gray, Elizabeth Taylor, Ed Madsen	Black Comedy	Live Action
	18	Hanover Street	Columbia Pictures / Hanover Street Productions	Peter Hyams (director/screenplay); Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down, Christopher Plummer, Alec McCowen, Richard Masur, Michael Sacks, John Ratzenberger, Jay Benedict, Patsy Kensit, Max Wall, Shane Rimmer, Sherrie Hewson, Eric Stine, Jeff Hawke	War, Romance	Live Action
	18	Over the Edge	Orion Pictures	Jonathan Kaplan (director); Charles S. Haas, Tim Hunter (screenplay); Michael Kramer, Matt Dillon, Pamela Ludwig, Vincent Spano, Harry Northup, Tom Fergus, Andy Romano, Ellen Geer, Richard Jamison, Julia Pomeroy	Coming-of-Age, Crime, Drama	Live Action
	25	Alien	20th Century Fox / Brandywine Productions	Ridley Scott (director); Dan O'Bannon (screenplay); Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto, Bolaji Badejo, Helen Horton	Sci-Fi, Horror	Live Action
		Beyond the Poseidon Adventure	Warner Bros.	Irwin Allen (director); Nelson Gidding (screenplay); Michael Caine, Sally Field, Telly Savalas, Peter Boyle, Jack Warden, Shirley Knight, Slim Pickens, Angela Cartwright, Mark Harmon, Shirley Jones, Karl Malden, Veronica Hamel, Paul Picerni, Patrick Culliton, Dean Raphael Ferrandini	Action, Adventure, Disaster	Live Action
		Jaws (re-release)	Universal Pictures / Zanuck/Brown Company	Steven Spielberg (director); Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb (screenplay); Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Carl Gottlieb, Jeffrey Kramer, Susan Backlinie, Lee Fierro, Peter Benchley	Thriller	Live Action
		The Prisoner of Zenda	Universal Pictures / The Mirisch Corporation	Richard Quine (director); Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais (screenplay); Peter Sellers, Lynne Frederick, Lionel Jeffries, Elke Sommer, Gregory Sierra, Simon Williams, Jeremy Kemp, Catherine Schell, Stuart Wilson, John Laurie, Graham Stark	Comedy	Live Action
		Wanda Nevada	United Artists	Peter Fonda (director); Dennis Hackin (screenplay); Peter Fonda, Brooke Shields, Fiona Lewis, Luke Askew, Ted Markland, Severn Darden, Paul Fix, Henry Fonda	Western, Comedy	Live Action
J U N E	1	The Brood	New World Pictures / Canadian Film Development Corporation	David Cronenberg (director/screenplay); Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, Art Hindle, Nuala Fitzgerald, Susan Hogan, Nicholas Campbell, Michael Magee, Robert A. Silverman, Larry Solway, Gary McKeehan, Cindy Hinds, Harry Beckman	Horror	Live Action
	1	Phantasm	AVCO Embassy Pictures / New Breed Productions	Don Coscarelli (director/screenplay); Angus Scrimm, Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister, Kathy Lester, Bill Cone, Mary Ellen Shaw, Terrie Kalbus, Lynn Eastman	Science, Fantasy, Horror	Live Action
	6	Escape to Athena	Associated Film Distribution / ITC Entertainment	George P. Cosmatos (director); Edward Anhalt, Richard S. Lochte (screenplay); Roger Moore, Telly Savalas, David Niven, Stefanie Powers, Claudia Cardinale, Richard Roundtree, Sonny Bono, Elliott Gould, Anthony Valentine, Siegfried Rauch, Richard Wren, Michael Sheard, Philip Locke, Steve Ubels, Paul Picerni, Paul Stassino	Adventure, Comedy, War	Live Action
	8	Players	Paramount Pictures	Anthony Harvey (director); Arnold Schulman (screenplay); Ali MacGraw, Dean Paul Martin, Maximilian Schell, Steve Guttenberg, Pancho Gonzalez, Guillermo Vilas, Ilie Năstase, John McEnroe	Romance, Drama	Live Action
	8	The Plumber	CEL (video)	Peter Weir (director/screenplay); Judy Morris, Ivar Kants, Robert Coleby, Candy Raymond, Henri Szeps	Thriller	Live Action
	15	Butch and Sundance: The Early Days	20th Century Fox	Richard Lester (director); Allan Burns (screenplay); Tom Berenger, William Katt, Jeff Corey, John Schuck, Michael C. Gwynne, Peter Weller, Brian Dennehy, Christopher Lloyd, Jill Eikenberry, Joel Fluellen, Regina Baff, Peter Brocco, Vincent Schiavelli, Hugh Gillin, Sherril Lynn Rettino, Elya Baskin	Western	Live Action
		The Driller Killer	Rochelle Films / Cult Epics	Abel Ferrara (director); Nicholas St. John (screenplay); Jimmy Laine, Carolyn Manz, Baybi Day, Harry Schultz II, Alan Wynroth, Maria Helhoski, James O'Hara, Richard Howorth, Rhodney Montreal, Butch Morris	Black Comedy, Slasher	Live Action
		Goldengirl	AVCO Embassy Pictures / Backstage Productions	Joseph Sargent (director); John Kohn (screenplay); Susan Anton, James Coburn, Leslie Caron, Robert Culp, Harry Guardino, Curt Jurgens, James A. Watson, Jr., Ward Costello, Michael Lerner, John Newcombe, Nicolas Coster, Jessica Walter	Sci-Fi, Sports, Drama	Live Action
		The In-Laws	Warner Bros.	Arthur Hiller (director); Andrew Bergman (screenplay); Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Richard Libertini, Nancy Dussault, Penny Peyser, Arlene Golonka, Michael Lembeck, Paul Lawrence Smith, Carmine Caridi, Ed Begley Jr., James Hong, David Paymer, Kent Williams, John Hancock, John Finnegan, Eduardo Noriega, Rosana Soto, Carmen Dragon, Sammy Smith, Barbara Dana, Rozsika Halmos, Alvaro Carcano, Jorge Zepeda, Sergio Calderon, Danny Kwan	Action, Comedy	Live Action
		The Night the Prowler	International Harmony / Chariot Films / New South Wales Film Corporation	Jim Sharman (director); Patrick White (screenplay); Ruth Cracknell, John Frawley, Kerry Walker, John Derum, Maggie Kirkpatrick, Terry Camilleri, Harry Neilson	Drama, Comedy	Live Action
		Prophecy	Paramount Pictures	John Frankenheimer (director); David Seltzer (screenplay); Robert Foxworth, Talia Shire, Armand Assante, Victoria Racimo, Richard A. Dysart, George Clutesi, Burke Byrnes, Tom McFadden, Graham Jarvis, Kevin Peter Hall, Tom McLoughlin, Mia Bendixsen, Johnny Timko, Charles H. Gray, Everett Creach, Charles Flemmer	Sci-Fi, Horror	Live Action
		Rocky II	United Artists / Chartoff-Winkler Productions	Sylvester Stallone (director/screenplay); Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith, Tony Burton, Sylvia Meals, Seargeoh Stallone, Joe Spinell, Paul J. Micale, Jeff Temkin, Lou Filippo, Brent Musburger, Stu Nahan, Bill Baldwin, LeRoy Neiman	Sports, Drama	Live Action
		Walk Proud	Universal Pictures	Robert L. Collins (director); Evan Hunter (screenplay); Robby Benson, Sarah Holcomb, Henry Darrow, Pepe Serna, Trinidad Silva, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Lawrence Pressman, Brad Sullivan, Irene DeBari, Eloy Casados, Panchito Gómez, Rod Masterson, Ángel Salazar, Daniel Faraldo, Tony Alvarenga, Aesop Aquarian, Gary Carlos Cervantes, Lee Fraser, Claudio Martinez, Rose Portillo, Luis Reyes, Judith Searle	Drama	Live Action
		The Water Babies	The Samuel Goldwyn Company	Lionel Jeffries (director); Michael Robson (screenplay); James Mason, Bernard Cribbins, Billie Whitelaw, Joan Greenwood, David Tomlinson, Tommy Pender, Samantha Gates, Paul Luty, Jon Pertwee, Lance Percival, David Jason, Una Stubbs, Olive Gregg, Cass Allan, Liz Proud	Family	Live Action/Animation
	22	Escape from Alcatraz	Paramount Pictures / The Malpaso Company	Don Siegel (director); Richard Tuggle (screenplay); Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Fred Ward, Jack Thibeau, Larry Hankin, Frank Ronzio, Roberts Blossom, Paul Benjamin, Bruce M. Fischer, Madison Arnold, Don Michaelian, Danny Glover	Action	Live Action
		The Kirlian Witness	Paramount Pictures	Jonathan Sarno (director); Nancy Snyder, Nancy Boykin, Joel Colodner, Ted Le Plat, Lawrence Tierney, Maia Danziger	Thriller	Live Action
		The Main Event	Warner Bros. / First Artists / Barwood Films	Howard Zieff (director); Gail Parent, Andrew Smith (screenplay); Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Paul Sand, Whitman Mayo, Patti D'Arbanville, Chu Chu Malave, Richard Lawson, James Gregory	Sports, Romance, Comedy	Live Action
		The Muppet Movie	Associated Film Distribution / Henson Associates / ITC Films	James Frawley (director); Jerry Juhl, Jack Burns (screenplay); Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Dave Goelz, Caroll Spinney, Steve Whitmire, Charles Durning, Austin Pendleton, Scott Walker, H.B. Haggerty, Bruce Kirby, James Frawley, Melinda Dillon, Dom DeLuise, James Coburn, Madeline Kahn, Telly Savalas, Carol Kane, Paul Williams, Milton Berle, Elliott Gould, Edgar Bergen, Bob Hope, Richard Pryor, Steve Martin, Mel Brooks, Cloris Leachman, Orson Welles, Tim Burton, John Landis, Kathryn Mullen, Bob Payne, Eren Ozker, Bruce Schwartz, Michael Earl Davis, Carolyn Wilcox, Olga Felgemacher, Buz Suraci, Tony Basilicato, Adam Hunt	Musical, Road, Comedy	Live Action
		Nightwing	Columbia Pictures	Arthur Hiller (director); Martin Cruz Smith, Steve Shagan, Bud Shrake (screenplay); Nick Mancuso, David Warner, Kathryn Harrold, Stephen Macht, Ben Piazza, Strother Martin, Charles Hallahan, George Clutesi	Horror	Live Action
	27	The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again	Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution	Vincent McEveety (director); Don Tait (screenplay); Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Tim Matheson, Kenneth Mars, Elyssa Davalos, Jack Elam, Robert Pine, Harry Morgan, Ruth Buzzi, Audrey Totter, Richard X. Slattery, John Crawford, Ralph Manza, Cliff Osmond, Morgan Paull, Gary McLarty, Nick Ramus, Bryan O'Byrne, Robert Totten, Shug Fisher, Roger Mobley, Stu Gilliam, A.J. Bakunas, David S. Cass Sr., George Chandler, Jack Perkins, Art Evans, Peter Renaday, Mickey Gilbert, Ted Gehring, James Almanzar, Rex Holman, Joe Baker, Allan Studley	Comedy, Western	Live Action
	27	The 36th Chamber of Shaolin	Shaw Brothers Studio / World Northal	Lau Kar-leung (director); I Kuang (screenplay); Gordon Liu, Lo Lieh, Wang Yu, Yu Yang, Hsu Shao-Chiang, Wu Hang-Sheng, Hoi Sang Lee	Kung Fu	Live Action
	29	Bloodline	Paramount Pictures	Terence Young (director); Laird Koenig (screenplay); Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, James Mason, Claudia Mori, Irene Papas, Michelle Phillips, Maurice Ronet, Romy Schneider, Omar Sharif, Beatrice Straight, Gert Fröbe, Marcel Bozzuffi, Pinkas Braun, Ivan Desny, Vadim Glowna, Walter Kohut, Wolfgang Preiss, Hans von Borsody, Charles Millot	Thriller	Live Action
		Meatballs	Paramount Pictures / Famous Players / Canadian Film Development Corporation / Haliburton Films	Ivan Reitman (director); Len Blum, Dan Goldberg, Janis Allen, Harold Ramis (screenplay); Bill Murray, Harvey Atkin, Kate Lynch, Russ Banham, Kristine DeBell, Sarah Torgov, Jack Blum, Keith Knight, Matt Craven, Chris Makepeace, Hadley Kay, Cindy Girling, Todd Hoffman, Margot Pinvidic, Norma Dell'Agnese	Comedy	Live Action
		Moonraker	United Artists / Eon Productions / Les Productions Artistes Associés	Lewis Gilbert (director); Christopher Wood (screenplay); Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, Michael Lonsdale, Richard Kiel, Corinne Cléry, Bernard Lee, Geoffrey Keen, Desmond Llewelyn, Lois Maxwell, Toshiro Suga, Emily Bolton, Blanche Ravalec, Irka Bochenko, Michael Marshall, Leila Shenna, Anne Lonnberg, Jean-Pierre Castaldi, Walter Gotell, Alfie Bass, Claude Carliez	Spy, Action	Live Action
		Up from the Depths	New World Pictures	Charles B. Griffith (director); Anne Dyer, Alfred Sweeney (screenplay); Sam Bottoms, Susanne Reed, Virgil Frye, Kedric Wolfe, Charles Howerton, Denise Hayes, R. Lee Ermey	Horror	Live Action

July–September


Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
J U L Y	3	J-Men Forever	Pan-Canadian Film Distributors / International Harmony	Richard Patterson (director); Peter Bergman, Philip Proctor (screenplay); Peter Bergman, M.G. Kelly, Philip Proctor	Comedy	Live Action
	5	Arabian Adventure	Associated Film Distribution / EMI Films / British Lion Films	Kevin Connor (director); Brian Hayles (screenplay); Christopher Lee, Milo O'Shea, Oliver Tobias, Emma Samms, Puneet Sira, Peter Cushing, Capucine, Mickey Rooney, John Wyman, John Ratzenberger, Shane Rimmer, Hal Galili, Art Malik, Milton Reid, Elisabeth Welch, Suzanne Danielle, Roy Stewart	Fantasy, Adventure	Live Action
	6	Nutcracker Fantasy	Sanrio	Takeo Nakamura (director); Shintaro Tsuji, Eugene A. Fournier, Thomas Joachim (screenplay)		Animation
	11	The Last of the Knucklemen	Umbrella Entertainment / Hexagon Productions	Tim Burstall (director/screenplay); Gerard Kennedy, Michael Preston, Peter Hehir, Dennis Miller, Michael Caton, Steve Rackman, Michael Duffield, Steve Bisley, Stewart Faichney, Gerry Duggan	Drama	Live Action
	11	Plague	Group 1 Films / Harmony Ridge	Ed Hunt (director/screenplay); Barry Pearson (screenplay); Daniel Pilon, Kate Reid, Celine Lomez, Michael J. Reynolds, John Kerr	Sci-Fi	Live Action
	13	Breaking Away	20th Century Fox	Peter Yates (director); Steve Tesich (screenplay); Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earle Haley, Barbara Barrie, Paul Dooley, Robyn Douglass, Hart Bochner, P.J. Soles, Amy Wright, John Ashton	Coming-of-Age, Comedy, Drama	Live Action
		Dracula	Universal Pictures / The Mirisch Company	John Badham (director); W.D. Richter (screenplay); Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence, Kate Nelligan, Jan Francis, Trevor Eve, Tony Haygarth, Sylvester McCoy, Janine Duvitski, Teddy Turner	Horror	Live Action
		The Frisco Kid	Warner Bros.	Robert Aldrich (director); Michael Elias, Frank Shaw (screenplay); Gene Wilder, Harrison Ford, Ramon Bieri, Val Bisoglio, George DiCenzo, Leo Fuchs, Penny Peyser, William Smith, Jack Somack, Beege Barkette, Shay Duffin, Frank De Vol, Joe Kapp, Clyde Kusatsu, Vincent Schiavelli, Ian Wolfe, Martin Garner, Cliff Pellow, Eda Reiss Merin, Walter Janowitz	Western, Comedy	Live Action
		The Wanderers	Orion Pictures	Philip Kaufman (director/screenplay); Rose Kaufman (screenplay); Ken Wahl, John Friedrich, Karen Allen, Toni Kalem, Jim Youngs, Tony Ganios, Alan Rosenberg, Dolph Sweet, William Andrews, Erland van Lidth, Linda Manz, Michael Wright, Samm-Art Williams, Val Avery, Dion Albanese, Olympia Dukakis, Richard Price, Wayne Knight	Comedy, Drama	Live Action
	26	The Europeans	Levitt-Pickman / Merchant Ivory Productions	James Ivory (director); Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (screenplay); Lee Remick, Robin Ellis, Wesley Addy, Tim Woodward, Tim Choate, Lisa Eichhorn, Kristin Griffith, Nancy New, Norman Snow, Helen Stenborg, Gedda Petry	Period, Drama	Live Action
	26	Unidentified Flying Oddball	Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution	Russ Mayberry (director); Don Tait (screenplay); Dennis Dugan, Jim Dale, Ron Moody, Kenneth More, John Le Mesurier, Rodney Bewes, Sheila White, Robert Beatty, Cyril Shaps, Kevin Brennan, Ewen Solon, Pat Roach, Reg Lye	Comedy, Family, Adventure	Live Action
	27	The Amityville Horror	American International Pictures / Cinema 77 / Professional Films, Inc.	Stuart Rosenberg (director); Sandor Stern (screenplay); James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger, Murray Hamilton, Don Stroud, John Larch, Natasha Ryan, K.C. Martel, Meeno Peluce, Michael Sacks, Helen Shaver, Amy Wright, Val Avery, Elsa Raven, Irene Dailey, Eddie Barth, James Tolkan, Marc Vahanian, Ellen Saland	Horror	Live Action
		A Force of One	American Cinema Releasing	Paul Aaron (director); Pat E. Johnson, Ernest Tidyman (screenplay); Chuck Norris, Jennifer O'Neill, Clu Gulager, Ron O'Neal, Bill Wallace, Eric Laneuville, James Whitmore Jr., Clint Ritchie, Pepe Serna, Ray Vitte, Chu Chu Malave, Mel Novak, Kevin Geer, Karen Obediear, Taylor Lacher, Lisa James, Eugene Butler	Action, Martial Arts	Live Action
		The Villain	Columbia Pictures / Rastar	Hal Needham (director); Robert G. Kane (screenplay); Kirk Douglas, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ann-Margret, Paul Lynde, Foster Brooks, Strother Martin, Ruth Buzzi, Jack Elam, Mel Tillis, Robert Tessier	Western, Comedy	Live Action
A U G U S T	1	North Dallas Forty	Paramount Pictures / Regina Associates	Ted Kotcheff (director/screenplay); Peter Gent, Frank Yablans (screenplay); Nick Nolte, Mac Davis, Charles Durning, Dayle Haddon, Bo Svenson, John Matuszak, Steve Forrest, G.D. Spradlin, Dabney Coleman, Savannah Smith Boucher, Marshall Colt	Drama, Sports	Live Action
	3	The Concorde ... Airport '79	Universal Pictures	David Lowell Rich (director); Eric Roth (screenplay); Alain Delon, Susan Blakely, Robert Wagner, Eddie Albert, Bibi Andersson, Charo, Sybil Danning, John Davidson, Monica Lewis, Andrea Marcovicci, Mercedes McCambridge, Martha Raye, Avery Schreiber, Cicely Tyson, Jimmie Walker, David Warner, George Kennedy, Sylvia Kristel, Pierre Jalbert, Nicolas Coster, Robin Gammell, Ed Begley Jr., Jon Cedar, Macon McCalman, Kathleen Maguire, Stacy Heather Tolkin, Marneen Fields, Harry Shearer	Action, Drama, Thriller, Disaster	Live Action
	3	More American Graffiti	Universal Pictures / Lucasfilm	Bill L. Norton (director/screenplay); Paul Le Mat, Cindy Williams, Candy Clark, Charles Martin Smith, Mackenzie Phillips, Bo Hopkins, Ron Howard, Anna Bjorn, Scott Glenn, Mary Kay Place, Wolfman Jack, Richard Bradford, Harrison Ford, James Houghton, Manuel Padilla, Jr., Will Seltzer, Jon Gries, Delroy Lindo, Rosanna Arquette, Naomi Judd, Steve Evans, Wayne Coy, John Lansing, Monica Tenner, Carol-Ann Williams, Tom Baker	Coming-of-Age, Comedy	Live Action
	5	Meetings with Remarkable Men	Enterprise Pictures Ltd.	Peter Brook (director); G.I. Gurdjieff, Jeanne de Salzmann (screenplay); Dragan Maksimović, Terence Stamp, Mikica Dimitrijevic, Warren Mitchell, Athol Fugard, David Markham, Natasha Parry, Colin Blakely, Grégoire Aslan, Tom Fleming, Andrew Keir, Donald Sumpter, Gerry Sundquist, Martin Benson, Bruce Purchase, Roger Lloyd-Pack	Biography, Drama	Live Action
	10	Americathon	United Artists / Lorimar	Neal Israel (director/screenplay); Michael Mislove, Monica Johnson (screenplay); John Ritter, Harvey Korman, Peter Riegert, Fred Willard, Jay Leno, Chief Dan George, Zane Buzby, Nancy Morgan, Meat Loaf, Elvis Costello, Tommy Lasorda, Howard Hesseman, Cybill Shepherd, Allan Arbus, David Opatoshu, George Carlin	Comedy	Live Action
		Hot Stuff	Columbia Pictures / Rastar	Dom DeLuise (director); Michael Kane, Donald E. Westlake (screenplay); Dom DeLuise, Suzanne Pleshette, Jerry Reed, Ossie Davis, Luis Avalos, Pat McCormick, Marc Lawrence, Sydney Lassick, Robert George	Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama	Live Action
		Sunburn	Paramount Pictures / Fawcett-Majors Productions / Tuesday Films / Hemdale Film Corporation / Bind Films	Richard C. Sarafian (director); James Booth, John Daly, Stephen Oliver (screenplay); Farrah Fawcett-Majors, Charles Grodin, Art Carney, Joan Collins, William Daniels, John Hillerman, Eleanor Parker, Keenan Wynn, Joan Goodfellow, Jack Kruschen, Alejandro Rey, Seymour Cassel, Alex Sharp, Bob Orrison, Robin Clarke, Jorge Luke, Joanna Rush, Delroy White, Christa Walter	Comedy	Live Action
	15	Apocalypse Now	United Artists / Omni Zoetrope	Francis Ford Coppola (director/screenplay); John Milius (screenplay); Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Sam Bottoms, Larry Fishburne, Dennis Hopper, G.D. Spradlin, Jerry Ziesmer, Harrison Ford, Scott Glenn, Colleen Camp, Cynthia Wood, Linda Beatty, Bill Graham, Francis Ford Coppola, Vittorio Storaro, R. Lee Ermey, Michael Herr	Epic, War	Live Action
		Caligula	Produzioni Atlas Consorziate (P.A.C.) / Analysis Film Releasing Corporation / Penthouse Films International / Felix Cinematografica	Tinto Brass (director/screenplay); Giancarlo Lui, Bob Guccione (directors); Malcolm McDowell, Teresa Ann Savoy, Helen Mirren, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud, Guido Mannari, Patrick Allen, Giancarlo Badessi, Adriana Asti, Leopoldo Trieste, Paolo Bonacelli, Joss Ackland, John Steiner, Mirella D'Angelo, Richard Parets, Osiride Pevarello, Anneka Di Lorenzo, Bruno Brive, Paula Mitchell, Donato Placido, Lori Wagner, Valerie Rae Clark, Susanne Saxon, Jane Hargrave, Carolyn Patsis, Bonnie Dee Wilson	Historical, Drama	Live Action
		Star Wars (re-release)	20th Century Fox / Lucasfilm	George Lucas (director/screenplay); Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, David Prowse, James Earl Jones, Phil Brown, Shelagh Fraser, Jack Purvis, Eddie Byrne, Denis Lawson, Garrick Hagon, Don Henderson, Leslie Schofield, Richard LeParmentier, Alex McCrindle, Alfie Curtis, Peter Geddis, Michael Leader, Robert Clarke	Action, Adventure, Fantasy	Live Action
	17	Monty Python's Life of Brian	Cinema International Corporation / HandMade Films / Python (Monty) Pictures / Orion Pictures	Terry Jones (director); Monty Python (screenplay); Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Terence Bayler, Carol Cleveland, Charles McKeown, Kenneth Colley, Neil Innes, John Young, Gwen Taylor, Sue Jones-Davies, Chris Langham, Andrew MacLachlan, Bernard McKenna, Randy Feelgood, George Harrison, Charles Knode, Spike Milligan	Comedy	Live Action
		My Brilliant Career	GUO Film Distributors / The New South Wales Film Corporation / Margaret Fink Productions	Gillian Armstrong (director); Eleanor Witcombe (screenplay); Judy Davis, Sam Neill, Wendy Hughes, Robert Grubb, Max Cullen, Aileen Britton, Peter Whitford, Patricia Kennedy, Alan Hopgood, Julia Blake, David Franklin, Gordon Piper, Simone Buchanan, Marion Shad, Aaron Wood, Sue Davies	Period, Drama	Live Action
		The Prisoner of Zenda	Universal Pictures / The Mirisch Corporation	Richard Quine (director); Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais (screenplay); Peter Sellers, Lynne Frederick, Lionel Jeffries, Elke Sommer, Gregory Sierra, Simon Williams, Jeremy Kemp, Catherine Schell, Stuart Wilson, John Laurie, Graham Stark	Comedy	Live Action
		Rich Kids	United Artists	Robert M. Young (director); Judith Ross (screenplay); Trini Alvarado, Jeremy Levy, Kathryn Walker, John Lithgow, Terry Kiser, David Selby, Roberta Maxwell, Paul Dooley, Beatrice Winde, Irene Worth	Comedy, Drama	Live Action
		The Seduction of Joe Tynan	Universal Pictures	Jerry Schatzberg (director); Alan Alda (screenplay); Alan Alda, Barbara Harris, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Kimbrough, Carrie Nye, Michael Higgins, Blanche Baker, Maureen Anderman, Robert Christian, Maurice Copeland, Marian Hailey, Chris Arnold, John Badila, Lu Elrod	Drama	Live Action
	24	Rock 'n' Roll High School	New World Pictures	Allan Arkush (director); Richard Whitley, Russ Dvonch, Joseph McBride (screenplay); P.J. Soles, Vince Van Patten, Clint Howard, Dey Young, Ramones, Mary Woronov, Paul Bartel, Dick Miller, Don Steele, Loren Lester, Grady Sutton, Alix Elias, Daniel Davies, Lynn Farrell, Herbie Braha	Musical, Comedy	Live Action
	31	City on Fire	AVCO Embassy Pictures / Astral Bellevue Pathé	Alvin Rakoff (director); Jack Hill, Dave Lewis, Céline La Frenière (screenplay); Barry Newman, Susan Clark, Shelley Winters, Leslie Nielsen, James Franciscus, Ava Gardner, Henry Fonda, Jonathan Welsh, Hilary Farr, Mavor Moore, Richard Donat, Donald Pilon, Cec Linder, Murray Cruchley, Anthony Sherwood, Nancy Beatty, Terry Haig, Ken James, Jefferson Mappin, Jérôme Tiberghien, Mel Ryane	Disaster, Action	Live Action
S E P T E M B E R	7	Patrick	Filmways Australian Distributors / Australian International Film Corporation / Australian Film Commission / Victorian Film Corporation	Richard Franklin (director); Everett De Roche (screenplay); Robert Thompson, Susan Penhaligon, Robert Helpmann, Rod Mullinar, Bruce Barry, Julia Blake, Helen Hemingway, Maria Mercedes, Walter Pym, Frank Wilson, John P. Boddie	Sci-Fi, Horror	Live Action
	14	Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle	International Harmony	Picha (director/screenplay); Boris Szulzinger (director); Anne Beatts, Michael O'Donoghue (screenplay); Johnny Weissmuller Jr., John Belushi, Bill Murray, Christopher Guest, Brian Doyle-Murray, Emily Prager, Pat Bright, Adolph Caesar, Judy Graubart, Andrew Duncan, Guy Sorel, Bob Perry, Deya Kent, M. Vernon, Tony Jackson, John Baddeley	Comedy	Adult Animation
	14	The Tempest		Derek Jarman (director/screenplay); Heathcote Williams, Toyah Willcox, Karl Johnson, Peter Bull, Richard Warwick, David Meyer, Neil Cunningham, Jack Birkett, Christopher Biggins, Peter Turner, Ken Campbell, Elisabeth Welch, Claire Davenport, Helen Wellington-Lloyd, Kate Temple, Angela Wittingham	Drama, Fantasy	Live Action
	19	The Onion Field	AVCO Embassy Pictures / Black Marble Productions	Harold Becker (director); Joseph Wambaugh (screenplay); John Savage, James Woods, Franklyn Seales, Ted Danson, Ronny Cox, David Huffman, Christopher Lloyd, Dianne Hull, Priscilla Pointer, K Callan, Sandy McPeak, Lillian Randolph, Steve Conte, John de Lancie	Neo-Noir, Crime, Drama	Live Action
	19	Yanks	Universal Pictures / CIP Filmproduktion GmbH	John Schlesinger (director); Colin Welland, Walter Bernstein (screenplay); Richard Gere, Vanessa Redgrave, William Devane, Lisa Eichhorn, Rachel Roberts, Chick Vennera, Arlen Dean Snyder, Annie Ross, Wendy Morgan, Tony Melody, Derek Thompson, Joe Gladwin	Drama	Live Action
	21	Heartland	Levitt-Pickman / Filmhaus / The National Endowment for the Humanities / Wilderness Women	Richard Pearce (director); Beth Ferris, William Kittredge, Elinore Randall Stewart (screenplay); Rip Torn, Conchata Ferrell, Barry Primus, Megan Folsom, Lilia Skala, Amy Wright, Jerry Hardin, Jeff Boschee, Mary Boylan, Bob Sirucek	Western, Drama	Live Action
	21	Mr. Mike's Mondo Video	New Line Cinema	Michael O'Donoghue (director/screenplay); Mitch Glazer, Dirk Wittenborn, Emily Prager (screenplay); Michael O'Donoghue, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman, Don Novello, Carrie Fisher, Margot Kidder, Teri Garr, Sid Vicious, Paul Shaffer, Debbie Harry, Root Boy Slim, Klaus Nomi, Robert Delford Brown, Patty Oja	Comedy	Live Action
	28	The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie	Warner Bros. / Chuck Jones Enterprises	Chuck Jones (director/screenplay); Phil Monroe (director); Michael Maltese (screenplay); Mel Blanc, Joan Gerber, Arthur Q. Bryan, Paul Julian	Comedy, Family	Animation
		La Luna	20th Century Fox / Fiction Cinematografica	Bernando Bertolucci (director/screenplay); Giuseppe Bertolucci, Clare Peploe (screenplay); Jill Clayburgh, Matthew Barry, Veronica Lazar, Tomas Milian, Renato Salvatori, Fred Gwynne, Alida Valli, Elisabetta Campeti, Franco Citti, Roberto Benigni, Carlo Verdone, Peter Eyre	Drama	Live Action
		A Man, a Woman, and a Bank	AVCO Embassy Pictures / Bennettfilms Inc. / McNichol	Noel Black (director); Raynold Gideon, Bruce A. Evans, Stuart Margolin (screenplay); Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Paul Mazursky, Leigh Hamilton, Allan Kolman, Kung-Wu Huang	Comedy, Crime	Live Action
		Sleeping Beauty (re-release)	Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution	Clyde Geronimi, Eric Larson, Wolfgang Reitherman, Les Clark (directors); Erdman Penner (screenplay); Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, Barbara Luddy, Barbara Jo Allen, Taylor Holmes, Bill Thompson, Bobby Amsberry, Candy Candido, Pinto Colvig, Hans Conried, Dallas McKennon, Marvin Miller, Helene Stanley, Ed Kemmer, Jane Fowler, Frances Bavier, Madge Blake, Spring Byington, Don Barclay	Musical, Fantasy	Animation
		Time After Time	Orion Pictures	Nicholas Meyer (director/screenplay); Malcolm McDowell, David Warner, Mary Steenburgen, Charles Cioffi, Patti D'Arbanville, Joseph Maher, Kent Williams	Sci-Fi	Live Action
		When a Stranger Calls	Columbia Pictures / Melvin Simon Productions	Fred Walton (director/screenplay); Steve Feke (screenplay); Charles Durning, Carol Kane, Colleen Dewhurst, Tony Beckley, Carmen Argenziano, Rutanya Alda, William Boyett, Ron O'Neal, Rachel Roberts, Kirsten Larkin, Michael Champion, Steven Anderson, Lenora May	Mystery, Thriller	Live Action
		Wise Blood	New Line Cinema	John Huston (director); Benedict Fitzgerald, Michael Fitzgerald (screenplay); Brad Dourif, Ned Beatty, Harry Dean Stanton, Dan Shor, Amy Wright, Mary Nell Santacroce, John Huston, William Hickey, J.L. Parker, Marvin Sapp, Betty Lou Groover	Black Comedy, Drama	Live Action

October–December


Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
O C T O B E R	1	Siberiade	Mosfilm	Andrei Konchalovsky (director/screenplay); Valentin Yezhov (screenplay); Vladimir Samoilov, Natalya Andrejchenko, Vitaly Solomin, Nikita Mikhalkov, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Sergey Shakurov	Drama	Live Action
	1	Skatetown, U.S.A.	Columbia Pictures / Rastar	William A. Levey (director); Nick Castle (screenplay); Scott Baio, Patrick Swayze, Flip Wilson, Maureen McCormick, Greg Bradford, Ron Palillo, Judy Landers, Ruth Buzzi, Dorothy Stratten, Joe E. Ross, Dave Mason, Billy Barty, Katherine Kelly Lang, David Landsberg, Sydney Lassick, Murray Langston, Bill Kirchenbauer, Vic Dunlop, Denny Johnston, Len Bari, April Allen	Comedy, Musical	Live Action
	5	10	Orion Pictures	Blake Edwards (director/screenplay); Dudley Moore, Bo Derek, Julie Andrews, Robert Webber, Dee Wallace, Sam J. Jones, Nedra Volz, Brian Dennehy, Max Showalter, Peter Sellers	Romance, Comedy	Live Action
		Nosferatu the Vampyre	20th Century Fox / Gaumont / Werner Herzog Filmproduktion / Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen	Werner Herzog (director/screenplay); Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz, Roland Topor, Walter Ladengast, Dan van Husen, Jan Groth, Carsten Bodinus, Martje Grohmann, Rijk de Gooyer, Clemens Scheitz, John Leddy, Tim Beekman, Lo van Hensbergen, Margiet van Hartingsveld	Horror	Live Action
		Starting Over	Paramount Pictures	Alan J. Pakula (director); James L. Brooks (screenplay); Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh, Candice Bergen, Charles Durning, Frances Sternhagen, Mary Kay Place, Austin Pendleton, Jay O. Sanders, Wallace Shawn, Daniel Stern, Ben Pesner, Kevin Bacon	Comedy	Live Action
	17	The Black Stallion	United Artists / American Zoetrope	Carroll Ballard (director); Melissa Mathison, Jeanne Rosenberg, William D. Wittliff (screenplay); Kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney, Teri Garr, Clarence Muse, Hoyt Axton, Michael Higgins, Ed McNamara, Doghmi Larbi, John Burton, John Buchanan, Kristen Vigard, Fausto Tozzi, John Karlsen, Leopoldo Trieste, Frank Cousins, Don Hudson, Marne Maitland, Tom Dahlgren	Adventure	Live Action
	19	...And Justice for All.	Columbia Pictures	Norman Jewison (director); Valerie Curtin, Barry Levinson (screenplay); Al Pacino, Jack Warden, John Forsythe, Lee Strasberg, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Lahti, Sam Levene, Robert Christian, Thomas Waites, Larry Bryggman, Craig T. Nelson, Dominic Chianese, Victor Arnold, Vincent Beck, Michael Gorrin, Baxter Harris, Joe Morton, Alan North, Tom Quinn, Beverly Sanders, Connie Sawyer, Charles Siebert, Robert Symonds, Keith Andes	Drama, Neo-Noir	Live Action
		Avalanche Express	20th Century Fox / Lorimar	Mark Robson (director); Abraham Polonsky (screenplay); Lee Marvin, Robert Shaw, Linda Evans, Maximilian Schell, Joe Namath, Horst Buchholz, Mike Connors, Claudio Cassinelli, Kristina Nel, David Hess, Günter Meisner, Sylva Langova, Cyril Shaps, Vladek Sheybal, Arthur Brauss, Sky du Mont, Richard Marner, Arnold Drummond, Paul Glawion, Dan van Husen	Adventure, Thriller	Live Action
		Chilly Scenes of Winter	United Artists	Joan Micklin Silver (director/screenplay); John Heard, Mary Beth Hurt, Peter Riegert, Kenneth McMillan, Gloria Grahame, Nora Heflin, Jerry Hardin, Tarah Nutter, Mark Metcalf, Griffin Dunne	Romance, Comedy	Live Action
		French Postcards	Paramount Pictures	Willard Huyck (director/screenplay); Gloria Katz (screenplay); Miles Chapin, Blanche Baker, David Marshall Grant, Valérie Quennessen, Debra Winger, Mandy Patinkin, Marie-France Pisier, Jean Rochefort, Lynn Carlin, George Coe, Christophe Bourseiller, Francois Lalande, Anémone, Veronique Jannot, Marie-Anne Chazel, Laurence Ligneres, Andre Penvern	Romance, Comedy	Live Action
		Jesus	Warner Bros. / Inspirational Films / Genesis Project	Peter Sykes, John Krish (directors); Barnet Fishbein (screenplay); Brian Deacon, Rivka Neumann, Yosef Shiloach, Talia Shapira, Alexander Scourby, Mosko Alkalai, Eli Cohen, Eli Danker, Dina Doron, Rula Lenska, Niko Nitai, Ori Levy, Kobi Assaf, Moti Baharav, Ya'ackov Ben-Sira, Ze'ev Berlinski, Peter Frye, Nisim Gerama, David Goldberg, Timothy Mark Hanson, Yftach Katzur, Miki Mfir, Yitzhak Ne'eman, Shmuel Ornstein, Richard Peterson, Milo Rafi, Gad Roll, Israel Rubinek, Michael Schneider, Nahum Shalit, Shmuel Tal, Michael Warshaviak, Leonid Weinstein, Rolf Brin, Dov Friedman, Kevin O'Shea, Yossi Pollak, Dada Rubin	Biblical, Drama	Live Action
		Meteor	American International Pictures / Meteor Joint Venture / Palladium Productions / Shaw Brothers	Ronald Neame (director); Stanley Mann, Edmund H. North (screenplay); Sean Connery, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Martin Landau, Trevor Howard, Richard Dysart, Henry Fonda, Joseph Campanella, Bo Brundin, Roger Robinson, Michael Zaslow, Bibi Besch, Sybil Danning	Sci-Fi, Disaster	Live Action
	26	Derek and Clive Get the Horn	Universal Pictures	Russell Mulcahy (director); Peter Cook, Dudley Moore (screenplay); Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Judy Huxtable, Richard Branson, Nicola Austine	Documentary, Comedy	Live Action
		The Great Santini	Orion Pictures / Bing Crosby Productions	Lewis John Carlino (director/screenplay); Robert Duvall, Blythe Danner, Michael O'Keefe, Stan Shaw, Brian Andrews, Paul Gleason, Julie Anne Haddock, David Keith, Paul Mantee, Theresa Merritt, Lisa Jane Persky, Michael Strong, Joe A. Dorsey	Drama	Live Action
		The Magician of Lublin	Cannon Films / Golan-Globus Productions	Menahem Golan (director/screenplay); Sheldon Patinkin, Irving S. White (screenplay); Alan Arkin, Louise Fletcher, Shelley Winters, Lisa Whelchel, Elspeth March, Valerie Perrine, Maia Danziger, Zachi Noy, Friedrich Schoenfelder, Shaike Ophir, Lou Jacobi, Warren Berlinger, Linda Bernstein	Drama	Live Action
		The Lady Vanishes	Group 1 Films / Hammer Film Productions	Anthony Page (director); George Axelrod (screenplay); Elliott Gould, Cybill Shepherd, Angela Lansbury, Herbert Lom, Arthur Lowe, Ian Carmichael, Gerald Harper, Jenny Runacre, Jean Anderson, Madlena Nedeva, Madge Ryan, Rosalind Knight, Vladek Sheybal, Wolf Kahler, Barbara Markham, Peter Schratt	Comedy, Mystery	Live Action
	31	Tess	Columbia Pictures	Roman Polanski (director/screenplay); Gérard Brach, John Brownjohn (screenplay); Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth, Leigh Lawson, John Collin, Rosemary Martin, Carolyn Pickles, Richard Pearson, David Markham, Pascale de Boysson, Suzanna Hamilton, Caroline Embling, Tony Church, Sylvia Coleridge, Fred Bryant, Tom Chadbon, Arielle Dombasle, Dicken Ashworth, Lesley Dunlop	Drama	Live Action
N O V E M B E R	1	A Pleasure Doing Business
	1	The Prize Fighter	New World Pictures / TriStar Pictures	Michael Preece (director); Tim Conway, John Myhers (screenplay); Tim Conway, Don Knotts, David Wayne, Irwin Keyes, Cisse Cameron, John Myhers, Ted Henning, Robin Clarke, Mary Ellen O'Neill, Michael LaGuardia, George Nutting	Comedy	Live Action
	2	Bear Island	United Artists / Selkirk Films / Canadian Film Development Corporation / Bear Island Films	Don Sharp (director/screenplay); David Butler, Murray Smith (screenplay); Donald Sutherland, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Lloyd Bridges, Bruce Greenwood, Barbara Parkins, Patricia Collins, Mark Jones, August Schellenberg, Candace O'Connor, Michael Collins, Michael J. Reynolds, Lawrence Dane, Hagan Beggs, Nicholas Cortland, Joseph Golland, Richard Wren, Robert Stelmach, Terry Waterhouse	Thriller	Live Action
		Promises in the Dark	Orion Pictures	Jerome Hellman (director); Loring Mandel (screenplay); Marsha Mason, Ned Beatty, Susan Clark, Michael Brandon, Kathleen Beller, Paul Clemens, Donald Moffat, Philip Sterling, Bonnie Bartlett, James Noble, Peggy McCay, Fran Bennett, Arthur Rosenberg, Robert Doran, Lenora May, Alexandra Johnson, Eloise Hardt, Bernie Kuby, Karen Anders, Edith Fields, Alice Beardsley	Drama	Live Action
		Quadrophenia	World-Northal Corporation / The Who Films Ltd	Franc Roddam (director/screenplay); Dave Humphries, Martin Stellman, Pete Townshend (screenplay); Phil Daniels, Leslie Ash, Toyah Willcox, Philip Davis, Mark Wingett, Sting, Ray Winstone, Gary Shail, Garry Cooper, Trevor Laird, Andy Sayce, Kate Williams, Michael Elphick, Kim Neve, Benjamin Whitrow, Daniel Peacock, Jeremy Child, John Phillips, Timothy Spall, Patrick Murray, George Innes, John Bindon, P.H. Moriarty, Hugh Lloyd, Gary Holton, John Altman, Jesse Birdsall, Olivier Pierre, Julian Firth, Simon Gipps-Kent, Mickey Royce, James Lombard, Dave Cash, John Blundell	Drama	Live Action
		Running	Universal Pictures	Steven Hilliard Stern (director/screenplay); Michael Douglas, Susan Anspach, Chuck Shamata, Eugene Levy, Philip Akin, Gordon Clapp, Lawrence Dane, Lesleh Donaldson, Robin Duke, David Eisner, Giancarlo Esposito, Marvin Goldhar, Jim McKay, Tony Rosato, Murray Westgate, Trudy Young, Robert Hannah, Shawn Lawrence, Jennifer McKinney, Monica Parker	Sports, Drama	Live Action
	6	Don Giovanni	New Yorker Films	Joseph Losey (director/screenplay); Rolf Liebermann, Patricia Losey, Renzo Rossellini, Frantz Salieri (screenplay); Ruggero Raimondi, John Macurdy, Edda Moser, Kiri Te Kanawa, Kenneth Riegel, José van Dam, Teresa Berganza, Malcolm King, Eric Adjani	Drama	Live Action
	6	The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh	United Artists / Lorimar Productions	Gilbert Moses (director); Jaison Starkes, Edmond Stevens (screenplay); Julius Erving, Jonathan Winters, Meadowlark Lemon, Jack Kehoe, Margaret Avery, James Bond III, Michael V. Gazzo, Peter Isacksen, Dwayne Mooney, Daryl Mooney, Nicholas Pryor, M. Emmet Walsh, Stockard Channing, Flip Wilson, Debbie Allen, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Julius Carry, Jerry Chambers, Jessie Lawrence Ferguson, Clayton Hill, Eric Mercury, Branscombe Richmond, Joe Seneca, Harry Shearer, Marv Albert, Chick Hearn, The Sylvers, The Spinners, Jerry Tarkanian, Ron Carter, Connie Hawkins, Lou Hudson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Luther Rackley, Norm Nixon, Alfred Beard Jr., Luther "Ticky" Burden, Spencer Haywood, Lonnie Shelton, Mychal Thompson, John Williamson, Donald Chaney, Cedric "Cornbread" Maxwell, Kevin Stacom, Curtis Lowe, Leon Douglas, Christopher J. Ford, Bob Lanier, John Shumate, Eric Money, Kevin Porter	Sports, Fantasy, Comedy	Live Action
	7	The Rose	20th Century Fox	Mark Rydell (director); Bo Goldman, Bill Kirby (screenplay); Bette Midler, Alan Bates, Frederic Forrest, Harry Dean Stanton, Barry Primus, David Keith, Sandra McCabe, Will Hare, James Keane, Doris Roberts, Danny Weis, Mark Leonard, Steve Hunter, Sylvester, Michael Greer	Drama	Live Action
	8	Eagle's Wing	Rank Film Distributors / Peter Shaw Productions	Anthony Harvey (director); John Briley (screenplay); Martin Sheen, Sam Waterston, Harvey Keitel, Stéphane Audran, John Castle, Caroline Langrishe, Jorge Russek, Manuel Ojeda, Jorge Luke, Pedro Damian, Claudio Brook, José Carlos Ruiz, Farnesio de Bernal, Cecilia Camacho, Enrique Lucero	Western	Live Action
	14	All Quiet on the Western Front	CBS / Norman Rosemont Productions / Marble Arch Productions / ITC Entertainment	Delbert Mann (director); Paul Monash (screenplay); Richard Thomas, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Ian Holm, Patricia Neal, Mark Elliott, Dai Bradley, Dominic Jephcott, Ewan Stewart, Michael Sheard, Mary Miller, Matthew Evans, George Winter, Mark Drewry, Colin Mayes, Katerina Lirova	Drama	Live Action
		Boardwalk	Atlantic Releasing Corporation / Stratford Travellers Films	Stephen Verona (director/screenplay); Leigh Chapman (screenplay); Ruth Gordon, Lee Strasberg, Janet Leigh, Joe Silver, Eddie Barth, Teri Keane, Eli Mintz, Lillian Roth, Altovise Davis, Merwin Goldsmith, Michael Ayr, Forbesy Russell, Chevi Colton, Rashel Novikoff, Kim Delgado	Drama	Live Action
		The Cat and the Canary	Grenadier Films	Radley Metzger (director/screenplay); Honor Blackman, Michael Callan, Edward Fox, Wendy Hiller, Olivia Hussey, Beatrix Lehmann, Carol Lynley, Daniel Massey, Peter McEnery, Wilfrid Hyde-White	Mystery, Horror, Comedy	Live Action
		The Silent Scream	American Cinema Releasing / Speculator Productions	Denny Harris (director/screenplay); Ken Wheat, Jim Wheat, Wallace E. Bennett (screenplay); Rebecca Balding, Barbara Steele, Cameron Mitchell, Yvonne De Carlo, Avery Schreiber, John Widelock, Steve Doubet, Brad Rearden, Juli Andelman, Jack Stryker, Thelma Pelish, Tina Tyler, Jason Zahler	Slasher	Live Action
	17	Salem's Lot	CBS / Warner Bros. Television Distribution	Tobe Hooper (director); Paul Monash (screenplay); David Soul, James Mason, Lance Kerwin, Bonnie Bedelia, Lew Ayres, Ed Flanders, Fred Willard, Julie Cobb, Kenneth McMillan, Geoffrey Lewis, Barney McFadden, Marie Windsor, Bonnie Bartlett, George Dzundza, Elisha Cook Jr., Clarissa Kaye, Ned Wilson, Barbara Babcock, Joshua Bryant, James Gallery, Reggie Nalder, Brad Savage, Ronnie Scribner	Horror	Live Action
	17	Birds (1979 film)
	21	Mountain Family Robinson	Pacific International Enterprises	John Cotter (director); Arthur R. Dubs (screenplay); Robert Logan, Susan Damante-Shaw, Heather Rattray, Ham Larsen, George Buck Flower, William Bryant	Family	Live Action
	21	The Visitor	American International Pictures / The International Picture Show Company / Brouwersgracht Investments / Film Ventures International / Swan American Film	Giulio Paradisi (director); Luciano Comici, Robert Mundi (screenplay); John Huston, Mel Ferrer, Glenn Ford, Lance Henriksen, Shelley Winters, Joanne Nail, Sam Peckinpah, Paige Conner, Neal Boortz, Steve Somers, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Franco Nero	Sci-Fi, Horror	Live Action
	23	Birth of the Beatles		Richard Marquand (director); John Kurland, Jacob Eskendar (screenplay); Stephen MacKenna, Rod Culbertson, John Altman, Ray Ashcroft, Ryan Michael, David Nicholas Wilkinson, Brian Jameson, Wendy Morgan, Gary Olsen, Linal Haft, Eileen Kennally, Richard Marner, Alyson Spiro, Nigel Havers, Paula Jacobs	Biography	Live Action
	23	Yesterday's Hero	Columbia Pictures	Neil Leifer (director); Jackie Collins (screenplay); Ian McShane, Suzanne Somers, Adam Faith, Paul Nicholas, Sam Kydd, Glynis Barber, Trevor Thomas, Sandy Ratcliff, Alan Lake, Matthew Long, Paul J. Medford, Paul Desbois, Eric Deacon, George Moon, Jack Haig, Damian Elwes, Cary Elwes, John Motson	Drama	Live Action
D E C E M B E R	7	Love and Bullets	Associated Film Distribution / ITC Entertainment	Stuart Rosenberg (director); Wendell Mayes, John Melson (screenplay); Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Rod Steiger, Henry Silva, Strother Martin, Bradford Dillman, Michael V. Gazzo, Paul Koslo, Val Avery, Sam Chew Jr., Billy Gray, Jerome Thor, Joseph Roman, Albert Salmi, John Hallam, Sidney Kean, Lorraine Chase	Action, Crime	Live Action
		Star Trek: The Motion Picture	Paramount Pictures	Robert Wise (director); Harold Livingston (screenplay); William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Majel Barrett, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Persis Khambatta, Stephen Collins, Grace Lee Whitney, David Gautreaux, Mark Lenard	Sci-Fi	Live Action
		Wise Blood	New Line Cinema	John Huston (director); Benedict Fitzgerald, Michael Fitzgerald (screenplay); Brad Dourif, Ned Beatty, Harry Dean Stanton, Dan Shor, Amy Wright, Mary Nell Santacroce, John Huston, William Hickey, J.L. Parker, Marvin Sapp, Betty Lou Groover	Black Comedy, Drama	Live Action
	14	1941	Universal Pictures	Steven Spielberg (director); Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale (screenplay); Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Christopher Lee, Tim Matheson, Toshirō Mifune, Warren Oates, Robert Stack, Treat Williams, Penny Marshall, Nancy Allen, Bobby Di Cicco, Eddie Deezen, Walter Olkewicz, Dianne Kay, Slim Pickens, Kerry Sherman, Wendie Jo Sperber, John Candy, John Voldstad, Perry Lang, Geno Silva, Patti LuPone, Whitney Rydbeck, Lucinda Dooling, Frank McRae, Steven Mond, Dub Taylor, Luis Contreras, Lionel Stander, Michael McKean, Susan Backlinie, David L. Lander, Joe Flaherty, Don Calfa, Ignatius Wolfington, Lucille Benson, Elisha Cook Jr., Hiroshi Shimizu, Rita Taggart, Maureen Teefy, Akio Mitamura, Mickey Rourke, Samuel Fuller, Audrey Landers, John Landis, Dick Miller, Donovan Scott, Andy Tennant, Jack Thibeau, Jerry Hardin, Robert Houston, James Caan, Sydney Lassick, Debbie Rothstein	Period, War, Comedy	Live Action
		Chapter Two	Columbia Pictures / Rastar	Robert Moore (director); Neil Simon (screenplay); James Caan, Marsha Mason, Valerie Harper, Joseph Bologna, Alan Fudge, Judy Farrell, Debra Mooney, Isabel Cooley, Imogene Bliss, Barry Michlin, Ray Young, Greg Zadikov, Dr. Paul Singh, Sumant, Cheryl Blanchi	Romance, Comedy	Live Action
		The Jerk	Universal Pictures / Aspen Film Society	Carl Reiner (director); Steve Martin, Carl Gottlieb, Michael Elias (screenplay); Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, M. Emmet Walsh, Jackie Mason, Dick O'Neill, Mabel King, Richard Ward, Bill Macy, Catlin Adams, Maurice Evans, Helena Carroll, Ren Woods, Carl Gottlieb, Frances E. Williams, Carl Reiner, Dick Anthony Williams, Sharon Johansen, Alfred Dennis, Rob Reiner, Larry Hankin	Comedy	Live Action
		The War at Home	New Front Films / Catalyst Films / Wisconsin Educational Television Network	Glenn Silber, Barry Alexander Brown (directors); Blake Kellogg	Documentary	Live Action
	19	Being There	United Artists / Lorimar Productions	Hal Ashby (director); Jerzy Kosiński (screenplay); Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Warden, Melvyn Douglas, Richard Dysart, Richard Basehart, Than Wyenn, David Clennon, Fran Brill, Ruth Attaway, Denise DuBarry, Sam Weisman, Alice Hirson, Arthur Rosenberg, Jerome Hellman, James Noble, John Harkins, Elya Baskin, Richard McKenzie, Oteil Burbridge, Hoyt Clark Harris Jr.	Comedy, Drama	Live Action
		The Human Factor	United Artists	Otto Preminger (director); Tom Stoppard (screenplay); Richard Attenborough, John Gielgud, Derek Jacobi, Robert Morley, Ann Todd, Nicol Williamson, Iman, Joop Doderer, Richard Vernon, Angela Thorne, Fiona Fullerton, Tony Haygarth, Tony Vogel, Martin Benson, Marianne Stone, Tom Chatto, Adrienne Corri, Sylvia Coleridge, Frank Williams	Neo-Noir, Thriller	Live Action
		Kramer vs. Kramer	Columbia Pictures	Robert Benton (director/screenplay); Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander, Justin Henry, Howard Duff, George Coe, JoBeth Williams, Howland Chamberlain, Petra King, Melissa Morell, Dan Tyra	Drama	Live Action
		Roller Boogie	United Artists / Compass International Pictures	Mark L. Lester (director); Barry Schneider (screenplay); Linda Blair, Jim Bray, Albert Insinnia, Jimmy Van Patten, Kimberly Beck, Stoney Jackson, Beverly Garland, Mark Goddard	Romance, Musical, Drama	Live Action
	20	All That Jazz	20th Century Fox	Bob Fosse (director/screenplay); Robert Alan Aurthur (screenplay); Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Ann Reinking, Leland Palmer, Cliff Gorman, Ben Vereen, Erzsébet Földi, Keith Gordon, David Margulies, Michael Tolan, Max Wright, William LeMassena, Deborah Geffner, John Lithgow, Jules Fisher, Chris Chase, Anthony Holland, Sandahl Bergman, Jennifer Nairn-Smith, Ben Masters, Robert Levine, C.C.H. Pounder, Wallace Shawn, Tito Goya, Michael Hinton, Eileen Casey, Bruce Anthony Davis, Gary Flannery, Danny Ruvolo, Leland Schwantes, John Sowinski, Candace Tovar, Rima Vetter	Musical, Drama	Live Action
	21	Baby Snakes	Intercontinental Absurdities	Frank Zappa, Bruce Bickford (directors); Frank Zappa, Terry Bozzio, Roy Estrada, Adrian Belew, Ed Mann, Patrick O'Hearn, Peter Wolf, Tommy Mars	Concert	Live Action
		The Black Hole	Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution	Gary Nelson (director); Gerry Day, Jeb Rosebrook (screenplay); Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster, Joseph Bottoms, Yvette Mimieux, Ernest Borgnine, Roddy McDowall, Slim Pickens, Tom McLoughlin	Sci-Fi	Live Action
		Cuba	United Artists / Holmby Pictures	Richard Lester (director); Charles Wood (screenplay); Sean Connery, Brooke Adams, Jack Weston, Héctor Elizondo, Denholm Elliott, Martin Balsam, Chris Sarandon, Alejandro Rey, Lonette McKee, Danny De La Paz, Louisa Moritz, Dave King, Walter Gotell, David Rappaport, Wolfe Morris, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Maria Charles, Pauline Peart, Earl Cameron, John Morton, Stefan Kalipha, Ram John Holder, Willis Bouchey, Ana Obregón, Michael Lees, Tony Mathews, Leticia Garrido, Anna Nicholas, Anthony Pullen Shaw, Raul Newney, James Turner	Adventure, Neo-Noir, Thriller	Live Action
		C.H.O.M.P.S.	American International Pictures / Hanna-Barbera Productions	Don Chaffey (director); Joseph Barbera, Duane Poole, Dick Robbins (screenplay); Wesley Eure, Valerie Bertinelli, Conrad Bain, Chuck McCann, Red Buttons, Hermione Baddeley, Jim Backus	Comedy, Sci-Fi, Family	Live Action
		The Electric Horseman	Universal Pictures / Columbia Pictures / Wildwood Enterprises / Rastar Films	Sydney Pollack (director); Paul Gaer, Robert Garland (screenplay); Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Valerie Perrine, Willie Nelson, John Saxon, Nicolas Coster, Allan Arbus, Wilford Brimley, Will Hare, Basil Hoffman, Timothy Scott, James B. Sikking	Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western	Live Action
		Scavenger Hunt	20th Century Fox / Melvin Simon Productions	Michael Schultz (director); Steven A. Vail, Henry Harper (screenplay); Richard Benjamin, James Coco, Scatman Crothers, Ruth Gordon, Cloris Leachman, Cleavon Little, Roddy McDowall, Robert Morley, Richard Mulligan, Tony Randall, Dirk Benedict, Willie Aames, Stephanie Faracy, Stephen Furst, Richard Masur, Meat Loaf, Pat McCormick, Vincent Price, Avery Schreiber, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Liz Torres, Carol Wayne, Stuart Pankin, Maureen Teefy, Missy Francis, Julie Anne Haddock, Henry Polic II, Emory Bass, David Hollander, Shane Sinutko, Hal Landon Jr., Marji Martin, Jerado Decordovier, Byron Webster	Comedy	Live Action
	25	Going in Style	Warner Bros.	Martin Brest (director/screenplay); George Burns, Art Carney, Lee Strasberg, Charles Hallahan, Pamela Payton-Wright, Siobhan Keegan, Brian Neville	Comedy, Crime, Drama, Caper	Live Action

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
January 24 – Tatyana Ali, American actress and singer
January 27 – Rosamund Pike, English 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 5 - Riki Lindhome, American actress, comedian and musician
March 9 – Oscar Isaac, Guatemalan-American actor
March 10 – 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 28 - Shakib Khan, Bangladeshi film actor, producer, singer, film organiser and media personalities^[21]
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 22 – Maggie Q, American actress
May 28 – Monica Keena, American 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 6 – Kevin Hart, American actor
July 16 – Jayma Mays, American actress
July 31 – B. J. Novak, American writer and actor
August 3 – Evangeline Lilly, Canadian actress
August 6 – Dayahang Rai, Nepalese 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 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 8 – Kristanna Loken, American actress
October 20 - John Krasinski, American actor and filmmmaker
October 29 – Maya Karin, Malaysian actress
November 19 – Barry Jenkins, American film director
December 3 – Tiffany Haddish, American comedian and actress
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

Notable deaths

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films
January	11	Jack Soo	61	US	Actor	Flower Drum Song The Oscar
	16	Peter Butterworth	63	UK	Actor, Writer	Oliver! The First Great Train Robbery
	16	Ted Cassidy	46	US	Actor	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Mackenna's Gold
	18	Cyril J. Mockridge	82	UK	Composer	Desk Set The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
	25	Dick Crockett	63	US	Stuntman, Actor	Dirty Harry Spartacus
February	12	Jean Renoir	84	US	Director, Writer, Actor	The Rules of the Game La Grande Illusion
	16	Louise Allbritton	58	US	Actress	Pittsburgh Sitting Pretty
	17	William Gargan	73	US	Actor	The Bells of St. Mary's Cheers for Miss Bishop
	19	Leigh Jason	74	US	Director	Out of the Blue The Mad Miss Manton
	28	Jane Hylton	51	UK	Actress	It Started in Paradise Circus of Horrors
March	1	Dolores Costello	75	US	Actress	The Magnificent Ambersons Little Lord Fauntleroy
	2	Edith Craig	71	US	Actress	After the Thin Man Broadway Bill
	6	John Robinson	70	UK	Actor	Lawrence of Arabia The Longest Day
	9	Barbara Mullen	64	UK	Actress	Jeannie Thunder Rock
	19	John Tate	64	UK	Actor	Invasion
	22	Ben Lyon	78	US	Actor, Writer	Hell's Angels Night Nurse
	24	Yvonne Mitchell	63	UK	Actress	Woman in a Dressing Gown Johnny Nobody
April	4	Edgar Buchanan	76	US	Actor	Shane Wichita
	6	Norman Tokar	59	US	Director	Follow Me, Boys! The Happiest Millionaire
	10	Nino Rota	67	Italy	Composer	The Godfather The Leopard
	24	John Carroll	72	US	Actor	Go West Flying Tigers
May	6	Rosemary La Planche	55	US	Actress	Angels' Alley Jack Armstrong
	8	Victor Saville	83	UK	Producer, Director	Goodbye, Mr. Chips Kim
	10	Beatrice Campbell	56	UK	Actress	Last Holiday The Master of Ballantrae
	11	Joan Chandler	55	US	Actress	Humoresque Rope
	26	George Brent	80	US	Actor	Jezebel 42nd Street
	29	Mary Pickford	87	US	Actress, Producer, Writer	Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Coquette
June	2	Larisa Shepitko	41	Soviet Union	Director	Wings The Ascent
	2	Jim Hutton	45	US	Actor	Walk, Don't Run Who's Minding the Mint?
	6	Jack Haley	80	US	Actor	The Wizard of Oz Alexander's Ragtime Band
	11	John Wayne	72	US	Actor, Producer, Director	The Searchers Red River
	12	Henry Berman	65	US	Editor, Producer	Swing Time Grand Prix
	14	David Butler	84	US	Director	Road to Morocco Calamity Jane
	16	Nicholas Ray	67	US	Director, Writer, Actor	Rebel Without a Cause In a Lonely Place
	19	Nick Grinde	86	US	Director	Million Dollar Legs The Man They Could Not Hang
	21	Julian Orchard	49	UK	Actor, Writer	Revenge of the Pink Panther The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
July	2	Larisa Shepitko	41	USSR	Director, Writer, Actress	The Ascent Farewell
	8	Michael Wilding	66	UK	Actor, Producer	Stage Fright Waterloo
	13	Corinne Griffith	84	US	Actress	The Divine Lady Back Pay
	22	Kathleen Case	45	US	Actress	Human Desire Running Wild
	25	Eric Pohlmann	66	Germany	Actor	The Third Man From Russia with Love
	26	Virginia Brissac	96	US	Actress	Dressed to Kill Rebel Without a Cause
	27	Ettore Manni	52	Italy	Actor	City of Women Le Amiche
	27	Shirley Mason	79	US	Actress	Anne Against the World So This Is Love?
	28	George Seaton	68	US	Director	The Country Girl Airport
	28	Frederick Stafford	51	Czechoslovakia	Actor	Topaz Dirty Heroes
	31	Beatrix Lehmann	76	UK	Actress	The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
August	??	Betty Henderson	72	UK	Actress	The 39 Steps The Maggie
	6	Kurt Kasznar	65	Austria	Actor	Kiss Me Kate Lili
	7	Vicente Salumbides	85	Philippines	Actor	Ibong Adarna Florante at Laura
	10	Dick Foran	69	US	Actor	The Petrified Forest Ride 'Em Cowboy
	17	Vivian Vance	70	US	Actress	The Great Race
	21	Stuart Heisler	82	US	Director	Tulsa I Died a Thousand Times
	30	Jean Seberg	40	US	Actress	Breathless Airport
September	1	Doris Kenyon	81	US	Actress	Alexander Hamilton The Road to Singapore
	2	Felix Aylmer	90	UK	Actor	Becket Hamlet
	12	Les Clark	71	US	Animator	Fantasia One Hundred and One Dalmatians
	12	Jocelyne LaGarde	54	Tahiti	Actress	Hawaii
	17	Willis Goldbeck	80	US	Screenwriter	Young Dr. Kildare The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
	22	Frederick Piper	76	UK	Actor	The 39 Steps The Man Who Knew Too Much
	23	Catherine Lacey	75	UK	Actress	The Lady Vanishes The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
	26	John Cromwell	91	US	Director	Of Human Bondage The Enchanted Cottage
	26	Arthur Hunnicutt	69	US	Actor	The Tall T El Dorado
	27	Gracie Fields	81	UK	Actress, Singer	Sally in Our Alley Holy Matrimony
October	1	Dorothy Arzner	82	US	Director	Craig's Wife Dance, Girl, Dance
	3	Dorothy Peterson	81	US	Actress	That Hagen Girl Payment Deferred
	12	Celia Lovsky	82	Austria	Actress	Foxfire I Mobster
	15	Geoffrey Moon	??	??	Actor	Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope The Hound of the Baskervilles
	17	John Stuart	81	UK	Actor	Superman Village of the Damned
	30	Graham Ashley	52	UK	Actor	Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope Hennessy
November	2	Saro Urzì	66	Italy	Actor	The Godfather Beat the Devil
	5	Amedeo Nazzari	71	Italy	Actor	Il bandito The Jester's Supper
	8	Sydney Tafler	63	UK	Actor	The Spy Who Loved Me Alfie
	11	Dimitri Tiomkin	85	Russia	Composer	High Noon The High and the Mighty
	20	Michael Darbyshire	62	UK	Actor, Writer	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang The Slipper and the Rose
	22	George Froeschel	88	US	Screenwriter	Mrs. Miniver Scaramouche
	23	Merle Oberon	68	US	Actress, Producer	Wuthering Heights The Scarlet Pimpernel
	30	Joyce Grenfell	69	UK	Actress	The Americanization of Emily Blue Murder at St Trinian's
	30	Zeppo Marx	78	US	Actor, Director	Duck Soup Monkey Business
December	5	Jesse Pearson	49	US	Actor	Bye Bye Birdie
	5	Lesley Selander	70	US	Director	Blackmail Flight to Mars
	9	James Neilson	70	US	Director	The Moon-Spinners Bon Voyage!
	10	Ann Dvorak	68	US	Actress	Scarface Three on a Match
	11	Claire Carleton	66	US	Actress	Girl from Havana Gildersleeve on Broadway
	12	Jon Hall	64	US	Actor, Director	The Hurricane Kit Carson
	22	George Pollock	72	UK	Director	Murder, She Said Ten Little Indians
	23	Ernest B. Schoedsack	86	US	Director, Cinematographer, Producer	King Kong The Most Dangerous Game
	25	Michael Collins	57	Canada	Actor	Goldfinger The Battle of the River Plate
	25	Lee Bowman	79	US	Actor	Love Affair Cover Girl
	25	Joan Blondell	73	US	Actress	Grease The Public Enemy

Debuts

Rosanna Arquette – More American Graffiti
Lorraine Bracco – Duos sur canapé
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
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

References

^ "Box Office Information for Kramer vs. Kramer". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 11, 2010.
^ "Box Office Information for The Amityville Horror". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
^ "Box Office Information for Rocky II". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 11, 2010.
^ "Box Office Information for Apocalypse Now". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 24 July 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2010.
^ "Box Office Information for Star Trek: The Motion Picture". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 11, 2010.
^ "Box Office Information for Alien". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 21 June 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2010.
^ "Box Office Information for 10". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 4 July 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2010.
^ "Box Office Information for The Jerk". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 11, 2010.
^ "Box Office Information for Moonraker". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 31 May 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2010.
^ "The Muppet Movie". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
^ "Box Office 1979". Box Office India. 20 October 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
^ "Pacific Exchange Rate Service (8.1258 INR per USD)" (PDF). UBC Sauder School of Business. University of British Columbia. 1979. p. 3. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
^ "FEATURE: Japanese Anime Magazine Retrospective: "Animage" in August 1979". Crunchyroll. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
^ "Currency converter in the past with official exchange rates from 1953". fxtop. August 4, 1979.
^ "«Месть и закон» (Sholay, 1975)". KinoPoisk (in Russian). Retrieved 3 February 2019.
^ Moscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that Lost the Cultural Cold War, page 48, Cornell University Press, 2011
^ "Archive". Central Bank of Russia. Archived from the original on 29 December 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
^ "The Ultimate Chart: 1–100". British Film Institute. 28 November 2004. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
^ "UK cinema average ticket price (£1.1332 in 1979)". Terra Media. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
^ "Pacific Exchange Rate Service (0.47218 GBP per USD)" (PDF). UBC Sauder School of Business. University of British Columbia. 1979. p. 3. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
^ Culture, Desk (27 March 2018). "Happy birthday, Shakib Khan". Daily Sun. Retrieved 14 January 2020.

^ 60 million tickets sold,^[15] average ticket price of 25 kopecks^[16]
^ 64.4 руб per $100 in 1979^[17]

[1] "Box Office Information for Kramer vs. Kramer". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 11, 2010.

[2] "Box Office Information for The Amityville Horror". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 27, 2012.

[3] "Box Office Information for Rocky II". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 11, 2010.

[4] "Box Office Information for Apocalypse Now". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 24 July 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2010.

[5] "Box Office Information for Star Trek: The Motion Picture". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 11, 2010.

[6] "Box Office Information for Alien". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 21 June 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2010.

[7] "Box Office Information for 10". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 4 July 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2010.

[8] "Box Office Information for The Jerk". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 11, 2010.

[9] "Box Office Information for Moonraker". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 31 May 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2010.

[mojo-10] "The Muppet Movie". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved April 7, 2014.

[11] "Box Office 1979". Box Office India. 20 October 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2018-03-06.

[12] "Pacific Exchange Rate Service (8.1258 INR per USD)" (PDF). UBC Sauder School of Business. University of British Columbia. 1979. p. 3. Retrieved 21 November 2017.

[13] "FEATURE: Japanese Anime Magazine Retrospective: "Animage" in August 1979". Crunchyroll. Retrieved March 19, 2012.

[14] "Currency converter in the past with official exchange rates from 1953". fxtop. August 4, 1979.

[kinopoisk-15] "«Месть и закон» (Sholay, 1975)". KinoPoisk (in Russian). Retrieved 3 February 2019.

[moscow7-16] Moscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that Lost the Cultural Cold War, page 48, Cornell University Press, 2011

[russia-18] "Archive". Central Bank of Russia. Archived from the original on 29 December 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2009.

[BFI-20] "The Ultimate Chart: 1–100". British Film Institute. 28 November 2004. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2013.

[21] "UK cinema average ticket price (£1.1332 in 1979)". Terra Media. Retrieved August 20, 2014.

[22] "Pacific Exchange Rate Service (0.47218 GBP per USD)" (PDF). UBC Sauder School of Business. University of British Columbia. 1979. p. 3. Retrieved 21 November 2017.

[23] Culture, Desk (27 March 2018). "Happy birthday, Shakib Khan". Daily Sun. Retrieved 14 January 2020.

[17] 60 million tickets sold,^[15] average ticket price of 25 kopecks^[16]

[19] 64.4 руб per $100 in 1979^[17]

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