Escape from Alcatraz(1979)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 17

Alcatraz is the most secure prison of its time. It is believed that no one can ever escape from it, until three daring men make a possible successful attempt at escaping from one of the most infamous prisons in the world.



...and justice for all.(1979)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 19

A lawyer is forced to defend a guilty judge, while defending other innocent clients, and trying to find punishment for the guilty and provide justice for the innocent.



The In-Laws(1979)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 15

On the eve of their children's marriage, NYC in-laws Sheldon Kornpett and Vince Ricardo embark on a series of misadventures involving the CIA, the Treasury Department and Central American dictators.



Scum(1979)

Combined Rating:
22
Combined Critics Rating: 6

An uncompromising story of life in a British juvenile offender institution in the 70's.



Over the Edge(1979)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 8

A group of bored teenagers rebel against authority in the community of New Granada after the death of one of their own.



The Onion Field(1979)

Combined Rating:
18
Combined Critics Rating: 10

Greg Powell is a disturbed ex-con who recruits Jimmy Smith (aka Jimmy Youngblood), a petty thief, as his partner in crime. Powell panics one night when the two of them are pulled over by a ...



When a Stranger Calls(1979)

Combined Rating:
17
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A psychopathic killer terrorizes a babysitter, then returns seven years later to menace her again.



The Troops & Aliens(1979)

Combined Rating:
15
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The bungling inspector Cruchot (Funès) finds himself trying to save the residents of St. Tropez from some oil-drinking humanoid aliens. The only way to tell the aliens from the real people,...



Fukushû suru wa ware ni ari(1979)

Combined Rating:
14
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Chronological exploits of Iwao Enokizu, a murderous thief on the lam.



Going in Style(1979)

Combined Rating:
13
Combined Critics Rating: 8

Three friends who are living on the dole decide to organize a bank robbery.



Buffet froid(1979)

Combined Rating:
12
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Black comedy about solitude and the dehumanization of the modern world, through the adventures of three men. First introduced is Alphonse Tram, an unemployed young man. His only neighbour ...



I... comme Icare(1979)

Combined Rating:
10
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Conspiracy thriller inspired by the conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination of JFK. After a fictional president is assassinated, a determined, tough prosecutor investigates the emerging conspiracy behind it.



A Force of One(1979)

Combined Rating:
9
Combined Critics Rating: 0

When the detectives of an undercover police unit are being mysteriously killed by a martial artist, a professional kickboxer is hired to assist them.



The North Avenue Irregulars(1979)

Combined Rating:
8
Combined Critics Rating: 6

When crooks set up operations in a traditional town, a minister and a group of church ladies are willing to do anything, no matter how wacky, to get them out.



Porridge(1979)

Combined Rating:
8
Combined Critics Rating: 0

This prison comedy is based on the popular British television series of the same name. Long time Slade prison inmate Fletcher is ordered by Grouty to arrange a football match between the ...



Série noire(1979)

Combined Rating:
7
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Franck Poupart is a slightly neurotic door-to-door salesman in a sinister part of Paris' suburbs. He meets Mona, a teenager, who's been made a prostitute by her own aunt. Franck would like ...



Die dritte Generation(1979)

Combined Rating:
6
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A mogul merrily funds terrorists to boost his computer sales, by panicking West German government and industry c. 1980, as the third generation of Western European left-wing activists forms...



Flic ou voyou(1979)

Combined Rating:
6
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Commissaire Stanislas Borowitz is going undercover as gangster Antonio Cerutti in order to expose corrupted policemen.



Disco Godfather(1979)

Combined Rating:
6
Combined Critics Rating: 4

A retired cop becomes a DJ/celebrity at the Blueberry Hill disco-- he's the "Disco Godfather!" All is well until his nephew flips out on a strange new drug that's sweeping the streets, ...



Bloodline(1979)

Combined Rating:
5
Combined Critics Rating: 0

When her father is murdered, a pharmaceutical heiress becomes the next target of an unknown killer amid the international jet set.




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