Best Family movies of 1979

Actors : Jim Henson, Richard Hunt, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson,
Directors : James Frawley,

Kermit and his newfound friends trek across America to find success in Hollywood, but a frog-legs merchant is after Kermit.

Actors : Mickey Rooney, Kelly Reno, Teri Garr, Clarence Muse,
Directors : Carroll Ballard,

While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion who is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it tragically sinks ...

Actors : Eiko Masuyama, Makio Inoue, Yasuo Yamada, Kiyoshi Kobayashi,
Directors : Hayao Miyazaki,

A flamboyant thief and his gang struggle to free a princess from an evil count's clutches and to learn the hidden secret to a fabulous treasure that she holds part of a key to.

Actors : Nicolai Shutorov, Arthur Q. Bryan, Paul Julian, Mel Blanc,

Bugs Bunny reflects on his past cartoon exploits.

Actors : Bud Spencer, Cary Guffey, Raimund Harmstorf, Joe Bugner,
Directors : Michele Lupo,

A young humanoid alien who gets stranded on earth hooks up with a grizzled old sheriff in a western town and tries to help him solve a tough case, but the sheriff doesn't want any help from a "kid."

Actors : Don Knotts, Tim Matheson, Tim Conway, Kenneth Mars,
Directors : Vincent McEveety,

The adventures of two idiotic outlaw wannabees, Amos and Theodore.

Actors : Brian Deacon, Rivka Neuman, Niko Nitai, Alexander Scourby,

Jesus of Nazareth,the son of God raised by a Jewish carpenter. Based on the gospel of Luke in the New Testament,here is the life of Jesus from the miraculous virgin birth to the calling of ...

Actors : Monica Nordquist, Björn Granath, Liv Alsterlund, Jonna Liljendahl,
Directors : Göran Graffman,

Madicken is a Swedish girl from the upper level family, growing up during the time of first world war which did not include Sweden. She lives happily with her family, experiencing the world and making brave and crazy things.

Actors : Haradhan Bannerjee, Parinita Banerjee, Satya Bannerjee, Soumitra Chatterjee,
Directors : Satyajit Ray,

This is the second film about the detective Feluda (Soumitra Chatterjee) set in the holy city of Benares, where he (along with his cousin, Topshe and friend, Lalmohan Ganguly) goes for a ...

Actors : Jim Dale, Kenneth More, Dennis Dugan, Ron Moody,
Directors : Russ Mayberry,

An astronaut and his android double travel back to the time of King Arthur.

Actors : Conrad Bain, Wesley Eure, Valerie Bertinelli, Chuck McCann,
Directors : Don Chaffey,

A young man invents a robot dog that has super strength, x-ray vision and can detect crimes being committed. A greedy businessman tries to steal the invention from him.

Actors : Sayuri Yoshinaga, Kazuo Kitamura, Jun'ya Katô, Kirin Kiki,

A young boy has to make a voyage to a distant lake to save his mother, who has been turned into a dragon.

Actors : Sean Grady, Jim Fitzpatrick, Larry Brodsky, Alan Bowers,
Directors : David Jamison,

Steve Street is about to lead his Highschool Football team to the City Championship, when he's diagnosed with cancer.

Actors : Edward Underdown, Peter Ustinov, Peter Bennett, Brenda Cavendish,
Directors : David Cobham,

A family film which follows the life of a real otter and its adventures in the wild.

Actors : Heather Rattray, Robert Logan, Ham Larsen, Susan Damante,
Directors : Jack Couffer,

The family who went "back to nature" by homesteading in the Colorado Rockies is threatened by possible federal opposition to their mining claims on the land they moved to.

Actors : Roberto Gómez Bolaños, Carlos Villagrán, Florinda Meza, Ramón Valdés,
Directors : Enrique Segoviano,

The life of an untalented, but extremely kind waterboy who works for a Mexican soccer team, and how his life unexpectedly changed, when his wife fell pregnant.

Actors : Radoslav Brzobohatý, Vladimír Mensík, Libuse Safránková, Juraj Durdiak,
Directors : Václav Vorlícek,

The old King (Vladimír Mensík) is not satisfied with his four children. It is high time for the Princesses to get married and for the Prince to assume the reign. Once the King sets out to ...

Actors : Hema Malini, Zeenat Aman, Prem Chopra, Dharmendra,

Alibaba, (Dharmendra) a native of Guleba is in love with Marjina (Hema Malini). The town has a ruler, Abu Hasan. Guleban is terrorized by dacoits. Ali Baba hears the password to the door of...

Actors : Maureen McCormick, Lorenzo Lamas, Kathleen Lloyd, Edward Herrmann,
Directors : Kieth Merrill,

An unqualified teacher finds himself saddled with coaching duties after a small group of high school seniors form a wrestling team in a last ditch effort to end a 9-year losing streak against a rival school.

Actors : Ed 'Too Tall' Jones, Elke Sommer, Ernest Borgnine, George Kennedy,
Directors : Joe Camp,

Some school kids stumble across a briefcase full of money, when they go back for it, they find a body instead. When they bring the police, neither is there, and the police refuses to ...