Best Investigation movies of 1979

Actors : John Hurt, Veronica Cartwright, Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt,
Directors : Ridley Scott,

After a space merchant vessel perceives an unknown transmission as a distress call, its landing on the source moon finds one of the crew attacked by a mysterious life-form, and they soon realize that its life cycle has merely begun.

Actors : Reggie Bannister, A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Kathy Lester,
Directors : Don Coscarelli,

A teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber known only as the Tall Man, who keeps a lethal arsenal of terrible weapons with him.

Actors : Roger Moore, Michael Lonsdale, Richard Kiel, Lois Chiles,
Directors : Lewis Gilbert,

James Bond investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle, and discovers a plot to commit global genocide.

Actors : Samantha Eggar, Henry Beckman, Art Hindle, Oliver Reed,
Directors : David Cronenberg,

A man tries to uncover an unconventional psychologist's therapy techniques on his institutionalized wife, amidst a series of brutal murders.

Actors : David Warner, Malcolm McDowell, Mary Steenburgen, Charles Cioffi,
Directors : Nicholas Meyer,

H.G. Wells pursues Jack the Ripper to the 20th Century when the serial murderer uses the future writer's time machine to escape his time period.

Actors : James Mason, Susan Clark, Christopher Plummer, David Hemmings,
Directors : Bob Clark,

Sherlock Holmes investigates the murders commited by Jack the Ripper and discovers a conspiracy to protect the killer.

Actors : John Glover, Roy Scheider, Janet Margolin, Sam Levene,
Directors : Jonathan Demme,

Harry breaks down and loses his job after his wife is assassinated - could it be his turn next ?

Actors : Helen Morse, Vanessa Redgrave, Dustin Hoffman, Timothy Dalton,
Directors : Michael Apted,

A fictional account of the real life, eleven day, never explained 1926 disappearance of famed murder mystery writer Agatha Christie is presented. On a cold winter day, her damaged car with ...

Actors : Eli Wallach, Jeff Bridges, Anthony Perkins, John Huston,
Directors : William Richert,

The Pickering Commission concluded that a lone gunman killed US President Kegan in 1960, in Philadelphia. 19 years later a dying man confesses to be the real shooter hired to kill him. Kegan's brother and filthy rich father investigate.

Actors : Bernard Blier, Jean Carmet, Denise Gence, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Bertrand Blier,

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 ...

Actors : Jean-Pierre Bagot, Roland Amstutz, Michel Albertini, Yves Montand,
Directors : Henri Verneuil,

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.

Actors : Joop Doderer, Richard Attenborough, Derek Jacobi, Nicol Williamson,
Directors : Otto Preminger,

When a leak of information in the African Section of British Intelligence is discovered security man Daintry is brought in to investigate.

Actors : Barbara Steele, Cameron Mitchell, Avery Schreiber, Rebecca Balding,
Directors : Denny Harris,

During her first semester at college, a co-ed finds housing at a seaside mansion where, following the death of a fellow-student, she becomes entangled in a murder mystery surrounding the property and it's secretive tenants.

Actors : Andrew Byatt, Sandy Ratcliff, Lisa Kreuzer, David Beames,
Directors : Christopher Petit,

Set in 1970's Britain, a man drives from London to Bristol to investigate his brother's death. The purpose of his trip is offset by his encounters with a series of odd people.

Actors : Charles Grodin, Joan Collins, Art Carney, Farrah Fawcett,
Directors : Richard C. Sarafian,

After a rich old man dies in a suspicious car accident in Acapulco, his widow wants his insurance company to pony up $5 million. A hotshot investigator Decker (Grodin) and a charming model (Fawcett) come in to check it out.

Actors : Spede Pasanen, Vesa-Matti Loiri, Tapio Hämäläinen, Simo Salminen,
Directors : Spede Pasanen,

A scientist creates a fully grown test tube baby from the cells of a mathematician, and the two are frequently mistaken for each other by gangsters, private investigators, the police, and the baby's creator himself.

Actors : Leonora Fani, Jeff Blynn, Gianni Dei, Michele Renzullo,
Directors : Mario Landi,

In Venice a detective is on the trail of a killer who commits a double murder (a married couple) then more grisly killings occur. Sex, drugs, gore and perversions are ingredients of this sadistic and sleazy giallo.

Actors : Antonella Antinori, Anna Maria Rizzoli, Mario Cutini, Ray Lovelock,
Directors : Mario Gariazzo,

A reporter and his girlfriend investigate deaths surrounding a hotel where several prominent people go to have sex.

Actors : John Mills, Margaret Tyzack, Simon MacCorkindale, Barbara Kellerman,
Directors : Piers Haggard,

A separate screenplay by Nigel Kneale for theaters, parallel to the 1979 Quatermass four part mini-series. The story set in the near future involves influences from outer space that are possessing people. Professor Quatermass must save his granddaughter from the clutches of a popular and sinister cult "Planet People" that "performs raptures".

Actors : Roland Bertin, Claire Deluca, Michelle Marquais, Serge Avedikian,
Directors : Michel Drach,

A film version of author Gilles Perrault's best-selling book about the 1976 trial and execution of Christian Ranucci, the youth who was convicted with extremely inconclusive evidence of ...