Best Drama movies of 1979

Actors : Renato Pozzetto, Max von Sydow, Shelley Winters, Alberto Lionello,
Directors : Mauro Bolognini,

Black Journal (originally titled Gran Bollito) is a 1977 Italian drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini. It is based on the real life events of Leonarda Cianciulli, the Italian serial killer best known as the "Soap-Maker of Correggio".

Actors : Ali MacGraw, Maximilian Schell, Dean Paul Martin, Pancho González,
Directors : Anthony Harvey,

A rising tennis star falls for an older woman engaged with a wealthy man she doesn't love. Will he become the next John McEnroe? Will she choose love over financial security?

Actors : Claude Brasseur, Marlène Jobert, Claude Rich, Georges Staquet,
Directors : Robin Davis,

Actors : Elsa Gay, Idalia Anreus, Samuel Claxton, Miguel Benavides,
Directors : Pastor Vega,

Teresa is overwhelmed: with a husband, three young sons, a job as a crew leader in a textile factory, and volunteer commitments as cultural leader of her union. Her husband, Ramón, wants ...

Actors : Michael Ontkean, Amy Irving, Barry Miller, Alex Rocco,
Directors : Robert Markowitz,

A young man meets a deaf teacher and finds she is a great dancer. He encourages her to follow her dream of becoming a professionaL dancer.

Actors : Donald Pleasence, Anne Heywood, Robert Vaughn, Earl Holliman,
Directors : Marvin J. Chomsky,

An abusive sexual relationship between a white spinster schoolteacher and an young black janitor in 1956 Kansas complicates her struggle to come to grips with her sexuality and emotions.

Actors : Jun Fubuki, Mikio Narita, Kei Satô, Yûsaku Matsuda,
Directors : Tôru Murakawa,

Yusaka Matsuda stars as a seemingly run-of-the-mill corporate salary man who leads a double life as a vicious criminal by night. In a delicious scheme of payback, he seeks to dominate the ...

Actors : Michel Auclair, Marthe Villalonga, Jacques Duby, Roger Hanin,
Directors : Alexandre Arcady,

Actors : Susan Sarandon, David Steinberg, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Marilyn Sokol,
Directors : David Helpern,

A romantic comedy revolving around the on-again, off-again relationship of a young New York couple.

Actors : Seema, Mustafa Qureshi, Aasia, Sultan Rahi,
Directors : Yunus Malik,

Maula Jat tells the true story of it's eponymous hero's blood feud with the local "gunda" Nuri Nath.

Actors : Reyes Poveda, José Febles, Ángel Fernández Franco, Teresa Giménez,
Directors : José Antonio de la Loma,

A veteran policeman named Fernando feels a lot of hatred against Ángel because the boy ran him over with a car leaving him lame. Now Fernando accuses the young crook of having participated ...

Actors : Farooq Shaikh, Iftekhar, Poonam Dhillon, Madan Puri,
Directors : Manmohan Krishna,

NOORIE tells a simple and touching story of Noorie and Yusuf's fearless love and dream at all cost.

Actors : Jun Aki, Yûki Mizuhara, Reiko Fujinami, Keizô Kanie,
Directors : Chûsei Sone,

When a writer for a porn magazine, watches a "rape" porn that is set in a school, he becomes obsessed with the lead actress, Nami, and tries to find her. He meets her by chance as he arrives for a shoot at a hotel.

Actors : Erzsi Pásztor, Vera Pap, Éva Szabó, Tamás Dunai,
Directors : Pál Gábor,

Actors : Ole Dupont, Jannie Faurschou, Aksel Erhardtsen, Allan Olsen,
Directors : Morten Arnfred,

The coming of age of a young man in the 1950s.

Actors : Suzan Cameron, Liz Saville, Sebastian Saville, Louise Temple,

The Anti-Clock project takes Joseph Sapha though the shadows of his past to confront that mirror image of the self that condemns us all - a blind automaton whose words are simply the ...

Actors : Jutta Lampe, Konstantin Wecker, Jessica Früh, Gudrun Gabriel,
Directors : Margarethe von Trotta,

Sisters Maria and Anna live together. Maria is a most proficient executive secretary, encouraging Anna to finish her studies and start a career. Anna broods, threatens to quit university, ...

Actors : Necla Nazir, Yaman Okay, Erol Keskin, Tarik Akan,
Directors : Atif Yilmaz,

Actors : Horst Buchholz, George Hamilton, George Peppard, Anny Duperey,
Directors : Umberto Lenzi,

In 1939, at a Paris café, six friends of various nationalities vow to meet again at the same spot after the end of WW2.

Actors : Jacques Dutronc, Paul Préboist, Jacques Villeret, Catherine Deneuve,
Directors : Claude Lelouch,