Best Drama movies of 1979

Actors : Valerie Harper, Joseph Bologna, James Caan, Marsha Mason,
Directors : Robert Moore,

George Schneider is an author whose wife had just died. His brother Leo gives him the number of Jennie Malone, and somehow they hit it off. And just when things are moving along, the memory...

Actors : Bogdan Diklic, Dragan Nikolic, Rade Markovic, Gorica Popovic,
Directors : Goran Markovic,

One week in a life of Branimir Mitrovic "Floyd", a young rally driver from the National Class (up to 785cc), dreaming of promotion to the higher category. He lives a carefree life of a ...

Actors : Keith Carradine, Talia Shire, John Belushi, Richard Jordan,
Directors : Joan Tewkesbury,

When her marriage falls apart, a psychiatrist seeks out those of her former boyfriends who left the biggest impact on her life, mostly in a bad way.

Actors : Natalya Gundareva, Evgeniy Leonov, Oleg Basilashvili, Marina Neyolova,
Directors : Georgiy Daneliya,

School teacher is cheating on his wife and lies about it.

Actors : Ray Bolger, Kathleen Quinlan, Maureen Stapleton, Dick Van Dyke,
Directors : Stanley Kramer,

Father Rivard is a priest in a small, economically depressed coal mining town. Working on what he thinks is a "controversial" work, he lives with the brutal lives of his poor parishioners, ...

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 : Shashi Kapoor, Rakhee Gulzar, Shatrughan Sinha, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Yash Chopra,

Inspired by a true mining tragedy the film is about people from all walks of life showing courage and character to fight the forces of nature.

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 : Pai Wei, Biao Yuen, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Tak-Hing Kwan,
Directors : Woo-Ping Yuen,

A plump butcher student of Wong Fei Hung, Lam Sai-Wing (Sammo) gets into trouble with a rival kung-fu school known as Five Dragons and is accused of raping the head of that school's ...

Actors : Patrick Dewaere, Bernard Blier, Marie Trintignant, Myriam Boyer,
Directors : Alain Corneau,

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 ...

Actors : Robert Hogan, Pamela Sue Martin, Robert Conrad, Louise Fletcher,
Directors : Lewis Teague,

1930's gangster era film about Dillinger and his last girl. Written by John Sayles.

Actors : Beverly Johnson, Peter Ustinov, Michael Caine, Kabir Bedi,
Directors : Richard Fleischer,

Dr. Anansa Linderby is kidnapped in a medical mission in Africa by a slave trader. From this moment, her husband will do anything to recover her and to punish the bad guys, but that will be not an easy task.

Actors : Vitali Solomin, Nikita Mikhalkov, Sergey Shakurov, Natalya Andreychenko,
Directors : Andrey Konchalovskiy,

The story about a very small god-forgotten village in Siberia reflects the history of Russia from the beginning of the century till early 80s. Three generations try to find the land of ...

Actors : Sener Sen, Ilyas Salman, Adile Nasit, Münir Özkul,
Directors : Ertem Egilmez,

Bilo falls in love with Cano whom his family is in the blood feud.

Actors : Alain Cuny, Lea Massari, Paolo Bonacelli, Gian Maria Volontè,
Directors : Francesco Rosi,

In the fascist Italy of 1935, a painter trained as a doctor is exiled to a remote region near Eboli. Over time, he learns to appreciate the beauty and wisdom of the peasants, and to ...

Actors : Carol Speed, Jimmy Lynch, Rudy Ray Moore, Jerry Jones,
Directors : J. Robert Wagoner,

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, ...

Actors : Nora Miao, James Tien, Yin-Ju Lin, Jackie Chan,
Directors : Wei Lo,

A dishonored student of the Dragon Fist Sect seeks revenge for the death of his teacher.

Actors : Beverly Garland, Jim Bray, Linda Blair, Roger Perry,
Directors : Mark L. Lester,

Skaters band together to keep their roller-disco open.

Actors : Rip Torn, Barry Primus, Conchata Ferrell, Megan Folsom,
Directors : Richard Pearce,

A widow with a young daughter travels to a ranch in Wyoming to manage the household of a rancher. After a while the man and woman develop a relationship that leads to a marriage. But life in the harsh place takes its toll.

Actors : Monica Nordquist, Liv Alsterlund, Björn Granath, 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.