Best Female Lead movies of 1979

Actors : Félix Rotaeta, José Lage, Carmen Maura, Héctor Alterio,
Directors : Fernando Colomo,

Rosa, separated and with two children, has to endure the jealousy of her ex-husband, and lives anguished because he continues trying to control her life. Through a friend she knows the ...

Actors : Fernando Arrabal, Tilo Prückner, Carline Seiser, Helmut Griem,
Directors : Peter Fleischmann,

The BRD is haunted by a mysterious, deadly plague. In Hamburg, a group of people head for an odyssey through the country to search for survivors and a rescue.

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 : Isabela Corona, María Rebeca, Manuel Ojeda, Diana Bracho,
Directors : Arturo Ripstein,

Old aunt Alejandra goes to live with a Mexican middle-class family; she's bitter and the children tease her and make her life miserable, but the old woman is truly a witch, and takes revenge.

Actors : Magdalena Montezuma, Tabea Blumenschein, Lutze, Orpha Termin,
Directors : Ulrike Ottinger,

A woman given to us as a "trinkerin" is having a special tour in Berlin, she bought herself a single way ticket, and start drinking everywhere she can....

Actors : Rodna Yeshonov, Feliks Sergeyev, Olga Yenzak, Vladimir Kruglov,
Directors : Boris Buneev,

A team of surveyors in Siberia enlist the help of native Evenk guides to solve a string of disappearances on the dreaded mountain Yambuy.

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

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

Actors : Adele Fátima, Costinha, Denis Derkian, Meiry Vieira,
Directors : Oswaldo de Oliveira,

Erotic spoof of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Actors : Olga Ageyeva, Natalya Fateeva, Boris Zajdenberg, Galina Belyaeva,
Directors : Viktor Sadovsky,

The story of a Russian record-breaking female swimmer, Nadya Privalova, who suffered from a stage fright syndrome.

Actors : Ana Harpo, Sara Lezana, Paul Naschy, David Rocha,
Directors : Paul Naschy,

The devil, following in the footsteps of Christ, decides to become flesh and take a stroll around Earth to see how humans have progressed, and have a little fun creating havoc and mayhem in the process.

Actors : Gino Felici, Lori Pelosini, Guido Lombardi, Olimpia Carlisi,

Two segments. The first one arranges six stories from Cesare Pavese's "Dialoghi con Leucò", taken from classical mythology. The second segment is taken from Pavese's novel "La luna e i falò...

Actors : Kristine DeBell, Wally Ann Wharton, Jason Williams, Anthony Lewis,
Directors : Jeff Werner,

A bus-load containing three cheer-leading teams from 3 different schools who are heading to compete against each other is hijacked by terrorists and the girls are kidnapped.

Actors : Jun Aki, Miyako Yamaguchi, Yuki Nohira, Yûko Akane,
Directors : Kôyû Ohara,

After being brutally raped, a young woman attempts to commit suicide. A priest talks her out of it and she decides to become a nun. Once inside the convent, she is again a victim of sexual abuse.

Actors : Anne Jackson, Marilyn Hassett, Jameson Parker, Julie Harris,
Directors : Larry Peerce,

As the horrors beneath the idealized 1950's come about, a successful young woman finds herself having a serious mental breakdown when she returns to New England.

Actors : Monique van de Ven, Marijke Merckens, Maria Schneider, Peter Faber,
Directors : Nouchka van Brakel,

Young mother of two Eva is send on holiday to France by her husband to relief her stress. There she meets lesbian Liliane who lives in a commune.

Actors : Dana Preu, David Peck, Gene Densmore, J. Smith-Cameron,
Directors : Victor Nunez,

Gal Young 'Un centers on a spinster woman who lives alone in the woods of north Florida until she is swept off her feet by an opportunistic bootlegger. He marries her for her place and her ...

Actors : Richard Crenna, Linda Sorensen, Belinda Montgomery, Paul Williams,
Directors : George Mendeluk,

Sergeant Boyd's police search to find a sniper who has been shooting hookers.

Actors : Lino Banfi, Alvaro Vitali, Pippo Santonastaso, Gloria Guida,
Directors : Nando Cicero,

3 short stories directed by Nando Cicero.

Actors : Inger Johanne Byhring, Anne-Cath Vestly, Jon Eikemo, Eli Skolmen Ryg,
Directors : Espen Thorstenson,

The eight kids Maren, Martin, Marte, Mads, Mona, Milly, Mina and Morten has moved with their parents and grandmother from the tiny apartment in the city to a cozy, red house in the forest. ...

Actors : John Phillip Law, Valentina Cortese, Frank Finlay, Anne Heywood,
Directors : Pier Carpi,

Four women make a pact with the Devil. The 13-year-old daughter of one of them has begun to shown signs of a dark nature which causes preoccupation and somewhat regret on her mother.