Best Female Lead movies of 1979

Actors : Jacqueline Bisset, Maximilian Schell, Terence Stamp, Monica Guerritore,
Directors : Armenia Balducci,

A women is trying to change her life for the better, but everything and everyone in her life is giving her more headache than joy.

Actors : Chung Kwan, Sylvia Chang, Norman Chu, Angie Chiu,
Directors : Ann Hui,

A real murder case which was complicated by the minage ' trois relationship of the victim and the main suspects. As different witnesses narrated their conflicting stories, the case seemed ...

Actors : Paule Baillargeon, Pierre Harel, Jean-Guy Moreau,
Directors : Pierre Harel,

Quand ils se sont aperçus dans une garden party, ils ont tout de suite compris qu'ils étaient faits l'un pour l'autre. L'irrésistible Star foule aux pieds ses admirateurs et se laisse ...

Actors : Marja-Leena Kouki, Adolf Hitler, Vesa Repo, Pekka Lehto,

A small finnish village gets occupied by the soviets in the fall of 1939. The villagers end up working together with the occupants, especially since the soviets have among them finnish speaking propaganda people.

Actors : Jenny Cunningham, Liam Neeson, Tina Heath, Maurice O'Callaghan,
Directors : Ken Anderson,

Sequel to Pilgrim's Progress. Christiana decides to follow in her husband's footsteps and make a pilgrimage to the Celestial City with her children and a friend.

Actors : Bill Boatman, J.J. Cale, Larry Bell, Ambrose Campbell,
Directors : Robert Garofalo,

J.J. Cale recorded live at Leon Russel's Paradise Studios in Los Angeles, Ca. in June 1979. Re-discovered i Nashville in 2001 and restored and digitally re-mastered.

Actors : Norma Herrera, Sandra Chávez, Yolanda del Río, Jaime Moreno,
Directors : Alberto Mariscal,

A Mexican indigenous woman is segregated in her native town for having fair skin.

Actors : Carla Celis, Fernando Martín, Víctor Petit, Azucena Hernández,
Directors : Miguel Madrid,

A sex party at a movie producer's house ends with traumatic results for a young couple.

Actors : Mario Carotenuto, Carlo Giuffrè, Enzo Valli, Rosa Fumetto,
Directors : Franco Bottari,

The young widow of an ice-cream vendor is persuaded by the town mayor to stay in a small 'trullo' instead of leaving town. Though several townsmen show an interest in her, Maddalena remains...

Actors : Georgi Kadurin, Tatyana Tzvetkova, Nikolay Kolev, Nikolay Georgiev,
Directors : Liliana Pencheva,

Silviya is an excellent student, favorite of the teachers, but she does not do well in math. Silviya puts a comma in the school journal between the number 1 and 9 in the absences column in ...

Actors : Charito Solis, Ric Rodrigo, Rio Locsin, Lolita Rodriguez,
Directors : Lino Brocka,

Pura, who has been gone for 20 years, returns to her father's house. Her arrival reignites a bitter rivalry she has with her half-sister, Emilia, which sets the entire household astir.

Actors : Ofra Haza, Hana Aharonson, Uri Alon, Keren Barak,
Directors : George Obadiah,

Vered, an attractive blind singer, meets and is befriended by three students. The trio decides to save enough money for the surgery which may restore Vered's sight. After many attempts, two...

Actors : Hema Malini, Shreeram Lagoo, Shammi Kapoor, Vinod Khanna,
Directors : Gulzar,

Circa Mughal rule in India, the Rajputs get together to discuss the ouster of Badshah Akbar, who is now the Emperor of Hindustan (India). Prominent amongst the Rajputs are Virendev Rathod, ...

Actors : Debbie Chou, Tien Hsiang Lung, Fei Lung,

A group of lovely pearl divers on the Taiwan coast call on the help of an expert martial artist when they start to get exploited by a group of ruthless triads.

Actors : Jeff Blynn, Gianni Garko, Mario Merola, Antonio Sabato,
Directors : Alfonso Brescia,

With the American Mafia families pooling their resources to bring huge quantities of cheap heroin into the country, it's up to customs official Ivano Radevic to allow the authorities to intercept the drugs en route to the USA.

Actors : Tony Gacon, Vincent Meehan, Colette Laffont, Rose English,
Directors : Sally Potter,

What happens after the curtain falls on the death of Mimi, tragic heroine of Puccini's La boh?me? In Thriller, Mimi teams up with the opera's comic heroine Musetta to investigate her own death.

Actors : Dhumal, Nargis Banu, Master Bhagwan, Sanjivani Bhosle,
Directors : Murlidhar Kapdi,

Kalyani lives a middle-class lifestyle in Daulat Nagar, with her mom and dad, Sindhu Madhav Shastri, who practices medicine. She re-locates to the city, graduates, and returns back to teach...

Actors : Joel Colodner, Ted Le Plat, Nancy Snyder, Nancy Boykin,
Directors : Jonathan Sarno,

Laurie believes that it's possible to communicate with plants via telepathy and devotes all her time and love to them. Her plants do warn her of her sister Rilla's new boyfriend Robert. ...

Actors : Yeong-ha Lee, Deok-hwa Lee, Geun-hyeong Park, Yeong-ran Kim,
Directors : Cheol-su Park,

Ga-hie, a teacher, is raped one night while on her way to meet her boyfriend, Yeong-woo. Later, she recognizes the face of her rapist on a poster advertising a boxing match. Going to the ...

Actors : Jimmy Drankovitch, Jane August, Sally Schermerhorn, Reggie De Morton,
Directors : Bart La Rue,

Unseen satanic forces terrorize a young married couple in their new home.