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1. A Horse Called Jester (1979)
55 min | Family
Horse turned detective, and communicates with children, helping them to foil a dairy robbery.
Director: Ken Fairbairn | Stars: Sadie Frost, Michael Sampson, Mark Deamer, Heidi Smith
Votes: 16
2. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1980)
102 min | Comedy, Crime
Released from a British prison, an American is hired as an electrician for a London bank but his criminal acquaintances show-up and force the reluctant Yank to join them as the inside-man in a well-planned bank heist.
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Richard Jordan, Oliver Tobias, David Niven, Elke Sommer
Votes: 489
3. A Question of Faith (1979)
97 min | Biography, Drama
The last days of famous Russian author Leo Tolstoy which are paralleled with one of his last stories - The Death of Ivan Ilyich - about a man who is happy with his life until he finds out he's sick and is about to die.
Director: Colin Nears | Stars: Harry Andrews, Alan Dobie, Rosemary Leach, Annette Crosbie
Votes: 22
5. A Sense of Freedom (1981)
81 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The life and imprisonment of Glasgow hard man and gangster Jimmy Boyle.
Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: David Hayman, Jake D'Arcy, Sean Scanlan, Alex Norton
Votes: 614
6. A Touch of the Sun (1979)
85 min | Comedy
A bumbling US marine Captain is assigned to retrieve a space capsule from a despotic African ruler.
Director: Peter Curran | Stars: Oliver Reed, Sylvaine Charlet, Peter Cushing, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 372
7. Agatha (1979)
PG | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
December 1926, Agatha Christie's husband asks for a divorce. She leaves her car and goes missing 11 days. She books into a hotel as Mrs. Neele. Fiction: A US reporter looks for her and investigates.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Vanessa Redgrave, Timothy Dalton, Helen Morse
Votes: 3,589 | Gross: $7.50M
8. Alien (1979)
R | 117 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
The crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Veronica Cartwright
Votes: 951,080 | Gross: $78.90M
9. All the Fun of the Fair (1979)
90 min
Director: Glyn Edwards | Stars: David Boyce, David Calder, Jacquey Chappell, Peter Childs
10. Anti-Clock (1979)
96 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
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 ... See full summary »
Directors: Jane Arden, Jack Bond | Stars: Sebastian Saville, Suzan Cameron, Tom Gerrard, Elizabeth Saville
Votes: 237
11. Arabian Adventure (1979)
G | 98 min | Adventure, Fantasy
An evil magician seeks to gain power by obtaining a magic rose. A peasant boy and a Prince join forces to stop him.
Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Christopher Lee, Milo O'Shea, Oliver Tobias, Emma Samms
Votes: 1,150
12. Bear Island (1979)
PG | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
On the remote Norwegian Bear Island, used as a submarine base by the Germans during World War II, U.N. scientist Larsen sends a distress signal using an emergency N.A.T.O. frequency, and is received by scientific vessel Morning Rose.
Director: Don Sharp | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee
Votes: 2,734
13. Big Wheels and Sailor (1979)
55 min | Adventure, Family
The children of long-distance lorry drivers are taken prisoner by a gang of lorry hijackers led by the owner of a cab company, but the captive children have a trick or two up their sleeves.
Director: Doug Aitken | Stars: Nigel Humphreys, Matthew Wright, Victoria Gibson, Julian Curry
Votes: 21
14. Black Island (1979)
46 min | Thriller
Joe and Michael, 13-year-old Brits, become separated from their class outing, stranded on a small island, and captured by armed men.
Director: Ben Bolt | Stars: Martin Murphy, Michael Salmon, Michael Elphick, Allan Surtees
Votes: 54
15. Black Jack (1979)
R | 105 min | Adventure, Comedy
When honest young Tolly is forced on the run with 'Black Jack,' adventure and mishap are never far away. Based on Leon Garfield's popular novel, Ken Loach's 'Black Jack' is a dark, complex adventure film set in the 18th century.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Stephen Hirst, Louise Cooper, Jean Franval, Phil Askham
Votes: 761
17. Boys and Girls Together (1979)
57 min | Comedy, Drama
Six members of a multi-cultural household in Hampstead, north London, explore their innermost fantasies.
Director: Ralph Lawrence Marsden | Stars: Helen FitzGerald, Roger Furse, Christine Maskelle, Paul Ong
Votes: 14
19. Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair (1979)
97 min | Comedy
Playboy David Galaxy is a suspect in a robbery case and needs an alibi, and the only credible witness to his innocence won't help. He also has to prove his mettle with "the only woman in the world who's never had an orgasm."
Director: Willy Roe | Stars: Alan Lake, Glynn Edwards, Anthony Booth, Diana Dors
Votes: 224
20. Correction, Please or How We Got Into Pictures (1979)
50 min | Drama
A narrative about a young man who is sent to deliver a letter to a Countess is edited into footage and analyses of early, silent cinema.
Director: Noël Burch | Stars: Sue Lloyd, Jeff Rawle, Lea Brodie, Jimmy Gardner
Votes: 8
21. From the Cloud to the Resistance (1979)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama
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... See full summary »
Directors: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub | Stars: Olimpia Carlisi, Guido Lombardi, Gino Felici, Lori Pelosini
Votes: 483
22. Derek and Clive Get the Horn (1979)
Unrated | 89 min | Comedy
Russell Mulcahy (of "Highlander" fame) films British comedy luminaries Peter Cook and Dudley Moore recording their last comedy album featuring two of their most beloved characters, lavatory... See full summary »
Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Dudley Moore, Peter Cook, Judy Huxtable, Nicola Austin
Votes: 442
23. Disco Mania (1979)
25 min | Short, Drama
A shy teenager, obsessed with disco dancing, fantasizes that he is the John Travolta of his local discotheque.
Director: Oscar Riesel | Stars: Stuart MacKenzie, Erica Lynley, Caroline Sergeant, Lynn Morgan
24. Dominique (1979)
PG | 100 min | Horror, Thriller
A millionaire, who drove his wife to commit suicide, starts believing that he is being haunted by her spirit.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Jean Simmons, Jenny Agutter, Simon Ward
Votes: 1,177
25. Dracula (1979)
R | 109 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
In 1913, the charming, seductive and sinister vampire Count Dracula travels to England in search of an immortal bride.
Director: John Badham | Stars: Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence, Kate Nelligan
Votes: 11,112 | Gross: $20.16M
26. Eagle's Wing (1979)
PG | 111 min | Western
A white trapper steals a white mustang called "Eagle Wing" from a Kiowa Indian, who pursues him to get his horse back.
Director: Anthony Harvey | Stars: Martin Sheen, Sam Waterston, Harvey Keitel, Stéphane Audran
Votes: 926
27. Electric Eskimo (1979)
57 min | Family, Sci-Fi
A young Eskimo boy accidentally gets hit by a mysterious ray during a secret British experiment and finds that he is now electrified.
Director: Frank Godwin | Stars: Tom Chadbon, Ivor Danvers, Kris Emmerson, Derek Francis
Votes: 47
28. Emily: Third Party Speculation (1979)
62 min
Director: Malcolm le Grice | Star: Malcolm le Grice
29. Escape to Athena (1979)
PG | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A World War II adventure involving a group of Allied P.O.W.s, Nazis, black market priceless art treasures, Greek resistance, a Greek monastery, and a secret German rocket base.
Director: George P. Cosmatos | Stars: Roger Moore, Telly Savalas, David Niven, Stefanie Powers
Votes: 5,836
30. Firepower (1979)
R | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A merc is hired by the F.B.I. to track down a powerful recluse criminal. A woman is also trying to track him down for her own personal vendetta.
Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Sophia Loren, James Coburn, O.J. Simpson, Eli Wallach
Votes: 1,134
31. Game for Vultures (1979)
R | 113 min | Action, Drama, War
The South African businessman David Swansey (Richard Harris) is delivering illegal German helicopters to Rhodesia. That makes patriot Gideon Marunga (Richard Roundtree) an angry man.
Director: James Fargo | Stars: Richard Harris, Richard Roundtree, Joan Collins, Ray Milland
Votes: 389
32. Hanover Street (1979)
PG | 109 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Margaret is a nurse in England during WW2, and married to a secret agent. Things get complicated when she falls for David, an American pilot.
Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down, Christopher Plummer, Alec McCowen
Votes: 5,932 | Gross: $3.00M
33. Home Before Midnight (1979)
111 min | Drama
A successful rock lyricist becomes romantically involved with a girl he picks up hitchhiking only to learn that she is only fourteen. Her parents take action against him.
Director: Pete Walker | Stars: James Aubrey, Alison Elliott, Mark Burns, Juliet Harmer
Votes: 287
34. Intravenous (1979)
Drama
Director: Tony Ward | Stars: Serge Martynov, Sofia Hedman, Orlando Campbell
35. King Solomon's Treasure (1979)
88 min | Adventure, Fantasy
Three adventurers lead an expedition into darkest Africa in search of the treasure of King Solomon, and on the way encounter hostile natives, volcanoes, dinosaurs and a lost Phoenician city ruled by a beautiful queen.
Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: David McCallum, John Colicos, Patrick Macnee, Britt Ekland
Votes: 329
36. Undercover Lover (1979)
R | 78 min | Action, Comedy
A British secret agent sent to America to rescue a nobleman comes up against an evil genius who is replacing people in important positions with clones who will do his bidding.
Director: Lindsay Shonteff | Stars: Gareth Hunt, Nick Tate, Fiona Curzon, Gary Hope
Votes: 147
37. Life of Brian (1979)
R | 94 min | Comedy
Born on the original Christmas in the stable next door to Jesus Christ, Brian of Nazareth spends his life being mistaken for a messiah.
Director: Terry Jones | Stars: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam
Votes: 421,889 | Gross: $20.05M
38. Lost and Found (1979)
PG | 106 min | Comedy
An American widower and a British divorcée keep running into each other and marry. But when the marriage loses its bloom, they try to separate, yet can’t stop finding their way back together.
Director: Melvin Frank | Stars: George Segal, Glenda Jackson, Maureen Stapleton, Hollis McLaren
Votes: 394 | Gross: $3.22M
39. Love and Bullets (1979)
PG | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Arizona cop is sent to Switzerland to bring in the girlfriend of a dangerous mobster so she can testify against him. The mobster sends someone too - assassins.
Directors: Stuart Rosenberg, John Huston | Stars: Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Rod Steiger, Henry Silva
Votes: 2,341
40. Meetings with Remarkable Men (1979)
G | 108 min | Biography, Drama
G.I. Gurdjieff is a spiritual teacher and mystic who, after a lifetime study, developed a form of meditation incorporating modern dance.
Director: Peter Brook | Stars: Dragan Maksimovic, Terence Stamp, Mikica Dimitrijevic, Athol Fugard
Votes: 1,195
41. Moonraker (1979)
PG | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
James Bond investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle, and discovers a plot to commit global genocide.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, Michael Lonsdale, Richard Kiel
Votes: 108,822 | Gross: $70.31M
42. Mr. Selkie (1979)
52 min | Family
Mr. Selkie is a seal who comes ashore in the shape of a man during full moon. He helps some children in an anti-pollution campaign.
Director: Anthony Squire | Stars: Samantha Weysom, Clark Flanagan, Michael Mannion, Peter Bayliss
Votes: 17
43. Murder by Decree (1979)
PG | 124 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Sherlock Holmes investigates the murders commited by Jack the Ripper and discovers a conspiracy to protect the killer.
Director: Bob Clark | Stars: Christopher Plummer, James Mason, David Hemmings, Susan Clark
Votes: 6,599
44. Music from the Death Factory (1979)
Stars: Chris Carter, Peter Christopherson, Genesis P-Orridge, Throbbing Gristle
45. Spaced Out (1979)
R | 84 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Three specimens from a female race of aliens crash land in England and abduct four earthlings by accident. They decide to use the opportunity to start experimenting. On the males.
Director: Norman J. Warren | Stars: Barry Stokes, Tony Maiden, Glory Annen, Michael Rowlatt
Votes: 742
46. Quadrophenia (1979)
R | 120 min | Drama, Music
Jimmy Cooper loathes his dead-end job and his working-class parents. He seeks solace with his mod clique, scooter riding, and drugs, only to be disappointed.
Director: Franc Roddam | Stars: Phil Daniels, Leslie Ash, Phil Davis, Mark Wingett
Votes: 20,877
47. Queen of the Blues (1979)
62 min | Drama
A seedy striptease club in London's West End becomes the target for unpleasant crooks. The club's owners are blackmailed into paying out large wads of cash, but star attraction Mary Millington saves the day with her energetic stripping.
Director: Willy Roe | Stars: Mary Millington, Rosemary England, John M. East, Allan Warren
Votes: 177
48. Quincy's Quest (1979)
G | 80 min | Family, Fantasy
It's the night before Christmas, and all toy store rejects are due to be tossed into the furnace. This includes Quincy, a most lifelike doll. In a last ditch effort to save himself and his ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Reed | Stars: Tommy Steele, Mel Martin, Charles Morgan, Frederick Schiller
Votes: 159
49. Radio On (1979)
104 min | Drama, Music, Mystery
In 1970s Britain, a man drives from London to Bristol to investigate his brother's death, and the purpose of his trip is offset by his encounters with a series of odd people.
Director: Christopher Petit | Stars: David Beames, Lisa Kreuzer, Sandy Ratcliff, Andrew Byatt
Votes: 1,178
50. Repeater (1979)
74 min | Comedy, Thriller
Comic thriller influenced by the French New Wave which, with its unorthodox narrative about a woman's confession of murder, deconstructs the conventions of the thriller genre. Directed by ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Monger | Stars: Chris Abrahams, John Cassady, Alan Morris, Alexei Sayle
Votes: 34
51. Scum (1979)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama
An uncompromising story of life in a British juvenile offender institution in the '70s.
Director: Alan Clarke | Stars: Ray Winstone, Mick Ford, Julian Firth, John Blundell
Votes: 13,085
52. Son of Hitler (1979)
92 min | Comedy
The leader of a right-wing German political party discovers that an illiterate woodcarver is actually the son of Adolf Hitler. He kidnaps the young man from a mental institution and prepares him to start the Fourth Reich.
Director: Rod Amateau | Stars: Bud Cort, Peter Cushing, Felicity Dean, Leo Gordon
Votes: 128
53. Tales from a Flying Trunk (1979)
88 min | Animation, Fantasy, Musical
Three shorts based on Hans Christian Anderson's tales. The Kitchen, in which household objects come to life, The Little Match Girl, updated to London's East End in the 1970s, and Little Ida, with dance featuring members of the Royal Ballet
Director: Christine Edzard | Stars: Murray Melvin, Ann Firbank, Tasneem Maqsood, John Tordoff
Votes: 15
54. Sunburn (1979)
PG | 105 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
After a rich old man dies in a suspicious car accident in Acapulco, Mexico, his widow wants his insurance company to pony up five million dollars. Hotshot investigator Jake Decker (Charles Grodin) and charming model Ellie (Farrah Fawcett-Majors) come in to check it out.
Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: Farrah Fawcett, Charles Grodin, Art Carney, Joan Collins
Votes: 832
55. Tess (1979)
PG | 186 min | Drama, Romance
A strong-willed young peasant girl attracts the affection of two men.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth, Leigh Lawson, John Collin
Votes: 18,277
56. Taking a Part (1979)
Women read biographical accounts of the lives, thoughts and aspirations of a prostitute and are, apparently, interviewed about similar subject matter.
Director: Jan Worth | Stars: Debbie Campbell, Zara Campbell, Lucy Gordon
57. That Sinking Feeling (1979)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Crime
Ronnie, Wal, Andy and Vic are four bored, unemployed teens in dreary, rainy Glasgow. Ronnie comes up with a great idea. He has noticed that stainless steel sinks are worth a lot of money ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Forsyth | Stars: Tom Mannion, Eddie Burt, Richard Demarco, Alex Mackenzie
Votes: 1,282
58. That Summer! (1979)
94 min | Drama
Two girls travel to Torquay in Devon from the North of England to work as chamber maids for the summer. They meet two boys, also in Torquay for the summer, one of whom (Winstone) is entered... See full summary »
Director: Harley Cokeliss | Stars: Ray Winstone, Julie Shipley, Tony London, Emily Moore
Votes: 157
59. The Bitch (1979)
R | 89 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
The owner of a trendy disco starts having problems with the men in her life and the Mafia, which is trying to move in on her place.
Director: Gerry O'Hara | Stars: Joan Collins, Antonio Cantafora, Kenneth Haigh, Ian Hendry
Votes: 1,238
60. The Custard Boys (1979)
82 min | Drama, Family
Director: Colin Finbow | Stars: Chris Chescoe, Eric Milliet, Ben Clennell, Andrew Atkinson
Votes: 18
61. The Europeans (1979)
90 min | Drama, Romance
It's the fall of 1850, a few miles outside Boston. The household of the dour Mr. Wentworth receives two unannounced visitors from Europe, Eugenia and Felix, the daughter and son of his half... See full summary »
Director: James Ivory | Stars: Lee Remick, Robin Ellis, Wesley Addy, Tim Choate
Votes: 1,145
62. The Golden Lady (1979)
TV-14 | 91 min | Action, Thriller
A wealthy industrialist hires Julia Hemingway and her elite team of three female mercenaries to sabotage a deal between his competitor and an oil sheik. They spy, seduce, steal and, when their employer tries to double-cross them, kill.
Director: José Ramón Larraz | Stars: Ina Skriver, June Chadwick, Suzanne Danielle, Anika Pavel
Votes: 86
63. The Great Riviera Bank Robbery (1979)
102 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A group of fascists plan to finance their work by pulling off a bank robbery.
Director: Francis Megahy | Stars: Ian McShane, Warren Clarke, Stephen Greif, Christopher Malcolm
Votes: 339
64. The Human Factor (1979)
R | 115 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
When a leak of information in the African section of British Intelligence is discovered, security man Daintry is brought in to investigate.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Nicol Williamson, Derek Jacobi, Joop Doderer
Votes: 1,578
65. The Lady Vanishes (1979)
PG | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Mystery
While travelling by rail in interwar Nazi Germany, a young socialite finds that a fellow female passenger has disappeared from the train, but nobody else remembers her having been on board.
Director: Anthony Page | Stars: Elliott Gould, Cybill Shepherd, Angela Lansbury, Herbert Lom
Votes: 2,995
66. The Muppet Movie (1979)
G | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Kermit and his newfound friends trek across America to find success in Hollywood, but a frog legs merchant is after Kermit.
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt
Votes: 39,150 | Gross: $76.66M
67. The Music Machine (1979)
93 min | Drama, Music
Lovely live venue The Music Machine in Camden provides the glitzy glitter-ball backdrop for this hugely entertaining North London disco dance contest drama.
Director: Ian Sharp | Stars: Gerry Sundquist, David Easter, Michael Feast, Ferdy Mayne
Votes: 52
68. The Passage (1979)
R | 98 min | Action, Drama, War
During World War II, a Basque shepherd is approached by the underground, who wants him to lead a scientist and his family across the Pyrenees while being pursued by a sadistic German.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Anthony Quinn, James Mason, Malcolm McDowell, Patricia Neal
Votes: 2,275
69. The Quatermass Conclusion (1979)
102 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A separate screenplay by Nigel Kneale for theaters, parallel to the 1979 Quatermass 4-part miniseries. The story, set in the near future, involves influences from outer space that are ... See full summary »
Director: Piers Haggard | Stars: John Mills, Simon MacCorkindale, Barbara Kellerman, Margaret Tyzack
Votes: 286
70. The Riddle of the Sands (1979)
PG | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
In 1901, two British yachtsmen visiting Germany's Frisian Islands accidentally discover a German plot to invade England.
Director: Tony Maylam | Stars: Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Simon MacCorkindale, Alan Badel
Votes: 1,382
71. The Saint and the Brave Goose (1979)
100 min | Mystery
A two-part episode of the 1978 TV series "The Return of the Saint," edited together and released as a feature.
Director: Cyril Frankel | Stars: Ian Ogilvy, Gayle Hunnicutt, Stratford Johns, Derren Nesbitt
Votes: 58
72. The Song of the Shirt (1979)
135 min
Directors: Susan Clayton, Jonathan Curling | Stars: Martha Gibson, Geraldine Pilgrim, Anna McNiff, Liz Myers
Votes: 8
73. The Tempest (1979)
R | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy
Banished to a forsaken island, the Right Duke of Milan and Sorcerer Prospero gets the chance to take his revenge on the King of Naples with the assistance of his airy spirit-servant, Ariel.
Director: Derek Jarman | Stars: Peter Bull, David Meyer, Neil Cunningham, Heathcote Williams
Votes: 1,243
74. The Treasure Seekers (1980)
88 min | Action, Adventure
Two friends reunite in the Caribbean to find the lost treasure of 17th century pirate Henry Morgan.
Director: Henry Levin | Stars: Rod Taylor, Stuart Whitman, Elke Sommer, Jeremy Kemp
Votes: 123
75. The World Is Full of Married Men (1979)
R | 107 min | Drama, Romance
David Cooper works in advertising but spends more time on his love life despite the fact that he is married. When his wife Linda discovers his girlfriends, she decides to find get revenge by having an affair.
Director: Robert Young | Stars: Anthony Franciosa, Carroll Baker, Sherrie Lee Cronn, Paul Nicholas
Votes: 169
76. Why Not Stay for Breakfast? (1979)
92 min | Comedy
The peaceful existence of a New York post-office clerk is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of a heavily pregnant girl on his doorstep.
Director: Terry Marcel | Stars: George Chakiris, Gemma Craven, Yvonne Wilder, Ray Charleson
Votes: 12
77. Yanks (1979)
R | 138 min | Drama, War
Joining WWII, USA ships soldiers to UK. Matt and John arrive in 1942. Each see a local woman - married or to be engaged with soldiers serving faraway.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Richard Gere, Lisa Eichhorn, Vanessa Redgrave, William Devane
Votes: 3,720 | Gross: $3.93M
78. Yesterday's Hero (1979)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Music
A has-been, alcoholic former soccer star determines to make a comeback. He gets help from his former girlfriend, now a rock star, and her partner.
Director: Neil Leifer | Stars: Suzanne Somers, Ian McShane, Adam Faith, Paul Nicholas
Votes: 267
79.
Coronation Street (1960– )
Episode:
Episode #1.1868
(1978)
TV-PG | 22 min | Drama, Romance
Gail worries about Suzie's fate in London. Karen Barnes tells Ken she's illiterate and wants to be taught. Ron tries to make up with Elsie. Karen doesn't want to go to classes and asks Ken ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Bromly | Stars: Jean Alexander, Elizabeth Dawn, Eileen Derbyshire, Betty Driver
80.
Crossroads (1964–1988)
Episode:
Episode #1.3073
(1979)
30 min | Drama
Director: John Scholz-Conway | Stars: Ronald Allen, Paul Henry, Carl Andrews, Carolyn Jones
81. Dunlop: Running Joke (1979 Video)
1 min | Short
Dunlop makes many products, some that would make life difficult if they didn't exist.
Director: Roger Woodburn
82. Room Service (1979– )
30 min | Comedy
Situation comedy portraying the behind the scenes of the Prince Henry, a high end London Hotel, amid the chaotic and farcical lives of the Room Service Department
Stars: Bryan Pringle, Freddie Earlle, Matthew Kelly, Basil Lord
Votes: 21
83. Give Us a Clue (1979–2022)
25 min | Game-Show
A British TV show where every week a team of celebrities would play Charades
Stars: Lionel Blair, Michael Parkinson, Liza Goddard, Una Stubbs
Votes: 65
84.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
The Out of Town Boys
(1979)
80 min | Comedy, Drama
"This could be a bit special, Maggie. This could be the first case of an office block falling down during the topping-out party."
Director: Robert Knights | Stars: Joe Lynch, Eamonn Kelly, Stephen Rea, Dearbhla Molloy
85.
Grange Hill (1978–2008)
Episode:
Episode #2.1
(1979)
Comedy, Drama, Family
The new headmaster introduces new timetables, and forms, resulting in chaos. 50p goes missing, but by coincidence Benny has found the same amount. Will anyone believe his story?
Director: Colin Cant | Stars: Sean Arnold, Graham Ashley, Brenda Cavendish, Michael Cronin
Votes: 23
86. The Great Egg Race (1979–1986)
Game-Show
Family show where teams of inventors were challenged to build odd contraptions out of everyday objects.
Stars: Heinz Wolff, Hilary Henson, Charlotte Allen, Ian Fells
Votes: 35
87. In Search of Offa (1979 TV Movie)
39 min | Documentary, Biography
Most traces of Mercian King Offa have vanished since his rule in the mid-8th Century, leaving little more than some coins and remnants of a dyke he built as a barrier along the Welsh marches. Michael Wood attempts to find other traces.
Director: Derek Towers | Stars: David Hill, Bob Meeson, Ron Shusnik, Harold Taylor
Votes: 15
88.
Crossroads (1964–1988)
Episode:
Episode #1.3074
(1979)
30 min | Drama
Director: John Scholz-Conway | Stars: Noele Gordon, Jane Rossington, Susan Hanson, Kay Dotrice
89.
Give Us a Clue (1979–2022)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1979)
24 min | Game-Show
Director: Alan Wallis | Stars: Michael Aspel, Una Stubbs, Lionel Blair, Liz Fraser
90. In Search of the Dark Ages (1979–1981)
40 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Stars: Michael Wood, Richard Bailey, Richard Hall
Votes: 31
91. The Aphrodite Inheritance (1979)
50 min | Drama, Adventure, Crime
When British Engineer Barry Collier is injured in an accident in Cyprus his brother David flies out only to find he has died. It soon becomes apparent that Barry Collier was involved with ... See full summary »
Stars: Peter McEnery, Alexandra Bastedo, Stefan Gryff, Paul Maxwell
Votes: 110
93. The Book Tower (1979–1989)
Family, Fantasy
New and classic books are discussed, passages read by well-known actors and authors, and short dramatisations are used to bring the stories to life.
Stars: Tom Baker, Stephen Moore, Alun Armstrong, Neil Innes
Votes: 31
94. The Strange Affair of Adelaide Harris (1979)
30 min | Drama, Family
A young boy's experiment to see if a wolf will adopt a newborn baby leads to strange adventures.
Stars: Jim Harris, Matthew Beamish, Timothy Davies, Derek Francis
Votes: 12
95.
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976–1979)
Episode:
Timebomb
(1979)
Comedy
After Reggie is interviewed on television another twenty-two guests turn up, including Mr. Johnson, a dissatisfied black teacher who cannot get the sack for fears of racism, and Deborah ... See full summary »
Director: Gareth Gwenlan | Stars: Leonard Rossiter, Pauline Yates, John Barron, John Horsley
Votes: 57
96.
Coronation Street (1960– )
Episode:
Episode #1.1869
(1978)
TV-PG | 22 min | Drama, Romance
THIS EPISODE AIRED ON 13TH DECEMBER 1978 IN THE U.K. Gail gets a letter from Suzie. Ken starts giving Karen Barnes lessons. Hilda thinks it's disgusting that Elsie has two men after her. ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Bromly | Stars: Jean Alexander, Elizabeth Dawn, Eileen Derbyshire, Betty Driver
97.
Crossroads (1964–1988)
Episode:
Episode #1.3075
(1979)
30 min | Drama
Director: Michael Hart | Stars: Susan Hanson, Paul Henry, Carl Andrews, Angus Lennie
98.
Emmerdale Farm (1972– )
Episode:
Episode #1.490
(1979)
TV-PG | 30 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Everyone in Beckindale is busy at the WI Christmas Fair, but when Sam sees that Nellie Ratcliffe is missing he's worried about her. ITV.
Director: Nick Gray | Stars: Sheila Mercier, Toke Townley, Frederick Pyne, Katharine Barker
99. Macbeth (1979 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 145 min | Drama
Macbeth (Ian McKellen) is a daring member of the Scottish military, who receives a revelation from three menacing sorceresses that he will someday become the King of Scotland. This ... See full summary »
Directors: Philip Casson, Trevor Nunn | Stars: Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, John Bown, Susan Dury
Votes: 915
100.
Top of the Pops (1964–2023)
Episode:
Episode #16.1
(1979)
29 min | Music, News, Talk-Show
Stars: Mike Read, Generation X, Elton John, Legs & Co
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