List of British films of 1979
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A list of films produced in the United Kingdom in 1979 (see 1979 in film):
1979[]
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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Agatha | Michael Apted | Dustin Hoffman, Vanessa Redgrave | Mystery | |||
Alien | Ridley Scott | Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt | Sci-fi | Co-production with the US | ||
Anti-Clock | Jane Arden | Drama | ||||
Arabian Adventure | Kevin Connor | Christopher Lee, Oliver Tobias, Milo O'Shea | Fantasy/adventure | |||
Bear Island | Don Sharp | Donald Sutherland, Vanessa Redgrave | Adventure | Co-production with Canada | ||
The Bitch | Gerry O'Hara | Joan Collins, Kenneth Haigh | Drama | |||
Bloody Kids | Stephen Frears | Derrick O'Connor, Gary Holton | Drama | |||
The Cat and the Canary | Radley Metzger | Honor Blackman, Michael Callan | Thriller | |||
Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair | Alan Lake, Glynn Edwards | Comedy | ||||
Derek and Clive Get the Horn | Russell Mulcahy | Peter Cook, Dudley Moore | Documentary | |||
Dracula | John Badham | Frank Langella, Kate Nelligan, Laurence Olivier | Horror | |||
Eagle's Wing | Anthony Harvey | Martin Sheen, Sam Waterston, Harvey Keitel | Western | |||
Escape to Athena | George P. Cosmatos | Roger Moore, Telly Savalas | World War II/adventure | |||
The Europeans | James Ivory | Lee Remick, Robin Ellis | Literary drama | Entered into the 1979 Cannes Film Festival | ||
Firepower | Michael Winner | Sophia Loren, James Coburn | Action | |||
The First Great Train Robbery | Michael Crichton | Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, Lesley-Anne Down | Crime/adventure | |||
A Game for Vultures | James Fargo | Richard Harris, Joan Collins, Richard Roundtree | Thriller | |||
The Golden Lady | José Ramón Larraz | Ina Skriver, Suzanne Danielle | Thriller | |||
The Great Riviera Bank Robbery | Francis Megahy | Ian McShane, Warren Clarke | Crime/thriller | |||
Hanover Street | Peter Hyams | Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down | World War II/romance | |||
The Human Factor | Otto Preminger | Richard Attenborough, Nicol Williamson | Thriller | |||
Jesus | Peter Sykes, Peter Heyman | Brian Deacon, Yosef Shiloach | Biblical | |||
The Kids Are Alright | Jeff Stein | The Who | Documentary | |||
The Lady Vanishes | Anthony Page | Elliott Gould, Cybill Shepherd | Mystery | |||
Le Pétomane | Ian MacNaughton | Leonard Rossiter, Graham Stark | Comedy | |||
Licensed to Love and Kill | Lindsay Shonteff | Gareth Hunt, | Spy/action | |||
Lost and Found | Melvin Frank | George Segal, Glenda Jackson | Romance/comedy | |||
Meetings with Remarkable Men | Peter Brook | Terence Stamp, Athol Fugard | Drama | Entered into the 29th Berlin International Film Festival | ||
Monty Python's Life of Brian | Terry Jones | The members of Monty Python, Gwen Taylor, Charles McKeown | Comedy | Number 28 in the BFI Top 100 British films | ||
Moonraker | Lewis Gilbert | Roger Moore, Michael Lonsdale, Lois Chiles | Spy/action | Filmed in French studios | ||
Murder by Decree | Bob Clark | Christopher Plummer, James Mason | Mystery | |||
The Music Machine | Ian Sharp | Gerry Sundquist, Patti Boulaye | Musical | |||
North Sea Hijack | Andrew McLaglen | Roger Moore, Anthony Perkins, James Mason | Action | |||
The Passage | J. Lee Thompson | Anthony Quinn, James Mason | World War II | |||
The Plank | Eric Sykes | Eric Sykes, Arthur Lowe | Comedy | |||
Quadrophenia | Franc Roddam | Phil Daniels, Leslie Ash, Philip Davis, Mark Wingett | Musical | |||
The Quatermass Conclusion | Piers Haggard | John Mills, Barbara Kellerman | Sci-fi | Based on the TV series Quatermass | ||
Quincy's Quest | Robert Reed | Tommy Steele, Mel Martin | Family | |||
Radio On | Christopher Petit | Mystery/road | ||||
The Riddle of the Sands | Tony Maylam | Michael York, Jenny Agutter | Adventure | |||
Scum | Alan Clarke | Ray Winstone, Mick Ford, Julian Firth | Prison drama | |||
A Sense of Freedom | John Mackenzie | David Hayman, Fulton Mackay | Drama | |||
Sunburn | Richard C. Sarafian | Farrah Fawcett, Charles Grodin | Crime/comedy | Co-production with the US | ||
Tarka the Otter | David Cobham | Henry Williamson, Gerald Durrell | Family | |||
The Tempest | Derek Jarman | Heathcote Williams, Toyah Willcox | Shakespearean | |||
Tess | Roman Polanski | Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth | Literary drama | |||
That Summer | Harley Cokeliss | Ray Winstone, | Drama | |||
The World Is Full of Married Men | Robert Young | Anthony Franciosa, Carroll Baker | Drama | |||
Yanks | John Schlesinger | Richard Gere, Vanessa Redgrave, Lisa Eichhorn | World War II | |||
Yesterday's Hero | Neil Leifer | Ian McShane, Suzanne Somers | Drama |
See also[]
- 1979 in British music
- 1979 in British radio
- 1979 in British television
- 1979 in the United Kingdom
External links[]
- British films of 1979 at IMDb
Categories:
- Lists of British films by year
- 1979 in British cinema
- Lists of 1979 films by country or language