The best movies 1979 Pagina 13

A James Bondish superspy is assigned to thwart the devious plans of a master agent who is threatening to destroy the planet unless he is paid one...

Between fiction and documentary, this film shows a portrait of the persona of a transsexual that goes far beyond simplistic voyeurism. The film...

1939: The remains of the Spanish Republican Army crossed the French border. Among the exiles are Lluís Companys, President of the Generalitat...

A prominent millionaire gets a woman drunk and rapes her, biting off her nipple in the process. Because of his influence and powerful lawyer, though,...

Harry Landers is a feisty senior citizen who refuses to abide by the rules in a stodgy retirement home run by a dour Ms. Davis, in which Harry leads...

A teenage couple of disparate backgrounds experiences their first romance. She's a girl from a permissive California family; he's from a conservative...

Charles is a bored civil servant struggling through a harsh Utah winter. He spends most of his time reflecting on his romance with Laura, a coworker...

The Flintstones and the Rubbles win a trip on "Make a Deal or Don't" to Count Rockula's castle in Rocksylvania, where they have an unpleasant meeting...

Shaggy and Scooby-Doo quit their Saturday morning TV series in pursuit of Hollywood stardom.

During the Civil War, a self-centered, young Southern belle tries to hold onto the family estate when the Union Army takes over the area.

In this 1979 condensed-for-film recut of Hayao Miyazaki's 1978 anime series, a young boy named Conan goes on a grand adventure. Conan lives in a...

When a lone traveller stumbles upon a remote, drought-stricken village, he finds himself engulfed in a whirlpool of myth, mystery, and magic: in a...

Ti Miséria has a supernatural power. When Death comes to take her, she traps her in a pear tree. But without death the world doesn't work....

The comical story of Şaban, who came to Istanbul to earn his dowry and, by chance, became a famous folk singer known as Şaban Ballıses.

Yogi Bear, Boo Boo, Huckleberry Hound and their friends get lost and decide to spend Christmas by vising Casper, the friendly ghost. But soon they...

The early days of the Fab Four are traced from their bleakest hours as unknowns on Penny Lane in Liverpool to their triumph on "The Ed Sullivan Show."

In the American Southwest of the 1950s, middle-aged vagabond Beaudray Demerille survives as a cardsharp who moves from town to town. But his latest...

Based on writer Maya Angelou's eloquent reminiscences of her days as a gifted youngster growing up in the South during the Depression years where she...

The story of a fire in the Triangle Shirt Mfg. Co. building in New York City in 1911 that resulted in the deaths of 146 employees, mostly young...

An exploration of death through diverse funeral rites and other cultural responses to mortality across several countries, including South Korea,...

A group of Australian SAS regiment soldiers are deployed to Vietnam around 1967/8 and encounter the realities of war, from the numbing boredom of...

Documentary about the court martial held following the assassination of Melitón Manzanas, commissioner of the Political-Social Brigade of...

The divorced university professor, Victoria, signs a letter of protest for the political disappeared that her students request, although she is not...

This is the first of Diego Risquez’ trilogy of avant-garde cinematic treatments of historical subjects. Using a painterly style, it features...

Rich landowner uses a hired gun to exploit the local peasantry more efficiently. It doesn't end well.

In a satirical tone, multiple unexpected actions during a ball game and the reactions of the public are captured. In search of the unusual, the...

February, 1978. Roberto and Aurelia are Cuban exiles living in New York City with their 17-year-old daughter. For ten years Roberto's been the super...

This film was originally made for the International Conference on Human Settlements (HABITAT) which was held in Vancouver, Canada. Taking as an...

Jose, a taxi driver in Bogotá suffers from the condition of his old vehicle and is almost unable to work.

Volcán captures a raised mound of earth set against a grassy riverbank. A white silhouette in the shape of a female body lies atop of the...

Documentary by the basque filmmaker Iñaki Nuñez

A greedy man gets a job in politics thanks to his connections - and abandons one of his two children to pursue his fortune. Many years later, his...

Buenos Aires, 1932. After a series of warning attacks from an enemy, a mafia boss decides to fake his own death and then strike back. Things don't go...

Argentine telefilm directed and produced by Carlos Lozano Dana.

College student falls into the orbit of pop singer Juan Gabriel and they become very close, despite opposition from a woman scorned in his...

Documentary about Tarahumara religious observances around Easter time.

Integration of exceptional citizens (blind, deaf, paralyzed) into society after education and training.

A look at the ceramics of the ancient Peruvians and cinema today.

Teresa is overwhelmed: with a husband, three young sons, a job as a crew leader in a textile factory, and volunteer commitments as cultural leader of...