10, directed by Blake Edwards, starring Dudley Moore, Julie Andrews, Bo Derek, Robert Webber, Brian Dennehy

1941, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Tim Matheson, Nancy Allen, Toshiro Mifune, Treat Williams, Warren Oates, Robert Stack

The Actress, the Dollars and the Transylvanians (Artista, dolarii şi ardelenii) - (Romania)

L'adolescente (The Adolescent), directed by Jeanne Moreau, starring Simone Signoret - (France)

The Adventure of Sudsakorn, the first and only cel-animated feature film from Thailand

Adventures of Sinbad

Agatha, directed by Michael Apted, starring Vanessa Redgrave and Dustin Hoffman - (U.K.)

Ah! Nomugi Toge (Nomugi Pass) - (Japan)

Air Crew (Ekipazh) - (U.S.S.R.)

Alien, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Harry Dean Stanton, Yaphet Kotto - (U.S.A./U.K.)

All Quiet on the Western Front, a TV film directed by Delbert Mann, starring Richard Thomas and Ernest Borgnine

All That Jazz, directed by Bob Fosse, starring Roy Scheider, Ann Reinking, Ben Vereen, John Lithgow, Jessica Lange

An Almost Perfect Affair, starring Keith Carradine and Monica Vitti

Americathon, starring John Ritter and Harvey Korman

The Amityville Horror, directed by Stuart Rosenberg, starring James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger

...And Justice for All, directed by Norman Jewison, starring Al Pacino, John Forsythe, Jack Warden, Christine Lahti, Craig T. Nelson, Jeffrey Tambor

Anti-Clock, directed by Jane Arden - (U.K.)

Apocalypse Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Dennis Hopper, Laurence Fishburne, Frederic Forrest

The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again, starring Don Knotts and Tim Conway

Arabian Adventure, starring Christopher Lee and Emma Samms - (U.K.)

Ashanti, directed by Richard Fleischer, starring Michael Caine and Peter Ustinov

Autumn Marathon (Osenniy marafon) - (U.S.S.R.)

Baby Snakes, directed by Frank Zappa

Ball Lightning (Kulový blesk) - (Czechoslovakia)

Ballad of Tara (Tcherike-ye Tara) - (Iran)

Bear Island, starring Donald Sutherland, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Widmark, Barbara Parkins

Being There, directed by Hal Ashby, starring Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden

The Bell Jar, starring Marilyn Hassett, Julie Harris, Anne Jackson

Best Boy, award-winning documentary

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure, directed by Irwin Allen, starring Michael Caine, Telly Savalas, Sally Field, Karl Malden, Shirley Jones

Birth of the Beatles, directed by Richard Marquand

The Bitch, starring Joan Collins - (U.K.)

The Black Hole, directed by Gary Nelson, starring Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins, Ernest Borgnine, Yvette Mimieux

The Black Stallion, directed by Carroll Ballard, starring Mickey Rooney, Hoyt Axton, Teri Garr, Kelly Reno

Bloodline, directed by Terence Young, starring Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, James Mason, Gert Fröbe, Beatrice Straight

Bloody Kids, directed by Stephen Frears - (U.K.)

Boardwalk, starring Ruth Gordon, Lee Strasberg, Janet Leigh

Boulevard Nights, directed by Michael Pressman

Breaking Away, directed by Peter Yates, starring Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earle Haley, Paul Dooley

Breakthrough, starring Richard Burton, Robert Mitchum, Rod Steiger, Curd Jürgens

Les Bronzés font du ski (a.k.a. French Fried Vacation 2), directed by Patrice Leconte - (France)

The Brood, directed by David Cronenberg, starring Oliver Reed and Samantha Eggar - (Canada)

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, starring Gil Gerard and Erin Gray

Buffet froid, directed by Bertrand Blier, starring Gérard Depardieu, Bernard Blier, Jean Carmet - (France)

The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days, starring Tom Berenger and William Katt

The Butterfly Murders (Die bian), directed by Tsui Hark - (Hong Kong)

Bye Bye Brazil - (Brazil/France/Argentina)

C.H.O.M.P.S., directed by Don Chaffey, starring Wesley Eure, Valerie Bertinelli, Conrad Bain, Red Buttons

California Dreaming, starring Glynnis O'Connor, Dennis Christopher, Tanya Roberts

Caligula, directed by Tinto Brass, written by Gore Vidal, starring Malcolm McDowell, Teresa Ann Savoy, Helen Mirren, Peter O'Toole - (Italy/U.S.A.)

Camera Buff. directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski - (Poland)

The Castle of Cagliostro (Rupan sansei: Kariosutoro no shiro), an anime film by Hayao Miyazaki - (Japan)

The Cat and the Canary, starring Honor Blackman, Carol Lynley, Olivia Hussey - (U.K.)

The Champ, directed by Franco Zeffirelli, starring Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, Ricky Schroder, Jack Warden, Arthur Hill

Chapter Two, starring James Caan, Marsha Mason, Joseph Bologna, Valerie Harper

The China Syndrome, directed by James Bridges, starring Jack Lemmon, Jane Fonda, Michael Douglas

Christ Stopped at Eboli (Italian: Cristo si è fermato a Eboli), directed by Francesco Rosi, starring Gian Maria Volontè - (Italy/France)

City on Fire, starring Susan Clark and Ava Gardner

The Concorde ... Airport '79, starring Alain Delon, Susan Blakely, Robert Wagner, George Kennedy

Cuba, directed by Richard Lester, starring Sean Connery, Brooke Adams, Chris Sarandon

David - (West Germany) - Golden Bear winner

Derek and Clive Get the Horn, starring Peter Cook and Dudley Moore - (U.K.)

Dirty Ho (Lan tou He), starring Gordon Liu - (Hong Kong)

Don Giovanni, directed by Joseph Losey, starring Ruggero Raimondi, John Macurdy, Kiri Te Kanawa - (Italy/France/U.K./West Germany)

Dracula, directed by John Badham, starring Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Trevor Eve - (U.S.A./U.K.)

Dreamer, starring Tim Matheson

Eagle's Wing, starring Martin Sheen and Sam Waterston - (U.K.)

The Electric Horseman, directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Valerie Perrine, John Saxon, Willie Nelson

Escape from Alcatraz, directed by Don Siegel, starring Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Fred Ward

Escape to Athena, starring Roger Moore, David Niven, Elliott Gould, Stefanie Powers, Claudia Cardinale, Telly Savalas - (U.K.)

The Europeans, directed by James Ivory, starring Lee Remick, Lisa Eichhorn, Kristin Griffith - (U.K.)

Fast Break, starring Gabe Kaplan and Bernard King

Felicity, starring Glory Annen - (Australia)

Ffolkes, aka North Sea Hijack, starring Roger Moore, James Mason, Anthony Perkins, Michael Parks - (U.K.)

The Fifth Musketeer, starring Sylvia Kristel, Ursula Andress, Beau Bridges, Ian McShane, Rex Harrison - (Austria/West Germany)

Firepower, starring Sophia Loren, James Coburn, O. J. Simpson - (U.K.)

First Case, Second Case (Qazieh, Shekl-e Avval, Shekl-e Dovom), directed by Abbas Kiarostami - (Iran)

The First Great Train Robbery, starring Sean Connery, Lesley-Anne Down, Donald Sutherland - (U.K.)

A Force of One, starring Chuck Norris and Jennifer O'Neill

French Postcards, starring Miles Chapin, David Marshall Grant, Debra Winger

Gal Young Un, directed by Victor Nuñez

The Genealogy (Jokbo) - (South Korea)

Going in Style, directed by Martin Brest, starring George Burns, Art Carney, Lee Strasberg

The Glove, starring John Saxon and Roosevelt Grier

Gol Maal (Confusion) - (India)

Goldengirl, starring Susan Anton, James Coburn, Leslie Caron

Grass Labyrinth (Kusa Meikyū) - (Japan)

The Great Santini, starring Robert Duvall, Michael O'Keefe, Blythe Danner, Lisa Jane Persky, Stan Shaw

The Great Riviera Bank Robbery, starring Ian McShane - (U.K.)

Hair, directed by Miloš Forman, starring John Savage, Treat Williams, Beverly D'Angelo

Hanover Street, directed by Peter Hyams, starring Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down, Christopher Plummer - (U.S.A./U.K.)

Hardcore, directed by Paul Schrader, starring George C. Scott and Peter Boyle

Heart of the Forest (El corazón del bosque) - (Spain)

Heartland, directed by Richard Pearce, starring Rip Torn and Conchata Ferrell - Golden Bear winner, Sundance Grand Jury Prize

Hot Stuff, directed by and starring Dom DeLuise, with Suzanne Pleshette, Ossie Davis, Jerry Reed

The Human Factor, starring Richard Attenborough, John Gielgud, Derek Jacobi - (U.K.)

Hurricane, starring Mia Farrow, Jason Robards, Max von Sydow, Trevor Howard

The Hussy (La drôlesse) - (France)

The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting (L'Hypothèse du tableau volé), directed by Raúl Ruiz - (France)

I as in Icarus (I... comme Icare), starring Yves Montand - (France)

The In-Laws, directed by Arthur Hiller, starring Alan Arkin and Peter Falk

Jack Frost, directed by Rankin/Bass, starring Robert Morse

Jaguar - (Philippines)

The Jerk, directed by Carl Reiner, starring Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters

Jesus, directed by Peter Sykes and John Krisch, starring Brian Deacon - (Australia/U.S.A./U.K.)

Just You and Me, Kid, starring George Burns and Brooke Shields

Kaala Patthar (Black Stone), starring Shashi Kapoor - (India)

Kassbach – Ein Porträt (Kassbach - A Portrait) - (Austria)

The Kids Are Alright, a rockumentary featuring The Who - (U.K.)

Knockabout, directed by and starring Sammo Hung - (Hong Kong)

Kramer vs. Kramer, directed by Robert Benton, starring Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep (both won Oscars), Justin Henry, JoBeth Williams, Jane Alexander

Lady Oscar, starring Catriona MacColl and Patsy Kensit - (France/Japan)

Le Pétomane, starring Leonard Rossiter and Graham Stark

The Lady Vanishes, starring Elliott Gould, Cybill Shepherd, Angela Lansbury

Last Embrace, directed by Jonathan Demme, starring Roy Scheider and Janet Margolin

The Last of the Knucklemen - (Australia)

Little House Years

A Little Romance, directed by George Roy Hill, starring Laurence Olivier, Diane Lane, Sally Kellerman - (France/U.S.A.)

Little Tragedies (Malenkie tragedii) - (U.S.S.R.)

Love and Bullets, directed by Stuart Rosenberg, starring Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Rod Steiger

Love at First Bite, starring George Hamilton and Susan Saint James

Love on the Run (L'amour en fuite), directed by François Truffaut - (France)

Lovers and Liars (Viaggio con Anita), starring Goldie Hawn and Giancarlo Giannini - (Italy/France)

La Luna, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, starring Jill Clayburgh - (Italy)

Mad Max, directed by George Miller, starring Mel Gibson - (Australia)

The Magician of Lublin, starring Alan Arkin, Louise Fletcher, Valerie Perrine

Magnificent Butcher (Lin shi rong), starring Sammo Hung - (Hong Kong)

The Main Event, starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal

Mamá cumple cien años (Mama Turns 100), directed by Carlos Saura, starring Geraldine Chaplin - (Spain)

Manhattan, directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Diane Keaton, Michael Murphy, Mariel Hemingway

A Man, a Woman, and a Bank, starring Donald Sutherland and Brooke Adams

The Marriage of Maria Braun, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, starring Hanna Schygulla - (West Germany)

Maula Jatt - (Pakistan)

Meatballs, directed by Ivan Reitman, starring Bill Murray - (Canada)

The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed (Mesto vstrechi izmenit nelzya) - (U.S.S.R.)

Meetings with Remarkable Men, Gurdjieff biography directed by Peter Brook - (U.K.)

Meteor, directed by Ronald Neame, starring Sean Connery, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Henry Fonda, Martin Landau, Trevor Howard

Monty Python's Life of Brian, directed by Terry Jones, starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin - (U.K.)

Moonraker, directed by Lewis Gilbert, starring Roger Moore (as James Bond), with Lois Chiles, Michael Lonsdale, Richard Kiel - (U.K.)

More American Graffiti, starring Candy Clark, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears - (U.S.S.R.) - Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film

Mr. Mike's Mondo Video, starring Michael O'Donoghue, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray

The Muppet Movie, made by Jim Henson, with Charles Durning and Dom DeLuise

Murder by Decree, starring Christopher Plummer (as Sherlock Holmes) and James Mason - (U.K./Canada)

My Brilliant Career, directed by Gillian Armstrong, starring Judy Davis and Sam Neill - (Australia)

Nightwing, directed by Arthur Hiller, starring Nick Mancuso and Kathryn Harrold

Noorie, directed by Manmohan Krishna - (India)

Norma Rae, directed by Martin Ritt, starring Sally Field, Ron Leibman, Beau Bridges

The North Avenue Irregulars, starring Karen Valentine, Barbara Harris, Susan Clark

North Dallas Forty, starring Nick Nolte, Mac Davis, G. D. Spradlin, Dayle Haddon, Bo Svenson, John Matuszak

Nosferatu the Vampyre (Nosferatu: Phantom der Nach), directed by Werner Herzog, starring Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz - (West Germany)

The Odd Angry Shot, starring Bryan Brown - (Australia)

The Odd Couple (Bo ming chan dao duo ming qiang), starring Sammo Hung - (Hong Kong)

The Onion Field, directed by Harold Becker, starring James Woods, John Savage, Franklyn Seales, Ted Danson

Operación Ogro, directed by Gillo Pontecorvo, starring Gian Maria Volontè - (Spain/Italy)

Over the Edge, directed by Jonathan Kaplan, starring Matt Dillon

The Passage, starring Anthony Quinn, James Mason, Malcolm McDowell, Patricia Neal, Kay Lenz

A Perfect Couple, directed by Robert Altman, starring Paul Dooley and Marta Heflin

Peruvazhiyambalam, directed by Padmarajan - (India)

Les petites fugues (The Little Fugitives) - (Switzerland)

Phantasm, directed by Don Coscarelli

The Plank, directed by and starring Eric Sykes, with Arthur Lowe - (U.K.)

The Plumber, directed by Peter Weir, starring Judy Morris - (Australia)

Prince Nezha's Triumph Against Dragon King (Nezha nao hai), an animated film - (China)

The Prisoner of Zenda, starring Peter Sellers, Lynne Frederick and Lionel Jeffries

The Prize Fighter, starring Don Knotts and Tim Conway

Prophecy, directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Talia Shire, Robert Foxworth, Richard Dysart, Armand Assante

Quadrophenia, directed by Franc Roddam, starring Phil Daniels, Leslie Ash, Ray Winstone, with music by The Who - (U.K.)

Real Life, directed by and starring Albert Brooks, with Charles Grodin

Richard Pryor: Live in Concert

Rich Kids, starring Trini Alvarado and John Lithgow

Rock 'n' Roll High School, produced by Roger Corman, featuring The Ramones

Rocky II, directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone, with Carl Weathers, Talia Shire, Burgess Meredith, Burt Young

The Rose, directed by Mark Rydell, starring Bette Midler, Alan Bates, Frederic Forrest

Running, starring Michael Douglas

Saint Jack, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Ben Gazzara

Scavenger Hunt, starring Cloris Leachman, Cleavon Little, Vincent Price, Tony Randall

Scum, starring Ray Winstone - (U.K.)

A Scream from Silence (Mourir à tue-tête) - (Canada)

The Seduction of Joe Tynan, starring Alan Alda, Meryl Streep, Melvyn Douglas, Barbara Harris, Rip Torn

A Sense of Freedom, directed by John Mackenzie - (U.K.)

Série noire (Black Series), directed by Alain Corneau - (France)

Siberiade, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky - (U.S.S.R.)

Sisters, or the Balance of Happiness (Schwestern oder Die Balance des Glücks), directed by Margarethe von Trotta - (West Germany)

Skatetown, U.S.A., starring Scott Baio, Flip Wilson, Maureen McCormick, Patrick Swayze

Something Out of Nothing, directed by Nikola Rudarov, starring Asen Kisimov, Stefan Danailov, Aneta Sotirova - (Bulgaria)

Stalker, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky - (U.S.S.R.)

Star Trek: The Motion Picture, directed by Robert Wise, starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Persis Khambatta, Stephen Collins

Starting Over, directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh, Candice Bergen, Charles Durning

Suhaag (a.k.a. Sign of Marriage), starring Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Rekha - (India)

The Survivors (Los sobrevivientes) - (Cuba)

Take Down, starring Lorenzo Lamas and Maureen McCormick

Tale of Tales (Skazka skazok), an animated film - (U.S.S.R.)

Tarka the Otter, narrated by Peter Ustinov - (U.K.)

The Tempest, directed by Derek Jarman, starring Toyah Willcox - (U.K.)

Tess, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Nastassja Kinski - (France/U.K.)

That Summer!, starring Ray Winstone - (U.K.)

The Theme (Tema), directed by Gleb Panfilov, starring Mikhail Ulyanov, Inna Churikova, Stanislav Lyubshin, and Yevgeni Vesnik. Winner of 1987 Golden Bear - (U.S.S.R.)

The Third Generation (Die Dritte Generation), directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, starring Hanna Schygulla - (West Germany)

Those Wonderful Movie Cranks (Báječní muži s klikou), directed by Jiří Menzel - (Czechoslovakia)

La Tía Alejandra (Aunt Alejandra) - (Mexico)

Tim, starring Mel Gibson and Piper Laurie - (Australia)

Time After Time, directed by Nicholas Meyer, starring Malcolm McDowell, David Warner, Mary Steenburgen

The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel), directed by Volker Schlöndorff, starring David Bennent - (West Germany) - Palme d'Or winner

To Forget Venice (Dimenticare Venezia), directed by Franco Brusati, starring Mariangela Melato and Erland Josephson - (Italy)

Tourist Trap, starring Chuck Connors and Tanya Roberts

Ultraman - (Japan)

Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle - (Japan)

Uncle Marin, the Billionaire (Nea Mărin miliardar) - (Romania)

Vengeance Is Mine (fukushū suru wa ware ni ari), directed by Shohei Imamura, starring Ken Ogata - (Japan)

The Villain, directed by Hal Needham, starring Kirk Douglas, Ann-Margret, Arnold Schwarzenegger

The Visitor, starring John Huston, Glenn Ford, Shelley Winters

Wanda Nevada, directed by and starring Peter Fonda, with Brooke Shields

The Wanderers, starring Ken Wahl and Karen Allen

The Warriors, directed by Walter Hill, starring Michael Beck, James Remar, David Patrick Kelly, Deborah Van Valkenburgh

When a Stranger Calls, starring Charles Durning and Carol Kane

Winter Kills, starring Jeff Bridges, John Huston, Anthony Perkins

Wise Blood, directed by and starring John Huston, with Brad Dourif - (U.S.A./West Germany)

Woman Between Wolf and Dog (Femme entre chien et loup) - (Belgium/France)

Woyzeck, directed by Werner Herzog, starring Klaus Kinski and Eva Mattes - (West Germany)

The Wretches Are Still Singing (Τα Κουρέλια Τραγουδάνε Ακόμα), directed by Nikos Nikolaidis - (Greece)

Yanks, directed by John Schlesinger, starring Richard Gere, Lisa Eichhorn, Vanessa Redgrave - (U.S.A./U.K.)

Yesterday's Hero, directed by Neil Leifer, starring Ian McShane, Suzanne Somers, Adam Faith and Paul Nicholas - (U.K.)

Zombi 2, directed by Lucio Fulci, starring Tisa Farrow, Ian McCulloch, Richard Johnson - (Italy)

Zulu Dawn, starring Peter O'Toole, Burt Lancaster, Simon Ward - (U.S.A./South Africa/Netherlands)

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)[edit]

The top ten 1979 released films by North American gross are as follows: