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Subgenre Sampler
Prisoner (TV Series) (Prisoner Cell Block H) (1979-1986)
- Feat. Sheila Florance
- The classic Australian women's prison series, which still sets the standard for its tough–as–nails cast, pithy dialogue and unglamorous…
Quadrophenia (1979)
- Dir. Franc Roddam
Feat. Phil Daniels, Michael Elphick, Ray Winstone… - Brilliant portrait of alienated youth, inspired by The Who's concept album, focuses on a young Mod's personal crises and his gang's violent agenda…
Rose, The (1979)- Dir. Mark Rydell
Feat. Bette Midler - Bette Midler's acting debut was this raunchy rock biopic based loosely on the antics of Janis Joplin. She is given plenty of room here to display her…
Running (1979)- Dir. Steven Hilliard Stern
Feat. Michael Douglas, Susan Anspach, Eugene Levy - Michael Douglas stars in this sports drama about a fictional American marathon runner's struggle to compete in the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal.
S.O.S. Titanic (1979)- Dir. William Hale
Feat. Helen Mirren, Ian Holm, David Janssen… - Solid telemovie depiction of the notorious sinking of the Big Ship in 1912, with an approach that distinguishes it from the other versions. Involving…
Saint Jack (1979)- Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Ben Gazzara, Denholm Elliott - Enjoyably amoral later gem from dir. Bogdanovich, about an American hustler who fulfils his dubious dream of opening a whorehouse in Singapore during…
Sisters or the Balance of Happiness (Schwestern oder Die Balance des Glücks) (1979)- Dir. Margarethe von Trotta
- 1970s West German drama about two sisters whose unusually close relationship negatively impacts their individual personal lives.
Skin Deep (1979)- Dir. Geoff Steven
Feat. Ken Blackburn, Alan Jervis, Deryn Cooper - When an urban masseuse sets up at a legitimate health bar in a small South Island town she attracts as much demand for special services as…
Sons for the Return Home (1979)- Dir. Paul Maunder
Feat. Uelese Pataia - Compassionate screen adaptation of Albert Wendt's autobiographical novel, the first published by a Samoan. Uelese Pataia plays the shy young academic…
Testament of Youth (Mini-series) (1979)- Dir. Moira Armstrong
Feat. Cheryl Campbell, Peter Woodward, Emrys James… - Sterling adaptation of Vera Brittain's memoir recounts her early years and lost loves admidst the turmoil of the first world war.
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