Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Over the Edge (1979)
- Dir. Jonathan Kaplan
Feat. Matt Dillon, Harry Northrup - One of the best portraits of delinquency yet committed to the screen, Matt Dillon, in his acting debut, is just one of the aimless youths who erupt…
Passe ton Bac d'abord (Graduate First) (1979)
- Dir. Maurice Pialat
Feat. Sabine Haudepin, Philippe Marlaud, Bernard Tronczak… - Dir. Pialat’s matter–of–fact realism and blasé cast of young actors conveys all the aimlessness and uncertainty of youth in this…
Perfect Couple, A (1979)- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Paul Dooley, Marta Heflin - A low–key romantic comedy for Robert Altman that revels in its delightfully mismatched pair: Helfin, a wannabe rock star, and Dooley, a…
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.
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