Action Movies
Sun Dragon (1979)
Steel (1979)
Mike Catton was once a world-renowned construction foreman (at least in the construction world), but an accident left him with a serious fear of heights. Unable to climb the big…
Meteor (1979)
After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid “Orpheus” is heading towards Earth. If it hits it will cause an incredible catastrophe which will…
Concrete Cowboys (1979)
Two Montana saddletramps head to Nashville to open up a detective agency. At first, the agency begins on a lark but, soon, they get involved in a case involving a…
The Riddle of the Sands (1979)
In the early years of the 20th Century, two British yachtsmen (Michael York and Simon MacCorkindale) stumble upon a German plot to invade the east coast of England in a…
G.I. Samurai (1979)
A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country’s warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the supreme Shogun.
The Tigress of Shaolin (1979)
Hui Ying-hung, legendary director Chang Cheh’s discovery, and the protege of equally legendary director Liu Chia-liang co-stars with Liu’s nephew, Liu Chia-yung in this fast-paced, action packed comedy of kung-fu…
Cantonen Iron Kung Fu (1979)
Seven (1979)
A government agent discovers a plot by a cartel of seven gangsters to take over the state of Hawaii. He hires a team of seven hitmen to stop them.
Disco Godfather (1979)
Retired cop and celebrity DJ Tucker Williams (aka The Disco Godfather) takes to the streets as a dangerous hallucinogenic drug called Angel Dust begins to take hold of the neighborhood.
Five Superfighters (1979)
The Prisoner of Zenda (1979)
Anthony Hope’s classic tale gets a decidedly ‘un-classic’ treatment at the hands of Peter Sellers. Following the story somewhat, friends of the new King Rudolph of Ruritania fear for his…
The Concorde… Airport ’79 (1979)
Aviation disaster-prone Joe Patroni must contend with nuclear missiles, the French Air Force and the threat of the plane splitting in two over the Alps.
Sunburn (1979)
A model and a private eye help a New York insurance investigator on a deadly case in Acapulco.
The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid (1979)
A young humanoid alien who gets stranded on earth hooks up with a grizzled old sheriff in a western town and tries to help him solve a tough case, but…
Odd Couple (1979)
Hailed as possibly the greatest classical weapons movie ever made and starring world-renowned martial arts master, director and action-choreographer, Sammo Hung. This film showcases some of the most spectacular and…
The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf (1979)
A seemingly run-of-the-mill corporate salaryman leads a double life as a vicious criminal by night. In a delicious scheme of payback, he seeks to dominate the corporation that employs him…
Shaolin Abbot (1979)
City on Fire (1979)
The Story of the Drunken Master (1979)
Strategy for a Mission of Death (1979)
Moonraker (1979)
After Drax Industries’ Moonraker space shuttle is hijacked, secret agent James Bond is assigned to investigate, traveling to California to meet the company’s owner, the mysterious Hugo Drax. With the…
Game for Vultures (1979)
The South African businessman David Swansey is delivering illegal German helicopters to Rhodesia. That makes the patriot Gideon Marunga an angry man.
Kung Fu vs. Yoga (1979)
Hunter in the Dark (1979)
Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo, to protect him during an inter-clan conflict. Tanigawa…