Search results for "1979"
The Story of the Drunken Master

The Story of the Drunken Master

The Story of the Drunken Master
IMDb: 4.9
90

Beggar So is trying to keep his two star students, brother and sister team Cheong and Gam Fa, in line and well-trained. But So’s old enemy Grasshopper Bill Chan and…

Genre: Action, Comedy
Measure for Measure

Measure for Measure

Measure for Measure
IMDb: 7.5
145

When the Duke of Vienna takes a mysterious leave of absence and leaves the strict Angelo in charge, things couldn’t be worse for Claudio, who is sentenced to death for…

Genre: Drama
Demon Pond

Demon Pond

Demon Pond
IMDb: 7.1
124

When a lone traveler stumbles upon a remote, drought-stricken village, he finds himself engulfed in a whirlpool of myth, mystery, and magic: in a nearby pond reside spirits who hold…

Delirium

Delirium

Delirium
IMDb: 4.6
90

As a maniac slashes his way through the city, a lone survivor tries to stop his vicious murder spree, only to discover there is far more going on than just…

The Old Master

The Old Master

The Old Master
IMDb: 5.1
89

Master Yu is invited to Los Angeles to take on numerous fighters in a Kung Fu contest. He beats all comers and this angers a local mob boss who lost…

The World of Drunken Master

The World of Drunken Master

The World of Drunken Master
IMDb: 5.7
98

Chan Hui Lau stars in this vintage martial arts film as Chang, the owner of a winery and master of Drunken Boxing, a deadly kung fu technique that, as the…

Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Pilot Pirx’s Inquest

Pilot Pirx’s Inquest

Pilot Pirx’s Inquest
IMDb: 6.4
95

Pirx, an experienced pilot, is hired to go on a top-secret mission to evaluate some ‘nonlinears’ (an experimental model of android) for use as crewmembers on future space flights. Pirx…

The 36 Deadly Styles

The 36 Deadly Styles

The 36 Deadly Styles
IMDb: 5.3
92

A man begins studying “The Secret Book of 36 Deadly Styles” to avenge the death of his father.

Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
The Tigress of Shaolin

The Tigress of Shaolin

The Tigress of Shaolin
IMDb: 5.5
92

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…

Genre: Action, Comedy
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist

Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist

Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
IMDb: 7.5
30

This Academy Award-winning documentary short Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist, narrated by Sidney Poitier, traces the career of Paul Robeson through his activism and his socially charged performances of…

The Bronte Sisters

The Bronte Sisters

The Bronte Sisters
IMDb: 6.4
120

In a small presbytery in Yorkshire, England, living under the watchful eyes of their aunt and father, a strict Anglican pastor, the Bronte sisters write their first works and quickly…

Summer Camp

Summer Camp

Summer Camp
IMDb: 3.7
85

The director of a failing summer camp decides to invite campers from ten years ago for a free weekend event, hoping that he can trick them into fixing up the…

Genre: Comedy
Henry V

Henry V

Henry V
IMDb: 7.4
170

The life of King Henry the Fifth.

Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Home Before Midnight

Home Before Midnight

Home Before Midnight
IMDb: 5.9
111

A successful rock lyricist becomes romantically involved with a girl he picks up hitchhiking only to learn that she is only fourteen. Her parents take action against him.

Genre: Drama
Assassination on the Tiber

Assassination on the Tiber

Assassination on the Tiber
IMDb: 6.1
92

A black-out occurs during the meeting of a gang of criminals. When the light is back one of them is found killed with a stab on his back and all…

Gal Young ‘Un

Gal Young ‘Un

Gal Young ‘Un
IMDb: 7
105

Mattie, a widow living in the backwoods of Florida during Prohibition, meets Trax, a charming man much younger that herself. Trax is a womanizing, lying bootlegger who needs money and…

Genre: Drama
Amy!

Amy!

Amy!
IMDb: 5.8
34

Amy Johnson was the first woman to fly solo from Great Britain to Australia. Mulvey and Wollen’s experimental documentary combines newsreel footage of the aviator’s arrival, dramatic recreations of events…

Genre: Short
Hothead

Hothead

Hothead
IMDb: 7.2
89

François, a miserable football player, becomes a town hero after bringing victory in an extremely important game. He uses his fame for revenge on the team star for the previous…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Cantonen Iron Kung Fu

Cantonen Iron Kung Fu

Cantonen Iron Kung Fu
IMDb: 5.6
86

In a small Chinese town wandering criminals kill a local merchant to take over his trade routes, leaving Liang Kun (Leung Kar Yan) to seek vengeance and protect his town.

Genre: Action, Adventure
Angels’ Brigade

Angels’ Brigade

Angels’ Brigade
IMDb: 2.2
97

Six sexy women, and a teenage girl, devastate a right-wing militia before doing battle with ruthless drug pushers.

Genre: Action, Comedy
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space

The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space

The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
IMDb: 6.3
96

The bungling inspector Cruchot finds himself trying to save the residents of St. Tropez from some oil-drinking humanoid aliens. The only way to tell the aliens from the real people,…

Ravagers

Ravagers

Ravagers
IMDb: 4.6
90

In a post-apocalyptic world divided between two groups called the Flockers and the Ravagers, an adventurer and his “pleasure girl” try to find their way to a rumored safe haven…

The Magnificent Ruffians

The Magnificent Ruffians

The Magnificent Ruffians
IMDb: 6.5
106

Venom regulars Philip Kwok, Chiang Sheng, and Sun Chien star as a gang of unemployed martial artists who spend their days stuffing their faces at local restaurants and letting the…

Genre: Action, Drama
The Dogs

The Dogs

The Dogs
IMDb: 6.4
100

After several inhabitants of a new city were bitten by dogs, a young doctor tries to stop to the climb of violence.

A Perfect Couple

A Perfect Couple

A Perfect Couple
IMDb: 5.9
110

An uptight bachelor tries his luck with a computer dating service and gets matched up with his polar opposite.

Heart to Heart

Heart to Heart

Heart to Heart
IMDb: 6.6
110

The independently-minded daughter of lower-middle class French shopkeepers, Brigitte, one of three sisters, refused to marry the father of her child when she became pregnant. In this film, she reminisces…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Cause toujours… tu m’intéresses

Cause toujours… tu m’intéresses

Cause toujours… tu m’intéresses
IMDb: 6
97

François Perrin is a journalist who reads the news on RTL radio. Alone in life, his only “amusement” is his neighbor from Africa, who makes mildly fun of him from…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Meetings with Remarkable Men

Meetings with Remarkable Men

Meetings with Remarkable Men
IMDb: 7.2
108

The story of G.I. Gurdjieff an Asian mystic who after a lifetimes study developed a form of meditation incorporating modern dance.

Genre: Biography, Drama
Sooner or Later

Sooner or Later

Sooner or Later
IMDb: 7.6
96

Thirteen-year-old Jessie is in love with Michael, a 17-year-old guitar instructor and aspiring musician. When she finally captures his interest, she lies and tells him she’s 16. But what will…

Supersonic Man

Supersonic Man

Supersonic Man
IMDb: 3.1
88

Kronos, hero of a distant galaxy, tangles with mad scientist Gulik over the fate of mankind.

Kung Fu vs. Yoga

Kung Fu vs. Yoga

Kung Fu vs. Yoga
IMDb: 5.8
89

Two mischievous kung fu students enter a kung fu tournament not realizing how much trouble winning the competition will bring them. When one emerges victorious, he must accomplish three robberies…

Genre: Action, Comedy
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
IMDb: 7.5
90

Hammersmith Odeon, London, July 3, 1973. British singer David Bowie performs his alter ego Ziggy Stardust for the very last time. A decadent show, a hallucinogenic collage of kitsch, pop…

Genre: Documentary
Repeater

Repeater

Repeater
IMDb: 5.2
76

A deconstructed crime thriller, inspired by the French new wave, in which a woman’s confession of murder is not as simple as it seems.

Schalcken the Painter

Schalcken the Painter

Schalcken the Painter
IMDb: 7
70

Can Schalcken save his love, Rose, from the clutches of a ghastly suitor before it is too late?

Star of David: Beauty Hunting

Star of David: Beauty Hunting

Star of David: Beauty Hunting
IMDb: 5.9
100

The film portrays the life of Tatsuya, a young man of proper descent whose outward respectability hides his urges for rape and torture. This handsome rapist seduces women, then brings…

King Solomon’s Treasure

King Solomon’s Treasure

King Solomon’s Treasure
IMDb: 3.8
88

Three adventurers lead an expedition into darkest Africa in search of the treasure of King Solomon, and on the way encounter hostile natives, volcanoes, dinosaurs and a lost Phoenician city…

Dynamite Johnson

Dynamite Johnson

Dynamite Johnson
IMDb: 4.5
95

Master Johnson Yap stars as Dynamite Johnson a crippled boy who undergoes an operation by bionic doctors to make him superbionic. In the same hospital is a man suffering from…

Star Virgin

Star Virgin

Star Virgin
IMDb: 5.5
90

The film is about a Star Virgin who lives with a robot in space and one day she starts to become aroused. She starts to question the robot about sex…

The Riddle of the Sands

The Riddle of the Sands

The Riddle of the Sands
IMDb: 6.4
103

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…

Knockabout

Knockabout

Knockabout
IMDb: 7.2
105

After being cheated out of some money, two small time crooks convince a martial arts expert to take them on as students.