Ravagers
Movie / 1979-06-26 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Fred Karlin
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 called the Land of Genesis.
Nightwing
Movie / 1979-06-22 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Henry Mancini
Killer bats plague an Indian reservation in Arizona.
Escape from Alcatraz
Movie / 1979-06-22 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Jerry Fielding
San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security prison located on a rocky island. Although no one has ever managed to escape from there, Frank and other inmates begin to carefully prepare an escape plan.
The In-Laws
Movie / 1979-06-15 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by John Morris
In preparation for his daughter's wedding, dentist Sheldon Kornpett meets Vince Ricardo, the groom's father. Vince, a manic fellow who claims to be a government agent, then proceeds to drag Sheldon into a series of chases and misadventures from New York to Central America.
Players
Movie / 1979-06-08 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith
A rising tennis star falls for an older woman engaged with a wealthy man she doesn't love.
Alien
Movie / 1979-05-25 / United States / Releases: 15 / Recordings: 3
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.
Apocalypse Now
Movie / 1979-05-19 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by David Shire
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
Movie / 1979-05-18 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Jerry Fielding
After "The Poseidon Adventure", in which the ship got flipped over by a tidal wave, the ship drifts bottom-up in the sea. While the passengers are still on board waiting to be rescued, two rivaling salvage parties enter the ship on search for money, gold and a small amount of plutonium.
Hanover Street
Movie / 1979-05-18 / United Kingdom / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by John Barry
Margaret is a nurse in England during WW2, and married to a secret agent. Things get complicated when she falls for David, an American pilot.
Zulu Dawn
Movie / 1979-05-14 / United States / Releases: 2 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Elmer Bernstein
In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.
Last Embrace
Movie / 1979-05-04 / United States / Releases: 2 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Miklós Rózsa
Secret agent Harry Hannan suffers a mental breakdown when a botched mission in Mexico results in the death of his wife. He is sent to a mental asylum, after which he eventually returns to work. But, once again, he begins to doubt his sanity when he receives a bizarre death threat written in Hebrew. Not knowing which of his colleagues wants to kill him, Hannan teams up with pretty young college student Ellie Fabian to attempt to unravel the mystery.
Battlestar Galactica (1x21): The Hand of God
Episode / 1979-04-29 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Stu Phillips
Rather than continue fleeing from their enemies, the crew of the Galactica commences an all-out attack on a Cylon base.
A Little Romance
Movie / 1979-04-27 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Georges Delerue
Intellectually precocious teenager Lauren King lives in Paris with her somewhat ditzy mother. On a movie set, she strikes up a friendship with teenage film buff Daniel Michon. After Lauren's mother forbids her to date the outspoken Daniel, the young lovebirds team up with eccentric pickpocket Julius to run away to Venice, where, according to legend, a couple who kiss under the Bridge of Sighs will stay together forever.
Dreamer
Movie / 1979-04-27 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Bill Conti
The dream began 20 years ago, when a young pinsetter watched a star bowler win a championship. Now, Harold (Dreamer) Nuttingham has a chance to attain his dream — to win the Tournament of Champions and buy his own lanes. But what price will he pay? The woman he loves sees only that his dream re-locates her to second place in his life; Harry White, his friend and mentor pushes him to become the champion Harry wanted to be — and never was. Torn between ambition and love, Dreamer fights to have both.
Love at First Bite
Movie / 1979-04-26 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Charles Bernstein
Dracula and Renfield relocate to '70s era New York in search of Cindy Sondheim, the reincarnation of Dracula's one true love, Mina Harker. "Trouble adjusting" is a wild understatement for the Count as he battles Cindy's psychiatrist, Jeffrey Rosenberg, a descendant of Van Helsing, who may be in love with Cindy too.
Mad Max
Movie / 1979-04-12 / Australia / Releases: 3 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Brian May
In the ravaged near-future, a savage motorcycle gang rules the road. Terrorizing innocent civilians while tearing up the streets, the ruthless gang laughs in the face of a police force hell-bent on stopping them.
L'umanoide
Movie / 1979-04-11 / Italy / Releases: 0 / Recordings: 0
Composer tba
Hoping to overthrow his brother as ruler of the planet Metropolis, the evil Graal enlists the help of the insane Dr. Kraspin, who has invented a chemical capable of turning an ordinary person into a perfect soldier. They test this chemical on the pilot Golob, turning the unsuspecting victim into a mindless but indestructible automaton possessing superhuman strength. The people of Metropolis must somehow outwit Graal before he can create an army of these soldiers, or their planet will be destroyed.
Effects
Movie / 1979-04-01 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by John Harrison
Some crew members of a company shooting a horror film begin to suspect that the "killings" in the movie are real, and that they are actually making a "snuff" film.
Battlestar Galactica (1x20): Take the Celestra
Episode / 1979-04-01 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Stu Phillips
Starbuck runs in to his long-lost love, Aurora, who is involved with a group trying to free the passenger ship Celestra from its supposedly dictatorial captain.
Phantasm
Movie / 1979-03-28 / United States / Releases: 3 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Fred Myrow, Malcolm Seagrave
A teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber, known only as the Tall Man, who employs a lethal arsenal of unearthly weapons.
Boulevard Nights
Movie / 1979-03-23 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Lalo Schifrin
Raymond Avila is an ex-gang member trying to build a future. His kid brother Chuco is a sullen low-rider still caught up in the life. Despite their differences, their family bond is strong. But that bond is violently tested when rivals challenge Chuco's gang and ignite a neighborhood war.
Diane
Movie / 1979-03-22 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by David Shire
When her marriage falls apart, a psychiatrist seeks out those of her former boyfriends who left the biggest impact on her life, mostly in a bad way.
Stridulum
Movie / 1979-03-22 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Franco Micalizzi
An ancient intergalactic warrior arrives on Earth to put a stop to a demonic child's plot to reproduce Satan's next generation of evil.
Fast Company
Movie / 1979-03-18 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Fred Mollin
An over the hill drag racer finds himself considering retirement and ceding the spotlight to his protégé and targeted for replacement by the oil-company executive who sponsors his team.
The China Syndrome
Movie / 1979-03-16 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Michael Small
While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publicize the incident, but soon finds herself entangled in a sinister conspiracy to keep the full impact of the incident a secret.