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The 16 Worst Movies of 1979

by gibboanx • Created 7 years ago • Modified 3 years ago
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  • The Little Dragons (1979)

    1. The Little Dragons

    19791h 30mPG
    4.3 (312)
    A grandfather takes his two young grandsons on a camping trip for their karate tournament, and become involved in a kidnapping by a poor country family that lives in the woods.
    DirectorCurtis HansonStarsCharles LaneAnn SothernChris Petersen
  • 1941 (1979)

    2. 1941

    19791h 58mPG34Metascore
    5.8 (38K)
    Hysterical Californians prepare for a Japanese invasion in the days after Pearl Harbor.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsJohn BelushiDan AykroydTreat Williams
  • Last Embrace (1979)

    3. Last Embrace

    19791h 42mR
    6.0 (3.7K)
    A government agent recovering from a nervous breakdown deciphers a death threat written in ancient Hebrew.
    DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsRoy ScheiderJanet MargolinJohn Glover
  • Paul Newman in Quintet (1979)

    4. Quintet

    19791h 58mR
    5.0 (3.7K)
    During a future ice age, dying humanity occupies its remaining time by playing a board game called "Quintet." For one small group, this obsession is not enough; they play the game with living pieces ... and only the winner survives.
    DirectorRobert AltmanStarsPaul NewmanVittorio GassmanFernando Rey
  • Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal in The Main Event (1979)

    5. The Main Event

    19791h 52mPG
    5.6 (3.5K)
    A bankrupt entrepreneur attempts to recoup some of her losses by getting a washed-out boxer she picked up as a tax loss back into the ring - an idea her protégé isn't fond of.
    DirectorHoward ZieffStarsBarbra StreisandRyan O'NealPaul Sand
  • Paul Dooley and Marta Heflin in A Perfect Couple (1979)

    6. A Perfect Couple

    19791h 50mPG
    5.9 (1K)
    A repressed, middle-aged divorced U.S. Greek meets a young singer through a dating service and becomes smitten.
    DirectorRobert AltmanStarsPaul DooleyMarta HeflinTitos Vandis
  • Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, and Persis Khambatta in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

    7. Star Trek: The Motion Picture

    19792h 23mG50Metascore
    6.4 (100K)
    When an alien spacecraft of enormous power is spotted approaching Earth, Admiral James T. Kirk resumes command of the overhauled USS Enterprise in order to intercept it.
    DirectorRobert WiseStarsWilliam ShatnerLeonard NimoyDeForest Kelley
  • Fast Company (1979)

    8. Fast Company

    19791h 31mR63Metascore
    5.4 (2.8K)
    After his sponsor replaces him with his arch rival, a race-car driver decides to steal the car and race it himself.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsWilliam SmithClaudia JenningsJohn Saxon
  • Hair (1979)

    9. Hair

    19792h 1mPG68Metascore
    7.5 (43K)
    Claude Bukowski leaves the family ranch in Oklahoma for New York where he is rapidly embraced into the hippie group of youngsters led by Berger, yet he's already been drafted. He soon falls in love with Sheila Franklin, a rich girl but still a rebel inside.
    DirectorMilos FormanStarsJohn SavageTreat WilliamsBeverly D'Angelo
  • Home Movies (1979)

    10. Home Movies

    19791h 30mPG
    5.0 (1.1K)
    Keith Gordon is a creative young man who films the oddball doings of his family and peers. "The Maestro" appears frequently to give him pointers on his techniques. It's almost a film about a young man making the film.
    DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsNancy AllenMary DavenportKirk Douglas
  • The Clonus Horror (1979)

    11. The Clonus Horror

    19791h 30mR
    4.0 (2.7K)
    In a seemingly perfect society, one member discovers the truth about the outside world, as well as their ultimate purpose.
    DirectorRobert S. FivesonStarsPeter GravesRick DiAngeloEugene Robert Glazer
  • Susan Anton in Goldengirl (1979)

    12. Goldengirl

    19791h 44mPG
    4.9 (554)
    A neo-Nazi doctor tries to make a superwoman of his daughter who has been specially fed, exercised, and conditioned since she was a child in preparation of the Olympics.
    DirectorJoseph SargentStarsJames CoburnSusan AntonCurd Jürgens
  • Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)

    13. Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

    19791h 54mPG22Metascore
    4.7 (6.2K)
    An extension of the previous film, wherein a group of adventurers return to the overturned ship to seek several fortunes.
    DirectorIrwin AllenStarsMichael CaineSally FieldTelly Savalas
  • Valerie Bertinelli, Red Buttons, and Conrad Bain in C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979)

    14. C.H.O.M.P.S.

    19791h 29mPG
    4.9 (1.1K)
    A young man invents a robot dog that has super strength, x-ray vision and can detect crimes being committed. A greedy businessman tries to steal the invention from him.
    DirectorDon ChaffeyStarsWesley EureValerie BertinelliConrad Bain
  • The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979)

    15. The Concorde... Airport '79

    19791h 53mPG39Metascore
    4.5 (7.3K)
    A supersonic airborne disaster. In order to survive a flight headed for the Moscow Olympics, passengers of the Concorde must endure aerial acrobatics to dodge missiles and survive a device that decompresses the plane.
    DirectorDavid Lowell RichStarsAlain DelonSusan BlakelyRobert Wagner
  • Harrison Ford and Lesley-Anne Down in Hanover Street (1979)

    16. Hanover Street

    19791h 49mPG32Metascore
    6.0 (6.2K)
    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.
    DirectorPeter HyamsStarsHarrison FordLesley-Anne DownChristopher Plummer

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