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The year 1979 in film involved many significant events.

Highest-grossing films

United States and Canada

See also: List of 1979 box office number-one films in the United States

The top ten 1979 released films by North American gross are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1979 (United States and Canada)

Rank	Title	Distributor	Box-office gross
1	Kramer vs. Kramer	Columbia	$106,260,000 [1]
2	The Amityville Horror	American International	$86,432,520 [2]
3	Rocky II	United Artists	$85,182,160 [3]
4	Apocalypse Now		$83,471,511 [4]
5	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	Paramount	$82,258,456 [5]
6	Alien	20th Century Fox	$80,931,801 [6]
7	10	Warner Bros.	$74,865,517 [7]
8	The Jerk	Universal	$73,691,419 [8]
9	Moonraker	United Artists	$70,308,099 [9]
10	The Muppet Movie	Associated Film	$65,200,000 [10]

International

Highest-grossing films of 1979 (international markets)

International market	Title	Distributor	Admissions	Gross revenue		Production country
				Local currency	US$
China	Gunshots in the CIB	Changchun Film Studio	600,000,000 [11]	CN¥ 180,000,000 [11]	$116,000,000	China
France	The Gendarme and the Extra-Terrestrials	SNC	6,280,070 [12]	Un­known	Un­known	France
West Germany	The Jungle Book	20th Century Fox	9,103,582 [13]	€32,092,155 [13]	$44,000,000	United States
India	Suhaag	Sharma Cine Associates	Un­known	₹ 100,000,000 [14]	$12,310,000 [15]	India
Italy	Superman	Columbia-EMI-Warner	904,000 [16]	Un­known	Un­known	United States
Japan	Galaxy Express 999	Toei	Un­known	¥ 16,500,000,000 [17]	$76,120,000 [18]	Japan
Soviet Union	Sholay (Embers)	R. K. Films	60,000,000 [19]	15,000,000  Rbls [n 1]	$28,200,000 [a]	India
Spain	Superman	Warner Bros.	4,795,628 [21]	₧655,346,759 [21]	$9,763,080 [22]	United States
United Kingdom	Superman	Columbia-EMI-Warner	10,190,000 [23]	£11,547,308 [23]	$24,455,309 [24]

Major events

• March 2 – Buena Vista release their first film since the advent of U.S. movie ratings to not be G-rated, Take Down .
• March 5 – Production begins on The Empire Strikes Back .
• March – Frank Price becomes president of Columbia Pictures.
• May 25 – Alien , a landmark of the science fiction genre, is released.
• May 29 - Mary Pickford, a silent screen legend and Hollywood pioneer who was, at the height of her career, the most famous woman in the world, dies of a stroke.
• May 31 – The Muppet Movie , Jim Henson's Muppets' first foray into the world of feature-length motion pictures, is released in United Kingdom.
• June 11 – John Wayne, a famous Western movie actor, dies at the age of 72 from stomach cancer.
• June 27 – 20th Century Fox Pictures president Alan Ladd Jr. and vice-presidents Jay Kanter and Gareth Wigan agree to leave Fox.
• June 29 – Moonraker , the 11th film in the James Bond franchise, is released in the United States and goes on to become the highest-grossing film of the year worldwide.
• August 15 – Apocalypse Now is released to worldwide critical acclaim and box office success. Heralded as one of the greatest films ever made to this day.
• September 19 – Don Bluth and a group of fellow animators resign from The Walt Disney Company's animation department to set up a rival studio, Don Bluth Productions.
• October 1 – Alan Ladd Jr., Jay Kanter and Gareth Wigan who agreed to leave Fox earlier in the year formally announce the creation of The Ladd Company.
• October 3 – producers Benjamin Melniker and Michael E. Uslan purchase the film rights of Batman from DC Comics. It would be another ten years, before a Batman feature film would be fully realized.
• November 1 – Production begins on Raiders of the Lost Ark .
• December 7 – Star Trek: The Motion Picture debuts in the United States to mixed reviews but blockbuster box office, launching a film franchise that leads to 9 sequels and 3 reboots over the next 37 years. It also leads to the creation of five spin-off television series based upon Gene Roddenberry's creation.
• Allied Artists files for bankruptcy.

Awards

Category/Organization	37th Golden Globe Awards January 26, 1980		33rd BAFTA Awards March 20, 1980	52nd Academy Awards April 14, 1980
	Drama	Musical or Comedy
Best Film	Kramer vs. Kramer	Breaking Away	Manhattan	Kramer vs. Kramer
Best Director	Francis Ford Coppola Apocalypse Now			Robert Benton Kramer vs. Kramer
Best Actor	Dustin Hoffman Kramer vs. Kramer	Peter Sellers Being There	Jack Lemmon The China Syndrome	Dustin Hoffman Kramer vs. Kramer
Best Actress	Sally Field Norma Rae	Bette Midler The Rose	Jane Fonda The China Syndrome	Sally Field Norma Rae
Best Supporting Actor	Melvyn Douglas Being There Robert Duvall Apocalypse Now		Robert Duvall Apocalypse Now	Melvyn Douglas Being There
Best Supporting Actress	Meryl Streep Kramer vs. Kramer		Rachel Roberts Yanks	Meryl Streep Kramer vs. Kramer
Best Screenplay, Adapted	Robert Benton Kramer vs. Kramer		Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman Manhattan	Robert Benton Kramer vs. Kramer
Best Screenplay, Original				Steve Tesich Breaking Away
Best Original Score	Carmine Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola Apocalypse Now		Ennio Morricone Days of Heaven	Georges Delerue A Little Romance Ralph Burns All That Jazz
Best Original Song	"The Rose" The Rose		N/A	"It Goes Like It Goes" Norma Rae
Best Foreign Language Film	La Cage aux Folles		N/A	The Tin Drum

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Apocalypse Now , directed by Francis Ford Coppola, United States

The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel), directed by Volker Schlöndorff, W. Germany

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

David , directed by Peter Lilienthal, West Germany

1979 films

By country/region

• List of American films of 1979
• List of Argentine films of 1979
• List of Australian films of 1979
• List of Bangladeshi films of 1979
• List of British films of 1979
• List of Canadian films of 1979
• List of French films of 1979
• List of Hong Kong films of 1979
• List of Indian films of 1979
  • List of Hindi films of 1979
  • List of Kannada films of 1979
  • List of Malayalam films of 1979
  • List of Marathi films of 1979
  • List of Tamil films of 1979
  • List of Telugu films of 1979
• List of Japanese films of 1979
• List of Mexican films of 1979
• List of Pakistani films of 1979
• List of South Korean films of 1979
• List of Soviet films of 1979
• List of Spanish films of 1979

By genre/medium

• List of action films of 1979
• List of animated feature films of 1979
• List of avant-garde films of 1979
• List of comedy films of 1979
• List of drama films of 1979
• List of horror films of 1979
• List of science fiction films of 1979
• List of thriller films of 1979
• List of western films of 1979

Births

• January 1 – Vidya Balan, Indian actress
• January 6 – Cristela Alonzo, American comedian, actress, writer and producer
• January 8
  • Ashraf Barhom, Israeli-Arab actor
  • Sarah Polley, Canadian actress
• January 10 - Maximilian Brückner, German actor
• January 16 – Aaliyah, American actress and singer (d. 2001)
• January 24 – Tatyana Ali, American actress and singer
• January 26 – Sara Rue, American actress
• January 28 - Angelique Cabral, American actress
• January 29 – Andrew Keegan, American actor
• February 1 – Rachelle Lefevre, Canadian actress
• February 2 – Shamita Shetty, Indian actress
• February 3 – Costa Ronin, Australian actor and cinematographer
• February 7 - Cerina Vincent, American actress
• February 8 - Josh Keaton, American actor and musician
• February 9 – Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress and dancer
• February 11 – Brandy Norwood, American actress and singer
• February 12 - Angus Sampson, Australian actor and filmmaker
• February 13 – Mena Suvari, American actress
• February 21
  • Tituss Burgess, American actor and singer
  • Maryke Hendrikse, Bahamian-born Canadian voice actress
  • Jennifer Love Hewitt, American actress and singer
  • Jordan Peele, American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer
• March 3 – Patrick Renna, American actor
• March 5 – Riki Lindhome, American actress, comedian and musician
• March 9 – Oscar Isaac, Guatemalan-American actor
• March 10
  • Edi Gathegi, Kenyan-American actor
  • Danny Pudi, American actor
• March 14 - Chris Klein, American actor
• March 17 – Stephen Kramer Glickman, Canadian actor, music producer and stand-up comedian
• March 18 – Adam Levine, American singer, songwriter, musician and actor
• March 20
  • Freema Agyeman, British actress
  • Bianca Lawson, American actress
• March 24 – Lake Bell, American actress, director and screenwriter
• March 25 – Lee Pace, American actor
• March 28 – Shakib Khan, Bangladeshi film actor, producer, singer, film organiser and media personalities ^[25]
• March 29 – De'Angelo Wilson, American actor and rapper (d. 2008)
• March 30
  • Jose Pablo Cantillo, American actor
  • Pete Holmes, American comedian, actor, writer, producer and podcaster
• April 4
  • Bunko Kanazawa, Japanese actress
  • Heath Ledger, Australian actor (d. 2008)
  • Natasha Lyonne, American actress
• April 5 – Josh Boone, American filmmaker
• April 7 - Nico Santos, Filipino-American actor
• April 9 - Edward Bennett, English actor
• April 11 – Josh Server, American actor
• April 12
  • Claire Danes, American actress
  • Jennifer Morrison, American actress, director and producer
  • Paul Nicholls, English actor
• April 15
  • Karen David, Canadian actress and singer-songwriter
  • Luke Evans, Welsh actor and singer
• April 17
  • Mylene Dinh-Robic, Canadian actress
  • Ken Duken, German actor and director
  • Tate Ellington, American actor
• April 19 – Kate Hudson, American actress
• April 21 – James McAvoy, Scottish actor ^[26]
• April 23 – Jaime King, American actress
• April 26 – Klára Issová, Czech actress
• April 27 - Tom Davis, English actor and comedian
• May 5 – Vincent Kartheiser, American actor
• May 7 – Yōsuke Kubozuka, Japanese actor
• May 9 – Rosario Dawson, American actress
• May 12 – Aaron Yoo, Korean-American actor
• May 19 – Bérénice Marlohe, French actress
• May 20 - Jana Pallaske, German actress and singer
• May 22 – Maggie Q, American actress
• May 23 – Josh Cooley, American animator, screenwriter, director and voice actor
• May 25 - Corbin Allred, American actor
• May 28
  • Jesse Bradford, American actor
  • Monica Keena, American actress
• June 2 - Morena Baccarin, Brazilian actress
• June 7 – Anna Torv, Australian actress
• June 12 - Wil Horneff, American former child actor
• June 17 – Young Maylay, American rapper, producer and voice actor
• June 20 - Sarah Stiles, American singer and actress
• June 21 – Chris Pratt, American actor
• June 24 – Mindy Kaling, American writer and actress
• June 25 - Busy Philipps, American actress
• June 27
  • Martin Bourboulon, French film director and screenwriter ^[27]
  • Benjamin Speed, Australian film composer
• June 30 - Rick Gonzalez, American actor and musician
• July 3 – Ludivine Sagnier, French actress
• July 5 – Eva Maria Daniels, Icelandic film producer (d. 2023)
• July 6
  • Kevin Hart, American actor
  • Abdul Salis, British actor
• July 7 - Benjamin Mitchell, New Zealand actor
• July 10 – Gong Yoo, South Korean actor
• July 12 – Omid Abtahi, Iranian-American actor
• July 14 – Scott Porter, American actor
• July 16 – Jayma Mays, American actress
• July 17 – Mike Vogel, American actor and former model
• July 19 – David Sakurai, Danish-Japanese actor, director and scriptwriter
• July 26 - Mageina Tovah, American actress
• July 30 - Lucas Babin, American actor
• July 31
  • Dana Gourrier, American actress
  • B. J. Novak, American writer and actor
• August 1 – Jason Momoa, American actor and filmmaker
• August 3 – Evangeline Lilly, Canadian actress ^[28]
• August 6 – Dayahang Rai, Nepalese actor
• August 10 – JoAnna Garcia Swisher, American actress
• August 12 - Keith Powell, American actor, writer and director
• August 13 - Kasia Smutniak, Polish-Italian actress and model
• August 14 - Jamie Parker, English actor and singer
• August 21 - Kevin Janssens, Belgian actor
• August 22 – Brandon Adams, American actor
• August 23 – Claire Grant, American actress, model and producer
• August 24 – Fabienne Carat, French actress and singer
• August 25 – Şebnem Bozoklu, Turkish actress
• August 26 – Erik Valdez, American actor
• August 27 – Aaron Paul, American actor
• August 29 – Dan Harris, American screenwriter and director
• August 31 – Yuvan Shankar Raja, Indian film composer
• September 1 - Camille Chen, American actress
• September 8 – Pink, American singer and actress
• September 11
  • Ariana Richards, American actress
  • Cameron Richardson, American actress and producer
  • Hu Ting-ting, English-born Taiwanese actress
• September 17
  • Neill Blomkamp, South African and Canadian director and screenwriter
  • Billy Miller, American actor (d. 2023)
• September 18 – Alison Lohman, American former actress
• September 19 – Noémie Lenoir, French model and actress
• September 20 – Chris Tardio, American actor
• September 22 – MyAnna Buring, Swedish-born British actress
• September 23 – Lisa Loven Kongsli, Norwegian actress
• September 25 - Stephen Rider, American actor
• September 26 - Mark Famiglietti, American actor, screenwriter and producer
• September 27 – Jad Saxton, American voice actress
  • Alicyn Packard, American actress, singer, and writer
• September 30 – Jonathan Kasdan, American screenwriter, director, producer and actor
• October 1 – Marielle Heller, American film director
• October 4
  • Caitríona Balfe, Irish actress
  • Rachael Leigh Cook, American actress
• October 6 – Sareh Bayat, Iranian actress
• October 7
  • Tang Wei, Chinese actress
  • Aaron Ashmore and Shawn Ashmore, Canadian actors
• October 8 – Kristanna Loken, American actress
• October 9
  • Chris O'Dowd, Irish actor and comedian
  • Brandon Routh, American actor
• October 20 – John Krasinski, American actor and filmmaker
• October 22 - Tony Denman, American actor
• October 28 – Natina Reed, American singer-songwriter, rapper and actress (d. 2012)
• October 29 – Maya Karin, Malaysian actress
• October 30 - James A. Woods, Canadian actor
• October 31 – Erica Cerra, Canadian actress
• November 5 - Leonardo Nam, Australian actor
• November 8 – Dania Ramirez, Dominican actress
• November 9 – Matt McCarthy, American comedian, actor and writer
• November 13 – Riccardo Scamarcio, Italian actor and producer
• November 14 – Olga Kurylenko, Ukrainian-French actress
• November 19 – Barry Jenkins, American film director
• November 22 – Andrew Knott, British actor
• November 23 – Jonathan Sadowski, American actor
• November 25 – Joel Kinnaman, Swedish-American actor
• November 28 – Daniel Henney, American actor and model
• November 29 - Timo Vuorensola, Finnish director, singer and actor
• December 3 – Tiffany Haddish, American comedian and actress
• December 5 – Nick Stahl, American actor
• December 7
  • Eric Bauza, Canadian-born American voice actor, stand-up comedian and animation artist
  • Sara Bareilles, American actress and singer
• December 11 – Rider Strong, American actor
• December 15 – Adam Brody, American actor, writer, musician and producer
• December 17 - Lil Rel Howery, American actor and comedian
• December 20 - Ramón Rodríguez, Puerto Rican actor
• December 23 – Summer Altice, American model and actress
• December 26 – Chris Daughtry, American actor and singer
• December 28
  • André Holland, American actor
  • Noomi Rapace, Swedish actress
• December 29 – Diego Luna, Mexican actor, director and producer

Deaths

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films
January	11	Jack Soo	61	US	Actor	Flower Drum Song The Oscar
	16	Peter Butterworth	63	UK	Actor, writer	Oliver! The First Great Train Robbery
	16	Ted Cassidy	46	US	Actor	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Mackenna's Gold
	18	Cyril J. Mockridge	82	UK	Composer	Desk Set The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
	25	Dick Crockett	63	US	Stuntman, Actor	Dirty Harry Spartacus
February	12	Jean Renoir	84	US	Director, writer, actor	The Rules of the Game La Grande Illusion
	16	Louise Allbritton	58	US	Actress	Pittsburgh Sitting Pretty
	17	William Gargan	73	US	Actor	The Bells of St. Mary's Cheers for Miss Bishop
	19	Leigh Jason	74	US	Director	Out of the Blue The Mad Miss Manton
	28	Jane Hylton	51	UK	Actress	It Started in Paradise Circus of Horrors
March	1	Dolores Costello	75	US	Actress	The Magnificent Ambersons Little Lord Fauntleroy
	2	Edith Craig	71	US	Actress	After the Thin Man Broadway Bill
	6	John Robinson	70	UK	Actor	Lawrence of Arabia The Longest Day
	9	Barbara Mullen	64	UK	Actress	Jeannie Thunder Rock
	19	John Tate	64	UK	Actor	Invasion
	21	Bomba Tzur	50	Israel	Actor	Blaumilch Canal Dalia and the Sailors
	22	Ben Lyon	78	US	Actor, writer	Hell's Angels Night Nurse
	24	Yvonne Mitchell	63	UK	Actress	Woman in a Dressing Gown Johnny Nobody
April	4	Edgar Buchanan	76	US	Actor	Shane Wichita
	6	Norman Tokar	59	US	Director	Follow Me, Boys! The Happiest Millionaire
	10	Nino Rota	67	Italy	Composer	The Godfather The Leopard
	24	John Carroll	72	US	Actor	Go West Flying Tigers
May	6	Rosemary La Planche	55	US	Actress	Angels' Alley Jack Armstrong
	8	Victor Saville	83	UK	Producer, director	Goodbye, Mr. Chips Kim
	10	Beatrice Campbell	56	UK	Actress	Last Holiday The Master of Ballantrae
	11	Joan Chandler	55	US	Actress	Humoresque Rope
	26	George Brent	80	US	Actor	Jezebel 42nd Street
	29	Mary Pickford	87	US	Actress, producer, writer	Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Coquette
June	1	Jack Mulhall	91	US	Actor	The Social Buccaneer The Three Musketeers
	2	Larisa Shepitko	41	Soviet Union	Director	Wings The Ascent
	2	Jim Hutton	45	US	Actor	Walk, Don't Run Who's Minding the Mint?
	6	Jack Haley	80	US	Actor	The Wizard of Oz Alexander's Ragtime Band
	11	John Wayne	72	US	Actor, producer, director	The Searchers Red River
	12	Henry Berman	65	US	Editor, Producer	Swing Time Grand Prix
	14	David Butler	84	US	Director	Road to Morocco Calamity Jane
	16	Nicholas Ray	67	US	Director, writer, actor	Rebel Without a Cause In a Lonely Place
	19	Nick Grinde	86	US	Director	Million Dollar Legs The Man They Could Not Hang
	21	Julian Orchard	49	UK	Actor, writer	Revenge of the Pink Panther The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
July	2	Larisa Shepitko	41	USSR	Director, writer, actress	The Ascent Farewell
	8	Michael Wilding	66	UK	Actor, producer	Stage Fright Waterloo
	13	Corinne Griffith	84	US	Actress	The Divine Lady Back Pay
	22	Kathleen Case	45	US	Actress	Human Desire Running Wild
	25	Eric Pohlmann	66	Germany	Actor	The Third Man From Russia with Love
	26	Virginia Brissac	96	US	Actress	Dressed to Kill Rebel Without a Cause
	27	Ettore Manni	52	Italy	Actor	City of Women Le Amiche
	27	Shirley Mason	79	US	Actress	Anne Against the World So This Is Love?
	28	George Seaton	68	US	Director	The Country Girl Airport
	28	Frederick Stafford	51	Czechoslovakia	Actor	Topaz Dirty Heroes
	31	Beatrix Lehmann	76	UK	Actress	The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
August	??	Betty Henderson	72	UK	Actress	The 39 Steps The Maggie
	6	Kurt Kasznar	65	Austria	Actor	Kiss Me Kate Lili
	7	Vicente Salumbides	85	Philippines	Actor, Director	Ibong Adarna Florante at Laura
	10	Dick Foran	69	US	Actor	The Petrified Forest Ride 'Em Cowboy
	17	Vivian Vance	70	US	Actress	The Great Race
	21	Stuart Heisler	82	US	Director	Tulsa I Died a Thousand Times
	30	Jean Seberg	40	US	Actress	Breathless Airport
September	1	Doris Kenyon	81	US	Actress	Alexander Hamilton The Road to Singapore
	2	Felix Aylmer	90	UK	Actor	Becket Hamlet
	12	Les Clark	71	US	Animator	Fantasia One Hundred and One Dalmatians
	12	Jocelyne LaGarde	54	Tahiti	Actress	Hawaii
	17	Willis Goldbeck	80	US	Screenwriter	Young Dr. Kildare The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
	22	Frederick Piper	76	UK	Actor	The 39 Steps The Man Who Knew Too Much
	23	Catherine Lacey	75	UK	Actress	The Lady Vanishes The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
	26	John Cromwell	91	US	Director	Of Human Bondage The Enchanted Cottage
	26	Arthur Hunnicutt	69	US	Actor	The Tall T El Dorado
	27	Gracie Fields	81	UK	Actress, singer	Sally in Our Alley Holy Matrimony
October	1	Dorothy Arzner	82	US	Director	Craig's Wife Dance, Girl, Dance
	3	Dorothy Peterson	81	US	Actress	That Hagen Girl Payment Deferred
	12	Celia Lovsky	82	Austria	Actress	Foxfire I Mobster
	17	John Stuart	81	UK	Actor	Superman Village of the Damned
	25	Fernando Soler	83	Mexico	Actor	Papacito lindo El gran calavera
	30	Graham Ashley	52	UK	Actor	Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope Hennessy
November	1	Saro Urzì	66	Italy	Actor	The Godfather Beat the Devil
	5	Amedeo Nazzari	71	Italy	Actor	Il bandito The Jester's Supper
	8	Sydney Tafler	63	UK	Actor	The Spy Who Loved Me Alfie
	11	Dimitri Tiomkin	85	Russia	Composer	High Noon The High and the Mighty
	20	Michael Darbyshire	62	UK	Actor, writer	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang The Slipper and the Rose
	21	Paul Wexler	50	US	Actor	The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze
	22	George Froeschel	88	US	Screenwriter	Mrs. Miniver Scaramouche
	23	Merle Oberon	68	India	Actress, producer	Wuthering Heights The Scarlet Pimpernel
	30	Barbara von Annenkoff	79	Germany	Actress	Wood Love Derby
	30	Joyce Grenfell	69	UK	Actress	The Americanization of Emily Blue Murder at St Trinian's
	30	Zeppo Marx	78	US	Actor, director	Duck Soup Monkey Business
December	5	Jesse Pearson	49	US	Actor	Bye Bye Birdie
	5	Lesley Selander	70	US	Director	Blackmail Flight to Mars
	9	James Neilson	70	US	Director	The Moon-Spinners Bon Voyage!
	10	Ann Dvorak	68	US	Actress	Scarface Three on a Match
	11	Claire Carleton	66	US	Actress	Girl from Havana Gildersleeve on Broadway
	12	Jon Hall	64	US	Actor, director	The Hurricane Kit Carson
	22	George Pollock	72	UK	Director	Murder, She Said Ten Little Indians
	23	Ernest B. Schoedsack	86	US	Director, cinematographer, producer	King Kong The Most Dangerous Game
	25	Michael Collins	57	Canada	Actor	Goldfinger The Battle of the River Plate
	25	Lee Bowman	79	US	Actor	Love Affair Cover Girl
	25	Joan Blondell	73	US	Actress	Grease The Public Enemy

Film debuts

• Rosanna Arquette – More American Graffiti
• Tobin Bell - Manhattan
• Lorraine Bracco – Duos sur canapé
• David Bradley – The Frisco Kid
• Grand L. Bush – Hair
• Yancy Butler – Savage Weekend
• Gordon Clapp – Running
• Frances Conroy – Manhattan
• Matt Craven – Meatballs
• Denise Crosby – 10
• Ted Danson – The Onion Field
• Keith David – Disco Godfather
• Matt Dillon – Over the Edge
• Lisa Eichhorn – The Europeans
• Cary Elwes – Yesterday's Hero
• Giancarlo Esposito – Running
• Christopher Fairbank – Agatha
• Danny Glover – Escape from Alcatraz
• Bruce Greenwood – Bear Island
• Linda Hamilton – Night Flowers
• Dennis Haysbert – Scoring
• Stephen McKinley Henderson – A Pleasure Doing Business
• James Horner (film composer) – The Lady in Red
• Anna Maria Horsford – An Almost Perfect Affair
• Hawthorne James – Disco Godfather
• Lucinda Jenney – Impostors
• Michael Jeter – Hair
• Sam J. Jones – 10
• David Keith – The Great Santini
• David Patrick Kelly – The Warriors
• Wayne Knight – The Wanderers
• Christine Lahti – ...And Justice for All
• Laurene Landon – Bitter Heritage
• Diane Lane – A Little Romance
• Fredric Lehne – Being There
• Carl Lumbly – Escape from Alcatraz
• Tzi Ma – Cocaine Cowboys
• Hayao Miyazaki (director) – The Castle of Cagliostro
• Bill Nighy – The Bitch
• Will Patton – Minus Zero
• David Paymer – The In-Laws
• Elizabeth Peña – El Super
• Chris Penn – Charlie and the Talking Buzzard
• Rhea Perlman – Swap Meet
• Clarke Peters – The Music Machine
• CCH Pounder – All That Jazz
• Mickey Rourke – 1941
• Jay O. Sanders – Starting Over
• Raynor Scheine – Something Short of Paradise
• Wallace Shawn – Manhattan
• Martin Short – Lost and Found
• J. Smith-Cameron – Gal Young Un
• John Snyder – The Warriors
• Timothy Spall – Quadrophenia
• Mike Starr – Squeeze Play!
• Daniel Stern – Breaking Away
• Emma Suárez – Memoirs of Leticia Valle
• Patrick Swayze – Skatetown, U.S.A.
• Joey Travolta – Sunnyside
• Jean-Claude Van Damme – Woman Between Wolf and Dog
• Christoph Waltz – Breakthrough
• Peter Weller – Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
• Joanne Whalley – Birth of the Beatles
• JoBeth Williams – Kramer vs. Kramer
• Michael Wincott – Title Shot
• Ray Winstone – That Summer!

Notes

1. 60 million tickets sold, ^[19] average ticket price of 25  kopecks ^[20]

1. See List of highest-grossing films in the Soviet Union § Highest-grossing foreign films.

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External links

• List of 1979 films at IMDb
• 1979 Domestic Grosses at Box Office Mojo
• List of 1979 deaths at IMDb
• List of 1979 births at IMDb