British Film Database

1970s

British films of 1979

80 films, in order of release. 62 with no exact release date are listed after them.

ReleasedTitleDirector
26 JanuaryLove and BulletsStuart Rosenberg, John Huston
FebruaryMeetings with Remarkable MenPeter Brook
1 FebruaryMurder by DecreeBob Clark
1 MarchBreakthroughAndrew V. McLaglen
1 AprilThe Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeBill MelendezU
7 AprilMy Left FootJim Sheridan
12 AprilFirepowerMichael Winner
14 MayQuadropheniaFranc Roddam
15 MayThe EuropeansJames Ivory
25 MayAlienRidley ScottX
25 MayFrom the Clouds to the ResistanceDanièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub
22 JuneGame for VulturesJames Fargo
5 JulyAvalanche ExpressMark Robson, Monte Hellman
13 JulyDraculaJohn Badham
25 AugustThe TempestDerek Jarman
1 NovemberBear IslandDon Sharp
6 NovemberDon GiovanniJoseph Losey
11 DecemberCharlie MuffinJack Gold
—AgathaMichael Apted
—AggressionDavid Crossman
—Anti-ClockJane Arden
—Arabian AdventureKevin Connor
—The BitchGerry O'Hara
—Black JackKen LoachU
—CaligulaTinto Brass, Bob Guccione
—Churchill and the GeneralsAlan Gibson
—Confessions from the David Galaxy AffairWilly Roe
—Derek and Clive Get the HornRussell Mulcahy
—Don PasqualeBasil Coleman
—Eagle's WingAnthony Harvey
—Electric EskimoFrank Godwin
—Escape to AthenaGeorge P. Cosmatos
—Fathers Of PopJulian Cooper
—The Fifth MusketeerKen Annakin
—Four Questions About ArtEdward Bennett
—The Golden LadyJosé Ramón Larraz
—The Great Riviera Bank RobberyFrancis Megahy
—Hanover StreetPeter Hyams
—Henry Iv. Part 1David Giles
—Henry VDavid Giles
—The Human FactorOtto Preminger
—The Kids Are AlrightJeff Stein
—King Henry The Fourth. Part 1David Giles
—Kiss The Girls: Make Them Cry
—The KnowledgeBob Brooks
—The Lady VanishesAnthony Page
—Le PétomaneIan MacNaughton
—Licensed to Love and KillLindsay Shonteff
—Lost and FoundMelvin Frank
—Monty Python’s Life of BrianTerry Jones
—MoonrakerLewis Gilbert
—The Muppet MovieJames Frawley
—The Music MachineIan Sharp
—A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley SquareRalph Thomas
—North Sea HijackAndrew V. McLaglen
—The PassageJ. Lee Thompson
—PorridgeDick Clement
—The Pythons
—The Quatermass ConclusionPiers Haggard
—Quincy's QuestRobert Reed
—Radio OnChris Petit
—The Riddle of the SandsTony Maylam
—ScumAlan John Clarke
—The Shillingbury MelonVal Guest
—Spaced OutOuter TouchNorman J. Warren
—SunburnRichard C. Sarafian
—Survival Of The FastestCynthia Page
—Tarka the OtterDavid Cobham
—TessRoman Polanski
—That Sinking FeelingBill Forsyth
—That SummerHarley Cokeliss
—A Touch of the SunPeter Curran
—The Treasure SeekersHenry Levin
—Twelfth NightJohn Gorrie
—The Underground EigerBarry Cockcroft
—The View from the Edge
—The World Is Full of Married MenRobert Young
—YanksJohn Schlesinger
—Yesterday's HeroNeil Leifer
—Zulu DawnDouglas Hickox