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Comedy Drama Movies of 1979

Manhattan

On the heels of Annie Hall, the Oscar-winning romantic comedy that rocketed Woody Allen to the front ranks of American filmmakers, Manhattan continued Allen's romantic obsessions in a slightly darker, more pessimistic vein. Allen stars as ... [ Comedy Drama movie - 1979 ]

...And Justice for All

Norman Jewison's blackly satirical look at the American ... [ Comedy Drama movie - 1979 ]

The Electric Horseman

A cowboy-turned-huckster unexpectedly finds love as he tries to regain his self-respect in this romantic ... [ Comedy Drama movie - 1979 ]

Breaking Away

Dennis Christopher stars as a recent high school graduate in Bloomington, Indiana, who is ... [ Comedy Drama movie - 1979 ]

M*A*S*H: Season 08

Season eight of M*A*S*H was marked by the last of the series' major regular-cast defections. As the quietly resourceful and eerily clairvoyant ... [ Comedy Drama movie - 1979 ]

More American Graffiti

Returning from the original American Graffiti are Debbie Dunham, Steve Bolander, John Milner, ... [ Comedy Drama movie - 1979 ]

Autumn Marathon

This Soviet-produced comedy drama features Oleg Basilashvili as Buzykin, an absent-minded English ... [ Comedy Drama movie - 1979 ]

Die Dritte Generation

German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder both directed and photographed The Third Generation (Die Dritte Generation). Displaying a sense of humor that can most kindly be described as perverse, Fassbinder follows the exploits of ... [ Comedy Drama movie - 1979 ]

Roller Boogie

This lively film was made to cash in on the roller skating craze that swept Southern California in the late '70s. The story centers upon a poor-little-rich-girl runaway who ... [ Comedy Drama movie - 1979 ]

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears

Moscow of the late '50s is the initial setting for this movie of three young girls out for love -- the upwardly mobile Lyuda (Irina Muravyova), the secure Tonya ... [ Comedy Drama movie - 1979 ]

French Postcards

A "critic's darling" of 1979, the modestly produced French Postcards has an appeal ... [ Comedy Drama movie - 1979 ]

Bye Bye Brazil

Bye Bye Brazil, the gifted director Carlos Diegues' follow-up to his 1978 Xica da Silva, became one of the most popular ... [ Comedy Drama movie - 1979 ]


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