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The year 1979 in film involved many significant events.

Highest-grossing films

United States and Canada

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

International

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

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 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
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