# List of British films of 1979

A list of films produced in the United Kingdom in 1979 (see 1979 in film):

## 1979

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1979 |||||||
| Agatha | Michael Apted | Dustin Hoffman, Vanessa Redgrave | Mystery | |
| Alien | Ridley Scott | Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt | Sci-fi | Co-production with the US |
| Anti-Clock | Jane Arden | | Drama | |
| Arabian Adventure | Kevin Connor | Christopher Lee, Oliver Tobias, Milo O'Shea | Fantasy/adventure | |
| Bear Island | Don Sharp | Donald Sutherland, Vanessa Redgrave | Adventure | Co-production with Canada |
| The Bitch | Gerry O'Hara | Joan Collins, Kenneth Haigh | Drama | |
| Bloody Kids | Stephen Frears | Derrick O'Connor, Gary Holton | Drama | |
| The Cat and the Canary | Radley Metzger | Honor Blackman, Michael Callan | Thriller | |
| Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair | Willy Roe | Alan Lake, Glynn Edwards | Comedy | |
| Derek and Clive Get the Horn | Russell Mulcahy | Peter Cook, Dudley Moore | Documentary | |
| Dracula | John Badham | Frank Langella, Kate Nelligan, Laurence Olivier | Horror | |
| Eagle's Wing | Anthony Harvey | Martin Sheen, Sam Waterston, Harvey Keitel | Western | |
| Escape to Athena | George P. Cosmatos | Roger Moore, Telly Savalas | World War II/adventure | |
| The Europeans | James Ivory | Lee Remick, Robin Ellis | Literary drama | Entered into the 1979 Cannes Film Festival |
| Firepower | Michael Winner | Sophia Loren, James Coburn | Action | |
| The First Great Train Robbery | Michael Crichton | Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, Lesley-Anne Down | Crime/adventure | |
| A Game for Vultures | James Fargo | Richard Harris, Joan Collins, Richard Roundtree | Thriller | |
| The Golden Lady | José Ramón Larraz | Ina Skriver, Suzanne Danielle | Thriller | |
| The Great Riviera Bank Robbery | Francis Megahy | Ian McShane, Warren Clarke | Crime/thriller | |
| Hanover Street | Peter Hyams | Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down | World War II/romance | |
| The Human Factor | Otto Preminger | Richard Attenborough, Nicol Williamson | Thriller | |
| Jesus | Peter Sykes, Peter Heyman | Brian Deacon, Yosef Shiloach | Biblical | |
| The Kids Are Alright | Jeff Stein | The Who | Documentary | |
| The Lady Vanishes | Anthony Page | Elliott Gould, Cybill Shepherd | Mystery | |
| Le Pétomane | Ian MacNaughton | Leonard Rossiter, Graham Stark | Comedy | |
| Licensed to Love and Kill | Lindsay Shonteff | Gareth Hunt, Fiona Curzon | Spy/action | |
| Lost and Found | Melvin Frank | George Segal, Glenda Jackson | Romance/comedy | |
| Meetings with Remarkable Men | Peter Brook | Terence Stamp, Athol Fugard | Drama | Entered into the 29th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Monty Python's Life of Brian | Terry Jones | The members of Monty Python, Gwen Taylor, Charles McKeown | Comedy | Number 28 in the BFI Top 100 British films |
| Moonraker | Lewis Gilbert | Roger Moore, Michael Lonsdale, Lois Chiles | Spy/action | Filmed in French studios |
| Murder by Decree | Bob Clark | Christopher Plummer, James Mason | Mystery | |
| The Music Machine | Ian Sharp | Gerry Sundquist, Patti Boulaye | Musical | |
| North Sea Hijack | Andrew McLaglen | Roger Moore, Anthony Perkins, James Mason | Action | |
| The Passage | J. Lee Thompson | Anthony Quinn, James Mason | World War II | |
| The Plank | Eric Sykes | Eric Sykes, Arthur Lowe | Comedy | |
| Quadrophenia | Franc Roddam | Phil Daniels, Leslie Ash, Philip Davis, Mark Wingett | Musical | |
| The Quatermass Conclusion | Piers Haggard | John Mills, Barbara Kellerman | Sci-fi | Based on the TV series Quatermass |
| Quincy's Quest | Robert Reed | Tommy Steele, Mel Martin | Family | |
| Radio On | Christopher Petit | David Beames | Mystery/road | |
| The Riddle of the Sands | Tony Maylam | Michael York, Jenny Agutter | Adventure | |
| Scum | Alan Clarke | Ray Winstone, Mick Ford, Julian Firth | Prison drama | |
| A Sense of Freedom | John Mackenzie | David Hayman, Fulton Mackay | Drama | |
| Sunburn | Richard C. Sarafian | Farrah Fawcett, Charles Grodin | Crime/comedy | Co-production with the US |
| Tarka the Otter | David Cobham | Henry Williamson, Gerald Durrell | Family | |
| The Tempest | Derek Jarman | Heathcote Williams, Toyah Willcox | Shakespearean | |
| Tess | Roman Polanski | Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth | Literary drama | |
| That Summer | Harley Cokeliss | Ray Winstone, Tony London | Drama | |
| The World Is Full of Married Men | Robert Young | Anthony Franciosa, Carroll Baker | Drama | |
| Yanks | John Schlesinger | Richard Gere, Vanessa Redgrave, Lisa Eichhorn | World War II | |
| Yesterday's Hero | Neil Leifer | Ian McShane, Suzanne Somers | Drama | |

## Most Popular Films at the British Box Office in 1979

Source:
* Moonraker
* Superman
* Jaws 2
* Every Which Way but Loose
* Alien
* Watership Down
* The Deer Hunter
* Grease
* Quadrophenia
* Pete's Dragon
* Midnight Express
* National Lampoon's Animal House
* Death on the Nile
* Porridge
* The Cat from Outer Space
* Battlestar Galactica
* The Thirty Nine Steps
* The Bitch
* Lord of the Rings
* The Warriors