The year involved some significant events.
:North America
# '' Kramer Vs. Kramer ''
# '' Rocky II '', starring Sylvester Stallone
# '' Alien ''
# tie, '' The Amityville Horror '' and
# tie, ''''
# '' Moonraker '' starring Roger Moore
# '' The Muppet Movie ''
# '' California Suite ''
# '' The Deer Hunter ''
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: Best Picture : ''
: Best Actor : - ''Kramer vs. Kramer''
: Best Actress : - ''Norma Rae''
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:'', directed by Francis Ford Coppola , United States
:'' (Die Blechtrommel), directed by Volker Schlöndorff, W. Germany
:'', directed by Peter Lilienthal , West Germany
- '' 10 '', directed by Blake Edwards , starring Dudley Moore
- '' 1941 '', starring Dan Aykroyd
- '' The Adventure Of Sudsakorn '', Thailand 's first and only Cel-animated feature film
- '' Agatha ''
- '' Alexandria... Why? ''
- '' Alien ''
- '' Alien Encounters, The ''
- '' All That Jazz '', Palme D'Or winner
- '' The Amityville Horror ''
- '' Apocalypse Now '', directed by Francis Ford Coppola , starring Marlon Brando , Robert Duvall , Martin Sheen , Dennis Hopper , Harrison Ford , Palme d'Or winner
- '' Being There '', starring Peter Sellers
- '' Beyond The Poseidon Adventure ''
- '' The Black Hole ''
- '' The Black Stallion ''
- '' Breaking Away ''
- '' The Brood '', directed by David Cronenberg
- '' Buck Rogers In The 25th Century ''
- '' Bye Bye Brazil ''
- '' Caligula '', directed by Tinto Brass , written by Gore Vidal , starring Malcolm McDowell , Teresa Ann Savoy, Helen Mirren and Peter O'Toole
- '' The Champ (1979 Film) ''
- '' The China Syndrome ''
- '' Christ Stopped At Eboli '' (''Cristo si è fermato a Eboliby''), by Francesco Rosi
- ''''
- '' David '', Golden Bear (award) winner
- '' Don Giovanni ''
- '' Dracula '', starring Frank Langella as Dracula and Sir Laurence Olivier as Van Helsing. With Trevor Eve
- '' The Electric Horseman '', directed by Sydney Pollack , starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda
- '' Escape From Alcatraz ''
- '' Gal Young 'Un ''
- '' The Great Santini ''
- '' HAIR ''
- '' Hardcore '', starring George C. Scott
- '' Heartland '', Golden Bear (award) winner, Sundance Grand Jury Prize
- '' Hanover Street ''
- '' I As In Icarus ''
- '' The In-Laws ''
- '' The Jerk '', starring Steve Martin
- '' Just You And Me, Kid ''
- '' Kramer Vs. Kramer '', starring Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep , both of whom won Oscar s for their performances
- '' Love At First Bite '', starring George Hamilton
- '' Mad Max '', starring Mel Gibson
- '' The Main Event '', starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal
- '' Manhattan ''
- '' The Marriage Of Maria Braun ''
- '' Meatballs '', starring Bill Murray
- '' Monty Python's Life Of Brian ''
- '' Moonraker '' starring Roger Moore
- '' Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears '' - Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film
- '' Mr. Mike's Mondo Video ''
- '' The Muppet Movie ''
- '' Norma Rae ''
- '''' ("Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht")
- '' The Odd Angry Shot ''
- '' Quadrophenia ''
- '' Rock 'n' Roll High School '', produced by Roger Corman , featuring The Ramones
- '' Rocky II ''
- '' Roller Boogie ''
- '' The Rose ''
- '' Siberiade ''
- '' Soldier Of Orange ''
- ''''
- '' Tess '', directed by Roman Polanski , starring Nastassja Kinski
- '' The Third Generation ''
- '' Time After Time ''
- '' The Tin Drum '', Palme D'Or winner
- '' Vengeance Is Mine ''
- '' The Warriors ''
- '' Wolfman ''
- '' Woyzeck ''
- '' Zulu Dawn ''
- January 8 - Sarah Polley , actress
- January 12 - Isidra Vega , actress
- January 27 - Rosamund Pike , actress
- February 9 - Mena Suvari , actress
- February 9 - Zhang Ziyi , actress and dancer
- April 4 - Bunko Kanazawa , actress
- April 12 - Claire Danes , actress
- April 19 - Kate Hudson , actress
- April 23 - Jaime King , actress
- May 9 - Rosario Dawson , actress
- May 25 - Monica Keena , actress
- October 4 - Rachael Leigh Cook , actress
- October 8 - Kristanna Loken , actress
- December 23 - Summer Altice , Model and Actress
- February 12 - Jean Renoir , director
- March 1 - Dolores Costello , actress
- March 22 - Ben Lyon , actor, also credited as the person who "discovered" and renamed Marilyn Monroe
- May 29 - Mary Pickford , actress, Movie Studio founder
- June 11 - John Wayne , actor
- August 17 , Vivian Vance , actress
- September 8 - Jean Seberg , actress
- September 12 - Jocelyne LaGarde , Tahitian actress
- November 23 - Merle Oberon , American actress
- December 11 - Adile Nasit , actress, director
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