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Year 1979

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Adaptations released in 1979 (78)

Poster for Testament of Youth

Testament of Youth

1979 · from the book by Vera Brittain

Poster for Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now

May 10, 1979 · from the book by Joseph Conrad

Backstairs at the White House 1979

Backstairs at the White House

1979 · from the book by Lillian Rogers Parks

Poster for Doraemon

Doraemon

April 2, 1979 · from the book by Fujiko F. Fujio

Rebecca

1979 · from the book by Daphne du Maurier

Poster for Devdas

Devdas

1979 · from the book by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay

Poster for Stalker

Stalker

May 25, 1979 · from the book by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky

Poster for Mathias Sandorf

Mathias Sandorf

1979 · from the book by Jules Verne

Poster for Little Tragedies

Little Tragedies

1979 · from the book by Alexander Pushkin

Poster for Being There

Being There

December 19, 1979 · from the book by Jerzy Kosiński

Poster for My Left Foot

My Left Foot

April 7, 1979 · from the book by Christy Brown

Poster for The Buddenbrooks

The Buddenbrooks

1979 · from the book by Thomas Mann

Macbeth

1979 · from the book by William Shakespeare

Poster for The Sacketts

The Sacketts

1979 · from the book by Louis L'Amour

Poster for Die Fledermaus

Die Fledermaus

March 4, 1979 · based on “Die Fledermaus”

Poster for Don Giovanni

Don Giovanni

November 6, 1979 · based on “Don Giovanni”

Poster for Escape from Alcatraz

Escape from Alcatraz

June 22, 1979 · from the book by J. Campbell Bruce

Poster for The Warriors

The Warriors

February 1, 1979 · from the book by Sol Yurick

The Five Forty-Eight 1979

The Five Forty-Eight

1979 · from the book by John Cheever

Poster for Hair

Hair

1979 · based on “Hair”

Poster for The Tin Drum

The Tin Drum

1979 · from the book by Günter Grass

A Glass of Water (1979 film) 1979

A Glass of Water (1979 film)

August 25, 1979 · from the book by Eugène Scribe

Poster for The Black Stallion

The Black Stallion

1979 · from the book by Walter Farley

Poster for Galaxy Express 999

Galaxy Express 999

August 4, 1979 · from the book by Leiji Matsumoto

Books first published in 1979 (46)

Cover of Lust, Caution

Lust, Caution

Eileen Chang · 1979

Cover of The Short-Timers

The Short-Timers

Gustav Hasford · 1979

Cover of Kindred

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler · 1979

Cover of Mayday

Mayday

Nelson DeMille · 1979

Cover of A Dry White Season

A Dry White Season

André Brink · 1979

Cover of The Flight of Dragons

The Flight of Dragons

Peter Dickinson · 1979

Cover of The Long Walk

The Long Walk

Stephen King · 1979

Cover of Ghost Story

Ghost Story

Peter Straub · 1979

Cover of Sophie's Choice

Sophie's Choice

William Styron · 1979

Cover of The Executioner's Song

The Executioner's Song

Norman Mailer · 1979

Cover of Little Birds

Little Birds

Anaïs Nin · 1979

Cover of A Woman of Substance

A Woman of Substance

Barbara Taylor Bradford · 1979

All 46 books of 1979