Category:1979, Top Films

1975 -- 1976 -- 1977 -- 1978

-- -- 1979, Top Films -- --

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1980 -- 1981 -- 1982 -- 1983

Ranking

My Picks

-- #3. Manhattan -- #4. Stalker -- #5. Life of Brian -- #6. Being There -- #10. The Tin Drum -- #13. Kramer vs. Kramer <Best Picture & Director> -- #28. Breaking Away

Limbo

-- #1. <Apocalypse Now> (Coppola) -- #2. <Alien> (Alien) -- #50+. From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China (Lerner) [Best Doc] -- #50+. Best Boy (Wohl) [Best Doc]

Critical Reception

-- #1. <Apocalypse Now> -- #2. <Alien> -- #3. Manhattan -- #4. Stalker -- #5. Life of Brian -- #6. Being There -- #7. Nosferatu the Vampyre -- #8. The Marriage of Maria Braun -- #9. Mad Max -- #10. The Tin Drum

-- #11. <All That Jazz> -- #12. The Warriors -- #13. Kramer vs. Kramer -- #14. The Brood -- #15. Tale of Tales -- #16. Vengeance Is Mine -- #17. Woyzeck -- #18. The Jerk -- #19. Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro -- #20. Zombie Flesh Eaters

-- #23. Hair -- #24. Tess -- #26. Wise Blood -- #28. Breaking Away -- #40. Over the Edge

Flickchart, Best Films

-- @1. <Alien> -- @2. <Apocalypse Now> -- @3. Stalker -- @4. Life of Brian -- @5. Manhattan -- @6. Being There -- @7. <All That Jazz> -- @8. The Warriors -- @9. The Jerk -- @10. Breaking Away

-- @11. Kramer vs. Kramer -- @12. The Muppet Movie -- @13. Nosferatu the Vampyre -- @14. Escape from Alcatraz -- @15. Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro -- @16. Mad Max -- @17. Rocky II -- @18. The China Syndrome -- @19. The Brood -- @20. Time After Time

-- @21. Zombie Flesh Eaters -- @22. And Justice for All -- @23. Phantasm -- @24. The Marriage of Maria Braun -- @25. The Tin Drum -- @26. The In-Laws -- @27. Hardcore -- @28. Norma Rae -- @29. Star Trek: The Motion Picture -- @30. Real Life

CriticsTop10, Best Films

-- =1. Kramer vs. Kramer -- =2. Manhattan -- =3. Breaking Away -- =4. Apocalypse Now -- =5. The China Syndrome -- =6. Norma Rae -- =7. The Black Stallion -- =8. Being There -- =9. All That Jazz -- =10. Alien

-- =11. North Dallas Forty -- =12. Hair -- =13. The Tree of Wooden Clogs -- =14. 10 -- =15. The Marriage of Maria Braun -- =16. La Cage Aux Folles -- =17. The Onion Field -- =18. A Little Romance -- =19. Starting Over -- =20. Escape From Alcatraz

-- =21. The Muppet Movie -- =22. The Electric Horseman -- =23. Time After Time -- =24. The Seduction of Joe Tynan -- =25. Yanks -- =26. The Rose -- =27. Picnic at Hanging Rock -- =28. The In-Laws -- =29. Going in Style -- =30. Rocky II

Oscar, Best Films

-- Kramer vs. Kramer -- All That Jazz -- Apocalypse Now -- Breaking Away -- Norma Rae -- La Cage aux Folles -- The Tin Drum (West Germany)

Golden Globe, Best Films

-- Kramer vs. Kramer -- Breaking Away -- Apocalypse Now -- La Cage aux Folles (France)

National Board of Review

-- Manhattan -- Kramer vs. Kramer -- Breaking Away -- Being There -- Yanks -- The Europeans -- The China Syndrome -- Apocalypse Now -- Time After Time -- North Dallas Forty

Top Grossing Films

-- Kramer vs. Kramer -- The Amityville Horror -- Rocky II -- Apocalypse Now -- Star Trek: The Motion Picture -- Alien -- 10 -- The Jerk -- Moonraker -- The Muppet Movie

NYT, Best Films

-- Kramer vs. Kramer -- Manhattan -- Tin Drum -- Breaking Away -- Being There -- Love on the Run -- The Warriors -- Norma Rae -- Hair -- Mad Max -- The Third Generation -- Quadrophenia -- Apocalypse Now -- Wise Blood -- Heartland -- 10 -- Tess

TSPDT, Best Films

-- Stalker -- Manhattan -- Life of Brian -- The Tin Drum -- Being There -- Apocalypse Now -- All That Jazz -- Tale of Tales -- Arrebato -- The Marriage of Maria Braun -- Vengeance is Mine

Top10ner, Best Films

-- Kramer vs. Kramer -- Manhattan -- Life of Brian -- Stalker -- Breaking Away -- Being There -- Apocalypse Now -- Alien -- All That Jazz -- The Marriage of Maria Braun -- Nosferatu the Vampyre -- The Muppet Movie

Film101, Best Films

-- Kramer vs. Kramer -- Manhattan -- The Tin Drum -- Breaking Away -- Life of Brian -- Being There -- Apocalypse Now -- Alien -- The Marriage of Maria Braun -- All That Jazz -- The China Syndrome -- My Brilliant Career -- Mad Max -- Wise Blood -- Tess

Child Actors, Best Films

-- The Tin Drum (Germany) -- The Black Stallion -- Kramer vs. Kramer -- A Little Romance -- Breaking Away

-- Rich Kids -- The Champ

-- And Your Name Is Jonah -- Arabian Adventure (UK) -- Den Åttonde dagen (Sweden) -- Bastien, Bastienne (France) -- Black Island (UK) -- Black Jack (UK) -- Der blaue Helm (East Germany) -- Blauvogel (East Germany -- Charlie and the Talking Buzzard / Buzzard -- Chcialbym sie zgubic... (Poland) -- The Contest Kid Strikes Again -- The Custard Boys (UK) -- The Double McGuffin -- Éclair au chocolat (Canada) -- Égigérö fü (Hungary) -- Fish Hawk (Canada) -- Follow You Follow Me (UK) -- Frajeri a frajerky (Czechoslovakia) -- Gli ultimi angeli (Italy) -- Hazal (Turkey) -- Indiáni z Vetrova (Czechoslovakia) -- Les joyeuses colonies de vacances (France) -- The Kid from Left Field -- Kocicí princ / Der Katzenprinz (Czechoslovakia) -- The Little Dragons -- Lo scugnizzo (Italy) -- Martijn en de magiër (Netherlands) -- Meatballs -- The Mystery of Willoughby Castle -- Na pytlacke stezce (Czechoslovakia) -- La niña de la mochila azul (Mexico) -- Orphan Train -- The Orphan -- Over the Edge -- Phantasm -- Poslednja trka (Yugoslavia) -- The Revenge of Red Chief -- Roveh Huliot /The Wooden Gun (Israel) -- Salem's Lot -- Uno sceriffo extraterrestre - poco extra e molto terrestre / The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid (Italy) -- A Special Gift -- Udivitelnye priklyucheniya Denisa Korablyova (URSS) -- Upír ve vezáku (Czechoslovakia) -- Voynata na taralezhite / The Hedgehogs War (Bulgaria) -- Zlati uhori / Golden Eels (Czechoslovakia) -- Zmory / Nightmares