Category:1979, Top Films

1975 -- 1976 -- 1977 -- 1978

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

1980 -- 1981 -- 1982 -- 1983

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Ranking

My Picks

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

Limbo

-- #1. <Apocalypse Now> (Coppola) -- #2. <Alien> (Alien)

Critical Reception

MUBI, Best Films

50 Top Films of 1979

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

-- #1. <Apocalypse Now> -- #2. <Alien> -- #7. Nosferatu the Vampyre -- #8. The Marriage of Maria Braun -- #9. Mad Max -- #11. <All That Jazz> -- #12. The Warriors -- #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 -- #40. Over the Edge

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

-- And Your Name Is Jonah (1979) USA Review -- Arabian Adventure (1979) UK Gallery Review Buy -- Den Åttonde dagen (1979) Sweden -- Bastien, Bastienne (1979) France Review -- Black Island (1979) UK Review -- Black Jack (1979) UK -- Der blaue Helm (1979) East Germany -- Blauvogel (1979) East Germany Gallery Review -- The Champ (1979) USA Gallery Review Buy -- Charlie and the Talking Buzzard / Buzzard USA Review -- Chcialbym sie zgubic... (1979) Poland -- The Contest Kid Strikes Again (1979) USA Gallery Review -- The Custard Boys (1979) UK Review -- The Double McGuffin (1979) USA Gallery Review Buy -- Éclair au chocolat (1979) Canada -- Égigérö fü (1979) Hungary Review -- Fish Hawk (1979) Canada Review Buy -- Follow You Follow Me (1979) UK Review Buy -- Frajeri a frajerky (1979) Czechoslovakia -- Gli ultimi angeli (1979) Italy -- Hazal (1979) Turkey -- Indiáni z Vetrova (1979) Czechoslovakia Review -- Les joyeuses colonies de vacances (1979) France -- The Kid from Left Field (1979) USA Review -- Kocicí princ / Der Katzenprinz Czechoslovakia East Germany Review -- The Little Dragons (1979) USA Review -- Lo scugnizzo (1979) Italy -- Martijn en de magiër (1979) Netherlands Review -- Meatballs (1979) USA Gallery Review Buy -- The Mystery of Willoughby Castle (1979) USA -- Na pytlacke stezce (1979) Czechoslovakia Gallery Review -- La niña de la mochila azul (1979) Mexico Review -- Orphan Train (1979) USA Review -- The Orphan (1979) USA Review -- Over the Edge (1979) USA Review Buy -- Phantasm (1979) USA Review Buy -- Poslednja trka (1979) Yugoslavia -- The Revenge of Red Chief (1979) USA Review -- Rich Kids (1979) USA Review Buy -- Roveh Huliot /The Wooden Gun Israel Gallery Review Buy -- Salem's Lot (1979) USA Review Buy -- Uno sceriffo extraterrestre - poco extra e molto terrestre / The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid Italy Review Buy -- A Special Gift (1979) USA Review -- Udivitelnye priklyucheniya Denisa Korablyova (1979) Soviet Union -- Upír ve vezáku (1979) Czechoslovakia Gallery Review -- Voynata na taralezhite / The Hedgehogs War Bulgaria Review -- Zlati uhori / Golden Eels Czechoslovakia Gallery Review -- Zmory / Nightmares