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TopTenREVIEWS top movie of the year 1979 is Alien.

Top Movies By Year 1979

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1Movie reviews for Alien (1979)Alien (1979)Movie critics combined give Alien a score of 3.6601 out of 4
3.6601
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RThriller, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi $7.50 Space vehicle Nostromo discovers a strange pod. The creature in the pod infects a member of the ...more about Alien  starring Tom Skerritt and Sigourney Weaver
2Movie reviews for Manhattan (1979)Manhattan (1979)Movie critics combined give Manhattan a score of 3.5666 out of 4
3.5666
56
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RDrama, Romance, Comedy $5.69 This movie focuses on the life of 42-year-old Isaac Davis (Woody Allen) who is going through a ...more about Manhattan  starring Woody Allen and Diane Keaton
3Movie reviews for Apocalypse Now (1979)Apocalypse Now (1979)Movie critics combined give Apocalypse Now a score of 3.4773 out of 4
3.4773
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RAction, Adventure, Drama, War $10.30 During the height of the Vietnam War, Special Forces Captain Willard is given the assignment to ...more about Apocalypse Now  starring Marlon Brando and Martin Sheen
4Movie reviews for Muppet Movie, The (1979)Muppet Movie, The (1979)Movie critics combined give Muppet Movie a score of 3.3201 out of 4
3.3201
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GAdventure, Musical, Comedy, Family, Disney $13.99 Convinced by a big time Hollywood agent named Dom DeLuise that he belongs on the big screen ...more about Muppet Movie  starring Jim Henson and Frank Oz
5Movie reviews for Warriors, The (1979)Warriors, The (1979)Movie critics combined give Warriors a score of 3.2899 out of 4
3.2899
85
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RAction, Drama, Thriller, Crime, Teen $7.96 The Warriors are wrongly accused of killing a rival gang leader in NYC during an "all gang meeting" ...more about Warriors  starring Michael Beck and James Remar
6Movie reviews for Life of Brian (1979)Life of Brian (1979)Movie critics combined give Life of Brian a score of 3.2139 out of 4
3.2139
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RComedy $14.99 Brian was born in a manger the same night as the man who would be Christ. For the rest of his life ...more about Life of Brian  starring Graham Chapman and John Cleese
7Movie reviews for Breaking Away (1979)Breaking Away (1979)Movie critics combined give Breaking Away a score of 3.1799 out of 4
3.1799
44
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PGDrama, Comedy, Sports $3.99 One reviewer subtitled it, the Boy Who Wanted to be Italian. The Stollers only child has graduated ...more about Breaking Away  starring Dennis Christopher and Dennis Quaid
8Movie reviews for Jerk, The (1979)Jerk, The (1979)Movie critics combined give Jerk a score of 3.1424 out of 4
3.1424
54
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RComedy $6.31 Navin was born a poor black boy, but when his family informs him he is white he is distraught. ...more about Jerk  starring Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters
9Movie reviews for Being There (1979)Being There (1979)Movie critics combined give Being There a score of 3.1081 out of 4
3.1081
26
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NADrama, Comedy $13.41 A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old ...more about Being There  starring Peter Sellers and William Dance
10Movie reviews for Mad Max (1979)Mad Max (1979)Movie critics combined give Mad Max a score of 3.0981 out of 4
3.0981
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NAAction, Adventure, Sci-Fi $4.12 In the future following the apocalypse pillage and plunder is a way of life. Mild-mannered, police ...more about Mad Max  starring Mel Gibson and Joanne Samuel
11Movie reviews for China Syndrome, The (1979)China Syndrome, The (1979)Movie critics combined give China Syndrome a score of 3.0877 out of 4
3.0877
43
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PGDrama, Thriller $9.78 While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, an opportunistic reporter Kimberly ...more about China Syndrome  starring Jane Fonda and Jack Lemmon
12Movie reviews for Time After Time (1979)Time After Time (1979)Movie critics combined give Time After Time a score of 3.0249 out of 4
3.0249
15
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NAAdventure, Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Romance $9.30 H.G. Wells has just invented a time machine but hasn't tried it out yet. When he discovers that one ...more about Time After Time  starring David Warner and Mary Steenburgen
13Movie reviews for All That Jazz (1979)All That Jazz (1979)Movie critics combined give All That Jazz a score of 3.0020 out of 4
3.0020
45
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NADrama, Fantasy, Musical $5.99 Overworked, exhausted dancer Joe Gideon relies on a slew of drugs to keep up with is hectic ...more about All That Jazz  starring Roy Scheider and Jessica Lange
14Movie reviews for Phantasm (1979)Phantasm (1979)Movie critics combined give Phantasm a score of 2.9860 out of 4
2.9860
39
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NAFantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi $12.14 Mike, a young teenage boy who has just lost his parents, is afraid to lose his brother. This fear ...more about Phantasm  starring Bill Thornbury and Reggie Bannister
15Movie reviews for Hardcore (1979)Hardcore (1979)Movie critics combined give Hardcore a score of 2.9732 out of 4
2.9732
22
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RDrama $3.95 Jake Van Dorn is businessman from American heartland who shares strong Calvinist convictions with ...more about Hardcore  starring George C. Scott and Peter Boyle
16Movie reviews for ...And Justice for All (1979)...And Justice for All (1979)Movie critics combined give ...And Justice for All a score of 2.9632 out of 4
2.9632
17
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RDrama, Thriller, Crime $3.92 When a corrupt judge is charged with rape, Arthur Kirkland must defend him. Kirkland has had ...more about ...And Justice for All  starring Al Pacino and Jack Warden
17Movie reviews for Brood, The (1979)Brood, The (1979)Movie critics combined give Brood a score of 2.9293 out of 4
2.9293
46
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NAHorror, Sci-Fi $9.27 A man's wife is under the care of an eccentric psychiatrist who uses innovative and theatrical ...more about Brood  starring Oliver Reed and Samantha Eggar
18Movie reviews for Over the Edge (1979)Over the Edge (1979)Movie critics combined give Over the Edge a score of 2.9166 out of 4
2.9166
21
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NADrama, Crime, Teen $12.71 New Grenada is a planned community set in the desert where there is nothing for the kids to do, ...more about Over the Edge  starring Michael Eric Kramer and Pamela Ludwig
19Movie reviews for Escape from Alcatraz (1979)Escape from Alcatraz (1979)Movie critics combined give Escape from Alcatraz a score of 2.9094 out of 4
2.9094
22
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NADrama, Thriller $2.10 A group of inmates attempt a daring escape from the notorious Alcatraz prison island, from where ...more about Escape from Alcatraz  starring Clint Eastwood and Roberts Blossom
20Movie reviews for Black Hole, The (1979)Black Hole, The (1979)Movie critics combined give Black Hole a score of 2.9011 out of 4
2.9011
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PGFantasy, Sci-Fi, Disney $7.02 The crew of the spaceship Palamino stumbles across the "lost" ship U.S.S. Cygnus, hovering on the ...more about Black Hole  starring Maximilian Schell and Anthony Perkins
21Movie reviews for Hair (1979)Hair (1979)Movie critics combined give Hair a score of 2.8674 out of 4
2.8674
25
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NADrama, Musical, Comedy $6.59 This movie, based on cult Broadway musical of the '60ties, tells a story about Claude, young man ...more about Hair  starring Treat Williams and Beverly D'Angelo
22Movie reviews for Rocky II (1979)Rocky II (1979)Movie critics combined give Rocky II a score of 2.8150 out of 4
2.8150
24
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NAAction, Drama, Sports $5.69 After his fight with Apollo Creed, Rocky decides to live a peaceful life with his wife Adrian. ...more about Rocky II  starring Sylvester Stallone and Talia Shire
23Movie reviews for Norma Rae (1979)Norma Rae (1979)Movie critics combined give Norma Rae a score of 2.8102 out of 4
2.8102
17
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NADrama $3.41 Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. ...more about Norma Rae  starring Sally Field and Beau Bridges
24Movie reviews for Arven (1979)Arven (1979)Movie critics combined give Arven a score of 2.8050 out of 4
2.8050
14
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NADramaN/AI et blomstersmykket kapell er en sørgerskare forsamlet til begravelse. Kai Skag, den vellykkede ...more about Arven  starring Espen Skjønberg and Anita Björk
25Movie reviews for Amator (1979)Amator (1979)Movie critics combined give Amator a score of 2.8026 out of 4
2.8026
17
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NADrama $20.95 Filip buys an 8mm movie camera when his first child is born. Because it's the first camera in town, ...more about Amator
26Movie reviews for Driller Killer, The (1979)Driller Killer, The (1979)Movie critics combined give Driller Killer a score of 2.7954 out of 4
2.7954
40
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NADrama, Thriller, Horror $18.95 An artist slowly loses his mind as he and his two female friends scrape to pay the bills. The punk ...more about Driller Killer  starring Carolyn Marz and Baybi Day
27Movie reviews for Cat and the Canary, The (1979)Cat and the Canary, The (1979)Movie critics combined give Cat and the Canary a score of 2.7938 out of 4
2.7938
21
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NAHorror, Mystery, Comedy $7.99 When an elderly man dies, some of his relatives gather to hear the reading of the will. When it is ...more about Cat and the Canary  starring Honor Blackman and Michael Callan
28Movie reviews for 10 (1979)10 (1979)Movie critics combined give 10 a score of 2.7926 out of 4
2.7926
39
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RRomance, Comedy $1.96 George Webber escapes from the bustle and headaches (and toothaches) of Los Angeles to the beaches ...more about 10  starring Dudley Moore and Bo Derek
29Movie reviews for Onion Field, The (1979)Onion Field, The (1979)Movie critics combined give Onion Field a score of 2.7854 out of 4
2.7854
18
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NADrama, Crime $5.69 Greg Powell is a disturbed ex-con who recruits Jimmy Smith (aka Jimmy Youngblood), a petty thief, ...more about Onion Field  starring James Woods and Franklyn Seales
30Movie reviews for Tess (1979)Tess (1979)Movie critics combined give Tess a score of 2.7660 out of 4
2.7660
20
reviews
NADrama, Romance $8.99 A rural clergyman in 19th century England tells Durbeyfield, a simple farmer, that he is descended ...more about Tess  starring Nastassja Kinski and Peter Firth
31Movie reviews for Clonus Horror, The (1979)Clonus Horror, The (1979)Movie critics combined give Clonus Horror a score of 2.7610 out of 4
2.7610
16
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NASci-Fi $11.95 A young man escapes from a govenment run project called Clonus only to find out that Peter Graves ...more about Clonus Horror  starring Paulette Breen and Keenan Wynn
32Movie reviews for Shape of Things to Come, The (1979)Shape of Things to Come, The (1979)Movie critics combined give Shape of Things to Come a score of 2.7551 out of 4
2.7551
13
reviews
NASci-Fi $9.99 Planet Earth is a devastated wasteland, and what's left of humanity has colonized the Moon in domed ...more about Shape of Things to Come  starring Jack Palance and Carol Lynley
33Movie reviews for Amityville Horror, The (1979)Amityville Horror, The (1979)Movie critics combined give Amityville Horror a score of 2.7383 out of 4
2.7383
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reviews
NADrama, Thriller, Horror, Mystery $4.99 Based on a true story that was claimed by writer Jay Anson, The Amityville Horror is about a large ...more about Amityville Horror  starring James Brolin and Margot Kidder
34Movie reviews for Moonraker (1979)Moonraker (1979)Movie critics combined give Moonraker a score of 2.7250 out of 4
2.7250
23
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NAAction, Adventure, Thriller, Sci-Fi $43.91 A Boeing 747 carrying a US space shuttle on loan to the UK crashes into the Atlantic Ocean. When ...more about Moonraker  starring Roger Moore and Lois Chiles
35Movie reviews for My Brilliant Career (1979)My Brilliant Career (1979)Movie critics combined give My Brilliant Career a score of 2.7002 out of 4
2.7002
22
reviews
NADrama, Biography, Romance $18.95 ...more about My Brilliant Career  starring Judy Davis and Wendy Hughes
36Movie reviews for North Dallas Forty (1979)North Dallas Forty (1979)Movie critics combined give North Dallas Forty a score of 2.6864 out of 4
2.6864
15
reviews
NADrama, Comedy, Sports $3.90 A semi-fictional account of life as a professional Football (American-style) player. Loosely based ...more about North Dallas Forty  starring Mac Davis and Charles Durning
37Movie reviews for 1941 (1979)1941 (1979)Movie critics combined give 1941 a score of 2.6825 out of 4
2.6825
29
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PGWar, Comedy $6.76 Hysteria grips California in the wake of the bombing of Pearl harbour as an assorted group of ...more about 1941  starring Dan Aykroyd and Ned Beatty
38Movie reviews for Tourist Trap (1979)Tourist Trap (1979)Movie critics combined give Tourist Trap a score of 2.6822 out of 4
2.6822
16
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NAHorror $7.14 Teenagers come across a shut-in psychopath (played by Chuck Connors) with telekinetic powers. He ...more about Tourist Trap  starring Chuck Connors and Jocelyn Jones
39Movie reviews for North Avenue Irregulars, The (1979)North Avenue Irregulars, The (1979)Movie critics combined give North Avenue Irregulars a score of 2.6400 out of 4
2.6400
9
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GAction, Crime, Comedy, Family, Disney $10.98 When crooks set up operations in a traditional town, a minister and a group of church ladies are ...more about North Avenue Irregulars  starring Edward Herrmann and Barbara Harris
40Movie reviews for When a Stranger Calls (1979)When a Stranger Calls (1979)Movie critics combined give When a Stranger Calls a score of 2.6331 out of 4
2.6331
27
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NAThriller, Horror $9.99 High school student Jill Johnson is traumatized over an evening of babysitting by a caller who ...more about When a Stranger Calls  starring Charles Durning and Carol Kane
41Movie reviews for Black Stallion, The (1979)Black Stallion, The (1979)Movie critics combined give Black Stallion a score of 2.5971 out of 4
2.5971
22
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NAAdventure, Family, Sports $5.79 While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion ...more about Black Stallion  starring Kelly Reno and Mickey Rooney
42Movie reviews for Winter Kills (1979)Winter Kills (1979)Movie critics combined give Winter Kills a score of 2.5932 out of 4
2.5932
14
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NADrama, Thriller $4.99 19 years after President Timothy Keegan was assassinated, his brother Nick discovers a dying man ...more about Winter Kills  starring Jeff Bridges and John Huston
43Movie reviews for Murder by Decree (1979)Murder by Decree (1979)Movie critics combined give Murder by Decree a score of 2.5770 out of 4
2.5770
21
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NAThriller, Horror, Crime, Mystery $2.94 Sherlock Holmes investigates London's most infamous case, Jack the Ripper. As he investigates, he ...more about Murder by Decree  starring Christopher Plummer and David Hemmings
44Movie reviews for Love at First Bite (1979)Love at First Bite (1979)Movie critics combined give Love at First Bite a score of 2.5747 out of 4
2.5747
19
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NAHorror, Romance, Comedy $5.99 This vampire spoof has Count Dracula moving to New York to find his Bride, after being forced to ...more about Love at First Bite  starring George Hamilton and Susan Saint James
45Movie reviews for Meatballs (1979)Meatballs (1979)Movie critics combined give Meatballs a score of 2.5710 out of 4
2.5710
17
reviews
NAComedy, TeenN/ASummer Camp highjinks centered around a camp counselor with a wacky sense of humor. He tries to ...more about Meatballs  starring Harvey Atkin and Kate Lynch
46Movie reviews for Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)Movie critics combined give Kramer vs. Kramer a score of 2.5239 out of 4
2.5239
13
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NADrama $10.23 Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take ...more about Kramer vs. Kramer  starring Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep
47Movie reviews for Wanderers, The (1979)Wanderers, The (1979)Movie critics combined give Wanderers a score of 2.5056 out of 4
2.5056
16
reviews
NAAction, Drama, Teen $13.79 ...more about Wanderers  starring Ken Wahl and John Friedrich
48Movie reviews for Coriolanus (1979)Coriolanus (1979)Movie critics combined give Coriolanus a score of 2.4573 out of 4
2.4573
1
reviews
NADramaN/A ...more about Coriolanus
49Movie reviews for Prisoner of Zenda, The (1979)Prisoner of Zenda, The (1979)Movie critics combined give Prisoner of Zenda a score of 2.4573 out of 4
2.4573
5
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NAAdventure, ComedyN/AAnthony Hope's classic tale gets a decidedly 'un-classic' treatment at the hands of Peter Sellers. ...more about Prisoner of Zenda  starring Peter Sellers and Lynne Frederick
50Movie reviews for Quintet (1979)Quintet (1979)Movie critics combined give Quintet a score of 2.4552 out of 4
2.4552
26
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NASci-Fi, Mystery $27.97 ...more about Quintet  starring Fernando Rey and Vittorio Gassman
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