Best Movies of 1979

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Top 25 films of 1979, ranked by real audience scores.

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1
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
Comedy, Science Fiction - 655 TMDB votes
93%
2
I'm for the Hippopotamus
Action, Adventure - 513 TMDB votes
91%
3
Rocky II
Drama - 4,717 TMDB votes
90%
4
Apocalypse Now
Drama, War - 8,942 TMDB votes
89%
5
Life of Brian
Comedy - 4,844 TMDB votes
88%
6
The Warriors
Action, Thriller - 2,328 TMDB votes
88%
7
French Fried Vacation 2
Comedy - 1,252 TMDB votes
88%
8
The Castle of Cagliostro
Animation, Adventure - 1,119 TMDB votes
88%
9
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Drama, Horror - 1,059 TMDB votes
88%
10
Phantasm
Horror, Science Fiction - 766 TMDB votes
88%
11
Alien
Horror, Science Fiction - 16,111 TMDB votes
87%
12
Stalker
Science Fiction, Drama - 2,458 TMDB votes
87%
13
All That Jazz
Drama - 585 TMDB votes
87%
14
Kramer vs. Kramer
Drama - 2,417 TMDB votes
86%
15
Moonraker
Action, Adventure - 2,174 TMDB votes
86%
16
Zombie Flesh Eaters
Horror - 668 TMDB votes
86%
17
Mad Max
Adventure, Action - 4,871 TMDB votes
84%
18
The Brood
Horror, Science Fiction - 794 TMDB votes
84%
19
The Jerk
Comedy - 884 TMDB votes
83%
20
Being There
Comedy, Drama - 1,109 TMDB votes
82%
21
The Muppet Movie
Family, Comedy - 683 TMDB votes
81%
22
The China Syndrome
Drama, Thriller - 506 TMDB votes
80%
23
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Science Fiction, Adventure - 1,894 TMDB votes
79%
24
...And Justice for All
Drama - 576 TMDB votes
78%
25
Manhattan
Comedy, Drama - 2,581 TMDB votes
77%
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