YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1979

 

1. STALKER
2. CHILLY SCENES OF WINTER
3. ALIEN
4. LIFE OF BRIAN
5. SALEM'S LOT
6. THE CHINA SYNDROME
7. APOCALYPSE NOW
8. HOT STUFF
9. LAST HURRAH FOR CHIVALRY
10. SCAVENGER HUNT
11. THE MUPPET MOVIE
12. RICHARD PRYOR:  LIVE IN CONCERT
13. J-MEN FOREVER
14. LUPIN THE THIRD:  THE CASTLE OF CAGLIOSTRO
15. THE WARRIORS
16. MACBETH  (Dir. Philip Casson)
17. PHANTASM
18. THE SECRET POLICEMAN'S BALL
19. THE MYSTERY OF CHESS BOXING
20. THE BLACK HOLE
21. ZOMBIE
22. THE FISH THAT SAVED PITTSBURGH
23. MURDER BY DECREE
24. KNOCKABOUT
25. BREAKING AWAY
26. THE IN-LAWS
27. WINTER KILLS
28. THE ODD ANGRY SHOT
29. THE GREAT SANTINI
30. THE ROSE
31. NORMA RAE
32. ROCK 'N' ROLL HIGH SCHOOL
33. TO RUSSIA . . . WITH ELTON
34. THE JERK
35. TEN TIGERS OF KWANGTUNG
36. LOVE AT FIRST BITE
37. DISCO GODFATHER
38. THE MAGNIFICENT BUTCHER
39. TIME AFTER TIME
40. NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE
41. BEING THERE
42. TOURIST TRAP
43. THE AMITYVILLE HORROR
44. THE LADY VANISHES
45. DRACULA
46. CASTING THE RUNES
47. SCREAMS OF A WINTER'S NIGHT
48. THE OLD CROWD
49. LOST AND FOUND
50. OF COOKS AND KUNG FU
51. STAR TREK THE MOTION PICTURE
52. PORRIDGE
53. WHEN A STRANGER CALLS
54. BABY SNAKES
55. THE GREAT ALLIGATOR
56. THE HORROR SHOW
57. THE DEADLY BREAKING SWORD
58. ONCE UPON A MIDNIGHT SCARY
59. MAD MAX
60. HAIR
61. MEATBALLS
62. STARTING OVER
63. SCHALKEN THE PAINTER
64. GOING IN STYLE
65. BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY
66. ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ
67. THE NORTH AVENUE IRREGULARS
68. THE CORN IS GREEN
69. SILENT SCREAM
70. THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE
71. THE EVICTORS
72. THE LATE GREAT PLANET EARTH
73. BLOODLINE
74. DIRTY HO
75. THE TWO WORLDS OF JENNIE LOGAN
76. ALL THAT JAZZ
77. JUST YOU AND ME, KID
78. THE SEDUCTION OF JOE TYNAN
79. BEYOND THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE
80. JAGUAR LIVES
81. DON'T GO IN THE HOUSE
82. THE DARK
83. 1941
84. THE PRISONER OF ZENDA