Top Movies of 1979


The top movies of 1979 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

61. The Kids Are Alright

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jeff Stein
Actors: Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, Keith Moon, Pete Townshend, Tom Smothers, Ringo Starr

62. The In-Laws

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Arthur Hiller
Actors: Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Richard Libertini, Nancy Dussault, Ed Begley Jr., James Hong
Plot: A mild-mannered dentist preparing for his daughter's wedding meet the father of the groom - a somewhat manic fellow who claims to be a government agent who soon has them both going on a series of misadventures from New York to Central America.

63. Unidentified Flying Oddball ( Spaceman and King Arthur, The )

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Russ Mayberry
Actors: Dennis Dugan, Jim Dale, Ron Moody, Kenneth More, John Le Mesurier, Rodney Bewes

64. I'm for the Hippopotamus ( Io sto con gli ippopotami )

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Italo Zingarelli
Actors: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Joe Bugner, May Dlamini, Dawn Jürgens, Malcolm Kirk

65. When a Stranger Calls

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Fred Walton
Actors: Charles Durning, Carol Kane, Ron O'Neal, Colleen Dewhurst, Tony Beckley, Steven Anderson
Plot: A psychopathic killer terrorizes a babysitter, then returns seven years later to menace her again.

66. Empire of Passion ( Ai no borei )

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nagisa Oshima
Actors: Tatsuya Fuji, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Takahiro Tamura, Takuzo Kawatani, Masami Hasegawa, Sumie Sasaki
Plot: Adulterous lovers in 19th-century Japan kill the woman's husband by
throwing him down an old well. But his ghost returns to take revenge.

67. Winter Kills

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: William Richert
Actors: Jeff Bridges, John Huston, Anthony Perkins, Eli Wallach, Sterling Hayden, Dorothy Malone

68. Psychic, The ( Sette note in nero )

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lucio Fulci
Actors: Jennifer O'Neill, Gabriele Ferzetti, Marc Porel, Gianni Garko, Ida Galli, Jenny Tamburi

69. The Champ

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Actors: Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, Rick Schroder, Jack Warden, Arthur Hill, Strother Martin

70. The Passage

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Actors: Anthony Quinn, James Mason, Malcolm McDowell, Patricia Neal, Christopher Lee, Kay Lenz

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