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View Poll Results: Best Film of 1979?
Alien
39
32.77%
Apocalypse Now
52
43.70%
The China Syndrome
0
0%
The Great Santini
0
0%
Mad Max
5
4.20%
Monty Python's Life of Brian
6
5.04%
Quadrophenia
1
0.84%
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
2
1.68%
The Tin Drum
1
0.84%
Other Choice (Post in thread)
13
10.92%
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Best Film of 1979

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Old 07-08-08, 12:04 PM
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Best Film of 1979
This is a difficult one...

These are only the highlights from `79

* 10
* 1941
* Alien
* All That Jazz
* The Amityville Horror,
* …And Justice for All
* Apocalypse Now
* Being There
* The Black Hole
* The Black Stallion
* Breaking Away
* The Brood
* Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
* Caligula
* The China Syndrome
* The Electric Horseman
* Escape from Alcatraz
* The Great Santini
* HAIR
* Heartland
* The Jerk
* Kramer vs. Kramer
* Mad Max
* Manhattan
* Meatballs
* Monty Python's Life of Brian
* Moonraker
* The Muppet Movie
* Norma Rae
* Over the Edge
* Quadrophenia
* Rock 'n' Roll High School
* The Rose
* Star Trek: The Motion Picture
* The Tin Drum
* The Warriors
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LOL @ Star Trek: The Motion Picture
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LOL @ Star Trek: The Motion Picture
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ROLLER BOOGIE and SKATETOWN U.S.A. Definitely a good year.
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1. Apocalypse Now
2. Alien
3. The Tin Drum
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Some others

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Woyzeck
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The Warriors
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I'll take a trifecta wheel....Being There with Aliens and Porklips now!
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Apocalypse Now with Alien a close second.
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Apocalypse Now with Alien a close second.
Yup, for me too. But as the years go bye, I'm leaning more towards reversing that order. Alien is just such a great film.
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My favorite is also "STALKER"... and I can't believe someone actually beat me to it!
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Yup, for me too. But as the years go bye, I'm leaning more towards reversing that order. Alien is just such a great film.
Yeah I could go with either at this point too. One thing I know for sure: Kramer vs. Kramer was not the best movie of 1979. Stupid Academy.
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If you go by U.S. release date, Dawn of the Dead .
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Apocalypse Now with Alien a close second.
100% agreed, but I think I'd rather watch Alien over Apocalypse Now currently.
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My top 10:

1. Being There
2. Apocalypse Now
3. Manhattan
4. Alien
5. Vengeance is Mine
6. Woyzeck
7. The Warriors
8. Mad Max
9. The Tin Drum
10. The Jerk
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What the hell is "Buck Rogers", "The Black Hole", "The Amityville Horror" and "1941" doing on that list of highlights!?

Anyway, I think the following were the best that year:

Alien
Apocalypse Now
Manhattan
Being There
Kramer vs. Kramer
The Black Stallion
10
Norma Rae
Breaking Away
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Being There

Followed closely by Alien
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Originally Posted by Rockmjd23
Apocalypse Now with Alien a close second.
yep
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