1979

1. Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola)
2. Manhattan (Woody Allen)
3. Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky)
4. Nosferatu (Werner Herzog)
5. Hardcore (Paul Schrader)
6. Camera Buff (Krzysztof Kieslowski)
7. Wise Blood (John Huston)
8. The Third Generation (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
9. Being There (Hal Ashby)
10. 1941 (Steven Spielberg)

Honorable Mention:
Alien (Ridley Scott), The Marriage of Maria Braun (Rainer Werner Fassbinder), The Muppet Movie (James Frawley), The Warriors (Walter Hill), The Black Stallion (Carroll Ballard), Love on the Run (Francois Truffaut), A Perfect Couple (Robert Altman), The In-Laws (Arthur Hiller), The Driller Killer (Abel Ferrara), Zombie (Lucio Fulci)