Films of 1979
1979 was the most existentially heavy year of its era.
Across 56 well-known films, 1979 reads higher on existential weight than the decade around it — 50.8 against 46.4, a gap of 4.4. Every year is measured against its own era rather than against all of cinema, because a slow trend is not a year’s signature.
The best-liked films of 1979
Apocalypse Now
8.3 / 10
Alien
8.2 / 10
Stalker
8.1 / 10
Life of Brian
7.8 / 10
Manhattan
7.7 / 10
The Warriors
7.7 / 10
Kramer vs. Kramer
7.6 / 10
Being There
7.6 / 10
Escape from Alcatraz
7.5 / 10
The Castle of Cagliostro
7.5 / 10
All That Jazz
7.5 / 10
Rocky II
7.3 / 10
The most singular films of 1979
Highest Cinnamon Scores of the year, leaving out anything already listed above. Not the best films of 1979 — the ones you cannot get anywhere else.
