Best Drama Films of 1979

Pulse of Cinema lists 137 drama films released in 1979, ranked by the Pulse Score blended from IMDb, Letterboxd and TMDB. Standouts include Apocalypse Now, Stalker, The Witness.

8.3

Apocalypse Now

1979

8.1

Stalker

1979

8.1

The Witness

1979

7.6

Kramer vs. Kramer

1979

7.6

Being There

1979

7.5

All That Jazz

1979

7.5

Camera Buff

1979

6.6

National Class Category Up to 785ccm

1979

7.7

Manhattan

1979

7.4

The Marriage of Maria Braun

1979

7.7

I... for Icarus

1979

7.3

The Garage

1979

7.2

Breaking Away

1979

7.6

Vengeance Is Mine

1979

7.3

Nosferatu the Vampyre

1979

7.2

Christ Stopped at Eboli

1979

7.1

Scum

1979

7.5

Escape from Alcatraz

1979

7.3

Hair

1979

7.1

...And Justice for All

1979

7.1

Autumn Marathon

1979

7.1

Siberiade

1979

7.0

The Tin Drum

1979

7.8

We Are the Bus People

1979

7.3

Rocky II

1979

7.2

Norma Rae

1979

7.1

The China Syndrome

1979

7.1

Tess

1979

6.7

¡Qué Viva México!

1979

7.4

Serie Noire

1979

7.3

Perfumed Nightmare

1979

7.3

Dirty Ho

1979

7.2

Rockers

1979

7.2

Raining in the Mountain

1979

7.1

Over the Edge

1979

7.0

Quadrophenia

1979

7.0

First Case, Second Case

1979

6.9

The Wanderers

1979

6.8

A Little Romance

1979

6.7

Hardcore

1979

6.5

Alexandria… Why?

1979

7.9

Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai

1979

7.6

Kaala Patthar

1979

7.5

Yusuf and Kenan

1979

7.1

Buffet Froid

1979

7.1

The Magnificent Butcher

1979

7.1

Ballad of Tara

1979

6.9

Going in Style

1979