Can you recognize these Top 10 movies from the fall of 1979?

From Star Trek to rock musicals, it was a great season for film.

 

Grab some popcorn! We're in the year 1979, so it only costs $1.50. 

Summer blockbusters are fun, but any cinephile knows that autumn is when the real quality stuff hits screens. The fall of '79 offered up some true classics.

We've grabbed a part of the poster from the biggest movies of late 1979. See how well you know these hit flicks.

  1. This hit Star Trek movie warped into theaters in 1979. Which Star Trek movie was it in the series?
     Image: Paramount Pictures
  2. Dudley Moore starred in the smash adult comedy.
     Image: Warner Bros.
  3. This Steve Martin comedy remains a cult classic.
     Image: Universal Pictures
  4. This horse movie galloped into our hearts in 1979.
     Image: United Artists
  5. This 1979 comedy flop remains one of the more forgotten Steven Spielberg films.
     Image: Universal Pictures
  6. This Peter Sellers gem received much acclaim come award season.
     Image: United Artists
  7. This Disney sci-fi adventure featured some pretty nifty robots, like V.I.N.CENT and Maximilian.
     Image: Disney
  8. Bette Midler belted out the tunes in this rocking movie.
     Image: 20th Century Fox
  9. All That Jazz was based on the life of this Broadway legend.
     Image: 20th Century Fox
  10. This rock opera had Sting in a main role.
     Image: Universal Pictures

Can you recognize these Top 10 movies from the fall of 1979?

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43 Comments

Amalthea 3 months ago
10/10, and saw them all except "Quadrophenia". I didn't like "Star Dreck: The Motion Sickness" but enjoyed all of the others. I'm trying to get a copy of "Being There" on DVD as I have most of the others.
SteveMcnary 31 months ago
Best movie from 1979 was Alien. I saw it as a double feature with the Star Trek movie. Star Trek movie was boring & slow paced. Alien was so intense & I saw it recently & it holds up.
Snickers 44 months ago
8 out of 10. Saw "The Black Hole" and hated it. One of the worst Sci- Fi movies that I ever watched
EllisClevenger 46 months ago
You got 10 out of 10
Were you a blockbuster or a box office bomb?
eddiec 59 months ago
The Black Hole was fun movie. I enjoyed it.
Snickers eddiec 44 months ago
I really didn't like it. Thought the acting was sub par and the special effects were not that Great. You might like "Silent Running" it's a Bruce Dern Film.
Martin 61 months ago
The movie QUADROPHENIA wasn't a rock opera. It wasn't even a musical.
Snickers Martin 44 months ago
Don't even remember that film.
Mke 61 months ago
8 of the 10,,had 2 brain farts,,,
Barry22 61 months ago
10/10, wow, 1941, what a stinker!
cperrynaples Barry22 61 months ago
No, it's an underrated classic!!
Snickers cperrynaples 44 months ago
No.I have to agree with Barry22 it was a stinker.
Amalthea cperrynaples 3 months ago
I agree; I enjoyed it.
cperrynaples 61 months ago
10/10! Most of these were DUHS because the wrong answers weren't 1979! 9 is really DUH because the correct answer ts right there on the poster 3 times [not to mention we all saw the FX show with Sam Rockwell]!
Dave cperrynaples 61 months ago
I must really be dumb, then. #9 is the only one I missed! I got all the others right. I remember all the hype about "All That Jazz" at the time, but I never actually saw it. I just can't believe that I didn't notice the name "BOB FOSSE" in ALL CAPS on the poster they showed here!
cperrynaples Dave 61 months ago
Yep, he wrote, directed, and co-produced it! And really, Jolson's film was 30 years earlier!
Amalthea Dave 3 months ago
You can't be blamed. It's not every day a person makes a (semi)autobiographical movie where the main character dies! LOL
DavidH 61 months ago
You got 10 out of 10
Were you a blockbuster or a box office bomb?
DIGGER1 61 months ago
Can you recognize these Top 10 movies from the fall of 1979?
You got 10 out of 10
Were you a blockbuster or a box office bomb?
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