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1979 (52nd Annual Awards)
Nomination Statistics by Film

Listed below are statistics for the films nominated for Academy Awards in 1979. In the chart, the term “Top Six” refers to the number of nominations or wins in the top six award categories (Best Picture, Best Actor and Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Actress, and Directing). TheWinner marker symbol appears next to those films that ultimately won at least one award. Click on the name of a film in the list to display more information about that film. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nomination statistics for that year.

  Nominations  Wins
Film Title Top Six Total Top Six Total
Agatha
 0 1 0 0
Winner markerAlien
 0 2 0 1
Winner markerAll That Jazz
 3 9 0 4
The Amityville Horror
 0 1 0 0
. . . And Justice for All
 1 2 0 0
Winner markerApocalypse Now
 3 8 0 2
Winner markerBeing There
 2 2 1 1
Winner markerBest Boy
 0 1 0 1
The Black Hole
 0 2 0 0
Winner markerThe Black Stallion
 1 3 0 1
Winner markerBoard and Care
 0 1 0 1
Bravery in the Field
 0 1 0 0
Winner markerBreaking Away
 3 5 0 1
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
 0 1 0 0
The Champ
 0 1 0 0
Chapter Two
 1 1 0 0
The China Syndrome
 2 4 0 0
Dae
 0 1 0 0
Dream Doll
 0 1 0 0
The Electric Horseman
 0 1 0 0
The Europeans
 0 1 0 0
Winner markerEvery Child
 0 1 0 1
Generation on the Wind
 0 1 0 0
Going the Distance
 0 1 0 0
Ice Castles
 0 1 0 0
It’s So Nice to Have a Wolf Around the House
 0 1 0 0
The Killing Ground
 0 1 0 0
Koryo Celadon
 0 1 0 0
Winner markerKramer vs. Kramer
 6 9 4 5
La Cage Aux Folles
 1 3 0 0
Winner markerA Little Romance
 0 2 0 1
The Maids of Wilko
 0 1 0 0
Mama Turns a Hundred
 0 1 0 0
Manhattan
 1 2 0 0
Meteor
 0 1 0 0
Moonraker
 0 1 0 0
The Muppet Movie
 0 2 0 0
Nails
 0 1 0 0
1941
 0 3 0 0
Winner markerNorma Rae
 2 4 1 2
Oh Brother, My Brother
 0 1 0 0
Winner markerPaul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
 0 1 0 1
The Promise
 0 1 0 0
Remember Me
 0 1 0 0
The Rose
 2 4 0 0
A Simple Story
 0 1 0 0
The Solar Film
 0 1 0 0
Solly’s Diner
 0 1 0 0
Star Trek—The Motion Picture
 0 3 0 0
Starting Over
 2 2 0 0
10
 0 2 0 0
Winner markerThe Tin Drum
 0 1 0 1
To Forget Venice
 0 1 0 0
The War at Home
 0 1 0 0
Winning Films: 14 30 107 6 23
Total Films: 54