Guide for the Film Fanatic

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In his Guide for the Film Fanatic (1986), Danny Peary provides short reviews for over 1600 “Must See” films.
A list of Peary’s “Additional Must See” titles (not reviewed in the book) is available here: https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/guide+for+the+film+fanatic+addendum/red.hexapus/

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  1. 23 -

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  2. 26 -

    All That Jazz

    1979, in 19 top lists Check
  3. 43 -

    The Amityville Horror

    1979, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 62 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  5. 103 -

    La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin...

    1979 — a.k.a. The Battle of Chile: Part III, in 6 top lists Check
  6. 128 -

    Best Boy

    1979, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 160 -

    The Black Stallion

    1979, in 7 top lists Check
  8. 218 -

    The Brood

    1979, in 5 top lists Check
  9. 241 -

    Caligola

    1979 — a.k.a. Caligula, in 1 top list Check
  10. 243 -

    Candy Goes to Hollywood

    1979, in 0 top lists Check
  11. 272 -

    Head Over Heels

    1979 — a.k.a. Chilly Scenes of Winter, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 275 -

    The China Syndrome

    1979, in 3 top lists Check
  13. 426 -

    The Driller Killer

    1979, in 2 top lists Check
  14. 528 -

    A Force of One

    1979, in 1 top list Check
  15. 551 -

    Gal Young Un

    1979, in 0 top lists Check
  16. 625 -

    Hardcore

    1979, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 637 -

    Heartland

    1979, in 2 top lists Check
  18. 761 -

    The Kids Are Alright

    1979, in 0 top lists Check
  19. 779 -

    Kramer vs. Kramer

    1979, in 8 top lists Check
  20. 786 -

    The Lady in Red

    1979, in 1 top list Check
  21. 793 -

    Last Embrace

    1979, in 1 top list Check
  22. 853 -

    Love at First Bite

    1979, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 854 -

    L'amour en fuite

    1979 — a.k.a. Love on the Run, in 3 top lists Check
  24. 869 -

    Mad Max

    1979, in 13 top lists Check
  25. 895 -

    Manhattan

    1979, in 20 top lists Check
  26. 901 -

    Die Ehe der Maria Braun

    1979 — a.k.a. The Marriage of Maria Braun, in 11 top lists Check
  27. 910 -

    Meatballs

    1979 — a.k.a. Summer Camp, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 950 -

    Moonraker

    1979, in 3 top lists Check
  29. 970 -

    My Brilliant Career

    1979, in 7 top lists Check
  30. 1019 -

    1941

    1979, in 1 top list Check
  31. 1021 -

    Norma Rae

    1979, in 4 top lists Check
  32. 1023 -

    North Dallas Forty

    1979, in 0 top lists Check
  33. 1025 -

    Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht

    1979 — a.k.a. Nosferatu the Vampyre, in 5 top lists Check
  34. 1074 -

    Over the Edge

    1979, in 1 top list Check
  35. 1159 -

    Quadrophenia

    1979, in 4 top lists Check
  36. 1178 -

    Real Life

    1979, in 3 top lists Check
  37. 1196 -

    Return of the Secaucus Seven

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
  38. 1199 -

    Richard Pryor: Live in Concert

    1979, in 2 top lists Check
  39. 1219 -

    Rock 'n' Roll High School

    1979, in 1 top list Check
  40. 1223 -

    Rocky II

    1979, in 1 top list Check
  41. 1233 -

    The Rose

    1979, in 1 top list Check
  42. 1242 -

    Saint Jack

    1979, in 1 top list Check
  43. 1354 -

    Star Trek: The Motion Picture

    1979, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 1429 -

    10

    1979, in 2 top lists Check
  45. 1439 -

    Tess

    1979, in 5 top lists Check
  46. 1476 -

    Time After Time

    1979, in 0 top lists Check
  47. 1558 -

    The Wanderers

    1979, in 0 top lists Check
  48. 1561 -

    The Warriors

    1979, in 8 top lists Check
  49. 1601 -

    Winter Kills

    1979, in 0 top lists Check
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