Best award winning movies with a poor character development from 1979

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with a poor character development from 1979! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with a poor character development from 1979, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)

After "The Poseidon Adventure", in which the ship got flipped over by a tidal wave, the ship drifts bottom-up in the sea. While the passengers are still on board waiting to be rescued, two rivaling salvage parties enter the ship on search for money, gold and a small amount of plutonium.

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1979-05-18 | Action / Adventure

Cast

Michael Caine, Sally Field

Rating

rating icon 5.055
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #386 for
    made fool of themselves
  2. Ranked #393 for
    obnoxious
  3. Ranked #457 for
    pure hokum

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2 The Dark (1979)

At night the Mangler stalks the streets of Los Angeles, killing and mutilating random victims. On the trail are a TV reporter, the father of one of the victims, and a police detective, but despite their efforts only the mysterious psychic DeRenzy knows what the killer is and how to stop it.

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1979-04-27 | Horror / Science Fiction

Cast

William Devane, Cathy Lee Crosby

Rating

rating icon 4.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #363 for
    pernicious
  2. Ranked #378 for
    degraded
  3. Ranked #503 for
    muddled mess

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3 My Brilliant Career (1979)

A young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family who wants her to tame her wild side and get married.

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1979-08-17 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Judy Davis, Sam Neill

Rating

rating icon 6.129
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #98 for
    cathartic
  2. Ranked #115 for
    dumbfounded
  3. Ranked #176 for
    minx

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4 Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son Billy.

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1979-12-07 | Drama

Cast

Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep

Rating

rating icon 7.571
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #37 for
    with marital problems
  2. Ranked #45 for
    Oscar-worthy performance
  3. Ranked #47 for
    deservedly won awards

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5 Manhattan (1979)

Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.

Info

1979-04-25 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Woody Allen, Diane Keaton

Rating

rating icon 7.727
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #59 for
    with marital problems
  2. Ranked #85 for
    vainglorious
  3. Ranked #100 for
    narcissist

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6 Apocalypse Now (1979)

At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.

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1979-08-15 | Drama / War

Cast

Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall

Rating

rating icon 8.28
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #27 for
    with mercenaries
  2. Ranked #35 for
    critically acclaimed
  3. Ranked #67 for
    extraordinary

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7 Play Motel (1979)

The motel has a special room designed for sexual activities. It also has a habit of photographing sex act engines and extorting the parties concerned. One day a mysterious killer with black gloves up and the situation is changing.

Info

1979-01-01 | Crime / Thriller

Cast

Ray Lovelock, Anna Maria Rizzoli

Rating

rating icon 5.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #119 for
    unwholesome
  2. Ranked #262 for
    seriously flawed
  3. Ranked #515 for
    trashy

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Play Motel trailer
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8 Killer Fish (1979)

Jewel thieves attempt to recover treasure from piranha infested waters. Mistrust and betrayals happen amongst the gang in the quest for gold.

Info

1979-12-07 | Thriller / Action

Cast

Lee Majors, Karen Black

Rating

rating icon 4.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #34 for
    pin-up girl
  2. Ranked #44 for
    bloated
  3. Ranked #90 for
    backstabbing

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9 Dynamite Johnson (1979)

Master Johnson Yap stars as Dynamite Johnson a crippled boy who undergoes an operation by bionic doctors to make him superbionic. In the same hospital is a man suffering from terrible burns inflicted by a giant robot dragon (which looks like it is made from silver cardboard) and his delirious ramblings are overhead by Johnson (with his superbionic ears) leading to an investigation which uncovers an evil Nazi plot for world domination.

Info

1979-05-15 | Adventure / Action

Cast

Marrie Lee, Johnson Yap

Rating

rating icon 4.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1160 for
    nothing redeemable
  2. Ranked #1369 for
    badly executed
  3. Ranked #1380 for
    poor character development

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10 Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

When an unidentified alien destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers, Captain James T. Kirk returns to the newly transformed U.S.S. Enterprise to take command.

Info

1979-12-07 | Science Fiction / Adventure

Cast

William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy

Rating

rating icon 6.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #55 for
    matte shot
  2. Ranked #56 for
    interplanetary
  3. Ranked #146 for
    Based on TV Series

Trailer

Star Trek: The Motion Picture trailer
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