| Tom Allen | Village Voice | 1979 | No |
| George Anderson | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | 1979 | Yes |
| Gary Arnold | Washington Post | 1979 | Yes |
| Joe Baltake | Philadelphia Daily News | 1979 | Yes |
| Ed Blank | Pittsburgh Press | 1979 | No |
| Stuart Byron | Village Voice | 1979 | Yes |
| Scott Cain | Atlanta Journal | 1979 | No |
| Vincent Canby | New York Times | 1979 | Yes |
| Kathleen Caroll | New York Daily News | 1979 | No |
| Catholic Conference | | 1979 | No |
| Charles Champlin | Los Angeles Times | 1979 | Yes |
| Rick Chatenever | Santa Cruz Sentinel | 1979 | No |
| Dewey Chester | New Pittsburgh Courier | 1979 | No |
| Michael Clark | Detroit Free Press | 1979 | No |
| Ron Cowan | Salem Statesman Journal | 1979 | No |
| Des Moines Tribune | | 1979 | No |
| Bernard Drew | Gannett News Service | 1979 | No |
| Roger Ebert | Chicago Sun Times | 1979 | Yes |
| Marshall Fine | Sioux Fallas Argus-Leader | 1979 | Yes |
| Dick Fleming | The Reel World - Salisbury Times | 1979 | No |
| Richard Freedman | Newshouse News Service | 1979 | Yes |
| Phillip French | London Observor | 1979 | No |
| Jack Garner | Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | 1979 | Yes |
| Joseph Gelmis | Newday | 1979 | Yes |
| Wayne Harada | Honolulu Star-Adertiser | 1979 | No |
| Terry Hazlett | Observer-Reporter | 1979 | No |
| J. Hoberman | Village Voice | 1979 | Yes |
| International Film Guide | | 1979 | No |
| Dean Johnson | Orlando Sentinel | 1979 | Yes |
| Malcolm Johnson | Hartford Courant | 1979 | No |
| Dave Kehr | Chicago Reader | 1979 | Yes |
| John Lapsley | Sydney Morning Herlad/Sun-Herald | 1979 | No |
| Pat Leithead | Madison Eagle | 1979 | No |
| Glenn Lovell | Sun Sentinel | 1979 | Yes |
| Bob Lundegaard | Minneapolis Star Tribune | 1979 | No |
| David Mannweiler | Indianapolis News | 1979 | No |
| Jon Marlowe | Miami News | 1979 | No |
| Linda Martz | Mansfield News Journal | 1979 | No |
| Bill von Mauer | Miami News | 1979 | No |
| Michael Maza | Arizona Republic | 1979 | No |
| Martin Mitchell | After Dark | 1979 | No |
| Greg Moody | Milwaukee Journal | 1979 | No |
| Tom Moore | Chapel Hill Daily Tar Heel | 1979 | No |
| William Mootz | Courier Journal | 1979 | No |
| Daily Record Morristown | Frank on Film | 1979 | No |
| National Board of Review | | 1979 | No |
| National Society Of Film Critics | | 1979 | No |
| New York Film Critics | | 1979 | No |
| Steve Otto | Tampa Times | 1979 | No |
| People Magazine | | 1979 | No |
| George Poague | Jackson Sun | 1979 | No |
| Joe Pollack | St. Louis Dispatch | 1979 | Yes |
| Rex Reed | Orlando Sentinel | 1979 | Yes |
| Keith Roysdon | Muncie Evening Press | 1979 | No |
| Desmond Ryan | Philadelphia Inquirer | 1979 | Yes |
| Andrew Sarris | Village Voice | 1979 | Yes |
| Dale Schneck | Morning Call | 1979 | No |
| Jay Scott | Toronto Globe & Mail | 1979 | Yes |
| Vernon Scott | Shreveport Times | 1979 | No |
| Dick Shippy | Akron Beacon Journal | 1979 | No |
| Gene Siskel | Chicago Tribune | 1979 | Yes |
| Norma McLain Stoop | After Dark | 1979 | No |
| Harry Themal | Wilmington News Journal | 1979 | No |
| Greg Tozian | Tampa Tribune | 1979 | No |
| Jacqi Tully | Arizona Daily Star | 1979 | No |
| Peter Travers | White Plains Journal News | 1979 | Yes |
| Ben Weller | Elmira Star-Gazette | 1979 | No |
| Connie Wilson | Quad-City Times | 1979 | No |
| Bill Wine | Camden Courier Post | 1979 | No |
| Archer Winstein | New York Post | 1979 | No |