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Breaking Away (1979) holds a 7.7 on IMDb from 27.9K votes

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Breaking Away rating

Breaking Away (1979) holds a 7.7 on IMDb from 27.9K votes, 9th among 1979 films.

IMDb

7.7

27.9K votes

Rank in 1979

9th

of 31 films with 25K+ votes

Metascore

91

as of January 5, 2026

Rotten Tomatoes

95%

critics

Peter Yates's films by IMDb rating

Breaking Away (this film)19797.7
Bullitt19687.4
The Friends of Eddie Coyle19737.4
The Dresser19837.4
Robbery19676.9
Eleni19856.9
The Hot Rock19726.8
Murphy's War19716.7
Suspect19876.6
John and Mary19696.6
An Innocent Man19896.5
Roommates19956.4

IMDb rating and votes; the year rank counts 1979 films with 25,000+ votes. Critic scores are Wikidata snapshots, dated. Runtime is IMDb's listed runtime.

Sources: IMDb ratings and credits (as of 2026-10-09), Wikidata (as of 2026-10-09).

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