1978 National Society of Film Critics Awards    13th NSFC Awards  January 4, 1979  Best Film:   The 13th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 4 January 1979, honored the best filmmaking of 1978. Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (Préparez vos mouchoirs) 2. "The Deer Hunter" 2. "An Unmarried Woman" 4. "Days of Heaven"  1. Terrence Malick – "Days of Heaven" 2. Bertrand Blier – "Get Out Your Handkerchiefs" ("Préparez vos mouchoirs") 3. Michael Cimino – "The Deer Hunter"  1. Gary Busey – "The Buddy Holly Story" 2. Jon Voight – "Coming Home" 3. Nick Nolte – "Who'll Stop the Rain" 4. Michael Caine – "California Suite" 5. Robert De Niro – "The Deer Hunter"  1. Ingrid Bergman – "Autumn Sonata (Höstsonaten") 2. Jane Fonda – "Coming Home", "Comes a Horseman" and "California Suite" 3. Jill Clayburgh – "An Unmarried Woman" 4. Maggie Smith – "California Suite"  1. Richard Farnsworth – "Comes a Horseman" 1. Robert Morley – "Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?" Christopher Walken – "The Deer Hunter" 4. Barry Bostwick – "Movie Movie"  1. Meryl Streep – "The Deer Hunter" 2. Maureen Stapleton – "Interiors" 3. Maggie Smith – "California Suite"  1. Paul Mazursky – "An Unmarried Woman" 2. Bertrand Blier – "Get Out Your Handkerchiefs" ("Préparez vos mouchoirs") 3. Larry Gelbart and Sheldon Keller – "Movie Movie" 4. Richter – "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" 5. Woody Allen – "Interiors"