The 16th Golden Horse Awards (Mandarin:第16屆金馬獎) took place on November 2, 1979, at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan.
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.
The Story of a Small Town Legend of the Mountain (runner-up) Drunken Master (runner-up - mention) A Teacher of Great Soldiers (runner-up - mention) The Voyage of Emperor Chien Lung (runner-up - mention) The Avenging Eagle (runner-up - mention) Fly Up With Love (runner-up - mention) A Special Smile (runner-up) Gone with Honor (runner-up) Love in Chilly Spring (runner-up) Off to Success (runner-up) Killing Does Not Pay (runner-up - mention) Nu Chao Peng Pai Bei Gang Niu Xu (runner-up) Tai Wan De Hu Die (runner-up) Min Zu Wen Hua De Suo Ying — Jin Men (runner-up) Guo Shi Ying (runner-up) Chong Man Xi Wang De Yi Dai (runner-up - mention) Zhong Hua Min Guo Liu Shi Qi Nian Guo Qing Yue Bing (runner-up - mention) Beautiful Formosa (runner-up - mention) Guo Ji Tian Jing Yao Qing Sai (runner-up - mention) Qing Zhu Zhong Hua Min Guo Liu Shi Qi Nian Guo Qing (runner-up - mention) Xing Fu Zhang Wo Zai Nin Shou ZhongKing Hu — Legend of the Mountain Li Hsing — The Story of a Small Town Tu Chung-hsun — A Special SmileKo Chun-hsiung — A Teacher of Great Soldiers Shih Chun — Legend of the Mountain Liang Hsiu-shen — Love in Chilly SpringJoan Lin — The Story of a Small Town Sibelle Hu — A Special Smile Hsu Feng — Legend of the MountainHan Su — A Special Smile Yuen Siu-tien — Drunken Master Chiang Ming — The Story of a Small TownShen Shih-hua — Fly Up with Love Terry Hu — Rainbow in My Heart Gua Ah-leh — Love in Chilly SpringChen Jun-jie — The Story of a Small Town Lien Chen-fan — A Special SmileChang Yung-hsiang — The Story of a Small Town — Love in Chilly Spring — A Special SmileLi Han-hsiang — The Voyage of Emperor Chien Lung Hsiao Yeh — Off to Success Lin Chin-wei — Killing Does Not PayChen Chun-chieh — Legend of the Mountain Chen Kun-hou — The Story of a Small Town Liao Ching-sung — Love in Chilly SpringChiang Hsing-lung — The Avenging Eagle Hsiao Nan — Legend of the Mountain Wang Chi-yang — Off to SuccessKing Hu — Legend of the Mountain Tsai Cheng-pin — The Story of a Small Town Chou Chih-liang — Love in Chilly SpringWu Ta-chiang — Legend of the Mountain Weng Ching-hsi — The Story of a Small Town Li Tai-hsiang — A Special Smile"Huan Yan" — A Special Smile Composer： Li Tai-hsiang Lyrics: Shen Lv-bai "Cheng Gong Ling Shang" — Off to Success Composer： Lo Ming-dao Lyrics： Zhuang Nu "No Soil, No Flower" — Love in Chilly Spring Composer： Lin Chia-ching Lyrics： Lin Huang-kunChou Shao-lung — Legend of the Mountain Wang Jung-fang — The Story of a Small Town Hsin Chiang-sheng — Off to SuccessWang Chu-chin - Tai Wan De Hu Die Peng Chun-tien — Bei Gang Niu Xu Lo Jung-pen — Guo Shi YingHung Lao-tien — Bei Gang Niu Xu Lei Chi-ming — Guo Shi Ying Chao Chi-pin — Nu Chao Peng PaiHuang Mu-tsun — Xing Fu Zhang Wo Zai Nin Shou Zhong
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