| 1.
Apocalypse Now- F. Coppola |
| 2. Stalker – Tarkovsky |
| 3. The Godfather – F. Coppola |
| 4. The Godfather Part II – F. Coppola |
| 5. Taxi Driver- Scorsese |
| 6. A Clockwork Orange- Kubrick |
| 7. Aguirre, the Wrath of God – Herzog |
| 8. Manhattan- Allen |
| 9. Days of Heaven – Malick |
| 10. Nashville
– Altman |
| 11. Cries and
Whispers – Bergman |
| 12. Annie
Hall- Allen |
| 13. The
Conformist – Bertolucci |
| 14. The
Passenger – Antonioni |
| 15. Barry
Lyndon- Kubrick |
| 16. Chinatown-
Polanski |
| 17. Suspiria-
Argento |
| 18. Jaws-
Spielberg |
| 19. A Woman
Under the Influence – Cassavetes |
| 20. Pat
Garrett & Billy the Kid – Peckinpah |
| 21. The
Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie- Bunuel |
| 22. The
Conversation- F. Coppola |
| 23. Amarcord
– Fellini |
| 24. Mean
Streets- Scorsese |
| 25. One Flew
Over the Cuckoo’s Nest- Forman |
| 26. Star
Wars- Lucas |
| 27. Performance
– Roeg |
| 28. Don’t
Look Now – Roeg |
| 29. Kings of
the Road – Wenders |
| 30. Alien- R.
Scott |
| 31. The
Exorcist- Friedkin |
| 32. Network-
Lumet |
| 33. The
French Connection- Friedkin |
| 34. Dog Day
Afternoon – Lumet |
| 35. McCabe
& Mrs. Miller- Altman |
| 36. The Deer
Hunter – Cimino |
| 37. Harold
and Maude- Ashby |
| 38. Solaris-
Tarkovsky |
| 39. The Mirror- Tarkovsky |
| 40. MASH-
Altman |
| 41. The
Parallax View – Pakula |
| 42. Badlands-
Malick |
| 43. Five Easy
Pieces – Rafelson |
| 44. Cabaret –
Fosse |
| 45. Carnal
Knowledge – M. Nichols |
| 46. 1900 –
Bertolucci |
| 47. The Man
Who Fell to Earth- Roeg |
| 48. The Last
Tango in Paris- Bertolucci |
| 49. Halloween-
Carpenter |
| 50. All the
President’s Men- Pakula |
| 51. Carrie –
De Palma |
| 52. The
Killing of a Chinese Bookie- Cassavetes |
| 53. The Long
Goodbye- Altman |
| 54. Lady
Snowblood – Fujita |
| 55. Scenes
From a Marriage – Bergman |
| 56. Day for
Night- Truffaut |
| 57. All that
Jazz- Fosse |
| 58. The
Marriage of Maria Braun – Fassbinder |
| 59. The Wild
Child- – Truffaut |
| 60. The Last
Picture Show – Bogdanovich |
| 61. Ali: Fear
Eats the Soul – Fassbinder |
| 62. Two
English Girls – Truffaut |
| 63. Dawn of
the Dead – Romero |
| 64. The
Outlaw Josey Wales – Eastwood |
| 65. Eraserhead
– Lynch |
| 66. Nosferatu
the Vampyre – Herzog |
| 67. Little
Big Man – Penn |
| 68. Patton –
Schaffner |
| 69. Dirty
Harry – Siegel |
| 70. Deliverance
– Boorman |
| 71. The Man
Who Would Be King – Huston |
| 72. The Sting
– Roy Hill |
| 73. Lenny –
Fosse |
| 74. Scarecrow
– Schatzberg |
| 75. Zabriskie
Point – Antonioni |
| 76. Love and
Death – Allen |
| 77. Fox and
His Friends – Fassbinder |
| 78. Klute –
Pakula |
| 79. The Texas
Chainsaw Massacre – Hooper |
| 80. Bring Me
the Head of Alfredo Garcia – Peckinpah |
| 81. The Tree
of Wooden Clogs – Olmi |
| 82. California
Split- Altman |
| 83. Le Cercle
Rouge – Melville |
| 84. 3 Women –
Altman |
| 85. Close
Encounters of the Third Kind – Spielberg |
| 86. The
Spirit of the Beehive – Erice |
| 87. Life of
Brian – Jones |
| 88. Vengeance
is Mine – Imamura |
| 89. Midnight
Express- Parker |
| 90. Three
Days of the Condor- Pollack |
| 91. The
Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant – Fassbinder |
| 92. Walkabout
– Roeg |
| 93. Rocky –
Avildsen |
| 94. American
Graffiti – Lucas |
| 95. The
Getaway – Peckinpah |
| 96. Serpico –
Lumet |
| 97. World on
a Wire – Fassbinder |
| 98. In the
Realm of the Senses – Oshima |
| 99. In a Year
with 13 Moons – Fassbinder |
| 100. The Black Stallion – Ballard |
1. Apocalypse Now
2. Taxi Driver
3. The Godfather
4. Chinatown
5. Barry Lyndon
6. Mirror
7. A Clockwork Orange
8. Stalker
9. The Godfather Part II
10. The Holy Mountain (yup, this is my oddball choice)
I’ve only seen “The Holy Mountain” once but yeah, it didn’t seem like it belongs in these company after one viewing. The one here that fascinates me though is Tarkovsky’s “Mirror”. i seem to be in the minority having it as far down as i do- i had a breakthrough with Tarkovsky with “Nostalgia” in the fall of 2017. I haven’t seen “Mirror” since that so perhaps after the next viewing I’ll share your admiration for it.
Well done! Very thorough list. It’s always so amusing to debate best/worst movies. My 70’s top ten: (I’m not including my best animations because I personally feel those deserve their own category of greatness)
1. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
2. Kramer vs Kramer
3. Murder on the Orient Express
4. Star Wars IV
5. Barry Lyndon
6. The Godfather
7. Rocky
8. All the President’s Men
9. Alien
10. Jaws
Most apparitions in the « Best Performances of the Year » category, in the 70’s :
Al Pacino (5) :
} 1# en 1972.
} 6# en 1973.
} 7# en 1973.
} 1# en 1974.
} 1# en 1975.
Jack Nicholson (5) :
} 1# en 1970.
} 4# en 1971.
} 3# en 1973.
} 4# en 1974.
} 2# en 1975.
Robert DeNiro (4) :
} 2# en 1973.
} 2# en 1974.
} 1# en 1976.
} 1# en 1978.
Marlon Brando (3) :
} 1# en 1972.
} 1# en 1972.
} 2# en 1979.
Gene Hackman (3) :
} 2# en 1971.
} 5# en 1973.
} 5# en 1974.
Dustin Hofmann (3) :
} 4# en 1970.
} 6# en 1974.
} 5# en 1979.
Malcolm McDowell (1) :
} 1# en 1971.
Harvey Keitel (1) :
} 1# en 1973.
Richard Dreyfuss (1) :
} 1# en 1977.
Martin Sheen (1) :
} 1# en 1979.
George C. Scott (1) :
} 2# en 1970.
Klaus Kinski (1) :
} 2# en 1972.
William Holden (1) :
} 2# en 1976.
Woody Allen (1) :
} 2# en 1976.
Christopher Walken (1) :
} 2# en 1978.
Jean-Louis Trintignant (1) :
} 3# en 1970.
Warren Beatty (1) :
} 3# en 1971.
Fernando Rey (1) :
} 3# en 1972.
John Cazale (1) :
} 3# en 1973.
Ryan O’Neal (1) :
} 3# en 1975.
David Bowie (1) :
} 3# en 1976.
Bruno Ganz (1) :
} 3# en 1977.
Richard Gere (1) :
} 3# en 1978.
Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy (1) :
} 3# en 1979.
James Caan (1) :
} 4# en 1972.
Erland Josephson (1) :
} 4# en 1973.
Robert Shaw (1) :
} 4# en 1975.
Ben Gazzara (1) :
} 4# en 1976.
Harrison Ford (1) :
} 4# en 1977.
John Hurt (1) :
} 4# en 1978.
Roy Scheider (1) :
} 4# en 1979.
Elliot Gould (1) :
} 5# en 1970.
Ben Johnson (1) :
} 5# en 1971.
Peter Finch (1) :
} 5# en 1976.
Bruce Dern (1) :
} 5# en 1978.
Sylvester Stallone (1) :
} 6# en 1976.
@KidCharlemagne — appreciate all the work here. Pacino and Jack– and at the same time– 5 mentions a piece between 1970-1975
It’s your work. Just collecting data 🙂