Top Ten Films of 1970-1979

[mae]

I hope no one minds, but I'm having lots of fun revisiting all these movies and trying to rank them. This decade, however, is not very familiar to me, for whatever reason. My fault, so I'm sure some great film will have been left out of my list. So, again, top three each year highlighted, with the ranking to come:

Bed and Board (1970)
Dodes'ka-den (1970)
El Topo (1970)
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
Joe (1970)
Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
MASH (1970)
Patton (1970)
The Conformist (1970)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Dirty Harry (1971)
Harold and Maude (1971)
Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)
Mon oncle Antoine (1971)
Murmur of the Heart (1971)
Straw Dogs (1971)
The French Connection (1971)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
The Telephone Book (1971)
THX 1138 (1971)
Trafic (1971)
Walkabout (1971)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)

Deliverance (1972)
Frenzy (1972)
Fritz the Cat (1972)
Last Tango in Paris (1972)
Pink Flamingos (1972)
Solaris (1972)
Sounder (1972)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
The Godfather (1972)
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
The Ruling Class (1972)

Amarcord (1973)
Badlands (1973)
Don't Look Now (1973)
Fantastic Planet (1973)
Mean Streets (1973)
Papillon (1973)
Soylent Green (1973)
The Exorcist (1973)
The Holy Mountain (1973)
The Sting (1973)
Turkish Delight (1973)

A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
Chinatown (1974)
Mame (1974)
The Conversation (1974)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
The Sugarland Express (1974)
The Towering Inferno (1974)

Barry Lyndon (1975)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Jaws (1975)
Keetje Tippel (1975)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Nashville (1975)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)

1900 (1976)
All the President's Men (1976)
Black and White in Color (1976)
Family Plot (1976)
In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
King Kong (1976)
Network (1976)
Rocky (1976)
Taxi Driver (1976)
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
The Omen (1976)
The Tenant (1976)

Annie Hall (1977)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Cross of Iron (1977)
Eraserhead (1977)
Soldier of Orange (1977)
Star Wars (1977)
That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
The Duellists (1977)
The Goodbye Girl (1977)

Coma (1978)
Damien: Omen II (1978)
Days of Heaven (1978)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
Midnight Express (1978)
Superman (1978)
The Deer Hunter (1978)

Alien (1979)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Caligula (1979)
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
Life of Brian (1979)
Love on the Run (1979)
Manhattan (1979)
Stalker (1979)
Tess (1979)
The China Syndrome (1979)
The Tin Drum (1979)
Time After Time (1979)

[Mattrick]

70's the greatest decade of film, in my opinion. That is why it will be a long time until I get to this list. There are way too many great films I've yet to see.

[mae]

One of the greatest, sure, along with the 1930s, I'd say. Anyway, here are my 1970s rankings, the Top 10 is bolded as always:

1 Barry Lyndon (1975)
2 The Godfather (1972)
3 Alien (1979)
4 The Omen (1976)
5 The Godfather: Part II (1974)
6 A Clockwork Orange (1971)
7 The Tenant (1976)
8 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
9 Soldier of Orange (1977)
10 Star Wars (1977)
11 Chinatown (1974)
12 Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
13 Jaws (1975)
14 Solaris (1972)
15 Damien: Omen II (1978)
16 Manhattan (1979)
17 The Exorcist (1973)
18 Stalker (1979)
19 Taxi Driver (1976)
20 Mean Streets (1973)
21 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
22 The French Connection (1971)
23 Harold and Maude (1971)
24 The Conversation (1974)
25 Don't Look Now (1973)
26 Patton (1970)
27 Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
28 Days of Heaven (1978)
29 Five Easy Pieces (1970)
30 The Deer Hunter (1978)

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Spoiler:

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SOLARIS

I saw this film at FILMEX in 1972 When the movie ended and the audience got up to leave the projectionist announced "Please sit back down I found another reel".

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The most frequently asked question in theaters when this movie was playing?

Spoiler:

"DO YOU WANT BUTTER ON THAT?"

[Mattrick]

Barry Lyndon is an interesting top film choice Pablo. I've only seen it once but I loved it. Not sure if it would make my top ten, though. I think for some of these past decades that I still have a lot to explore my first list will be temporary.

[mae]

Barry Lyndon is an astonishing film. Probably in my personal Top 5 all-time. It's criminally under appreciated.

[SirFolio16]

Great top 10 Pablo.

[mae]

Great top 10 Pablo.

Feel free to post your own!

[fernandito]

Holy shit the 70's were STACKED.

[needfulthings]

Holy shit the 70's were STACKED.

AND HOW!

Spoiler:

[Still Servant]

Pablo, you're doing an amazing job with these lists. I hope to one day create something as comprehensive.

[mae]

Pablo, you're doing an amazing job with these lists. I hope to one day create something as comprehensive.

It's really fun, go for it. Plus (obviously) I'm quite OCD when it comes to lists

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