1970s

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1979

1 ALL THAT JAZZ (Bob Fosse)
2 APOCALYPSE NOW (Francis Ford Coppola)
3 THE HYPOTHESIS OF THE STOLEN PAINTING (Raoul Ruiz)
4 STALKER (Andrei Tarkovsky)
5 VENGEANCE IS MINE (Shohei Imamura)
6 HOME MOVIES (Brian De Palma)
7 CHILLY SCENES OF WINTER (Joan Micklin Silver)
8 MANHATTAN (Woody Allen) 9 MAD MAX (George Miller)
10 THE BLACK STALLION (Carroll Ballard)
11 ALIEN (Ridley Scott)
12 "10" (Blake Edwards)
13 THE WOMAN WITH RED HAIR (Tatsumi Kumashiro)
14 THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
15 THE WARRIORS (Walter Hill)
16 REAL LIFE (Albert Brooks)
17 NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE (Werner Herzog)
18 1941 (Steven Spielberg)

1978

1 DAWN OF THE DEAD (George A. Romero)
2 THE DRIVER (Walter Hill)
3 PERCEVAL LE GALLOIS (Eric Rohmer)
4 THE FURY (Brian De Palma)
5 DAYS OF HEAVEN (Terrence Malick)
6 FILMING 'OTHELLO' (Orson Welles)
7 SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR (Robert Mulligan)
8 THE GREEN ROOM (François Truffaut)
9 FEDORA (Billy Wilder)
10 WHO'LL STOP THE RAIN (Karel Reisz)

1977

1 ERASERHEAD (David Lynch)
2 OPENING NIGHT (John Cassavetes)
3 KILLER OF SHEEP (Charles Burnett)
4 ABIGAIL'S PARTY (Mike Leigh)
5 ANNIE HALL (Woody Allen)
6 THE DUELLISTS (Ridley Scott)
7 SUSPIRIA (Dario Argento)
8 THE AMERICAN FRIEND (Wim Wenders)
9 NEWS FROM HOME (Chantal Akerman)
10 LE DIABLE PROBABLEMENT (Robert Bresson)
11 STAR WARS (George Lucas)
12 MARTIN (George A. Romero)

1976

1 DUELLE (UNE QUARANTAINE) (Jacques Rivette)
2 THE MARQUISE OF O... (Eric Rohmer)
3 THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (Nicolas Roeg)
4 THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE (John Cassavetes)
5 ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (Alan J. Pakula)
6 ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (John Carpenter)
7 MIKEY AND NICKEY (Elaine May)
8 GOD TOLD ME TO (Larry Cohen)
9 BUFFALO BILL AND THE INDIANS, OR SITTING BULL'S HISTORY LESSON (Robert Altman)
10 THE TENANT (Roman Polanski)
11 BERNICE BOBS HER HAIR (Joan Micklin Silver)
12 CARRIE (Brian De Palma)

1975

1 NASHVILLE (Robert Altman)
2 JAWS (Steven Spielberg)
3 THE MIRROR (Andrei Tarkovsky)
4 BARRY LYNDON (Stanley Kubrick)
5 SHAMPOO (Hal Ashby)
6 JEANNE DIELMAN, 23 QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES (Chantal Akerman)
7 XALA (Ousmane Sembene)
8 GREY GARDENS (Ellen Hovde, Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Muffie Meyer)
9 FRENCH CONNECTION II (John Frankenheimer)
10 PROFESSIONE: REPORTER (Michelangelo Antonioni)

1974

1 LANCELOT DU LAC (Robert Bresson)
2 PARADE (Jacques Tati)
3 THE CONVERSATION (Francis Ford Coppola)
4 A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE (John Cassavetes)
5 THE GODFATHER, PART II (Francis Ford Coppola)
6 PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (Brian De Palma)
7 CELINE AND JULIE GO BOATING (Jacques Rivette)
8 CHINATOWN (Roman Polanski)
9 EDVARD MUNCH (Peter Watkins)
10 ALICE IN THE CITIES (Wim Wenders)
11 JUGGERNAUT (Richard Lester)
12 L'AMBASSADE (Chris Marker)
13 COCKFIGHTER (Monte Hellman)
14 THE FRONT PAGE (Billy Wilder)

1973

1 F FOR FAKE (Orson Welles)
2 PAT GARRETT & BILLY THE KID (Sam Peckinpah)
3 BREEZY (Clint Eastwood)
4 THE ICEMAN COMETH (John Frankenheimer)
5 CHARLEY VARRICK (Don Siegel)
6 THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE (Peter Yates)
7 WHAT? (Roman Polanski)
8 SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE (Ingmar Bergman)
9 SEASON OF THE WITCH (George A. Romero)
10 LUCIFER RISING (Kenneth Anger)
11 THE CRAZIES (George A. Romero)
12 BADLANDS (Terrence Malick)
13 THE EXORCIST (William Friedkin)
14 DEAD PIGEON ON BEETHOVEN STREET (Samuel Fuller)
15 BLUME IN LOVE (Paul Mazursky)

1972

1 scenes from THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND (Orson Welles) [Munich construction]
2 LETTER TO JANE (Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin)
3 AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD (Werner Herzog
4 JUNIOR BONNER (Sam Peckinpah)
5 TOUT VA BIEN (Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin)
6 AVANTI! (Billy Wilder)
7 THE HEARTBREAK KID (Elaine May)
8 REMINISCENCES OF A JOURNEY TO LITHUANIA (Jonas Mekas)
9 FAT CITY (John Huston)
10 BLAISE PASCAL (Roberto Rossellini)
11 ULZANA'S RAID (Robert Aldrich)
12 WE WON'T GROW OLD TOGETHER (Maurice Pialat)
13 THE GETAWAY (Sam Peckinpah)
14 POETIC JUSTICE (Hollis Frampton)
15 SPECIAL EFFECTS (Hollis Frampton)
16 CHLOE IN THE AFTERNOON (Erich Rohmer)

1971

1 FOUR NIGHTS OF A DREAMER (Robert Bresson)
2 MCCABE & MRS. MILLER (Robert Altman)
3 DUCK, YOU SUCKER (Sergio Leone)
4 TRAFIC (Jacques Tati)
5 STRAW DOGS (Sam Peckinpah)
6 THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES (Robert Fuest)
7 MINNIE AND MOSKOWITZ (John Cassavetes)
8 SUMMER OF '42 (Robert Mulligan)
9 TWO-LANE BLACKTOP (Monte Hellman)
10 CRITICAL MASS (Hollis Frampton)
11 VANISHING POINT (Richard C. Sarafian)

1970

1 LA RUPTURE (Claude Chabrol)
2 HUSBANDS (John Cassavetes)
3 CLAIRE'S KNEE (Eric Rohmer)
4 HI, MOM! (Brian De Palma)
5 ZABRISKIE POINT (Michelangelo Antonioni)
6 "Whistling Away the Dark" number, DARLING LILI (Blake Edwards)
7 PERFORMANCE (Nicolas Roeg/Donald Cammell)
8 HORNET'S NEST (Phil Karlson)
9 CATCH-22 (Mike Nichols)
10 LE CERCLE ROUGE (Jean-Pierre Melville)
11 WANDA (Barbara Loden)
12 VENGEANCE! (Zhang Che)
13 SERENE VELOCITY (Ernie Gehr)
14 ONE MORE TIME (Jerry Lewis)
15 TWO MULES FOR SISTER SARA (Don Siegel)

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