1970s

 

 

1970

10. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis [Vittorio de Sica] Italy

09. The Grandmother [David Lynch] USA

08. A Swedish Love Story [Roy Andersson] Sweden

07. Dodes’ka-den [Akira Kurosawa] Japan

06. The Conformist [Bernardo Bertolucci] Italy / France / West Germany

05. Tristana [Luis Buñuel] Spain / France / Italy

04. Zabriskie Point [Michelangelo Antonioni] USA

03. Woodstock [Michael Wadleigh] USA

02. Heroic Purgatory [Yoshishige Yoshida] Japan

01. This Transient Life [Akio Jissoji] Japan

14. Harold and Maude [Hal Ashby] USA

13. McCabe & Mrs. Miller [Robert Altman] USA

12. Walkabout [Nicolas Roeg] Australia / UK

11. Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets [Shūji Terayama] Japan

10. Murmur of the Heart [Louis Malle] France / Italy / West Germany

09. WR: Mysteries of the Organism [Dušan Makavejev] Yugoslavia / West Germany

08. Demons [Toshio Matsumoto] Japan

07. The Last Picture Show [Peter Bogdanovich] USA

06. Johnny Got His Gun [Dalton Trumbo] USA

05. How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman [Nelson Pereira dos Santos] Brazil

04. The Devils [Ken Russell] UK

03. The Third Part of the Night [Andrzej Żuławski] Poland

02. Two English Girls [François Truffaut] France

01. A Clockwork Orange [Stanley Kubrick] UK / USA

10. The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant [Rainer Werner Fassbinder] West Germany

09. The Harder They Come [Perry Henzell] Jamaica

08. Lucifer Rising [Kenneth Anger] Germany / UK / USA

07. The Godfather [Francis Ford Coppola] USA

06. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie [Luis Buñuel] France / Italy / Spain

05. Solaris [Andrey Tarkovskiy] Soviet Union

04. Roma [Federico Fellini] Italy / France

03. Cabaret [Bob Fosse] USA

02. Cries and Whispers [Ingmar Bergman] Sweden

01. The Devil [Andrzej Żuławski] Poland

10. Scenes from a Marriage [Ingmar Bergman] Sweden

09. Day for Night [François Truffaut] France

08. F for Fake [Orson Welles] France / Iran / West Germany

07. Fantastic Planet [René Laloux] France / Czechoslovakia

06. American Graffiti [George Lucas] USA

05. Amarcord [Federico Fellini] Italy / France

04. Johnny Corncob [Marcell Jankovics] Hungary

03. Badlands [Terrence Malick] USA

02. The Holy Mountain [Alejandro Jodorowsky] Mexico / USA

01. The Spirit of the Beehive [Víctor Erice] Spain

11. Lancelot du Lac [Robert Bresson] France

09. A Woman Under the Influence [John Cassavetes] USA

08. Zardoz [John Boorman] Ireland / USA

08. Chinatown [Roman Polanski] USA

07. Himiko [Masahiro Shinoda] Japan

06. The Man Who Sleeps [Bernard Queysanne] France

05. Sweet Movie [Dušan Makavejev] France / Canada / West Germany

04. Arabian Nights [Pier Paolo Pasolini] Italy / France

03. Texas Chainsaw Massacre [Tobe Hooper] USA

02. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul [Rainer Werner Fassbinder] West Germany

01. Edvard Munch [Peter Watkins] Sweden / Norway

12. The Story of Adele H [François Truffaut] France

11. Monty Python and the Holy Grail [Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones] UK

10. Tommy [Ken Russell] UK

09. Jaws [Steven Spielberg] USA

08. Nashville [Robert Altman] USA

07. Grey Gardens [Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer] USA

06. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom [Pier Paolo Pasolini] Italy / France

05. The Rocky Horror Picture Show [Jim Sharman] UK / USA

04. The Traveling Players [Theodoros Angelopoulos] Greece

03. That Most Important Thing: Love [Andrzej Żuławski] France

02. The Mirror [Andrey Tarkovskiy] Soviet Union

01. Barry Lyndon [Stanley Kubrick] UK / USA

10. I Only Want You to Love Me [Rainer Werner Fassbinder] West Germany

09. Fellini’s Casanova [Federico Fellini] Italy

08. The Omen [Richard Donner] USA / UK

07. Face to Face [Ingmar Bergman] Sweden

06. Carrie [Brian De Palma] USA

05. Novecento [Bernardo Bertolucci] Italy / France / West Germany

04. Canoa: A Shameful Memory [Felipe Cazals] Mexico

03. In the Realm of the Senses [Nagisa Ôshima] Japan / France

02. Taxi Driver [Martin Scorsese] USA

01. Cría Cuervos [Carlos Saura] Spain

1977

10. Sorcerer [William Friedkin] USA / Mexico

09. Hausu [Nobuhiko Ôbayashi] Japan

08. 3 Women [Robert Altman] USA

07. Annie Hall [Woody Allen] USA

06. Suspiria [Dario Argento] Italy

05. The Ascent [Larisa Shepitko] Soviet Union

04. The Devil, Probably [Robert Bresson] France

03. Iphigenia [Mihalis Kakogiannis] Greece

02. Eraserhead [David Lynch] USA

01. That Obscure Object of Desire [Luis Buñuel] France / Spain

10. Rockers [Ted Bafaloukos, Monty Diamond] Jamaica

09. Halloween [John Carpenter] USA

08. Watership Down [Martin Rosen, John Hubley] UK

07. Midnight Express [Alan Parker] USA

06. Empire of Passion [Nagisa Oshima] France / Japan

05. The Deer Hunter [Michael Cimino] USA

04. The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting [Raúl Ruiz] France

03. In a Year of 13 Moons [Rainer Werner Fassbinder] West Germany

02. Days of Heaven [Terrence Malick] USA

01. Autumn Sonata [Ingmar Bergman] West Germany / Sweden

10. All That Jazz [Bob Fosse] USA

09. Rapture [Iván Zulueta] Spain

08. Manhattan [Woody Allen] USA

07. Alien [Ridley Scott] UK / USA

06. Nosferatu the Vampyre [Werner Herzog] West Germany

05. The Tin Drum [Volker Schlöndorff] West Germany / Yugoslavia / Poland / France

04. Camera Buff [Krzysztof Kieslowski] Poland

03. Tess [Roman Polanski] France / UK

02. Stalker [Andrey Tarkovskiy] Soviet Union

01. Apocalypse Now [Francis Ford Coppola] USA