The Top 100 Movies of the 1970s

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The Top 100 Movies of the 1970s
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Ranking		 Movie Title Release
Year		 Director MPAA
Rating		 Your
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1 Star Wars 1977 George Lucas PG -
3 The Godfather 1972 Francis Ford Coppola R -
10 The Godfather Part II 1974 Francis Ford Coppola R -
18 Alien 1979 Ridley Scott R -
29 Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975 Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones PG -
32 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975 Milos Forman R -
47 Taxi Driver 1976 Martin Scorsese R -
58 Apocalypse Now 1979 Francis Ford Coppola R -
65 Chinatown 1974 Roman Polanski R -
66 Jaws 1975 Steven Spielberg PG -
71 A Clockwork Orange 1971 Stanley Kubrick R -
98 Rocky 1976 John G. Avildsen PG -
101 Stalker 1979 Andrei Tarkovsky NR -
102 Network 1976 Sidney Lumet R -
106 The Conversation 1974 Francis Ford Coppola PG -
119 Badlands 1973 Terrence Malick PG -
127 Aguirre: The Wrath of God 1972 Werner Herzog NR -
143 Days of Heaven 1978 Terrence Malick PG -
167 Annie Hall 1977 Woody Allen PG -
177 The Sting 1973 George Roy Hill PG -
178 All the President's Men 1976 Alan J. Pakula PG -
180 Dog Day Afternoon 1975 Sidney Lumet R -
190 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 1971 Mel Stuart G -
198 The Long Goodbye 1973 Robert Altman R -
213 The French Connection 1971 William Friedkin R -
214 Young Frankenstein 1974 Mel Brooks PG -
223 Life of Brian 1979 Terry Jones R -
229 Barry Lyndon 1975 Stanley Kubrick PG -
234 Manhattan 1979 Woody Allen R -
251 Paper Moon 1973 Peter Bogdanovich PG -
258 The Exorcist 1973 William Friedkin R -
259 The Last Picture Show 1971 Peter Bogdanovich R -
261 The Deer Hunter 1978 Michael Cimino R -
262 Suspiria 1977 Dario Argento R -
269 Blazing Saddles 1974 Mel Brooks R -
275 Le Cercle Rouge 1970 Jean-Pierre Melville R -
283 Solaris 1972 Andrei Tarkovsky PG -
288 McCabe & Mrs. Miller 1971 Robert Altman R -
301 Mean Streets 1973 Martin Scorsese R -
302 Harold and Maude 1971 Hal Ashby PG -
305 Nashville 1975 Robert Altman R -
308 Being There 1979 Hal Ashby PG -
325 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977 Steven Spielberg PG -
332 The Mirror 1975 Andrei Tarkovsky NR -
344 The Holy Mountain 1973 Alejandro Jodorowsky R -
346 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 1974 Joseph Sargent R -
353 A Woman Under the Influence 1974 John Cassavetes R -
366 Cries and Whispers 1972 Ingmar Bergman R -
373 The Outlaw Josey Wales 1976 Clint Eastwood PG -
375 Sorcerer 1977 William Friedkin PG -
386 The Conformist 1970 Bernardo Bertolucci R -
395 Dirty Harry 1971 Don Siegel R -
397 The Last Detail 1973 Hal Ashby R -
402 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie 1972 Luis Buñuel NR -
415 High Plains Drifter 1973 Clint Eastwood R -
435 All That Jazz 1979 Bob Fosse R -
438 Patton 1970 Franklin J. Schaffner PG -
457 The Man Who Would Be King 1975 John Huston PG -
465 Enter the Dragon 1973 Robert Clouse R -
480 Deep Red 1975 Dario Argento R -
486 Five Easy Pieces 1970 Bob Rafelson R -
494 F for Fake 1973 Orson Welles NR -
504 Serpico 1973 Sidney Lumet R -
505 Straw Dogs 1971 Sam Peckinpah R -
510 Day for Night 1973 François Truffaut PG -
513 The Warriors 1979 Walter Hill R -
523 Amarcord 1973 Federico Fellini R -
525 Animal House 1978 John Landis R -
531 Don't Look Now 1973 Nicolas Roeg R -
538 Marathon Man 1976 John Schlesinger R -
543 Dawn of the Dead 1978 George A. Romero NR -
547 Love and Death 1975 Woody Allen PG -
553 Three Days of the Condor 1975 Sydney Pollack R -
558 Picnic at Hanging Rock 1975 Peter Weir PG -
560 Eraserhead 1977 David Lynch NR -
572 3 Women 1977 Robert Altman PG -
580 Scenes from a Marriage 1973 Ingmar Bergman PG -
582 The Jerk 1979 Carl Reiner R -
592 Halloween 1978 John Carpenter R -
599 Duel 1971 Steven Spielberg PG -
606 What's Up, Doc? 1972 Peter Bogdanovich G -
614 Sleuth 1972 Joseph L. Mankiewicz PG -
616 House 1977 Nobuhiko Ôbayashi NR -
623 The Wicker Man 1973 Robin Hardy R -
628 Autumn Sonata 1978 Ingmar Bergman NR -
633 Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978 Philip Kaufman PG -
646 Ali: Fear Eats the Soul 1974 Rainer Werner Fassbinder NR -
649 Papillon 1973 Franklin J. Schaffner PG -
651 Slap Shot 1977 George Roy Hill R -
658 Walkabout 1971 Nicolas Roeg PG -
699 The Spirit of the Beehive 1973 Víctor Erice NR -
704 American Graffiti 1973 George Lucas PG -
705 Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia 1974 Sam Peckinpah R -
709 Black Christmas 1974 Bob Clark R -
711 Breaking Away 1979 Peter Yates PG -
716 Cabaret 1972 Bob Fosse PG -
722 The Day of the Jackal 1973 Fred Zinnemann PG -
727 Superman 1978 Richard Donner PG -
731 MASH 1970 Robert Altman R -
733 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 1974 Tobe Hooper R -

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