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VOTE: Best Films of the 1970s

A community vote to find the best films from 1970 to 1979 (using Letterboxd dates).

In the comments below, vote for up to 10 films. 1 point goes to each film you pick, and you don't have to rank your selections. Films don't have to already be on the list, you're welcome to induct new entries.

You can change your votes at a later time if you want.

My personal favourites of the 1970s are here.

The list is sorted by points, then alphabetically by film name.

Other votes I run: Directors | Sci-Fi Films | Comedy Films | Romance Films | Animated Films | LGBTQ+ Films | Horror Films | 2000s Films | 1990s Films | 1980s Films | 1960s Films | 1950s Films | 1940s Films | 2018 Films

VOTING IS NOW CLOSED

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  • The Godfather

    1

  • Taxi Driver

    2

  • Apocalypse Now

    3

  • The Godfather Part II

    4

  • Star Wars

    5

  • Alien

    6

  • Jaws

    7

  • A Clockwork Orange

    8

  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    9

  • Stalker

    10

  • Chinatown

    11

  • Barry Lyndon

    12

  • Annie Hall

    13

  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail

    14

  • Dog Day Afternoon

    15

  • Eraserhead

    16

  • Life of Brian

    17

  • Mirror

    18

  • Aguirre, the Wrath of God

    19

  • The Deer Hunter

    20

  • Halloween

    21

  • Network

    22

  • Rocky

    23

  • The Conversation

    24

  • Solaris

    25

  • Harold and Maude

    26

  • The Rocky Horror Picture Show

    27

  • The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    28

  • All the President's Men

    29

  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    30

  • Cries and Whispers

    31

  • House

    32

  • Nashville

    33

  • Paper Moon

    34

  • Scenes from a Marriage

    35

  • Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

    36

  • Badlands

    37

  • Blazing Saddles

    38

  • Days of Heaven

    39

  • Don't Look Now

    40

  • Grease

    41

  • Manhattan

    42

  • Suspiria

    43

  • Young Frankenstein

    44

  • All That Jazz

    45

  • Day for Night

    46

  • The Devils

    47

  • The Exorcist

    48

  • Fantastic Planet

    49

  • The French Connection

    50

  • Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

    51

  • The Long Goodbye

    52

  • The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

    53

  • The Warriors

    54

  • A Woman Under the Influence

    55

  • 3 Women

    56

  • Bedknobs and Broomsticks

    57

  • Being There

    58

  • Carrie

    59

  • The Holy Mountain

    60

  • Kramer vs. Kramer

    61

  • Le Cercle Rouge

    62

  • Phantom of the Paradise

    63

  • The Spirit of the Beehive

    64

  • Superman

    65

  • Watership Down

    66

  • Amarcord

    67

  • American Graffiti

    68

  • Autumn Sonata

    69

  • The Conformist

    70

  • Dersu Uzala

    71

  • Dirty Harry

    72

  • Duel

    73

  • Escape from Alcatraz

    74

  • F for Fake

    75

  • In the Realm of the Senses

    76

  • Jesus Christ Superstar

    77

  • The Last Picture Show

    78

  • Mad Max

    79

  • Magic

    80

  • The Man Who Sleeps

    81

  • Mean Streets

    82

  • Night Moves

    83

  • Patton

    84

  • Picnic at Hanging Rock

    85

  • Robin Hood

    86

  • Sleuth

    87

  • The Spy Who Loved Me

    88

  • Tora! Tora! Tora!

    89

  • Touki Bouki

    90

  • The Travelling Players

    91

  • The Twelve Tasks of Asterix

    92

  • Walkabout

    93

  • The Wicker Man

    94

  • 1776

    95

  • Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

    96

  • The American Friend

    97

  • Ankur: The Seedling

    98

  • The Aristocats

    99

  • Assault on Precinct 13

    100