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1970-1979

 1970
1. Gimme Shelter (Albert Maysles/David Maysles, USA)
2. The Ear (Karel Kachyna, Czechoslovakia) (Released in USA in 1992)

3. Multiple Maniacs (John Waters, USA)
4. Five Easy Pieces (Bob Rafelson, USA)

5. Hornets’ Nest (Phil Karlson/Franco Cirino, Italy/USA)

6. The Grandmother (David Lynch, USA)

7. Brewster McCloud (Robert Altman, USA)
8. Double Suicide (Masahiro Shinoda, Japan)

9. The McKenzie Break (Lamont Johnson, Ireland/UK)
10. Sabata (Frank Kramer, Italy)
11. The Vampire Doll (Michio Yamamoto, Japan) (Released in USA in 1971)
12. El Topo (Alejandro Jodorowsky, Mexico)

13. The Vampire Lovers (Roy Ward Baker, UK)
14. Little Big Man (Arthur Penn, USA)
15. Where’s Poppa? (Carl Reiner, USA)

16. The Moonshine War (Richard Quine, USA)
17. The Honeymoon Killers (Leonard Kastle, USA)
18. The Wild Child (Francois Truffaut, France)


1971
1. The Last Picture Show (Peter Bogdanovich, USA)
2. Walkabout (Nicolas Roeg, UK/Australia)
3. Wanda (Barbara Loden, USA)

4. The Hospital (Arthur Hiller, USA)
5. The French Connection (William Friedkin, USA)
6. A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, UK/USA)
7. A Touch of Zen (King Hu, Hong Kong/Taiwan) (RELEASED IN USA IN 1976)
8. Duel (Steven Spielberg, USA)
9. Straw Dogs (Sam Peckinpah, UK/USA)

10. Daughters of Darkness (Henry Kumel, Belgium/France/West Germany)

11. The Devils (Ken Russell, UK)

12. Land of Silence and Darkness (Werner Herzog, West Germany) (RELEASED IN USA IN 1981)
13. The Abominable Dr. Phibes (Robert Fuest, UK/USA) 
14. 10 Rillington Place (Richard Fleischer, UK)
15. Willard (Daniel Mann, USA)
16. Wake in Fright (Ted Kotcheff, Australia/USA)

17. The Blood on Satan's Claw (Piers Haggard, UK)

18. The Beguiled (Don Siegel, USA)
19. The Cat o' Nine Tails (Dario Argento, Italy/France/West Germany)

20. Even Dwarfs Started Small (Werner Herzog, West Germany)

21. The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (Wim Wenders, West Germany)
22. The Last Movie (Dennis Hopper, USA)
23. Willa Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (Mel Stuart, USA)
24. THX-1138 (George Lucas, USA)
25. Let’s Scare Jessica to Death (John D. Hancock, USA)

26. Bless the Beasts and Children (Stanley Kramer, USA)

27. The Velvet Vampire (Stephanie Rothman, USA)
28. Kotch (Jack Lemmon, USA)
29. Lake of Dracula (Michio Yamamoto, Japan) (Released in USA in 1973)

30. Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (Seth Holt, UK)
31. Fiddler on the Roof (Norman Jewison, USA)



1972
1. Pink Flamingos (John Waters, USA)
2. The Getaway (Sam Peckinpah, USA)
3. Sleuth (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, UK/USA)
​4. What Have You Done To Solange? (Massimo Dallamano, Italy) (Released in USA in 1975)

5. Season of the Witch (Jack's Wife) (George A. Romero, USA)

6. Chato’s Land (Michael Winner, USA)
7. Cabaret (Bob Fosse, USA)

8. What's Up, Doc? (Peter Bogdanovich, USA)
9. Cuadecuc, vampir (Pere Portabella, Spain)

10. One-Armed Boxer (Jimmy Wang Yu, Taiwan/Hong Kong)
11. The Mechanic (Michael Winner, USA) 
12. Frenzy (Alfred Hitchcock, UK/USA)

13. Deliverance (John Boorman, USA)

14. Eight Deadly Shots (Mikko Niskanen, Finland)
15. Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany) (RELEASED IN USA IN 2018)
16. The Way of the Dragon (Bruce Lee, Hong Kong)

17. The Ruling Class (Peter Medak, UK)

18. Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (Sergio Martino, Italy) (No USA Release)
19. Cries and Whispers (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden)

20. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Luis Bunuel, France)
21. The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, USA)
22. Play It Again, Sam (Herbert Ross, USA)
23. Straight On Till Morning (Peter Collinson, UK)

24. Private Parts (Paul Bartel, USA)

25. Fist of Fury (Lo Wei, Hong Kong)

26. The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (John Huston, USA)

27. The Night Stalker (John Llewellyn Moxey, USA)
28. The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (Emilio Miraglia, Italy/West Germany/Monaco) (Released in USA in 1976)
29. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask (Woody Allen, USA)

30. The Wrath of God (Ralph Nelson, USA)

31. Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (Curtis Harrington, UK)

32. Red Sun (Terence Young, France/Italy/Spain)
33. Don’t Torture a Duckling (Lucio Fulci, Italy) (NO USA RELEASE)

34. Fritz the Cat (Ralph Bakshi, USA)
35. Boxcar Bertha (Martin Scorsese, USA)
36. Aguirre: The Wrath of God (Werner Herzog, West Germany) (RELEASED IN USA IN 1977)

37. Duck, You Sucker (Sergio Leone, Italy)
38. The Last House on the Left (Wes Craven, USA)
39. Super Fly (Gordon Parks Jr., USA)

40. Hickey & Boggs (Robert Culp, USA)

41. Silent Night, Bloody Night (Theodore Gershuny, USA)


1973
1. Paper Moon (Peter Bogdanovich, USA)
2. Badlands (Terrence Malick, USA)

3. Don’t Look Now (Nicolas Roeg, UK/Italy)
4. The Last Detail (Hal Ashby, USA)
5. The Mother and the Whore (Jean Eustache, France)
6. Fantastic Planet (Rene Laloux, France/Czechoslovakia)
7. The Iceman Cometh (John Frankenheimer, USA)
8. Scarecrow (Jerry Schatzberg, USA)
9. The Sting (George Roy Hill, USA)

10. Charley Varrick (Don Siegel, USA)
11. Save the Tiger (John G. Avildsen, USA)
12. Mean Streets (Martin Scorsese, USA)

13. The Amusement Park (George A. Romero, USA) (No USA Release)

14. Malatesta's Carnival of Blood (Christopher Smith, USA)
15. Papillon (Franklin J. Schaffner, France/USA)
16. Coffy (Jack Hill, USA)
17. Belladonna of Sadness (Elichi Yamamoto, Japan) (RELEASED IN USA IN 2016)
18. The Paper Chase (James Bridges, USA)
19. World on a Wire (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany) (RELEASED IN USA IN 1997)
20. White Lightening (Joseph Sargent, USA)
21. Horror Rises from the Tomb (Carlos Aured, Spain) (RELEASED IN USA IN 1975)

22. Sisters (Brian De Palma, USA)

23. Enter the Dragon (Robert Clouse, USA)

24. Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (Gilbert Cates, USA)
25. The Spirit of the Beehive (Victor Erice, Spain)
26. Black Mama White Mama (Eddie Romeo, USA)

27. Beach of the War Gods (Jimmy Wang You, Hong Kong/Taiwan)

28. Breezy (Clint Eastwood, USA)
29. The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (Paul Newman, USA)
30. The Crazies (George A. Romero, USA)
31. Raw Meat (Gary Sherman, UK)

32. The Night Strangler (Dan Curtis, USA)
33. Westworld (Michael Crichton, USA)

34. Theater of Blood (Douglas Hickox, UK)
35. Sssssss (Bernard L. Kowalski, USA)
36. Play Misty for Me (Clint Eastwood, USA)
37. The Harder They Come (Perry Henzell, Jamaica)
38. Robin Hood (Wolfgang Reitherman, USA)



1974

1. Alice in the Cities (Wim Wenders, West Germany)

2. Celine and Julie Go Boating (Jacques Rivette, France)
3. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Tobe Hooper, USA)
4. A Woman Under the Influence (John Cassavetes, USA)
5. Black Christmas (Bob Clark, USA)
6. The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola, USA)
7. Chinatown (Roman Polanski, USA)

8. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (Joseph Sargent, USA) 

9. California Split (Robert Altman, USA)
10. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (Sam Peckinpah, Mexico/USA)
11. Scenes from a Marriage (Feature Cut) (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden)
12. Deathdream (Dead of Night) (Bob Clark, USA)
13. Thieves Like Us (Robert Altman, USA)

14. Love & Anarchy (Lina Wertmüller, Italy)

15. Female Trouble (John Waters, USA)

16. The Godfather: Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, USA)
17. The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy, UK)
18. The Grand Duel (Giancarlo Santi, Italy/West Germany/France)
19. Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (Martin Scorsese, USA)

20. It’s Alive (Larry Cohen, USA)
21. Foxy Brown (Jack Hill, USA)

22. Big Bad Mama (Steve Carver, USA)

23. Zandy's Bride (Jan Troell, USA)
24. Death Wish (Michael Winner, USA)

25. Flesh for Frankenstein (Paul Morrissey, USA/Italy)

26. The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (Werner Herzog, West Germany) (Released in USA in 1974)

27. Billy Two Hats (Ted Kotcheff, USA/UK/Israel)
28. Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks, USA)
29. The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (Gordon Hessler, UK/USA)

30. What Have They Done To Your Daughters? (Massimo Dallamano, Italy) (Released in USA in 1977)
31. Deranged (Jeff Gillen/Alan Ormsby, USA)
31. Flesh for Frankenstein (Paul Morrissey, USA/Italy/France)



1975
1. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, France) (USA in 1983)
2. Picnic at Hanging Rock (Peter Weir, Australia) (RELEASED IN USA IN 1979)
3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Milos Forman, USA)
4. Salo; or 120 Days of Sodom (Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy/France) 
5. Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet, USA)
6. Shampoo (Hal Ashby, USA)
7. Night Moves (Arthur Penn, USA)

8. Grey Gardens (Albert Maysles/David Maysles/Ellen Hovde/Muffie Meyer, USA)
9. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Terry Gilliam/Terry Jones, UK)
10. Love and Death (Woody Allen, USA)

11. Jaws (Steven Spielberg, USA)

12. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (Werner Herzog, West Germany)
13. The Man from Hong Kong (Brian Trenchard-Smith, Hong Kong/Australia)

14. Crazy Mama (Jonathan Demme, USA)
15. The Sunshine Boys (Herbert Ross, USA)

16. Death Race 2000 (Paul Bartel, USA)


1976
1. Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, USA)
2. Carrie (Brian De Palma, USA)

3. Deep Red (Dario Argento, Italy)
4. Nickelodeon (Peter Bogdanovich, USA)

5. Kings of the Road (Wim Wenders, West Germany) 

6. Vigilante Force (George Armitage, USA) 
7. Shivers (David Cronenberg, Canada)
8. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (John Cassavetes, USA)

9. Seven Beauties (Lina Wertmüller, Italy)
10. Marathon Man (John Schlesinger, USA)
11. Network (Sidney Lumet, USA)
12. Sweet Revenge (Jerry Schatzberg, USA)
13. Shaolin Temple (Chang Cheh, Hong Kong) (NO OFFICIAL USA RELEASE)

14. Black Magic 2 (Meng-Hua Ho, Hong Kong) (No USA Release)

15. How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck. . . (Werner Herzog, West Germany) (Released in USA in 1978)
16. Rocky (John G. Avildsen, USA)
17. The Tenant (Roman Polanski, France)

18. I Only Want You to Love Me (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Germany) (RELEASED IN USA IN 1994)

19. Logan's Run (Michael Anderson, USA) 
20. Jackson County Jail (Michael Miller, USA)
21. The Front (Martin Ritt, USA)



1977

1. Annie Hall (Woody Allen, USA)

2. 3 Women (Robert Altman, USA)

3. Eraserhead (David Lynch, USA)

4. The Duellists (Ridley Scott, USA)

5. The Grateful Dead Movie (Jerry Garcia, USA)

6. Martin (George A. Romero, USA)

7. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg, USA)

8. Heart of Glass (Werner Herzog, West Germany)

9. The White Buffalo (J. Lee Thompson, USA)

10. House (Nobuhiko Obayashi, Japan)

11. The Sentinel (Michael Winner, USA)

13. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (George Lucas, USA)

14. Stroszek (Werner Herzog, West Germany)

15. Io Island (Ki-Young Kim, South Korea) (No USA Release)

16. Eaten Alive (Tobe Hooper, USA)

17. The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (Nicolas Gessner, Canada/France)

18. The Late Show (Robert Benton, USA)

19. Killer Force (Val Guest, Ireland/Switzerland/USA)




1978
1. Remember My Name (Alan Rudolph, USA)
2. Halloween (John Carpenter, USA)

3. Five Deadly Venoms (Chang Cheh, Hong Kong) (NO OFFICIAL USA RELEASE)
4. The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino, USA)
5. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (Lau Kar-Leung, Hong Kong) (Released in USA in 1979)

6. Drunken Master (Woo-Ping Yuen, Hong Kong) (RELEASED IN USA IN 1985)
7. Interiors (Woody Allen, USA)

8. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Philip Kaufman, USA)

9. Dawn of the Dead (George A. Romero, USA)

10. I Wanna Hold Your Hand (Robert Zemeckis, USA)

11. The Silent Partner (Daryl Duke, Canada)
12. Blue Sunshine (Jeff Lieberman, USA)
13. Girlfriends (Claudia Weill, USA)

14. Heaven Can Wait (Warren Beatty, USA)
15. Magic (Richard Attenborough, USA)
16. Killer of Sheep (Charles Burnett, USA)
17. Up in Smoke (Lou Adler, USA)



1979
1. Manhattan (Woody Allen, USA)
2. Monty Python’s Life of Brian (Terry Jones, UK)

3. Alien (Ridley Scott, USA)

4. The Jerk (Carl Reiner, USA)

5. Nosferatu the Vampyre (Werner Herzog, West Germany)
6. Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, USA)

7. The China Syndrome (James Bridges, USA)
8. Tourist Trap (David Schmoeller, USA)
9. The Passage (J. Lee Thompson, UK)
10. The Warriors (Walter Hill, USA)
11. Mad Monkey Kung Fu (Lau Kar-Leung, Hong Kong) (Released in USA in 1981)

12. The Human Factor (Otto Preminger, UK)

13. Phantasm (Don Coscarelli, USA)
14. Kramer vs. Kramer (Robert Benton, USA)

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