1970s Ranking – Scene by Green

1. Apocalypse Now	Francis Ford Coppola	1979
2. Stalker	Andrei Tarkovsky	1979
3. The Godfather	Francis Ford Coppola	1972
4. Taxi Driver	Martin Scorsese	1976
5. The Godfather Part II	Francis Ford Coppola	1974
6. Barry Lyndon	Stanley Kubrick	1975
7. Days of Heaven	Terrence Malick	1978
8. A Clockwork Orange	Stanley Kubrick	1971
9. Cries and Whispers	Ingmar Bergman	1972
10. The Conformist	Bernardo Bertolucci	1970
11. Mirror	Andrei Tarkovsky	1975
12. Aguirre, Wrath of God	Werner Herzog	1972
13. Annie Hall	Woody Allen	1977
14. Manhattan	Woody Allen	1979
15. Nashville	Robert Altman	1975
16. Chinatown	Roman Polanski	1974
17. The Deer Hunter	Michael Cimino	1978
18. The French Connection	William Friedkin	1971
19. Don’t Look Now	Nicolas Roeg	1973
20. McCabe & Mrs. Miller	Robert Altman	1971
21. Autumn Sonata	Ingmar Bergman	1978
22. Jaws	Steven Spielberg	1975
23. Suspiria	Dario Argento	1977
24. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie	Luis Buñuel	1972
25. The Exorcist	William Friedkin	1973
26. Performance	Nicolas Roeg	1970
27. Alien	Ridley Scott	1979
28. The Conversation	Francis Ford Coppola	1974
29. Mean Streets	Martin Scorsese	1973
30. 1900	Bernardo Bertolucci	1976
31. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest	Miloš Forman	1975
32. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	1974
33. Star Wars	George Lucas	1977
34. A Woman Under the Influence	John Cassavetes	1974
35. Network	Sidney Lumet	1976
36. MAS*H	Robert Altman	1970
37. The Parallax View	Alan J. Pakula	1974
38. The Long Goodbye	Robert Altman	1973
39. Carnal Knowledge	Mike Nichols	1971
40. Dog Day Afternoon	Sidney Lumet	1975
41. Solaris	Andrei Tarkovsky	1972
42. Badlands	Terrence Malick	1973
43. The Holy Mountain	Alejandro Jodorowsky	1973
44. The Man Who Fell to Earth	Nicolas Roeg	1976
45. Eraserhead	David Lynch	1977
46. All the President’s Men	Alan J. Pakula	1976
47. Cabaret	Bob Fosse	1972
48. Le Cercle Rouge	Jean-Pierre Melville	1970
49. Death in Venice	Luchino Visconti	1971
50. Scenes from a Marriage	Ingmar Bergman	1973
51. Lenny	Bob Fosse	1974
52. Face to Face	Ingmar Bergman	1976
53. Patton	Franklin J. Schaffner	1970
54. The Sting	George Roy Hill	1973
55. Five Easy Pieces	Bob Rafelson	1970
56. Deliverance	John Boorman	1971
57. Halloween	John Carpenter	1978
58. Harold and Maude	Hal Ashby	1971
59. The Last Picture Show	Peter Bogdanovich	1971
60. Ludwig	Luchino Visconti	1973
61. 3 Women	Robert Altman	1977
62. Nosferatu the Vampyre	Werner Herzog	1979
63. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre	Tobe Hooper	1974
64. Duelle	Jacques Rivette	1976
65. Day For Night	François Truffaut	1973
66. Love and Death	Woody Allen	1975
67. American Graffiti	George Lucas	1973
68. El Topo	Alejandro Jodorowsky	1970
69. Klute	Alan J. Pakula	1971
70. Tristana	Luis Bunuel	1970
71. The Man Who Would Be King	John Huston	1975
72. Husbands	John Cassavetes	1970
73. Life of Brian	Terry Jones	1979
74. The Last Detail	Hal Ashby	1973
75. California Split	Robert Altman	1974
76. Deep End	Jerzy Skoliomowski	1970
77. Being There	Hal Ashby	1979
78. Monty Python and the Holy Grail	Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones	1975
79. The Wickerman	Robin Hardy	1973
80. Rocky	John G. Avildsen	1976

Category: 1970s Ranking

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