*** ILE Best Films of the 1970s REVEALED ***

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67c. The Exorcist
William Friedkin, 1973

Points: 42
Total Votes: 4
First Place Votes: 0

Rat: I saw the Exorcist for the first time by myself alone on T.V. late at night. "Parental control" did not exist then. I was scarred for life. By far the scariest movie I've ever seen.

Joe: As a total film, though, I would say The Exorcist (the version WITHOUT all the extra scenes, that is; the 'Version You've Never Seen' ending is total crap) is still the best of the three. Jason Miller's performance as Father Karras is totally underrated...he really drives the film, along with Ellen Burstyn. And Lee J. Cobb (in his last high-profile movie) is always a pleasure to watch. Best scenes: "You're gonna die up there", the dream sequence with Karras' mother and the semi-subliminal cut of the demon face, and of course the actual exorcism.

That makes no sense. I think we all saw ONE herzog film. It's real high up. You'll see.

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64. Amacord

Federico Fellini, 1974

Points: 42
Total Votes: 4
First Place Votes: 1

Jedidiah - Fellini's last masterpiece, and my vote for the best overall film of the 70s

H: Amarcord does hold a special place in my heart though for the um, interpretive dance by (maddalena?) the kids go to witness.

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64. Amacord

Federico Fellini, 1974

Points: 42
Total Votes: 4
First Place Votes: 1

Jedidiah - Fellini's last masterpiece, and my vote for the best overall film of the 70s

H: Amarcord does hold a special place in my heart though for the um, interpretive dance by (maddalena?) the kids go to witness.

Oh no, Shampoo at #67 with 4 votes? (Insert movie title here) was robbed!

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63. Walkabout
Nicolas Roeg, 1971

Points: 42
Total Votes: 6
First Place Votes: 0

Shookout: "Walkabout" is a pervert's dream. Jennie Augger in school girl clothes. And naked!

Ian Riese-Moraine: I loved Walkabout. Not just because of Jenny Agutter either (sure, she was completely naked, but I don't think the film was very discerning about her parts if I remember right...they always appeared blurry or not in plain sight or underwater).

Ok, that wasn't fair. But Jeff, why won't you ever answer your phone?

I'm really doubting this.

if 'play it again sam' came in this high does that mean there's alot of woody allen to come?

my magic 8 ball predicts "yes".

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62. Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind

Steven Spielberg, 1977

Points: 45
Total Votes: 6
First Place Votes: 0

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61. The Last Detail
Hal Ashby, 1973

Points: 46
Total Votes: 7
First Place Votes: 0

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60. The Red Circle
Jean-Pierre Melville, 1970

Points: 47
Total Votes: 4
First Place Votes: 1

Jedidiah: One of the greatest crime movies ever made. Alain Delon is beyond cool in this film

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59. Susperia

Dario Argento, 1977

Points: 47
Total Votes: 6
First Place Votes: 0

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59. Susperia

Dario Argento, 1977

Points: 47
Total Votes: 6
First Place Votes: 0

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58. Love and Death
Woody Allen, 1975

Points: 49
Total Votes: 4
First Place Votes: 0

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57. Pink Flamingos
John Waters, 1972

Points: 49
Total Votes: 5
First Place Votes: 0

Elisabeth: I like how all of the scenes he had to cut in Pink Flamingos are really short, but he left in heaps of shots of the trailor burning! I mean really I'm sure there was room for that pig latin bit.
Pink Flamingos is my favourite and I could read Shock Value over and over again, well I have.

dave q: PINK FLAMINGOS!!! "You can eat shit for all I care!", "There's two kinds of people in the world, my kind and assholes", "No one sends you a bowel movement and lives!", "Do my balls, mama!", "But WHAT if one day there's no more EGGS?!"

except xpost I love love and death so much. it's like all woody allen's earlier slapstick applied to high-cult directly insteada just being *about* high-cult. jump-cut gags with dosteyevskian dialogue! "wheat. wheat. wheat."

sigh.

at least this is the next to the last one.

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56a. Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia
Sam Peckinpah, 1974

Points: 50
Total Votes: 5
First Place Votes: 0

Kenan: I think the grasp on masculinity was the problem. It held onto masculinity like it was golden shit. I mean, the movie is aware of its own obsessions -- don't get me wrong. But in "Alfredo Garcia," the lead character has lost his way so profoundly that we sense him re-inventing his masculinty on his own terms, killing for his own reasons, sympathizsing with or condemning others off the top of his head, because he has nothing to lose and, once he gets all the facts about his girlfriend, nothing to gain. He becomes the poster child for inventing your own morality, which makes his actions at the end all the heavier. Nobody TOLD him to do that... no reasonable person ever would have.

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56b. Five Easy Pieces
Bob Rafelson, 1970

Points: 50
Total Votes: 5
First Place Votes: 0

Bryan: A masterpiece and beautiful film. Not the best film ever, but I'd say it's Nicholson's best work and Karen Black should be much more acclaimed and recognized than she is. It's one of best of those important films in a period (mid-60's to mid-70's) of cinema that is sorely neglected. The sad crop of indie-film assholes who think John Favreau is great cannot appreciate a film like Five Easy Pieces.

Andrew L: ONE OF the best movies ever made, certainly - morseo than 'Last of the Mohicans' or 'Cabaret', that's fer feckin' sure.

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56c. God Told Me To
Larry Cohen, 1976

Points: 50
Total Votes: 5
First Place Votes: 0

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56d. The Muppet Movie
James Frawley, 1979

Points: 50
Total Votes: 5
First Place Votes: 0

Deric: The Muppet Movie and The Great Muppet Caper are two of my absolute favorite movies. No shit.

kingfish: The Muppet Movie is an endless classic, mainly b/c they wrote for both the adults & the kids. The GMC had Charles Grodin & Kermit professing their love for miss piggy in a duet. MTM i saw once at the theaters in 1988, and i have yet to see a muppet flick since.

michele: Search - Muppet Movie, especially for the puns (Drinks are on the house! or If frogs couldn't hop I'd be gone with the Schwinn!) and for Dr. Teeth and the Electic Mayhem. Also, great sing along songs.

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52. The Devil, Probably

Robert Bresson, 1977

Points: 52
Total Votes: 4
First Place Votes: 0

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god told me to is awesome

the devil, probably is totally awesome

jeff do 10 votes get you in the top ten? what the hell ppl?

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51. Carrie
Brian De Palma, 1976

Points: 52
Total Votes: 4
First Place Votes: 1

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