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Criteria: These Greatest Movies of the 1970s are ranked according to their initial and lasting acclaim, influence as well as initial and lasting popularity.

Edited By: Tim, pauldrach, Bruno, Luuk

1. The Godfather - Francis Ford Coppola (1972)
2. Star Wars - George Lucas (1977)
3. Jaws - Steven Spielberg​​​​​​​ (1975)
4. Apocalypse Now - Francis Ford Coppola (1979)
5. The Godfather Part II - Francis Ford Coppola (1974)
6. Taxi Driver - Martin Scorsese (1976)
7. The Exorcist - William Friedkin (1973)
8. Alien - Ridley Scott​​​​​​​ (1979)
9. A Clockwork Orange - Stanley Kubrick​​​​​​​ (1971)
10. One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest - Miloš Forman (1975)
11. Chinatown - Roman Polański (1974)
12. The Deer Hunter - Michael Cimino (1978)
13. Rocky - John G. Avildsen (1976)
14. Halloween - John Carpenter (1978)
15. Annie Hall - Woody Allen (1977)
16. Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Steven Spielberg​​​​​​​ (1977)
17. Superman - Richard Donner (1978)
18. The French Connection - William Friedkin (1971)
19. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - Tobe Hooper (1974)
20. Enter the Dragon - Robert Clouse​​​​​​​ (1973)
21. Dawn of the Dead - George A. Romero (1978)
22. Stalker - Andrei Tarkovsky (1979)
23. Barry Lyndon - Stanley Kubrick​​​​​​​ (1975)
24. Aguirre: The Wrath of God - Werner Herzog (1972)
25. Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones (1975)
26. M*A*S*H - Robert Altman (1970)
27. American Graffiti - George Lucas (1973)
28. Dirty Harry - Don Siegel​​​​​​​ (1971)
29. Network - Sidney Lumet (1976)
30. Cabaret - Bob Fosse (1972)
31. Manhattan - Woody Allen (1979)
32. Mean Streets - Martin Scorsese (1973)
33. Carrie - Brian De Palma (1976)
34. Nashville - Robert Altman (1975)
35. A Woman Under the Influence - John Cassavetes (1974)
36. Dog Day Afternoon - Sidney Lumet (1975)
37. Days of Heaven - Terrence Malick​​​​​​​ (1978)
38. All the President's Men - Alan J. Pakula (1976)
39. The Conformist - Bernardo Bertolucci (1970)
40. The Last Picture Show - Peter Bogdanovich (1971)
41. The Sting - George Roy Hill (1973)
42. Young Frankenstein - Mel Brooks (1974)
43. The Conversation - Francis Ford Coppola (1974)
44. Patton - Franklin J. Schaffner (1970)
45. Last Tango in Paris - Bernardo Bertolucci (1972)
46. Monty Python's Life of Brian - Terry Jones (1979)
47. Solaris - Andrei Tarkovsky (1972)
48. Badlands - Terrence Malick​​​​​​​ (1973)
49. Kramer vs. Kramer - Robert Benton (1979)
50. National Lampoon's Animal House - John Landis​​​​​​​ (1978)
51. Saturday Night Fever - John Badham (1977)
52. The Rocky Horror Picture Show - Jim Sharman (1975)
53. The Mirror - Andrei Tarkovsky (1975)
54. Amarcord - Federico Fellini (1973)
55. Don't Look Now - Nicolas Roeg (1973)
56. Grease - Randal Kleiser​​​​​​​ (1978)
57. McCabe & Mrs. Miller - Robert Altman (1971)
58. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie - Luis Buñuel (1972)
59. Cries and Whispers - Ingmar Bergman​​​​​​​ (1972)
60. Mad Max - George Miller​​​​​​​ (1979)
61. Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles - Chantal Akerman (1975)
62. Eraserhead - David Lynch​​​​​​​ (1977)
63. Suspiria - Dario Argento (1977)
64. Harold and Maude - Hal Ashby​​​​​​​ (1971)
65. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul - Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1974)
66. Blazing Saddles - Mel Brooks (1974)
67. Killer of Sheep - Charles Burnett​​​​​​​ (1978)
68. The Spirit of the Beehive - Víctor Erice​​​​​​​ (1973)
69. Being There - Hal Ashby​​​​​​​ (1979)
70. Picnic at Hanging Rock - Peter Weir (1975)
71. Five Easy Pieces - Bob Rafelson (1970)
72. Deliverance - John Boorman (1972)
73. The Outlaw Josey Wales - Clint Eastwood (1976)
74. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom - Pier Paolo Pasolini (1975)
75. Sholay - Ramesh Sippy (1975)
76. The Mother and the Whore - Jean Eustache​​​​​​​ (1973)
77. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - Mel Stuart (1971)
78. Shaft - Gordon Parks (1971)
79. Day for Night - François Truffaut (1973)
80. Scenes from a Marriage - Ingmar Bergman​​​​​​​ (1974)
81. Death in Venice - Luchino Visconti (1971)
82. All That Jazz - Bob Fosse (1979)
83. Midnight Express - Alan Parker (1978)
84. Drunken Master - Yuen Woo-Ping​​​​​​​ (1978)
85. In the Realm of the Senses - Nagisa Ōshima (1976)
86. The Marriage of Maria Braun - Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1978)
87. Fist of Fury - Lo Wei (1972)
88. That Obscure Object of Desire - Luis Buñuel (1977)
89. Assault on Precinct 13 - John Carpenter (1976)
90. Céline and Julie Go Boating - Jacques Rivette (1974)
91. Le cercle rouge - Jean-Pierre Melville (1970)
92. Walkabout - Nicolas Roeg (1971)
93. The Last Waltz - Martin Scorsese (1978)
94. The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant - Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1972)
95. 1900 - Bernardo Bertolucci (1976)
96. The Omen - Richard Donner (1976)
97. Paper Moon - Peter Bogdanovich (1973)
98. Serpico - Sidney Lumet (1973)
99. Black Christmas - Bob Clark (1974)
100. Tristana - Luis Buñuel (1970)
101. Duel - Steven Spielberg​​​​​​​ (1971)
102. Little Big Man - Arthur Penn (1970)
103. El Topo - Alejandro Jodorowsky (1970)
104. Straw Dogs - Sam Peckinpah (1971)
105. Woodstock - Michael Wadleigh (1970)
106. Dersu Uzala - Akira Kurosawa (1975)
107. The Man Who Would Be King - John Huston (1975)
108. Fiddler on the Roof - Norman Jewison (1971)
109. Airport - George Seaton​​​​​​​ (1970)
110. The Passenger - Michelangelo Antonioni (1975)
111. Deep Red - Dario Argento (1975)
112. The Long Goodbye - Robert Altman (1973)
113. The Wicker Man - Robin Hardy​​​​​​​ (1973)
114. The Devils - Ken Russell​​​​​​​ (1971)
115. Performance - Donald Cammell & Nicolas Roeg (1970)
116. The Travelling Players - Theodoros Angelopoulos (1975)
117. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser - Werner Herzog (1974)
118. The Holy Mountain - Alejandro Jodorowsky (1973)
119. What's Up, Doc? - Peter Bogdanovich (1972)
120. Pink Flamingos - John Waters​​​​​​​ (1972)
121. Get Carter - Mike Hodges (1971)
122. Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song - Melvin Van Peebles (1971)
123. The Day of the Jackal - Fred Zinnemann (1973)
124. Papillon - Franklin J. Schaffner (1973)
125. A Touch of Zen - King Hu (1971)
126. The Tin Drum - Volker Schlöndorff (1979)
127. The Tree of Wooden Clogs - Ermanno Olmi (1978)
128. Autumn Sonata - Ingmar Bergman​​​​​​​ (1978)
129. 3 Women - Robert Altman (1977)
130. Breaking Away - Peter Yates (1979)
131. Nosferatu the Vampyre - Werner Herzog (1979)
132. Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Philip Kaufman​​​​​​​ (1978)
133. The Warriors - Walter Hill (1979)
134. The American Friend - Wim Wenders (1977)
135. The Ascent - Larisa Shepitko​​​​​​​ (1977)
136. Tale of Tales - Yuri Norstein (1979)
137. The Jerk - Carl Reiner​​​​​​​ (1979)
138. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three - Joseph Sargent (1974)
139. Claire's Knee - Éric Rohmer (1970)
140. Gimme Shelter - Albert & David Maysles​​​​​​​ & Charlotte Zwerin​​​​​​​ (1970)
141. Cría cuervos - Carlos Saura (1976)
142. The Tenant - Roman Polański (1976)
143. The Way of the Dragon - Bruce Lee (1972)
144. The Poseidon Adventure - Ronald Neame​​​​​​​ (1972)
145. The Phantom of Liberty - Luis Buñuel (1974)
146. Le boucher - Claude Chabrol (1970)
147. Sleuth - Joseph L. Mankiewicz​​​​​​​ (1972)
148. Frenzy - Alfred Hitchcock (1972)
149. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo García - Sam Peckinpah (1974)
150. Deep Throat - Gerard Damiano (1972)
151. Fritz the Cat - Ralph Bakshi (1972)
152. Alice in the Cities - Wim Wenders (1974)
153. The Last Detail - Hal Ashby​​​​​​​ (1973)
154. Love and Death - Woody Allen (1975)
155. Kings of the Road - Wim Wenders (1976)
156. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie - John Cassavetes (1976)
157. Deewaar - Yash Chopra (1975)
158. Marathon Man - John Schlesinger (1976)
159. Coming Home - Hal Ashby​​​​​​​ (1978)
160. The Muppet Movie - James Frawley​​​​​​​ (1979)
161. The Castle of Cagliostro - Hayao Miyazaki​​​​​​​ (1979)
162. Love Story - Arthur Hiller (1970)
163. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage - Dario Argento (1970)
164. Heaven Can Wait - Warren Beatty​​​​​​​ & Buck Henry​​​​​​​ (1978)
165. The Goodbye Girl - Herbert Ross (1977)
166. Grey Gardens - Albert & David Maysles​​​​​​​, Ellen Hovde & Muffie Meyer (1975)
167. Klute - Alan J. Pakula (1971)
168. Two-Lane Blacktop - Monte Hellman (1971)
169. Opening Night - John Cassavetes (1977)
170. Harlan County, USA - Barbara Kopple (1976)
171. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin - Liu Chia-Liang​​​​​​​ (1978)
172. We All Loved Each Other So Much - Ettore Scola (1974)
173. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion - Elio Petri (1970)
174. The Getaway - Sam Peckinpah (1972)
175. The Shootist - Don Siegel​​​​​​​ (1976)
176. Stroszek - Werner Herzog (1977)
177. A Special Day - Ettore Scola (1977)
178. Man of Marble - Andrzej Wajda​​​​​​​ (1977)
179. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore - Martin Scorsese (1974)
180. Fantastic Planet - René Laloux​​​​​​​ (1973)
181. Sleeper - Woody Allen (1973)
182. Lenny - Bob Fosse (1974)
183. The Towering Inferno - John Guillermin (1974)
184. Murder on the Orient Express - Sidney Lumet (1974)
185. High Plains Drifter - Clint Eastwood (1973)
186. The Man Who Fell to Earth - Nicolas Roeg (1976)
187. Hair - Miloš Forman (1979)
188. Seven Beauties - Lina Wertmüller (1975)
189. Providence - Alain Resnais​​​​​​​ (1977)
190. La cage aux folles - Édouard Molinaro (1978)
191. Escape from Alcatraz - Don Siegel​​​​​​​ (1979)
192. Three Days of the Condor - Sydney Pollack (1975)
193. The China Syndrome - James Bridges​​​​​​​ (1979)
194. Up in Smoke - Lou Adler​​​​​​​ (1978)
195. Watership Down - Martin Rosen​​​​​​​ (1978)
196. The Spy Who Loved Me - Lewis Gilbert​​​​​​​ (1977)
197. The Big Boss - Lo Wei & Wu Chia-Hsiang (1971)
198. The Last House on the Left - Wes Craven (1972)
199. Husbands - John Cassavetes (1970)
200. Fat City - John Huston (1972)
201. Deep End - Jerzy Skolimowski (1970)
202. New York, New York - Martin Scorsese (1977)
203. The Bad News Bears - Michael Ritchie (1976)
204. The Boys in the Band - William Friedkin (1970)
205. Pumping Iron - George Butler​​​​​​​ & Robert Fiore​​​​​​​ (1977)
206. Vengeance Is Mine - Shōhei Imamura (1979)
207. A Bridge Too Far - Richard Attenborough (1977)
208. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid - Sam Peckinpah (1973)
209. Westworld - Michael Crichton​​​​​​​ (1973)
210. Death Wish - Michael Winner (1974)
211. F for Fake - Orson Welles (1973)
212. In a Year with 13 Moons - Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1978)
213. Tess - Roman Polański (1979)
214. The Driver - Walter Hill (1978)
215. Jeremiah Johnson - Sydney Pollack (1972)
216. Play It Again, Sam - Herbert Ross (1972)
217. The Aristocats - Wolfgang Reitherman (1970)
218. Wanda - Barbara Loden (1970)
219. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls - Russ Meyer (1970)
220. Murmur of the Heart - Louis Malle (1971)
221. The Emigrants - Jan Troell (1971)
222. Cross of Iron - Sam Peckinpah (1977)
223. Sunday Bloody Sunday - John Schlesinger (1971)
224. Lacombe, Lucien - Louis Malle (1974)
225. The Parallax View - Alan J. Pakula (1974)
226. The Devil Probably - Robert Bresson (1977)
227. House - Nobuhiko Ōbayashi (1977)
228. Norma Rae - Martin Ritt (1979)
229. Wake in Fright - Ted Kotcheff (1971)
230. Turkish Delight - Paul Verhoeven​​​​​​​ (1973)
231. The Black Stallion - Carroll Ballard​​​​​​​ (1979)
232. Bound for Glory - Hal Ashby​​​​​​​ (1976)
233. Soldier of Orange - Paul Verhoeven​​​​​​​ (1977)
234. Hearts and Minds - Peter Davis (1974)
235. Edvard Munch - Peter Watkins (1974)
236. Smokey and the Bandit - Hal Needham​​​​​​​ (1977)
237. Rocky II - Sylvester Stallone​​​​​​​ (1979)
238. Logan's Run - Michael Anderson​​​​​​​ (1976)
239. Ryan's Daughter - David Lean (1970)
240. Phantom of the Paradise - Brian De Palma (1974)
241. Dark Star - John Carpenter (1974)
242. Murder by Death - Robert Moore (1976)
243. Touki Bouki - Djibril Diop Mambéty​​​​​​​ (1973)
244. Xala - Ousmane Sembène (1975)
245. Sorcerer - William Friedkin (1977)
246. Tora! Tora! Tora! - Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku & Toshio Masuda (1970)
247. The Duellists - Ridley Scott​​​​​​​ (1977)
248. Interiors - Woody Allen (1978)
249. The Harder They Come - Perry Henzell (1972)
250. Gates of Heaven - Errol Morris​​​​​​​ (1978)

The GOAT decade.

1960s > 1970s, tbh.

The 1970s movies as ranked on the all time list (the only change is the placement of Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles)

1. The Godfather - Francis Ford Coppola (1972)
2. Star Wars - George Lucas (1977)
3. Jaws - Steven Spielberg (1975)
4. Apocalypse Now - Francis Ford Coppola (1979)
5. The Godfather Part II - Francis Ford Coppola (1974)
6. Taxi Driver - Martin Scorsese (1976)
7. The Exorcist - William Friedkin (1973)
8. Alien - Ridley Scott (1979)
9. A Clockwork Orange - Stanley Kubrick (1971)
10. One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest - Miloš Forman (1975)
11. Chinatown - Roman Polański (1974)
12. The Deer Hunter - Michael Cimino (1978)
13. Rocky - John G. Avildsen (1976)
14. Halloween - John Carpenter (1978)
15. Annie Hall - Woody Allen (1977)
16. Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Steven Spielberg (1977)
17. Superman - Richard Donner (1978)
18. The French Connection - William Friedkin (1971)
19. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - Tobe Hooper (1974)
20. Enter the Dragon - Robert Clouse (1973)
21. Dawn of the Dead - George A. Romero (1978)
22. Stalker - Andrei Tarkovsky (1979)
23. Barry Lyndon - Stanley Kubrick (1975)
24. Aguirre: The Wrath of God - Werner Herzog (1972)
25. Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones (1975)
26. M*A*S*H - Robert Altman (1970)
27. American Graffiti - George Lucas (1973)
28. Dirty Harry - Don Siegel (1971)
29. Network - Sidney Lumet (1976)
30. Cabaret - Bob Fosse (1972)
31. Manhattan - Woody Allen (1979)
32. Mean Streets - Martin Scorsese (1973)
33. Carrie - Brian De Palma (1976)
34. Nashville - Robert Altman (1975)
35. A Woman Under the Influence - John Cassavetes (1974)
36. Dog Day Afternoon - Sidney Lumet (1975)
37. Days of Heaven - Terrence Malick (1978)
38. All the President's Men - Alan J. Pakula (1976)
39. The Conformist - Bernardo Bertolucci (1970)
40. The Last Picture Show - Peter Bogdanovich (1971)
41. The Sting - George Roy Hill (1973)
42. Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles - Chantal Akerman (1975)
43. Young Frankenstein - Mel Brooks (1974)
44. The Conversation - Francis Ford Coppola (1974)
45. Patton - Franklin J. Schaffner (1970)
46. Last Tango in Paris - Bernardo Bertolucci (1972)
47. Monty Python's Life of Brian - Terry Jones (1979)
48. Solaris - Andrei Tarkovsky (1972)
49. Badlands - Terrence Malick (1973)
50. Kramer vs. Kramer - Robert Benton (1979)
51. National Lampoon's Animal House - John Landis (1978)
52. Saturday Night Fever - John Badham (1977)
53. The Rocky Horror Picture Show - Jim Sharman (1975)
54. The Mirror - Andrei Tarkovsky (1975)
55. Amarcord - Federico Fellini (1973)
56. Don't Look Now - Nicolas Roeg (1973)
57. Grease - Randal Kleiser (1978)
58. McCabe and Mrs. Miller - Robert Altman (1971)
59. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie - Luis Buñuel (1972)
60. Cries and Whispers - Ingmar Bergman (1972)
61. Mad Max - George Miller (1979)
62. Eraserhead - David Lynch (1977)
63. Suspiria - Dario Argento (1977)
64. Harold and Maude - Hal Ashby (1971)
65. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul - Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1974)
66. Blazing Saddles - Mel Brooks (1974)
67. Killer of Sheep - Charles Burnett (1978)
68. The Spirit of the Beehive - Víctor Erice (1973)