Best of the 1970s

1. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai de Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles- Chantal Akerman
2. Gates of Heaven- Errol Morris
3. Nashville- Robert Altman
4. Celine and Julie Go Boating- Jacques Rivette
5. Annie Hall- Woody Allen
6. The Mother and the Whore- Jean Eustache
7. Chinatown- Roman Polanski
8. The Spirit of the Beehive- Victor Erice
9. Eraserhead- David Lynch
10. Dawn of the Dead- George A. Romero
11. Walkabout- Nicolas Roeg
12. McCabe & Mrs. Miller- Robert Altman
13. Gimme Shelter- David Maysles, Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin
14. Stroszek- Werner Herzog
15. Barry Lyndon- Stanley Kubrick
16. Two English Girls- François Truffaut
17. Taxi Driver- Martin Scorsese
18. O Lucky Man!- Lindsay Anderson
19. Last Tango in Paris- Bernardo Bertolucci
20. Monty Python’s Life of Brian- Terry Jones
21. Apocalypse Now- Francis Ford Coppola
22. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie- Luis Buñuel
23. Alien- Ridley Scott
24. Jaws- Steven Spielberg
25. Le Cercle Rouge- Jean-Pierre Melville
26. Cries and Whispers- Ingmar Bergman
27. Days of Heaven- Terrence Malick
28. Out 1- Jacques Rivette
29. Solaris- Andrei Tarkovsky
30. A Woman Under the Influence- John Cassavetes
31. The Bitter Tears of Petra Van Kant- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
32. Stalker- Andrei Takovsky
33. The Godfather- Francis Ford Coppola
34. The Act of Seeing With One’s Own Eyes- Stan Brakhage
35. Mean Streets- Martin Scorsese
36. Phantom of the Paradise- Brian DePalma
37. Scenes From a Marriage- Ingmar Bergman
38. The Man Who Fell to Earth- Nicolas Roeg
39. The Devil Probably- Robert Bresson
40. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie- John Cassavetes