{"id":29374,"date":"2011-11-09T13:43:41","date_gmt":"2011-11-09T21:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/?page_id=29374"},"modified":"2011-11-09T13:43:41","modified_gmt":"2011-11-09T21:43:41","slug":"my-top-tens-1970s","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/testing.the-frame.com\/?page_id=29374","title":{"rendered":"My Top Tens: 1970s"},"content":{"rendered":"

M<\/span>y top ten films for each year of the 1970s. These are always up for revision as I watch more films, revisit ones I\u2019ve seen before, and think about them over time. The films as listed in the \u201cBest of Year\u201d section are held fast at the end of the year (and include a listing of all films I saw that year as well as films released that year).<\/p>\n

Oh, and I don\u2019t really believe in top \u201cten\u201d lists, despite using the common nomenclature for the title of this page. This is going to be the top several films of each year, down to whatever point I think the films stop being worthy of inclusion. Might be eight one year, might be twenty-three another.<\/p>\n

1979<\/h3>\n

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    \n
  1. Manhattan<\/li>\n
  2. All That Jazz<\/li>\n
  3. The Black Stallion<\/li>\n
  4. Alien<\/li>\n
  5. Apocalypse Now<\/li>\n
  6. Life of Brian<\/li>\n
  7. Kramer vs. Kramer<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    TOP FIVE YET TO SEE<\/b>
    \nBeing There
    \nStalker
    \nThe Muppet Movie
    \nNosferatu the Vampyre
    \nThe China Syndrome<\/p>\n

    1978<\/h3>\n

    \"\"<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Grease<\/li>\n
    2. Interiors<\/li>\n
    3. The Lord of the Rings<\/li>\n
    4. Halloween<\/li>\n
    5. Remember My Name<\/li>\n
    6. Watership Down<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      TOP FIVE YET TO SEE<\/b>
      \nDays of Heaven
      \nInvasion of the Body Snatchers
      \nThe Last Waltz
      \nAutumn Sonata
      \nDrunken Master<\/p>\n

      1977<\/h3>\n

      \"\"<\/p>\n

        \n
      1. Annie Hall<\/li>\n
      2. Star Wars<\/li>\n
      3. Suspiria<\/li>\n
      4. Close Encounters of the Third Kind<\/li>\n
      5. Smokey and the Bandit<\/li>\n
      6. House<\/li>\n
      7. 21 Up<\/li>\n
      8. Jesus of Nazareth<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        TOP FIVE YET TO SEE<\/b>
        \nEraserhead
        \n3 Women
        \nNew York, New York
        \nSaturday Night Fever
        \nStroszek<\/p>\n

        1976<\/h3>\n

        \"\"<\/p>\n

          \n
        1. Taxi Driver<\/li>\n
        2. All the President’s Men<\/li>\n
        3. Carrie<\/li>\n
        4. Small Change<\/li>\n
        5. Network<\/li>\n
        6. That’s Entertainment! Part II<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          TOP FIVE YET TO SEE<\/b>
          \nThe Outlaw Josey Wales
          \nCria Cuervos
          \nMarathon Man
          \nAssault on Precinct 13
          \nRocky<\/p>\n

          1975<\/h3>\n

          \"\"<\/p>\n

            \n
          1. Nashville<\/li>\n
          2. Jaws<\/li>\n
          3. Dog Day Afternoon<\/li>\n
          4. Deep Red<\/li>\n
          5. Monty Python and the Holy Grail<\/li>\n
          6. Picnic at Hanging Rock<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            TOP FIVE YET TO SEE<\/b>
            \nBarry Lyndon
            \nLove and Death
            \nThe Passenger
            \nGraveyard of Honor
            \nThe Mirror<\/p>\n

            1974<\/h3>\n

            \"\"<\/p>\n

              \n
            1. Chinatown<\/li>\n
            2. Young Frankenstein<\/li>\n
            3. The Godfather Part II<\/li>\n
            4. The Conversation<\/li>\n
            5. That’s Entertainment!<\/li>\n
            6. The Sting<\/li>\n
            7. Celine and Julie Go Boating<\/li>\n
            8. A Woman Under the Influence<\/li>\n
            9. The Four Musketeers<\/li>\n
            10. Lacombe Lucien<\/li>\n
            11. Amarcord<\/li>\n
            12. Murder on the Orient Express<\/li>\n
            13. Foxy Brown<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              TOP FIVE YET TO SEE<\/b>
              \nAlice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
              \nAli: Fear Eats the Soul
              \nBlack Christmas
              \nThe Taking of Pelham One Two Three
              \nBring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia<\/p>\n

              1973<\/h3>\n

              \"\"<\/p>\n

                \n
              1. The Long Goodbye<\/li>\n
              2. Mean Streets<\/li>\n
              3. The Spirit of the Beehive<\/li>\n
              4. Paper Moon<\/li>\n
              5. Jesus Christ Superstar<\/li>\n
              6. American Graffiti<\/li>\n
              7. The Wicker Man<\/li>\n
              8. Badlands<\/li>\n
              9. The Three Musketeers<\/li>\n
              10. Don’t Look Now<\/li>\n
              11. F For Fake<\/li>\n
              12. Robin Hood<\/li>\n
              13. Day for Night<\/li>\n
              14. The Exorcist<\/li>\n
              15. Charlotte’s Web<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                TOP FIVE YET TO SEE<\/b>
                \nEnter the Dragon
                \nHigh Plains Drifter
                \nSerpico
                \nThe Mother and the Whore
                \nPat Garrett and Billy the Kid<\/p>\n

                1972<\/h3>\n

                \"\"<\/p>\n

                  \n
                1. Cabaret<\/li>\n
                2. Chloe in the Afternoon<\/li>\n
                3. The Godfather<\/li>\n
                4. What’s Up, Doc?<\/li>\n
                5. Sleuth<\/li>\n
                6. Junior Bonner<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  TOP FIVE YET TO SEE<\/b>
                  \nSolaris
                  \nCries and Whispers
                  \nThe Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
                  \nUn Flic
                  \nThe Chinese Connection<\/p>\n

                  1971<\/h3>\n

                  \"\"<\/p>\n

                    \n
                  1. The Last Picture Show<\/li>\n
                  2. McCabe & Mrs. Miller<\/li>\n
                  3. Two-Lane Blacktop<\/li>\n
                  4. Trafic<\/li>\n
                  5. The French Connection<\/li>\n
                  6. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory<\/li>\n
                  7. A Clockwork Orange<\/li>\n
                  8. Dirty Harry<\/li>\n
                  9. Klute<\/li>\n
                  10. Shaft<\/li>\n
                  11. Taking Off<\/li>\n
                  12. Bedknobs and Broomsticks<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    TOP FIVE YET TO SEE<\/b>
                    \nDuel
                    \nWalkabout
                    \nThe Panic in Needle Park
                    \nTwo English Girls
                    \nDeath in Venice<\/p>\n

                    1970<\/h3>\n

                    \"\"<\/p>\n

                      \n
                    1. Le cercle rouge<\/li>\n
                    2. Woodstock<\/li>\n
                    3. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis<\/li>\n
                    4. MASH<\/li>\n
                    5. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders<\/li>\n
                    6. The Fruits of Paradise<\/li>\n
                    7. Five Easy Pieces<\/li>\n
                    8. Patton<\/li>\n
                    9. 7 Plus Seven<\/li>\n

                      TOP FIVE YET TO SEE<\/b>
                      \nThe Bird with the Crystal Plumage
                      \nThe Conformist
                      \nThe Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
                      \nDonkey Skin
                      \nThe Spider’s Stratagem<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                      My top ten films for each year of the 1970s. These are always up for revision as I watch more films, revisit ones I\u2019ve seen before, and think about them over time. The films as listed in the \u201cBest of Year\u201d section are held fast at the end of the year (and include a listing  [ Read More ]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":28561,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/testing.the-frame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29374"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/testing.the-frame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/testing.the-frame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/testing.the-frame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/testing.the-frame.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/testing.the-frame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29374\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/testing.the-frame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/testing.the-frame.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}