1970s Poll Critics Lists

Thelma Adams (AARP)

Harold & Maude
Scarecrow
McCabe and Mrs. Miller
Nashville
Amarcord
Claire's Knee
Seven Beauties
The Heartbreak Kid
Dirty Harry
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Hester Street
A Clockwork Orange
Killer of Sheep
The Godfather
Cries and Whispers

Carlos Aguilar (RogerEbert)

The Emigrants
Fantastic Planet
Cries and Whispers
Z
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Canoa
The Holy Mountain
House
Watership Down
Belladona of Sadness

Ethan Alter (Yahoo)

Alien
Annie Hall
Apocalypse Now
Barry Lyndon
Being There
Cries and Whispers
Dawn of the Dead
Dog Day Afternoon
Hausu (House)
Jaws
The Last Waltz
Nashville
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Taxi Driver
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Jeffrey M. Anderson (San Francisco Examiner)

Apocalypse Now
Badlands
Celine and Julie Go Boating
Chinatown
A Clockwork Orange
Cries and Whispers
Dawn of the Dead
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Eraserhead
Killer of Sheep
The Passenger
Star Wars
Taxi Driver
3 Women
Two-Lane Blacktop

David Ansen (Newsweek)

Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Badlands
Cabaret
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
The Conformist
Days and Nights in the Forest
Deep End
The Godfather Part 1&2
The Man who Would be King
Mean Streets
McCabe and Mrs Miller
Nashville
Playtime
Spirit of the Beehive
Sunday Bloody Sunday

Edwin Arnaudin (Ashville Movies)

The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
Apocalypse Now
Taxi Driver
A Clockwork Orange
All the President's Men
The French Connection
Annie Hall
The Conversation
Paper Moon
Harold and Maude
Star Wars
Jaws
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
All That Jazz

Michael Atkinson (The Village Voice)

The Conformist
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Solaris
The Godfather
Celine and Julie Go Boating
The Conversation
Chinatown
The Passenger
1900
Network
Sorcerer
Stroszek
Eraserhead

Andreas Babiolakis (Films Fatale)

Chinatown
World on a Wire
Barry Lyndon
The Godfather Part II
Aguirre, The Wrath of God
The Conformist
Taxi Driver
Cries and Whispers
The Godfather
Mirror
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Network
Day For Night
Apocalypse Now
Stalker

Thomas Barrie (GQ)

Badlands
The Devils
Moonraker
Chinatown
The Wicker Man
Foxy Brown
Harold and Maude
The Deer Hunter
The Three Musketeers

Nicholas Bell (IONCINEMA)

The Third Part of the Night
The Devils
Alien
3 Women
The Tin Drum
The Conversation
Violette
Chinatown
Network
The Stepford Wives
Eraserhead
The Wicker Man
Stalker
The Conformist
La Bete

William Bibbiani (The Wrap)

The Devils
Belladonna of Sadness
The Exorcist
F for Fake
The Wicker Man
The Conversation
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Young Frankenstein
Dersu Uzala
Jaws
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Rocky
Eraserhead
Killer of Sheep
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro

Colin Biggs (Movie Mezzanine, ‘70s Poll)

The Godfather
The Exorcist
McCabe and Mrs. Miller
Apocalypse Now
The Godfather: Part II
Network
Chinatown
Jaws
The Conversation
Alien

Liz Braun (The Toronto Sun)

Shampoo
The Godfather
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
Chinatown
Taxi Driver
A Woman Under The Influence
The French Connection
Picnic At Hanging Rock
Alien
The Deer Hunter
Jaws
Grey Gardens
Slapshot
Eraserhead
Saturday Night Fever
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Animal House
Gimme Shelter
Get Carter

Tom Brueggemann (IndieWire)

Jeanne Dielmann
Killer of Sheep
Days of Heaven
Charley Varrick
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Discreet Charm of the Bourgeosie
Barry Lyndon
A Touch of Zen
A Woman Under the Influence
The Godfather

Matt Brunson (Film Frenzy)

1) Little Big Man
2) The Last Picture Show
3) The Godfather
4) Amarcord
5) American Graffiti
6) Chinatown
7) Scenes from a Marriage
8) Young Frankenstein
9) Jaws
10) All the President's Men
11) Annie Hall
12) Star Wars
13) Apocalypse Now
14) The China Syndrome
15) Hair

Jim Brunzell (Oxford Film Festival)

Harold & Maude
Cries & Whisper
The Godfather II
The Godfather
Sorcerer
All That Jazz
The Exorcist
Nashville
Shampoo
Badlands
McCabe & Mrs Miller
The Parallax View
Network
All the Presidents Men
Jaws
Scenes From A Marriage

David Cairns (The Criterion Collection)

The Devils
Don't Look Now
The Wild Child
Catch 22
Robin and Marian
The Terminal Man
The Conformist
Network
Amarcord
Redbeard
La Cabina
Chinatown
Taxi Driver

Jonathan Caouette (Director)

The Exorcist
The Stepford Wives
Warrendale
3 Women
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
Harold And Maude
The Harder They Come
Hair
Kes
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers

Godrey Cheshire (RogerEbert)

The Godfather Part I & II
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Taxi Driver
The American Friend
Chinatown
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
The Long Goodbye
The Passenger
The Conformist
Numero Deux.
Badlands
The Mother and the Whore
The Cow
Day for Night
The Last Picture Show

Erik Childress (WGN Radio)

Alien
All the President's Men
Apocalypse Now
Blazing Saddles
Chinatown
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Conversation
Dog Day Afternoon
The Exorcist
The French Connection
The Godfather
Jaws
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Star Wars
Taxi Driver

Daryl Chin (Freelance)

Le Camion
Der Tod Der Maria Malibran
The Emigrants/The New Land
Reminescences of a Journey to Lithuania
Je Tu Il Elle
Cristo Si E Fermato A Eboli
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeouisie
Celine and Julie Go Boating
The Mother and the Whore
The Spider’s Strategem
Pastoral Hide and Seek
(nostalgia)
Serene Velocity
3 Women
The Central Region

Nick Clement (Variety)

The Godfather
The Parallax View
Straight Time
Taxi Driver
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Bad News Bears
The Deer Hunter
Superman: The Movie
Jaws
Alien
Dog Day Afternoon
All the President's Men
Chinatown
Network
The French Connection

Jake Cole (Movie Mezzanine, ‘70s poll)

The Age of Medici
Stalker
Barry Lyndon
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Duelle
Opening Night
Taxi Driver
Perceval le Gallois
Mikey and Nicky
Pakeezah

Adam Cook (Freelance)

Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
La région centrale
The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant
Taxi Driver
Celine and Julie Go Boating
Salo or the 120 Days of Sodom
L'enfant secret
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Wanda
A Touch of Zen

Jordan Cronk (Film Comment)

Barry Lyndon
Celine and Julie Go Boating
Doomed Love
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
The Mother and the Whore
The Other Side of the Wind
La région centrale
The Spirit of the Beehive
Stalker
That Obscure Object of Desire

Tony Dayoub (Cinema Viewfinder)

Alien
Annie Hall
Apocalypse Now
The Conformist
Days of Heaven
Don’t Look Now
The French Connection
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
The Long Goodbye
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Shaft
Solaris
Star Wars
Taxi Driver

Peter DeBruge (Variety)

Annie Hall
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Apocalypse Now
The Conformist
The Conversation
Days of Heaven
The French Connection
The Godfather
The Last Picture Show
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Nashville
Network
Performance
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Taxi Driver

Dylan Dempsey (IONCINEMA)

Chinatown
Star Wars: A New Hope
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
Alien
Jaws
Badlands
Apocalypse Now
The Warriors
Monty Python Holy Grail
Rocky
A Clockwork Orange
Annie Hall
Taxi Driver
Stalker

AA Dowd (The AV Club)

Aguirre: The Wrath of God
Alien
Celine and Julie Go Boating
Dawn of the Dead
Days of Heaven
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Harlan County, U.S.A.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Jaws
Jeanne Dielman
Killer of Sheep
The Last Wave
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Welfare
Young Frankenstein

Max Evry (Freelance)

Duel
THX-1138
A Bay of Blood
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Three Days of the Condor
Night Moves
C'était un rendez-vous
Small Change
Master of the Flying Guillotine
The Driver
Killer of Sheep
The Silent Partner
Alien
Real Life
Apocalypse Now

Michael Dunaway (Paste Magazine)

The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
The Conversation
Apocalypse Now
Dog Day Afternoon
Taxi Driver
The Last Picture Show
Nashville
All the Presidents Men
Chinatown
Annie Hall
Badlands
Days of Heaven
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
All That Jazz

Alonso Duralde (The Wrap)

The Godfather
Celine and Julie Go Boating
Chinatown
Scenes from a Marriage
The Conversation
Jaws
Mean Streets
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Cousin Cousine
Taxi zum klo

Steve Erickson

CARRIE
INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION
JEANNE DIELMAN
KILLER OF SHEEP
MCCABE AND MRS. MILLER
THE MERCHANT OF FOUR SEASONS
MIKEY AND NICKY
MORGIANA
SERENE VELOCITY
STALKER
STILL LIFE
SUSPIRIA
TOUKI BOUKI
TWO LANE BLACKTOP
WE WON'T GROW OLD TOGETHER

Matt Fagerholm (Indie Outlook)

“American Graffiti”
“Annie Hall”
“Carrie”
“Coming Home”
“Days of Heaven”
“Eraserhead”
“The Godfather”
“Jaws”
“The Last Picture Show”
“The Muppet Movie”
“Nashville”
“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”
“Star Wars”
“A Woman Under the Influence”
“Young Frankenstein”

Jim Farmer (Festival Director, Out On Film/Atlanta)

Taxi Driver
The Godfather
Chinatown
The French Connection
Jaws
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Halloween
Dog Day Afternoon
The Deer Hunter
Mean Streets
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Alien
Nashville
The Last Picture Show
American Graffiti

Daniel Fienberg (The Hollywood Reporter)

The Godfather Part II
Chinatown
Jaws
The Exorcist
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
The Last Picture Show
Days of Heaven
The Tree of the Wooden Clogs
Young Frankenstein
The Sting
Cabaret
All the President's Men
Annie Hall
Alien
The Conformist

Scott Feinberg (THR)

1. The Last Picture Show
2. The Godfather
3. Badlands
4. Blazing Saddles
5. Chinatown
6. The Godfather Part II
7. Jaws
8. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
9. All the President’s Men
10. Network
11. Rocky
12. Taxi Driver
13. Annie Hall
14. Star Wars
15. Being There

Marshall Fine (Author/Critic)

Chinatown
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
Shampoo
Night Moves
The Late Show
McCabe and Mrs. Miller
All the President’s Men
Taxi Driver
Annie Hall
Animal House
Jaws

Steve Finkelstein (FB Film Forum)

Apocalypse Now
The Godfather
Godfather Part II
Taxi Driver
Nashville
Chinatown
Stalker
Amarcord
Annie Hall
Manhattan
The Devils
Probably
A Clockwork Orange
Day For Night
MASH
Dersu Uzala

John H. Foote (The Cinemaholic)

The Godfather
Apocalypse Now
The Godfather Part II
Taxi Driver
A Clockwork Orange
All the Presidents Men
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
Chinatown
Manhattan
Network
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
American Graffii
Annie Hall
Coming Home
Cabaret

Garth Franklin (Dark Horizons)

Alien
All the President's Men
Apocalypse Now
Chinatown
The Conversation
The Exorcist
The French Connection
The Godfather Part II
Halloween
Jaws
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Network
Superman
Suspiria
Wake in Fright

Adam Frazier (Freelance)

The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
Taxi Driver
Star Wars
Chinatown
Alien
Halloween
American Graffiti
Jaws
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
A Clockwork Orange
The Exorcist
Rocky
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Roger Friedman (Showbiz 411)

Nashville
The Godfather Part II
Annie Hall
Days of Heaven
Star Wars
Shampoo
Heaven Can Wait
MASH
The Obscure Object of Desir
Seven Beauties
Klute
Julia
Kramer vs Kramer
Sounder
All the Presidents Men
The China Syndrome
Play Misty For Me
Manhattan
Bananas
Rocky
The Last Waltz
Taxi Driver
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
American Graffiti

Kenji Fujishima (Slant Magazine)

Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Four Nights of a Dreamer
The Phantom of Liberty
All the President’s Men
Barry Lyndon
The Conversation
Dawn of the Dead

Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Line Describing a Cone
Mean Streets

Solaris

Welfare

Noah Gittell (The Atlantic)

Taxi Driver
Five Easy Pieces
The Godfather Part II
Killing of a Chinese Bookie
McCabe and Mrs. Miller
Investigation of a Citizen Under Suspicion
All the President's Men
The Bad News Bears
The Passenger
Jaws
All That Jazz
Eraserhead
What's Up Doc
A Special Day
Electra Glides in Blue

Matt Goldberg (Collider)

Being There
Chinatown
Alien
Taxi Driver
Star Wars
Dog Day Afternoon
Blazing Saddles
Sleuth
The Conversation
A Clockwork Orange

Bill Goodykoontz (Arizona Republic)

The Godfather
The Godfather, Part 2
Apocalypse Now
The Conversation
Jaws
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Halloween
The Exorcist
Taxi Driver
American Graffitti
McCabe and Mrs. Miller
The Deer Hunter
Mean Streets
Dog Day Afternoon
All the President's Men
Don't Look Now
Chinatown
Taxi Driver

David Greven (Professor/USC)

THE GODFATHER, PART II
3 WOMEN
AUTUMN SONATA
DEATH IN VENICE
THE STORY OF ADELE H
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
KLUTE
TAXI DRIVER
THE EXORCIST
OBSESSION
CARRIE
THE FURY
SISTERS
IT'S ALIVE
DOG DAY AFTERNOON

Zaki Hasan (San Francisco Chronicle)

The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
Jaws
The French Connection
The Conversation
Star Wars
Marathon Man
Superman
The Spy Who Loved Me
Apocalypse Now
The Exorcist
Patton
All the President’s Men
Mad Max
Dirty Harry

Tina Hassannia (Slant Magazine)

Celine and Julie Go Boating
Still Life
F for Fake
Badlands
Don’t Look Now
The Brood
Solaris
California Split
Hi, Mom!
Real Life

Patrick Heidmann

Alien
Amarcord
Annie Hall
Apocalypse Now
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Cabaret
The Deer Hunter
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgoisie
The Godfather
Jaws
Nashville
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Shaft
Taxi Driver
What’s Up, Doc?

Odie Henderson (Roger Ebert)

All That Jazz
All The President’s Men
Alien
The Bingo
Long Travelling All Stars & Motor Kings
Car Wash
Chinatown
Day for Night
Halloween
Killer of Sheep
The Godfather
MASH
The Sting
Shaft
Star Wars
Sounder

Barry Hertz (The Globe and Mail)

The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
Jaws
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Dirty Harry
Taxi Driver
Apocalypse Now
Sorcerer
Rocky
Days of Heaven
Annie Hall
Chinatown
Alien
Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Star Wars

Matt Hoffman (The Film School Rejects)

All That Jazz
Nashville
The Heartbreak Kid
Jeanne Dielman
The Last Waltz
Original Cast Album: Company
Shampoo
Scenes From A Marriage
The Long Goodbye
A Woman Under the Influence
The Godfather Part II
Annie Hall
Stalker
Hester Street
Cabaret

Robert Horton (The Crop Duster)

TWO ENGLISH GIRLS
DUEL
PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID
THE LONG GOODBYE
THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE
CHINATOWN
BARRY LYNDON
XALA
FOX AND HIS FRIENDS
JEANNE DIELMAN
KILLER OF SHEEP
PERCEVAL LE GALLOIS
THE AMERICAN FRIEND
ANNIE HALL
THE ASCENT

Peter Howell (The Toronto Star)

1. Apocalypse Now
2. The Godfather / The Godfather: Part II
3. Chinatown
4. A Clockwork Orange
5. Jaws
6. Harold and Maude
7. The Spirit of the Beehive
8. Eraserhead
9. That Obscure Object of Desire
10. The Parallax View

Andrea Hudson (Freelance)

Blazing Saddles
Midnight Cowboy
Woodstock
Dawn of the Dead
Grease
Cabaret
Drunken Master
Car Wash
Breaking Away
The Jerk
Star Wars
The Godfather
Rocky Horror Picture Show

Rob Hunter (Film School Rejects)

Jaws
Breaking Away
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
The Long Goodbye
Twitch of the Death Nerve
Watership Down
Assault On Precinct 13
Being There
Halloween
Brewster McCloud

Richard T. Jameson (Film Comment)

Chinatown
Nashville
McCabe and Mrs. Miller
The Conformist
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
Night Moves
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Saint Jack
Gumshoe
The Man Who Would Be King
The Deer Hunter
Manhattan
10
The Mystery of Kaspar Hauser
The American Friend
The Parallax View

Larry Karaszewski (Screenwriter)

Badlands
The Exorcist
The Godfather
Nashville
The Conversation
Dog Day Afternoon
Walkabout
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
Taxi Driver
Diary of a Mad Housewife
Joe
Barry Lyndon
Chinatown
Network
Paper Moon

Elizabeth Karlin (Playwright)

1) The Conformist
2) The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
3) The Wild Child
4) The Devils
5) Cries and Whispers
6) The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
7) The Godfather
8) Last Tango in Paris
9) The Godfather Part II
10) Dog Day Afternoon
11) Nashville
12) All the President's Men
13) The Last Picture Show
14) 3 Women
15) Annie Hall

Dave Karger (EW)

Being There
Nashville
Network
Kramer vs Kramer
Badlands
Paper Moon
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Deliverance
Sounder
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore

Don Kaye (Den of Geek)

The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
A Clockwork Orange
The Exorcist
Chinatown
Apocalypse Now
Jaws
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
All the President's Men
All That Jazz
Network
Deliverance
Being There
Halloween
Superman

Adam Kempenaar (Filmspotting)

The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
Annie Hall
Apocalypse Now
All the Presidents Men
Jeanne Dielman
Star Wars
Jaws
Chinatown
Network
All That Jazz
The Exorcist
Badlands
Alien

Jonathan Kiefer (Filmmaker)

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Amarcord
Being There
Camera Buff
Claire's Knee
The Conformist
Cries and Whispers
Daguerréotypes
Dog Day Afternoon
The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
MASH
News from Home
Solaris
Touki bouki

Christian H. Klosz (Spielfilm)

Mean Streets
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Carrie
The Deer Hunter
Apocalypse Now
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Sting
Midnight Express
Roma
Lemon Popsicle
Network
Chinatown

Harry Knowles (Aint it Cool)

THE CONVERSATION
TAKING OF PELHAM 123
ALL THE PRESIDENTS MEN
FANTASTIC PLANET
JEREMIAH JOHNSON
OUTLAW JOSEY WALES
THE GODFATHER
THE GODFATHER PART TWO
JAWS
THE EXORCIST
SERPICO
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
AGUIRRE WRATH OF GOD
APOCALYPSE NOW
AMERICAN GRAFFITI

Eric Kohn (IndieWire)

F for Fake
All That Jazz
Jaws
Star Wars: A New Hope
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Chinatown
The Conversation
Dawn of the Dead
The Wicker Man
Paper Moon

Peter Labuza (The Cinephilliacs)

Stalker
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
New York, New York
The Long Goodybe
The Night of Counting the Years
Mikey and Nicky
(nostalgia)
Edvard Munch
Downpour
Manila in the Claw of Light

Kevin Laforest (Extra Beurre)

Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Annie Hall
Apocalypse Now
A Clockwork Orange
The Godfather
The Godfather: Part II
Halloween
Jaws
The Long Goodbye
Phantom of the Paradise
Rocky
Stalker
Suspiria
Taxi Driver
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Joanna Langfield (The Movie Minute)

The Godfather I and II
Annie Hall
Network
All the Presidents Men
Jaws
The French Connection
Chinatown
Nashville
American Grafitti
Patton
Don’t Look Now
Saturday Night Fever
The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Eric Lavallee (IONCINEMA.com)

The Godfather Part II
Chinatown
Grey Gardens
The Tree of Wooden Clogs
Death in Venice
The Godfather
Scenes from a Marriage
The Mirror
Apocalypse Now
The Passenger
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
A Clockwork Orange
Day for Night
That Obscure Object of Desire
Taxi Driver

Pascal Le Duff (Critique Film)

Dawn of the Dead
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Série Noire
Barry Lyndon
Buffet Froid
Jaws
Alien
Central Region
3 Women
Woman Under the Influence
The Conversation
Providence
Touki Bouki
Le Grand Blond Avec Une Chaussure Noire
Sex Jack

Marcos Levy (Freelance)

The Conversation
The Godfather
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Dog Day Afternoon
Mad Max
Network
Halloween
Barry Lyndon
Nashville
Taxi Driver
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
The Last Picture Show
Annie Hall
A Woman Under the Influence
The French Connection

Craig D. Lindsey (Nashville Scene)

BLAZING SADDLES‬ ‪
THE GODFATHER‬ ‪
JAWS‬
‪THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE‬ ‪
ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13‬ ‪
THE LAST WALTZ‬ ‪
DOG DAY AFTERNOON‬ ‪
NETWORK‬ ‪
ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN‬ ‪
REAL LIFE‬
KILLER OF SHEEP
PAPER MOON
AMARCORD
PAT GARRETT & BILLY THE KID
LITTLE MURDERS

Carson Lund (Slant Magazine)

Jeanne Dielman
Barry Lyndon
Mirror
Two-Lane Blacktop
The Spirit of the Beehive
Cousin Jules
The Devil, Probably
Cries and Whispers
McCabe and Mrs. Miller
We Won’t Grow Old Together

Rod Lurie (Director)

1. ALL THE PRESIDENT' MEN
2. THE GODFATHER PART II
3. THE CONFORMIST
4.DOG DAY AFTERNOON
5. DUEL
6. BADLANDS
7. STRAIGHT TIME
8. BARRY LYNDON
9. THE ASCENT
10. ROCKY
11. AGUIRRE: WRATH OF GOD
12. THE STING
13. THE GODFATHER
14. NETWORK
15. APOCALYPSE NOW

Wade Major (KPCC — NPR Los Angeles)

The Godfather and The Godfather Part II
The Emigrants and The New Land
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
A Clockwork Orange
Barry Lyndon
Fiddler on the Roof
Cabaret
Deliverance
Young Frankenstein
The Deer Hunter
Midnight Express
Being There
Stalker
Dersu Uzala
Patton

Eric Marchen (Scarborough Film Festival)

Aguirre, The Wrath of God
Alien
Apocalypse Now
Barry Lyndon
Chinatown
Dog Day Afternoon
The Godfather
Jaws
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Nashville
Network
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Star Wars
Taxi Driver

Phillip Martin (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

The Conversation
The Conformist
The Godfather Part I and II
Apocalypse Now
Jeanne Dielman
McCabe and Mrs. Miller
The Last Picture Show
Friends of Eddie Coyle
Network
Dog Day Afternoon
Don’t Look Now
Killer of Sheep
Barry Lyndon
Badlands
Taxi Driver

Todd McCarthy (Deadline)

Barry Lyndon
The Mother and the Whore
Chinatown
McCabe and Mrs. Miller
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
Annie Hall
Two English Girls
The Conformist
The Man Who Would Be King
Claire's Knee
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Jeanne Dielman, 23 rue de Commerce Quay 1080 Brussels
Aguirre: The Wrath of God
The Ascent

Steve Mears (Freelance)

All the President’s Men
Annie Hall
Barry Lyndon
Chinatown
Cries and Whispers
Five Easy Pieces
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
The Last Picture Show
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Nashville
Payday
Taxi Driver
Walkabout
Wanda

Myron Meisel (Director)

Tristana
Darling Lili
Le Boucher
The Conformist
The Go-Between
Frenzy
The Godfather Part I & II
Days and Nights in the Forest
The Long Goodbye
A Woman Under the Influence
The Man Who Would Be King
The Passenger
Barry Lyndon
Kaseki (Kobayashi)
Salo
The Tree of Wooden Clogs

Jared Mobarak (The Film Stage)

Alien
Chinatown
Clockwork Orange
A Conformist
The Conversation
Days of Heaven
The Deer Hunter
The Godfather
Jaws
MASH
Mirror
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Taxi Driver
Texas Chain Saw Massacre
The Touch of Zen

Michael Nordine (Variety)

3 Women
Alien
Badlands
Carrie
Chinatown
Dawn of the Dead
Days of Heaven
The Deer Hunter
Dersu Uzala
The Godfather
Halloween
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Solaris
A Woman Under the Influence

Sheila O’Malley (RogerEbert)

Taxi Driver
Two-Lane Blacktop
The Godfather
Killer of Sheep
Deer Hunter
Woman Under the Influence
Jeanne Dielman
All That Jazz
Stalker
McCabe and Mrs. Miller
Shampoo
Wanda
Dog Day Afternoon
Nashville
Chinatown

Van Papadopoulos (Cannes Classics)

MASH
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
THE FRENCH CONNECTION
DELIVERANCE
LAST TANGO IN PARIS
SOLARIS
AMARCORD
BADLANDS
CHINATOWN
GODFATHER PART 1 & 2
DERSU UZALA
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
AI NO BOREI (Empire of Passion)
1900
TAXI DRIVER

Michael Patterson (Michael’s Telluride Blog)

Taxi Driver
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
Apocalypse Now
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Nashville
Jaws
The Last Picture Show
Deliverance
American Graffiti
Chinatown
Dog Day Afternoon
Network
All the Presidents Men
All That Jazz

Miguel Pendas (Historian/SF Film Society)

Amarcord
Badlands
Chinatown
The Conformist
Day for Night
Dirty Harry
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Five Easy Pieces
The Getaway
The Godfather Part II
Harlan County, U.S.A.
Hearts and Minds
Killer of Sheep
The Spirit of the Beehive
Taxi Driver

Ray Pride (Newcity)

Apocalypse Now
Chinatown
The Conformist
The Exorcist
Fox And HIs Friends
The Godfather Part II
Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Killer Of Sheep
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Network
Out 1
The Spirit of the Beehive
Taxi Driver
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Two Lane Blacktop

Matt Prigge (Metro, US)

Zorns Lemma
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du commerce 1080 Bruxelles
Barry Lyndon
Love and Death
Celine and Julie Go Boating
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Manhattan
Dawn of the Dead
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Edvard Munch

Claudia Puig (USA Today)

1. The Godfather
2. Harold & Maude
3. Picnic at Hanging Rock
4. Breaking Away
5. Barry Lyndon
6. Nashville
7. The Exorcist
8. Small Change
9. Life of Brian
10. The Man Who Fell to Earth
11. Monty Python & the Holy Grail
12. Being There
13. Days of Heaven
14. Young Frankenstein
15. The Godfather Part II

Jordan Raup (The Film Stage)

The Godfather Pt. II
Days of Heaven
The Godfather
Stalker
Taxi Driver
Jaws
Apocalypse Now
Solaris
Aguirre, The Wrath of God
Nashville

Mara Reinstein (US Weekly)

The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
Network
Rocky
Saturday Night Fever
Grease
All That Jazz
The Conversation
Deer Hunter
Annie Hall
Taxi Driver
Chinatown
Alien
Jaws
Heaven Can Wait

Timothy Rhys (Movie Maker)

The Godfather Part II
The Godfather
Apocalypse Now
Manhattan
Taxi Driver
The Last Picture Show
Annie Hall
The French Connection
Days of Heaven
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Little Big Man
Deliverance
The Man Who Would Be King
Five Easy Pieces
The Deer Hunter

Carrie Rickey (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

A New Leaf
Celine & Julie Go Boating
The Last Picture Show
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Killer of Sheep
Carrie
The Wild Child
Don't Look Now
The Man Who Would Be King
The Godfather
Spirit of the Beehive

Alan K. Rode (Festival Director)

The French Connection
Sorcerer
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
The Conversation
The Last Detail
Deliverance
Jaws
The Last Picture Show
Dog Day Afternoon
Slap Shot
Midnight Express
Jeremiah Johnson
Superman
Alien
The Goodbye Girl
Mean Streets

Rene Rodriguez (Miami Herald)

The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
The Exorcist
Barry Lyndon
Amarcord
Jaws
Chinatown
The Conformist
Taxi Driver
Day For Night
Badlands
Alien
Dog Day Afternoon
Carrie
Deliverance

Nathaniel Rogers (The Film Experience)

DOG DAY AFTERNOON
NASHVILLE
CABARET
ALL THAT JAZZ
APOCALYPSE NOW
THE LANDLORD
KLUTE
WHAT'S UP DOC?
CRIES AND WHISPERS
THE CONVERSATION
NETWORK
CARRIE
ANNIE HALL
MANHATTAN
3 WOMEN

Jordan Ruimy (World of Reel)

The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
Apocalypse Now
The Conversation
Barry Lyndon
A Clockwork Orange
Taxi Driver/Mean Streets
3 Women
The Conformist
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
All That Jazz
A Woman Under the Influence
The Long Goodbye
Chinatown
Network

Dan Sallitt (Filmmaker)

REMEMBER MY NAME
THE REPORT
THE MARQUISE OF O….
THE PASSION ACCORDING TO BERENICE
SHAMPOO
LANCELOT DU LAC
ALICE IN THE CITIES
THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE
THE LAST DETAIL
THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT
TWO ENGLISH GIRLS
RAPHAEL OU LE DEBAUCHE
DU CÔTÉ D’OROUËT
CLAIRE’S KNEE
LA RUPTURE

Pierro Scaruffi (Freelance)

The Traveling Players
Chinatown
Nashville
The Conversation
Holy Mountain
Taxi Driver
Days of Heaven
Stalker
Walkabout
Convoy
The Tree of Wooden Clogs
Badlands
Cries and Whispers
Manhattan
Emperor of the North

Nick Schager (The Daily Beast)

Days of Heaven
Night Moves
McCabe and Mrs. Miller
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Passenger
Solaris
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Chinatown
Alien
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Le Cercle Rouge
The Conformist
The Godfather

Christopher Schobert (The Film Stage)

American Graffiti
Barry Lyndon
Carnal Knowledge
Celine and Julie Go Boating
Chinatown
The Conformist
Days of Heaven
Don’t Look Now
The Godfather Part II
The Heartbreak Kid
Jaws
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Manhattan
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Mean Streets

Ian Schultz (Psychotronic Cinema)

Badlands
Apocalypse Now
Chinatown
Days of Heaven
Taxi Driver
Harold & Maude
The Long Goodbye
Dog Day Afternoon
Stroszek
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Slap Shot
Straight Time
O’ Lucky Man
Duck, You Sucker!
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Niles Schwartz (MSP Cinephile Society)

Barry Lyndon
The Godfather Part II
Nashville
Mean Streets
Slap Shot
The Tenant
The Passenger
Days of Heaven
The Conformist
Stalker
Mikey & Nicky
Dog Day Afternoon
Love and Death
Aguirre the Wrath of God
The Conversation

Matt Zoller Seitz (RogerEbert)

All That Jazz
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Hospital
Taxi Driver
Days of Heaven
Suspiria
Solaris
Arabian Nights
The Conformist
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

Diego Semerene (Slant Magazine)

1. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels
2. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
3. Scenes From a Marriage
4. Le Cercle Rouge
5. India Song
6. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
7. The Battle of Chile
8. Film About a Woman Who…
9. Lost, Lost Lost
10. Autumn Sonata
11. The Mirror
12. Solaris
13. Stalker
14. A Swedish Love Story
15. Pink Narcissus

Gene Seymour (Newsday)

McCabe & Mrs. Miller
The Godfather Part II
Chinatown
The Godfather
Blue Collar
Jaws
Mean Streets
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Young Frankenstein
The Conformist
The Long Goodbye
Cries & Whispers
Shampoo
Amarcord

Don Shanahan (25YL)

Star Wars
Jaws
The Godfather
The Conversation
Superman: The Movie
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Rocky
The Sting
The Deer Hunter
All the President's Men
Three Days of the Condor
The China Syndrome
The Godfather Part II
Chinatown

Steven Shaviro (Freelance)

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
Chinatown
Nashville
Dawn of the Dead
Mikey and Nicky
Billy Jack
Cabaret
Carrie
Jeanne Dielmann
In a Year of 13 Moons
Arabian Nights
The Passenger
The Obscure Object of Desire
The Devil Probably
Celine and Julie Go Boating

Jason Shawan (Freelance)

Alien
Beyond The Valley of The Dolls
Black Lizard
The Conversation
Female Trouble
Ganja and Hess
The Last of Sheila
The Long Goodbye
Messiah of Evil
The Muppet Movie
Out 1: Noli Me Tangere
Play It As It Lays
Suspiria
Taxi zum Klo
3 Women

Alex Simon (AFI)

1. MASH
2. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
3. THE GODFATHER
4. DAY FOR NIGHT
5. GODFATHER II
6. NIGHT MOVES
7. TAXI DRIVER
8. SORCERER
9. THE DEER HUNTER
10. APOCALYPSE NOW
11. ALL THAT JAZZ
12. THE DEVILS
13. GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS
14. NETWORK
15. CHINATOWN.

Jeff Sneider (The Ankler)

1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
2. Dog Day Afternoon
3. Alien
4. Apocalypse Now
5. Taxi Driver
6. Midnight Express
7. A Clockwork Orange
8. Halloween
9. The Exorcist
10. Jaws
11. All the Presidents Men
12. The Sting
13. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
14. Mean Streets
15. Chinatown

Yael Shuv (Time Out Tel Aviv)

The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
Apocalypse Now
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Conformist
Taxi Driver
All the President's Men
Nashville
Days of Heaven
Barry Lyndon
Dog Day Afternoon
Le Cercle Rouge
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Day for Night
A Woman Under the Influence

Tony Joe Stemme (Freelance)

Amarcord
Badlands
Barry Lyndon
Chinatown
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Conformist
The Conversation
Day For Night
Derszu Uzala
Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeousie
Dog Day Afternoon
Last Picture Show
Nashville
Seven Beauties
Solaris
Tin Drum

Marlow Stern (The Daily Beast)

Taxi Driver
Chinatown
Alien
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
A Woman Under the Influence
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Apocalypse Now
Blazing Saddles
Nashville
Network
Star Wars
Being There
Don’t Look Now
Amarcord

David Sterritt (Christian Science Monitor)

Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Apocalypse Now
Barry Lyndon
Chinatown
Days of Heaven
Don’t Look Now
Eraserhead
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Juvenile Court
Nashville
Solaris
Straight Time
Taxi Driver
A Woman Under the Influence

Herb Stratford

The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
Barry Lyndon
Taxi Driver
Chinatown
Apocalypse Now
The Exorcist
Jaws
Kramer Vs Kramer
The Deer Hunter
National Lampoon’s Animal House
Breaking Away
All The President’s Men
Rocky
Paper Moon

Cedric Succivalli (Orizzonti/ Venice)

Providence
Interiors
Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
The Death of Maria Malibran
The Spirit of the Beehive
Wanda
The NIght Porter
Du côté d'Orouët
Opening Night
Arabian Nights
The Ascent
The Mother and the Whore
Seven Beauties
Céline and Julie Go Boating
Les hautes solitudes

Ben Svetkey (AARP)

The Godfather
Taxi Driver
Jaws
Star Wars
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Shampoo
American Graffiti
Annie Hall
Chinatown
Animal House
Network
Apocalypse Now

Kent Turner (Film Forward)

Amarcord
Apocalypse Now
Blazing Saddles
Cabaret
The Conformist
The Exorcist
The Last Picture Show
Network
The Poseidon Adventure
Seven Beauties
Okay. Please add these five to the list:
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Chinatown
The Godfather
The Go Between
The Marriage of Maria Braun

Daniel Waters (Screenwriter)

THE GODFATHER
BADLANDS
THE GODFATHER, PART II
NASHVILLE
TAXI DRIVER
NETWORK
JAWS
CARRIE
CHINATOWN
THE DEVILS
THE CONFORMIST
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
STALKER
SHAMPOO
AN INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION

Max Weiss (Baltimore Magazine)

The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
Apocalypse Now
Chinatown
Jaws
American Graffiti
The Last Picture Show
Annie Hall
Saturday Night Fever
All the President's Men
The Long Goodbye
Harold & Maude
MASH
Killer of Sheep
Taxi Driver

Jeffrey Wells (Hollywood Elsewhere)

1. The Godfather
2. The Godfather, Part II
3. The French Connection
4. All The Presidents Men
5. Assault on Precinct 13
6. Network
7. Serpico
8. The Last Detail
9. Chinatown
10. The Hospital
11. McCabe and Mrs. Miller
12. The Friends of Eddie Coyle
13. Mean Streets
14. Days of Heaven
15. Annie Hall

Armond White (National Review)

Nashville
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Last Tango in Paris
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Godfather, Part II
Mean Streets
1900
Taxi Driver
MASH
Ryan’s Daughter
The Warriors
The Godfather
Sounder
The Fury
Women in Love

Matthew Wilder (Director)

WELFARE
WIND FROM THE EAST
NUMERO DEUX
FELLINI’S CASANOVA
OUR HITLER: A FILM FROM GERMANY
FOX AND HIS FRIENDS
JEANNE DIELMAN
EYES DO NOT WANT TO CLOSE AT ALL TIMES; OR PERHAPS ONE DAY ROME WILL ALLOW HERSELF TO RETURN
MCCABE & MRS. MILLER
3 WOMEN
BORN TO WIN
BARRY LYNDON
TAXI DRIVER
THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE
THE GODFATHER PART II

Norm Wilner (TIFF/SemCast)

Alien
All the President’s Men
Apocalypse Now
Chinatown
The Conversation
Cries and Whispers
Day for Night
Dog Day Afternoon
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
Jaws
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Taxi Driver
Young Frankenstein

Chuck Wilson (LA Weekly)

All the President’s Men
Cabaret
Chinatown
The Conversation
Days of Heaven
Fiddler on the Roof
The Getaway
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
Mikey & Nicky
Nashville
Network
Sounder
3 Women
A Woman Under the Influence

Oliver Whitney (ScreenCrush)

The Long Goodbye
Mirror
Days of Heaven
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Halloween
The Spirit of the Beehive
Barry Lyndon
A Woman Under the Influence
Stalker
Lady Snowblood
Badlands
Killer of Sheep
Star Wars
Taxi Driver
Alien

Susan Wloszczyna (Gold Derby)

1. The Godfather
2. Jaws
3. Alien
4. Young Frankenstein
5. American Graffiti
6. Animal House
7. The Goodbye Girl
8. Kramer vs. Kramer
9. The Sting
10. Blazing Saddles
11. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
12. Grease
14. Rocky
15. Airport

Noel Murray (The AV Club)

McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Days of Heaven
Dawn of the Dead
The Conversation
The Godfather
Serpico
The French Connection
Richard Pryor: Live In Concert
Annie Hall
Nashville

Eric Kohn (IndieWire)

F for Fake
All That Jazz
Jaws
Star Wars: A New Hope
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Chinatown
The Conversation
Dawn of the Dead
The Wicker Man
Paper Moon