1970 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1970. Top 30 & many honorables.

30.        FIVE EASY PIECES

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29.                    BOY

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28.       FRUIT OF PARADISE

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27.               SCROOGE

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                     THE BIRD
26.WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE

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25.                 HI, MOM!

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24.                   BURN!

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23.   THE HONEYMOON KILLERS

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22.           LITTLE BIG MAN

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21.             UMUT [HOPE]

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20.               EL TOPO

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19.              PASSENGER

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18.FUNERAL PARADE OF ROSES

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17.              HUSBANDS

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16.                    KES

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15.           THE MILKY WAY

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14.           THE EAR [UCHO]

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13.            7 PLUS SEVEN

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12.          THE WILD CHILD

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11.        ENTRANCED EARTH

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10.               HOSPITAL

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9.           DOUBLE SUICIDE

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8.                 TRISTANA

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7.                 CATCH 22

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6.       BREWSTER MCCLOUD

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5.               MOUCHETTE

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4.
 EVEN DWARFS STARTED SMALL

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3.           GIMME SHELTER

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2.        MY NIGHT AT MAUD'S

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1.      AU HASARD BALTHAZAR

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ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED.
(the other titles of 1970 I loved that could've placed)

 

  

 

 

WOODSTOCK

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LE CERCLE ROUGE

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2 OR 3
THINGS I KNOW ABOUT HER

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ANTONIO DAS MORTES

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PERFORMANCE

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ZABRISKIE POINT

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RYAN'S DAUGHTER

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ZORNS LEMMA

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JOE

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THE GRANDMOTHER

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THE LANDLORD

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MR. FREEDOM

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TWO MULES FOR SISTER SARA

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M*A*S*H

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THE LICKERISH QUARTET

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KOSTNICE [THE OSSUARY]

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PATTON

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DONKEY SKIN

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KELLY'S HEROES

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GIRLY

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END OF THE ROAD

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A QUIET
PLACE IN THE COUNTRY

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THE BALLAD OF CABLE HOGUE

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FELLINI SATYRICON

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TORA! TORA! TORA!

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EDEN AND AFTER

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THE TWELVE CHAIRS

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EQUINOX

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THE AMERICAN SOLDIER

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THE MERCENARY

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COMPANY:

ORIGINAL CAST ALBUM

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KING: A FILMED RECORD...

MONTGOMERY TO MEMPHIS

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THE RAVEN'S END

THE TAKING POWER LOUIS XIV

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WOMEN IN LOVE

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THE PASSION OF ANNA

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TRASH

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LANDSCAPE AFTER BATTLE

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ALEX IN WONDERLAND

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I AM CURIOUS: BLUE

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BEYOND 
THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS

THE WATERMELON MAN

THE WAR 

OF THE GARGANTUAS

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1970
TOP 30

1. BALTHAZAR (Bresson)
2. MY NIGHT AT MAUD'S (Rohmer)
3. GIMME SHELTER (Maysles Bros.)
4. EVEN DWARFS STARTED SMALL (Herzog)
5. MOUCHETTE (Bresson)
6. BREWSTER MCCLOUD (Altman)
7. CATCH 22 (Nichols)
8. TRISTANA (Buñuel)
9. DOUBLE SUICIDE (Masahiro Shinoda)
10. HOSPITAL (Wiseman)
11. ENTRANCED EARTH (Rocha)
12. WILD CHILD (Truffaut)
13. 7 PLUS SEVEN (Apted)
14. UCHO [THE EAR] (Kachyna)
15. THE MILKY WAY (Buñuel)
16. KES (Loach)
17. HUSBANDS (Cassavetes)
18. FUNERAL PARADE OF ROSES (Toshio Matsumoto)
19. PASSENGER (Munk)
20. EL TOPO (Jodorowsky)
21. UMUT [HOPE] (Gören/Güney)
22. LITTLE BIG MAN (Penn)
23. THE HONEYMOON KILLERS (Kastle)
24. BURN! (Pontecorvo)
25. HI, MOM! (De Palma)
26. BIRD WITH CRYSTAL PLUMAGE (Argento)
27. SCROOGE (Neame)
28. OVOCE STROMU RAJSKÝCH JÍME (Vera Chytilová)
29. BOY (Oshima)
30. FIVE EASY PIECES (Rafelson)

RUNNER UP

WOODSTOCK (Wadleigh), RED CIRCLE (Melville), 2 OR 3 THINGS ABOUT HER (Godard), ANTONIO DAS MORTES (Rocha), PERFORMANCE (Cammell/Roeg), ZABRISKIE POINT (Antonioni), RYAN'S DAUGHTER (Lean), ZORNS LEMMA (Frampton), JOE (Avildsen), THE GRANDMOTHER (Lynch), THE LANDLORD (Ashby), MR. FREEDOM (Klein), 2 MULES SISTER SARA (Siegel), M*A*S*H (Altman), LICKERISH QUARTET (Metzger), KOSTNICE (Svankmajer), PATTON (Schaffner), DONKEY SKIN (Demy), KELLY'S HEROES (Hutton), MUMSY NANNY SONNY & GIRLY (Francis), END OF THE ROAD (Avakian), QUIET PLACE IN THE COUNTRY (Petri), BALLAD OF CABLE HOGUE (Peckinpah), SATYRICON (Fellini), TORA! TORA! TORA! (Fleischer/Fukasaka), EDEN & AFTER (Robbe-Grillet), THE 12 CHAIRS (M.Brooks), EQUINOX (Woods), THE AMERICAN SOLDIER (Fassbinder), IL MERCENARIO (Corbucci), COMPANY (Pennebaker), MLK A FILMED RECORD (Lumet/Mankiewicz), KVARTERET KORPEN (Widerberg), TAKING POWER LOUIS XIV (Rossellini), WOMEN IN LOVE (Russell), PASSION OF ANNA (Bergman), TRASH (Morrissey), LANDSCAPE AFTER BATTLE (Wajda), ALEX IN WONDERLAND (Mazursky), I AM CURIOUS: BLUE (Sjöman), BEYOND VALLEY OF DOLLS (Meyer), WATERMELON MAN (Van Peebles), WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS (Honda)