1973 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1973. Top 30 & many honorables.






30.          THE CRAZIES

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29. THE SPIDER'S STRATAGEM

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28.  THE HARDER THEY COME

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27.     5 FINGERS OF DEATH

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26.    A RIVER CALLED TITAS

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                     LAND OF
25.    SILENCE AND DARKNESS

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24.          O LUCKY MAN!

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23.           ROBIN HOOD

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22.        LADY SNOWBLOOD

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21.                 SERPICO

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-tie- 21.      SCARECROW

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20.            TOUKI BOUKI

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19.      CRIES & WHISPERS

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                   THE BITTER
18. TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT

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17.          HEAVY TRAFFIC

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16.  EMPEROR OF THE NORTH

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15.
  THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE

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14.    ELECTRA GLIDE IN BLUE

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13.       FANTASTIC PLANET

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12.         DON'T LOOK NOW

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                    DAYS AND
11.     NIGHTS IN THE FOREST

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10.          MEAN STREETS

                   MEMORIES
9.    OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT

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8.        THE HOLY MOUNTAIN

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7.              PAPER MOON

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6.                  SISTERS

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5.             THE EXORCIST

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4.       THE LONG GOODBYE

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3.                 BADLANDS

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2.                  PLAYTIME

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1.            ANDREI RUBLEV

*****

ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED. 
(other titles of '73 I loved that could've placed)

WORLD ON A WIRE

[German theatrical version]

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SOLEIL Ô  [OH, SUN]

THE LAST DETAIL

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...NO LIES

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CŒUR DE SECOURS

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TUP TUP

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THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE

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CHARLEY VARRICK

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THE HOUR-GLASS SANATORIUM

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BELLADONNA OF SADNESS

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SAMBIZANGA

ZIGGY STARDUST
AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS

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BATTLES
WITHOUT HONOR & HUMANITY

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AMERICAN GRAFFITI

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SZERELEM [LOVE]

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JUVENILE COURT

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WESTWORLD

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STONE WEDDING

[NUNTA DE PIATRA]

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DETROIT 9000

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ENTER THE DRAGON

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GANJA & HESS

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WHITE LIGHTNING

THE THREE MUSKETEERS

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LONE WOLF & CUB:

SWORD OF VENGEANCE

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LONE WOLF & CUB:

BABY CART TO HADES

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TORSO

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BLACK CAESAR

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THE ASPHYX

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SLEEPER

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RAW MEAT [DEATH LINE]

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LEMORA: A CHILD'S
TALE OF THE SUPERNATURAL

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THE LEGEND OF HELL HOUSE

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THE BIG BOSS

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TOMBS OF THE BLIND DEAD
[Spanish uncut version]

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PAT GARRETT

AND BILLY THE KID

[Warner's "Special Edition" cut]

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WATTSTAX

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TOUT VA BIEN

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COFFY

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SEVEN
DEATHS IN THE CAT'S EYE

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RUSLAN AND LUDMILA

THE OFFENCE

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PAPILLON

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THE SPOOK
WHO SAT BY THE DOOR

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THE FOX AND THE HARE

Лиса и заяц

HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER

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THE CREEPING FLESH

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THE NIGHT STRANGLER

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SOYLENT GREEN

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THEATRE OF BLOOD

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MESSIAH OF EVIL

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DAY FOR NIGHT

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THE CAVE: 

A PARABLE TOLD BY ORSON WELLES

****

1973

TOP 30

1. ANDREI RUBLEV (Tarkovsky)
2. PLAYTIME (Tati)
3. BADLANDS (Malick)
4. THE LONG GOODBYE (Altman)
5. THE EXORCIST (Friedkin)
6. SISTERS (De Palma)
7. PAPER MOON (Bogdanovich)
8. THE HOLY MOUNTAIN (Jodorowsky)
9. MEMORIES OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT (Alea)
10. DAYS AND NIGHTS IN THE FOREST (S.Ray)
11. MEAN STREETS (Scorsese)
12. DON'T LOOK NOW (Roeg)
13. FANTASTIC PLANET (Laloux)
14. ELECTRA GLIDE IN BLUE (Guercio)
15. FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE (Hyams)
16. EMPEROR OF THE NORTH POLE (Aldrich)
17. HEAVY TRAFFIC (Bakshi)
18. BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT (Fassbinder)
19. CRIES & WHISPERS (Bergman)
20. TOUKI BOUKI (Mambéty)
21. SERPICO (Lumet)                                                               -tie- SCARECROW (Schatzberg)
22. LADY SNOWBLOOD (Toshiya Fujita)
23. ROBIN HOOD (Reitherman)
24. O LUCKY MAN! (L.Anderson)
25. LAND OF SILENCE & DARKNESS (Herzog)
26. A RIVER CALLED TITAS (Ghatak)
27. KING BOXER (Chang-hwa Jeong)
28. THE HARDER THEY COME (Henzell)
29. THE SPIDER'S STRATAGEM (Bertolucci)
30. THE CRAZIES (Romero)

RUNNER UP

WORLD ON A WIRE (Fassbinder), SOLEIL Ô (Med Hondo), LAST DETAIL (Ashby), NO LIES (Block), COEUR DE SECOURS (Kamler), TUP TUP (Dragic), MOTHER & THE WHORE (Eustache), CHARLEY VARRICK (Siegel), HOUR-GLASS SANATORIUM (Has), BELLADONNA OF SADNESS (Eiichi Yamamoto), SAMBIZANGA (Sarah Maldoror), ZIGGY STARDUST (D.A. Pennebaker), BATTLES W/O HONOR & HUMANITY (Kinji Fukasaku), AMERICAN GRAFFITI (Lucas), SZERELEM (Makk), JUVENILE COURT (Wiseman), WESTWORLD (Crichton), STONE WEDDING (Pita/Veroiu), DETROIT 9000 (Marks), ENTER THE DRAGON (Clouse), GANJA & HESS (Gunn), WHITE LIGHTNING (Sargent), THREE MUSKETEERS (Lester), LONE WOLF & CUB 1 & 3 (Kenji Misumi), TORSO (Martino), BLACK CAESAR (Cohen), THE ASPHYX (Newbrook), SLEEPER (Allen), DEATH LINE (Sherman), LEMORA (Blackburn), LEGEND OF HELL HOUSE (Hough), THE BIG BOSS (We Lo), TOMBS OF BLIND DEAD (de Ossorio), PAT GARRETT & BILLY THE KID (Peckinpah), WATTSTAX (Stuart), TOUT VA BIEN (Godard), COFFY (J.Hill), 7 DEATHS IN THE CAT'S EYE (Margheriti), RUSLAN & LUDMILA (Ptushko), THE OFFENCE (Lumet), PAPILLON (Schaffner), SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR (Dixon), LISA I ZAYATS (Norstein), HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER (Eastwood), CREEPING FLESH (Francis), THE NIGHT STRANGLER (Curtis), SOYLENT GREEN (Fleischer), THEATRE OF BLOOD (Hickox), MESSIAH OF EVIL (Katz/Huyck), DAY FOR NIGHT (Traffaut), THE CAVE (Weiss)