1974 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1974. Top 30 & many honorables.











30.     HEARTS AND MINDS

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29.             PHASE IV

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28.
THUNDERBOLT & LIGHTFOOT

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27.           FILM
ABOUT A WOMAN WHO...

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26.   SUGARLAND EXPRESS

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             ALICE DOESN'T

25.   LIVE HERE ANYMORE

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24.    MARKETA LAZAROVÁ

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23.         JE, TU, IL, ELLE

22.

LANCELOT OF THE LAKE

21.

THE PHANTOM OF LIBERTY

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20.       CALIFORNIA SPLIT

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19.      THE PARALLAX VIEW

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18.  LADY SNOWBLOOD 2:

LOVE SONG OF VENGEANCE

..
             
17.    MINAMATA: THE

VICTIMS & THEIR WORLD

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16.              AMARCORD

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SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE
15.       [theatrical version]

14. 

PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE

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13.        ITALIANAMERICAN

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12.        BLACK CHRISTMAS

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11.          THIEVES LIKE US

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                    A WOMAN
10.   UNDER THE INFLUENCE

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9.         BRING ME THE

HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA

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8.              CHINATOWN

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7.    YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN

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-tie- 7.   BLAZING SADDLES

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6.                   LUCÍA

                
5.       THE TAKING OF

PELHAM ONE TWO THREE

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4.

THE GODFATHER: PART II

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3.       THE CONVERSATION

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                 THE TEXAS 
2.    CHAIN SAW MASSACRE

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1.   

ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL

***** 

ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED. 

(other titles of '74 I loved that could've placed)

CLOSED MONDAYS

PASTORAL: 

TO DIE IN THE COUNTRY

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VALERIE &
HER WEEK OF WONDERS

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LENNY

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LACOMBE, LUCIEN

THE HOUR OF

LIBERATION HAS ARRIVED

ساعة التحرير دقت برّه يا إستعمار

THE NIGHT PORTER

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IT'S ALIVE!

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THE PERFUME

OF THE LADY IN BLACK

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THE WAY 

OF THE DRAGON

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DARK STAR

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PEGASUS

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HUNGER

RABID DOGS

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 TURKISH DELIGHT

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EFFI BRIEST

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 GOING PLACES

[LES VALSEUSES]

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MARTHA

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HATCHET
FOR THE HONEYMOON

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THE COW گاو

‎
.
 

MY NAME IS NOBODY

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THE AMPUTEE

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THE STREET FIGHTER

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A POEM

IS A NAKED PERSON

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WINNIE THE POOH

& TIGGER TOO

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ZARDOZ

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CLAUDINE

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THE DION BROTHERS

[THE GRAVY TRAIN]

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THE LITTLE PRINCE

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BIG BAD MAMA

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FRANKENSTEIN
& THE MONSTER FROM HELL

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FLESH 

FOR FRANKENSTEIN 3D

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BUSTING

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HARRY AND TONTO

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COCKFIGHTER 

[BORN TO KILL]

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THE GAMBLER

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DEMONS 

PANDEMONIUM 修羅

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BLOOD FOR DRACULA

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CAGED HEAT

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THE GOLDEN 

VOYAGE OF SINBAD

SOLOMON KING

McQ

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MURDER ON
THE ORIENT EXPRESS

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THE GIFT OF WINTER

*****

1974
TOP 30

1. ALI: FEAR EATS SOUL (Fassbinder)
2. TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (Hooper)
3. THE CONVERSATION (Coppola)
4. GODFATHER PT. II (Coppola)
5. TAKING OF PELHAM 1 2 3 (Sargent)
6. LUCIA (Solás)
7. YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (M.Brooks)                                 -tie- BLAZING SADDLES (M.Brooks)
8. CHINATOWN (Polanski)
9. BRING ME THE HEAD OF A.GARCIA (Peckinpah)
10. WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE (Cassavetes)
11. THIEVES LIKE US (Altman)
12. BLACK CHRISTMAS (Clark)
13. ITALIANAMERICAN (Scorsese)
14. PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (De Palma)
15. SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE (Bergman)
16. AMARCORD (Fellini)
17. MINAMATA (Noriaki Tsuchimoto)
18. LADY SNOWBLOOD 2 (Toshiya Fujita)
19. PARALLAX VIEW (Pakula)
20. CALIFORNIA SPLIT (Altman)
21. PHANTOM OF LIBERTY (Buñuel)
22. LANCELOT DU LAC (Bresson)
23. I, YOU, HE, SHE (Akerman)
24. MARKETA LAZAROVA (Vlácil)
25. ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE (Scorsese)
26. SUGARLAND EXPRESS (Spielberg)
27. A FILM ABOUT A WOMAN WHO... (Yvonne Rainer)
28. THUNDERBOLT & LIGHTFOOT (Cimino)
29. PHASE IV (S.Bass)
30. HEARTS AND MINDS (David)

RUNNER UP:
CLOSED MONDAYS (Gardner/Vinton), PASTORAL (Shūji Terayama), VALERIE & HER WEEK OF WONDERS (Jires), LENNY (Fosse), LACOMBE LUCIEN (Malle), HOUR OF LIBERATION HAS ARRIVED (Srour), THE NIGHT PORTER (Cavani), IT'S ALIVE (Cohen), PERFUME OF THE LADY IN BLACK (Barilli), WAY OF THE DRAGON (Bruce Lee), DARK STAR (Carpenter), PEGASUS (Servais), HUNGER (Foldes), RABID DOGS (bava), TURKISH DELIGHT (Verhoeven), EFFI BRIEST (Fassbinder), GOING PLACES (Blier), MARTHA (Fassbinder), HATCHET FOR THE HONEYMOON (Bava), THE COW (Mehrjui), MY NAME IS NOBODY (Valerii), THE AMPUTEE (Lynch), THE STREET FIGHTER (Shigehiro Ozawa), A POEM IS A NAKED PERSON (Blank), WINNIE THE POOH & TIGGER TOO (Lounsbery), ZARDOZ (Boorman), CLAUDINE (Berry), THE LITTLE PRINCE (Donen), BIG BAD MAMA (Carver), FRANKENSTEIN MONSTER FROM HELL (Fisher), ANDY WARHOL'S FRANKENSTEIN (Morrisey), BUSTING (Hyams), HARRY & TONTO (Mazursky), COCKFIGHTER (Hellman), THE GAMBLER (Reisz), DEMONS 修羅 (Toshio Matsumoto), BLOOD FOR DRACULA (Morrisey/Warhol), CAGED HEAT (Demme), GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD (Hessler), SOLOMON KING (Bomay/Watts), MCQ (Sturges), MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (Lumet), GIFT OF WINTER (Leach/Rankin)