1975 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1975. Top 30 & many honorables.








        THAT MOST IMPORTANT THING: 

30.           LOVE

.

29.       A BOY AND HIS DOG

.

28.      RACE WITH THE DEVIL

.

27.

THE PINCHCLIFFE GRAND PRIX

26.               SHAMPOO

.

25.     THE PROMISED LAND

24.

THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR

.
                  THE ENIGMA

23.OF KASPAR HAUSER

22.   THE DAY OF THE LOCUST

.

21.        DISTANT THUNDER

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20.            THE MIRROR

.

19.

THE WICKER MAN [the final cut]

.

18.
 THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING

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              THE LOST HONOR

17.OF KATHARINA BLUM

.

16.           HESTER STREET

.

15.             DERSU UZALA

.
                    ONE FLEW
14.  OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST

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13.          THE PASSENGER

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12.              NIGHT MOVES

.

11.        FOX AND HIS FRIENDS

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10.                   XALA

.
          HEDGEHOG IN THE FOG

9.        Ёжик в тумане

.

8.                  WELFARE

.

7.         DOG DAY AFTERNOON

.
                

6.            A TOUCH OF ZEN

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5.               NASHVILLE

4.             BARRY LYNDON

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                MONTY PYTHON

3.AND THE HOLY GRAIL

.

2.                     JAWS

.

1.         JEANNE DIELMAN, 23,
     QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES

***** 

ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED. 

(other titles of '75 I loved that could've placed)

UNDER 

BLOSSOMING CHERRY TREES

SWITCHBLADE SISTERS

ĀTMAN  アートマン

GREY GARDENS

.

SWEET MOVIE

.

REALLY ROSIE

.

OVERLORD

.

TOMMY

.

DEATH RACE 2000

.

HARD TIMES

.

WHAT HAVE
YOU DONE TO SOLANGE?

.

AANDHI

आंधी [STORM]

.

BLACK MOON

.

MANDINGO

.  

MAHLER

.

GENERAL IDI AMIN DADA: 

A SELF PORTRAIT

.

SHOLAY शोले

.

THE GREAT WALDO PEPPER

.

ALMOST HUMAN

.

COONSKIN

.

THE FRONTIER EXPERIENCE

.

THE MAGIC FLUTE

.

LISZTOMANIA

.

COOLEY HIGH

THE SUNSHINE BOYS

.

THE STEPFORD WIVES

.

THE YAKUZA

.

THE NIGHT

OF COUNTING THE YEARS

THE RETURN
OF THE PINK PANTHER

.

LOVE AND DEATH

.

ROCKY 

HORROR PICTURE SHOW

CRAZY MAMA

.

ADOPTION

SUPER INFRA-MAN

.

THE KILLER ELITE

.

THUNDERCRACK!

.

LET'S DO IT AGAIN

..

SEVEN LITTLE FLAMES

DOLL CLOTHES

CHRONICLE

OF THE YEARS OF FIRE

WOLF GUY

AMELIA aka HE WHO KILLS

[TRILOGY OF TERROR]

 ****

1975
TOP 30

1. JEANNE DIELMAN (Chantal Akerman)
2. JAWS (Spielberg)
3. MONTY PYTHON HOLY GRAIL (Gilliam/Jones)
4. BARRY LYNDON (Kubrick)
5. NASHVILLE (Altman)
6. A TOUCH OF ZEN (King Hu)
7. DOG DAY AFTERNOON (Lumet)
8. WELFARE (Wiseman)
9. HEDGEHOG IN THE FOG (Norshteyn)
10. XALA (Sembene)
11. FOX AND HIS FRIENDS (Fassbinder)
12. NIGHT MOVES (Penn)
13. THE PASSENGER (Antonioni)
14. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO NEST (Foreman)
15. DERSU UZALA (Kurosawa)
16. HESTER STREET (Silver)
17. LOST HONOR OF KATARINA BLUM (Schlöndorff)
18. THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING (Huston)
19. WICKER MAN (Hardy)
20. ZERKALO (Tarkovsky)
21. DISTANT THUNDER (S.Ray)
22. DAY OF THE LOCUST (Schlesinger)
23. ENIGMA OF KASPAR HAUSER (Herzog)
24. THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR (Pollack)
25. PROMISED LAND (Wajda)
26. SHAMPOO (Ashby)
27. PINCHCLIFFE GRAND PRIX (Caprino)
28. RACE WITH THE DEVIL (Starrett)
29. A BOY AND HIS DOG (L.Q. Jones)
30. MOST IMPORTANT THING: LOVE (Zulawski)

RUNNER UP
UNDER BLOSSOMING CHERRY TREES (Masahiro Shinoda), SWITCHBLADE SISTERS (J.Hill), ATMAN (Toshio Matsumoto), GREY GARDENS (Maysles), SWEET MOVIE (Makavejev), REALLY ROSIE (Sendak), OVERLORD (Cooper), TOMMY (Russell), DEATH RACE 2000 (Bartel), HARD TIMES (Hill), WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO SOLANGE? (Dallamano), AANDHI (Gulzar), BLACK MOON (Malle), MANDINGO (Fleischer), MAHLER (Russell), GENERAL IDI AMIN DADA (Schroeder), SHOLAY (Sippy), WALDO PEPPER (Roy Hill), ALMOST HUMAN (Lenzi), COONSKIN (Bakshi), THE FRONTIER EXPERIENCE (Loden), MAGIC FLUTE (Bergman), LISZTOMANIA (Russell), COOLEY HIGH (M.Schultz), SUNSHINE BOYS (Ross), STEPFORD WIVES (Forbes), THE YAKUZA (Pollack), NIGHT OF COUNTING THE YEARS (Shadi Abdel Salam), RETURN OF PINK PANTHER (Edwards), LOVE & DEATH (Allen), ADOPTION (Mészáros), SUPER INFRA-MAN (Shan Hua), ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (Sharman) , CRAZY MAMA (Demme), KILLER ELITE (Peckinpah), THUNDERCRACK! (C.McDowell), LET'S DO IT AGAIN (Poitier), SEDAM PLAMENČIĆA (Štalter), DOLLS CLOTHES (Cindy Sherman), CHRONICLE OF THE YEARS OF FIRE (Lakhdar-Hamina), WOLF GUY (Kazuhiko Yamaguchi), AMELIA: TRILOGY OF TERROR (Curtis)