1977 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1977. Top 30 & many honorables. 

Here's the countdown:

30.          THE SAND CASTLE

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29.              ANNIE HALL

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28.         MONSIEUR KLEIN

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                  MASTER OF
27.   THE FLYING GUILLOTINE

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26.
ONE SINGS, THE OTHER DOESN'T

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25.     NEW YORK, NEW YORK

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24.     THE MESSAGE  الرسالة

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23.         HEART OF GLASS

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22.              SLAP SHOT

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21.          CROSS OF IRON

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20.       NEWS FROM HOME

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19.           MY CHILDHOOD

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               THAT OBSCURE

18.OBJECT OF DESIRE

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17.       ALICE IN THE CITIES

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16.          PADRE PADRONE

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15.           CRIA CUERVOS

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14.            HOUSE   ハウス

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13.             PROVIDENCE

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12.               STROSZEK

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11.      ALLEGRO NON TROPPO

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10.        ROLLING THUNDER

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9.                STAR WARS

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8.                F FOR FAKE

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7.                SORCERER

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6.                  3 WOMEN

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           CLOSE ENCOUNTERS

5.  OF THE THIRD KIND

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4.              ERASERHEAD

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3.            OPENING NIGHT

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2.AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD

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1.                  SUSPIRIA

***** 

ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED. 

(the other titles of '77 I loved that could've placed)

VALSE TRISTE

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JABBERWOCKY

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THE AMERICAN FRIEND

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THE IRON-FISTED MONK

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CITIZEN'S BAND

[HANDLE WITH CARE]

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THE KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE

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THE DEVIL, PROBABLY

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LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR

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PERFUMED NIGHTMARE

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1900

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WE ALL

LOVED EACH OTHER SO MUCH

¡ALAMBRISTA!

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PEPPERMINT SODA

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 ALUCARDA

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POWERS OF TEN

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BURLESK QUEEN

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CHINESE ROULETTE

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THE LATE SHOW

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ABIGAIL'S PARTY

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THE HILLS HAVE EYES

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21 UP

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TARATATA

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RABID

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WIZARDS

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BLACK SUNDAY

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THE GAUNTLET

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THE SPY WHO LOVED ME

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AUDREY ROSE

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BATTLE WIZARD

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SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER

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PUMPING IRON

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JULIA

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EXECUTIONERS FROM SHAOLIN

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THE VAMPIRES OF POVERTY

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EQUUS

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DEMON SEED

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DEATH DUEL

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ANKUR अंकुर 

[THE SEEDLING]

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MIMINO

HIGH ANXIETY

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THE RESCUERS

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I LIKE LIFE A LOT

[NEKEM AZ ÉLET TECCIK NAGYON]

THE SERPENT'S EGG

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NESTOR, THE LONG-EARED

CHRISTMAS DONKEY

*****

1977
TOP 30

1. SUSPIRIA (Argento)
2. AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD (Herzog)
3. OPENING NIGHT (Cassavetes)
4. ERASERHEAD (Lynch)
5. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS.. (Spielberg)
6. 3 WOMEN (Altman)
7. SORCERER (Friedkin)
8. F FOR FAKE (Welles)
9. STAR WARS IV: A NEW HOPE (Lucas)
10. ROLLING THUNDER (J.Flynn)
11. ALLEGRO NON TROPPO (Bozzetto)
12. STROSZEK (Herzog)
13. PROVIDENCE (Resnais)
14. HAUSU (Nobuhiko Obayashi)
15. CRIA CUERVOS (Saura)
16. PADRE PADRONE (Taviani Bros)
17. ALICE IN THE CITIES (Wenders)
18. OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE (Buñuel)
19. MY CHILDHOOD (B.Douglas)
20. NEWS FROM HOME (Chantal Akerman)
21. CROSS OF IRON (Peckinpah)
22. SLAP SHOT (Roy Hill)
23. HEART OF GLASS (Herzog)
24. MOHAMMAD: MESSENGER OF GOD (Akkad)
25. NEW YORK, NEW YORK (Scorsese)
26. ONE SINGS THE OTHER DOESN'T (Varda)
27. ONE-ARMED BOXER II (J.Wang)
28. MONSIEUR KLEIN (Losey)
29. ANNIE HALL (Allen)
30. LE CHATEAU DE SABLE (Hoedeman)

RUNNER UP
VALSE TRISTE (Conner), JABBERWOCKY (Gilliam), AMERICAN FRIEND (Wenders), IRON-FISTED MONK (Hung), CITIZEN'S BAND (Demme), KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE (Zucker/Landis), THE DEVIL PROBABLY (Bresson), LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR (R.Brooks), PERFUMED NIGHTMARE (Tahamik), NOVECENTO (Bertolucci), C'ERAVAMO TANTO AMATI (Scola), ¡ALAMBRISTA! (Young), PEPPERMINT SODA (Diane Kurys), ALUCARDA (Moctezuma), POWERS OF TEN (Earnes bros), BURLESK QUEEN (Castillo), CHINESE ROULETTE (Fassbinder), THE LATE SHOW (Benton), ABIGAIL'S PARTY (Leigh), HILLS HAVE EYES (Craven), 21 UP (Apted), TARATATA (Back), RABID (Cronenberg), WIZARDS (Bakshi), BLACK SUNDAY (Frankenheimer), THE GAUNTLET (Eastwood), SPY WHO LOVED ME (Gilbert), AUDREY ROSE (Wise), BATTLE WIZARD (Hsueh Li Pao), SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (Badham), PUMPING IRON (Butler/Fiore), JULIA (Zinnemann), EXECUTIONERS FROM SHAOLIN (Chia-liang Liu), AGARRANDO PUEBLO (Mayolo/Ospina), EQUUS (Lumet), DEMON SEED (Cammel), DEATH DUEL (Chor Yuen), ANKUR: THE SEEDLING (Shyam Benegal), МИМИНО (Daneliya), HIGH ANXIETY (M.Brooks), THE RESCUERS (Reitherman), NEKEM AZ ÉLET TECCIK NAGYON (Macskássy), SERPENT'S EGG (Bergman), NESTOR  THE CHRISTMAS DONKEY (Rankin/Bass)