Top 100 Movies of the 1970s - October 6th is deadline

[LonePirate]

My list:

 

1. Alien

2. The Exorcist

3. Star Wars

4. Blazing Saddles

5. Monty Python and the Holy Grail

6. Close Encounters of the Third Kind

7. Jaws

8. Superman

9. Nashville

10. Halloween

11. Monty Python’s Life of Brian

12. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

13. The Godfather Part II

14. Network

15. Dog Day Afternoon

16. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

17. I Spit on Your Grave

18. National Lampoon’s Animal House

19. Apocalypse Now

20. The Rocky Horror Picture Show

21. Patton

22. Midnight Express

23. Robin Hood (Disney)

24. The Spy Who Loved Me

25. All the President’s Men

 

[cannastop]

1 minute ago, LonePirate said:

23. Robin Hood (Disney)

Nice.

[baumer]

Going over the 70's films, I realize how many films from the decade i have not seen.

[Jason]

Six lists officially received (by PM) so far. Thanks for the submissions!

Just for fun, some stats:

 

No film has been present on all six lists.

7 films have been present on five lists.

91 films have appeared on only one list.

154 unique films have been listed in total.

[baumer]

2 hours ago, Jason said:

Six lists officially received (by PM) so far. Thanks for the submissions!

Just for fun, some stats:

 

No film has been present on all six lists.

7 films have been present on five lists.

91 films have appeared on only one list.

154 unique films have been listed in total.

Am I not understand this correctly? You're saying that no film has appeared on all six lists? So you are telling me that somebody has actually kept Star Wars and Jaws off of their list? How can you be a fan of films and not have those films listed in your top 100?

[Jason]

1 minute ago, baumer said:

Am I not understand this correctly? You're saying that no film has appeared on all six lists? So you are telling me that somebody has actually kept Star Wars and Jaws off of their list? How can you be a fan of films and not have those films listed in your top 100?

 

You are indeed understanding it correctly. There's a reason why I felt compelled to post the stats so early. 

[Cap]

This is my list of 100, in ABC Order.  Cause putting them in a real order is impossible.  I might end up just throwing darts at a donkey's ass.

 

1776	1972
A Clockwork Orange	1971
A Little Night Music	1977
A Star Is Born	1976
Airport	1970
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore	1974
Alien	1979
All The Jazz	1979
All The President’s Men	1976
American Graffiti	1973
And Now For Something Completely Different	1971
Apocalypse Now	1979
Bedknobs and Broomsticks	1971
Black Beauty	1971
Blazing Slades	1974
Cabaret	1972
Carnal Knowledge	1971
Carrie	1976
Catch-22	1970
Charlotte’s Web	1973
Chinatown	1974
Close Encounters of The Third Kind	1977
Diamonds Are Forever	1971
Dirty Harry	1971
Dog Day Afternoon	1975
Duel	1971
Eraserheads	1977
Escape from Alcatraz	1979
Escape To Witch Mountain	1975
Fiddler On the Roof	1971
Flamingos	1972
Godspell	1973
Grease	1978
Grey Gardens	1975
Hair	1979
Halloween	1978
Harold and Maude	1971
Jaws	1975
Jesus Christ Superstar	1973
Kramer vs. Kramer	1979
La Cage Aux Folles	1978
Love Story	1970
Mame	1974
MASH	1970
McCabe & Mrs. Miller	1971
Mean Streets	1973
Monty Python and the Holy Grail	1975
Monty Python’s Life of Brian	1979
Nashville	1975
National Lampoon’s Animal House	1978
Network	1976
New York, New York	1977
Norma Rae	1979
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever	1970
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest	1975
Patton	1970
Rocky	1976
Rooster Cogburn	1975
Saturday Night Fever	1977
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band	1978
Shaft	1971
Slap Shot	1977
Sounder	1972
Star Wars	1977
Super Fly	1972
Superman	1978
Taxi Driver	1976
The Aristocats	1970
The Boys In The Band	1970
The China Syndrome	1979
The Conversation	1974
The Deer Hunter	1978
The Duellists	1977
The French Connection	1971
The Godfather	1972
The Godfather Part II	1974
The Great White Hope	1970
The Last Picture Show	1971
The Last Wave	1977
The Man With The Golden Gun	1974
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh	1977
The Muppet Movie	1979
The Omega Man	1971
The Omen	1976
The Rescuers	1977
The Rocky Horror Picture Show	1975
The Shootist	1976
The Stepford Wives	1975
The Spy Who Loved Me	1977
The Towering Inferno	1974
The Way We Were	1973
The Wiz	1978
They Might Be Giants	1971
Thieves Like Us	1974
THX 1138	1971
Trouble Man	1972
Westworld	1973
What’s Up, Doc?	1972
Wily Wonka & The Chocolate Factory	1971
Young Frankenstein	1974

Edited September 10, 2019 by captainwondyful

[Tower]

1 hour ago, baumer said:

Am I not understand this correctly? You're saying that no film has appeared on all six lists? So you are telling me that somebody has actually kept Star Wars and Jaws off of their list? How can you be a fan of films and not have those films listed in your top 100?

I love Jaws and it will do very well on my list, but I always thought Star Wars was highly overrated. Not that it's bad, just it's not great. I have it 37th out of 67 on my list, if actually saw 200+ films like some people here then it would likely be gone.

[TalismanRing]

46 minutes ago, captainwondyful said:

This is my list of 100, in ABC Order.  Cause putting them in a real order is impossible.  I might end up just throwing darts at a donkey's ass.

 

1776	1972
A Clockwork Orange	1971
A Little Night Music	1977
A Star Is Born	1976
Airport	1970
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore	1974
Alien	1979
All The Jazz	1979
All The President’s Men	1976
American Graffiti	1973
And Now For Something Completely Different	1971
Apocalypse Now	1979
Bedknobs and Broomsticks	1971
Black Beauty	1971
Blazing Slades	1974
Cabaret	1972
Carnal Knowledge	1971
Carrie	1976
Catch-22	1970
Charlotte’s Web	1973
Chinatown	1974
Close Encounters of The Third Kind	1977
Diamonds Are Forever	1971
Dirty Harry	1971
Dog Day Afternoon	1975
Duel	1971
Eraserheads	1977
Escape from Alcatraz	1979
Escape To Witch Mountain	1975
Fiddler On the Roof	1971
Flamingos	1972
Godspell	1973
Grease	1978
Grey Gardens	1975
Hair	1979
Halloween	1978
Harold and Maude	1971
Jaws	1975
Jesus Christ Superstar	1973
Kramer vs. Kramer	1979
La Cage Aux Folles	1978
Life of Brian	1979
Love Story	1970
Mame	1974
MASH	1970
McCabe & Mrs. Miller	1971
Mean Streets	1973
Monty Python and the Holy Grail	1975
Monty Python’s Life of Brian	1979
Nashville	1975
National Lampoon’s Animal House	1978
Network	1976
New York, New York	1977
Norma Rae	1979
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever	1970
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest	1975
Patton	1970
Rocky	1976
Rooster Cogburn	1975
Saturday Night Fever	1977
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band	1978
Shaft	1971
Slap Shot	1977
Sounder	1972
Star Wars	1977
Super Fly	1972
Superman	1978
Taxi Driver	1976
The Aristocats	1970
The Boys In The Band	1970
The China Syndrome	1979
The Conversation	1974
The Deer Hunter	1978
The Duellists	1977
The French Connection	1971
The Godfather	1972
The Godfather Part II	1974
The Great White Hope	1970
The Last Picture Show	1971
The Last Wave	1977
The Man With The Golden Gun	1974
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh	1977
The Muppet Movie	1979
The Omega Man	1971
The Omen	1976
The Rescuers	1977
The Rocky Horror Picture Show	1975
The Shootist	1976
The Stepford Wives	1975
The Spy Who Loved Me	1977
The Towering Inferno	1974
The Way We Were	1973
The Wiz	1978
They Might Be Giants	1971
Thieves Like Us	1974
THX 1138	1971
Trouble Man	1972
Westworld	1973
What’s Up, Doc?	1972
Wily Wonka & The Chocolate Factory	1971
Young Frankenstein	1974

 

A lot of great movies there. 

 

I started ordering mine by first choosing a top 50 and from there I just kept splitting them into smaller chunks.  It helps that the scoring system isn't a strict 1-100 and there are blocks scoring the same points.

[Cap]

45 minutes ago, TalismanRing said:

 

A lot of great movies there. 

I loooooove New Hollywood Cinema.  I totally went through a phase in high school where I just had The Graduate - Cabaret - MASH on repeat.  (Hence the joke about starting the "1970s" list in 1967 and ending it in 1977.  The "1970s" starts with Bonnie and Clyde and ends with Star Wars.)

 

45 minutes ago, TalismanRing said:

I started ordering mine by first choosing a top 50 and from there I just kept splitting them into smaller chunks.  It helps that the scoring system isn't a strict 1-100 and there are blocks scoring the same points.

I legit have a color-code spreadsheet:

 

1		10
2		9
3		9
4		8
5		8
6		7
7		7
8		7
9		7
10		7
11		6
12		6
13		6
14		6
15		6
16		5
17		5
18		5
19		5
20		5
21		5
22		5
23		5
24		5
25		5
26		4
27		4
28		4
29		4
30		4
31		4
32		4
33		4
34		4
35		4
36		3
37		3
38		3
39		3
40		3
41		3
42		3
43		3
44		3
45		3
46		3
47		3
48		3
49		3
50		3
51		2
52		2
53		2
54		2
55		2
56		2
57		2
58		2
59		2
60		2
61		2
62		2
63		2
64		2
65		2
66		2
67		2
68		2
69		2
70		2
71		2
72		2
73		2
74		2
75		2
76		1
77		1
78		1
79		1
80		1
81		1
82		1
83		1
84		1
85		1
86		1
87		1
88		1
89		1
90		1
91		1
92		1
93		1
94		1
95		1
96		1
97		1
98		1
99		1
100		1

 

Makes it easier for me to focus less on the "ranking" and more on the cluster of points so I don't obsess. 

 

I also just did a first pass or "seen enough times" and "need to revisit.  So I ranked the "seen enough times" and then plan to add in the "revisited" films once we get them.  TCM has a bunch a good ones in September, so I'm working my way through that (When I'm Not getting *~*~distracted~*~* by Gene Kelly)

 

[TalismanRing]

TV Movies have been OK'd right?

 

If so FYI

 

 

 

[Dementeleus]

2 hours ago, captainwondyful said:

This is my list of 100, in ABC Order.  Cause putting them in a real order is impossible.  I might end up just throwing darts at a donkey's ass.

 

 

 

Better yet, Chris Evans' ass.

[baumer]

2 hours ago, Tower said:

I love Jaws and it will do very well on my list, but I always thought Star Wars was highly overrated. Not that it's bad, just it's not great. I have it 37th out of 67 on my list, if actually saw 200+ films like some people here then it would likely be gone.

yeah but I don't care if you have it ranked 37th or 67th or whatever. There are actually people who have submitted the list that have not put Jaws or Halloween or Star Wars on their list. That just doesn't make any sense to me

[baumer]

I thought we were keeping TV movies off of the movie list.

[TalismanRing]

1 minute ago, baumer said:

I thought we were keeping TV movies off of the movie list.

I thought that was a ruling against mini series like I Claudius, Roots etc

 

 

[cannastop]

1 hour ago, TalismanRing said:

TV Movies have been OK'd right?

 

If so FYI

Only if you can prove they've been played theatrically somewhere in the world. I know Steven Spielberg's Duel was.

[TalismanRing]

5 minutes ago, cannastop said:

Only if you can prove they've been played theatrically somewhere in the world. I know Steven Spielberg's Duel was.

That'll be pretty hard to prove

 

A shame since George Cukors  Olivier/Hepburn Love Among The Ruins would make my top  20

 

IMDB has a list of foreign release dates but I have no idea if they're TV or theatrical, though it was produced by ABC TV so probably not theatrical.

[cannastop]

1 minute ago, TalismanRing said:

That'll be pretty hard to prove

 

A shame since George Cukors  Olivier/Hepburn Love Among The Ruins would make my top  20

 

IMDB has a list of foreign release dates but I have no idea if they're TV or theatrical, though it was produced by ABC TV so probably not theatrical.

Wikipedia might have something. That's how I found out about Duel.

[Cap]

2 hours ago, Plain Old Tele said:

 

Better yet, Chris Evans' ass.

He’s too pretty to be a donkey. Are you sure you’re not talking about Jeremy Renner?

[TwoMisfits]

2 hours ago, baumer said:

yeah but I don't care if you have it ranked 37th or 67th or whatever. There are actually people who have submitted the list that have not put Jaws or Halloween or Star Wars on their list. That just doesn't make any sense to me

Consider being a teen and watching them today vs everything you've already seen.  With one being shot on a low budget and the other 2 relying on a lot of effects, you might just not be wowed...

 

Not saying I agree, but I can totally see my teens making lists of the 70's movies they've watched that would bear little resemblance to what I'd consider the quality movies of the decade.  

 

PS - And if I submit a list, mine would also probably draw jeers b/c Monty Python won't be anywhere near mine...in any form:)...

Edited September 11, 2019 by TwoMisfits