Just one please. I've had to leave out a few of my Top 10 because the 70s were so great.
1970 - Sunflower
1971 - Harold and Maude
1972 - Fat City
1973 - A Brief Vacation
1974 - Harry And Tonto
1975 - Nashville
1976 - Network
1977 - Annie Hall
1978 - An Enemy Of The People
1979 - Serie Noire
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
Walkabout (1971)
The Godfather (1972)
Soylent Green (1973)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Logan's Run (1976)
Orca (1977)
Death on the Nile (1978)
Rocky II (1979)
1970 - Patton
1971 - Macbeth
1972 - The Night Stalker
1973 - The Last of Sheila
1974 - Young Frankenstein
1975 - Jaws
1976 - The Bad News Bears
1977 - Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1978 - Superman the Movie
1979 - Alien
The Confession (1970)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
State of Siege (1972)
The Exorcist (1973)
Les ordres (1974)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Cría cuervos (1976)
A Special Day (1977)
Autumn Sonata (1978)
I... For Icarus (1979)
A Special Day is a special movie.. Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni had the best chemistry. Even when he plays a gay guy!
My favorite of 1970 is "Sunflower", which I think is the best love story in a movie, starring Sophia and Marcello, directed by my favorite ever - De Sica... I highly recommend it.
The only one I haven't heard of is "Orders", which sounds pretty good.
"Autumn Sonata" almost made my 78 (I like both Bergmans, but Ingmar is probably in my Top 5 ever), but I guess I wanted the least known Steve McQueen movie out there, since it was a tie in my head.. Based on the Ibsen play, fine script of course. It wasn't marketed at all, because McQueen had long hair and a long beard.. "Dog Day Afternoon" was another one that came close, but I had to eliminate my 5th favorite movie - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest in favor of my 3rd favorite movie, "Nashville"..
"A Clockwork Orange" is one of my favorites. Saw it a handful of times between the ages of 17 and 21, but haven't seen it since. I almost put "The Godfather" in at 72, but I think I'm a little burned out on it, since it was my very favorite movie at 17, and saw it SO many times, and I love "Fat City" and hope people would check out one of Huston's best (probably my 2nd favorite American director), who was one of a few directors who was able to adapt and make at least on great movie in the 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s.
I have heard of "I.. For Icarus" a few times, but had no idea it centered around the JFK assassination, and Yves Montand is good, so I will try to check this out soon. Thanks again!
I've tried to see "Cria cuervos" a few times, because I loved Saura's first (I think) movie - "La Caza" (The Hunt).. Have you seen it?
For anyone who can speak French, "Les ordres" is on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dlGOb366EY
Companeros (1970)
The Devils (1971)
Aguirre The Wrath of God (1972)
Coffy (1973)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Jaws (1975)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Suspiria (1977)
The Wild Geese (1978)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
1970- MASH
1971- The French Connection
1972- The Getaway
1973- The Sting
1974- The Four Muskateers
1975- Dog Day Afternoon
1976- The Last Tycoon
1977- Saturday Night Fever
1978- The Big Sleep
1979- Escape From Alcatraz
1970 - Patton
1971 - The Andromeda Strain
1972 - The Poseidon Adventure
1973 - The Sting (so hard not to say Three Musketeers)
1974 - Young Frankenstein
1975 - Jaws
1976 - Logan's Run
1977 - Star Wars (c'mon, you kidding?)
1978 - Snake in Eagle's Shadow
1979 - Warriors