Best Picture of the 1970s, Phase One (Nominations)
by George Watches Things
Okay, so the 70s won! These are all the Oscar’s picks, plus a few of my own. The first 28 movie titles NOT on this list in the comments section will be put on the ballot. Please, only 4 movies per comment!
- Airport (1970)
- Five Easy Pieces (1970)
- Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
- Love Story (1970)
- MASH (1970)
- Patton (1970)
- A Clockwork Orange (1971)
- Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
- The French Connection (1971)
- The Garden of the Finzi Continis (1971)
- Harold and Maude (1971)
- The Last Picture Show (1971)
- Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
- Cabaret (1972)
- Deliverance (1972)
- The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
- The Emigrants (1972)
- The Godfather (1972)
- Sounder (1972)
- American Graffiti (1973)
- Cries and Whispers (1973)
- Day for Night (1973)
- The Exorcist (1973)
- Mean Streets (1973)
- The Sting (1973)
- A Touch of Class (1973)
- Amarcord (1974)
- Chinatown (1974)
- The Conversation (1974)
- The Godfather Part II (1974)
- Lenny (1974)
- Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
- The Towering Inferno (1974)
- Barry Lyndon (1975)
- Dersu Uzala (1975)
- Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
- Jaws (1975)
- Nashville (1975)
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
- Black and White in Color (1976)
- All the President’s Men (1976)
- Bound for Glory (1976)
- Network (1976)
- Rocky (1976)
- Taxi Driver (1976)
- 3 Women (1977)
- Annie Hall (1977)
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
- The Goodbye Girl (1977)
- Julia (1977)
- Madame Rosa (1977)
- Star Wars (1977)
- The Turning Point (1977)
- Coming Home (1978)
- The Deer Hunter (1978)
- Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978)
- Heaven Can Wait (1978)
- Midnight Express (1978)
- An Unmarried Woman (1978)
- All That Jazz (1979)
- Apocalypse Now (1979)
- Breaking Away (1979)
- Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
- Norma Rae (1979)
- The Tin Drum (1979)
Remote Access 
This is so frickin hard. I’m going with the following from above:-
Amarcord
An Unmarried Woman
Chinatown
Jaws
Although 1974 in particular is a fantastic year.
I vote Star Wars. That is basically the greatest movie ever made. ‘Nuff said.
Very true and very silly of me.
Oops, I didn’t make myself clear enough. Any OTHER movies than the ones listed above is what is want at this point. Voting begins on Friday. Sorry, and thanks!
Other titles, eh? I’ll nominate Claude Chabrol’s 1970 “Le Boucher”, Sam Peckinpah’s 1971 “Straw Dogs”, John Huston’s 1975 “The Man Who Would Be King” and Valerio Zurlini’s 1976 “Il deserto de tartari” (“The Desert of the Tartars”)
some of the best movies on your list
papermoon 1973
monty phyton and the holy grail1975
being there 1979
days of heaven 1978
A Clockwork Orange; The Godfather; Star Wars; One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
If I may ask, what led you to decide guests could only pick four choices? There are too many good films here!
Only four additional nominations. Voting beings tomorrow!
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