The MoFo Top 100 of the Seventies

[Daniel M]

Shorts should be fine, they have been in previous tournaments. I might vote for Tale of Tales too.

[Captain Spaulding]

What's the ruling on shorts?

Pants only.

[Holden Pike]

Short films are eligible.

http://youtu.be/tgOjxGjCtDM
http://youtu.be/cGDdFuDwTZ8

[Daniel M]

And what JJ was talking about is also available on Youtube :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-Xne3FztR0

[donniedarko]

What's the ruling on shorts? I want to vote for Tale of Tales and I'll be watching Lynch's The Grandmother soon too.

I included Dimensions of Dialogue on the 80s list, and I think I had a short on the 90s list too, so it should be fine

[Holden Pike]

http://i.imgur.com/3zyWnc1.png
Only seven weeks remain...

I now have eighteen ballots in and tabulated (a running list of those MoFos can be found on the first page of the thread). You still have time, but it is sneaking up on the deadline.

[mark f]

Due to posts by some MoFos today, I want to recommend the viewing of these underseen gems:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Z2pvpfssa5w/S9cCmVie6vI/AAAAAAAAK6s/17N1fChdQ_c/s1600/Boys_in_the_Band.jpghttp://www.cinefamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/nextstop_480_309.jpg
http://image11.m1905.cn/uploadfile/2013/1020/20131020035235917.jpghttp://blogs.library.auckland.ac.nz/images/blogs_library_auckland_ac_nz/audiovisual/man%20ona.jpg

[Holden Pike]

Fassbinder, in general, should be happily absorbed. Fo shizzle.*
http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=15225&stc=1&d=1401302884

*Fo Schizzle ist auf Deutsch, ya?

[Holden Pike]

http://i.imgur.com/m4WVWab.png

Some serious thunderstorms rolled through here last night, wrath of god type stuff, but the database is secure. And we're up to nineteen ballots, now.

[Upton]

FYC FYC FYC FYC FYC

http://i.imgur.com/k1vlG0L.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/e4ip6Dz.jpg

FYC FYC FYC FYC FYC

[Sexy Celebrity]

http://i.imgur.com/m4WVWab.png

Some serious thunderstorms rolled through here last night, wrath of god type stuff, but the database is secure. And we're up to nineteen ballots, now.

If you're living where I think you're living, then yes. Serious thunderstorms. I was telling Honeykid about it during our Pump Up The Volume commentary. It became a thunderstorm commentary.

[mark f]

Nobody seems to talk up this awesome movie:
http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/236x/1d/9a/7b/1d9a7bcca2d5d00d0bff5bc323ef88f6.jpg

[Holden Pike]

Nobody seems to talk up this awesome movie:

SPOILER ALERT (for anybody who hasn't gotten as far as middle school, yet)...
http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=15271&stc=1&d=1401449002

If you're living where I think you're living, then yes. Serious thunderstorms.
I live in Maryland and work in northern Virgina, which is where I was when those storms rolled through.

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=15272&stc=1&d=1401449290
*THE VIEW FROM MY OFFICE WINDOW, LOOKING BACK NORTH ACROSS THE RIVER TO D.C.
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[Upton]

I also live in Maryland. We were supposed to get a tornado touching down in my county but it turned out to be a lot of sound and fury signifying nothing.

Polanski's Macbeth is a great adaptation. Some bits are cheesy from what I remember but, even if not all of his choices worked, it's still a movie that feels very personal. It's also awesome in how emphatically not just a filmed play it is. And people seem to single out the actress playing Lady Macbeth when talking about it, but I think Jon Finch is the best Macbeth I've seen. He underplays a lot but he clearly "gets it."

[Holden Pike]

Woah. I almost missed this.

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=15306&stc=1&d=1401461990

Anybody in the D.C. metro area who wants to join me, tomorrow afternoon I will be at the AFI theater in Silver Spring to see a screening of Bernardo Bertolucci's The Conformist. As if that wasn't motivation enough to go, also in attendance will be the great cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, who will stay for a Q&A afterward.

In addition to shooting The Conformist for Bertolucci, Storaro also shot his Before the Revolution, The Spider's Stratagem, Last Tango in Paris, Novecento - 1900, Luna, The Last Emperor, The Sheltering Sky, and Little Buddha. Oh, he also worked with Francis Ford Coppola on Apocalypse Now, One from the Heart, New York Stories, and Tucker: The Man and His Dream, with Warren Beatty on Reds, Dick Tracy, and Bulworth, and lensed Dario Argento's The Bird with Crystal Plumage, among others, winning Oscars for Apocalypse Now, Reds, and The Last Emperor.


Tickets are $12.

www.afi.com/silver (http://www.afi.com/silver/)

[jiraffejustin]

I really hate where I live. :bawling:

[Daniel M]

Yeah, oh how I wish I could be there :(

[Holden Pike]

Eh, maybe I'll just see Blended, instead.

[rauldc14]

I don't have anything like that anywhere near where I live. Closest is probably Chicago.

[Holden Pike]

Hey, it's like The Wolf told Jules and Vincent...

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=15315&stc=1&d=1401466951
"Move outta the sticks, Fellas."

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[Holden Pike]

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=15316&stc=1&d=1401467417

And just in case anybody is nearby, Bob Fosse's Oscar winning Cabaret is playing at the AFI both tonight and tomorrow night. I can't go tonight, I am otherwise encumbered, but maybe I should have dinner between the two flicks, tomorrow?

[Holden Pike]

Pentagon City, not Rosslyn. And you should definitely check out the AFI Silver. Good programs.

[mark f]

Aside from the two Australian films always listed (Walkabout, Picnic at Hanging Rock), here's four more, which coincidentally, TCM is showing now and for the next eight hours, so I'm watching. The only one which isn't a rewatch is the second.
http://www.palmbeachpictures.com.au/images/films/newsfront-poster.jpg
http://www.moviemem.com/images/pictures/store/S/SUNDAYTOOFARAWAYLC2.jpg
http://m1.paperblog.com/i/143/1434217/fantaustralia-cap1-renacer-sobre-tierra-roja--L-O011ko.jpeg
http://us.cdn200.fansshare.com/photo/thedevilsplayground/devils-playground-uk-quad-poster-153051136.jpg

[Frightened Inmate No. 2]

watched the heartbreak kid the other day and loved it. definitely going on my list.

these are my must-watches before the list that i haven't seen yet. probably won't get to all of them:

The Conversation
The Last Detail
The Deer Hunter
House
Killer of Sheep
Zabriske Point
The Passenger
The Shootist
Days of Heaven
Barry Lyndon
A Clockwork Orange
Annie Hall
Manhattan
Alien
Apocalypse Now
Eraserhead
Being There
Tristana
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Le Cercle Rouge
Little Big Man
Two Lane Blacktop
Suspira
F for Fake
Fox and his Friends
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Network
Paper Moon
The Tenant
Tess
High Plains Drifter
Dirty Harry
Sorcerer
The French Connection
The Holy Mountain
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Aguirre: The Wrath of God
Walkabout
Frenzy
Family Plot
Don't Look Now
Performance

my real 70s wishlist has 149 titles, but these are the ones that have a chance at making the list.

[Thursday Next]

I narrowed it down for you ;)

(Although to be fair I haven't seen all the films on your list and some are on my to-watch list as well)


these are my must-watches before the list that i haven't seen yet. probably won't get to all of them:

The Conversation
The Deer Hunter
Days of Heaven
Alien
Being There
Le Cercle Rouge
Fox and his Friends
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Network
Performance
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[Captain Spaulding]

Damn, Frightened Inmate, you need to get busy!

I'm happy to say that I've seen the majority of the movies you posted, and I'd recommend every single one of them (even House, which is my least favorite from that bunch, is still worth watching). In fact, about half of the films that will appear on my own top 25 are included in that list you just posted.

[Miss Vicky]

Life has recently gotten in the way of my movie watching.

I'll definitely be turning in a list anyway, but I don't think it's going to look quite like I had wanted it to in terms of how much I enjoyed the movies on it.

[honeykid]

Zabriske Point
For once, I think most people will agree when I say, if you must watch it, leave this one till last.

As we near the deadline, I'll chuck out a couple more films which I'm not seeing appear on many "to see" lists, but are well worth your time. Macbeth and Breaker Morant.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1US9LsvJV0U/UiWVUNVaFcI/AAAAAAAALAw/IEz9jY8by4M/s400/Macbeth_Roman+Polanski_1971.JPG
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O7cvv5TMTJk/UivaPJyMlnI/AAAAAAAALBs/cWeYqlBL6co/s400/Macbeth_1971_Roman+Polanski.JPG
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nwk07WZRLpc/Ui7EPcPa_VI/AAAAAAAALEQ/iD2wXFxOMwA/s400/Macbeth_Francesca+Annis_Jon+Finch_1971.JPG
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gInglg9lY-s/Ui7NFdTSRCI/AAAAAAAALEw/j4e5znWXcRc/s400/Jon+Finch_Macbeth_Polanski_1971.JPG
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GY-vHrWkMMg/TRpcTy56UZI/AAAAAAAACI0/BRN7lH6Rg_A/s320/76.jpg
http://cf2.imgobject.com/t/p/w342/aZIOGyvVtIqIDLUnLrsJ9Q9Hc7g.jpg


http://images.amcnetworks.com/ifc.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/310x229_breaker_morant.jpg
http://www.screenvue.com/MediaFiles/Images/41794225-dab2-40bc-8839-26573ed01d47.jpg
http://www.screeninsults.com/images/breaker-morant-shoot2.jpg
http://s3.amazonaws.com/auteurs_production/images/film/breaker-morant/w448/breaker-morant.jpg?1289431451
http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/11/12/1225952/394240-breaker-morant.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/27/Breaker_morant.jpg/225px-Breaker_morant.jpg

[mark f]

The only problem is the very good Breaker Morant is 1980. :)

[rauldc14]

Life has recently gotten in the way of my movie watching.

I'll definitely be turning in a list anyway, but I don't think it's going to look quite like I had wanted it to in terms of how much I enjoyed the movies on it.

Can't be worse than the 80s list I turned in. Didn't even like all the films I picked.

[Miss Vicky]

Can't be worse than the 80s list I turned in. Didn't even like all the films I picked.

Well I wouldn't say I genuinely like all of the movies that will be on it, but those that I don't really like I do at least have respect for.

[rauldc14]

Well I wouldn't say I genuinely like all of the movies that will be on it, but those that I don't really like I do at least have respect for.

I feel that way for the 70s. For the 80s, not so much.

[honeykid]

The only problem is the very good Breaker Morant is 1980. :)
Dammit. I thought it was 79. Thanks, mark. :up:

Still, after you've all watched your 70's stuff, go find Breaker Morant. :cool:

[Cobpyth]

Small update of my process

'70s films that I've recently seen:

Coffy
Foxy Brown
Network
Fantastic Planet
The Candidate
The Last Picture Show
Phantom of the Paradise
The Conversation
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
The Hospital
The Conformist
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The French Connection
Le Cercle Rouge
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

There are now TWO films of these that will surely make my list and a couple that have a pretty good chance at making it.

'70s films I have available and that I still want to see before I send in my list:

Barry Lyndon
All the President's Men
A Woman Under the Influence
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Amarcord
California Split (I only have the DVD cut available, but I'd love to be able to watch the original theatrical cut)
Enter the Dragon
Get Carter
High Anxiety
Murder on the Orient Express
Opening Night
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Sleuth
Solaris
The Deer Hunter
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
The Phantom of Liberty
Turkish Delight
Big Wednesday
Night Moves
La Nuit Américaine (This Truffaut film caught my eye the other day)


I'm in the middle of an examination period, so I'm moving along quite slowly (I'm also watching films from other time periods), but there's still enough time left to watch all of these. I'm probably watching another '70s film (or two) tonight! I'm having a lot of fun exploring this decade!

[Cobpyth]

The Conversation
The Last Detail
The Deer Hunter
House
Killer of Sheep
Zabriske Point
The Passenger
The Shootist
Days of Heaven
Barry Lyndon
A Clockwork Orange
Annie Hall
Manhattan
Alien
Apocalypse Now
Eraserhead
Being There
Tristana
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Le Cercle Rouge
Little Big Man
Two Lane Blacktop
Suspira
F for Fake
Fox and his Friends
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Network
Paper Moon
The Tenant
Tess
High Plains Drifter
Dirty Harry
Sorcerer
The French Connection
The Holy Mountain
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Aguirre: The Wrath of God
Walkabout
Frenzy
Family Plot
Don't Look Now
Performance

I've seen the ones in bold. WATCH THEM ALL!!!

[Jack1]

Just preparing the first draft of my seventies list. I've not seen everything I want to see yet, but there's a fair amount of the films that may feature that I've watched recently.

[The Sci-Fi Slob]

Maybe this has an outside chance...

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8r5KcavfltE/S08zd67ZfNI/AAAAAAAAOb8/2BdlvQWV5Qg/s400/gator_bait_1976.jpg

[seanc]

Picked up Hulu Plus for the month. I am watching A Women Under The Influence right now. Hulu watchers recommend me some good 70's options to watch over the next few weeks.

[Holden Pike]

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=15403&stc=1&d=1401666684

I did make it to the AFI screening of Il Conformista (very nice print), and I did stay for Cabaret (decent print), too. Vittorio was terrific, very passionate about his art. He was also promoting his new book, which had slipped under my radar, but is called simply The Art of Cinematography and includes profiles on one hundred and fifty of the greatest film artists, from the beginning of the medium until today. I've ordered it.

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=15404&stc=1&d=1401666717

[Holden Pike]

Picked up Hulu Plus for the month. I am watching A Women Under The Influence right now. Hulu watchers recommend me some good 70's options to watch over the next few weeks.

I'm not on HuluPlus, but they have the Criterion Collection, yeah? Plenty to work through there, alone. Just browsing the first couple pages of other stuff, I see they have Wim Wenders' Alice in the Cities, and that's a damn good one.

[Harry Lime]

That screening would have been freaking awesome!

[Harry Lime]

...and list sent. It's not perfect but it will do.

[honeykid]

I'm not on HuluPlus, but they have the Criterion Collection, yeah? Plenty to work through there, alone. Just browsing the first couple pages of other stuff, I see they have Wim Wenders' Alice in the Cities, and that's a damn good one.

I'd recommend Alice In the Cities, too. It means more coming from HP, I grant you, but still. :D

[Holden Pike]

OK, with Harry Lime's ballot now in and tabulated, that makes twenty MoFos, so far. We had just over sixty participants for the '80s list, I'd like to get to at least seventy-five this time, if not even closer to a hundred...so we're off to a strong start!

I am still getting new titles to add with every new ballot, which continues to amaze and delight me. We are up to 225 total films! Three of which have amassed over two hundred points (that early leader is still on top, though the gap is very much tightening), and there are fifteen with at least a hundred points, each. The top six flicks, really, seem to be settling in and remaining the same, just shifting a bit each time. It'll be fun watching what, if anything, can overtake one or more of them.

Keep 'em coming! Deadline is still July 15th.

[Daniel M]

Top 10 prediction:

The Godfather
Star Wars
The Godfather: Part II
A Clockwork Orange
Chinatown
Taxi Driver
Apocalypse Now
Jaws
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Alien

Someone had to :p

[rauldc14]

Top 10 prediction:

The Godfather
Star Wars
The Godfather: Part II
A Clockwork Orange
Chinatown
Taxi Driver
Apocalypse Now
Jaws
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Alien

Someone had to :p

Here's to hoping for a few surprises.

[Holden Pike]

http://i.imgur.com/Gu2pdhQ.png
Taffeta, Sweethearts. Only SIX weeks left.

[The Gunslinger45]

Did ya get mine? I sent it in.

[The Gunslinger45]

Just checked the list. Never mind! :D

[Holden Pike]

Did ya get mine? I sent it in.
Yuppers. I just entered your choices into the spread sheet.

And this isn't directed at anyone in particular, I meant to say this in the beginning...but any ballots that call George Lucas' 1977 film Star Wars anything OTHER than simply Star Wars (as in Episode IV: A New Hope) risk having your choice not counted.

I'm joking, of course.

Probably.
http://i.imgur.com/wr8lwvI.png

[Yoda]

I guess I'd better start my 70s catchup crash course super soon, then. :eek:

I could scour this thread for recommendations...unless any kind souls with a rough knowledge of my tastes feels like highlighting the choicest.

[jiraffejustin]

Forced Entry and Water Power are probably a good starting place. :D

[Frightened Inmate No. 2]

I could scour this thread for recommendations...unless any kind souls with a rough knowledge of my tastes feels like highlighting the choicest.

going by what you haven't checked off on your lists:
The Long Goodbye
A Woman Under the Influence
Badlands
The Heartbreak Kid
What's Up Doc?
The Butcher

i don't really know your tastes, but i would recommend these to anyone.

slightly less accessible, but also definitely worth watching are Tarkovsky's Solaris and Stalker and Altman's 3 Women.

[Lucas]

Picked up Hulu Plus for the month. I am watching A Women Under The Influence right now. Hulu watchers recommend me some good 70's options to watch over the next few weeks.

Picnic at Hanging Rock
Badlands
Amarcord
Solaris
Eraserhead
Autumn Sonata

You should definitely check some of those out.:)

[rauldc14]

If you haven't seen The Last Picture Show or Halloween (they aren't checked off on your lists) those are must watch material.

P.S. You can check Cries and Whispers off your Ebert list :)

[rauldc14]

I'll ask the same question. I've got 6 weeks before the deadline, based off my lists what should I watch?

[Jack1]

I'll ask the same question. I've got 6 weeks before the deadline, based off my lists what should I watch?
The Godfather Part II, The Deer Hunter, A Clockwork Orange, All The President's Men, The French Connection.

Those are all highly acclaimed films. Not seen them all myself, and not even a fan of all the ones I've seen, but they're must-watches for any seventies list, I'd have thought.

[Holden Pike]

II've got 6 weeks before the deadline, based off my lists what should I watch?

Going by your ten favorites and what you haven't seen, according to those lists (if they are up to date)...

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=15466&stc=1&d=1401811769
In the thriller and mystery genres, looks like you somehow haven't seen Dog Day Afternoon, The French Connection, Marathon Man, All the President's Men, or Get Carter. To those I would add The Long Goodbye, Night Moves, The Onion Field, Three Days of the Condor, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, The Conversation, and Charley Varrick.

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=15467&stc=1&d=1401811983
For more of this flavor I'd take a scattershot approach with Deliverance, Alien, The Man Who Would Be King, The Three Musketeers, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, Sorcerer, and The Yakuza.

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=15468&stc=1&d=1401812632

Looks like you have already seen The Outlaw Josey Wales, so I'd start with High Plains Drifter, then Escape from Alcatraz, Dirty Harry, Magnum Force, The Beguiled, Thunderbolt & Lightfoot, and The Gauntlet. For non-Eastwood fare, maybe A Fistful of Dynamite, My Name is Nobody, The Shootist, and McCabe & Mrs. Miller.

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=15469&stc=1&d=1401812889
Apprently you have seen Young Frankenstein, but not Blazing Saddles? Nor have you seen Animal House, What's Up, Doc?, or American Graffiti. See all of them, if not in time for the list, then eventually. I'd also add Breaking Away, The Jerk, The In-Laws, Smokey & the Bandit, The Longest Yard, and Foul Play.


And have you really not seen The Godfather Part II??? See that. And according to your list, no A Clockwork Orange as of yet, either? See that, too.

Happy viewing! :D

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[Swan]

Since you like Eastwood, raul, I'm going to recommend my favorite Eastwood film, The Beguiled.

[Pussy Galore]

I did a lot of catch up, but I'd like some recommendations if someone as the time.

(I was also wondering if Amarcord is a good beggining to Fellini's filmography)

[Captain Spaulding]

I did a lot of catch up, but I'd like some recommendations if someone as the time.

(I was also wondering if Amarcord is a good beggining to Fellini's filmography)

Of the Fellini films I've seen, I'd say La Strada is his most accessible and the best one to start with. Although Amarcord is a better beginning than, say, 8 1/2.

[jiraffejustin]

Amarcord is the only Fellini I've seen, but I love it. For whatever reason I haven't seen more of his stuff.

[honeykid]

I did a lot of catch up, but I'd like some recommendations if someone as the time.

Going through a few of your lists:

Don't Look Now, Get Carter, The Day of the Jackal, Walkabout, The Man Who Fell To Earth, Dawn Of The Dead, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (but watch the original, too, as it's better IMO), The Andromeda Strain, Black Christmas, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (I hate it, but it's a horror touchstone), Suspiria, Deep Red, Don't Look Now, Five Easy Pieces, The Marriage of Maria Braun (Doesn't do much for me, but mark loves it), Picnic At Hanging Rock,

Now some HK choices. I don't know if you've seen them or not, but have at it. :D
Alice, Sweet Alice, Enter The Dragon, The Warriors, Death Race 2000, The Taking Of Pelham One, Two, Three, Rollerball, Coffy, Logan's Run, The Vanishing.

[the samoan lawyer]

For those with Sky TV, Three days of the Condor is showing next Thursday at 8am on movies. I havnt watched it yet but im all set to record.

[cricket]

My 70's to see list is at about 90 but I only think I can watch 55-60. Are any of these a waste of time?


Play Misty for Me
The Outlaw Jose Wales
Carnal Knowledge*
What's Up, Doc?
The Tenant
The Passenger*
The King of Marvin Gardens
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
Lenny
Hearts and Minds
Silver Streak
The Heartbreak Kid
The Black Stallion
Fiddler on the Roof
The Go-Between*
Sunday Bloody Sunday
The Railway Children
Amarcord
Monte Walsh
Ulzana's Raid
Solaris
The Man who Fell to Earth
THX 1138
Fantastic Planet (Planete sauvage La)
Time After Time
Slaughterhouse Five
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
The Mattei Affair
The Hireling
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
Padre Padrone
The Tree of Wooden Clogs
The Tin Drum
The American Friend
The Castle of Sand
Day for Night
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Gates of Heaven
Heart of Glass
Killer of Sheep
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Mon Oncle Antoine*
Spirit of the Beehive
Stroszek
WR-Mysteries if the Organism
California Split
The Boys in the Band
Scenes from a Marriage


Bound for Glory
The Hospital*
The Last Wave
Seven Beauties
Macbeth*
The Man Who Would be King
A Touch of Class
The Garden of Finzi Continis
Klute
The Candidate
The Ruling Class
Julia
The Offence
Westworld
Sleuth
Jeremiah Johnson
Play it Again Sam
Save the Tiger
A Bridge too Far
Tommy
Tristana
Celine and Julie go Boating
Murmur of the Heart
That Obscure Object of Desire
Two English Girls
Cria cuervos
Three Days of the Condor
The Buddy Holly Story
Caligula
Catch-22
Wise Blood
Tourist Trap
The Boys from Brazil
Logan's Run
The Front
Kellys Heroes
Boxcar Bertha
Family Plot
Breezy
Over the Edge
The Gambler
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

[Pussy Galore]

I don't know if others are a waste of time, but if I were you I'd make a priority to watch: Jeremiah Johnson, That Obscure Object of Desire and The Outlaw Josey Wales

[the samoan lawyer]

Out of those that i have seen, i think you would enjoy The Tenant, King of marvin Gardens, Solaris and The Tin Drum. I liked Spirit of the Beehive but im not sure you would like it as much as most others on that list. Plenty there that i have on my watchlist that i wont get through too.

[Captain Spaulding]

Boxcar Bertha is a waste of time.

[cricket]

Ok I edited it into 2 sections. The top part is the priority list I had in mine. I'll adjust it accordingly to suggestions. Thanks!

[n3wt]

Im glad to be back to join in on this :D

[jiraffejustin]

cricket, you should make it a priority to see The Outlaw Josey Wales, Amarcord, Solaris, and Cria Cuervos.

[Jack1]

I'd also recommend Play Misty for Me from that selection. Not Eastwood's best, but still a very good film.

[Holden Pike]

What does an asterix signify, Cricket?

From that list, going for a combination of my personal taste plus the base of film knowledge I think just everybody should have, I would prioritize these...

Amarcord
Bound for Glory
The Candidate
Catch-22
Day for Night
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
The Front
The Garden of Finzi-Continis
The Go-Between
The Hospital
Jeremiah Johnson
Killer of Sheep
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Lenny
Macbeth
The Man Who Would be King
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Murmur of the Heart
The Outlaw Josey Wales
The Passenger
Play Misty for Me
The Ruling Class
Scenes from a Marriage
Solaris
Spirit of the Beehive
Stroszek
That Obscure Object of Desire
Three Days of the Condor
The Tin Drum
What's Up, Doc?

But whichever ones you wind up watching, I appreciate and respect your ambition to watch more than fifty in the remaining weeks. Rock on!

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=15524&stc=1&d=1401982870

[Daniel M]

That reminds me of how much good stuff I still have left, got home from University yesterday so plenty of time now to watch as much as I can :D

[Daniel M]

For those with Sky TV, Three days of the Condor is showing next Thursday at 8am on movies. I havnt watched it yet but im all set to record.

And also for those in the UK (I'm not sure about Ireland?), Mean Streets is available to watch on BBC iPlayer HERE (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00rwk9h/mean-streets).

But it only has 2 days left, so be quick if you haven't seen it already.

[cricket]

I've watched exactly 81 movies for this list so far, and I'm no spring chicken, so add that to what I've seen, and what I still need to see, and the amount of quality 70's movies is staggering.

[JayDee]

Well I wouldn't say I genuinely like all of the movies that will be on it, but those that I don't really like I do at least have respect for.

See that's why I think there's a good chance that I won't actually be submitting a 70s list. I want to absolutely love all the films on my list like I did with the 80s, 90s and 00s. For them I was able to get pretty much all 25 from my top 100 and would personally rate all of them at at least 4.5. And right now that's not the case for the 70s. I had a big list of 70s films to watch and got to some of them but many weren't doing it for me and then I've just not really been in the mood for many of them considering the amount of 'serious' films that were about during the decade. And I've not really been watching many serious films recently.

[seanc]

I've watched exactly 81 movies for this list so far, and I'm no spring chicken, so add that to what I've seen, and what I still need to see, and the amount of quality 70's movies is staggering.

You have put in the work brother.

[mark f]

I had a big list of 70s films to watch and got to some of them but many weren't doing it for me and then I've just not really been in the mood for many of them considering the amount of 'serious' films that were about during the decade. And I've not really been watching many serious films recently.

Have you watched:

Foul Play
Silver Streak
What's Up, Doc?
Love and Death
Black Sunday
Play It Again, Sam
The Bad News Bears
Smile
My Name is Nobody
Posse
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Papillon
The Three Musketeers
The Four Musketeers
Slap Shot
Charley Varrick
Time After Time
Marathon Man
The Goodbye Girl
The Sunshine Boys
Animal House
The Sting
American Graffiti
Harold and Maude
The Omen
Dirty Harry
The Longest Yard
Breaking Away
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
The Buddy Holly Story
Three Days of the Condor
The Man Who Would Be King
The Great Train Robbery
Capricorn One
Little Big Man
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Westworld
Heaven Can Wait
Coma
Sleuth
The Mechanic
Family Plot

I know you've seen some of them, but these are only a sample of the really good, fun movies of the decade.

[Guaporense]

See that's why I think there's a good chance that I won't actually be submitting a 70s list. I want to absolutely love all the films on my list like I did with the 80s, 90s and 00s. For them I was able to get pretty much all 25 from my top 100 and would personally rate all of them at at least 4.5. And right now that's not the case for the 70s. I had a big list of 70s films to watch and got to some of them but many weren't doing it for me and then I've just not really been in the mood for many of them considering the amount of 'serious' films that were about during the decade. And I've not really been watching many serious films recently.

There are many great non-serious films from the 1970's. Two great relatively obscure (here) would be The Castle of Cagliostro and Hausu, fun all the way.

Way of the Dragon is also pure fun:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUfuZJI9LK4

[Guaporense]

People are predicting what movies are going to place near the top, yet I haven't seen anyone mention Apocalypse Now, which I would think would be in contention to not just finish in the top five, but possibly win the whole damn thing. Don't tell me you mofos aren't fans of Apocalypse Now.

I mean, the horror . . . the horror!

Don't worry about me. I don't think people talked much about Apocalypse Now because it's already a obviously well known masterpiece that everybody knows it's supposed to be great.

[Guaporense]

I don't think Dune and Lord of the rings are enough to classify all of English literature.

Nobody said they are. :) My favorite English book is Dune, I would rate it as about as good as Lone Wolf and Cub. That only means that I am saying that Lone Wolf and Cub is a masterpiece. Ok?

[cricket]

There's plenty for you JayDee, I know you've seen some of these too-

The Warriors
Death Race 2000
Assault on Precinct 13
The Beguiled
The Gauntlet
Every Which Way but Loose
The Driver
Sorcerer
Enter the Dragon
Hooper
Mad Max
Young Frankenstein
Dog Day Afternoon
Cuckoo's Nest
Silent Running
Wake in Fright
The Andromeda Strain
Vanishing Point
All the President's Men
Shampoo
Jaws
Star Wars
Rocky
Scarecrow
Sounder
The Day of the Jackal
And Justice for All
Night Moves
The Paper Chase

All those 70's reviews you did way back, there was plenty you liked!

[rauldc14]

I have to laugh at people that aren't finding the seventies an enjoyable decade. Especially trumps the 80s.

[Sexy Celebrity]

I prefer the '80s.

[TheUsualSuspect]

Isn't the 70's...like....THE decade for film?

[Frightened Inmate No. 2]

it is A decade for film.

[Miss Vicky]

I prefer the '80s.

Same. Though I prefer 90s and beyond overall.

In my exploration of the 70s so far, I've found a few movies that I really enjoyed, but most of what I've seen brought a mediocre to below average viewing experience for me. I still have a long way to go, though I doubt I'll see many more before the list deadline.

[Pussy Galore]

Here are all the movies from the 70's that I have seen. I'd like if someone could send me a list of movies to watch for the deadline thanks.

Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
Alien (1979)
All the President's Men (1976)
American Graffiti (1973)
Annie Hall (1977)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Badlands (1973)
Bed & Board (1970)
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
The Butcher (1970)
Cabaret (1972)
Carrie (1976)
The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
Le Cercle rouge (1970)
Chinatown (1974)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
The Conformist (1970)
The Conversation (1974)
Cries and Whispers (1972)
Day for Night (1973)
Days of Heaven (1978)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Deliverance (1972)
Dirty Harry (1971)
Dirty Money (1972)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Duck, You Sucker (1971)
The Exorcist (1973)
French Connection II (1975)
The French Connection (1971)
Frenzy (1972)
The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Halloween (1978)
Harold and Maude (1971)
High Plains Drifter (1973)
House (1977)
I as in Icarus (1979)
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
Jaws (1975)
Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
Life of Brian (1979)
Little Big Man (1970)
The Long Goodbye (1973)
Mad Max (1979)
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
Manhattan (1979)
Marathon Man (1976)
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
MASH (1970)
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
Mean Streets (1973)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Murder by Death (1976)
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
My Name Is Nobody (1973)
Nashville (1975)
Network (1976)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Les ordres (1974)
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
Paper Moon (1973)
Papillon (1973)
Rocky (1976)
Scarecrow (1973)
Serpico (1973)
The Shootist (1976)
Sorcerer (1977)
Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
Stalker (1979)
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
The Sting (1973)
Straw Dogs (1971)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Taxi Driver (1976)
The Tenant (1976)
That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
The Warriors (1979)
The Wicker Man (1973)
The Wild Child (1970)
A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
Young Frankenstein (1974)

[jiraffejustin]

I'll give you ten to watch.

Amarcord (1973)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Eraserhead (1977)
Suspiria (1977)
Cria Cuervos (1976)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Death Race 2000 (1975)
Zombie (1979)
Tale of Tales (1979)
Who Can Kill a Child? (1976)

[the samoan lawyer]

@Pussy Galore, try these also:-
The China Syndrome
Dont Look Now
Solaris
Being There
Kramer vs Kramer
The Last Detail

[Holden Pike]

Here are all the movies from the 70's that I have seen. I'd like if someone could send me a list of movies

Wow. Very nice, eclectic list. Impressive. But if you want to add to it...

The American Friend
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Bound for Glory
A Boy and His Dog
Breaking Away
Coming Home
The Duellists
F for Fake
Fat City
The Go-Between
Images
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
The Last Picture Show
Night Moves
The Passenger
The Silent Partner
Straight Time
Stroszek
The Sugarland Express
Tess
The Three Musketeers
The Yakuza

[Pussy Galore]

thanks for the suggestions, I'll try to watch most of them. (I watch 2 movies a day so I should be able to watch a few, but I also need to rewatch some of the movie for exemple Taxi Driver that, in my memory, is not that good)

[Daniel M]

According to my IMDB I have seen 91 films from the 70s, not loads, but I reckon about 60 of them will probably show in the top 100 at the moment, with myself having about 35 at the moment to cut down to 25, but that'll be made even harder when I watch more films as the deadline draws closer.

[JayDee]

Have you watched...............

I know you've seen some of them, but these are only a sample of the really good, fun movies of the decade.

Thanks for the list Mark. And I've seen a decent amount of them, about 25 I think.

When I said 'serious' I wasn't just generally meaning dark, gritty films so much as just about any 'proper' film that requires full attention and concentration to enjoy. So even films like Little Big Man or Charley Varrick which I certainly wouldn't count as overly serious I'm not sure I'd really be in the mood for at the moment. The way I've been feeling for a good part of the year and especially lately I've just been watching a lot of what I'd call 'easy watches'; action flicks, dumb comedies, lighthearted fare etc. And on the occasions where I do feel in the mood for something more challenging or worthwhile I've got a list of other films that I'd really like to watch more than just watching films in the hope of being able to fill out a list.


All those 70's reviews you did way back, there was plenty you liked!

Yeah there was plenty I liked but as I said ideally I'd want to have a list of films I love. And some of those I've rewatched since and their score would drop through a combination of me being slightly harsher with my scores now and just not holding up as well on a repeat viewing.

[Pussy Galore]

These are 5 movies that seems to be less known that I would suggest you to watch for the list, they're worth it !

I as in Icarus
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079322/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Very good, intelligent crime film with some very intelligent scenes that explains humans reaction facing authority.

Le Cercle Rouge & The Friends of Eddie Coyle
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065531/?ref_=nv_sr_1
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070077/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Really quiet, cool, badass heist films. Maybe it's not for everybody, but I love those quiet really visual film and these are 2 of the best if not the best (I think Le Cercle Rouge is the better movie between those 2)

The Man Who Would be King
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073341/?ref_=nv_sr_5
It's a well known movie with great actors and a great director, but I don't hear it mentionned a lot and I think it's definitely one of the hidden gems of the 70's

That Obscure Object of Desire
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075824/?ref_=nv_sr_1
It's also well known, but I would urge everybody to see it, even if you're not a usually a Bunuel fan. From what I've seen it's by far his best, it's not as surealist as his other movies, it's really a study of desire and how it can work on our mind and destroy our lives, fantastic film.

[Harry Lime]

The 60s are the decade for film, but the 70s are pretty good too.

[Cobpyth]

I've seen 93 '70s films in total myself, but I'd like to reach the 110 mark before sending in my list. I'm having a French exam in a couple of days, so I'm probably going to watch Luis Bunuel's The Phantom of Liberty and The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie next. I'll probably watch the latter first tonight.

[Captain Spaulding]

I assume you guys are talking about the number of 70's films you've seen in your life, not just in preparation for this countdown. A few years ago I started keeping a file on my computer where I write down every film I've seen and the year of its release. That allows me to keep track of what I've seen. Plus it's a very convenient way for me to pull all the films I've seen from a particular year or decade for ranking purposes.

Anyways, I just counted the 70's films I've seen so far, and the number is 161. It's a decent enough number for the purposes of this countdown, I guess, but, considering we're talking about an entire decade of film, the number still feels way too small. By comparison, I think I've seen 100+ movies from last year alone, so 161 over a ten-year stretch means I'm still ignorant to a lot of great films and hidden gems. Hopefully I can fit in at least another 20-30 between now and the deadline.

[cricket]

I'd like to go back and make a record of everything I've ever seen, but is there a site that lists everything that's ever been released by year? I always pull up Wikipedia but it seems to only list mainstream American releases.

[linespalsy]

use the advanced search at imdb. drop down the search bar and click "advanced search". then find and click on "advanced title search" and you'll get a ton of different fields to fill out or not, depending on how specific you want the results to be.

[cricket]

Thank you, I will try that.

[Cobpyth]

I did it on IMDb. I just added all the films I've ever seen (and the new ones I'm seeing) to a list (you can search by year) and right now, I think I pretty much have them all.

[Daniel M]

Same, obviously there's a few missed here and there that I watched long before I cared about movies, and ones that desperately need to be re watched, but I pretty much have everything I have seen rated. 916 films seen for me, 1477 on my watchlist :cool:

[Swan]

I'd like to go back and make a record of everything I've ever seen, but is there a site that lists everything that's ever been released by year? I always pull up Wikipedia but it seems to only list mainstream American releases.

You should use Letterboxd. They show movies by year (and you can go by other stuff, like genre) and you can mark them off as watched without actually rating them (you can also rate them if you want). That's how I know just about how many movies I have ever watched (I imagine there are some more obscure ones that are still left unchecked). It's the best, and exactly what you are looking for.

[Daniel M]

If I could import all my IMDB ratings on to Letterboxd I'd use it, but I think you have to get Premium or something.

[Pussy Galore]

I've seen 93 '70s films in total myself, but I'd like to reach the 110 mark before sending in my list. I'm having a French exam in a couple of days, so I'm probably going to watch Luis Bunuel's The Phantom of Liberty and The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie next. I'll probably watch the latter first tonight.


Where do you live so there are french exams?

[honeykid]

Cob's in Belgium. Isn't French an official language there?

Sadly, they inflict French on lots of countries, PG. :D I had to do French at school.

[Frightened Inmate No. 2]

you guys should use criticker. it's da best.

[Cobpyth]

Where do you live so there are french exams?

I live in Belgium, so Honeykid is right.

It's more like "Economical French", though. It's mainly a whole list of economical terms translated to French. I learned the other parts of the language in primary school and high school (in Flanders French is an obligated course starting from 5th grade).

If anyone has any other cool French '70s film suggestions, please let me know. ;)

[Pussy Galore]

Oh, I see it's a good thing that french is getting more international.

and Cobpyth I'd suggest I as in Icarus, L'aveu, Les Ordres (movie from Quebec), Un Flic, Le Cercle Rouge, La Nuit Américaine, Le Boucher and The Tenant

[cricket]

I just went through the Wikipedia list to try and figure out how many 70's movies I've seen and I came up with this-

1979, 44
1978, 37
1977, 39
1976, 29
1975, 31
1974, 35
1973, 34
1972, 21
1971, 28
1970, 15

Total-313

I noticed there were a lot of lower budget movies missing from their lists, so between those and ones I've forgotten about, I think I've seen about 400. I wish I started tracking when I was younger, there's no way I could get an accurate count now. I was thinking before that I'd seen about 4000 movies total, but now I think 2500 is probably a better estimate. I'm 43 so not an incredible amount, but not bad.

[Pussy Galore]

2500 is fantastic, on my Criticker account it says that I've only seen 640

[mark f]

You probably don't need to know this (or care), but I added up the movies I've rated on IMDb by decade a few months ago. There's a lot I've seen but haven't rated (more obscure and forgettable ones obviously). Anyway, the '70s would rank as my sixth-most watched decade. I had rated 1812 from that decade when I did that.

[rauldc14]

I have no even seen 1812 movies in my life.

[cricket]

2500 is fantastic, on my Criticker account it says that I've only seen 640

2500 isn't much when you consider I've got 25 years on you. Now Mark, he's a madman.

[Guaporense]

I estimate that Mark has watched 20,000 movies. I guess I wasn't far off the mark given that he watched about 2,000 70's movies and it's his 6th most watched decade.

I have watched about 100 70's movies, but those are the good ones so I think it's unlikely that my top 25 will be cracked open so I already submitted it. For comparison I have watched over 800 movies from 2000-2009.

[The Sci-Fi Slob]

I estimate that Mark has watched 20,000 movies.

http://static2.fjcdn.com/thumbnails/comments/Maybe+I+m+wrong+but+i+feel+a+bit+skeptical+to+_caac4f470749f4bde1ee0735c0dee13d.gif

[Captain Spaulding]

I have watched about 100 70's movies, but those are the good ones so I think it's unlikely that my top 25 will be cracked open so I already submitted it.

If you've already seen all the "good ones," how come, according to your lists, you've yet to see:

MASH
Network
All The President’s Men
The French Connection
The Last Picture Show
The Deer Hunter
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
The Conversation
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Five Easy Pieces
The Long Goodbye
Mean Streets
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Spirit of the Beehive
Stroszek
Walkabout
A Woman Under the Influence
Kramer vs. Kramer
The Exorcist
Deliverance
Dirty Harry
Carrie
Marathon Man
Halloween

Surely you could've put aside your anime for a while and tried to make at least some effort to watch more great 70's movies before submitting your list.

[Daniel M]

What 70s film(s) should I watch tonight, guys?

[Frightened Inmate No. 2]

a woman under the influence

[Daniel M]

Perhaps, I do actually own it, although I'm not sure in the mood for something like that (although I'll definitely watch it sooner rather than later) :p I seem to be at a weird point now where I can't really decide what to watch, I might try some Spielberg, Holden's already recommended Duel and The Sugarland Express before many times, maybe one of them.

[rauldc14]

What 70s film(s) should I watch tonight, guys?

Harry and Tonto

[Frightened Inmate No. 2]

Perhaps, I do actually own it, although I'm not sure in the mood for something like that (although I'll definitely watch it sooner rather than later) :p I seem to be at a weird point now where I can't really decide what to watch, I might try some Spielberg, Holden's already recommended Duel and The Sugarland Express before many times, maybe one of them.

duel is one of the few spielbergs I actually like, so you should watch that too.

[Daniel M]

Harry and Tonto

Had never heard of that before this post, looks like something I would enjoy actually, so I'll add it to watchlist.

[Cobpyth]

Perhaps, I do actually own it, although I'm not sure in the mood for something like that (although I'll definitely watch it sooner rather than later) :p I seem to be at a weird point now where I can't really decide what to watch, I might try some Spielberg, Holden's already recommended Duel and The Sugarland Express before many times, maybe one of them.

Watch Night Moves, Daniel! It's a great neo-noir flick and it's also on "Ebert's Great Movies list" and the "100 Noir films list" (I just now that the fact that you'll be able to check that off is an extra motivation :p)!

[Guaporense]

If you've already seen all the "good ones,"

Never claimed that. My claim is that I have seem few 1970's movies but those are among the good ones while I have seem 800 2000's movies but most of them are trash. So that my top 25 of the 1970's is not weaker than my top 25 of the 2000's.

how come, according to your lists, you've yet to see:

No really. My favorite films lists only lists favorites, however it's perfectly possible that some of your favorite movies may not become my favorite movies.

MASH
Network
All The President’s Men
The French Connection
The Last Picture Show
The Deer Hunter
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
The Conversation
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Five Easy Pieces
The Long Goodbye
Mean Streets
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Spirit of the Beehive
Stroszek
Walkabout
A Woman Under the Influence
Kramer vs. Kramer
The Exorcist
Deliverance
Dirty Harry
Carrie
Marathon Man
Halloween

I have watched about 5 of these movies above. I do not think I would like any of those more than those in my top 25. My tastes may be different than yours.

Surely you could've put aside your anime for a while and tried to make at least some effort to watch more great 70's movies before submitting your list.

You may not be interested in animation but that doesn't mean that other people are not supposed to be interested ("your anime", wtf is that?). I am not interested in watching the relatively more obscure 1970's Hollywood classics right now, specially in genres that do not interest me very much. Which 1970's classic Hollywood science fiction films can you recommend? Those I will be more fired up to watch though I already submitted my list, it's unlikely it's going to change.

[donniedarko]

Had never heard of that before this post, looks like something I would enjoy actually, so I'll add it to watchlist.

is this #1478?

:p

[Daniel M]

is this #1478?

:p

#1482 actually, always adding stuff everyday :p But more importantly it goes on my 70s watchlist and I'll just it down in my notepad file noting to watch it soon :D

[Skepsis93]

What 70s film(s) should I watch tonight, guys?

Picnic at Hanging Rock or American Graffiti

[Skepsis93]

or Alice in the Cities

[Daniel M]

Picnic at Hanging Rock or American Graffiti

nah

Was going to watch the latter the other day but decided against it, the other you are always championing, so I will definitely get to it sometime soon :)

[Cobpyth]

Meanwhile on my IMDb account:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xaf1/t1.0-9/10365915_10152458833999346_3069422535570943926_n.jpg

and growing...

[jiraffejustin]

Do you have your watchlist posted somewhere, Daniel?

[jiraffejustin]

Meanwhile on my IMDb account:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xaf1/t1.0-9/10365915_10152458833999346_3069422535570943926_n.jpg

and growing...

Mine is at 6,953. I don't know that I will ever finish it off.

[Daniel M]

Do you have your watchlist posted somewhere, Daniel?

http://www.imdb.com/user/ur31266888/watchlist

Just add everything that I come across to it basically, Cobpyth seems to do the same.

I did this as well, put all the 70s movies into a list for this: http://www.imdb.com/list/ls058042304/

Edit: Jesus, 6k+, I don't even think I have heard/come across that many films :p

[jiraffejustin]

Barry Lyndon is my favorite film of the ones on your watchlist. I'd go with that one.

[honeykid]

nah

Was going to watch the latter the other day but decided against it, the other you are always championing, so I will definitely get to it sometime soon :)
That's because it has to be seen. It's on the HK 100 and you must see it before you submit your list.

[Guaporense]

Barry Lyndon, Derzu Uzala, Galaxy Express 999, Solaris and The Castle of Gagliostro are the top 5 1970's movies that he hasn't watched.

[Guaporense]

http://static2.fjcdn.com/thumbnails/comments/Maybe+I+m+wrong+but+i+feel+a+bit+skeptical+to+_caac4f470749f4bde1ee0735c0dee13d.gif

That's basically 3 movies a day for the past 20 years. Since most of his watches are rewatches I estimated that his total number of films watched is a fraction of the time he spent watching movies.

[Skepsis93]

I'm at 416. I like to be a little more selective in only adding stuff I think I'll enjoy, and leave off stuff I know I'll eventually get to (I notice for example Daniel has Tokyo Story on his, that's the sort of film I'll leave off mine because it's already a glaringly obvious gap), anything I have on DVD and most of the movies on the MoFo lists.

[Swan]

Daniel, you should watch F for Fake, Nosferatu the Vampyre, and Autumn Sonata before you submit your 70's list.

[mark f]

That's because it has to be seen. It's on the HK 100 and you must see it before you submit your list.
Yeah, I'm sure you need a good sleep. :)

That's basically 3 movies a day for the past 20 years. Since most of his watches are rewatches I estimated that his total number of films watched is a fraction of the time he spent watching movies.
Can you translate that into a form of English I can understand. :)

[Cobpyth]

Barry Lyndon is my favorite film of the ones on your watchlist. I'd go with that one.

It's the only major Kubrick film I haven't seen yet (besides Spartacus)! I almost watched it today actually (I have it on DVD), but while searching for it in my closet, I accidentally bumped into Saving Private Ryan (which I also have on DVD) first. I'll definitely watch it this week, though!

-----------------------------------

I watched The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie for the '70s list yesterday, by the way, and quite enjoyed it. That "theater scene" is one of the most effective scenes about upper class guilt I've seen. So good! There's lots of other great comical stuff in it too.
I recommend it to all the peope out there who don't mind some sophisticated surreal comedy!

[Daniel M]

Daniel, you should watch F for Fake, Nosferatu the Vampyre, and Autumn Sonata before you submit your 70's list.

Yeah I definitely wanna try and watch as much Herzog from the decade that I can.

[jiraffejustin]

Edit: Jesus, 6k+, I don't even think I have heard/come across that many films :p

There's a lot of movies that I need to rewatch on there and TV series too. Some "mainstream junk" that either looked interesting or I just wanted to punish myself with. If anything has ever interested me at anytime I just threw it on there.

[JayDee]

I think I might submit a list after all, but with a twist. I'll save maybe 7 or 8 places for the films I really love. The other spots I'll sell for people to try and help out their favourite movies. I'll accept payment in the form of cash, sexual favours and the most desired of all, rep! :D

[jiraffejustin]

Buttplay for Barry Lyndon?

[honeykid]

Yeah, I'm sure you need a good sleep. :)
I don't understand.

Buttplay for Barry Lyndon?
There's a porn parody I don't need to see. :D

[bluedeed]

There's a porn parody I don't need to see. :D

The only porn I watch is in candlelit extreme long-shot...

[cricket]

I think I might submit a list after all, but with a twist. I'll save maybe 7 or 8 places for the films I really love. The other spots I'll sell for people to try and help out their favourite movies. I'll accept payment in the form of cash, sexual favours and the most desired of all, rep! :D

Actually, is it a rule that you have to submit 25? If you only love 8, can you just submit those 8?

[JayDee]

Buttplay for Barry Lyndon?

I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure I can guarantee that sentence has never been uttered in all of existence until now! :D

[jiraffejustin]

I am a pioneer.

[rauldc14]

Only Honeykid and I would agree to skip a Kubrick film:D

[jiraffejustin]

Only Honeykid and I would agree to skip a Kubrick film:D

No buttplay for you, mister!

[Frightened Inmate No. 2]

Actually, is it a rule that you have to submit 25?

yes

[Holden Pike]

Actually, is it a rule that you have to submit 25? If you only love 8, can you just submit those 8?

I talked it over with skepsis, briefly, and as far as he remembers, this hasn't come up, before.

If you really want to turn in a ballot that only has a top eight on it instead of a top twenty-five, I guess that's OK. I think it's absolutely ridiculous that in an enitre decade you can't find another seventeen worthy films, whether you think they are A+ masterpieces or you simply enjoyed them, but that's up to you. If you want to give me a ballot listed 1-8 to allocate your 25 to 18 pointers and leave the remaining 153 points unassigned, that's up to you, I expect. On a real government ballot, you don't have to vote for every race and issue. If you just want to vote for President and Governor and one proposition but leave all the council members and judges and the rest of it blank, that's your prerogative, Bobby Brown.

As far as bookkeeping and such, it's certainly cleaner and that much easier for me if you do the full twenty-five, keep in uniform, but if somebody wants to short their own ballot...go ahead?

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=15666&stc=1&d=1402320663

[Cobpyth]

Or maybe you should only allocate 1-8 points if someone hands in a list with only 8 entries (or 1-12 points with a list of 12 entries, etc.), because that obviously means the person hasn't seen too many films of the decade yet, which makes their votes somehow a little less valuable, I think. It will encourage people more to do an effort and find 25 good films and it gives the lesser known films a more reasonable chance.

It's your call, of course, and some people might disagree with me, but I think that would be better.

[Holden Pike]

Nah, I'm going to do it as follows: however many you turn in, going from the top down, that's how many points they are assigned. If somebody really feels they have to give me a top one list, that single choice gets twenty-five points. It's a bit silly, it certainly isn't the spirit of the list and process, but if that's how somebody wants to play it, fine. Their sumbitting only one title for twenty-five points gets it no more or less promininence than your top choice on a full ballot.

But then if that person dares to chime in about 'How come this one is so low?', or 'Why is that one so high?' when they couldn't be bothered to fully participate, please, feel free to ridicule them, mercilessly. ;)

I don't expect many MoFos are going to turn in a ballot with less than twenty-five, but for those who feel compelled to do so (be it one or three or five of you), I want them to play, too, and I'll count your votes. Most of us would kill to be able to turn in fifty or a hundred, and suffer cinemaniac heartbreak paring our choices down to a mere twenty-five...but it takes all kinds, Man. And coming from the other side of it, if they just plain haven't seen that many movies from this time period yet, I'd still like them to contribute with what they have seen, and not feel like they have to randomly fill up their list for the sake of having their favorites be counted.

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[Cobpyth]

Alright. It was merely a proposal. I just think it will be a disadvantage for films that are lesser known, but I guess popularity (in the sense of being well known) is also an important factor in these lists.

[donniedarko]

Alright. It was merely a proposal. I just think it will be a disadvantage for films that are lesser known, but I guess popularity (in the sense of being well known) is also an important factor in these lists.

This

The films that tend to be lower down on lists tend to bring in the most interesting entries into the list. But Holden brings a fair point that probably no more than 5 (if that) people will submit a list of less than 25 entries.

[Holden Pike]

Alright. It was merely a proposal. I just think it will be a disadvantage for films that are lesser known, but I guess popularity (in the sense of being well known) is also an important factor in these lists.

Films that are lesser known are always at a disadvantage. That's their lot in life. If a list like this one highlights some of them and gets them more widely known, at least to fellow MoFos, that's great. But even if you required everybody to watch a list of three hundred widely varied films before they could vote, that doesn't mean that titles like Star Wars and The Godfather wouldn't still be extremely popular and rise toward the top over the documentaries and foreign films and the rest of them.

If you presume somebody who turns in a ballot of ten films is going to have mostly "popular" ones on it, that may even give some of the lesser known titles out there a chance to crack the bottom of the list? Because if instead of filling their list with presumably another fifteen of what you may consider more obvious titles, just for the sake of finishing the ballot, they leave them blank as unclaimed points, that means what would have been their six points for ______ don't go against your six points for something less mainstream, yeah? On the other hand, if you force them to fill it out just so it maxes out at twenty-five, then they will have hundreds more points in the mix...potentially canceling out your lower-pointed votes, giving them that much less of a shot.

Yeah?

Everybody just turn in lists, that's the important part. :D

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=15667&stc=1&d=1402325424

[Holden Pike]

After twenty-two ballots, here are the top eight point totals [titles redacted, of course]...

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=15668&stc=1&d=1402325552

Right now, two points separate the top three choices. The film that jumped out to the early lead is still there...but just BARELY. All of your votes very much count.

http://i.imgur.com/n5A8H2i.png
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[Cobpyth]

You're right that they shouldn't be forced to turn in 25 films (and you're also right that this may be an unintended, additional effect to my proposal), but when I was saying it would be a disadvantage for lesser known films to give those top spots from shortened lists full points, I meant ranking-wise.

Anyway, as you said, it will probably not make any significant difference, because there will only be a few of those shortened lists. I'm also not contesting your decision, but I just thought it wouldn't hurt anyone to offer a possible alternative procedure. The arguments for your method are valid enough, though. ;)


Just a note to everyone: Don't let this discourage you from watching and exploring more '70s films! It's always more fun when you can support more films.

EDIT: Looks like it's a neck and neck race. Exciting!

[the samoan lawyer]

All that is asked is to rank your top 25 films from the 70's, even if you don't love all of them, it shouldn't matter. It's just a list of your favourite 25 films from the 70's.

[Yoda]

I've started crash-coursing on 70s films. Yesterday it was Escape From Alcatraz. Pretty good, though I'm not sure if it'll make my list yet. I've already got a good 15-20 I'm almost positive will make it, so I'm really auditioning for the last 5-10 spots.

Thanks for all the recommendations, everyone--I've added a half dozen of them to the top of the ol' Netflix queue.

Get Carter up next.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RZ8wve_jOYw/UUx92N1w-TI/AAAAAAAAFQU/WHFWOYJUCQw/s1600/Get-Carter-michael-caine-1971.jpg

[mark f]

Wow, I guess MoFos are more messed up than I thought. :)

[Guaporense]

Can you translate that into a form of English I can understand. :)

So how many movies do you have listed on the IMDB? :D

I know that you cannot have watched more than 45,000 movies because that's approximately the total number of movies produced by Hollywood and we know that about 95% of the movies you watched are in English (given the very small proportion of non-English films in your top 100 and the very small proportion of non-English films in your movie tabs), however, many of these 45,000 movies are impossible to find, so the number of films that you could have watched is perhaps not more than 30,000.

From another direction, given that you are in your late 50's and assuming you watch movies 12 hours a day for 40 years, that gives about 2,000 movie watches per year or 80,000 over the 40 years. However, as you said, most of your watches are re-watches so that means the number must be under 40,000, since you weren't watching movies 12 hours a day over the past 40 years every day, it must be lower than that.

From a third direction, you said that on the IMDB you had marked about 1,800 1970's movies and it was your 6th most watched decade, so assuming that you watched on average about 2,200 movies for the other 5 decades you watched more gives 12,800 movies plus a few thousand over the other three decades since 1920, giving around 17,000 movies marked on the IMDB.

So it's probably around 20,000 movies, 15,000 to 25,000 is the probable range.

[Guaporense]

Films that are lesser known are always at a disadvantage. That's their lot in life. If a list like this one highlights some of them and gets them more widely known, at least to fellow MoFos, that's great. But even if you required everybody to watch a list of three hundred widely varied films before they could vote, that doesn't mean that titles like Star Wars and The Godfather wouldn't still be extremely popular and rise toward the top over the documentaries and foreign films and the rest of them.

Indeed. One of the reasons why these movies always top the ballots is because they are accessible to broad ranges of tastes while non-English movies are less accessible to those that haven't watched much from the same culture (I understand that because I have watched a ton of Brazilian, American and Japanese movies/TV which are the ones I "understand" better, I usually don't get French movies because I haven't been exposed to them to a large degree since childhood) and the less well known English language movies are simply made for much smaller ranges of taste (i.e. Nashville).

If you presume somebody who turns in a ballot of ten films is going to have mostly "popular" ones on it, that may even give some of the lesser known titles out there a chance to crack the bottom of the list? Because if instead of filling their list with presumably another fifteen of what you may consider more obvious titles, just for the sake of finishing the ballot, they leave them blank as unclaimed points, that means what would have been their six points for ______ don't go against your six points for something less mainstream, yeah? On the other hand, if you force them to fill it out just so it maxes out at twenty-five, then they will have hundreds more points in the mix...potentially canceling out your lower-pointed votes, giving them that much less of a shot.

Yeah?

Everybody just turn in lists, that's the important part. :D

Indeed. But don't worry, I love all the movies in my top 25, I did not fill it up to get 25 movies.

[Daniel M]

Some films freely available on YouTube by the way:

Stroszek

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obgwTetpjE4

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0uaM8-Pnxo

Carrie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ_tHLi8SnM

F for Fake

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fclaJK5KDU

Nosferatu the Vampyr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukszLv37clw

And more... http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXyMBxX4BBy9Z1lLQU37glpp9pRHP4Hlf

[Guaporense]

Galaxy Express 999 (dubbed though)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cWfk42Hs88

[cricket]

I find 80% of the films I want either on YouTube, putlocker, veoh, muchmovies.org, or ffilms.org. All free-no sign up. Others you can just find by googling movie title full movie.

[cricket]

Oh and btw, the muchmovies.org site had newer ones like The Grand Budapest hotel and the Liam Neeson airplane movie.

[Harry Lime]

It should be 25 films or nothing. My two cents.

[Harry Lime]

Oh and btw, the muchmovies.org site had newer ones like The Grand Budapest hotel and the Liam Neeson airplane movie.
I'm sure it's a totally legit site.

[cricket]

I'm sure it's a totally legit site.

I have no idea but you go to the site and you can download the free app. They've got like 3500 movies and have added just about every day since I started using it about 2 weeks ago. It's been awesome so far.

[Captain Spaulding]

I think it handicaps a movie to watch it on your laptop or Ipad or any device of that sort, especially if the picture quality is lacking. Ideally, we would all be rich enough to build a personal theater in our house, but I still try to watch 99.9% of movies in my own living room on a widescreen with surround sound and, when applicable, high definition. That way I'm getting more of the full effect.

But I'm stickler about that sort of thing. The "experience" matters to me. That's why I still don't own an Ipod because I'd rather listen to music on CD or Vinyl. And when I read a book, I want to be able to hold it in my hand and smell the pages, not just stare at some screen on a Kindle. The only time I resort to watching a movie through other means is if it's nearly impossible to find a physical copy.

[cricket]

True, but if you've got the right hook up, you can have the Internet on your tv.

[Holden Pike]

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Only thirty-five days left...

[gbgoodies]

Okay, I finally finished reading this entire thread, and I have a few questions. Please bear with me because I'm new to this forum, and I haven't done one of these lists yet, so I just want to make sure that I do it right.

Are the movies on my list supposed to be my 25 favorite movies from the 1970s, or the 25 best movies of the 1970s, because those would be two different lists? Some movies that I consider to be excellent movies, might not make my 25 favorite movies simply because they are not the type of movie that I would want to watch again for various reasons, but they were still great movies, while other movies might not be great movies, but I love them so much that I can watch them over and over again.

There are a couple of movies that I am considering for my list, but I'm not sure if they're eligible because I think one of them may be a TV movie, and I haven't read either movie mentioned yet. (I read that TV movies were ineligible, but I also read that Spielberg's TV movie "Duel" was eligible, so I just want to clarify these two titles.) The two movies are "Bang the Drum Slowly" (1973), and "Brian's Song (1971). I think the latter was a TV movie, so it might be ineligible.

And I think I know the answer to this last question, but I'm going to ask it anyway just to make sure. If I haven't been a member for 30 days yet, do I have to wait 30 days to submit my list, or can I submit it earlier, and I just have to still be an active member at the 30 day mark to make it eligible? (My list isn't finished yet, but I just want to know if I should hold off on sending it until 30 days, or if I should send it as soon as I'm finished, and it wouldn't be calculated in to the results until 30 days after I joined here.)

Thank you.

[Holden Pike]

Are the movies on my list supposed to be my 25 favorite movies from the 1970s, or the 25 best movies of the 1970s, because those would be two different lists? Some movies that I consider to be excellent movies, might not make my 25 favorite movies simply because they are not the type of movie that I would want to watch again for various reasons, but they were still great movies, while other movies might not be great movies, but I love them so much that I can watch them over and over again.

Dealer's choice. However you want to interpret it. Or even a little from column A, and a little from column B, if you so choose.

There are a couple of movies that I am considering for my list, but I'm not sure if they're eligible because I think one of them may be a TV movie, and I haven't read either movie mentioned yet. (I read that TV movies were ineligible, but I also read that Spielberg's TV movie "Duel" was eligible, so I just want to clarify these two titles.) The two movies are "Bang the Drum Slowly" (1973), and "Brian's Song (1971). I think the latter was a TV movie, so it might be ineligible.

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=15699&stc=1&d=1402484132

Actually, I think TV movies are eligible, it was me who was confused. In any event, Bang the Drum Slowly wasn't a TV movie, though an earlier adaptation of the story had been made for television, starring a pre-fame Paul Newman. But yes, you can vote for both Bang the Drum Slowly and for the original "Brian's Song".

And I think I know the answer to this last question, but I'm going to ask it anyway just to make sure. If I haven't been a member for 30 days yet, do I have to wait 30 days to submit my list, or can I submit it earlier, and I just have to still be an active member at the 30 day mark to make it eligible? (My list isn't finished yet, but I just want to know if I should hold off on sending it until 30 days, or if I should send it as soon as I'm finished, and it wouldn't be calculated in to the results until 30 days after I joined here.)

Since you're a member under the deadline for eligibility, I see no point in making you wait. Whether you turn one in tomorrow or wait and turn it in four weeks from now, it's eligible.

Thank you.

Thank you. And welcome to MoFo.

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[Daniel M]

I think it handicaps a movie to watch it on your laptop or Ipad or any device of that sort, especially if the picture quality is lacking. Ideally, we would all be rich enough to build a personal theater in our house, but I still try to watch 99.9% of movies in my own living room on a widescreen with surround sound and, when applicable, high definition. That way I'm getting more of the full effect.

But I'm stickler about that sort of thing. The "experience" matters to me. That's why I still don't own an Ipod because I'd rather listen to music on CD or Vinyl. And when I read a book, I want to be able to hold it in my hand and smell the pages, not just stare at some screen on a Kindle. The only time I resort to watching a movie through other means is if it's nearly impossible to find a physical copy.

I always try and connect my laptop up to TV via a HDMI cable and the quality is normally fine. I don't mind quality on my laptop, it's fine, but I think it's more I get distracted easily, I'll keep pausing and checking Movie Forums and other sites.

By the way have you seen this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKiIroiCvZ0

:D

[Captain Spaulding]

By the way have you seen this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKiIroiCvZ0

:D

:laugh:

Now I have. I love how he suddenly turns hostile about it in the last five seconds. Get real, indeed.

[Skepsis93]

By the way have you seen this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKiIroiCvZ0

:D

Every time :rotfl:

[jiraffejustin]

I've seen it several times now, but I still watch it every time Daniel posts it.

[Daniel M]

Every time :rotfl:

It's one of those things, if the chance is there... how can you not post it? :p

[Holden Pike]

Yup, that's awesome. And to steer this back to the '70s, here is Bruce McCulloch (of The Kids in the Hall) and his ode to David Lynch's Eraserhead, which of course is eligible for the list. :)

http://kaganof.com/kagablog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/lady.gif

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGelZpbbIBs

[gandalf26]

Holden are you gonna chase people up near to deadline? Can u remind me as I don't want to forget.

[Holden Pike]

Holden are you gonna chase people up near to deadline? Can u remind me as I don't want to forget.

I'm driving to your house, right now.

[Yoda]

Yeah, I'll be nagging people closer to the deadline, too. Thread updates, notices in the header, profile comments, PMs, post-its on your bathroom mirrors. Don't worry, you won't be able to miss it.

[Swan]

post-its on your bathroom mirrors

So that was you...

[Daniel M]

Yeah, I'll be nagging people closer to the deadline, too. Thread updates, notices in the header, profile comments, PMs, post-its on your bathroom mirrors. Don't worry, you won't be able to miss it.

Is there not a hook to do a mass PM (if not you can surely do it via email) to literally send a message to every member on the site reminding them? You might do that already, I dunno.

[rauldc14]

These are the films that have first priority before I send my list in. (Still may not get to them all, but if time permits):

Mean Streets
Discreet Charm of the Bourgesie
French Connection
The Exorcist
Saturday Night Fever
High Plains Drifter
Amarcord
Blazing Saddles
Carrie
Dog Day Afternoon
Stroszek
McCabe and Mrs. Miller
The Beguiled

[rauldc14]

Also, I already started toying around with making a list yesterday. There were four films that I left off that just feel painful not to include, and I still have a bunch more watching to do! Could get more painful.

[gbgoodies]

Dealer's choice. However you want to interpret it. Or even a little from column A, and a little from column B, if you so choose.



http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=15699&stc=1&d=1402484132

Actually, I think TV movies are eligible, it was me who was confused. In any event, Bang the Drum Slowly wasn't a TV movie, though an earlier adaptation of the story had been made for television, starring a pre-fame Paul Newman. But yes, you can vote for both Bang the Drum Slowly and for the original "Brian's Song".



Since you're a member under the deadline for eligibility, I see no point in making you wait. Whether you turn one in tomorrow or wait and turn it in four weeks from now, it's eligible.



Thank you. And welcome to MoFo.

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Thanks for the info. It is very helpful.

BTW, I was asking asking about the DeNiro version of "Bang the Drum Slowly", but I've seen the Paul Newman version too.

And my list isn't ready yet, but at least I know that I can submit it as soon as it's ready.

Thank you.

[gbgoodies]

I don't remember who recommended it, but I just wanted to say a big "Thank You" to whoever recommended the 1972 version of the movie "Sleuth" starring Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier.

I watched it last night, and it was awesome! That movie is definitely going on my list. :)

[cricket]

Sounder (1972) is on tonight on TCM. It was nominated for 4 Academy Awards-Best picture, actor, actress, and adapted screenplay. 7.7 IMDb, 88% Rotten Tomatoes, Ebert 4/4. It's a good flick and a nice movie to watch on Father's Day-

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/aa/Original_movie_poster_for_the_film_Sounder.jpg

[rauldc14]

I think I like High Plains Drifter more than Outlaw Josey Wales. Time will time if one, both, or none make my list.

[Yoda]

ONE MONTH LEFT!

I've already started catching up, and I'm still gonna be racing to get a good chunk of films in. I'd strongly encourage anyone to submit a list either way (it's no big deal if you haven't seen a ton of films from the 70s), but if you want to submit with a broader viewing, now's definitely the time to start watching!

[Guaporense]

I think it handicaps a movie to watch it on your laptop or Ipad or any device of that sort, especially if the picture quality is lacking. Ideally, we would all be rich enough to build a personal theater in our house, but I still try to watch 99.9% of movies in my own living room on a widescreen with surround sound and, when applicable, high definition. That way I'm getting more of the full effect.

But I'm stickler about that sort of thing. The "experience" matters to me. That's why I still don't own an Ipod because I'd rather listen to music on CD or Vinyl. And when I read a book, I want to be able to hold it in my hand and smell the pages, not just stare at some screen on a Kindle. The only time I resort to watching a movie through other means is if it's nearly impossible to find a physical copy.

You can always connect your computer to your TV if your TV doesn't play mkv files or has direct access to youtube. I usually use an external harddrive to play video files on my TV.

And picture quality is not lacking on a laptop, the screen is smaller but the resolution is the same or better (if you don't use bluray for every movie you put in your TV) if you adjust the distance between your eyes and the screen (by getting closer or farther away) it occupies the same space of your field of vision. For me overall there is not a significant difference between watching stuff on my laptop or in the theater.

[Pussy Galore]

Among these which one would you make a priority for the list? Because I know they are all available at my library, but I don't know which one should I see among them, thank you!

Automn Sonata
Scenes from a Mariage
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Get Carter
Cria Cuvervos
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Saturday Night Fever
Grease
Sleeper
Sleuth
Way of the Dragon
Fat City
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Stroszeck
The Sugarland Express
The Yakuza
Nights Moves
A Boy and his Dog
The American Friend
The Last Detail
The China Syndrome
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Black Christmas
Death Race 2000
Solaris
All That Jazz
Drunker Master
The Boys in the Band
L'aveu
Time after Time
Dawn of the Dead
Watership Down
Straight Time
A Bridge to Far
Cross of Iron
Husbands
Lenny
The Day of the Jackal
Living in Oblivion

[Guaporense]

Solaris, The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser and Way of the Dragon are really great movies. Saturday Night Fever is a movie that I identify with.

[Holden Pike]

Among these which one would you make a priority for the list? Because I know they are all available at my library, but I don't know which one should I see among them, thank you!

For my taste...

All That Jazz
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
A Boy and his Dog
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Fat City
The Last Detail
Lenny
Night Moves
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Straight Time
Stroszeck
The Sugarland Express
The Yakuza

And unless there's another movie with the same title or you have mistyped it, Living in Oblivion is from the '90s.

[Pussy Galore]

Yeah you're right for Living in Oblivion, I wrote the movies according to my watchlist and I didn't recognized Living in Oblivion so I thought it was 70's lol.

And thanks for the suggestions I'll rent most of them!

[gbgoodies]

Among these which one would you make a priority for the list? Because I know they are all available at my library, but I don't know which one should I see among them, thank you!



From your list, these are the movies that I would recommend, with the ones in red being the top priority:

Grease
Sleeper
Sleuth
The China Syndrome
Solaris
All That Jazz
Time after Time
Watership Down

[cricket]

Among these which one would you make a priority for the list? Because I know they are all available at my library, but I don't know which one should I see among them, thank you!

Automn Sonata
Scenes from a Mariage
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Get Carter
Cria Cuvervos
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Saturday Night Fever
Grease
Sleeper
Sleuth
Way of the Dragon
Fat City
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Stroszeck
The Sugarland Express
The Yakuza
Nights Moves
A Boy and his Dog
The American Friend
The Last Detail
The China Syndrome
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Black Christmas
Death Race 2000
Solaris
All That Jazz
Drunker Master
The Boys in the Band
L'aveu
Time after Time
Dawn of the Dead
Watership Down
Straight Time
A Bridge to Far
Cross of Iron
Husbands
Lenny
The Day of the Jackal
Living in Oblivion

I still have to see a few of those too but I'd recommend Get Carter, Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Night Moves, The Last Detail, Dawn of the Dead, Black Christmas, Death Race 2000, Straight Time, and Day of the Jackal. I've seen 7 others from that list that I thought ranged from ok to good.

[Holden Pike]

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Only ONE month left...

Exactly four weeks from today, the deadline is gonna slam down upon thee. Not sure what time, exactly. I'll probably leave it open until midnight, East Coast U.S. time, of the 15th turning into the 16th.

[gandalf26]

I'm driving to your house, right now.



Do that and I'll write the list..............WITH YOU'RE BLOOD!!


:)

[Cobpyth]

Do that and I'll write the list..............WITH YOU'RE BLOOD!!


:)

*your

[gandalf26]

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[Holden Pike]

Alrighty, a month minus a day to go, and I now have twenty-five ballots. That's a quarter of the way to my (perhaps unrealistic) goal of a hundred! Keep 'em coming. There are now 235 total films with votes. Nineteen have amassed at least a hundred points each, and seven are already at two hundred-plus, with the top three all within ten points of cresting three hundred. And that early leader, the movie that had jumped out quickly in the first dozen or so ballots I entered...it has slipped to number two. Though the top three right now are within seven little points of each other.

And for the record, if you couldn't tell, I'm glad I decided to accept my nomination and run this list: I am already having so much fun. Who knew a spreadsheet could be so exciting? Spreading on sheets, sure, but Excel?!?

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[Holden Pike]

Seems as though everybody has '70s movies on the brain...

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[rauldc14]

I'll probably submit my list around the 4th of July. Either way I slice it I'll be leaving off some films I liked.

[Holden Pike]

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[Holden Pike]

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[Holden Pike]

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Only TWENTY-ONE days left, MoFos....

[Holden Pike]

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[Zotis]

I'm sure most of you have already submitted your lists, but for those who haven't here are some I think you should seriously consider watching. I haven't seen very many people mentioning these.

http://www.mulhollandbooks.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/caliber-9-movie-poster.jpg

Fernando Di Leo's Caliber 9 (1972) is my favorite Italian crime film, and one of Di Leo's best works.


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Deep End (1970) is a British film about a boy who falls in love with a girl at the pool where they both work. It's a bit of a dark film.


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Rica (1972) is a cult exploitation martial-arts film about a mixed blooded delinquent gangster girl who has to fight her way through some unfortunate circumstances.


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Blind Woman's Curse (1970) another cult film, this one has much higher status as a "classic." A samurai style film about an honorable gang of Yakuzas facing extermination from a rival gang. It's leagues above Lady Snowblood.

[cricket]

I'm sure most of you have already submitted your lists, but for those who haven't here are some I think you should seriously consider watching. I haven't seen very many people mentioning these.

http://www.mulhollandbooks.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/caliber-9-movie-poster.jpg

Fernando Di Leo's Caliber 9 (1972) is my favorite Italian crime film, and one of Di Leo's best works.


http://shadazz.fr/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/deep-end-affiche.jpg

Deep End (1970) is a British film about a boy who falls in love with a girl at the pool where they both work. It's a bit of a dark film.


http://static.eigapedia.com/movie-image/rica-dvd.jpg

Rica (1972) is a cult exploitation martial-arts film about a mixed blooded delinquent gangster girl who has to fight her way through some unfortunate circumstances.


http://meikokaji.net/images/film/blind-womans-curse/posters-covers/curse-poster4.jpg

Blind Woman's Curse (1970) another cult film, this one has much higher status as a "classic." A samurai style film about an honorable gang of Yakuzas facing extermination from a rival gang. It's leagues above Lady Snowblood.

I've never heard of those but I think I'd like the first 2. I'm going to try and watch them.

[Zotis]

Glad to hear it Cricket. :D

Edit: Maybe it's worth mentioning but Caliber 9 is dubbed, even in the original Italian. That's just how they did things, but once you embrace that it is a thoroughly entertaining watch.

[Captain Spaulding]

I think I've seen Deep End (or parts of it, at least). I was flipping channels late one night and came across it just in time for one of the nude scenes. :p That gave me the incentive to leave it on that channel, but I can't say I paid much attention to it. The ending has stuck with me, however.

[Zotis]

Yeah, I'm not sure how I stumbled across it, but the ending was very interesting for sure. I enjoyed the whole movie thoroughly. I'd suggest going back and watching it from the beginning.

[the samoan lawyer]

Yeah Deep End is a great shout, has a good chance of making my list so far. Ive not watched those others.

[the samoan lawyer]

Can anyone recommend watching Coming Home? I absolutely loved Harold and Maude, The Last Detail and Being There but with it getting close to deadline day im on a tight viewing schedule. I still have French Connection, Amarcord, Alice Sweet Alice, The Candidate, The Garden of Finzi, Marriage of Maria Braun, Three days of the Condor, Frenzy, The Onion Field, Andromeda Strain and Mean Machine (The Longest Yard) all to watch, plus probably a few more in the house.

Help?!

[Holden Pike]

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Yes, Coming Home is great, definitely see it. If you don't see it in time for the list, see it eventually. The other great Hal Ashby movie from the decade is Bound for Glory, also a must-see.

But that's a really good to-watch list you are finishing up. For my taste, The Andromeda Strain is the least of 'em, if you need to jettison one if you are running out of time at the end.

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[cricket]

I loved Coming Home, and I new I was going to love it within the first minute. It just clicked with me. I also loved Ashby's Shampoo, which was a nice surprise. I'll watch Bound for Glory before the deadline.

[the samoan lawyer]

I also forgot about Cries and Whispers!!!!

[gbgoodies]

Can anyone recommend watching Coming Home? I absolutely loved Harold and Maude, The Last Detail and Being There but with it getting close to deadline day im on a tight viewing schedule. I still have French Connection, Amarcord, Alice Sweet Alice, The Candidate, The Garden of Finzi, Marriage of Maria Braun, Three days of the Condor, Frenzy, The Onion Field, Andromeda Strain and Mean Machine (The Longest Yard) all to watch, plus probably a few more in the house.

Help?!


I haven't seen all of the movies you listed, but I highly recommend the two marked in red above.

[Camo]

Just sent my list. I had a few more i wanted to watch but i doubt i'll have the time over the next few weeks, and overall i'm happy with my list.

[jiraffejustin]

Can anyone recommend watching Coming Home? I absolutely loved Harold and Maude, The Last Detail and Being There but with it getting close to deadline day im on a tight viewing schedule. I still have French Connection, Amarcord, Alice Sweet Alice, The Candidate, The Garden of Finzi, Marriage of Maria Braun, Three days of the Condor, Frenzy, The Onion Field, Andromeda Strain and Mean Machine (The Longest Yard) all to watch, plus probably a few more in the house.

Help?!

Absolutely watch Amarcord. Please, please, please watch Amarcord.

[Mr Minio]

Heard about all these except Rica. :D Nice recs.

[Frightened Inmate No. 2]

these are my must-watches before the list that i haven't seen yet. probably won't get to all of them:

(a long list)


so since making this list i have watched these:

Frenzy
Family Plot
Dirty Harry
Manhattan
The Conversation
The Holy Mountain
Annie Hall
Eraserhead
F for Fake
Little Big Man
Apocalypse Now
Days of Heaven
Two-Lane Blacktop

i've enjoyed all of them, although manhattan is probably my least favorite. six of them would currently make my list.

i prioritized my list, so i'm going to try to watch these movies in this order, with a few exceptions here and there probably:

Aguirre: The Wrath of God
House
Network
Scenes From a Marriage
The French Connection
Sorcerer
Le Cercle Rouge
Alien
Barry Lyndon
Walkabout
Don't Look Now
The Shootist
Killer of Sheep
The Outlaw Josey Wales
High Plains Drifter
Night Moves
Murder By Death
The Tenant
Tess
Suspira
Tristana
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
The Passenger
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Performance
Fox and his Friends
Zabriske Point
Being There
The Deer Hunter
The Last Detail
A Clockwork Orange
3 Women
Paper Moon
McCabe & Mrs. Miller

3 Women, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, and Murder By Death are rewatches, but i want to see where i stand on them now.

[jiraffejustin]

Aguirre and House are perfect where they are at. I'd love to see Suspiria make the list, so please bump that up a little bit. The Outlaw Josey Wales probably doesn't need your help, but it's great. You should also boost The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie up too. Barry Lyndon and A Clockwork Orange are probably in the same boat as The Outlaw Josey Wales.

[donniedarko]

I still have a lot I want to watch, but my number one priority right now is getting my hands on Duel

[Holden Pike]

Put Zabriske Point last, and then never watch it.

You can thank me, later.

[Jack1]

I still have a lot I want to watch, but my number one priority right now is getting my hands on Duel
An excellent film, and will be high on my list.

[Daniel M]

Put Zabriske Point last, and then never watch it.

You can thank me, later.

So you and Mark both hate it? Sounds interesting :D

[rauldc14]

Darn! Was going to watch Stroszek but it's not on YouTube anymore! Then was going to watch Amarcord but nothing with subtitles.

[Harry Lime]

Darn! Was going to watch Stroszek but it's not on YouTube anymore! Then was going to watch Amarcord but nothing with subtitles.
Dude, your internetting skills be lacking.

[Holden Pike]

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Not next Tuesday, but the Tuesday after that. Yeah, ballots are due in two weeks.

[Daniel M]

Darn! Was going to watch Stroszek but it's not on YouTube anymore! Then was going to watch Amarcord but nothing with subtitles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obgwTetpjE4

[rauldc14]

Its blocked for US I believe Daniel. Or just my iPad and phone. Thanks though. I watched Eraserhead instead. I'll probably turn my list in by Friday because I won't be able to see much more.

[Thursday Next]

Submitted my list. It's far from perfect, but it's done. I hope someone else voted for the ones that didn't make the cut. I won't say what's on my list, but it contains quite a few musicals (sorry Miss Vicky) and no anime (sorry Guap).

[Optimus]

Cool idea. I haven't seen much from the 70's so it would be pretty pointless me making a list.

[Miss Vicky]

Submitted my list. It's far from perfect, but it's done. I hope someone else voted for the ones that didn't make the cut. I won't say what's on my list, but it contains quite a few musicals (sorry Miss Vicky) and no anime (sorry Guap).

My current rough draft contains a musical. With only 2 weeks left, I doubt I'll find anything worthy to replace it, either. :laugh:

Which goes to show how little of my 70s watchlist I've actually been able to watch (personal stuff got in the way). Oh well. It is what it is.

[gbgoodies]

Every time I read a reminder on here about this list, this quote from "Raiders of the Lost Ark" pops into my mind.

Indy: "I'm working on it. I'm working on it."
Marion: "Well whatever you're doing, do it faster."

(I tried to find a sound or video clip of this, but I couldn't find one. :shrug: )

[Holden Pike]

Swan and Thursday Next turned their ballots in today, and I've just added them to the official count. That makes twenty-nine MoFos, thus far. Currently, there are two hundred and thrity-nine different titles, twenty-four movies with at least a hundred points each, nine which have hit two hundred plus, and already five in excess of three hundred! And only thirty-five points separate those top five vote-getters (only two points separate the top two!), at this still early stage.

It is going to be a fun, tight race, all the way through to the very end. I was just looking at the top thirty, and it's a damn good, eclectic bunch of flicks.

Hallelujah! Keep 'em coming!

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[Holden Pike]

Cool idea. I haven't seen much from the 70's so it would be pretty pointless me making a list.

Welcome.

Unfortunately the rules say you have to have been a member here at the Movie Forums for at least a month before the final deadline, which is two weeks from tonight, so you wouldn't have made the cut, even if you had a list you were proud of. The good news is, after all the votes are in and the list is made public, you are going to have scads of viewing suggestions.

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=16112&stc=1&d=1404255007

[The Rodent]

I'm going to be like SC now...


14 days!!!???


That's like a million years away!!!!!

[rauldc14]

Just figured I'd turn my list in tonight. It was a lot harder than the 80s list, I left off quite a few films I like.