The MoFo Top 100 of the 1970s: Countdown
 

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A long time ago, it was a glorious age in the cinematic universe. The 1970s is considered by many film fanatics to be one of the strongest, if not the strongest, decades of the medium that we love, both commercially and artistically. Faced with the impossible task of choosing favorites from among favorites, determining the very best of the very best, and culling legends from legends, many Movie Forums members did their level best to sort through it all, to filter that vibrant bounty through their individual tastes and sensibilities, and rank it in something as insufficient but challenging as a top twenty-five list. Here, now, are their collective choices for the best and/or favorite films of the decade. THIS is the thread where the list was announced, if anybody needs to toggle back to it for reference sake.

Ninety-Nine (99) MoFos found this an offer they couldn't refuse and submitted ballots, and I thank each and every one of you...yes, even Sexy Celebrity. Obviously this exercise is beyond futile without your support, and so many of you came out to play. Who are all ya all...?


Special thanks to Skepsis93 for being there for questions, some of them dumb, and most of all for providing such a kick-ass template and high bar to aim for with his Top 100 of the 1980s list. To Daniel M for his magical spreadsheet with its movie-counting formula making this task at all do-able, and for patiently explaining to this particular Luddite how to use it. And of course to Yoda for his input and for keeping up such a wonderful virtual sandbox for all of us cinematic idiots to gripe and gush at each other in, over movies and whatever other nonsense tickles our fancies.

For those late to the party, films received one to twenty-five points, depending on its place on each MoFo's numbered ballot. Four hundred and twenty-seven different films received votes, these are the films with the highest point totals, revealed from number one hundred on down to numero uno. Ties are broken by which film appeared on more ballots. Two titles will be revealed per day, until we reach the top ten. Please still do not publicly reveal all of your personal choices until the entire list has been presented, but otherwise feel free to remark where certain films were on your ballot, as they come up. Of course chat up the list as we go, and speculate all the live long day.

Now...let's go the distance!

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This will be updated with each reveal, and clicking on each title will direct you to its place in the thread...

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Here we go...

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We're off to a great start! Two excellent films. Unfortunately, there wasn't enough room on my list for either of them.

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I like Logan's Run. I don't love it but I like it. I've been meaning to watch The Omen for a while mainly for this countdown, but also for added Gregory Peck.

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Two great films, though I'm a little surprised to see The Omen this lowdown the list. Love the layout, nice work.

Richard Nixon is pumped, & so am i !

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The Omen is excellent ! no doubt

Haven't seen Logan's Run. I like The Omen well enough but it was never in consideration for my list, i did expect it to be 10-15 spots higher though. Agreed with Slob on the layout.

Also thanks for taking the time to do this Holden :)

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The Omen is 18th on my list.

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aaaaaand.... seen neither. But those are two expected-ish entries. Maybe we won't be seeing any (or as many) WTF appearances (looking at you, Visitor to a Museum and Rocky IV) this time around, given the insane amount of lists that were submitted?

1976 is already represented by two! I didn't vote for them, but they're fun mainstream movies, although I think The Omen is the better of the two. I saw LR once at the theatre, but I saw The Omen with my bro at a sneak preview on 6-6-76 and about five times total at the theatre. :cool:

I assumed that was just 2/3 art house buffs putting it near the top of their list. But yeh, lots of films from the Eighties I don't think would stand a chance getting on this.

Not seen either of them too. Bit of a disappointment but I'm not too bothered as both look interesting, been wanting to see The Omen for a while, seems like a good horror that everyone around here likes.

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The 80's and 90's lists began with yawns for me. Here we start with two really good flicks! Logan's Run almost made my top 25.

Also, 2 for 2 so far.

Nixon pumped a lot of people in the '70s, but ultimately he got pumped. :) Yo, Rocky!

It was. This time 'round, I figure 99 lists is enough to eradicate that sort of thing, meaning a film has to appeal to broader range of people to get a spot, even at the lower end. Can't decide if I like that or not.

Yeah you're right, I've done my list fairly and not tactically, and if everyone has, I think it means a fairer representation of the tastes on here, so will probably be a good thing.

All the movies I watched to prepare for this, and I missed the very first one. Logan's Run is a movie I wanted to see, but I didn't really think it was a contender. I'm going to try to watch it tonight.

Three months ago, The Omen was a lock for my list, but I didn't end up voting for it. I saw it multiple times at the movies when it came out, and I had many nightmares because of it. It's easily one of my all time favorite horror movies. Glad it made it.

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A film has just popped into my head that I can't believe I didn't think of before, it definitely would have made my list. :(
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Holden Pike I salute you for starting this list so quickly!

Almost made my list.

As you can see, both of these first two films were tied, as far as points. This happened thirteen times throughout the entire list, including once in the top ten! That's how close these races were. Ties are broken first by whichever had the most votes. In the case of our #100 choice, we actually had to go deeper.

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After ninety-nine ballots, there were four titles that had accumulated sixty-four points, but only two slots to fill. The Omen appeared on seven different ballots, so it became the #99 title, leaving a three-way tie for the #100 spot. I discovered it was that much more of a tie, seeing as all three of the films appeared on five ballots, each. The second level of tie breaking then becomes which movie had the single highest vote, much like determining the higher flush in a hand of poker. The three remaining films with sixty-four points were Logan's Run, Murder by Death, and Coffy. The highest numbered vote Coffy received was a ninth-place, Murder by Death a seventh-place vote, and one of the five MoFos who had Logan's Run on their ballot had it as their sixth overall choice. That broke the tie, and just got Logan into the Top One Hundred, spared from Carousel once again!

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Dammit I had Coffy pretty high on my list. :(

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i was the one who put Murder By Death at #7. it was one of the ones that i wanted to rewatch before submitting because i hadn't seen it in years and i wasn't sure if it would hold up. i didn't get around to it, but i decided to give it the benefit of the doubt since it's a childhood favorite.

Yes, you were the one who had it highest, at number nine. Unfortunately for Ms. Grier, that was only good enough for a #102 finish, Sucka.

Now I am going to have a good cry for my Pam Grier. :bawling:

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Logan's Run was 17th on my list...

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random prediction:
98. The Day of the Jackal
97. Deep Red

Just give Coffy a special award for coolest poster for a film that ...
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Neither were on my list, but I'm glad they're included, excellent films.

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I LOVE the level of effort you're putting into this, Holden. Respect! :up:

Anyway, I haven't seen the first two entries yet. I'm kind of in a sci-fi mood as of late (I've been reading some of Isaac Asimov's sci-fi novels and short stories while being in Austria, Italy and Germany), so I think I might watch Logan's Run when I get back home, just so I can comment on it a little bit in this thread. The Omen also seems interesting and I'll definitely watch that one in the future.

Great start! I like the fact that I haven't seen any of these two films yet.

If you like sci-fi you'll like Logan's Run

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I haven't seen the first 2, but they look good I might check them out.

Logan's Run is an awesome film. I bet you will like it.

Thanks. It has been fun.

And yes, if anybody is wondering, I made that poster on the first page myself. Cobbled from classic '70s movie posters, obviously. I even did it the old fashioned way, as in scissors and glue. Because, you know, I'm insane.

For any conspiracy theorists (Hi, Sexy!), I assembled this poster on the day that The Shining was revealed to be the number one choice on the MoFo Top 100 of the 1980s list, back on March 11th. So not a single ballot had been cast, not even my own. There are no clues there for any film's placement on the list, nor even if it made it at all. I did make a key for it, if you kids want to have fun naming all twenty-eight of the films featured on my 'lil decoupage? :)



Seems super easy to me, but then I made it. Plus, I'm me.

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Yes, I have. ;)
I wanted to make the list of one-pointers this time and Farewell, My Lovely was the perfect candidate for that. It's sort of a reboot of the classic noir genre as it was done in the '40s... but this time with a rich color palette in stead of shadowy black and white! I already reviewed it in my thread, but I thought this was a great way to give it some extra attention around here.


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"This past spring was the first that I felt tired and realized I was growing old. Maybe it was the rotten weather we'd had in L.A. Maybe the rotten cases I'd had. Mostly chasing a few missing husbands and then chasing their wives once I found them, in order to get paid. Or maybe it was just the plain fact that I am tired and growing old."

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damm. Coffy is good fun, was my #15. looks like i should've moved it up !

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And I already revealed these in another thread, but here they are again. These are the titles that received exactly one point, and only one point. Sixteen movies that were somebody's number twenty-five choice...and that was it. They missed the cut by a lot. :D

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
The Concert for Bangladesh
The Crazies
Diamonds Are Forever
Every Which Way But Loose
Farewell, My Lovely
Fat City
The Fury
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
La Grande Bouffe
The Lords of Flatbush
Love at First Bite
Meatballs
Robin & Marian
Summer City
A Touch of Zen

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And in case you haven't tried it yet, the IMDb and Wikipedia button under each title on the list will automatically take you to the corresponding pages.

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I know them all on the poster except for the one in bottom left with the guys face on the clock? Actually it's probably Dog Day Afternoon.

Others are: Rocky Horror, Alien, Halloween, Mean Streets, The Conversation, Blazing Saddles, Spirit of the Beehive, Aguirre, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Chinatown, The Sting, Jaws, Eraserhead, High Plains Drifter, Superman, Nashville, Apocalypse Now, Clockwork Orange, Taxi Driver, Cabaret, Saturday Night Fever, MASH, Star Wars, and Close Encounters.

That's 25. And now I see The Godfather and Paper Moon. What am I missing?

Edit: I forgot to write down Cuckoo's Nest, there we go.

Wouldn't be surprised if they all made it, but some of these could miss out, I'm not sure on the overall opinion here: Saturday Night Fever, Superman, Rocky Horror, Paper Moon, The Sting, and High Plains Drifter.

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You've put a lot of effort into this Holden, top work :up:

I delved so deep into arthouse I never heard about Logan's Run. I heard about Omen, but didn't see it.

Haven't seen either of the first two. And looking at those point totals and I am quite certain my #1 pick won't make the cut. :(

My List:
25. Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1 point, not on the countdown)

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I think you got them all, Daniel.

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Hopefully Paper Moon makes it out of the ones you mentioned Daniel. I loved that movie. I also really liked High Plains Driter, i don't really care about the others but think Superman will make it at least.

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Wow, great job! So much for waiting until Friday or next Monday. You must have stayed up late.

Anyhow, I had The Omen as #8 on my list, and it looks like it needed every point I gave it. I'm glad Logan's Run made it too.

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Incredible layout Holden!

I haven't seen Logans Run, expected it to be higher. I don't care at all for The Omen, the whole "I did this for you Damien!" Scene was kind of creepy, that's about it though. Expected The Omen to be higher also actually.

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Dramatically revising my assessment of how many of my films will make the cut after those first two.

I know right. I cross off two for sure.

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Wait until you see the next two. ;)

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Thats awesome Holden mate, nice one :up:

You mean to tell me Coffy won't be on the list?

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At first I thought, oooooh, this looks good so far. Two movies that actually feel like '70s movies to me. As much as I know '70s movies.

But then you go and put THE OMEN before Coffy. One of the most boring horror films ever made.

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Coffy.

#10 on my list.

Between this and Yoda ruining the chances of Pumping Iron being a 1 pointer movie, we're off to a bad start.

It only took until page two for someone to remember a film they should've put on their list. :D

Dammit, people. I know both of you have looked at my 100. I'm very disappointed in both of you. :tsk:

Two down, and I already have my first pick, the wonderful Logan's Run. Yes it runs out of steam before the end (pun intended) and, yes, it's a bit dull once Peter Ustinov turns up, but, gosh darn it, before all that, it's bloody good fun and the ultimate 70's future look. Plus, sci-fi's greatest robot. Box.

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Sadly, I also have my first confirmed casualty, as Coffy didn't make the list. :( I had it higher than I did Logan's Run, too. Nevermind. It was mentioned and it got close. This also means it looks like Foxy Brown won't make it either, seeing as people usually prefer Coffy to Foxy Brown.

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Loving that you started earlier than expected, Holden. :) As everyone's already said, it looks great. :up:

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Great job as expected Holden. Thanks for posting the cheat sheet for your first graphic. The only one stumping me was The Consversation which is idiotic because it has only been about a year since I watched it.

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Oh, dear. If Foxy Brown doesn't make the list, too.... well, I might have it on my list at #9.

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Yeah I had Foxy on my list too.

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Maybe I will watch Coffy soon since I have to watch more 70s exploitation.

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This list ain't gonna be pretty.

I agree that The Omen is pretty boring. It's OK, it passes, it finishes, you leave it. It's done. It is 70's horror though, that can't be denied. If ever there was a decade which was defined by demons, the devil and possession, it was the 70's.

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I don't think it's boring at all.

You mean "It's all for you, Damien."? What about David Warner's weird photographs, the storm in the park aimed at the priest, the two scenes in the car where first Damien freaks at the religious symbols and then the baboons freak at Damien, the attack in the graveyard, and all the violent climactic scenes leading to the ending? The plot is ridiculous, but it's ingenious, and Richard Donner gets a whole lot out of his budget. It's presented with such a straight face and good cast that you can easily get caught up in all the plot twists and WTFs. :)

That's because the movie's about you.

It's about time you started to watch some decent films. :p:D

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No way The Omen is boring. It's one great moment after another. Now a boring horror movie is The Shining....:p

Sir thems fighten words! :p

:up: The Shining is far more boring than The Omen. And that's from someone who thinks The Omen is quite boring.
And if they are, I've got his back. :D

They're both boring.

It's been awhile since I saw The Omen, but I've never cared for it.

I mean, personally, I'm not really frightened of Christian horror. The Exorcist is good, but it took a long time for me to like that, and it's still not a movie I feel the need to watch much. Since I question the existence of Satan in the first place, I'm not really that scared of him. But I don't mind movies about him. But when you get too deep into it, and you're performing exorcism after exorcism, it's starting to annoy me and it feels more like a Christianity propaganda film, like God's Not Dead.

Exorcism movies can be either really good, or really bad. Sometimes you have to mix it up.

Deliver us from Evil was a damn good flick. It has an exorcism in it but it is in the last 10 minutes of the flick. Otherwise it feels more like a cop drama. Only the perps are possessed.

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The Omen was on my secondary list( films that were in contention for last few spots). Been ages since I watched Logans Run, great flicks though.


Solid first 2 imo.

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I can't say I love The Shining, but boring is the least thing I'd say about it.

Strange. It's almost always the first thing I say about it. :D

Agreed. The rotties were enough to scare me to nightmares after I saw it at the flicks!

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Will The Godfather come in at #1 or #1? :)

Definitely not! The China Syndrome will be number #one.:D

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Don't you just love Slob's Butterball from Hellraiser avatar? I told him he should make one of Butterball and he did a fabulous job.

I had Logan's Run at 13th on this list and on my personal top 100 list it falls at number 99 - Strangely close ;)

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I can think of five films that would not surprise me at all if they took the top spot.

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I miss his Jabba avatar. That was perfect for him.

Is The China Syndrome one of them?

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Though I can't say I dislike his new avatar.

I'll be happy if any of the movies on my list make it on the list at all. So far, two of my movies missed the list.

"Love at First Bite" was my #25, and "Murder By Death" was my #20.

I've never seen 'The Omen", and I re-watched "Logan's Run", but it just didn't stand the test of time for me.

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I have Logan's Run on my DVR, but never got around to watching it. It doesn't seem like my kind of movie, so there's probably zero chance it would've made my list.

I haven't seen The Omen, either. I had planned on watching it, but when I realized The Exorcist wasn't in contention for my list, I figured The Omen had no shot.

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I hope The China Syndrome makes the list and we aren't going to see a travesty like we did in the 80's list: The omission of Masters of the Universe was a crime against humanity.

Yeah, I love it and it's on my 100. You'll hate it. :D

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Who had page 5 before SFS brought up Masters of the Universe not making the previous list? :D

I can think of several movies that wouldn't surprise me if they made #1. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that the spot doesn't go to A Clockwork Orange, Star Wars, or The Godfather. I'm sure there are some other contenders I wouldn't like to see make the top spot, but those are the ones off the top of my head.

I think my #2 choice has a decent shot at #1. Fingers crossed it at least comes close.

I doubt The Rocky Horror Picture Show will be #1.

While I may or may not have voted for that movie, it definitely was not my #2 pick.

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My guess is Miss Vicky is indifferent towards The Rocky Horror Picture Show and only put half it's title on her list.

RHPS didn't even make my list.

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I think about 12 or 13 of my list have a legitimate chance of making the list.

Could be a full house for me, there are only 2 that I'm not sure about.:cool:

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I'd say 18-19 of mine have a fair to very good chance of making the list, but only one has any hope of making #1.

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Ah, early 90's Sky flashback. :D

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Why on Earth did two little girls play Michelle? Ridiculous. That means one of them can't be in that photo. Maybe they took turns during different photos.

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They're both in the photo. Look again.