Top 10 Performance of the 70s?

Gena Rowlands (A Woman Under The Influence)
Jack Nicholson (One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest)
Art Carney (Harry and Tonto)
Marlon Brando (The Godfather)
Stacy Keach (Fat City)
Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange)
Robert De Niro (Taxi Driver)
Peter Finch (Network)
Ruth Gordon (Harold and Maude)
Marlon Brando (Last Tango In Paris)

1. Marlon Brando The Godfather 1972
2. Robert De Niro The Godfather: Part II 1974
3. Al Pacino The Godfather 1972
4. Al Pacino The Godfather: Part II 1974
5. Al Pacino Dog Day Afternoon 1975
6. Bruce Lee Enter the Dragon 1973
7. John Travolta Saturday Night Fever 1977
8. Paul Newman & Robert Redford The Sting 1973
9. Brooke Adams Days of Heaven 1978
10. Albert Finney Murder on the Orient Express 1974

Honorable mentions:

• Sylvester Stallone Rocky 1976
• Yul Brynner Westworld 1973
• Dustin Hoffman All the President’s Men 1976, Marathon Man 1976
• Robert Redford All the President’s Men 1976
• Roy Scheider Jaws 1975, Sorcerer 1977
• Donald Sutherland: Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978

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Keeping to one per actor.

Robert De Niro - Taxi Driver
Al Pacino - Godfather II
Michael Cane - The Man Who Would Be King
Diane Keaton - Annie Hall
Malcolm McDowell - A Clockwork Orange
Harvey Keitel - The Duellists
Anatoly Solonitsyn - Stalker
Jack Nicholson - Chinatown
Martin Sheen - Badlands
Sigourney Weaver - Alien

Looking back really the New Hollywood era was a pretty male focused time wasn't it compared to what came before and afterwards.

Honorable mentions:

• Sylvester Stallone Rocky 1976
• Yul Brynner Westworld 1973
• Dustin Hoffman All the President’s Men 1976, Marathon Man 1976
• Robert Redford All the President’s Men 1976
• Roy Scheider Jaws 1975, Sorcerer 1977
• Donald Sutherland: Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978

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Nice to see some love for Yul Brynner

In no particular order:
Louise Fletcher - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Clint Eastwood - The Outlaw Josey Wales
Gene Wilder - Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Jack Lemmon - The China Syndrome
Charlton Heston - Soylent Green
Edward G. Robinson - Soylent Green
Steve Martin - The Jerk
John Wayne - Rooster Cogburn
Robert Duvall - THX 1138
Charles Martin Smith - American Graffiti

Nice to see some love for Edward G. Robinson and Charlie Martin Smith

Thanks for the information on the site.

Brigitte Mira - 'Ali: Fear eats the Soul' (1973)

Boris Plotnikov - 'The Ascent' (1977)

It is such a classic era that so many stars gave their best perfomances and you guys have already mentioned the ones i wanted to mention

Love seeing Charles Martin Smith get some attention. He was outstanding in American Graffiti and he is on my list as well. Same with Steve Martin, Jack Lemmon and Louise Fletcher.

I would also include:
Brad Douriff and Jack Nicholson - Cuckoo's Nest
Tatum O'Neal - Paper Moon
Jason Miller - The Exorcist
Robert Shaw - Jaws
Klaus Kinski - Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Piper Laurie - Carrie

These are my favorites:



1) Al Pacino, The Godfather
2) Harvey Stephens, The Omen
3) Tatum O'Neal, Paper Moon
4) Gunnar Hansen, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (he actually researched for the role by going to a school for students with special needs)
5) Richard Dreyfuss, American Graffiti
6) Sissy Spacek, Carrie
7) John Travolta, Saturday Night Live
8) Linda Blair, The Exorcist
9) Diane Keaton, The Godfather Part II
10) Jackie Earle Haley, The Bad News Bears

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No particular Order
Jack Nicholson-One Flew Over the Cuckoos nest
Sissy Spacek Badlands
Jack Nicholson- China Town
Robert Deniro- Taxi Driver
I agree with Brad Douriff- One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
Gene Hackman- The French Connection
Gene Hackman- The Conversation
Robert Duvall Godfather 1 & 2
Brando- Godfather 1