The MoFo Top 100 of the Seventies

I would think made-for-TV movies are fair game, though I will defer to whatever the ruling was on the previous lists, for consistency sake.

Another movie I would highlight is Petri's Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion, which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, but had been unavailable, even badly dubbed, in the U.S. for a long time. It was gloriously released by Criterion at the end of last year. Check it out. Especially if you only know Gian Maria Volonté from Spaghetti Westerns.

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"Film is a disease. When it infects your bloodstream it takes over as the number one hormone. It bosses the enzymes, directs the pineal gland, plays Iago to your psyche. As with heroin, the antidote to Film is more Film." - Frank Capra

Just don't even bother with any kind of obscure '70s film, unless it's:

1.) Something released by Criterion.

2.) Something extremely rare from a foreign country that you can only see by trading the file with Harry Lime.

Those two types of movies, plus some anime or Asian thing, plus the regular, critically acclaimed/most popular movies of the '70s, are all that's gonna make the list. That's all that keeps going on.

This will make the list.

I watched The Jerk last night after seeing it discussed here.

I was thoroughly underwhelmed. I didn't laugh or even crack a smile the entire movie.

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Well, that's you being Miss Vicky. I liked The Jerk.

I might have at one time, but It having such a powerful pact on me doesn't necessarily translate into good movie for me. The fact that it tears me up so much that I really don't want to watch it again lessons the movie in my eyes. I do a lot of dog rescue and shelter work and I just couldn't watch that movie and go in and do what I do. I would be a crazy woman.

On the subject on movies made for TV, I got really excited that Holden might allow them and went to look up The Dollmaker. 1984 *sigh* Maybe one day a TV movie and mini-series list would be fun.

The top two films will be La Region Centrale and Out 1, calling it now.

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Mubi

The number 1 movie will probably be Jaws. I know it's been hard to predict the number 1 movie, surprisingly, but I'm going with Jaws.

Wait... unless it's Star Wars.

That wouldn't surprise me. Enough of us love it on here. I'd be more than happy with that seeing as how Cabaret doesn't have a chance (what is wrong with you people!!' )

Ill be surprised if it is not The Godfather. That movie crosses most of the divides I think.

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Letterboxd

I forgot about that one. Yeah, that will probably beat Jaws. I love The Godfather, but I'd rather see Jaws win.

The Godfather already has this wrapped up, as far as I'm concerned. I don't see anything else coming close.

You've pretty much covered every film ever made here :P

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Jaws all the way.

My top 10.

1. Jaws
2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
3. The Godfather
4. Alien
5. Rocky
6. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
7. Halloween
8. Taxi Driver
9. Dirty Harry
10. A Clockwork Orange

jaws, taxi driver, star wars, and the godfather all have decent chances of winning.

3 of those are in my top 5. 3 others are on my list outside of the top 10.

SEQUEL?

I thought we couldn't share lists? Ur disqualified.

I am rooting for Clockwork Orange to win this one.

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