Holden Pike's Top 100 of the 1970s

1974

 1

  Chinatown

1976

 2

  Taxi Driver

1975

 3

  Nashville

1972

 4

  The Godfather

1975

 5

  Jaws

1970

 6

  Little Big Man

1975

 7

  One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

1971

 8

  A Clockwork Orange

1979

 9

  Breaking Away

1975

 10

  The Man Who Would Be King

1972

 11

  Aguirre: The Wrath of God

1976

 12

  Network

1971

 13

  McCabe & Mrs. Miller

1974

 14

  Young Frankenstein

1979

 15

  Tess

1972

 16

  Solaris

1974

 17

  The Conversation

1978

 18

  Days of Heaven

1970

 19

  Le Cercle Rouge

1973

 20

  The Long Goodbye

1974

 21

  The Godfather: Part II

1979

 22

  Apocalypse Now

1975

 23

  Barry Lyndon

1971

 24

  The French Connection

1977

 25

  Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

1970

 26

  The Conformist

1970

 27

  The Ballad of Cable Hogue

1979

 28

  Monty Python's Life of Brian

1974

 29

  Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

1975

 30

  Night Moves

1978

 31

  Killer of Sheep

1979

 32

  Alien

1973

 33

  Don't Look Now

1975

 34

  A Boy and His Dog

1973

 35

  The Spirit of the Beehive

1973

 36

  The Three Musketeers

1978

 37

  Straight Time

1973

 38

  My Name Is Nobody

1970

 39

  MASH

1976

 40

  Bound for Glory

1970

 41

  Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

1973

 42

  Paper Moon

1970

 43

  Catch-22

1972

 44

  The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

1977

 45

  Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1974

 46

  A Woman Under the Influence

1971

 47

  The Last Picture Show

1973

 48

  Mean Streets

1973

 49

  Scarecrow

1978

 50

  The Last Waltz

1976

 51

  All the President's Men

1979

 52

  Stalker

1972

 53

  Deliverance

1973

 54

  The Last Detail

1979

 55

  Escape from Alcatraz

1971

 56

  The Hospital

1970

 57

  Five Easy Pieces

1975

 58

  Monty Python and the Holy Grail

1978

 59

  Coming Home

1976

 60

  Marathon Man

1976

 61

  The Front

1971

 62

  Duck, You Sucker

1974

 63

  The Yakuza

1973

 64

  Badlands

1975

 65

  The Mirror

1975

 66

  3 Days of the Condor

1977

 67

  That Obscure Object of Desire

1973

 68

  American Graffiti

1977

 69

  The Duellists

1974

 70

  Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

1973

 71

  Day for Night

1971

 72

  The Beguiled

1973

 73

  The Sting

1970

 74

  Kes

1972

 75

  Images

1971

 76

  Harold and Maude

1972

 77

  The Ruling Class

1973

 78

  Charley Varrick

1972

 79

  Cries and Whispers

1971

 80

  Walkabout

1979

 81

  The In-Laws

1974

 82

  Zandy's Bride

1975

 83

  Picnic at Hanging Rock

1979

 84

  Being There

1971

 85

  Wanda

1979

 86

  All That Jazz

1971

 87

  Play Misty for Me

1976

 88

  The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

1971

 89

  Macbeth

1978

 90

  Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1978

 91

  Blue Collar

1979

 92

  The Black Stallion

1976

 93

  The Outlaw Josey Wales

1972

 94

  The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

1975

 95

  The Story of Adele H.

1975

 96

  Hard Times

1976

 97

  The Bad News Bears

1973

 98

  The Friends of Eddie Coyle

1979

 99

  The Onion Field

1978

 100

  The Silent Partner