100 Most Acclaimed Films of the Decade: 1970s

1. The Godfather (1972)
2. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
3. Taxi Driver (1976)
4. Apocalypse Now (1979)
5. Chinatown (1974)
6. The Conformist (1970)
7. Mirror (1975)
8. Nashville (1975)
9. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
10. Barry Lyndon (1975)
11. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
12. Amarcord (1973)
13. Annie Hall (1977)
14. Jaws (1975)
15. Star Wars (1977)
16. Stalker (1979)
17. Manhattan (1979)
18. The Conversation (1974)
19. Days of Heaven (1978)
20. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
21. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
22. Don't Look Now (1973)
23. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
24. Mean Streets (1973)
25. Badlands (1973)
26. Jeanne Dielman (1975)
27. Cries and Whispers (1972)
28. A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
29. The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
30. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
31. The Mother and the Whore (1973)
32. The Exorcist (1973)
33. Céline and Julie Go Boating (1974)
34. Alien (1979)
35. Death in Venice (1971)
36. Performance (1970)
37. The Travelling Players (1975)
38. Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
39. Solaris (1972)
40. Eraserhead (1977)
41. Last Tango in Paris (1972)
42. The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)
43. F for Fake (1974)
44. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
45. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
46. The Passenger (1975)
47. Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
48. The Deer Hunter (1978)
49. Cabaret (1972)
50. Killer of Sheep (1977)
51. The Last Picture Show (1971)
52. Day for Night (1973)
53. Halloween (1978)
54. The Long Goodbye (1973)
55. Harold and Maude (1971)
56. Suspiria (1977)
57. In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
58. Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
59. Five Easy Pieces (1970)
60. Network (1976)
61. All the President's Men (1976)
62. Alice in the Cities (1974)
63. All That Jazz (1979)
64. Claire's Knee (1970)
65. MASH (1970)
66. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
67. 1900 (1976)
68. Carrie (1976)
69. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
70. American Graffiti (1973)
71. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
72. Deliverance (1972)
73. Kings of the Road (1976)
74. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
75. India Song (1975)
76. Providence (1977)
77. Dersu Uzala (1975)
78. In the Year of the 13 Moons (1978)
79. Lancelot du Lac (1974)
80. Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
81. The Tin Drum (1979)
82. Being There (1979)
83. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
84. Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
85. The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)
86. The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
87. Young Frankenstein (1974)
88. O Lucky Man! (1973)
89. That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
90. The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
91. Dirty Harry (1971)
92. Husbands (1970)
93. Rocky (1976)
94. 3 Women (1977)
95. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
96. The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
97. Tristana (1970)
98. Casanova (1976)
99. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)
100. The Man Who Would Be King (1975)