Dan Sallitt’s Favorite Films of the 1970s, by International Release Date

1979

  1. THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany)
  2. DRUGSTORE ROMANCE (CORPS À COEUR) (Paul Vecchiali, France)
  3. MAD MAX (George Miller, Australia)
  4. TROUBLE AT NIGHT (Catherine Breillat, France)
  5. HEAD OVER HEELS (CHILLY SCENES OF WINTER) (Joan Micklin Silver, USA)
  6. LA FEMME QUI PLEURE (Jacques Doillon, France)
  7. THE BROOD (David Cronenberg, Canada)
  8. LA DRÔLESSE (Jacques Doillon, France)
  9. ONE FINE DAY (Stephen Frears, UK)
  10. BEING THERE (Hal Ashby, USA)
  11. FAST BREAK (Jack Smight, USA)
  12. SUNNYSIDE (Timothy Galfas, USA)
  13. WAYS IN THE NIGHT (Krzysztof Zanussi, West Germany)
  14. HOT ROD (George Armitage, USA)
  15. CODED MESSAGE FOR THE CHIEF (Helmut Dziuba, East Germany)
  16. LA ROSIERE DE PESSAC (Jean Eustache, France)
  17. LA LUNA (Bernardo Bertolucci, Italy)
  18. THE MEADOW (Taviani Bros., Italy)
  19. THE WOMAN WITH RED HAIR (Tatsumi Kumashiro, Japan)
  20. GOLDENGIRL (revised TV version only) (Joseph Sargent, USA)
  21. VENGEANCE IS MINE (Shohei Imamura, Japan)
  22. LONG DISTANCE INFORMATION (Stephen Frears, UK)
  23. AFTERNOON OFF (Stephen Frears, UK)
  24. IT’S NICE TO MEET YOU (David Neves, Brazil)
  25. GERMAN SPRING (Dieter Berner, Austria)

THE HAMBURG SYNDROME (Peter Fleischmann, W. Germany)
THE EUROPEANS (James Ivory, USA/UK)

1978

  1. REMEMBER MY NAME (Alan Rudolph, USA)
  2. WHO’LL STOP THE RAIN (Karel Reisz, USA)
  3. DAYS OF HEAVEN (Terrence Malick, USA)
  4. BLOOD RELATIVES (Claude Chabrol, Canada/France)
  5. DIRTY DISHES (Joyce Bunuel, France)
  6. KAMMESJUKJUL (TV) (Nils Malmros, Denmark)
  7. LE DOSSIER 51 (Michel Deville, France)
  8. GRADUATE FIRST (Maurice Pialat, France)
  9. IT LIVES AGAIN (Larry Cohen, USA)
  10. LIKE A TURTLE ON ITS BACK (Luc Beraud, France)
  11. PERCEVAL LE GALLOIS (Eric Rohmer, France)
  12. MOUTH TO MOUTH (John Duigan, Australia)
  13. DAWN OF THE DEAD (George Romero, USA)
  14. GERMANY IN AUTUMN (Fassbinder section) (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany)
  15. VIOLETTE NOZIÈRE (Claude Chabrol, France/Canada)
  16. AUTO-MATES (Gary Walkow, USA)
  17. THE HYPOTHESIS OF THE STOLEN PAINTING (Raoul Ruiz, France)
  18. I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND (Robert Zemeckis, USA)
  19. HULLABALOO OVER GEORGIE AND BONNIE’S PICTURES (James Ivory, UK)
  20. GRAY LADY DOWN (David Greene, USA)
  21. KUNG-FU (Janusz Kijowski, Poland)
  22. SEVERAL INTERVIEWS ON PERSONAL MATTERS (Lana Gogoberidze, Georgia/USSR)

IN A YEAR WITH 13 MOONS (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, W. Germany)
THE BRINK’S JOB (William Friedkin, USA)
LANGRISHE GO DOWN (David Hugh Jones, UK)

1977

  1. THE REPORT (Abbas Kiarostami, Iran)
  2. THE DUELLISTS (Ridley Scott, UK)
  3. MATINEE (Jaime Hermosillo, Mexico)
  4. ANNIE HALL (Woody Allen, USA)
  5. THE DEVIL PROBABLY (Robert Bresson, France)
  6. BOYS (Nils Malmros, Denmark)
  7. UNE SALE HISTOIRE (Jean Eustache, France)
  8. SILVER BEARS (Ivan Passer, UK/USA)
  9. BETWEEN THE LINES (Joan Micklin Silver, USA)
  10. THE KISS OF DEATH (Mike Leigh, UK)
  11. MARTIN (George Romero, USA)
  12. ABIGAIL’S PARTY (Mike Leigh, UK)
  13. LES ENFANTS DU PLACARD (Benoit Jacquot, France)
  14. BOLWIESER (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany)
  15. L’APPRENTI SALAUD (Michel Deville, France)
  16. ALICE OR THE LAST ESCAPADE (Claude Chabrol, France)
  17. SKIP TRACER (Zale Dalen, Canada)
  18. NEWS FROM HOME (Chantal Akerman, Belgium)
  19. DEATH OF A PRESIDENT (Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Poland)
  20. DIARY OF A LOVER (Sohrab Shahid Saless, West Germany)
  21. REPÉRAGES (Michel Soutter, Switzerland)
  22. SMOKE ON THE POTATO FIELDS (Franticek Vláčil, Czechoslovakia)
  23. SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT (Hal Needham, USA)
  24. THE MAN WHO LOVED WOMEN (Francois Truffaut, France)
  25. THE ROLE (Shyam Benegal, India)

RED ALERT (William Hale, USA)

1976

  1. THE MARQUISE OF O…. (Eric Rohmer, West Germany/France)
  2. THE PASSION ACCORDING TO BERENICE (Jaime Hermosillo, Mexico)
  3. ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN (Alan Pakula, USA)
  4. LIFEGUARD (Daniel Petrie, USA)
  5. WELCOME TO L.A. (Alan Rudolph, USA)
  6. REIFEZEIT (TV) (Sohrab Shahid Saless, W. Germany)
  7. VIGILANTE FORCE (George Armitage, USA)
  8. MASSACRE AT CENTRAL HIGH (Rene Daalder, USA)
  9. ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (John Carpenter, USA)
  10. THE YOUTH KILLER (Kazuhiko Hasegawa, Japan)
  11. BERNICE BOBS HER HAIR (Joan Micklin Silver, USA)
  12. UNE VRAIE JEUNE FILLE (Catherine Breillat, France)
  13. THE BINGO LONG TRAVELING ALL-STARS & MOTOR KINGS (John Badham, USA)
  14. GOD TOLD ME TO (Larry Cohen, USA)
  15. THREE YEARS WITHOUT GOD (Mario O’Hara, Philippines)
  16. I ONLY WANT YOU TO LOVE ME (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany)
  17. DEAR FATHERLAND BE AT PEACE (Roland Klick, West Germany)
  18. BOBBY (Marty Ollstein, USA)
  19. MADO (Claude Sautet, France)
  20. CRIA CUERVOS (Carlos Saura, Spain)
  21. CANOA (Felipe Cazals, Mexico)
  22. TRÁS-OS-MONTES (Antonio Reis and Margarida Cordeiro, Portugal)
  23. DREAMSPEAKER (Claude Jutra, Canada)
  24. TELEPLAY: “Friday Night Adventure” (Frank Vitale, Canada)
  25. KINGS OF THE ROAD (Wim Wenders, West Germany)
  26. TELEPLAY: “The Italian Machine” (David Cronenberg, Canada)

THE CASSANDRA CROSSING (George Pan Cosmatos, UK/Italy/West Germany)
EAT MY DUST (Charles B. Griffith, USA)

1975

  1. SHAMPOO (Hal Ashby, USA)
  2. LOVE AMONG THE RUINS (George Cukor, USA)
  3. INNOCENTS WITH DIRTY HANDS (Claude Chabrol, France)
  4. JEANNE DIELMAN, 23, QUAI DE COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES (Chantal Akerman, Belgium)
  5. MANDINGO (Richard Fleischer, USA)
  6. BENILDE OR THE VIRGIN MOTHER (Manoel de Oliveira, Portugal)
  7. FRENCH CONNECTION II (John Frankenheimer, USA)
  8. THEY CAME FROM WITHIN (David Cronenberg, Canada)
  9. HESTER STREET (Joan Micklin Silver, USA)
  10. THE DOG’S BIRTHDAY (Jaime Hermosillo, Mexico)
  11. UNE PARTIE DE PLAISIR (Claude Chabrol, France)
  12. FAR FROM HOME (Sohrab Shahid Saless, Iran/W. Germany)
  13. DIANE (Alan Clarke, UK)
  14. FEAR OF FEAR (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, W. Germany)
  15. IRACEMA – UMA TRANSA AMAZÔNICA (Jorge Bodanzky and Orlando Senna, Brazil)
  16. INSERTS (John Byrum, UK)
  17. THE FIVE MINUTE FILMS (Mike Leigh, UK)
  18. SUNSET ACROSS THE BAY (Stephen Frears, UK)
  19. A PERMISSIVE SOCIETY (Mike Leigh, UK)
  20. POACHERS (Jose Luis Borau, Spain)
  21. THE RED APPLE (Tolomush Okeev, Kyrgyzstan)
  22. THREE MEN IN A BOAT (Stephen Frears, UK)
  23. THE ROMANTIC ENGLISHWOMAN (Joseph Losey, UK)
  24. THE DIVINE NYMPH (Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, Italy)
  25. MALE OF THE CENTURY (Claude Berri, France)
  26. NIGHT MOVES (Arthur Penn, USA)

1974

  1. LANCELOT DU LAC (Robert Bresson, France)
  2. ALICE IN THE CITIES (Wim Wenders, West Germany)
  3. LA GUEULE OUVERTE (Maurice Pialat, France)
  4. CHINATOWN (Roman Polanski, USA)
  5. THE FIERCE ONE (Tolomush Okeev, Kyrgyzstan)
  6. LE BANC DE LA DESOLATION (Claude Chabrol, France)
  7. JUGGERNAUT (Richard Lester, UK)
  8. THE TAMARIND SEED (Blake Edwards, USA)
  9. ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany)
  10. STILL LIFE (Sohrab Shahid Saless, Iran)
  11. THE MYSTERY OF KASPAR HAUSER (Werner Herzog, West Germany)
  12. THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123 (Joseph Sargent, USA)
  13. THE MUSIC SCHOOL (John Korty, USA)
  14. EFFI BRIEST (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany)
  15. STREET OF JOY (Tatsumi Kumashiro, Japan)
  16. THE LAW (John Badham, USA)
  17. CELINE ET JULIE VONT EN BATEAU (Jacques Rivette, France)
  18. BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA (Sam Peckinpah, USA)
  19. BITTERNESS OF YOUTH (Tatsumi Kumashiro, Japan)
  20. DOROTHEA’S REVENGE (Peter Fleischmann, W. Germany)
  21. THE SEEDLING (Shyam Benegal, India)
  22. THE TERMINAL MAN (Mike Hodges, USA)
  23. THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (Tobe Hooper, USA)
  24. CALIFORNIA SPLIT (Robert Altman, USA)
  25. NORA HELMER (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany)
  26. MES PETITES AMOUREUSES (Jean Eustache, France)
  27. LES DOIGTS DANS LA TÊTE (Jacques Doillon, France)
  28. THE GREAT ECSTASY OF THE WOODCARVER STEINER (Werner Herzog, West Germany)
  29. SUPERMARKT (Roland Klick, West Germany)
  30. A FILM ABOUT A WOMAN WHO… (Yvonne Rainer, USA)
  31. DEATHDREAM (Bob Clark, US/UK/Canada)
  32. DAISY MILLER (Peter Bogdanovich, USA)
  33. LOVE AT THE TOP (Michel Deville, France)
  34. THE SLAP (Claude Pinoteau, France/Italy)
  35. UNE INVITATION A LA CHASSE (Claude Chabrol, France)
  36. THIEVES LIKE US (Robert Altman, USA)
  37. THE TRAVELLER (Abbas Kiarostami, Iran)
  38. APPLE IN THE RIVER (Aivars Freimanis, Latvia)
  39. THE FRONT PAGE (Billy Wilder, USA)
  40. MONSIEUR BEBE (Claude Chabrol, France)
  41. ALLONSANFAN (Taviani Bros., Italy)

THE NICKEL RIDE (Robert Mulligan, USA)
THE LITTLE GIRL OF HANOI (Hai Ninh, Vietnam)

1973

  1. THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE (Jean Eustache, France)
  2. THE LAST DETAIL (Hal Ashby, USA)
  3. BADLANDS (Terrence Malick, USA)
  4. HARD LABOUR (Mike Leigh, UK)
  5. A SIMPLE EVENT (Sohrab Shahid Saless, Iran)
  6. BLUME IN LOVE (Paul Mazursky, USA)
  7. CHARLEY VARRICK (Don Siegel, USA)
  8. THE EXORCIST (William Friedkin, USA)
  9. LA GRANDE BOUFFE (Marco Ferreri, France/Italy)
  10. WEDDING IN BLOOD (Claude Chabrol, France)
  11. DAY FOR NIGHT (Francois Truffaut, France)
  12. THE CRAZIES (George Romero, USA)
  13. LA FEMME EN BLEU (Michel Deville, France)
  14. THE TWILIGHT YEARS (Shiro Toyoda, Japan)
  15. ILLUMINATION (Krzysztof Zanussi, Poland)
  16. EIGHT HOURS ARE NOT A DAY (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany)
  17. THE LAST AMERICAN HERO (Lamont Johnson, USA)
  18. THE WORLD OF GEISHA (Tatsumi Kumashiro, Japan)
  19. LARS OLE 5.C (Nils Malmros, Denmark)
  20. WALKING TALL (Phil Karlson, USA)
  21. TSUGARU FOLKSONG (Kôichi Saitô, Japan)
  22. GO ASK ALICE (John Korty, USA)
  23. SCORE (Radley Metzger, USA/Yugoslavia)
  24. THE SHADOW LINE (Georges Franju, France)
  25. BELLE (Andre Delvaux, Belgium)
  26. THE WANDERERS (Kon Ichikawa, Japan)
  27. SUNSHINE (Joseph Sargent, USA)
  28. YAKUZA GODDESS OF MERCY: MISTRESS JINGI (Tatsumi Kumashiro, Japan)
  29. CLASS OF ’63 (John Korty, USA)
  30. THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR (Ivan Dixon, USA)

HOTEL MONTEREY (Chantal Akerman, Belgium)

1972

  1. THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany)
  2. WE WON’T GROW OLD TOGETHER (Maurice Pialat, France)
  3. ULZANA’S RAID (Robert Aldrich, USA)
  4. JAIL BAIT (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany)
  5. AVANTI! (Billy Wilder, USA)
  6. ALFREDO, ALFREDO (Pietro Germi, France/Italy)
  7. THE VISITORS (Elia Kazan, USA)
  8. DELIVERANCE (John Boorman, USA)
  9. CÉSAR AND ROSALIE (Claude Sautet, France)
  10. THE MERCHANT OF FOUR SEASONS (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany)
  11. CHLOE IN THE AFTERNOON (Eric Rohmer, France)
  12. JACK’S WIFE (George Romero, USA)
  13. HIT MAN (George Armitage, USA)
  14. HISTORY LESSONS (Jean-Marie Straub and Daniele Huillet, W. Germany)
  15. HARLIS (Robert van Ackeren, W. Germany)
  16. DEATH LINE (RAW MEAT) (Gary Sherman, UK)
  17. MAYA DARPAN (Kumar Shahani, India)
  18. ST. MICHAEL HAD A ROOSTER (Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Italy)
  19. SILENT RUNNING (Douglas Trumbull, USA)
  20. TOMORROW (Joseph Anthony, USA)
  21. THE GROUNDSTAR CONSPIRACY (Lamont Johnson, USA)
  22. THE TRUE CALLING OF MAGDALENA (Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, Mexico)
  23. JOURNEY INTO SOLITUDE (Kôichi Saitô, Japan)

SWEET KILL (Curtis Hanson, USA)
DEADHEAD MILES (Vernon Zimmerman, USA)
ICHIJO SAYURI: WET LUST (Tatsumi Kumashiro, Japan)

1971

  1. TWO ENGLISH GIRLS (Francois Truffaut, France)
  2. RAPHAEL OU LE DEBAUCHE (Michel Deville, France)
  3. DU CÔTÉ D’OROUËT (Jacques Rozier, France)
  4. RENDEZVOUS AT BRAY (Andre Delvaux, Belgium)
  5. THE GO-BETWEEN (Joseph Losey, UK)
  6. PIONEERS IN INGOLSTADT (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany)
  7. DIRTY HARRY (Don Siegel, USA)
  8. JUST BEFORE NIGHTFALL (Claude Chabrol, France)
  9. GLEN AND RANDA (Jim McBride, USA)
  10. THE FRENCH CONNECTION (William Friedkin, USA)
  11. GET CARTER (Mike Hodges, UK)
  12. CARNAL KNOWLEDGE (Mike Nichols, USA)
  13. NUMÉRO ZÉRO (Jean Eustache, France)
  14. KLUTE (Alan Pakula, USA)
  15. THERE’S ALWAYS VANILLA (George Romero, USA)
  16. CISCO PIKE (B. L. Norton, USA)
  17. SZINDBÁD (Zoltán Huszárik, Hungary)
  18. MACBETH (Roman Polanski, UK)
  19. A GUNFIGHT (Lamont Johnson, USA)
  20. FOUR NIGHTS OF A DREAMER (Robert Bresson, France)
  21. IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER (Marco Bellocchio, Italy)
  22. LA MAISON DES BOIS (Maurice Pialat, France)
  23. A HOWLING IN THE WOODS (Daniel Petrie, USA)
  24. CARRIAGE TRADE (Warren Sonbert, USA)
  25. MCCABE & MRS. MILLER (Robert Altman, USA)
  26. CHAVAL (Mario Ruspoli, France)
  27. BLEAK MOMENTS (Mike Leigh, UK)
  28. BEWARE OF A HOLY WHORE (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany)

THE BOY FRIEND (Ken Russell, UK)

1970

  1. CLAIRE’S KNEE (Eric Rohmer, France)
  2. LA RUPTURE (Claude Chabrol, France)
  3. LE BOUCHER (Claude Chabrol, France)
  4. DEEP END (Jerzy Skolimowski, UK/West Germany)
  5. HORNET’S NEST (Phil Karlson, Italy/USA)
  6. INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION (Elio Petri, Italy)
  7. TRISTANA (Luis Bunuel, Spain/France/Italy)
  8. TWO MULES FOR SISTER SARA (Don Siegel, USA)
  9. THE MACKENZIE BREAK (Lamont Johnson, USA)
  10. TOO LATE THE HERO (Robert Aldrich, USA)
  11. MY SWEET CHARLIE (Lamont Johnson, USA)
  12. OTHON (Jean-Marie Straub and Daniele Huillet, West Germany)
  13. DAS KAFFEEHAUS (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany)
  14. THE WILD CHILD (Francois Truffaut, France)
  15. ZORNS LEMMA (Hollis Frampton, USA)
  16. FIVE EASY PIECES (Bob Rafelson, USA)
  17. THE SIN OF FATHER MOURET (Georges Franju, France)
  18. THEY CALL ME MISTER TIBBS! (Gordon Douglas, USA)
  19. THE OTHER MAN (Richard Colla, USA)
  20. COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT (Joseph Sargent, USA)
  21. TRASH (Paul Morrissey, USA)
  22. GIMME SHELTER (Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin, USA)

BED AND BOARD (Francois Truffaut, France)
SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE (Harold Prince, USA)
THE HALLELUJAH HANDSHAKE (Alan Clarke, UK)
LE PETIT THEATRE DE JEAN RENOIR (Jean Renoir, France)
WANDA (Barbara Loden, USA)