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Best of the Decade
1 ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (John Carpenter)
2 LANCELOT DU LAC (Robert Bresson)
3 CARNAL KNOWLEDGE (Mike Nichols)
4 DAWN OF THE DEAD (George A. Romero)
5 F FOR FAKE (Orson Welles)
6 ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (Alan J. Pakula)
7 DUELLE (UNE QUARANTAINE) (Jacques Rivette)
8 THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND (Orson Welles)
9 LA RUPTURE (Claude Chabrol)
10 ALL THAT JAZZ (Bob Fosse)
1979
1 ALL THAT JAZZ (Bob Fosse)
2 THE HYPOTHESIS OF THE STOLEN PAINTING (Raoul Ruiz)
3 STALKER (Andrei Tarkovsky)
4 THE HUMAN FACTOR (Otto Preminger)
5 GRADUATE FIRST (Maurice Pialat)
6 BEING THERE (Hal Ashby)
7 SERIE NOIRE (Alain Corneau)
8 MAD MAX (George Miller)
9 VENGEANCE IS MINE (Shohei Imamura)
10 HOME MOVIES (Brian De Palma)
1978
1 DAWN OF THE DEAD (George A. Romero)
2 REMEMBER MY NAME (Alan Rudolph)
3 PERCEVAL LE GALLOIS (Eric Rohmer)
4 DOSSIER 51 (Michel Deville)
5 THE FURY (Brian De Palma)
6 DAYS OF HEAVEN (Terrence Malick)
7 EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE (James Fargo)
8 FILMING OTHELLO (Orson Welles)
9 SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR (Robert Mulligan)
10 THE DRIVER (Walter Hill)
1977
1 OPENING NIGHT (John Cassavetes)
2 KILLER OF SHEEP (Charles Burnett)
3 STAR WARS (George Lucas)
4 BLACK SUNDAY (John Frankenheimer)
5 ABIGAIL'S PARTY (Mike Leigh)
6 ERASERHEAD (David Lynch)
7 ANNIE HALL (Woody Allen)
8 THE DUELLISTS (Ridley Scott)
9 SORCERER (William Friedkin)
10 SUSPIRIA (Dario Argento)
1976
1 ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (John Carpenter)
2 ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (Alan J. Pakula)
3 THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND (Orson Welles)
4 DUELLE (UNE QUARANTAINE) (Jacques Rivette)
5 THE MARQUISE OF O... (Eric Rohmer)
6 THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (Nicolas Roeg)
7 THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE (John Cassavetes)
8 MIKEY AND NICKEY (Elaine May)
9 WELCOME TO L.A. (Alan Rudolph)
10 GOD TOLD ME TO (Larry Cohen)
1975
1 JAWS (Steven Spielberg)
2 SHAMPOO (Hal Ashby)
3 THE MIRROR (Andrei Tarkovsky)
4 BARRY LYNDON (Stanley Kubrick)
5 JEANNE DIELMAN, 23 QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES (Chantal Akerman)
6 LOVE AMONG THE RUINS (George Cukor)
7 HUSTLE (Robert Aldrich)
8 SHIVERS (David Cronenberg)
9 THE KILLER ELITE (Sam Peckinpah)
10 THE ROMANTIC ENGLISHWOMAN (Joseph Losey)
1974
1 LANCELOT DU LAC (Robert Bresson)
2 CHINATOWN (Roman Polanski)
3 PARADE (Jacques Tati)
4 THE CONVERSATION (Francis Ford Coppola)
5 THE TAMARIND SEED (Blake Edwards)
6 BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA (Sam Peckinpah)
7 A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE (John Cassavetes)
8 PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (Brian De Palma)
9 CELINE AND JULIE GO BOATING (Jacques Rivette)
10 THE GODFATHER, PART II (Francis Coppola)
1973
1 F FOR FAKE (Orson Welles)
2 THE LAST DETAIL (Hal Ashby)
3 BREEZY (Clint Eastwood)
4 CHARLEY VARRICK (Don Siegel)
5 THE EXORCIST (William Friedkin)
6 MESSIAH OF EVIL (Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz)
7 THE ICEMAN COMETH (John Frankenheimer)
8 THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE (Peter Yates)
9 THE PAPER CHASE (James Bridges)
10 WEDDING IN BLOOD (Claude Chabrol)
1972
1 WE WON'T GROW OLD TOGETHER (Maurice Pialat)
2 LETTER TO JANE (Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin)
3 AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD (Werner Herzog)
4 JUNIOR BONNER (Sam Peckinpah)
5 TOUT VA BIEN (Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin)
6 AVANTI! (Billy Wilder)
7 THE HEARTBREAK KID (Elaine May)
8 REMINISCENCES OF A JOURNEY TO LITHUANIA (Jonas Mekas)
9 THE VISITORS (Elia Kazan)
10 PRIME CUT (Michael Ritchie)
1971
1 CARNAL KNOWLEDGE (Mike Nichols)
2 FOUR NIGHTS OF A DREAMER (Robert Bresson)
3 TWO-LANE BLACKTOP (Monte Hellman)
4 KLUTE (Alan J. Pakula)
5 MCCABE & MRS. MILLER (Robert Altman)
6 GET CARTER (Mike Hodges)
7 DIRTY HARRY (Don Siegel)
8 DUCK, YOU SUCKER (Sergio Leone)
9 TRAFIC (Jacques Tati)
10 STRAW DOGS (Sam Peckinpah)
1970
1 LA RUPTURE (Claude Chabrol)
2 HUSBANDS (John Cassavetes)
3 CLAIRE'S KNEE (Eric Rohmer)
4 HI, MOM! (Brian De Palma)
5 ZABRISKIE POINT (Michelangelo Antonioni)
6 PERFORMANCE (Nicolas Roeg and Donald Cammell)
7 HORNET'S NEST (Phil Karlson)
8 CATCH-22 (Mike Nichols)
9 TOO LATE THE HERO (Robert Aldrich)
10 WHICH WAY TO THE FRONT? (Jerry Lewis)
