10 лучших фильмов каждого года из 1970-х по версии Jeffrey M. Anderson (Combustible Celluloid):

1979
1. Manhattan (Woody Allen)
2. Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola)
3. Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky)
4. The Warriors (Walter Hill)
5. The Brood (David Cronenberg)
6. Nosferatu the Vampyre (Werner Herzog)
7. Alien (Ridley Scott)
8. Escape from Alcatraz (Don Siegel)
9. The Marriage of Maria Braun (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
10. Time After Time (Nicholas Meyer)

Runners up: All That Jazz (Bob Fosse), The Jerk (Carl Reiner), The Muppet Movie (James Frawley), Murder by Decree (Bob Clark), Real Life (Albert Brooks), Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (Jeff Margolis), Rock 'n' Roll High School (Allan Arkush), Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Robert Wise), The Wanderers (Philip Kaufman)

1978
1. Killer of Sheep (Charles Burnett)
2. Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick)
3. Dawn of the Dead (George A. Romero)
4. The Tree of Wooden Clogs (Ermanno Olmi)
5. Gates of Heaven (Errol Morris)
6. Halloween (John Carpenter)
7. Martin (George A. Romero)
8. The Last Waltz (Martin Scorsese)
9. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Philip Kaufman)
10. Drunken Master (Yuen Woo-ping)

Runners up: Autumn Sonata (Ingmar Bergman), The Brinks Job (William Friedkin), The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (Fred Schepisi), Filming Othello (Orson Welles), Fingers (James Toback), The Fury (Brian De Palma), Heroes of the East (Liu Chia-Liang), Interiors (Woody Allen), National Lampoon's Animal House (John Landis), Superman (Richard Donner)

1977
1. That Obscure Object of Desire (Luis Bunuel)
2. Star Wars (George Lucas)
3. Eraserhead (David Lynch)
4. 3 Women (Robert Altman)
5. Sorcerer (William Friedkin)
6. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg)
7. Suspiria (Dario Argento)
8. Rabid (David Cronenberg)
9. The Devil, Probably (Robert Bresson)
10. Annie Hall (Woody Allen)

Runners up: The American Friend (Wim Wenders), The Duellists (Ridley Scott), The Gauntlet (Clint Eastwood), Kentucky Fried Movie (John Landis), Mikey and Nicky (Elaine May)

1976
1. Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese)
2. All the President's Men (Alan J. Pakula)
3. Family Plot (Alfred Hitchcock)
4. The Tenant (Roman Polanski)
5. Carrie (Brian De Palma)
6. Assault on Precinct 13 (John Carpenter)
7. Small Change (Francois Truffaut)
8. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (John Cassavetes)
9. The Outlaw Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood)
10. Mikey and Nicky (Elaine May)

Runners up: Alice, Sweet Alice (Alfred Sole), Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man (Ruggero Deodato), Love and Death (Woody Allen), Master of the Flying Guillotine (Jimmy Wang Yu), Network (Sidney Lumet), 1900 (Bernardo Bertolucci), Rocky (John G. Avildsen), The Shootist (Don Siegel)

1975
1. The Passenger (Michelangelo Antonioni)
2. Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick)
3. Jaws (Steven Spielberg)
4. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman)
5. Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet)
6. Fox and His Friends (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
7. Nashville (Robert Altman)
8. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Terry Jones/Terry Gilliam)
9. The Story of Adele H. (Francois Truffaut)
10. Shivers (David Cronenberg)

Runners up: Deep Red (Dario Argento), The Eiger Sanction (Clint Eastwood), Farewell, My Lovely (Dick Richards), Grey Gardens (Albert Maysles, David Maysles), Hustle (Robert Aldrich) The Man Who Would Be King (John Huston), Mirror (Andrei Tarkovsky) Night Moves (Arthur Penn), Numero Deux (Jean-Luc Godard), Picnic at Hanging Rock (Peter Weir), Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (Chuck Jones)

1974
1. The Godfather Part II (Francis Ford Coppola)
2. Chinatown (Roman Polanski)
3. Celine and Julie Go Boating (Jacques Rivette)
4. The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola)
5. The Phantom of Liberty (Luis Bunuel)
6. Lancelot du Lac (Robert Bresson)
7. Amarcord (Federico Fellini)
8. Cockfighter (Monte Hellman)
9. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (Sam Peckinpah)
10. Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks)

Runners up: Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Rainer Werner Fassbinder), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (Martin Scorsese), Black Christmas (Bob Clark), The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (Werner Herzog), Female Trouble (John Waters), The Gambler (Karel Reisz), Parade (Jacques Tati), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Tobe Hooper), Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (Michael Cimino), The Traveler (Abbas Kiarostami)

1973
1. F for Fake (Orson Welles)
2. The Exorcist (William Friedkin)
3. The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman)
4. Badlands (Terrence Malick)
5. Sisters (Brian De Palma)
6. Mean Streets (Martin Scorsese)
7. High Plains Drifter (Clint Eastwood)
8. Day for Night (Francois Truffaut)
9. Enter the Dragon (Robert Clouse)
10. Charley Varrick (Don Siegel)

Runners up: Don't Look Now (Nicolas Roeg), O Lucky Man! (Lindsay Anderson), Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (Sam Peckinpah), Sleeper (Woody Allen), The Spirit of the Beehive (Victor Erice), The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy)

1972
1. The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola)
2. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Luis Bunuel)
3. Frenzy (Alfred Hitchcock)
4. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Werner Herzog)
5. Cries and Whispers (Ingmar Bergman)
6. The Heartbreak Kid (Elaine May)
7. Last Tango in Paris (Bernardo Bertolucci)
8. Un Flic (Jean-Pierre Melville)
9. Images (Robert Altman)
10. Solaris (Andrei Tarkovsky)

Runners up: Junior Bonner (Sam Peckinpah), Fat City (John Huston), The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (Rainer Werner Fassbinder), The Ruling Class (Peter Medak), Bad Company (Robert Benton), Chloe in the Afternoon (Eric Rohmer)

1971
1. Two-Lane Blacktop (Monte Hellman)
2. A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick)
3. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman)
4. The French Connection (William Friedkin)
5. Whity (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
6. Macbeth (Roman Polanski)
7. Claire's Knee (Eric Rohmer)
8. Duel (Steven Spielberg)
9. Dirty Harry (Don Siegel)
10. Straw Dogs (Sam Peckinpah)

Runners up: Bananas (Woody Allen), The Beguiled (Don Siegel), Beware of a Holy Whore (Rainer Werner Fassbinder), Duck, You Sucker (Sergio Leone), The Hired Hand (Peter Fonda), The Last Picture Show (Peter Bogdanovich), The Little Theater of Jean Renoir (Jean Renoir), The Merchant of Four Seasons (Rainer Werner Fassbinder), A New Leaf (Elaine May), Play Misty for Me (Clint Eastwood), Twitch of the Death Nerve (Mario Bava)

1970
1. The Conformist (Bernardo Bertolucci)
2. Le Cercle Rouge (Jean-Pierre Melville)
3. The Wild Child (Francois Truffaut)
4. Hi, Mom! (Brian De Palma)
5. Pioneers in Ingolstadt (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
6. Gimme Shelter (Albert Maysles/David Maysles/Charlotte Zwerin)
7. Two Mules for Sister Sara (Don Siegel)
8. Companeros (Sergio Corbucci)
9. Hatchet for the Honeymoon (Mario Bava)
10. Le Boucher (Claude Chabrol)

Runners up: The Clowns (Federico Fellini), Rio Lobo (Howard Hawks), Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (Russ Meyer), Tristana (Luis Bunuel), El Topo (Alexandro Jodorowsky), The Lickerish Quartet (Radley Metzger), The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Billy Wilder), Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)