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About Films By Year My 100 Favorites Features

Seeking out the

5000 greatest films

in a century of cinema

Films From Year

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Films

1.
Star Wars George Lucas
2.
Annie Hall Woody Allen
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Films

3.
Saturday Night Fever John Badham
4.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind Steven Spielberg
5.
Eraserhead David Lynch
6.
The Kentucky Fried Movie John Landis
7.
An Unmarried Woman Paul Mazursky
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Films

8.
Sorcerer William Friedkin
9.
Between the Lines Joan Micklin Silver
10.
The Spy Who Loved Me Lewis Gilbert
11.
Smokey and the Bandit Hal Needham
12.
Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown Bill Melendez and Phil Roman
13.
3 Women Robert Altman
14.
Rolling Thunder John Flynn
15.
Martin George A. Romero
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Films

16.
A Bridge Too Far Richard Attenborough
17.
The Turning Point Herbert Ross
18.
The American Friend
Der amerikanische Freund Wim Wenders
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Films

19.
The Goodbye Girl Herbert Ross
20.
Fight for Your Life Robert A. Endelson
21.
The Last Wave Peter Weir
22.
The Disappearance Stuart Cooper
23.
The Rescuers Art Stevens, John Lounsbery, and Wolfgang Reitherman
24.
Looking for Mr. Goodbar Richard Brooks
25.
Rollercoaster James Goldstone
26.
Soul Brothers of Kung Fu
Bei po Shan Hua
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Films

27.
New York, New York Martin Scorsese
28.
Jabberwocky Terry Gilliam
29.
Providence Alain Resnais
30.
The Hills Have Eyes Wes Craven
31.
Oh, God! Carl Reiner
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Films

32.
Desperate Living John Waters
33.
High Anxiety Mel Brooks
34.
The Island of Dr. Moreau Don Taylor
35.
Cross of Iron Sam Peckinpah
36.
The Pack Robert Clouse
37.
Pete's Dragon Don Chaffey
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Films

38.
Kingdom of the Spiders John 'Bud' Cardos
39.
The Duellists Ridley Scott
40.
The Sentinel Michael Winner
41.
Dynasty
Warlord
Qian dao wan li Mei Chun Chang
42.
The Deep Peter Yates
43.
Sudden Death
Death Blow Eddie Romero
44.
Death Promise Robert Warmflash
45.
Airport '77 Jerry Jameson
46.
Bare Knuckles
Action Man Don Edmonds
47.
The Report
Gozāresh Abbas Kiarostami
48.
Candleshoe Norman Tokar
49.
Death Game
The Seducers Peter S. Traynor
50.
The Gauntlet Clint Eastwood
51.
Giant of the 20th Century
Yeti - Il gigante del 20° secolo Gianfranco Parolini
52.
Hausu
House Nobuhiko Ôbayashi
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Films

53.
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure Richard Williams
54.
The Child Robert Voskanian
55.
Eaten Alive
Starlight Slaughter
Horror Hotel Tobe Hooper
3 Women Robert Altman 
A Bridge Too Far Richard Attenborough 
Airport '77 Jerry Jameson 
Annie Hall Woody Allen 
An Unmarried Woman Paul Mazursky 
Bare Knuckles
Action Man Don Edmonds 
Between the Lines Joan Micklin Silver 
Candleshoe Norman Tokar 
Close Encounters of the Third Kind Steven Spielberg 
Cross of Iron Sam Peckinpah 
Death Game
The Seducers Peter S. Traynor 
Death Promise Robert Warmflash 
Desperate Living John Waters 
Dynasty
Warlord
Qian dao wan li Mei Chun Chang 
Eaten Alive
Starlight Slaughter
Horror Hotel Tobe Hooper 
Eraserhead David Lynch 
Fight for Your Life Robert A. Endelson 
Giant of the 20th Century
Yeti - Il gigante del 20° secolo Gianfranco Parolini 
Hausu
House Nobuhiko Ôbayashi 
High Anxiety Mel Brooks 
Jabberwocky Terry Gilliam 
Kingdom of the Spiders John 'Bud' Cardos 
Looking for Mr. Goodbar Richard Brooks 
Martin George A. Romero 
New York, New York Martin Scorsese 
Oh, God! Carl Reiner 
Pete's Dragon Don Chaffey 
Providence Alain Resnais 
Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown Bill Melendez and Phil Roman 
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure Richard Williams 
Rollercoaster James Goldstone 
Rolling Thunder John Flynn 
Saturday Night Fever John Badham 
Smokey and the Bandit Hal Needham 
Sorcerer William Friedkin 
Soul Brothers of Kung Fu
Bei po Shan Hua 
Star Wars George Lucas 
Sudden Death
Death Blow Eddie Romero 
The American Friend
Der amerikanische Freund Wim Wenders 
The Child Robert Voskanian 
The Deep Peter Yates 
The Disappearance Stuart Cooper 
The Duellists Ridley Scott 
The Gauntlet Clint Eastwood 
The Goodbye Girl Herbert Ross 
The Hills Have Eyes Wes Craven 
The Island of Dr. Moreau Don Taylor 
The Kentucky Fried Movie John Landis 
The Last Wave Peter Weir 
The Pack Robert Clouse 
The Report
Gozāresh Abbas Kiarostami 
The Rescuers Art Stevens, John Lounsbery, and Wolfgang Reitherman 
The Sentinel Michael Winner 
The Spy Who Loved Me Lewis Gilbert 
The Turning Point Herbert Ross 
Providence Alain Resnais 09 February 1977
The Sentinel Michael Winner 11 February 1977
Dynasty
Warlord
Qian dao wan li Mei Chun Chang 20 February 1977
The Child Robert Voskanian 01 March 1977
Airport '77 Jerry Jameson 11 March 1977
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure Richard Williams 01 April 1977
Death Game
The Seducers Peter S. Traynor 13 April 1977
Jabberwocky Terry Gilliam 15 April 1977
Annie Hall Woody Allen 20 April 1977
3 Women Robert Altman 29 April 1977
Sudden Death
Death Blow Eddie Romero 01 May 1977
Eaten Alive
Starlight Slaughter
Horror Hotel Tobe Hooper 13 May 1977
Cross of Iron Sam Peckinpah 20 May 1977
Star Wars George Lucas 25 May 1977
Smokey and the Bandit Hal Needham 27 May 1977
A Bridge Too Far Richard Attenborough 15 June 1977
Rollercoaster James Goldstone 17 June 1977
The Deep Peter Yates 17 June 1977
New York, New York Martin Scorsese 21 June 1977
The Rescuers Art Stevens, John Lounsbery, and Wolfgang Reitherman 22 June 1977
Sorcerer William Friedkin 24 June 1977
The Island of Dr. Moreau Don Taylor 13 July 1977
The Hills Have Eyes Wes Craven 22 July 1977
Hausu
House Nobuhiko Ôbayashi 30 July 1977
Death Promise Robert Warmflash 01 August 1977
The Spy Who Loved Me Lewis Gilbert 03 August 1977
Kingdom of the Spiders John 'Bud' Cardos 24 August 1977
Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown Bill Melendez and Phil Roman 24 August 1977
Bare Knuckles
Action Man Don Edmonds 01 September 1977
The American Friend
Der amerikanische Freund Wim Wenders 28 September 1977
Oh, God! Carl Reiner 07 October 1977
Looking for Mr. Goodbar Richard Brooks 19 October 1977
Soul Brothers of Kung Fu
Bei po Shan Hua 20 October 1977
Pete's Dragon Don Chaffey 03 November 1977
The Last Wave Peter Weir 05 November 1977
The Turning Point Herbert Ross 18 November 1977
The Pack Robert Clouse 20 November 1977
The Report
Gozāresh Abbas Kiarostami 27 November 1977
The Goodbye Girl Herbert Ross 30 November 1977
Close Encounters of the Third Kind Steven Spielberg 14 December 1977
Saturday Night Fever John Badham 16 December 1977
Candleshoe Norman Tokar 16 December 1977
The Gauntlet Clint Eastwood 21 December 1977
Giant of the 20th Century
Yeti - Il gigante del 20° secolo Gianfranco Parolini 23 December 1977
High Anxiety Mel Brooks 25 December 1977
The Duellists Ridley Scott 13 January 1978
The Disappearance Stuart Cooper 20 January 1978
Eraserhead David Lynch 03 February 1978
Rolling Thunder John Flynn 06 February 1978
An Unmarried Woman Paul Mazursky 17 March 1978
Martin George A. Romero 05 July 1978
The Kentucky Fried Movie John Landis 04 November 1978
Between the Lines Joan Micklin Silver 24 November 1978
Fight for Your Life Robert A. Endelson 16 May 1980
Desperate Living John Waters 02 November 1980
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