seventies cinema, (there is abundent evidence)

the following 10 entries are some basic lists of american films from the seventies.

these lists are mostly films i enjoy watching, and films i have wanted to see, with a bit of an attempt to mention more obscure classics. it is not a complete list.
i plan on adding to this list as i see more (and i surely have forgotten some).

in addition, an attempt (though not thorough) has been made to list many of the cinematographers and character actors that made these films so
interesting.

the conversation (d. francis ford coppola)

for a link of the 11 entries on seventies films, go here
for an essential cinema list, go here
and a condensed version of the essential cinema, go here

(* indicates personal favourites)

(((also, i am a bit loose with "american")))

1970, to ask me to quit drinking, quit gambling and save money?

-mash (d. robert altman)

-brewster mccloud (d. robert altman)

-the landlord (d. hal ashby)

-joe (d. john g. avildsen) with peter boyle

*husbands (d. john cassavetes)

-the rebel rousers (d. martin b. cohen) with harry dean stanton

-crimes of the future (d. david cronenberg) canadian, but good

-they call me mr. tibbs! (d. gordon douglas)

-zorn's lemma (d. hollis frampton)

*serene velocity (d. ernie gehr)

*history (d. ernie gehr)

*field (d. ernie gehr)

*fog line (d. larry gottheim)

-the out of towners (d. arthur hiller) with jack lemmon and sandy dennis

-kelly's heroes (d. brian g. hutton) with harry dean stanton

-wanda (d. barbara loden)

-the last of the mobile hotshots (d. sidney lumet) tennessee williams play, cinematography by james wong howe

-catch-22 (d. mike nichols)

-little big man (d. arthur penn)

-five easy pieces (d. bob rafelson) cinematography by lászló kovács

-where's poppa? (d. carl reiner)

*two mules for sister sara (d. don siegel)

*spiral jetty (d. robert smithson)

-the private life of sherlock holmes (d. billy wilder)

serene velocity (d. ernie gehr)

1971, if a frog had wings, he wouldn't bump his arse so much, follow me?

-bananas (d. woody allen)

*mccabe & mrs. miller (d. robert altman) cinematography by vilmos zsigmond

*little murders (d. alan arkin) elliott gould photographs dog shizer, cinematography by the great gordon willis

*harold and maude (d. hal ashby) cinematography by john a. alonzo

*the last picture show (d. peter bogdanovich) with timothy bottoms, jeff bridges, cybill shepherd, ben johnson, randy quaid and ellen burstyn, cinematography by robert surtees

-directed by john ford (d. peter bogdanovich)

-the act of seeing with one's own eyes (d. stan brakhage)

*minnie and moskowitz (d. john cassavetes) with gena rowlands, seymour cassel, val avery, and timothy carey

*play misty for me (d. clint eastwood)

-the hired hand (d. peter fonda) cinematography by vilmos zsigmond

-about me: a musical set in new york city (d. robert frank)

*the french connection (d. william friedkin) cinematography by owen roizman

-nostalgia (d. hollis frampton)

*barn rushes (d. larry gottheim)

-isy boukir (d. nancy graves)

-who is harry kellerman and why is he saying those terrible things about me? (d. ulu grosbard)

*two-lane blacktop (d. monte hellman) with warren oates and harry dean stanton

-plaza suite (d. arthur hiller) with walter matthau

-swamp (d. nancy holt & robert smithson)

-fiddler on the roof (d. norman jewison)

-a clockwork orange (d. stanley kubrick) cinematography by john alcott, not really american

-kotch (d. jack lemmon) with walter matthau

-the anderson tapes (d. sidney lumet)

-a new leaf (d. elaine may) with walter matthau

-carnal knowledge (d. mike nichols)

-drive, he said (d. jack nicholson)

-klute (d. alan j. pakula) cinematography by gordon willis

*the tragedy of macbeth (d. roman polanski) not really american

*play it again sam (d. herbert ross) with woody allen, diane keaton and tony roberts

*vanishing point (d. richard c. sarafian) cinematography by john a. alonzo

-hand catching lead (d. richard serra)

-the beguiled (d. don siegel)

*dirty harry (d. don siegel)

*la région centrale (d. michael snow)

*duel (d. steven spielberg) with dennis weaver

-lawman (d. michael winner)

vanishing point (d. richard c. sarafian)

elliot gould in little murders (d. alan arkin)

1972, it's a sicilian message, it means luca brasi swims with the fishes

-everything you aways wanted to know about sex * but were afraid to ask (d. woody allen)

-images (d. robert altman)

-lucifer rising (d. kenneth anger)

*tomorrow (d. joseph anthony) with robert duvall

*bad company (d. robert benton) with jeff bridges and john savage, cinematography by gordon willis

*what's up, doc? (d. peter bogdanovich) with randy quaid and m. emmet walsh, cinematography by lászló kovács

*deliverance (d. john boorman) with jon voight and ned beatty, cinematography by vilmos zsigmond

*the wold shadow (d. stan brakhage)

*the godfather (d. francis ford coppola) with john cazale, robert duvall, sterling hayden and many others, cinematography by gordon willis

-the last house on the left (d. wes craven)

-frenzy (d. alfred hitchcock)

*fat city (d. john huston) with stacy keach and jeff bridges, cinematography by conrad l. hall

-the offence (d. sidney lumet)

-the great northfield minnesota raid (d. philip kaufman) with cliff robertson and robert duvall

-the heartbreak kid (d. elaine may)

-reminiscences of a journey to lithuania (d. jonas mekas)

-night of the cobra women (d. andrew meyer)

-take off (d. gunvor nelson)

-moon pool (d. gunvor nelson)

-cisco pike (d. bill l. norton) with harry dean stanton, gene hackman and kris kristofferson

*junior bonner (d. sam peckinpah) with ben johnson, steve mcqueen, robert preston and ida lupino, cinematography by lucien ballard. easily peckinpah's best

-the getaway (d. sam peckinpah) cinematography by lucien ballard

-jeremiah johnson (d. sydney pollack)

-the king of marvin gardens (d. bob rafelson) cinematography by lászló kovács

-the candidate (d. michael ritchie) with peter boyle and allen garfield

-pete 'n' tillie (d. martin ritt) with walter matthau

*j.w. coop (d. cliff robertson)

-pocket money (d. stuart rosenberg) with paul newman, cinematography by lászló kovács

-last of the red hot lovers (d. gene saks) with alan arkin, sally kellerman and paula prentiss

-the man (d. joseph sargent) with burgess meredith

-boxcar bertha (d. martin scorsese)

-joe kidd (d. john sturges) with clint eastwood

-avanti? (d. billy wilder) with jack lemmon

-deadhead miles (d. vernon zimmerman) written by terrence malik

images from j.w. coop (d. cliff robertson)

slim pickens in the getaway (d. sam peckinpah)

john cazale

the godfather (d. francis ford coppola)

1973, get out of my place i know your face

-sleeper (d. woody allen)

*the long goodbye (d. robert altman) with elliot gould and sterling hayden, cinematography by vilmos zsigmond

*the last detail (d. hal ashby) with randy quaid and michael chapman as taxi driver, cinematography by michael chapman

*save the tiger (d. john g. avildsen) with jack lemmon

*paper moon (d. peter bogdanovich) cinematography by lászló kovács

-the horse (d. charles burnett)

-marilyn times five (d. bruce conner)

-the seven-ups (d. philip d'antoni) with roy scheider and tony lo bianco

*payday (d. daryl duke) with rip torn

*high plains drifter (d. clint eastwood)

-the iceman cometh (d. john frankenheimer)

-kid blue (d. james frawley) with warren oates, peter boyle and ben johnson

*the excorcist (d. william friedkin) cinematography by owen roizman

-electra glide in blue (d. james william guercio) with robert blake, cinematography by conrad l. hall

-the last american hero (d. lamont johnson) with jeff bridges, gary busey and ned beatty

*serpico (d. sidney lumet)

*badlands (d. terrence malick)

-blume in love (d. paul mazursky) with george segal

-dillinger (d. john milius) with harry dean stanton and warren oates

*pat garrett & billy the kid (d. sam peckinpah) with bob dylan and kris kristofferson

-magnum force (d. ted post) with clint eastwood

*don't look now (d. nicolas roeg) not american but starring donald sutherland

-the crazies (d. george romero)

-the laughing policeman (d. stuart rosenberg) with walter matthau and val avery

-white lightning (d. joseph sargent)

-papillon (d. franklin j. schaffner)

-scarecrow (d. jerry schatzberg) with gene hackman and al pacino

*mean streets (d. martin scorsese)

*charley varrick (d. don siegel) with walter matthau

mean streets (d. martin scorsese)

1974, since when did william p. moran of detroit michigan become preeminent in the field?

-thieves like us (d. robert altman)

*california split (d. robert altman) with elliot gould and george segal

-8 1/2 x 11 (d. james benning)

-daisy miller (d. peter bogdanovich)

-the text of light (d. stan brakhage)

-dark star (d. john carpenter)

*a women under the influence (d. john cassavetes)

*thunderbolt and lightfoot (d. michael cimino) with clint eastwood, jeff bridges and gary busey

*the conversation (d. francis ford coppola) with john cazale, gene hackman, allen garfield and robert duvall, cinematography by bill butler

*the godfather part II (d. francis ford coppola) with john cazale, harry dean stanton (as fbi agent) and lee strasberg, cinematography by gordon willis

*eureka (d. ernie gehr)

*cockfighter (d. monte hellman) with warren oates and harry dean stanton, cinematography by néstor almendros

-points of view: clock tower (d. nancy holt)

-busting (d. peter hyams) with elliot gould, allen garfield

-the white dawn (d. philip kaufman) with warren oates

-lovin' molly (d. sidney lumet)

*murder on the orient express (d. sidney lumet) cinematography by geoffrey unsworth

*harry and tonto (d. paul mazursky) with art carney and his cat, cinematography by michael c. butler

*the parallax view (d. alan j. pakula) cinematography by gordon willis

-bring me the head of alfredo garcia (d. sam peckinpah) with warren oates

*chinatown (d. roman polanski) cinematography by john a. alonzo

*the taking of pelham one two three (d. joseph sargent) with walter matthau, robert shaw, martin balsam and hector elizondo, cinematography by enrique bravo and owen roizman

*italianamerican (d. martin scorsese) documentary on his parents

*alice doesn't live here anymore (d. martin scorsese) with harvey keitel

-the black windmill (d. don siegel)

-'rameau's nephew' by diderot (thanx to dennis young) by wilma schoen (d. michael snow)

*the sugarland express (d. steven spielberg) cinematography by vilmos zsigmond

-road movie (d. joseph strick)

*edvard munch (d. peter watkins) canadian

-f is for fake (d. orson welles)

- the front page (d. billy wilder) with jack lemmon, walter matthau and allen garfield

-death wish (d. michael winner)

harry and tonto (d. paul mazursky)

harry dean stanton

the godfather part II (d. francis ford coppola)

(on a side note, so many great films from the year of my birth, making me feel in good company)