December 31, 1979

Top 10 Films of the 1970's

1. "Ziemia obiecana" (1975, Andrzej Wajda, Poland)

2. "Giliap" (1975, Roy Andersson, Sweden)

3. ''The Godfather'' (1972, Francis Ford Coppola, USA)

4. "Valerie a tyden divu" (1970, Jaromil Jires, Czechoslovakia)

5. ''Barry Lyndon'' (1975, Stanley Kubrick, USA)

6. ''Chinatown'' (1974, Roman Polanski, USA)

7. "Manhattan" (1979, Woody Allen, USA)

8. ''Salo Or The 120 Days Of Sodom'' (1975, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy)

9. ''Alien'' (1979, Ridley Scott, USA)

10. "A Love Story" (1970, Roy Andersson, Sweden)


Short Top 10:

1. "La Cabina" (Antonio Mercero, Spain)

2. "L'Ambassade" (1973, Chris Marker, France)

3. "The Corridor" (1970, Standish Lawder, USA)

4. "Away From It All" (1979, John Cleese, Clare Taylor, UK)

5. "Analogies: Studies In The Movement Of Time" (1977, Peter Rose, USA)

6. "Breakfast: Table Top Dolly" (1976, Michael Snow, Canada)

7. "Dyketactics" (1974, Barbara Hammer, USA)

8. "Sibylle" (1979, Robert Cappadoro, France)

9. "H Is For House" (1973, Peter Greenaway, UK)

10. "Necrology" (1970, Standish Lawder, USA)


 Music Video Top 5:

1. "Bohemian Rhapsody" (1975, Bruce Gowers, UK)

2. "Video Killed The Radio Star" (1979, Russell Mulcahy, USA)

3. "Mongoloid" (1977, Bruce Conner, USA)

4. "Money Money Money" (1976, Lasse Hallstrom, Sweden)

5. "Life On Mars" (1973, Mick Rock, UK)



Commercial Top 5:

1. "Hilltop" (1971, Coca-Cola)

2. "Try It You'll Like It" (1971, Alka-Seltzer)

3. "Mean Joe Greene" (1979, Coca-Cola)

4. "Answer To A Higher Authority" (1975, Hebrew National)

5. "The Great American Soup" (1970, Heinz)


TV Top 10:

1. "Fawlty Towers 1" (1975, John Howard Davies, BBC)

2. "Roots" (1977, Marvin J. Chomsky, John Erman, David Greene, Gilbert Moses, ABC)

3. "The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Chuckles Bites The Dust" (1975, Joan Darling, CBS)

4. "Columbo: Murder By The Book" (1971, Steven Spielberg, NBC)

5. "All In The Family: Archie And The Editorial" (1972, Norman Campbell, CBS)

6. "Fawlty Towers 2" (1979, Bob Spiers, BBC)

7. "All In The Family: Cousin Maude's Visit" (1971, John Rich, CBS)

8. "The Mary Tyler Moore Show: The Lars Affair" (1973, Jay Sandrich, CBS)

9. "Monty Python's Flying Circus: How Not To Be Seen" (1970, Ian MacNaughton, BBC)

10. "Columbo: Any Old Port In A Storm" (1973, Leo Penn, NBC)


Cartoon Top 10

1. "Special Delivery" (1978, John Weldon, Eunice Macaulay, NFB, Canada)

2. "Leisure" (1976, Bruce Petty, Australia)

3. "Satiemania" (1978, Zdenko Gasparovic, Yugoslavia)

4. "Tale Of Tales" (1978, Yuri Norstein, Soviet Union)

5. "Winnie The Pooh And Tigger Too" (1974, John Lounsbery, Disney, USA)

6. "The Street" (1976, Caroline Leaf, NFB, Canada)

7. "The Diary" (1974, Nedeljko Dragic, Yugoslavia)

8. "Och! Och!" (1972, Bronislaw Zeman, Poland)

9. "Sisyphus" (1975, Marcell Jankovics, Hungary)

10. "Kama Sutra Rides Again" (1972, Bob Godfrey, UK)


Other films from the 1970's:

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