Swallows And Amazons (1974) ****

Wonderful film set in England's Lake District.

Martha (1974) ****

Le Fantôme de la liberté (1974) ****

The final instalment in Luis Bunuel's "surrealist quartet" of French comedies, preceded by "Un Chien andalou" (1929), "L'Age d'or" (1930) and "Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie" (1972).

Jej portret (1974) ****

Les Valseuses (1974) ****

Alice In The Cities (1974) ****

Arabian Nights (1974) ****

The Conversation (1974) ****

Lenny (1974) ****

Electra (1974) ****

Céline et Julie vont en bateau (1974) ****

The Godfather.Part II (1974) ****

The great saga about the Mafia continues. This is simultaneously a sequel and a prequel to "The Godfather", alternately telling the story of the younger Vito Corleone (Robert de Niro) and continuing the story of his son, Michael Corleone (Al Pacino).

The Traveller (1974) ****

Abbas Kiarostami's film about a young boy who comes to a big city.

Nie bede Cie kochac (1974) ****

Nie ma rozy bez ognia (1974) ****

Phantom Of The Paradise (1974) ***

Excellent rock musical directed by Brian Da Palma.

The Man With The Golden Gun (1974) ***

Five Shaolin Masters (1974) ***

Hearts And Minds (1974) ***

An anti-war documentary denouncing the American intervention in Vietnam. Less impressive than "Loin du Vietnam" (1967) or "In The Year Of The Pig" (1969), but quite informative.

Home Among Strangers (1974) ***

Excellent Soviet western, set during the Civil War in Russia, superbly directed by Nikita Mikhalkov (his film debut). A curious mix of color and black and white cinematography.

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) ***

Excellent melodrama about a widow raising a son.

The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz (1974) ***

Compelling adaptation of Mordecai Richler's novel about an ambitious young man.

Pousse mais pousse egal (1974) ***

A Mack Sennett-like farce with custard-pie fights and wild chases.

Rabid Dogs (1974) ***

Riveting film about criminals escaping from cops and taking hostages.

That's Entertainment (1974) ***

Superb documentary about MGM musical films.

Vincent, Francois, Paul et les autres (1974) ***

A very interesting film about middle-aged men.

A Woman Under The Influence (1974) ***

Zardoz (1974) ***

Caged Heat (1974) ***

Big Bad Mama (1974) ***

Dark Star (1974) ***

Very good science-fiction film set on a spaceship.

Murder On The Orient Express (1974) ***

Classy adaptation of one of Agatha Christie's best novels.

Les Ordres (1974) ***

Prison drama set during Quebec's October Crisis of 1970.

The Parallax View (1974) ***

Tense drama about political assassinations.

Scenes From A Marriage (1974) ***

Ingmar Bergman's film about a marriage.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) ***

Classic horror film set in Texas.

The Towering Inferno (1974) ***

By far the best of all the disasters epics made in the 1970's.

Godzilla Vs Mechagodzilla (1974) ***

A good Japanese monster movie with Godzilla (helped by a furry King Seesar) battling a mechanical copy of itself.

Emmanuelle (1974) ***

Lacombe Lucien (1974) ***

Stavisky (1974) *

Jean-Paul Belmondo plays the infamous French crook, whose frauds led to political unrests in 1934.

Bacchanales sexuelles (1974) ***

Le Mouton enragé (1974) ***

Lancelot du lac (1974) ***

Glissements progressifs du plaisir (1974) ***

Contes immoraux (1974) ***

Cousin Angelica (1974) ***

Los Perros de Dios (1974) ***

Potop (1974) ***

School Of The Holy Beast (1974) ***

Wife To Be Sacrificed (1974) ***

The Truce (1974) **

Argentinian drama.

Swept Away (1974) ***

Thriller – A Cruel Picture (1974) ***

Amarcord (1974) ***

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Ali: Fear Eats The Soul (1974) ***

Wiosna panie sierzancie (1974) ***

Idi Amin Dada (1974) ***

Uganda's notorious dictator, General Idi Amin Dada apparently wasn't very happy about the world's negative perceptions of him. So he invited French filmmaker Barbet Schroeder to come to his country and make an "Idi's a great guy" propaganda film. Since Amin had the final cut, the film's narrator didn't criticize him at all. He didn't have to. Amin just makes a complete fool of himself and doesn't even realize it. This is the most perfect character assassination in history - a self-immolation by a pompous and murderous thug too stupid to realize just how unbelievably ridiculous he is.

Gina (1974) ***

Bingo (1974) ***