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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.
Superman Richard Donner
2.
The Last Waltz Martin Scorsese
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Films

3.
The Deer Hunter Michael Cimino
4.
Killer of Sheep Charles Burnett
5.
Dawn of the Dead George A. Romero
6.
Blue Collar Paul Schrader
7.
La Cage aux folles Édouard Molinaro
8.
Halloween John Carpenter
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Films

9.
National Lampoon's Animal House John Landis
10.
Girlfriends Claudia Weill
11.
Autumn Sonata
Höstsonaten Ingmar Bergman
12.
Coma Michael Crichton
13.
The Silent Partner Daryl Duke
14.
Grease Randal Kleiser
15.
Straight Time Ulu Grosbard
16.
The Brink's Job William Friedkin
17.
Pretty Baby Louis Malle
18.
Comes a Horseman Alan J. Pakula
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Films

19.
Midnight Express Alan Parker
20.
The Driver Walter Hill
21.
Death on the Nile John Guillermin
22.
The Cheap Detective Robert Moore
23.
Force 10 from Navarone Guy Hamilton
24.
Casey's Shadow Martin Ritt
25.
Revenge of the Pink Panther Blake Edwards
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Films

26.
Interiors Woody Allen
27.
Heaven Can Wait Warren Beatty and Buck Henry
28.
Days of Heaven Terrence Malick
29.
Fingers James Toback
30.
I Spit on Your Grave
Day of the Woman Meir Zarchi
31.
The Cat from Outer Space Norman Tokar
32.
Foul Play Colin Higgins
33.
Hooper Hal Needham
34.
Every Which Way but Loose James Fargo
35.
Same Time, Next Year Robert Mulligan
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Films

36.
Jaws 2 Jeannot Szwarc
37.
The Wiz Sidney Lumet
38.
Convoy Sam Peckinpah
39.
The Boys from Brazil Franklin J. Schaffner
40.
Don Chandra Barot
41.
The Mafu Cage
Don't Ring the Doorbell
Deveation Karen Arthur
42.
California Suite Herbert Ross
43.
The Big Sleep Michael Winner
44.
Eyes of Laura Mars Irvin Kershner
45.
A Wedding Robert Altman
46.
Rabbit Test Joan Rivers
47.
Return from Witch Mountain John Hough
48.
S.O.S. Titanic William Hale
49.
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
Se ying diu sau Woo-ping Yuen
50.
The Lord of the Rings Ralph Bakshi
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Films

51.
Capricorn One Peter Hyams
52.
Spawn of the Slithis
Slithis Stephen Traxler
53.
Moment by Moment Jane Wagner
Autumn Sonata
Höstsonaten Ingmar Bergman 
A Wedding Robert Altman 
Blue Collar Paul Schrader 
California Suite Herbert Ross 
Capricorn One Peter Hyams 
Casey's Shadow Martin Ritt 
Coma Michael Crichton 
Comes a Horseman Alan J. Pakula 
Convoy Sam Peckinpah 
Dawn of the Dead George A. Romero 
Days of Heaven Terrence Malick 
Death on the Nile John Guillermin 
Don Chandra Barot 
Every Which Way but Loose James Fargo 
Eyes of Laura Mars Irvin Kershner 
Fingers James Toback 
Force 10 from Navarone Guy Hamilton 
Foul Play Colin Higgins 
Girlfriends Claudia Weill 
Grease Randal Kleiser 
Halloween John Carpenter 
Heaven Can Wait Warren Beatty and Buck Henry 
Hooper Hal Needham 
Interiors Woody Allen 
I Spit on Your Grave
Day of the Woman Meir Zarchi 
Jaws 2 Jeannot Szwarc 
Killer of Sheep Charles Burnett 
La Cage aux folles Édouard Molinaro 
Midnight Express Alan Parker 
Moment by Moment Jane Wagner 
National Lampoon's Animal House John Landis 
Pretty Baby Louis Malle 
Rabbit Test Joan Rivers 
Return from Witch Mountain John Hough 
Revenge of the Pink Panther Blake Edwards 
Same Time, Next Year Robert Mulligan 
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
Se ying diu sau Woo-ping Yuen 
S.O.S. Titanic William Hale 
Spawn of the Slithis
Slithis Stephen Traxler 
Straight Time Ulu Grosbard 
Superman Richard Donner 
The Big Sleep Michael Winner 
The Boys from Brazil Franklin J. Schaffner 
The Brink's Job William Friedkin 
The Cat from Outer Space Norman Tokar 
The Cheap Detective Robert Moore 
The Deer Hunter Michael Cimino 
The Driver Walter Hill 
The Last Waltz Martin Scorsese 
The Lord of the Rings Ralph Bakshi 
The Mafu Cage
Don't Ring the Doorbell
Deveation Karen Arthur 
The Silent Partner Daryl Duke 
The Wiz Sidney Lumet 
Coma Michael Crichton 06 January 1978
Blue Collar Paul Schrader 10 February 1978
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
Se ying diu sau Woo-ping Yuen 01 March 1978
Return from Witch Mountain John Hough 10 March 1978
Pretty Baby Louis Malle 05 April 1978
The Big Sleep Michael Winner 07 April 1978
Straight Time Ulu Grosbard 21 April 1978
The Last Waltz Martin Scorsese 26 April 1978
Don Chandra Barot 12 May 1978
Capricorn One Peter Hyams 02 June 1978
The Cat from Outer Space Norman Tokar 09 June 1978
Jaws 2 Jeannot Szwarc 16 June 1978
Grease Randal Kleiser 16 June 1978
The Cheap Detective Robert Moore 23 June 1978
Heaven Can Wait Warren Beatty and Buck Henry 28 June 1978
Foul Play Colin Higgins 14 July 1978
Revenge of the Pink Panther Blake Edwards 19 July 1978
Spawn of the Slithis
Slithis Stephen Traxler 21 July 1978
National Lampoon's Animal House John Landis 28 July 1978
Hooper Hal Needham 28 July 1978
Eyes of Laura Mars Irvin Kershner 02 August 1978
The Driver Walter Hill 02 August 1978
Fingers James Toback 23 August 1978
Convoy Sam Peckinpah 24 August 1978
A Wedding Robert Altman 27 September 1978
Death on the Nile John Guillermin 29 September 1978
Girlfriends Claudia Weill 04 October 1978
Interiors Woody Allen 06 October 1978
Midnight Express Alan Parker 06 October 1978
The Boys from Brazil Franklin J. Schaffner 06 October 1978
Days of Heaven Terrence Malick 06 October 1978
Autumn Sonata
Höstsonaten Ingmar Bergman 18 October 1978
The Wiz Sidney Lumet 24 October 1978
Comes a Horseman Alan J. Pakula 25 October 1978
Halloween John Carpenter 27 October 1978
Killer of Sheep Charles Burnett 14 November 1978
The Lord of the Rings Ralph Bakshi 15 November 1978
I Spit on Your Grave
Day of the Woman Meir Zarchi 22 November 1978
The Mafu Cage
Don't Ring the Doorbell
Deveation Karen Arthur 01 December 1978
Force 10 from Navarone Guy Hamilton 08 December 1978
The Brink's Job William Friedkin 08 December 1978
Superman Richard Donner 15 December 1978
Every Which Way but Loose James Fargo 20 December 1978
Moment by Moment Jane Wagner 22 December 1978
California Suite Herbert Ross 22 December 1978
The Deer Hunter Michael Cimino 23 February 1979
Same Time, Next Year Robert Mulligan 08 March 1979
The Silent Partner Daryl Duke 16 March 1979
La Cage aux folles Édouard Molinaro 13 May 1979
Dawn of the Dead George A. Romero 24 May 1979
Rabbit Test Joan Rivers 30 August 1979
S.O.S. Titanic William Hale 23 September 1979
Casey's Shadow Martin Ritt 26 June 1980
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