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1974 Top Ten List

1. The Godfather: Part II (Francis Ford Coppola)
2. Chinatown (Roman Polanski)
3. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Tobe Hooper)
4. The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola)
5. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
6. A Woman Under the Influence (John Cassavetes)
7. Black Christmas (Bob Clark)
8. Pastoral Hide and Seek (Shûji Terayama)
9. Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks)
10. Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (Martin Scorsese)

Other 1974 Films I Enjoyed

• The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (Joseph Sargent)
• Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (Sam Peckinpah)
• We All Loved Each Other So Much (Ettore Scola)
• Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks)
• Dark Star (John Carpenter)