# The best foreign films of the 1970s (Kinema Junpo)

Kinema Junpo's top ten foreign films of the 1970s, chosen for the Japanese magazine's centenary: from number one, Taxi Driver, to The Godfather, The Travelling Players and The Spirit of the Beehive (with ties).

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- Nov 11, 2021 · 浩二
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## Top 10

1. **Dirty Harry (1971)** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Don Siegel. Clint Eastwood as Inspector Harry Callahan. Number two.
2. **Star Wars (1977)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — George Lucas. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Number three.
3. **The Travelling Players (1975)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Theo Angelopoulos. Modern Greek history seen by a touring theatre troupe. Number five.
4. **Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Steven Spielberg. First contact with UFOs. Number six.
5. **A Clockwork Orange (1971)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Stanley Kubrick. Alex and the Ludovico treatment. Joint seventh.
6. **The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Víctor Erice. Little Ana after seeing Frankenstein. Joint seventh.
7. **Apocalypse Now (1979)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Francis Ford Coppola. The Vietnam War and Colonel Kurtz. Number ten.
8. **The Godfather (1972)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Francis Ford Coppola. The Corleone family. Number four.
9. **Taxi Driver (1976)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Martin Scorsese. Robert De Niro as a lonely Vietnam veteran. Number one.
10. **Jaws (1975)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Steven Spielberg. A giant shark terrorises a seaside town. Joint seventh.

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