The best foreign films of the 1970s (Kinema Junpo)
The top 3 according to 34 votes from people: Dirty Harry (1971) · Star Wars (1977) · The Travelling Players (1975). (Updated Nov 11, 2021.)
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).
Automatically translated (original in 日本語). See the original
Top 10
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1
Dirty Harry (1971)
Don Siegel. Clint Eastwood as Inspector Harry Callahan. Number two.
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2
Star Wars (1977)
George Lucas. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Number three.
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3
The Travelling Players (1975)
Theo Angelopoulos. Modern Greek history seen by a touring theatre troupe. Number five.
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4
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Steven Spielberg. First contact with UFOs. Number six.
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5
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Stanley Kubrick. Alex and the Ludovico treatment. Joint seventh.
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6
The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
Víctor Erice. Little Ana after seeing Frankenstein. Joint seventh.
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7
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Francis Ford Coppola. The Vietnam War and Colonel Kurtz. Number ten.
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8
The Godfather (1972)
Francis Ford Coppola. The Corleone family. Number four.
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9
Taxi Driver (1976)
Martin Scorsese. Robert De Niro as a lonely Vietnam veteran. Number one.
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10
Jaws (1975)
Steven Spielberg. A giant shark terrorises a seaside town. Joint seventh.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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Comments (1)
ミツバチのささやきが7位に入ってるのが嬉しい。ダーティハリーが2位なのはちょっと意外だった。