1969 -- 1970 -- 1971 -- 1972

-- -- 1973, Top Films -- --

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1974 -- 1975 -- 1976 -- 1977

Ranking

My Picks

-- #3. Amarcord <Best International> -- #15. Paper Moon -- #21. Robin Hood -- #37. Soylent Green -- #50+. Jesus Christ Superstar -- #50+. Godspell -- #50+. Cinderella Liberty -- #50+. Tom Sawyer -- #50+. Ludwig

Limbo

-- #1. Badlands -- #2. <The Exorcist> (Friedkin) -- #5. Mean Street -- #6. * The Spirit of the Beehive (Erice) -- #9. The Sting <Best Picture & Director> -- #10. Sleeper (Allen) -- #13. Day for Night (Truffaut) <Best International>

Critical Reception

MUBI, Best Films

• 50 Top Films of 1973

-- #1. Badlands -- #2. <The Exorcist> -- #3. Amarcord -- #4. The Holy Mountain -- #5. Mean Street -- #6. The Spirit of the Beehive -- #7. F For Fake -- #8. Don't Look Now -- #9. The Sting -- #10. Sleeper

-- #11. The Long Goodbye -- #12. Fantastic Planet -- #13. Day for Night -- #14. The Wicker Man -- #15. Paper Moon -- #16. American Graffiti -- #17. Serpico -- #18. Enter the Dragon -- #19. The Mother and the Whore -- #20. Sisters

-- #21. Robin Hood -- #25. Scenes from a Marriage -- #34. The Day of the Jackal -- #37. Soylent Green -- #43. Love and Anarchy -- #47. My Name Is Nobody

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-- @1. Badlands -- @2. The Sting -- @3. The Long Goodbye -- @4. Paper Moon -- @5. <The Exorcist> -- @6. Mean Street -- @7. The Holy Mountain -- @8. THe Last Detail -- @9. High Plains Drifter -- @10. Enter the Dragon

-- @11. F For Fake -- @12. Serpico -- @13. Day for Night -- @14. Amarcord -- @15. Don't Look Now -- @16. Scenes from a Marriage -- @17. The Wicker Man -- @18. Papillon -- @19. The Spirit of the Beehive -- @20. American Graffiti

-- @21. The Day of the Jackal -- @22. The Friends od Eddie Coyle -- @23. Sleeper -- @24. Lady Snowblood -- @25. Magnum Force -- @26. Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid -- @27. Robin Hood -- @28. Fantastic Planet -- @29. Westworld -- @30. Live and Let Die

-- @31. Soylent Green -- @32. Theater of Blood -- @33. Charley Varrick -- @34. Scarecrow -- @35. My Name Is Nobody -- @36. The Legend of Hell House -- @37. World on a Wire -- @38. The Last of Sheila -- @39. Coffy -- @40. O Lucky Man!

Oscar, Best Films

-- The Sting -- American Graffiti -- Cries and Whispers -- The Exorcist -- A Touch of Class -- Last Tango in Paris -- Day for Night (France)

Golden Globe, Best Films

-- The Exorcist -- American Graffiti -- The Pedestrian (West Germany)

Top Grossing Films

-- #15. Paper Moon

-- The Exorcist -- The Sting -- American Graffiti -- Papillon -- The Way We Were -- Magnum Force -- Last Tango in Paris -- Live and Let Die -- The Devil in Miss Jones

National Board of Review

-- #15. Paper Moon

-- The Sting -- Bang the Drum Slowly -- Serpico -- O Lucky Man! -- The Last American Hero -- The Hireling -- The Day of the Dolphin -- The Way We Were -- The Homecoming

NYT, Best Films

-- Payday -- The Long Goodbye -- Scenes from a Marriage -- Day for Night -- The Day of the Jackal -- Distant Thunder -- The Last American Hero -- American Graffiti -- Heavy Traffic -- Bang the Drum Slowly -- Charley Varrick -- Mean Streets -- Badlands -- The Way We Were -- The Homecoming -- Serpico -- Sleeper -- I Remember -- The Exorcist

TSPDT, Best Films

-- Amarcord -- #15. Paper Moon -- Ludwig

-- The Mother and the Whore -- The Spirit of the Beehive -- Don't Look Now -- Badlands -- The Exorcist -- F for Fake -- Mean Streets -- Touki Bouki -- The Long Goodbye -- Day for Night -- Scenes from a Marriage -- Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid -- The Wicker Man -- The Last Detail -- The Holy Mountain -- American Graffiti -- Enter the Dragon -- O Lucky Man!

Top10ner, Best Films

-- #3. Amarcord -- #15. Paper Moon

-- The Long Goodbye -- The Mother and the Whore -- Day for Night -- The Holy Mountain -- American Graffiti -- Enter the Dragon -- The Spirit of the Beehive -- Mean Streets -- Badlands -- The Wicker Man -- Don't Look Now -- Serpico -- Papillon -- The Sting -- The Exorcist

Film101, Best Films

-- #3. Amarcord

-- Day for Night -- The Spirit of the Beehive -- American Graffiti -- The Exorcist -- Mean Streets -- Badlands -- Don't Look Now -- The Sting -- The Long Goodbye -- The Mother and the Whore -- Serpico -- The Day of the Jackal -- Enter the Dragon -- The Wicker Man -- Scenes from a Marriage

ChildActors, Best Films

-- Amarcord (Italy) -- Poil de carotte (France)

-- The 14 AKA The Wild Little Bunch UK Review Buy -- Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies (1973) USA Review -- The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (1973) USA Review -- Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973) USA Review Buy -- Detza igrayat van AKA Children Play Out of Doors Bulgaria -- A Dream for Christmas (1973) USA -- Emil och griseknoen (1973) Sweden Review -- Hahó, a tenger! (1973) Hungary -- The Hideaways AKA From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler USA Gallery Review Buy -- Kid il monello del west (1973) Italy -- Kincskeresö kisködmön AKA The Magic Jacket Hungary -- Lars Ole 5C (1973) Denmark Review -- Lost Hearts (1973) UK Gallery Review Buy -- Mirko i Slavko (1973) Yugoslavia -- My Ain Folk (1973) UK Review Buy -- The Mystery in Dracula's Castle (1973) USA Review -- One Little Indian (1973) USA Gallery Review Buy -- Un Par de zapatos del '32 AKA Witness to Murder Spain Gallery Review -- Le Pélican (1973) France Gallery Review -- Poil de carotte (1973) France -- The Red Pony (1973) USA Review Buy -- Robinson y Viernes en la isla encantada (1973) Mexico -- Scalawag (1973) USA Review -- The Sea Children (1973) UK Gallery Buy -- Sotsugyô ryokô AKA Little Adventurer Japan -- Sovsem propashchiy AKA Hopelessly Lost Soviet Union Gallery Review Buy -- Tom Sawyer (1973) USA Gallery Review Buy -- L'Ultima neve di primavera AKA The Last Snows of Spring Italy

Best International Films

{France} -- La Nuit américaine / Day for Night (Oscar)

{Italy} -- Amarcord (Oscar) -- Love & Anarchy -- Diario di un maestro

{Japan} -- Battles Without Honor and Humanity -- Hiroshima Death Match -- Belladonna of Sadness -- Lady Snowblood