1. LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON (Eric Rohmer)
2. THE GODFATHER (Francis Ford Coppola)
3. THE RULING CLASS (Peter Medak)
4. THE HEARTBREACK KID (Elaine May)
5. DELIVERANCE (John Boorman)
6. FRENZY (Alfred Hitchcock)
7. SOLARIS (Andrei Tarkovsky)
8. ULZANA’S RAID (Robert Aldrich)
9. SLEUTH (Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
10. FAT CITY (John Huston)
Honorable Mention: AGUIRRE: THE WRATH OF GOD (Herzog); CABERET (Fosse); CISCO PIKE (Norton); CRIES AND WHISPERS (Bergman); DEATHDREAM (Clark); THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE (Buñuel); THE HOT ROCK (Yates); KING BOXER (Chang); LISA AND THE DEVIL (Bava); MILANO CALIBRO 9 (Di Leo); WAKE IN FRIGHT (Kotcheff)
Notable Shorts: EYE MYTH (Brakhage); LA CHAMBRE (Akerman)
