1967
Bonnie and Clyde (dir. Arthur Penn)
The Graduate (dir. Mike Nichols)
1968
2001: A Space Odyssey (dir. Stanley Kubrick)
Head (dir. Robert Rafelson)
Rosemary’s Baby (dir. Roman Polanski)
1969
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (dir. George Roy Hill)
Easy Rider (dir. Dennis Hopper)
The Rain People (dir. Francis Ford Copolla)
They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (dir. Sydney Pollack)
1970
Brewster McCloud (dir. Robert Altman)
Five Easy Pieces (Robert Rafelson)
Little Big Man (dir. Arthur Penn)
M*A*S*H (dir. Robert Altman)
Watermelon Man (dir. Melvin Van Peebles)
1971
Carnal Knowledge (dir. Mike Nichols)
Dirty Harry (dir. Don Siegel)
Duel (dir. Steven Spielberg) — TV (ABC Movie of the Week)
The French Connection (dir. William Friedkin)
Harold and Maude (dir. Hal Ashby)
Klute (dir. Alan J. Pakula)
The Last Movie (dir. Dennis Hopper)
The Last Picture Show (dir. Peter Bogdanovich)
McCabe and Mrs. Miller (dir. Robert Altman)
A New Leaf (dir. Elaine May)
Play Misty for Me (dir. Clint Eastwood)
Shaft (dir. Gordon Parks)
Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (dir. Melvin Van Peebles)
THX-1138 (dir. George Lucas)
Two-Lane Blacktop (dir. Monte Hellman)
1972
Deliverance (dir. John Boorman)
The Godfather (dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
Images (dir. Robert Altman)
The King of Marvin Gardens (dir. Robert Rafelson)
The Last Hill on the Left (dir. Wes Craven)
Super Fly (dir. Sig Shore)
What’s Up, Doc? (dir. Peter Bogdanovich)
1973
American Graffiti (dir. George Lucas)
Badlands (dir. Terence Malick)
The Exorcist (dir. William Friedkin)
The Last Detail (dir. Hal Ashby)
The Long Goodbye (dir. Robert Altman)
Mean Streets (dir. Martin Scorsese)
Paper Moon (dir. Peter Bogdanovich)
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (dir. Sam Peckinpah)
The Sting (dir. George Roy Hill)
1974
Alice Doesn’t Live Hear Anymore (dir. Martin Scorsese)
California Split (dir. Robert Altman)
Car Wash (dir. Michael Schultz)
Chinatown (dir. Roman Polanski)
The Conversation (dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
Death Wish (dir. Michael Winner)
Foxy Brown (dir. Jack Hill)
The Godfather, Part II (dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
The Parallax View (dir. Alan J. Pakula)
The Sugarland Express (dir. Steven Spielberg)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (dir. Tobe Hooper)
Thieves Like Us (dir. Robert Altman)
A Woman Under the Influence (dir. John Cassavetes)
1975
Cooley High (dir. Michael Schultz)
Dog Day Afternoon, (dir. Sidney Lumet)
Jaws (dir. Steven Spielberg)
Nashville (dir. Robert Altman)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (dir. Milos Forman)
Shampoo (dir. Hal Ashby)
1976
Carrie (dir. Brian de Palma)
Looking for Mr. Goodbar (dir. Richard Brooks)
Marathon Man (dir. John Schlesinger)
Mikey and Nicky (dir. Elaine May)
Rocky (dir. John G. Avildsen)
Taxi Driver (dir. Martin Scorsese)
1977
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (dir. Steven Spielberg)
Saturday Night Fever (dir. John Badham)
Star Wars (dir. George Lucas)
1978
Coming Home (dir. Hal Ashby)
The Deer Hunter (dir. Michael Cimino)
Heaven Can Wait (dir. Buck Henry & Warren Beatty)
Halloween (dir. John Carpenter)
Killer of Sheep (dir. Charles Burnett)
An Unmarried Woman (dir. Paul Mazursky)
1979
1941 (dir. Steven Spielberg)
Alien (dir. Ridley Scott)
Apocalypse Now (dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
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