Wiping out the original meat of the OP in hopes that it will reduce confusion.
We are compiling consensus community rankings of various decades of movies history (potentially moving on to an all-time ranking at some point).
Nothing complicated is happening here. There are two phases to ranking a decade:
- The brainstorming phase: just name as many movies as you feel should be considered for ranking when the voting starts. No wrong answers. Participating in this phase is not a requirement for voting. It is, however, a good idea to participate if you particularly want to ensure that specific movies from that decade are considered by the community when we start voting.
- The ranking phase: participants will PM me their top 20 list from the decade we’re working on. In order. All films from this decade are eligible whether they came up during the brainstorming phase or not. 1st place votes count more than 2nd place votes, which count more than 3rd place votes, etc. Don’t worry too much about this part; I’ll do the tabulating.
After these phases are complete: sit back, relax, and enjoy the reveal.
CURRENT PHASE: Currently accepting top-20 rankings for the 1970s. PM them directly to me. Deadline for submission is Friday, March 13, at 11:59 PM ET.
Here is our 1970s master list to work from. ALL 70s FILMS ELIGIBLE WHETHER ON THE LIST OR NOT.
1900
3 Women
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Alice in the Cities
Alien
All the President’s Men
All That Jazz
Amarcord
American Graffiti
Animal House
Annie Hall
Apocalypse Now
The Ascent
Assault on precinct 13
Audrey Rose
Autumn Sonata
The Bad News Bears
Badlands
Barry Lyndon
Being There
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Blazing Saddles
Blue collar
A Bridge Too Far
Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia
The brood
Cabaret
The Candidate
Carrie
The Cheyenne Social Club
Chinatown
A Clockwork Orange
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Colossus - The Forbin Project
The Conformist
The conversation
Cries and whispers
CĂ©line and Julie Go Boating
Dawn of the dead
Day for Night
Days of heaven
Death in Venice
Deep Red
Deer hunter
Deliverance
Dersu Uzala
Dirty Harry
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Dog Day Afternoon
Don’t look now
Dracula
Edvard Munch
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Eraserhead
The Exorcist
F for Fake
Fellini’s Roma
Five Deadly Venoms
Five Easy Pieces
French connection
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Fritz the Cat
The Gambler
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
Grease
Grey Gardens
Halloween
Harlan County, U.S.A.
Harold and Maude
Hospital
House
Husbands
In the Realm of the Senses
In a Year with 13 Moons
India Song
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Investigation of a Citizen under Suspicion
Jaws
Je, tu, il, elle
Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Kelly’s Heroes
Killer of Sheep
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Kings of the Road
Kramer vs. Kramer
Lady Snowblood
The Last Picture Show
Last Tango in Paris
Le Cercle Rouge
The Long Goodbye
Love in the Afternoon
La RĂ©gion Centrale
Manhattan
The Marriage of Maria Braun
MA S*H
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Mean Streets
Midnight Express
Midway
Mikey and Nicky
Mirror
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python’s Life of Brian
The Mother and the Whore
Mr. Klein
The Muppet Movie
Nashville
Network
News from Home
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Opening Night
Out 1
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Paper Moon
The Passenger
Pat Garrett and Billy the kid
Performance
Phantasm
Phantom of the Paradise
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Probably The Devil
Punishment park
Rabid
Real Life
Rocky
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Sambizanga
Saturday Night Fever
Scenes from a Marriage
Serpico
Shivers
Sisters
Slapshot
Smokey and the Bandit
Solaris
Sorcerer
Soylent Green
The Spirit of the Beehive
Stalker
A Star is Born (1976)
Star Wars
The Sting
Superman
Suspiria
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Taxi Driver
The Tenant
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
That Obscure Object of Desire
The Tin Drum
Tora! Tora! Tora!
A Touch of Zen
Touki Bouki
The Towering Inferno
The Travelling Players
The Tree of Wooden Clogs
Tristana
Twins of Evil
Two-Lane Blacktop
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
Wanda
The Warriors
Welfare
West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty
Wicker man
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
Wise Blood
Wizards
A Woman Under the Influence
World on a Wire
Young Frankenstein
Zabriskie Point
Completed Rankings:
‎Unstuck Politics Top 21 of the 1990s • Letterboxd
‎Unstuck Politics Top 20 of the 2010s • Letterboxd
