1974

1. Chinatown (Roman Polanski) - 10
   
2. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (Werner Herzog)
3. General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait (Barbet Schroeder) - 9.5
   
4. Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks)
5. The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola)
6. The Godfather: Part II (Francis Ford Coppola) - 9.0
7. Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks)
   
8. First Love (Krzysztof Kieslowski) - 8.5
   
9. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (Sam Peckinpah)
10. Closed Mondays (Bob Gardiner, Will Vinton)
    
11. The Sugarland Express (Steven Spielberg) - 7.5
    
12. California Split (Robert Altman) - 7.0
13. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Tobe Hooper)
14. Black Christmas (Bob Clark) - 6.5
    
15. The Parallax View (Alan J. Pakula)
16. Café Bar (Alison De Vere)
    
17. The Cars That Ate Paris (Peter Weir) - 6.0
18. X-Ray (Krzysztof Kieslowski) - 5.5
    
19. Lacombe Lucien (Louis Malle)
    
20. Murder on the Orient Express (Sidney Lumet) - 5.0
    
21. The Towering Inferno (John Guillerman, Irwin Allen)
22. Nuits rouges (Georges Franju)
    
23. Death Wish (Michael Winner) - 4.0
    
24. The Odessa File (Ronald Neame)
25. The Longest Yard (Robert Aldrich)
26. Earthquake (Mark Robson) - 2.0