The Sting 1973

Since the 2015 TSPDT has released a companion to their greatest 1000 films, consisting of the films ranked 1001-2000. This list contains the most recent version of this list, with all the previous lists in the history.

Source: http://www.theyshootpictures.com/gf1000_films1001-2000.htm

Trading on its impeccable reputation, Halliwell’s now presents it’s Top 1,000 favorite films. Starting at number 1,000, each entry includes a plot summary, cast and crew, awards, key critical comments, DVD and soundtrack availability, and a wealth of other interesting details. To supplement the countdown, there is commentary from film stars, show business personalities, well-known critics, and the movers and shakers in the film industry, each naming their favorite films or weighing in on Halliwell’s selection. Illustrated throughout with classic and modern film stills and posters, this is a book that every cinema fan will want to own. John Walker is one of Britain’s leading film critics.

The list has 42 extra films, because trilogies, or series, are counted as one entry (The Godfather, The Apu Trilogy, The Lord of the Rings, Antoine Doinel, Laurel and Hardy shorts, etc...)

Source: https://www.amazon.com/Halliwells-Top-1000-Ultimate-Countdown/dp/0007181655

Updated with 2024 winners.

Includes all the films of the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Book, including films culled to make way for newer releases, up to the 2021 edition.

HollyWood Movies based on Popularity

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Spanning the length of Roger Ebert's career as the leading American movie critic, this book contains all of his four-star reviews written during that time. A great guide for movie watching.

Taken from external source. 64 movies missing from original.

This list is compiled from a collection of movie reviews in the 501 Must See Movies book. The movies have been split up into 10 genres, each with 50 movies (except for the last, which has 51): Action/Adventure & Epic, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Musical, Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Mystery/Thriller, War and Western.

Source: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/659583.501_Must_See_Movies

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Updated 04.16.24 according to IMDB

Top 10 Trakt Popular of all movies released before 1980 according to Trakt's Popular tab.
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A personal introduction to 1000 movies by the provocative contemporary film critic and historian David Thomson.

Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Have-You-Seen-Introduction-masterpieces/dp/014102075X

Rotten Tomatoes list of best 70s Movies as listed here; https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/essential-1970s-movies/

Welcome to the days of disco and dirty deeds as we plunge into a new wave of movies: raw and renewed, unfiltered, while laying the groundwork for blockbuster era to come. Welcome to the 140 essential movies of the ’70s.

The two moods we aimed to capture in this countdown: The wilting of ’60s flower power optimism under the harsh light of urban reality and decay; meanwhile the destruction of the musty Hays Code — a musty ruleset that dictated what could be depicted on-screen for decades — suddenly allowing directors to pursue more personal expressions in film, often violent and sexual. You’ll find stories of lone men (Taxi Driver, Dog Day Afternoon) and women (Wanda, Norma Rae) against the system, and paranoid political thrillers (All the President’s Men, Three Days of the Condor). There are the horror hallmarks (Alien, Halloween) including international (Suspiria, Deep Red), and box office game changers (Star Wars, Jaws). Low-budget exploitation (The Last House on the Left, Mad Max), and a few things a willing warped mind can get off on (The Man Who Fell to Earth, The Holy Mountain). All movies considered for this list needed to have a Tomatometer (after 5 reviews) and have been made during the decade, even if it didn’t get a major release until later, e.g. Hausu or Killer of Sheep.

Now, let’s strut them mean streets, let’s do the time warp again, let’s have ourselves a close encounter with 140 essential 70s movies!

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films#High-grossing_films_by_year

"Because of incomplete data it cannot be known for sure how much money some films have made and when they made it, but generally the chart chronicles the films from each year that went on to earn the most. In the cases where estimates conflict both films are recorded, and in cases where a film has moved into first place because of being re-released the previous record-holder is also retained."

a crime in which valuable things are taken illegally and often violently from a place or person by a person or group adept at lying, cajolery, glib self-serving talk or swindling by means of confidence games; swindler.

My favorite movies about gangs / mobs

List of Nominees and Winners

• ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

VINCENT GARDENIA "Bang the Drum Slowly"
JACK GILFORD "Save the Tiger"
WINNER - JOHN HOUSEMAN "The Paper Chase"
JASON MILLER "The Exorcist"
RANDY QUAID "The Last Detail"

• ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

LINDA BLAIR "The Exorcist"
CANDY CLARK "American Graffiti"
MADELINE KAHN "Paper Moon"
WINNER - TATUM O'NEAL "Paper Moon"
SYLVIA SIDNEY "Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams"

• BEST PICTURE

"AMERICAN GRAFFITI" Francis Ford Coppola, Producer; Gary Kurtz, Co-Producer
"CRIES AND WHISPERS" Ingmar Bergman, Producer
"THE EXORCIST" William Peter Blatty, Producer
WINNER - "THE STING" Tony Bill, Michael Phillips and Julia Phillips, Producers
"A TOUCH OF CLASS" Melvin Frank, Producer

• CINEMATOGRAPHY

WINNER - "CRIES AND WHISPERS" Sven Nykvist
"THE EXORCIST" Owen Roizman
"JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL" Jack Couffer
"THE STING" Robert Surtees
"THE WAY WE WERE" Harry Stradling, Jr.

• COSTUME DESIGN

"CRIES AND WHISPERS" Marik Vos
"LUDWIG" Piero Tosi
WINNER - "THE STING" Edith Head
"TOM SAWYER" Donfeld
"THE WAY WE WERE" Dorothy Jeakins, Moss Mabry

• DIRECTING

"AMERICAN GRAFFITI" George Lucas
"CRIES AND WHISPERS" Ingmar Bergman
"THE EXORCIST" William Friedkin
"LAST TANGO IN PARIS" Bernardo Bertolucci
WINNER - "THE STING" George Roy Hill

• FILM EDITING

"AMERICAN GRAFFITI" Verna Fields, Marcia Lucas
"THE DAY OF THE JACKAL" Ralph Kemplen
"THE EXORCIST" Jordan Leondopoulos, Bud Smith, Evan Lottman, Norman Gay
"JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL" Frank P. Keller, James Galloway
WINNER - "THE STING" William Reynolds

• FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

WINNER - "DAY FOR NIGHT" France
"THE HOUSE ON CHELOUCHE STREET" Israel
"L'INVITATION" Switzerland
"THE PEDESTRIAN" West Germany
"TURKISH DELIGHT" The Netherlands

• ACTOR

MARLON BRANDO "Last Tango in Paris"
WINNER - JACK LEMMON "Save the Tiger"
JACK NICHOLSON "The Last Detail"
AL PACINO "Serpico"
ROBERT REDFORD "The Sting"

• ACTRESS

ELLEN BURSTYN "The Exorcist"
WINNER - GLENDA JACKSON "A Touch of Class"
MARSHA MASON "Cinderella Liberty"
BARBRA STREISAND "The Way We Were"
JOANNE WOODWARD "Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams"

• ART DIRECTION

"BROTHER SUN SISTER MOON" Art Direction: Lorenzo Mongiardino, Gianni Quaranta; Set Decoration: Carmelo Patrono
"THE EXORCIST" Art Direction: Bill Malley; Set Decoration: Jerry Wunderlich
WINNER - "THE STING" Art Direction: Henry Bumstead; Set Decoration: James Payne
"TOM SAWYER" Art Direction: Philip Jefferies; Set Decoration: Robert de Vestel
"THE WAY WE WERE" Art Direction: Stephen Grimes; Set Decoration: William Kiernan

• MUSIC (SONG)

"All That Love Went To Waste" from "A TOUCH OF CLASS"; Music by George Barrie; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
"Live And Let Die" from "LIVE AND LET DIE"; Music and Lyrics by Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney
"Love" from "ROBIN HOOD"; Music by George Bruns; Lyrics by Floyd Huddleston
"Nice To Be Around" from "CINDERELLA LIBERTY"; Music by John Williams; Lyrics by Paul Williams
WINNER - "The Way We Were" from "THE WAY WE WERE"; Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman

• IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD

WINNER - Lawrence Weingarten

• DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)

"BACKGROUND" Carmen D'Avino, Producer
"CHILDREN AT WORK (PAISTI AG OBAIR)" Louis Marcus, Producer
"CHRISTO'S VALLEY CURTAIN" Albert Maysles and David Maysles, Producers
"FOUR STONES FOR KANEMITSU" Terry Sanders and June Wayne, Producers
WINNER - "PRINCETON: A SEARCH FOR ANSWERS" Julian Krainin and DeWitt L. Sage, Jr., Producers

• DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)

"ALWAYS A NEW BEGINNING" John D. Goodell, Producer
"BATTLE OF BERLIN" Bengt von zur Muehlen, Producer
WINNER - "THE GREAT AMERICAN COWBOY" Kieth Merrill, Producer
"JOURNEY TO THE OUTER LIMITS" Alex Grasshoff, Producer
"WALLS OF FIRE" Gertrude Ross Marks and Edmund F. Penney, Producers

• JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD

WINNER - Lew Wasserman

• SHORT SUBJECT (LIVE ACTION)

WINNER - "THE BOLERO" Allan Miller and William Fertik, Producers
"CLOCKMAKER" Richard Gayer, Producer
"LIFE TIMES NINE" Pen Densham and John Watson, Producers

• WRITING (SCREENPLAY--BASED ON MATERIAL FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM)

WINNER - "THE EXORCIST" William Peter Blatty
"THE LAST DETAIL" Robert Towne
"THE PAPER CHASE" James Bridges
"PAPER MOON" Alvin Sargent
"SERPICO" Waldo Salt, Norman Wexler

• SOUND

"THE DAY OF THE DOLPHIN" Richard Portman, Lawrence O. Jost
WINNER - "THE EXORCIST" Robert Knudson, Chris Newman
"THE PAPER CHASE" Donald O. Mitchell, Lawrence O. Jost
"PAPER MOON" Richard Portman, Les Fresholtz
"THE STING" Ronald K. Pierce, Robert Bertrand

• WRITING (STORY AND SCREENPLAY--BASED ON FACTUAL MATERIAL OR MATERIAL NOT PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED OR PRODUCED)

"AMERICAN GRAFFITI" George Lucas, Gloria Katz, Willard Huyck
"CRIES AND WHISPERS" Ingmar Bergman
"SAVE THE TIGER" Steve Shagan
WINNER - "THE STING" David S. Ward
"A TOUCH OF CLASS" Melvin Frank, Jack Rose

• MUSIC (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)

"CINDERELLA LIBERTY" John Williams
"THE DAY OF THE DOLPHIN" Georges Delerue
"PAPILLON" Jerry Goldsmith
"A TOUCH OF CLASS" John Cameron
WINNER - "THE WAY WE WERE" Marvin Hamlisch

• SHORT SUBJECT (ANIMATED)

WINNER - "FRANK FILM" Frank Mouris, Producer
"THE LEGEND OF JOHN HENRY" Nick Bosustow and David Adams, Producers
"PULCINELLA" Emanuele Luzzati and Giulio Gianini, Producers

• MUSIC (SCORING: ORIGINAL SONG SCORE AND ADAPTATION -OR- SCORING: ADAPTATION)

"JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR" Adaptation Score by Andre Previn, Herbert Spencer and Andrew Lloyd Webber
WINNER - "THE STING" Adaptation Score by Marvin Hamlisch
"TOM SAWYER" Song Score by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman; Adaptation Score by John Williams

Updated with 2024 winners.

List of movies that won the Academy Award for Best Picture (1962 to present), Best Motion Picture (1944 to 1961), Outstanding Motion Picture (1941 to 1943), Outstanding Production (1929/30 to 1940) or Outstanding Picture (1927/28 to 1928/29) from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.