My Top 20 by Year - 1977
Under construction and always in progress.
The Best films from this year (according to IMDb) I've seen (so far).
Out of 163 films 'seen' (ie rated at IMDb).
(Aug 2015)
Notes:
Cinema = cinema (big screen) viewing
TV = TV viewing
PC = download
OL = online viewing
VHS = VHS viewing
Yet to see (among many):
The Goodbye Girl (Ross, 1977)
Soldaat van Oranje (Soldier of Orange, Verhoeven, 1977)
Shatranj Ke Khilari (The Chess Players, S. Ray, 1977)
One Way Boogie Woogie (J. Benning, 1977, doc)
Local Color (Rappaport, 1977)
Islands in the Stream (Schaffner, 1977)
Rolling Thunder (Flynn, 1977)
Alambrista! (R. M. Young, 1977)
Le fond de l'air est rouge (A Grin Without a Cat, Marker, 1977, doc)
Hitler - ein Film aus Deutschland (Hitler: A Film from Germany, Syberberg, 1977)
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Portugal (R. Kramer, 1977, doc)
Gozaresh (The Report, Kiarostami, 1977)
Svadtsat dney bez voyny (Twenty Days Without War, German, 1977)
News From Home (Akerman, 1977)
Roseland (Ivory, 1977)
Hausu (House, Ôbayashi, 1977)
Summerfield (Hannam, 1977)
The Hills Have Eyes (Craven, 1977)
The Rescuers (Lounsbery/Reitherman/A. Stevens, 1977)
Le diable probablement (The Devil Probably, Bresson, 1977)
The Best films from this year (according to IMDb) I've seen (so far).
Out of 163 films 'seen' (ie rated at IMDb).
(Aug 2015)
Notes:
- Features, shorts, docs and TV movies eligible ("A film is a film is a film.").
- TV mini-series are NOT (unless stated otherwise).
- My humble rates added (for films with the same rate just once or twice though).
- Films with the same rate are ordered arbitrarily. Feel free to re-order them at your will.
- When I saw more than 20 excellent films (9/10 or above in my book) from a certain year I'll try and list them ALL. That would make some lists much longer but all the excellentia deserves to be mentioned.
Cinema = cinema (big screen) viewing
TV = TV viewing
PC = download
OL = online viewing
VHS = VHS viewing
Yet to see (among many):
The Goodbye Girl (Ross, 1977)
Soldaat van Oranje (Soldier of Orange, Verhoeven, 1977)
Shatranj Ke Khilari (The Chess Players, S. Ray, 1977)
One Way Boogie Woogie (J. Benning, 1977, doc)
Local Color (Rappaport, 1977)
Islands in the Stream (Schaffner, 1977)
Rolling Thunder (Flynn, 1977)
Alambrista! (R. M. Young, 1977)
Le fond de l'air est rouge (A Grin Without a Cat, Marker, 1977, doc)
Hitler - ein Film aus Deutschland (Hitler: A Film from Germany, Syberberg, 1977)
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Portugal (R. Kramer, 1977, doc)
Gozaresh (The Report, Kiarostami, 1977)
Svadtsat dney bez voyny (Twenty Days Without War, German, 1977)
News From Home (Akerman, 1977)
Roseland (Ivory, 1977)
Hausu (House, Ôbayashi, 1977)
Summerfield (Hannam, 1977)
The Hills Have Eyes (Craven, 1977)
The Rescuers (Lounsbery/Reitherman/A. Stevens, 1977)
Le diable probablement (The Devil Probably, Bresson, 1977)
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