Best of the 1970's

Best Picture



1. The Godfather (1972)

2. Rocky (1976)
3. The Godfather Part II (1974)
4. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
5. All the President's Men (1976)
6. The Sting (1973)
7. Star Wars (1977)
8. Jaws (1975)
9. Network (1976)
10. Kramer v Kramer (1979)
11. Paper Moon (1973)


Best Director


Francis Ford Coppola - The Godfather (1972)

Woody Allen - Annie Hall (1977)
Francis Ford Coppola - The Godfather Part II (1974)
George Lucas - Star Wars (1977)
Sidney Lumet - Network (1976)
Alan J. Pakula - All the President's Men (1976)
Martin Ritt - Sounder (1972)
Martin Scorsese - Taxi Driver (1976)
Ridley Scott - Alien (1979)
Steven Spielberg - Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Steven Spielberg - Jaws (1975)


Best Actor


Al Pacino - Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

Marlon Brando - The Godfather (1972)
Robert De Niro - Taxi Driver (1976)
Dustin Hoffman - All the President's Men (1976)
Dustin Hoffman - Kramer v Kramer (1979)
Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Al Pacino - The Godfather (1972)
Al Pacino - Serpico (1973)
Robert Redford - All the President's Men (1976)
George C. Scott - Patton (1970)
Sylvester Stallone - Rocky (1976)
Topol - Fiddler on the Roof (1971)


Best Actress


Jane Fonda - Coming Home (1978)

Faye Dunaway - Network (1976)
Sally Field - Norma Rae (1979)
Jane Fonda - The China Syndrome (1979)
Ruth Gordon - Harold and Maude (1971)
Diane Keaton - Annie Hall (1977)
Olivia Newton-John - Grease (1978)
Tatum O'Neal - Paper Moon (1973)
Talia Shire - Rocky (1976)
Cicely Tyson - Sounder (1972)
Sigourney Weaver - Alien (1979)


Best Supporting Actor


Robert Shaw - The Sting (1973)

James Caan - The Godfather (1972)
Richard Dreyfuss - Jaws (1975)
Harrison Ford - Star Wars (1977)
Karl Malden - Patton (1970)
Burgess Meredith - Rocky (1976)
Jason Robards - All the President's Men (1976)
Robert Shaw - Jaws (1975)
Carl Weathers - Rocky (1976)
Paul Winfield - Sounder (1972)
Burt Young - Rocky (1976)


Best Supporting Actress


Madeline Kahn - Blazing Saddles (1974)

Stockard Channing - Grease (1978)
Carrie Fisher - Star Wars (1977)
Louise Fletcher - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Jodie Foster - Taxi Driver (1976)
Madeline Kahn - Young Frankenstein (1974)
Diane Keaton - The Godfather (1972)
Talia Shire - The Godfather (1972)
Talia Shire - Rocky II (1979)
Beatrice Straight - Network (1976)
Meryl Streep - Kramer v Kramer (1979)


Best Screenplay


Sylvester Stallone - Rocky (1976)

Paddy Cheyefsky - Network (1976)
Francis Ford Coppola & Mario Puzo - The Godfather Part II (1974)
David Giler & Lorenzo Semple Jr. - Parallax View (1974)
William Goldman - All the President's Men (1976)
Lawrence Hauben & Bo Goldman - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Jeremy Larner - The Candidate (1972)
Frank Pierson - Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Mario Puzo & Francis Ford Coppola - The Godfather (1972)
Ernest Tidyman - The French Connection (1971)
Deric Washburn - The Deer Hunter (1978)


Best Family Picture


The Muppet Movie (1979)

The Black Stallion (1979)
Charlotte's Web (1973)
Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
The Hobbit (1977)
The Rescuers (1977)
Robin Hood (1973)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)


Funniest Film


Blazing Saddles (1974)

Annie Hall (1977)
Bananas (1971)
Catch 22 (1970)
The Goodbye Girl (1977)
Grease (1978)
The Jerk (1979)
Life of Brian (1979)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
National Lampoons Animal House (1978)
Paper Moon (1973)
Young Frankenstein (1974)


Best Sports Film


Rocky (1976)

The Bad News Bears (1976)
Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)
Breaking Away (1979)
Brian's Song (1971)
Greased Lightning (1977)
The Great White Hope (1970)
The Longest Yard (1974)
Rocky II (1979)
Rollerball (1975)
Slap Shot (1977)


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