1974

1. F For Fake (Orson Welles)
2. A Woman Under the Influence (John Cassavetes)
3. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
4. Celine and Julie Go Boating (Jacques Rivette)
5. The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola)
6. The Phantom of Liberty (Luis Bunuel)
7. Lancelot du Lac (Robert Bresson)
8. Bring Me the Head of Alfred Garcia (Sam Peckinpah)
9. California Split (Robert Altman)
10. Black Christmas (Bob Clark)

Honorable Mentions:
Lacombe, Lucien (Louis Malle), Chinatown (Roman Polanski), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Tobe Hooper), Deathdream (Bob Clark), The Great Ecstasy of Sculptor Steiner (s) (Werner Herzog), The Godfather, Part II (Francis Ford Coppola), Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks), Martha (Rainer Werner Fassbinder), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (Martin Scorsese), Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks)