1977

1. Star Wars (George Lucas)
2. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg)
3. Annie Hall (Woody Allen)
4. Suspiria (Dario Argento)
5. That Obscure Object of Desire (Luis Bunuel)
6. The Devil, Probably (Robert Bresson)
7. Killer of Sheep (Charles Burnett)
8. 21 Up (Michael Apted)
9. The Hills Have Eyes (Wes Craven)
10. Stroszek (Werner Herzog)

Honorable Mentions:
Opening Night (John Cassavetes), Cross of Iron (Sam Peckinpah), New York, New York (Martin Scorsese), 3 Women (Robert Altman), Padre Padrone (Paolo and Vittorio Taviani), The Kentucky Fried Movie (John Landis), Eraserhead (David Lynch), The American Friend (Wim Wenders), The Man Who Loved Women (Francois Truffaut), Black Sunday (John Frankenheimer)