Best Film of 1975 (ongoing survey)

[JonTurner]

A quick note:

Some people are now saying it's before their time, so they haven't seen enough to vote... If you've seen even one film that you really liked from the year, and thus you consider it the best you've seen (even if it's the only one you've seen), go ahead and vote. Heck, I was born in '82, so yeah, it's before my time too, but I've still got a favorite from most years back at least through the 70s, even if I've just seen 2 or 3 from the year.


I know we've got polls like this all the time around here, but I figure this one will be a little more comprehensive and perhaps even informative.

This thread will be for your pick for best film released during 1975 (think Oscar considerations for what's eligible). I'm not making it a poll because whether you like it or not, that would influence some people's choice.

Results will be posted in this thread, and all subsequent threads for each year, and they will be ongoing... so you can still vote here even weeks after other year's polls have begun.

Please start your post with your #1 film from 1975 (try to limit it to one - after all, that's the point - two at the most (I'll split the vote)), and yes, discussions are more than welcome!

Current Leader -- Jaws

All Years:
2000 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=169768) -- Requiem For a Dream*
1999 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=170274) -- Fight Club*
1998 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=171440) -- (currently) Rushmore
1997 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=172054) -- (currently) Boogie Nights
1996 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=173057) -- Fargo*
1995 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=174141) -- (currently) Braveheart
1994 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=175192) -- Pulp Fiction*
1993 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=176491) -- Schindler's List*
1992 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=177944) -- Unforgiven*
1991 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=179517) -- Silence of the Lambs*
1990 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=182060) -- Goodfellas*
1989 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=183974) -- Do the Right Thing*
1988 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=186578) -- Die Hard*
1987 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=189840) -- Full Metal Jacket*
1986 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=193610) -- (currently) Aliens / Ferris Bueller's Day Off (tie)
1985 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=195894) -- Back to the Future*
1984 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=197576) -- Ghostbusters*
1983 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=199215) -- Return of the Jedi*
1982 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=201052) -- (currently) Blade Runner
1981 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=202653) -- Raiders of the Lost Ark*
1980 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=204201) -- (currently) Empire Strikes Back
1979 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=206190) -- Apocalypse Now*
1978 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=208024) -- (currently) The Deer Hunter
1977 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=210111) -- Star Wars*
1976 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=211221) -- Taxi Driver*
1975 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=213182) -- Jaws*
1974 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=214881) -- The Godfather: Part II*
1973 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=216392)

If you haven't voted on the previous years, feel free to go back and do so.

*Poll closed, winner declared.

[JonTurner]

Close one for me - but Altman gets my vote:

1) Nashville - 9/10
2) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - 9/10
3) Dog Day Afternoon - 9/10
4) Monty Python and the Holy Grail - 7/10
5) Three Days of the Condor - 7/10

(and no, I've only seen parts of Jaws -- and even though Kubrick is my favorite director, I still haven't seen Barry Lyndon either!)

Siskel:
1) Nashville
2) The Passenger
3) Love and Death
4) Dog Day Afternoon
5) Barry Lyndon
6) And Now My Love
7) Dodes'ka-den
8) The Homecoming
9) Antonia: Portrait of a Woman
10) Hustle

Ebert:
1) Nashville
2) Night Moves
3) Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
4) Farewell, My Lovely
5) The Phantom of Liberty
6) A Brief Vacation
7) And Now My Love
8) A Woman Under the Influence
9) In Celebration
10) Dog Day Afternoon

[Sunday Morning]

#1. nashville

02. jaws
03. shampoo
04. dog day afternoon
05. barry lyndon
06. 3 days of the condor
07. one flew over the cuckoo’s nest
08. dersu uzala
09. story of adele h.
10. the passenger

11. switchblade sisters
12. f for fake
13. the magic flute
14. the rocky horror picture show
15. female trouble
16. deep red
17. hester street
18. love & death
19. keetje tippel
20. grey gardens

of note:
aloha, bobby and rose
and now my love
cooley high
cornbread, earl and me
crazy mama
the day of the locust
death race 2000
the drowning pool
the great waldo pepper
farewell, my lovely
hard times
hedda
the killer elite
the man who would be king
the mirror
monty python and the holy grail
night moves
numero deux
race with the devil
sheba, baby
the stepford wives
the sunshine boys
supervixens
tommy

[Sunday Morning]

note: siskel & ebert were smoking the reefer in 75 as they put "alice doesnt live here anymore" and "woman under the influence" on their lists. those are both 1974 films, so save
your vote for the next one!!!

[Gdrlv]

Dog Day Afternoon is the best...but Monty Python and the Holy Grail is my favorite.

[randy1320]

This is a tough one. Jaws, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest , Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and Dog Day Afternoon were all great.
My vote goes to: JAWS!

I still hear that music in my head if I swim in the ocean!!

[Damfino]

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Ni!

[Dimension X]

Top five:
1)Jaws
2)Monty Python and the Holy Grail
3)One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
4)Dog Day Afternoon
5)The Eiger Sanction

Bottom five:
5)The Giant Spider Invasion
4)The Land That Time Forgot
3)Mitchell
2)Mandingo
1)Lisztomania

Other noteworthy films not already mentioned: Rollerball, Escape to Witch Mountain, Rooster Cogburn, The Apple Dumpling Gang, The Strongest Man in the World, and A Boy and his Dog.

[Kashmir]

1 Dog Day Afternoon
2 Jaws
3 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

[evenflow]

Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

[Mountain Biker]

Without question, Jaws.

[RobCA]

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

[D-Ball]

JAWS

[movielib]

What an absolutely great year, one of the best ever in film history. The mesmerizing Barry Lyndon, the terrific One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, the superb Dog Day Afternoon, the riveting Jaws

But towering above all of them, one of the greatest films ever made, Robert Altman's masterpiece:

Nashville

[DVDealer]

1. Jaws
2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
4. The Wind and the Lion
5. Three Days of the Condor
6. Tommy
7. Barry Lyndon
8. Nashville
9. French Connection II
10. Shampoo
11. Rollerball
12. A Boy and His Dog
13. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
14. Stepford Wives
15. Dog Day Afternoon

[Surf Monkey]

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Since I know Ken's sons I have to go with this one.

[drc]

Nashville

[explosivej]

Dog Day Afternoon

[conscience]

My vote goes to Jack Nicholson's third best film:

<b>One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest</b>


...behind
Five Easy Pieces
and
Chinatown

[cortan]

Haven't seen most of those mentioned, so I'll go with Monty Python

[Andalusia]

Jaws

followed by:

Nashville
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Love and Death

[wm lopez]

DOG DAY AFTERNOON

[LBPound]

JAWS!

[Magnepitaph]

#1 One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
#2 Dog Day Afternoon
#3 Monty Python and the Holy Grail,

[kantboy]

Barry Lyndon


I know it's not going to win but it's one of the most beautiful movies I have ever seen. Try to see this one before you vote.


Monty Python and the Holy Grail a very, very, very close second


"Run Away! Run Away!"

[Geofferson]

1. Jaws
2. 3 Days of the Condor

[Johnny Zhivago]

Jaws.

Still the best film Spielberg has ever made... The best of the very <i>small</i> number of really good films that SS has turned out.

Barry Lyndon a <i>very</i> close second... Sorry Stanley.

[Camp]

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

[BassDude]

Thought about going with Dog Day Afternoon, but I gotta go with Jaws.

My '75 favs:

Jaws
Dog Day Afternoon
Monty Python Holy Grail
Cooley High

Haven't seen Nashville, but I gotta rent it now. (That why these threads are cool!)

[Copenhagen]

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

[garmonbozia]

Barry Lyndon


Originally posted by kantboy
Barry Lyndon
I know it's not going to win but it's one of the most beautiful movies I have ever seen. Try to see this one before you vote.


I agree.

[Ghostface180]

Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Jaws
Deep Red
Dog Day Afternoon

[Chuckopolis]

Nashville

[JonTurner]

Bump for life!

[yotamb12]

1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2. Jaws
3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail

[swamptours]

I'm going to have to go with Dog Day Afternoon followed very closely by Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

[Suprmallet]

Barry Lyndon all the way.

Love And Death would get my second vote, as it's tied with Manhattan for my favorite Woody Allen film.

[raithen]

1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
2. Barry Lyndon (IMHO, the most under-rated Kubrick film)
3. Jaws

-matt

[funstan]

Have to say Nashville.

[Robert]

<b>JAWS</b>

[B.A.]

M.P. and the Holy Grail

[ToddSm66]

1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
3. Jaws
4. Three Days of the Condor
5. Picnic at Hanging Rock

[cineman]

Jaws

[JonTurner]

Well, in one of the classic years of cinema, the vote was very spread out among only 6 films - but Jaws is definitely on top, almost enough so that this one should be closed, but not quite. So I'll leave it open a while and see what happens:

1) Jaws (12 votes)
2) Monty Python and the Holy Grail (7.5)
3) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (7)
4) Nashville (6)
5) Dog Day Afternoon (4.5)
6) Barry Lyndon

1974 is open here! (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=214881)

[DumDum]

Monty Python & the Holy Grail

[Skorp]

Nashville

[KJROD20]

dog day afternoon

[Sem]

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

[Jango Fett II]

Jaws

[castaway190]

Jaws is such a great (and rewatchable) pleasure, but my vote has got to go to Cuckoo's Nest.

The scene where Nicholson vies for the inmates' votes to watch the World Series game, then proceeds to announce the play by play to a blank TV screen is simply one of the most memorable scenes I've ever seen.

"The Chief voted! The Chief voted!"

[TCG]

Jaws, plain and simple.

[lisadoris]

1. Jaws
2. Monty Python & The Holy Grail
3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
4. Rocky Horror Picture Show

[DVD Smurf]

First time I am with the majority. :lol:

Jaws

[JonTurner]

New total:

1) Jaws (16 votes)
2) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (9)
3) Monty Python and the Holy Grail (8.5)
4) Nashville (7)
5) Dog Day Afternoon (5.5)

Yup, this one's ready to close.