Year-by-Year: 1970's

1970 (I hestitate to make a list, I've only seen Scrooge, Ryan's Daughter, Five Easy Pieces and...that's about it. I like them all a great deal though)

1971

1. 10 Rillington Place (10/10)
2. A Clockwork Orange (9.5/10)
3. The Last Picture Show (9/10)
4. Get Carter (9/10)
5. The Beguiled (8.5/10)
6. Red Sun (8.5/10)
7. Dirty Harry (8.5/10)
8. The French Connection (8/10)
9. The Panic in Needle Park (8/10)
10. Harold & Maude (7.5/10)

Best Director: Stanley Kubrick, A Clockwork Orange

Best Actor: Richard Attenborough, 10 Rillington Place

Best Actress: Ruth Gordon, Harold and Maude

Best Supporting Actor: John Hurt, 10 Rillington Place

Best Supporting Actress: Cloris Leachman, The Last Picture Show

1972

1. The Godfather (9/10)
2. Cabaret (9/10)
3. The New Land (8.5/10)
4. Deliverance (8.5/10)
5. Sleuth (8/10)
6. Silent Running (7.5/10)
7. The Cowboys (7/10)
8. Frenzy (7/10)
9. The Candidate (7/10)
10. The Heartbreak Kid (7/10)

Best Director: Bob Fosse, Cabaret

Best Actor: Al Pacino, The Godfather

Best Actress: Liv Ullmann, The New World

Best Supporting Actor: Joel Grey, Cabaret

Best Supporting Actress: Cybill Shepherd, The Heartbreak Kid

1973

1. Badlands (5/5)
2. The Exorcist (5/5)
3. The Sting (5/5)
4. Jesus Christ Superstar (5/5)
5. Don't Look Now (5/5)
6. The Day of the Jackal (5/5)
7. The Friends of Eddie Coyle (5/5)
8. American Graffiti (4.5/5)
9. Robin Hood (4.5/5)
10. The Wicker Man (4.5/5)

Best Director: William Friedkin, The Exorcist

Best Actor: Donald Sutherland, Don't Look Now/Martin Sheen, Badlands/Jack Lemmon, Save the Tiger

Best Actress: Sissy Spacek, Badlands

Best Supporting Actor: Robert Shaw, The Sting

Best Supporting Actress: Eileen Brennan, The Sting

1974

1. The Godfather Part II (10/10)
2. Chinatown (9.5/10)
3. The Enigma of Kasper Hauser (9/10)
4. Young Frankenstein (4.5/5)
5. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (4.5/5)
6. Blazing Saddles (4/5)
7. Murder on the Orient Express (3.5/5)

Best Director: Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather Part II

Best Actor: Warren Oates, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

Best Actress: Faye Dunaway, Chinatown

Best Supporting Actor: John Cazale, The Godfather Part II

Best Supporting Actress: Madeline Khan, Blazing Saddles

1975

1. Dog Day Afternoon (5/5)
2. Jaws (5/5)
3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (5/5)
4. Three Days of the Condor (5/5)
5. Nashville (5/5)
6. Barry Lyndon (4.5/5)

Best Director: Steven Speilberg, Jaws

Best Actor: Al Pacino, Dog Day Afternoon

Best Actress: Louise Fletcher, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Best Supporting Actor: Robert Shaw, Jaws

Best Supporting Actress: Ronee Blakeley, Nashville

1976

1. All the President's Men (5/5)
2. Rocky (5/5)
3. The Omen (5/5)
4. Network (5/5)
5. Taxi Driver (5/5)
6. The Outlaw Josey Wales (5/5)
7. Carrie (4.5/5)
8. Marathon Man (4.5/5)
9. The Front (4.5/5)
10. Bound for Glory (4.5/5)

Best Director: Alan J. Pakula, All the President's Men

Best Actor: Peter Finch, Network

Best Actress: Sissy Spacek, Carrie

Best Supporting Actor: Laurence Olivier, Marathon Man

Best Supporting Actress: Jodie Foster, Taxi Driver

1977

1. The Duellists (5/5)
2. Star Wars (5/5)
3. The Late Show (5/5)
4. Annie Hall (5/5)
5. Cross of Iron (4.5/5)
6. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (4.5/5)
7. A Bridge Too Far (4/5)
8. The Goodbye Girl (4/5)
9. Looking for Mr Goodbar (4/5)

Best Director: Ridley Scott, The Duellists

Best Actor: Harvey Keitel, The Duellists

Best Actress: Diane Keaton, Annie Hall

Best Supporting Actor: James Mason, Cross of Iron

Best Supporting Actress: Lily Tomlin, The Late Show

1978 (another year I need to see a LOT more from. My Best Picture choice would probably be Watership Down)

1979

1. Alien (5/5)
2. Nosferatu the Vampire (5/5)
3. Apocalypse Now (5/5)
4. Kramer v.s. Kramer (4.5/5)
5. All Quiet on the Western Front (4.5/5)
6. Being There (4.5/5)
7. Life of Brian (4.5/5)
8. Manhattan (4.5/5)
9. Stalker (4.5/5)
10. Wise Blood (4.5/5)

Best Director: Ridley Scott, Alien

Best Actor: Brad Dourif, Wise Blood

Best Actress: Sigourney Weaver, Alien

Best Supporting Actor: 

1. Robert Duvall, Apocalypse Now
2. Ian Holm, Alien
3. Michael Palin, Life of Brian
4. Yaphet Kotto, Alien
5. John Hurt, Alien

Best Supporting Actress: Veronica Cartwright, Alien