1975 Ranked Films
The ranked list of 1975 films that I have seen so far.
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- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsRoy ScheiderRobert ShawRichard DreyfussWhen a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Cape Cod, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.10/10
Redefining the summer blockbuster for generations to come, Jaws benefits from a tremendous sense of tension courtesy of auteur filmmaker Steven Spielberg. - DirectorMilos FormanStarsJack NicholsonLouise FletcherMichael BerrymanIn the Fall of 1963, a Korean War veteran and criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rallies up the scared patients against the tyrannical nurse.10/10
Sometimes harrowing and sometimes wryly clever, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest has a throng of powerful performances going for it and plenty to say on the subject of mental illness. - DirectorStanley KubrickStarsRyan O'NealMarisa BerensonPatrick MageeAn Irish rogue wins the heart of a rich widow and assumes her dead husband's aristocratic position in 18th-century England.10/10
A curious entry in Stanley Kubrick's later career, to be sure, Barry Lyndon proves to be an intriguingly humorous tragedy with plenty of narrative finesse operating under the surface. - DirectorTerry GilliamTerry JonesStarsGraham ChapmanJohn CleeseEric IdleKing Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table embark on a surreal, low-budget search for the Holy Grail, encountering many, very silly obstacles.9/10
Consistently uproarious and never in the same way, Monty Python and the Holy Grail serves as a clever subversion of classic adventure fables and cinema itself. - DirectorJim SharmanStarsTim CurrySusan SarandonBarry BostwickA newly-engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must seek shelter at the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-n-Furter.8/10
Quite possibly one of the weirdest films ever conceived, The Rocky Horror Picture Show is pure, unadulterated and very adult fun with some killer tunes. - DirectorSydney PollackStarsRobert RedfordFaye DunawayCliff RobertsonA bookish CIA researcher in Manhattan finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust.8/10
A grounded political thriller that never loses any of its unnerving paranoia, Three Days of the Condor stays engaging throughout. - DirectorBryan ForbesStarsKatharine RossPaula PrentissPeter MastersonJoanna Eberhart has come to the quaint little town of Stepford, Connecticut with her family, but soon discovers there lies a sinister truth in the all too perfect behavior of the female residents.7/10
Though it doesn't realize its full potential in the critiquing of female suppression, The Stepford Wives does manage to be eerier and eerier as it goes along. - DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsGene HackmanFernando ReyBernard Fresson"Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseille to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler who eluded him in New York.7/10
French Connection II isn't nearly as pulse-pounding as its groundbreaking predecessor, but it does more with character including another solid turn from Gene Hackman. - DirectorPaul BartelStarsDavid CarradineSylvester StalloneSimone GriffethIn a dystopian future, a cross country automobile race requires contestants to run down innocent pedestrians to gain points that are tallied based on each kill's brutality.6/10
While its unapologetic and brash sociopolitical commentary isn’t for everyone, Death Race 2000 manages to be a fairly shrewd and subversive action film. - DirectorJohn MiliusStarsSean ConneryCandice BergenBrian KeithA Berber chieftain triggers an international incident, drawing the involvement of Theodore Roosevelt, when he kidnaps an American widow and her children in 1900s Morocco.5/10
The Wind and the Lion tackles some worthwhile international relations en route to what should be a sweeping epic, however in execution it proves to be less than riveting. - DirectorLouis MalleStarsCathryn HarrisonTherese GiehseAlexandra StewartTo escape a gender war, a girl flees to a remote farmhouse and becomes part of an extensive family's unusual, perhaps even supernatural, lifestyle.3/10
For hardcore film buffs only, Black Moon is about as unwatchable as it is ambiguous, despite some starkly effective visuals. - DirectorRobert FuestStarsErnest BorgnineEddie AlbertIda LupinoA satanist cult leader is burnt alive by the local church. He vows to come back to hunt down and enslave every descendant of his congregation, by the power of the book of blood contracts, in which they sold their souls to the devil.2/10
Unable to conjure the heebie-jeebies, The Devil's Rain can't get its story nor visuals to back up mood of any sort.