Best movies of 1973 that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Ellen Burstyn, Lee J. Cobb, Max von Sydow, Linda Blair,
Directors : William Friedkin,

When a teenage girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her daughter.

Actors : Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe, Biff McGuire,
Directors : Sidney Lumet,

An honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.

Actors : Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning,
Directors : George Roy Hill,

In Chicago in September 1936, a young con man seeking revenge for his murdered partner teams up with a master of the big con to win a fortune from a criminal banker.

Actors : Paul Le Mat, Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Charles Martin Smith,
Directors : George Lucas,

A couple of high school grads spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.

Actors : Ryan O'Neal, John Hillerman, Madeline Kahn, Tatum O'Neal,
Directors : Peter Bogdanovich,

During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.

Actors : Robert Redford, Barbra Streisand, Bradford Dillman, Lois Chiles,
Directors : Sydney Pollack,

Two desperate people have a wonderful romance, but their political views and convictions drive them apart.

Actors : Graham Beckel, John Houseman, Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner,
Directors : James Bridges,

A first-year law student at Harvard Law School struggles with balancing his coursework and his relationship with the daughter of his sternest professor.

Actors : Norman Burton, Laurie Heineman, Jack Gilford, Jack Lemmon,
Directors : John G. Avildsen,

A disillusioned aging decent man and once proud WWII veteran is dealing with midlife crisis as well as a tough moral dilemma. If he wants his small near-bankrupt clothing company to survive, he has two days to let go of his shaken morals.

Actors : Paul Sorvino, George Segal, Glenda Jackson, K Callan,
Directors : Melvin Frank,

Romantic comedy about a pair of clandestine lovers in a London-Spain tryst.

Actors : Juliet Mills, James Franciscus, David Ladd, Philip Ahn,
Directors : Hall Bartlett,

A skilled flyer but very rebellious young seagull is kicked out of his clan. However, instead of being sad or lonely, he decides to enjoy and explore his newfound freedom.

Actors : Eli Wallach, Kirk Calloway, Marsha Mason, James Caan,
Directors : Mark Rydell,

A lonely Navy sailor falls in love with a hooker and becomes a surrogate father figure for her son during an extended liberty due to his service records being lost.