Best movies of 1974

Actors : Gena Rowlands, Fred Draper, Lady Rowlands, Peter Falk,
Directors : John Cassavetes,

Mabel, a wife and mother, is loved by her husband Nick but her mental illness proves to be a problem in the marriage.

Actors : Humbert Balsan, Vladimir Antolek-Oresek, Luc Simon, Laura Duke Condominas,
Directors : Robert Bresson,

A million miles away from 'Camelot' or 'Excalibur', this film ruthlessly strips the Arthurian legend down to its barest essentials. Arthur's knights, far from being heroic, are conniving ...

Actors : William Finley, Gerrit Graham, Jessica Harper, Paul Williams,
Directors : Brian De Palma,

A disfigured composer sells his soul for the woman he loves so that she will perform his music. However, an evil record tycoon betrays him and steals his music to open his rock palace, The Paradise.

Actors : Ava Gardner, Lorne Greene, George Kennedy, Charlton Heston,
Directors : Mark Robson,

Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles.

Actors : Dustin Hoffman, Stanley Beck, Valerie Perrine, Jan Miner,
Directors : Bob Fosse,

The story of acerbic 1960s comic Lenny Bruce, whose groundbreaking, no-holds-barred style and social commentary was often deemed by the Establishment as too obscene for the public.

Actors : Mink Stole, Divine, Mary Vivian Pearce, David Lochary,
Directors : John Waters,

A spoiled schoolgirl runs away from home, gets pregnant while hitch-hiking, and ends up as a fashion model for a pair of beauticians who like to photograph women committing crimes.

Actors : Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain, Michael York, Oliver Reed,
Directors : Richard Lester,

The Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter.

Actors : Antonio Fargas, Peter Brown, Pam Grier, Terry Carter,
Directors : Jack Hill,

A voluptuous black woman takes a job as a high-class prostitute in order to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.

Actors : George Kennedy, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Charlton Heston, Karen Black,
Directors : Jack Smight,

A 747 in flight collides with a small plane, and is rendered pilotless. Somehow the control tower must get a pilot aboard so the jet can land.

Actors : John Saxon, Olivia Hussey, Margot Kidder, Keir Dullea,
Directors : Bob Clark,

During their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger.

Actors : Ellen Burstyn, Art Carney, René Enríquez, Herbert Berghof,
Directors : Paul Mazursky,

When his apartment building is torn down, a retired lifelong New Yorker goes on a cross country odyssey with his beloved cat Tonto.

Actors : Sharon Farrell, Guy Stockwell, John P. Ryan, Andrew Duggan,
Directors : Larry Cohen,

The Davies expect a baby, which turns out to be a monster with a nasty habit of killing when it's scared. And it's easily scared.

Actors : Sylvia Kristel, Alain Cuny, Daniel Sarky, Marika Green,
Directors : Just Jaeckin,

The wife of a French diplomat in Bangkok, Emmanuelle embarks on a voyage of sexual discovery.

Actors : Cristina Galbó, Ray Lovelock, Aldo Massasso, Arthur Kennedy,
Directors : Jorge Grau,

A cop chases two hippies suspected of a series of Manson family-like murders; unbeknownst to him, the real culprits are the living dead, brought to life with a thirst for human flesh by chemical pesticides being used by area farmers.

Actors : Nigel Davenport, Alan Gifford, Lynne Frederick, Michael Murphy,
Directors : Saul Bass,

Desert ants suddenly form a collective intelligence and begin to wage war on the desert inhabitants. It is up to two scientists and a stray girl they rescue from the ants to destroy them. ...

Actors : Elliott Gould, Ann Prentiss, George Segal, Gwen Welles,
Directors : Robert Altman,

A down on his luck gambler links up with free spirit Elliot Gould at first to have some fun on, but then gets into debt when Gould takes an unscheduled trip to Tijuana. As a final act of ...

Actors : Robert Mitchum, Herb Edelman, Ken Takakura, Brian Keith,
Directors : Sydney Pollack,

Harry Kilmer returns to Japan after several years in order to rescue his friend George's kidnapped daughter - and ends up on the wrong side of the Yakuza, the notorious Japanese mafia...

Actors : Peter Fonda, Kenneth Tobey, Adam Roarke, Susan George,
Directors : John Hough,

Larry Rayder is an aspiring NASCAR driver, Deke Sommers is mechanic. As they feel they collectively are the best, the only thing that is holding them back is money to build the best vehicle...

Actors : Pierre Clémenti, Sami Frey, Anna Prucnal, Carole Laure,
Directors : Dusan Makavejev,

The intercut story of two women: a nearly-mute beauty queen who descends into withdrawal and madness, and another who captains a ship laden with candy and sugar, luring men and boys aboard ...

Actors : Brigitte Mira, El Hedi ben Salem, Barbara Valentin, Irm Hermann,
Directors : Rainer Werner Fassbinder,

An almost accidental romance is kindled between a German woman in her mid-sixties and a Moroccan migrant worker around twenty-five years younger. They abruptly decide to marry, appalling everyone around them.