Keith R
The Don
I was looking at a few years on Wikipedia and was extremely impressed by the quality of films that hit the #1 spot in 1974. They are, in chronological order;
The Exorcist
Blazing Saddles
The Great Gatsby
The Sugarland Express
The Conversation
The Lords of Flatbush
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Herbie Rides Again
Chinatown
Death Wish
The Longest Yard
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Airport 1975
Earthquake
Young Frankenstein
The Godfather Part II
Now, there is some fluff on the list and a few sequels (though one of them is Godfather II), but as a whole it is a very strong list. The disconnect that I see today between very good films and movies that are commercial successes does not seem to be significant in 1974, or else it was just a convergence of some unusually excellent movies coming out that the public had to take note of.
Or am I overrating the quality of these 1974 #1 films? Is there a year where the #1 films is stronger than 1974?
The Exorcist
Blazing Saddles
The Great Gatsby
The Sugarland Express
The Conversation
The Lords of Flatbush
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Herbie Rides Again
Chinatown
Death Wish
The Longest Yard
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Airport 1975
Earthquake
Young Frankenstein
The Godfather Part II
Now, there is some fluff on the list and a few sequels (though one of them is Godfather II), but as a whole it is a very strong list. The disconnect that I see today between very good films and movies that are commercial successes does not seem to be significant in 1974, or else it was just a convergence of some unusually excellent movies coming out that the public had to take note of.
Or am I overrating the quality of these 1974 #1 films? Is there a year where the #1 films is stronger than 1974?