1974 in Film - Notable Films Released in 1974

Notable Films Released in 1974

U.S.A. unless stated

• The 6 Ultra Brothers vs. the Monster Army (Urutora Roku Kyōdai tai Kaijū Gundan) - (Japan/Thailand)
• 11 Harrowhouse, starring Charles Grodin, Candice Bergen, James Mason
• 36 Ghante, starring Raaj Kumar and Sunil Dutt - (India)
• 99 and 44/100% Dead, starring Richard Harris, Ann Turkel, Edmond O'Brien, Chuck Connors

A

• Aap Ki Kasam, starring Rajesh Khanna and Mumtaz - (India)
• Abby, starring William Marshall
• Acting Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja (Predstava Hamleta u Mrduši Donjoj) - (Yugoslavia)
• Aina (The Mirror) - (Pakistan)
• Airport 1975, starring Charlton Heston, Karen Black, George Kennedy, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Susan Clark, Helen Reddy, Myrna Loy, Gloria Swanson
• Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Angst essen Seele auf), directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder - (West Germany)
• Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Ellen Burstyn, Kris Kristofferson, Harvey Keitel, Alfred Lutter, Jodie Foster
• Alice in the Cities (Alice in den Städten), directed by Wim Wenders - (West Germany)
• Alien Thunder, starring Donald Sutherland
• All the Kind Strangers, directed by Burt Kennedy, starring Stacy Keach and Samantha Eggar
• Allonsanfàn, starring Marcello Mastroianni - (Italy)
• Almost Human (Milano odia: la polizia non può sparare), starring Tomas Milian and Henry Silva - (Italy)
• And Now My Love (Toute une vie), directed by Claude Lelouch, starring Marthe Keller - (France)
• And Then There Were None, starring Richard Attenborough, Charles Aznavour, Gert Frobe, Herbert Lom, Oliver Reed, Elke Sommer
• Animals Are Beautiful People - (South Africa)
• Angkur (The Seedling) - (India)
• Flesh for Frankenstein (aka Andy Warhol's Frankenstein)
• The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, directed by Ted Kotcheff, starring Richard Dreyfuss - Golden Bear winner - (Canada)
• Arabian Nights (Il fiore delle mille e una notte), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini - (Italy)
• At Home Among Strangers (Svoy sredi chuzhikh, chuzhoy sredi svoikh) - (U.S.S.R.)
• The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (made for TV), starring Cicely Tyson

B

• Barry Mckenzie Holds His Own, starring Barry Crocker and Barry Humphries - (Australia)
• The Beast Must Die, starring Peter Cushing - (U.K.)
• Benji, starring Patsy Garrett
• Big Bad Mama, starring Angie Dickinson
• Billy Two Hats, starring Gregory Peck and Desi Arnaz, Jr.
• Black Belt Jones, starring Jim Kelly
• Black Christmas (aka Silent Night, Evil Night), starring Olivia Hussey, Margot Kidder, Keir Dullea - (Canada)
• The Black Windmill, starring Michael Caine and Janet Suzman - (U.K.)
• Blazing Saddles, directed by Mel Brooks, starring Gene Wilder, Cleavon Little, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn, Slim Pickens, Alex Karras
• Bread and Chocolate (Pane e cioccolata), starring Nino Manfredi - (Italy)
• Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, directed by Sam Peckinpah, starring Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Gig Young, Robert Webber
• Buster and Billie, starring Jan-Michael Vincent
• Butley, directed by Harold Pinter, starring Alan Bates and Jessica Tandy - (U.K.)

C

• Caged Heat, directorial debut of Jonathan Demme
• California Split, directed by Robert Altman, starring George Segal, Elliott Gould, Ann Prentiss
• Callan, starring Edward Woodward - (U.K.)
• Carry On Dick, starring Sid James and Barbara Windsor - (U.K.)
• The Cars that Ate Paris, directorial debut of Peter Weir - (Australia)
• Celine and Julie Go Boating (Céline et Julie vont en bateau), directed by Jacques Rivette - (France)
• Chinatown, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway - Golden Globe Awards for best picture, director and actor
• Claudine, starring Diahann Carroll and James Earl Jones
• The Clockmaker (L' Horloger de Saint-Paul), directed by Bertrand Tavernier, starring Philippe Noiret and Jean Rochefort - (France)
• Cockfighter, starring Warren Oates and Harry Dean Stanton
• Conrack, directed by Martin Ritt, starring Jon Voight
• The Conscript (De loteling) - (Belgium)
• The Conversation, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Cindy Williams, Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Harrison Ford
• Conversation Piece (Gruppo di famiglia in un interno), directed by Luchino Visconti, starring Burt Lancaster - (Italy)
• Crazy Joe, starring Peter Boyle, Paula Prentiss, Eli Wallach
• The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder, starring Timothy Bottoms and Barbara Hershey

D

• Daisy Miller - directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Cybill Shepherd
• Dark Star, directed by John Carpenter, starring Dan O'Bannon
• Death Wish, directed by Michael Winner, starring Charles Bronson, Vincent Gardenia, Hope Lange
• The Deluge (Potop) - (Poland)
• Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry, starring Peter Fonda and Susan George
• Dost (Friend), starring Dharmendra - (India)
• Down and Dirty Duck, starring Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman
• Drama of the Rich (Fatti di gente perbene), starring Giancarlo Giannini and Catherine Deneuve - (Italy)

E

• Earthquake, directed by Mark Robson, starring Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Richard Roundtree, Geneviève Bujold, Victoria Principal
• Edvard Munch - (Norway/Sweden)
• Effi Briest, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, starring Hanna Schygulla - (West Germany)
• Electra, My Love (Szerelmem, Elektra), directed by Miklós Jancsó - (Hungary)
• Emmanuelle, starring Sylvia Kristel - (France)
• The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (aka Every Man For Himself and God Against All), directed by Werner Herzog - (West Germany)

F

• F for Fake (originally Vérités et Mensonges), directed by and starring Orson Welles - (France/West Germany/Iran)
• Female Trouble, directed by John Waters, starring Divine
• Five Shaolin Masters (Shao Lin wu zu), directed by Chang Cheh - (Hong Kong)
• For Pete's Sake, starring Barbra Streisand
• The Four Musketeers (aka The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge), starring Michael York, Oliver Reed, Frank Finlay, Richard Chamberlain - (U.K.)
• Freebie and the Bean, starring James Caan and Alan Arkin
• The Front Page, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Susan Sarandon, Carol Burnett

G

• The Gambler, directed by Karel Reisz, starring James Caan, Lauren Hutton, Paul Sorvino
• Gavaznha (The Deer) - (Iran)
• General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait (Général Idi Amin Dada: Autoportrait), a documentary film by Barbet Schroeder - (France/Switzerland)
• Ginger in the Morning, starring Sissy Spacek
• The Girl from Petrovka, starring Goldie Hawn, Hal Holbrook, Anthony Hopkins
• The Godfather Part II, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Robert De Niro, John Cazale, Diane Keaton, Lee Strasberg
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, directed by Jun Fukuda - (Japan)
• Going Places (Les Valseuses), directed by Bertrand Blier, starring Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou, Jeanne Moreau - (France)
• Gold, starring Roger Moore and Susannah York
• Golden Needles, starring Joe Don Baker and Elizabeth Ashley
• The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, starring John Phillip Law and Tom Baker with special effects by Ray Harryhausen - (U.K.)
• Gone in 60 Seconds, directed by and starring H. B. Halicki
• Great Expectations, starring Michael York, Sarah Miles, James Mason - (U.S./U.K.)
• The Great Gatsby, directed by Jack Clayton, starring Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Sam Waterston, Bruce Dern, Lois Chiles, Karen Black
• La Gueule ouverte (The Mouth Agape), directed by Maurice Pialat - (France)

H

• Harry and Tonto, directed by Paul Mazursky, starring Art Carney, Herbert Berghof, Larry Hagman, Ellen Burstyn
• Hearts and Minds, directed by Peter Davis - Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
• Herbie Rides Again, starring Helen Hayes, Stefanie Powers, Ken Berry
• Heroes Two (Fang Shiyu yu Hong Xiguan), directed by Chang Cheh - (Hong Kong)
• The Holy Office (El santo oficio) - (Mexico)
• The Homeless (Yadonashi) - (Japan)
• Hotel Angel (Theptida rong ram) - (Thailand)

I

• The Internecine Project, starring James Coburn and Lee Grant - (U.K.)
• The Island at the Top of the World, starring David Hartman
• It's Alive, starring John P. Ryan and Sharon Farrell

J

• Jáchyme, hoď ho do stroje! (Joachim, Put It in the Machine) - (Czechoslovakia)
• Jock Petersen, starring Jack Thompson - (Australia)
• Journey Back to Oz
• Juggernaut, starring Richard Harris, Omar Sharif, Anthony Hopkins - (U.K.)
• A Jungle Book of Regulations (Nie ma rózy bez ognia) - (Poland)

K

• Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no Mon - (Japan)
• The Klansman, directed by Terence Young, starring Lee Marvin and Richard Burton
• Kunwara Baap, directed by and starring Mehmood - (India)

L

• Lacombe Lucien, directed by Louis Malle, starring Pierre Blaise and Aurore Clément - (France)
• Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones, a concert film
• Lancelot du Lac, directed by Robert Bresson - (France)
• Lenny, a biopic of Lenny Bruce, directed by Bob Fosse, starring Dustin Hoffman and Valerie Perrine
• The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams, starring Dan Haggerty
• The Longest Yard (aka The Mean Machine), directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter
• The Lords of Flatbush, starring Perry King, Sylvester Stallone, Henry Winkler
• Lost in the Stars, starring Brock Peters, Melba Moore, Clifton Davis
• Lovin' Molly, starring Blythe Danner, Anthony Perkins, Beau Bridges

M

• Macon County Line, starring Max Baer, Jr.
• Mahler, a biopic of Gustav Mahler directed by Ken Russell - (U.K.)
• Majboor (Compulsed) - (India)
• Mame, directed by Gene Saks, starring Lucille Ball, Beatrice Arthur, Robert Preston
• The Man with the Golden Gun, directed by Guy Hamilton, starring Roger Moore (as James Bond), with Christopher Lee and Britt Ekland - (U.K.)
• The Marseille Contract, starring Michael Caine, James Mason, Anthony Quinn
• McQ, directed by John Sturges, starring John Wayne, Al Lettieri, Eddie Albert, Clu Gulager, Colleen Dewhurst, Diana Muldaur
• The Middle of the World (Le Milieu du monde) - (France/Switzerland)
• The Midnight Man, directed by and starring Burt Lancaster, with Susan Clark, Cameron Mitchell, Ed Lauter
• The Missiles of October, made for TV, directed by Anthony Page, starring William Devane, Martin Sheen, Ralph Bellamy, Howard Da Silva, James Hong
• Mr. Majestyk, directed by Richard Fleischer, starring Charles Bronson, Linda Cristal, Al Lettieri
• Murder on the Orient Express, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Sean Connery, Vanessa Redgrave, Ingrid Bergman, John Gielgud - (U.K.)

N

• Newman's Law, starring George Peppard
• The Night of the Scarecrow (A Noite do Espantalho) - (Brazil)
• The Night Porter (Il Portiere di notte), directed by Liliana Cavani, starring Dirk Bogarde and Charlotte Rampling - (Italy)
• The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat, an adult animated film

O

• The Odessa File, directed by Ronald Neame, starring Jon Voight, Maximilian Schell, Maria Schell - (U.K./West Germany)
• One or the Other of Us, directed by Wolfgang Petersen, starring Jürgen Prochnow - (West Germany)
• Les Ordres (Orders), starring Jean Lapointe - (Canada)

P

• Parade, directed by and starring Jacques Tati - (France/Sweden)
• The Parallax View, directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Warren Beatty, Hume Cronyn, William Daniels, Paula Prentiss
• Pastoral: To Die in the Country (Den-en ni shisu) - (Japan)
• A Peasant on a Bicycle (Selyaninat s Koleloto), directed by Lyudmil Kirkov, starring Georgi Georgiev-Getz and Georgi Rusev - (Bulgaria)
• The Phantom of Liberty (Le Fantôme de la liberté), directed by Luis Buñuel - (France)
• Phantom of the Paradise, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Paul Williams and Jessica Harper
• Phase IV, directed by Saul Bass, starring Michael Murphy and Nigel Davenport
• La prima Angélica (a.k.a. Cousin Angelica), directed by Carlos Saura - (Spain)

Q

• QB VII, mini-series for TV, starring Anthony Hopkins, Ben Gazzara, Lee Remick, Leslie Caron

R

• The Red Snowball Tree (Kalina krasnaya) - (U.S.S.R.)
• The Rehearsal (I Dokimi), directed by and starring Jules Dassin with Olympia Dukakis - (Greece)
• Report to the Commissioner, starring Michael Moriarty and Yaphet Kotto
• Return of The Street Fighter (Satsujin ken 2) - (Japan)
• Rhinoceros, starring Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel

S

• Sandakan No.8 (Brothel 8) - (Japan)
• The Sannikov Land (Zemlya Sannikova) - (U.S.S.R.)
• Scent of a Woman (Profumo di donna), directed by Dino Risi, starring Vittorio Gassman - (Italy)
• Sister Street Fighter (Onna Hissatsu Ken) - (Japan)
• Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread (Onna hissatsu ken: kiki ippatsu) - (Japan)
• Son of Dracula, starring Harry Nilsson and Ringo Starr - (U.K.)
• The Spikes Gang, directed by Richard Fleischer, starring Lee Marvin, Ron Howard, Gary Grimes, Charles Martin Smith
• Stardust, directed by Michael Apted, starring David Essex - (U.K.)
• Stavisky..., directed by Alain Renais, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo - (France/Italy)
• Still Life (Tabiate bijan) - (Iran)
• Stone, a cult Australian film
• The Street Fighter (Gekitotsu! Satsujin Ken), starring Sonny Chiba - (Japan)
• The Street Fighter's Last Revenge - (Japan)
• The Sugarland Express, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Goldie Hawn, William Atherton, Ben Johnson
• Sweet Movie, directed by Dušan Makavejev - (Canada/France/West Germany)
• Swept Away (Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto), starring Giancarlo Giannini and Mariangela Melato - (Italy)
• Symptoms, starring Angela Pleasence - (U.K.)

T

• The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, directed by Joseph Sargent, starring Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, Jerry Stiller
• The Tamarind Seed, directed by Blake Edwards, starring Julie Andrews and Omar Sharif - (U.K./U.S.)
• The Terminal Man, starring George Segal and Joan Hackett
• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, directed by Tobe Hooper, starring Marilyn Burns
• That's Entertainment! documentary directed by Jack Haley, Jr., starring Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor, Bing Crosby, Liza Minnelli
• Thieves Like Us, directed by Robert Altman, starring Keith Carradine and Shelley Duvall
• Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, directed by Michael Cimino, starring Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges
• The Towering Inferno, starring Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Jennifer Jones, Fred Astaire
• Three Tough Guys, starring Lino Ventura, Fred Williamson, Isaac Hayes
• Truck Turner, starring Isaac Hayes
• The Traveller (Mossafer), directed by Abbas Kiarostami - (Iran)

V

• Vampyres, starring Marianne Morris and Anulka - (U.K.)

W

• We All Loved Each Other So Much (C'eravamo tanto amati), directed by Ettore Scola, starring Stefania Sandrelli and Vittorio Gassman - (Italy)
• Weighed But Found Wanting (Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang) - (Philippines)
• Where the Lilies Bloom, starring Harry Dean Stanton
• The White Dawn, starring Warren Oates, Louis Gossett, Jr., Timothy Bottoms - (Canada)
• Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too! (animated short)
• A Woman Under the Influence, directed by John Cassavetes, starring Gena Rowlands (Golden Globe Award) and Peter Falk

Y

• Young Frankenstein, directed by Mel Brooks, starring Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman, Madeline Kahn, Peter Boyle

Z

• Zandy's Bride, starring Gene Hackman and Liv Ullmann
• Zardoz, starring Sean Connery and Charlotte Rampling - (U.K.)