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This is a list of American films released in 1974.

Box office

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The highest-grossing American films released in 1974, by domestic box office gross revenue as estimated by The Numbers, are as follows:[1]

Highest-grossing films of 1974
Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross
1 Blazing Saddles Warner Bros. $119,500,000
2 The Towering Inferno 20th Century Fox / Warner Bros. $116,000,000
3 The Trial of Billy Jack Warner Bros. $89,000,000
4 Young Frankenstein 20th Century Fox $86,300,000
5 Earthquake Universal $79,700,000
6 The Godfather Part II Paramount $57,300,000
7 Airport 1975 Universal Pictures $47,285,152
8 The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams Sunn Classic $45,411,063
9 The Longest Yard Paramount $43,008,075
10 Murder on the Orient Express Anglo-EMI Film Distributors $35,733,867

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4 McQ Warner Bros. / Batjac Productions John Sturges (director); Lawrence Roman (screenplay); John Wayne, Eddie Albert, Diana Muldaur, Colleen Dewhurst, Clu Gulager, David Huddleston, Jim Watkins, Al Lettieri, Julie Adams, Roger E. Mosley, William Bryant, Richard Kelton, Richard Eastham, Larry Buck, Kim Sanford
13 The Satanic Rites of Dracula Columbia-Warner Distributors / Hammer Film Productions Alan Gibson (director); Don Houghton (screenplay); Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Michael Coles, William Franklyn
15 The Arena Variety Distribution / Rover Film Steve Carver (director); John William Corrington, Joyce Hooper Corrington (screenplay); Pam Grier, Margaret Markov, Paul Müller, Daniele Vargas, Rosalba Neri, Vassili Karis, Mimmo Palmara, Antonio Casale, Lucretia Love, Marie Louise, Mary Count, Sid Lawrence, Franco Garofalo, Pietro Ceccarelli, Jho Jhenkins
21 Luther American Film Theatre Guy Green (director); Edward Anhalt (screenplay); Stacy Keach, Julian Glover, Maurice Denham, Judi Dench, Patrick Magee, Hugh Griffith, Robert Stephens, Peter Cellier, Leonard Rossiter, Thomas Heathcote, Matthew Guinness, Alan Badel, Bruce Carstairs, Malcolm Stoddard
Rhinoceros American Film Theatre Tom O'Horgan (director); Julian Barry, Eugène Ionesco (screenplay); Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Karen Black, Joe Silver, Marilyn Chris, Percy Rodrigues, Robert Fields, Don Calfa, Lou Cutell, Howard Morton, Anne Ramsey, Lorna Thayer, Robert Weil, Melody Santangello, Manuel Aviles
28 Black Belt Jones Warner Bros. / Sequoin Films Robert Clouse (director); Oscar Williams (screenplay); Jim Kelly, Gloria Hendry, Scatman Crothers, Eric Laneuville, Andre Philippe, Mel Novak, Earl Jolly Brown, Earl Maynard, Marla Gibbs, Ted Lange, Esther Sutherland, Alan Weeks, Vincent Barbi, Malik Carter, Eddie Smith, Jac Emil, Clarence Barnes, Nate Esformes
30 The Bat People American International Pictures Jerry Jameson (director); Lou Shaw (screenplay); Stewart Moss, Marianne McAndrew, Michael Pataki, Paul Carr, Arthur Space, Robert Berk, Pat Delaney, George Paulsin, Bonnie Van Dyke, Jennifer Kulik, Laurie Brooks Jefferson, Herb Pierce
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6 Zardoz 20th Century Fox John Boorman (director/screenplay); Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling, Sara Kestelman, Niall Buggy, John Alderton, Bosco Hogan, Bairbre Dowling, Christopher Casson, Sally Anne Newton, Jessica Swift, Reginald Jarman
7 Blazing Saddles Warner Bros. / Crossbow Productions Mel Brooks (director/screenplay); Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Alan Uger (screenplay); Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Alex Karras, Mel Brooks, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn, Burton Gilliam, David Huddleston, Liam Dunn, John Hillerman, George Furth
Sugar Hill American International Pictures Paul Maslansky (director); Tim Kelly (screenplay); Marki Bey, Robert Quarry, Don Pedro Colley, Betty Anne Rees, Richard Lawson, Zara Cully, Charles P. Robinson, Big Walter Price, Larry D. Johnson, Rick Hagood, Ed Geldart, Albert J. Baker, Raymond E. Simpson III, Thomas C. Carroll, Charles Krohn, J. Randall Bell
11 Thieves Like Us United Artists Robert Altman (director/screenplay); Joan Tewkesbury, Calder Willingham (screenplay); Keith Carradine, Shelley Duvall, John Schuck, Bert Remsen, Louise Fletcher, Tom Skerritt, Joan Maguire, Franklin D. Roosevelt
15 Crazy Joe Columbia Pictures / Produzioni De Laurentiis / Bright-Persky Associates Carlo Lizzani (director); Lewis John Carlino (screenplay); Peter Boyle, Paula Prentiss, Fred Williamson, Charles Cioffi, Fausto Tozzi, Guido Leontini, Rip Torn
22 Alien Thunder American International Pictures / Cinerama Releasing Corporation / Onyx Films Claude Fournier (director); George Malko (screenplay); Donald Sutherland, Gordon Tootoosis, Chief Dan George, Kevin McCarthy, Jean Duceppe, Francine Racette, James O'Shea, John Boylan, Jack Creley, Lenny George, Ernestine Gamble, Vincent Daniels, Sarain Stump
23 From Beyond the Grave Warner Bros. / Amicus Productions Kevin Connor (director); Raymond Christodoulou, Robin Clarke (screenplay); Peter Cushing, Donald Pleasence, Ian Bannen, Diana Dors, David Warner, Angela Pleasence
27 Busting United Artists Peter Hyams (director/screenplay); Elliott Gould, Robert Blake, Allen Garfield, Antonio Fargas, Michael Lerner, Sid Haig, Ivor Francis, William Sylvester, Logan Ramsey
Man on a Swing Paramount Pictures / Jaffilms Inc. Frank Perry (director); David Zelag Goodman (screenplay); Cliff Robertson, Joel Grey, Elizabeth Wilson, George Voskovec, Peter Masterson, Lane Smith, Christopher Allport, Richard Venture, Dianne Hull, Gil Gerard, Alice Drummond, Richard McKenzie, Clarice Blackburn
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14 Alice in Wonderland (re-release) Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske (directors); Winston Hibler, Ted Sears, Bill Peet, Erdman Penner, Joe Rinaldi, Milt Banta, Bill Cottrell, Dick Kelsey, Joe Grant
15 Three Tough Guys Titanus / Produzioni Cinematografiche Inter. Ma. Co. / Columbia Film Duccio Tessari (director); Luciano Vincenzoni, Nicola Badalucco (screenplay); Lino Ventura, Isaac Hayes, Fred Williamson, Paula Kelly, William Berger, Vittorio Sanipoli, Lorella De Luca, Mario Erpichini, Jess Hahn, Jacques Herlin, Guido Leontini, Luciano Salce, Nazzareno Zamperla
20 The Super Cops (debut in its plot and filming city, New York, with its Los Angeles debut on April 10) United Artists Gordon Parks (director); Lorenzo Semple Jr. (screenplay); Ron Leibman, David Selby, Sheila Frazier, Pat Hingle, Dan Frazer, Joseph Sirola, Amy Freeman, Bernard Kates, Ralph Wilcox, Albert Henderson, Alex Colon, Charles Turner, Al Fann
21 Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla – (Japan) Toho Jun Fukuda (director/screenplay); Hiroyasu Yamamura (screenplay); Masaaki Daimon, Kazuya Aoyama, Akihiko Hirata, Hiroshi Koizumi, Reiko Tajima, Hiromi Matsushita, Gorō Mutsumi, Shin Kishida, Beru-Bera Lin, Masao Imafuku, Daigo Kusano, Kenji Sahara, Isao Zushi, Kazunari Mori, Kin'ichi Kusumi
22 Catch My Soul Cinerama Releasing Corporation / Metromedia Productions Patrick McGoohan (director); William Shakespeare, Jack Good (screenplay); Richie Havens, Lance LeGault, Season Hubley, Tony Joe White, Susan Tyrrell, Delaney Bramlett, Bonnie Bramlett, Billy Joe Royal, Raleigh Gardenhire, Wayne Waterhouse
27 Conrack 20th Century Fox Martin Ritt (director); Harriet Frank Jr., Irving Ravetch (screenplay); Jon Voight, Paul Winfield, Hume Cronyn, Madge Sinclair, Tina Andrews, Antonio Fargas, Ruth Attaway, James O'Rear
Mame Warner Bros. / ABC Gene Saks (director); Paul Zindel (screenplay); Lucille Ball, Beatrice Arthur, Robert Preston, Bruce Davison, Jane Connell, Joyce Van Patten, Lucille Benson, Doria Cook-Nelson, Don Porter, Audrey Christie, John McGiver, Bobbi Jordan, Patrick Labyorteaux
28 John Carpenter's directoral debut, Dark Star, limited to Los Angeles' International Film Exposition, aka 'Filmex'. Bryanston Distributing Company John Carpenter (director/screenplay); Dan O'Bannon (screenplay); Dan O'Bannon, Brian Narelle, Cal Kuniholm, Andreijah "Dre" Pahich, Joe Saunders, Barbara "Cookie" Knapp, Miles Watkins, John Carpenter, Nick Castle
29 The Great Gatsby Paramount Pictures / Newdon Productions Jack Clayton (director); Francis Ford Coppola (screenplay); Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Karen Black, Scott Wilson, Sam Waterston, Lois Chiles

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3 The Night Porter Ital-Noleggio Cinematografico / Lotar Film Liliana Cavani (director/screenplay); Italo Moscati, Barbara Alberti, Amedeo Pagani, Anthony Forwood (screenplay); Dirk Bogarde, Charlotte Rampling, Philippe Leroy, Gabriele Ferzetti, Giuseppe Addobbati, Isa Miranda, Marino Masé, Amedeo Amodio, Piero Vida, Geoffrey Copleston, Nora Ricci, Nino Bignamini, Manfred Freyberger, Ugo Cardea, Hilda Gunther, Piero Mazzinghi, Kai-Siegfried Seefeld
5 The Golden Voyage of Sinbad Columbia Pictures / Morningside Productions Gordon Hessler (director); Brian Clemens (screenplay); John Phillip Law, Tom Baker, Takis Emmanuel, Caroline Munro, Douglas Wilmer, Grégoire Aslan, David Garfield, Kurt Christian, Martin Shaw, Aldo Sambrell, Robert Shaw
The Sugarland Express Universal Pictures / The Zanuck/Brown Company Steven Spielberg (director); Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins (screenplay); Goldie Hawn, Ben Johnson, William Atherton, Michael Sacks, Gregory Walcott, Steve Kanaly, Louise Latham, Dean Smith, Bill Thurman
Foxy Brown American International Pictures Jack Hill (director/screenplay); Pam Grier, Peter Brown, Terry Carter, Harry Holcombe, Antonio Fargas, Sid Haig, Bob Minor, Tony Giorgio, H.B. Haggerty, Kathryn Loder, Juanita Brown, Fred Lerner, Boyd "Red" Morgan
7 Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter Paramount Pictures / Hammer Film Productions Brian Clemens (director/screenplay); Horst Janson, John Cater, Caroline Munro, John Carson, Shane Briant, Wanda Ventham, Ian Hendry, William Hobbs, Paul Greenwood, Robert James
The Conversation Paramount Pictures[N 1]
/ The Directors Company		 Francis Ford Coppola (director/screenplay); Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield, Cindy Williams, Frederic Forrest, Harrison Ford, Michael Higgins, Elizabeth MacRae, Teri Garr, Robert Shields, Robert Duvall, Ramon Bieri, Gian-Carlo Coppola, Billy Dee Williams, Phoebe Alexander
10 Our Time Warner Bros. Peter Hyams (director); Jane C. Stanton (screenplay); Pamela Sue Martin, Parker Stevenson, Debralee Scott, Roderick Cook, Edith Atwater, Meg Wyllie, Mary Jackson, Carol Arthur, Hope Summers, Jerry Hardin, Robert Walden, Darrell Zwerling, Lou Frizzell, Michael Gray, Cliff Emmich, Betsy Slade, George O'Hanlon Jr., Karen Balkin, Nora Heflin, Kathryn Holcomb, Marijane Maricle, Luke Andreas, Helene Winston
Thomasine & Bushrod Columbia Pictures / Harvey Bernhard Enterprises / Max Julien Ltd. Gordon Parks Jr. (director); Max Julien (screenplay); Max Julien, Vonetta McGee, George Murdock, Glynn Turman, Juanita Moore, Ben Zeller
14 Lovin' Molly Columbia Pictures / S.J.F. Productions Sidney Lumet (director); Stephen J. Friedman (screenplay); Anthony Perkins, Beau Bridges, Blythe Danner, Susan Sarandon, Edward Binns, Conrad Fowkes, John Henry Faulk, Paul A. Partain, Claude Traverse, Richard Ray Lee
16 Score Audubon Films / Jadran Films Radley Metzger (director); Jerry Douglas (screenplay); Claire Wilbur, Calvin Culver, Lynn Lowry, Gerald Grant, Carl Parker
19 Caged Heat New World Pictures Jonathan Demme (director/screenplay); Juanita Brown, Roberta Collins, Erica Gavin, Ella Reid, Rainbeaux Smith, Barbara Steele, Warren Miller, Crystin Sinclaire, Mickey Fox, Toby Carr Rafelson, Ann Stockdale, Irene Stokes
Son of Dracula Cinemation Industries / Apple Films Freddie Francis (director); Jennifer Jayne (screenplay); Harry Nilsson, Ringo Starr, Freddie Jones, Suzanna Leigh, Dennis Price, Peter Frampton, John Bonham, Keith Moon, Klaus Voormann, Leon Russell, David Bailie, Shakira Baksh, Jenny Runacre, Beth Morris, Skip Martin, Hedger Wallace, Dan Meaden, Lorna Wilde, Tina Simmons, Derek Woodward, Louis Flannery
22 The Beast Must Die Cinerama Releasing Corporation / Amicus Productions Paul Annett (director); Michael Winder (screenplay); Calvin Lockhart, Peter Cushing, Marlene Clark, Charles Gray, Anton Diffring, Ciaran Madden, Tom Chadbon, Michael Gambon, Valentine Dyall, Annie Ross
Claudine 20th Century Fox / Third World Cinema Corporation John Berry (director); Lester Pine, Tina Pine (screenplay); James Earl Jones, Diahann Carroll, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Adam Wade, Roxie Roker, Tamu Blackwell, David Kruger, Yvette Curtis, Eric Jones, Socorro Stephens, Elisa Loti
24 Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell Toho / Katsu Yoshiyuki Kuroda (director); Tsutomu Nakamura (screenplay); Tomisaburo Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa, Junko Hitomi, Isao Kimura, Gorō Mutsumi, Minoru Ōki
29 The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Paramount Pictures / International Cinemedia Center / Canadian Film Development Corporation / Welco United Canada / Famous Players / Astral-Bellevue-Pathé / The Duddy Kravitz Syndicate Ted Kotcheff (director); Mordecai Richler (screenplay); Richard Dreyfuss, Micheline Lanctôt, Jack Warden, Randy Quaid, Joseph Wiseman, Denholm Elliott, Henry Ramer, Joe Silver, Zvee Scooler, Robert Desroches, Neville Chamberlain, Adolf Hitler
The Spikes Gang United Artists / Optimum Releasing Richard Fleischer (director); Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr. (screenplay); Lee Marvin, Gary Grimes, Charles Martin Smith, Ron Howard, Arthur Hunnicutt, Noah Beery Jr., Marc Smith, Don Fellows, Elliott Sullivan
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Y 		1 The Lords of Flatbush Columbia Pictures Martin Davidson, Stephen F. Verona (directors/screenplay); Gayle Gleckler, Sylvester Stallone (screenplay); Perry King, Sylvester Stallone, Henry Winkler, Susan Blakely, Paul Jabara, Martin Davidson, Joseph Stern, Dolph Sweet, Antonia Rey, Ray Sharkey, Geraldine Smith\
2 Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell Paramount Pictures / Hammer Film Productions Terence Fisher (director); John Elder (screenplay); Peter Cushing, Shane Briant, Madeline Smith, David Prowse, John Stratton
10 Symptoms Bryanston Pictures José Ramón Larraz (director/screenplay); Stanley Miller (screenplay); Angela Pleasence, Peter Vaughan, Lorna Heilbron, Nancy Nevinson, Michael Grady, Raymond Huntley, Ronald O'Neil, Marie-Paule Mailleux
15 Stavisky Cinemation Industries Alain Resnais (director); Jorge Semprún (screenplay); Jean-Paul Belmondo, François Périer, Anny Duperey, Michael Lonsdale, Roberto Bisacco, Claude Rich, Charles Boyer, Pierre Vernier, Jacques Spiesser, Michel Beaune, Nike Arrighi, Raymond Girard, Gigi Ballista, Yves Brainville, Niels Arestrup, François Leterrier, Gérard Depardieu, music by Stephen Sondheim
17 Alice in the Cities Axiom Films Wim Wenders (director/screenplay); Veith von Fürstenberg (screenplay); Rüdiger Vogler, Yella Rottländer, Lisa Kreuzer, Lois Moran, Sibylle Baier, Chuck Berry, Wim Wenders, Edda Köchl, Ernest Boehm, Sam Presti, Didi Petrikat, Hans Hirschmüller
The Black Windmill Universal Pictures Don Siegel (director); Clive Egleton (screenplay); Michael Caine, Donald Pleasence, Delphine Seyrig, Clive Revill, Janet Suzman, Joseph O'Conor, John Vernon, Joss Ackland, Catherine Schell, Denis Quilley, Edward Hardwicke, Paul Moss, Derek Newark, Maureen Pryor
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry 20th Century Fox / Academy Pictures Corporation John Hough (director); Leigh Chapman, Antonio Santean (screenplay); Peter Fonda, Susan George, Adam Roarke, Vic Morrow, Kenneth Tobey, Lynn Borden, Roddy McDowall, Adrianne Herman, James W. Gavin
That's Entertainment! Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Jack Haley Jr. (director/screenplay); Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor, James Stewart, Peter Lawford, Liza Minnelli, June Allyson, Leon Ames, Kay Armen, Edward Arnold, Ethel Barrymore
People Toys Cinemation Industries Sean MacGregor (director); Dylan Jones (screenplay); Sorrell Booke, Gene Evans, Joan McCall, Shelley Morrison, Leif Garrett, Dawn Lyn, Tierre Turner, Henry Beckman, Taylor Lacher, Carolyn Stellar, John Durren, Gail Smale, Tia Thompson
19 Zandy's Bride Warner Bros. Jan Troell (director); Marc Norman (screenplay); Gene Hackman, Liv Ullmann, Eileen Heckart, Susan Tyrrell, Harry Dean Stanton, Joe Santos, Frank Cady, Sam Bottoms, Bob Simpson
20 The Driver's Seat AVCO Embassy Pictures Giuseppe Patroni Griffi (director/screenplay); Raffaele La Capria (screenplay); Elizabeth Taylor, Ian Bannen, Guido Mannari, Mona Washbourne, Luigi Squarzina, Maxence Mailfort, Andy Warhol
22 Chosen Survivors Columbia Pictures / Metromedia Producers Corporation / Alpine Productions Inc. / Estudios Churubusco Azteca S.A. Sutton Roley (director); H.B. Cross, Joe Reb Moffly (screenplay); Jackie Cooper, Alex Cord, Richard Jaeckel, Bradford Dillman, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Diana Muldaur, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Barbara Babcock, Kelly Lange, Gwenn Mitchell, Cristina Moreno, Nancy Rodman
Daisy Miller Paramount Pictures / The Directors Company Peter Bogdanovich (director); Frederic Raphael (screenplay); Cybill Shepherd, Barry Brown, Cloris Leachman, Mildred Natwick, Eileen Brennan, James McMurtry, Duilio Del Prete, Nicholas Jones, George Morfogen
The Nickel Ride 20th Century Fox Robert Mulligan (director); Eric Roth (screenplay); Jason Miller, Linda Haynes, Victor French, John Hillerman, Bo Hopkins, Richard Evans, Bart Burns, Lou Frizzell, Mark Gordon, Harvey Gold, Lee de Broux, Nelson Leigh
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot United Artists / The Malpaso Company Michael Cimino (director/screenplay); Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, George Kennedy, Geoffrey Lewis, Catherine Bach, Gary Busey, Jack Dodson, Burton Gilliam, Roy Jenson
24 Huckleberry Finn United Artists / APJAC Productions / Reader's Digest J. Lee Thompson (director); Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman, Mark Twain (screenplay); Jeff East, Paul Winfield, Harvey Korman, David Wayne, Arthur O'Connell, Gary Merrill, Natalie Trundy, Lucille Benson, Kim O'Brien, Odessa Cleveland, Jean Fay, Ruby Leftwich
Welcome to Arrow Beach Warner Bros. / Brut Productions Laurence Harvey (director/screenplay); Jack Gross Jr. (screenplay); Laurence Harvey, Joanna Pettet, Stuart Whitman, John Ireland, Meg Foster, Gloria LeRoy, David Macklin, Dodie Heath, Altovise Davis, Robert Lussier, Jesse Vint, John Hart, Andy Romano, Florence Lake
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E 		6 Birds Do It, Bees Do It Columbia Pictures / Wolper Productions Nicolas Noxon (director/screenplay); Irwin Rosten (director); Lee Bergere
Bootleggers Howco International Pictures Charles B. Pierce (director); Earl E. Smith (screenplay); Paul Koslo, Dennis Fimple, Slim Pickens, Jaclyn Smith, Seamon Glass, Charles B. Pierce, Betty Bluett, Steve Ward, James Tennison, Steve Lyons, Buddy Ledwell, Chuck Pierce Jr.
Herbie Rides Again Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution Robert Stevenson (director); Bill Walsh (screenplay); Helen Hayes, Ken Berry, Stefanie Powers, John McIntire, Keenan Wynn, Huntz Hall, Ivor Barry, Vito Scotti, Liam Dunn, Elaine Devry
9 Little Malcolm Apple Films Stuart Cooper (director); Derek Woodward (screenplay); John Hurt, Rosalind Ayres, John McEnery, Raymond Platt, David Warner
14 The Midnight Man Universal Pictures / Norlan Productions Roland Kibbee, Burt Lancaster (directors/screenplay); Burt Lancaster, Susan Clark, Cameron Mitchell, Morgan Woodward, Harris Yulin, Robert Quarry
The Parallax View Paramount Pictures Alan J. Pakula (director); David Giler, Lorenzo Semple Jr. (screenplay); Warren Beatty, Hume Cronyn, William Daniels, Paula Prentiss, Kenneth Mars, Walter McGinn, Kelly Thordsen, Jim Davis
20 Chinatown Paramount Pictures / Long Road Productions / Robert Evans Company Roman Polanski (director); Robert Towne (screenplay); Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, John Hillerman, Perry Lopez, Burt Young, Darrell Zwerling, Diane Ladd, Roy Jenson, Roman Polanski, Dick Bakalyan, Joe Mantell, Bruce Glover, James Hong, Beulah Quo
21 The Terminal Man Warner Bros. Mike Hodges (director/screenplay); George Segal, Joan Hackett, Richard Dysart, Norman Burton, Jill Clayburgh, Donald Moffat, Michael C. Gwynne, William Hansen, James B. Sikking, Matt Clark, Jim Antonio, Burke Byrnes
Where the Red Fern Grows Crown International Pictures / Doty-Dayton Productions Norman Tokar (director); Douglas C. Stewart, Eleanor Lamb (screenplay); James Whitmore, Beverly Garland, Jack Ging, Lonny Chapman, Stewart Petersen, Bill Dunbar, Marshall Edwards
23 The Groove Tube Levitt-Pickman Ken Shapiro (director/screenplay); Lane Sarasohn, Rich Allen (screenplay); Ken Shapiro, Richard Belzer, Chevy Chase
26 The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat American International Pictures / Steve Krantz Productions / Cine Camera Robert Taylor (director/screenplay); Fred Halliday, Eric Monte (screenplay); Skip Hinnant, Reva Rose, Bob Holt, Peter Leeds
For Pete's Sake Columbia Pictures / Rastar Peter Yates (director); Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin (screenplay); Barbra Streisand, Michael Sarrazin, Estelle Parsons, William Redfield, Molly Picon, Louis Zorich, Heywood Hale Broun, Richard Ward, Ed Bakey
Three the Hard Way Allied Artists Pictures Corporation Gordon Parks Jr. (director); Eric Bercovici, Jerrold L. Ludwig (screenplay); Jim Brown, Fred Williamson, Jim Kelly, Sheila Frazier, Jay Robinson, Charles McGregor, Howard Platt, Pamela Serpe, Marian Collier, Alex Rocco, Corbin Bernsen
Truck Turner American International Pictures / Sequoia Pictures, Inc. Jonathan Kaplan (director); Michael Allin, Oscar Williams (screenplay); Isaac Hayes, Yaphet Kotto, Annazette Chase, Nichelle Nichols, Paul Harris, Charles Cyphers, Scatman Crothers, Dick Miller, Edna Richardson, Stan Shaw
28 The Gravy Train Columbia Pictures Jack Starrett (director); Bill Kerby, David Whitney (screenplay); Stacy Keach, Frederic Forrest, Margot Kidder, Barry Primus, Richard Romanus, Denny Miller, Clay Tanner, Robert Phillips, Claude Ennis Starrett Jr., Paul Dooley, Lorna Thayer, Chino 'Fats' Williams
S*P*Y*S 20th Century Fox / American Film Properties
Dymphana		 Irvin Kershner (director); Malcolm Marmorstein, Lawrence J. Cohen, Fred Freeman (screenplay); Elliott Gould, Donald Sutherland, Zouzou, Joss Ackland, Xavier Gélin, Vladek Sheybal, Shane Rimmer, Kenneth Griffith, Kenneth J. Warren
W Cinerama Releasing Corporation / Bing Crosby Productions Richard Quine (director); Gerald Di Pego, James Kelley (screenplay); Twiggy, Dirk Benedict, Michael Witney, Eugene Roche, John Vernon, Michael Conrad, Alfred Ryder, Carmen Zapata, Dave Morick, Ken Lynch

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Y 		8 Down and Dirty Duck New World Pictures / Murakami-Wolf Charles Swenson (director/screenplay); Howard Kaylan, Mark Volman, Robert Ridgely, Walker Edmiston, Lurene Tuttle, Aynsley Dunbar, Cynthia Adler, Joëlle Le Quément, Jerry D. Good
10 Oliver Twist Warner Bros. Hal Sutherland (director); Ben Starr, Alan Dinehart (screenplay); Josh Albee, Phil Clark, Cathleen Cordell, Michael Evans, Lola Fisher, Robert Holt, Davy Jones, Larry D. Mann, Dallas McKennon, Billy Simpson, Larry Storch, Les Tremayne, Jane Webb, Helene Winston
12 Carry On Dick The Rank Organisation Gerald Thomas (director); Talbot Rothwell (screenplay); Sid James, Barbara Windsor, Kenneth Williams, Hattie Jacques, Bernard Bresslaw, Joan Sims, Kenneth Connor, Peter Butterworth, Jack Douglas
Mr. Majestyk United Artists / The Mirisch Corporation Richard Fleischer (director); Elmore Leonard (screenplay); Charles Bronson, Al Lettieri, Linda Cristal, Lee Purcell, Paul Koslo, Frank Maxwell, Alejandro Rey, Richard Erdman, James Reynolds, Taylor Lacher, Jordan Rhodes, Bert Santos
The Take Columbia Pictures / World Film Services Robert Hartford-Davis (director); Franklin Coen, Del Reisman (screenplay); Billy Dee Williams, Eddie Albert, Frankie Avalon, Sorrell Booke, Tracy Reed, Albert Salmi, Vic Morrow, A Martinez, James Luisi, Kathrine Baumann, John Davis Chandler
17 The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob 20th Century Fox / SNC Gérard Oury (director/screenplay); Danièle Thompson, Josy Eisenberg, Roberto de Leonardis (screenplay); Louis de Funès, Suzy Delair, Claude Giraud, Henri Guybet
My Name Is Nobody Titanus / Rafran Cinematografica / Les Filmes Jacques Leitienne / La Societe Im. Ex. Ci. / La Societe Alcinter / Rialto Film Preben Philpsen Tonino Valerii (director); Ernesto Gastaldi (screenplay); Terence Hill, Henry Fonda
The Education of Sonny Carson Paramount Pictures Michael Campus (director); Sonny Carson, Fred Hudson (screenplay); Rony Clanton, Don Gordon, Joyce Walker, Paul Benjamin, Mary Alice, Ram John Holder, Roger Hill
Golden Needles American International Pictures Robert Clouse (director); S. Lee Pogostin, Sylvia Schneble (screenplay); Joe Don Baker, Elizabeth Ashley, Ann Sothern, Jim Kelly, Burgess Meredith, Roy Chiao, Frances Fong, Pat E. Johnson, Richard Ng, Kung-Wu Huang, Alice Fong, Sonny Barnes, Edgar Justice
21 The White Dawn Paramount Pictures / American Film Properties / Filmways Philip Kaufman (director); James Houston, Thomas Rickman (screenplay); Warren Oates, Timothy Bottoms, Louis Gossett Jr.
24 Death Wish Paramount Pictures / Dino De Laurentiis Corporation Michael Winner (director); Wendell Mayes (screenplay); Charles Bronson, Vincent Gardenia, William Redfield, Hope Lange, Chris Gampel, Steven Keats, Stuart Margolin
Gone in 60 Seconds H.B. Halicki Junkyard and Mercantile Company H.B. Halicki (director/screenplay); H.B. "Toby" Halicki, Christopher J.C. Agajanian, Gary Bettenhausen, Parnelli Jones, Terence H. Winkless, Phil Woods, Wally Burr
The Internecine Project British Lion / MacLean and Co / Hemisphere Productions / Lion International Ken Hughes (director); Barry Levinson, Jonathan Lynn (screenplay); James Coburn, Lee Grant, Harry Andrews, Ian Hendry, Michael Jayston, Christiane Krüger, Keenan Wynn, Terence Alexander, Julian Glover, Philip Anthony, Mary Larkin
26 Born to Kill New World Pictures / Artists Entertainment Complex / Rio Pinto Productions Monte Hellman (director); Charles Willeford (screenplay); Warren Oates, Richard B. Shull, Harry Dean Stanton, Patricia Pearcy, Millie Perkins, Ed Begley Jr., Laurie Bird
Uptown Saturday Night Warner Bros. / First Artists Sidney Poitier (director); Richard Wesley (screenplay); Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Harry Belafonte, Flip Wilson, Richard Pryor, Paula Kelly, Rosalind Cash, Roscoe Lee Browne
31 Bank Shot United Artists / Landers-Roberts Productions Gower Champion (director); Wendell Mayes (screenplay); George C. Scott, Joanna Cassidy, Sorrell Booke, G. Wood, Don Calfa, Bibi Osterwald, Frank McRae, Bob Balaban, Clifton James, Liam Dunn
The Bears and I Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution Bernard McEveety (director); John Whedon (screenplay); Patrick Wayne, Chief Dan George, Andrew Duggan, Michael Ansara, Robert Pine, Valentin de Vargas, Hal Baylor
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3 Prophecies of Nostradamus (Japan) Toho Toshio Masuda (director); Toshio Yasumi (screenplay); Tetsurō Tamba, Toshio Kurosawa, Kaoru Yumi, Yoko Tsukasa, Tappie Shimokawa, So Yamamura, Kyōko Kishida
7 California Split Columbia Pictures / Spelling-Goldberg Productions / Won World Robert Altman (director); Joseph Walsh (screenplay); George Segal, Elliott Gould, Ann Prentiss, Gwen Welles, Edward Walsh, Joseph Walsh, Bert Remsen, Jeff Goldblum, Barbara Ruick, Barbara Colby, Jack Riley
Together Brothers 20th Century Fox William A. Graham (director); Jack DeWitt, Joe Greene (screenplay); Ahmad Nurradin, Anthony Wilson, Nelson Sims, Kenneth Bell, Owen Pace, Kim Dorsey, Ed Bernard, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Glynn Turman, Richard Yniguez
8 Macon County Line American International Pictures Richard Compton (director/screenplay); Max Baer Jr. (screenplay); Alan Vint, Jesse Vint, Cheryl Waters, Max Baer Jr., Geoffrey Lewis, Joan Blackman
12 Harry and Tonto 20th Century Fox Paul Mazursky (director/screenplay); Josh Greenfeld (screenplay); Art Carney, Herbert Berghof, Philip Bruns, Ellen Burstyn, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Larry Hagman, Chief Dan George, Melanie Mayron, Josh Mostel
14 Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia United Artists / Optimus Films / Estudios Churubusco Sam Peckinpah (director/screenplay); Gordon Dawson (screenplay); Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Robert Webber, Gig Young
15 11 Harrowhouse 20th Century Fox Aram Avakian (director); Charles Grodin (screenplay); Charles Grodin, Candice Bergen, James Mason, Trevor Howard, John Gielgud, Helen Cherry, Peter Vaughan, Cyril Shaps, Leon Greene, Jack Watson, Jack Watling, Clive Morton, Larry Cross, John Siddall
18 Act of Vengeance American International Pictures Bob Kelljan (director); David Kidd, H.R. Christian (screenplay); Jo Ann Harris, Peter Brown, Lada Edmund Jr., Tony Young
21 Buster and Billie Columbia Pictures / Black Creek Billie Daniel Petrie (director); Ron Turbeville (screenplay); Jan-Michael Vincent, Pamela Sue Martin, Clifton James, Robert Englund, Joan Goodfellow
The Longest Yard (New York) Paramount Pictures / Albert S. Ruddy Productions / Long Road Productions Robert Aldrich (director); Tracy Keenan Wynn (screenplay); Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter, Michael Conrad, James Hampton,
Newman's Law Universal Pictures Richard T. Heffron (director); Anthony Wilson (screenplay); George Peppard, Roger Robinson, Eugene Roche, Gordon Pinsent, Abe Vigoda, Louis Zorich, Michael Lerner, Mel Stewart
22 The Girl from Petrovka Universal Pictures / KMA Robert Ellis Miller (director); Chris Bryant, Allan Scott (screenplay); Goldie Hawn, Hal Holbrook, Anthony Hopkins, Grégoire Aslan, Anton Dolin
30 99 and 44/100% Dead 20th Century Fox John Frankenheimer (director); Robert Dillon (screenplay); Richard Harris, Edmond O'Brien, Bradford Dillman, Chuck Connors, Ann Turkel, Constance Ford, Kathrine Baumann, Karl Lukas, Roy Jenson, David Hall, Janis Heiden, Max Kleven, Anthony Brubaker, Jerry Summers
Amazing Grace United Artists / Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Stan Lathan (director); Matt Robinson (screenplay); Moms Mabley, Slappy White, Rosalind Cash, Moses Gunn, James Karen
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5 Gold Allied Artists / Hemdale Film Distribution Ltd. Peter R. Hunt (director); Stanley Price, Wilbur Smith (screenplay); Roger Moore, Susannah York, Ray Milland, Bradford Dillman, John Gielgud, Tony Beckley, Bernard Horsfall
6 Phase IV Paramount Pictures / PBR Productions / Alced Productions Saul Bass (director); Mayo Simon (screenplay); Michael Murphy, Nigel Davenport, Lynne Frederick, Alan Gifford, Robert Henderson, Helen Horton, David Healy
13 Homebodies AVCO Embassy Pictures / Cinema Entertainment Larry Yust (director/screenplay); Howard Kaminsky, Bennett Sims (screenplay); Peter Brocco, Frances Fuller, William Hansen, Ruth McDevitt, Paula Trueman, Ian Wolfe, Linda Marsh, Douglas Fowley
14 The Dove Paramount Pictures Charles Jarrott (director); Peter S. Beagle, Adam Kennedy (screenplay); Joseph Bottoms, Deborah Raffin, John McLiam, Dabney Coleman, John Anderson, John Meillon, Garth Meade, Cecily Polson
19 Big Bad Mama New World Pictures Steve Carver (director); William Norton, Frances Doel (screenplay); Angie Dickinson, William Shatner, Tom Skerritt, Noble Willingham, Sally Kirkland, Dick Miller, Joan Prather, Royal Dano, William O'Connell, John Wheeler
20 Nightmare Honeymoon Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Elliot Silverstein (director); Lawrence Block, S. Lee Pogostin (screenplay); Dack Rambo, Rebecca Dianna Smith, John Beck, Pat Hingle, Roy Jenson, David Huddleston, Jay Robinson, Dennis Patrick, Jim Boles, Dennis Burkley, Patrick Cranshaw
25 The Mutations Columbia Pictures / Cyclone / Getty Pictures Corp. Jack Cardiff (director); Edward Mann, Robert D. Weinbach (screenplay); Donald Pleasence, Tom Baker, Brad Harris, Julie Ege, Michael Dunn, Scott Antony, Jill Haworth, Eithne Dunne, Richard Davies, Olga Anthony, Lisa Collings, Joan Scott, Toby Lennon, John Wreford
Juggernaut United Artists / Two Roads Richard Lester (director); Richard DeKoker, Alan Plater (screenplay); Richard Harris, Omar Sharif, David Hemmings, Anthony Hopkins, Shirley Knight, Ian Holm, Clifton James
29 11 Harrowhouse 20th Century Fox Aram Avakian (director); Charles Grodin (screenplay); Charles Grodin, Candice Bergen, James Mason, Trevor Howard, John Gielgud, Helen Cherry, Peter Vaughan, Cyril Shaps, Leon Greene, Jack Watson, Jack Watling, Clive Morton, Larry Cross, John Siddall

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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Austin, hometown of its director, Tobe Hooper, with Los Angeles and New York City on the 30th.) Bryanston Distributing Company / Vortex Tobe Hooper (director/screenplay); Kim Henkel (screenplay); Marilyn Burns, Allen Danziger, Paul A. Partain, William Vail, Teri McMinn, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow, Gunnar Hansen, John Dugan, John Larroquette, Robert Courtin, William Creamer, John Henry Faulk, Jerry Green, Ed Guinn, Joe Bill Hogan, Perry Lorenz
2 The Gambler Paramount Pictures / Chartoff-Winkler Productions, Inc. Karel Reisz (director); James Toback (screenplay); James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Lauren Hutton, Morris Carnovsky, Jacqueline Brookes, Burt Young, Carmine Caridi
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three United Artists / Palomar Pictures / Palladium Productions Joseph Sargent (director); Peter Stone (screenplay); Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, Héctor Elizondo, Earl Hindman, James Broderick, Dick O'Neill, Lee Wallace
4 Female Trouble New Line Cinema / Dreamland / Saliva Films John Waters (director/screenplay); Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Edith Massey, Cookie Mueller, Susan Walsh, Michael Potter, Ed Peranio, Paul Swift, George Figgs, Susan Lowe, Channing Wilroy, Elizabeth Coffey, Hilary Taylor
9 Law and Disorder Columbia Pictures / Palomar Pictures / Memorial Enterprises / Leroy Street Ivan Passer (director/screenplay); Kenneth Harris Fishman, William Richert (screenplay); Carroll O'Connor, Ernest Borgnine, Ann Wedgeworth, Leslie Ackerman, Karen Black, Jack Kehoe, David Spielberg, Pat Corley, Allan Arbus, Rita Gam, Michael Medwin, Joe Ragno, Anita Dangler, Lionel Pena
Shanks Paramount Pictures William Castle (director); Ranald Graham (screenplay); Marcel Marceau, Tsilla Chelton, Philippe Clay, Cindy Eilbacher, Helena Kallianiotes, Larry Bishop, Don Calfa, Biff Manard
10 The Cars That Ate Paris (Australia) British Empire Films / Australian Film Development Corporation / Royce Smeal Film Productions / Salt Pan Films Peter Weir (director/screenplay); John Meillon, Terry Camilleri, Chris Haywood, Bruce Spence, Max Gillies, Edward Howell, Max Phipps, Melissa Jaffer, Kevin Miles, Rick Scully, Peter Armstrong, Joe Burrow, Deryck Barnes, Jack Ellerton
11 Black Christmas (Canada) Ambassador Film Distributors / Canadian Film Development Corporation / Film Funding Ltd. Bob Clark (director); A. Roy Moore (screenplay); Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, John Saxon, Andrea Martin, Doug McGrath, Art Hindle, Lynne Griffin, Leslie Carlson, Martha Gibson, Nick Mancuso, Bob Clark, Marian Waldman, James Edmond, Michael Rapport, John Rutter, Dave Clement, Julian Reed, Albert J. Dunk
17 Benji Mulberry Square Releasing Joe Camp (director/screenplay); Peter Breck, Christopher Connelly, Patsy Garrett, Tom Lester, Mark Slade, Herb Vigran, Deborah Walley, Frances Bavier, Edgar Buchanan, Terry Carter, Higgins, Cynthia Smith, Allen Fiuzat, Larry Swartz
18 Airport 1975 Universal Pictures Jack Smight (director); Don Ingalls (screenplay); Charlton Heston, Karen Black, George Kennedy, Gloria Swanson, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Susan Clark, Sid Caesar, Linda Blair, Dana Andrews, Roy Thinnes
It's Alive Warner Bros. Larry Cohen (director/screenplay); John P. Ryan, Sharon Farrell, William Wellman Jr., Andrew Duggan, Guy Stockwell, Michael Ansara, Robert Emhardt, James Dixon, Shamus Locke, Daniel Holzman
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder 20th Century Fox / Playboy Enterprises Arthur Hiller (director); Daryl Henry (screenplay); Timothy Bottoms, Barbara Seagull, George Marshall, Lawrence Pressman, Albert Salmi, Richard Dysart, Dena Dietrich, Michael Ivan Cristofer, Jack Colvin, Andrew Duncan, Jack Murdock, Lou Frizzell, Jarion Monroe, William Lucking, Debralee Scott, DeWayne Jessie, Lois Foraker, Ron Glass
The Odessa File Columbia Pictures / John Woolf Productions / Domino Productions / Oceanic Filmproduktion Ronald Neame (director); Kenneth Ross, George Markstein (screenplay); Jon Voight, Mary Tamm, Maximilian Schell, Maria Schell, Derek Jacobi, Peter Jeffrey, Klaus Löwitsch, Kurt Meisel, Hannes Messemer, Garfield Morgan, Shmuel Rodensky, Ernst Schröder, Günter Strack, Noel Willman, Günter Meisner, Gunnar Möller, Cyril Shaps, Oskar Werner
Mixed Company United Artists / Llenroc Productions Melville Shavelson (director/screenplay); Mort Lachman (screenplay); Barbara Harris, Joseph Bologna, Tom Bosley, Lisa Gerritsen, Dorothy Shay, Ruth McDevitt, Haywood Nelson, Al McCoy, Arianne Heller, Stephen Honanie, Eric Olson, Jina Tan, Bob G. Anthony, Roger Price, Keith Hamilton, Calvin Brown, Ron McIlwan
A Woman Under the Influence (New York Film Festival) Faces Distribution John Cassavetes (director/screenplay); Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk, Fred Draper, Lady Rowlands, Katherine Cassavetes, Matthew Labyorteaux, Mario Gallo, John Finnegan, Frank Richards, Hugh Hurd, Leon Wagner, Dominique Davalos, Xan Cassavetes, N.J. Cassavetes, Matthew Cassel, Christina Grisanti, Eddie Shaw, Charles Horvath, James Joyce
24 Mahler Visual Programme Systems Ltd. Ken Russell (director/screenplay); Robert Powell, Georgina Hale, Lee Montague, Miriam Karlin, Rosalie Crutchley, Richard Morant, Angela Down, Ronald Pickup, Peter Eyre, Dana Gillespie, George Coulouris, David Collings, Arnold Yarrow, Elaine Delmar, Benny Lee, Andrew Faulds, Kenneth Colley, Oliver Reed, Antonia Ellis, David Trevena, Otto Diamant, Michael Southgate, Sarah McClellan, Claire McClellan, Gary Rich
Stardust Anglo-EMI Film Distributors Michael Apted (director); Ray Connolly (screenplay); David Essex, Adam Faith, Larry Hagman, Keith Moon, Ines Des Longchamps, Rosalind Ayres, Marty Wilde, Charlotte Cornwell, Edd Byrnes, Dave Edmunds, Paul Nicholas, Karl Howman, Richard LeParmentier, Peter Duncan, John Normington, James Hazeldine, David Daker, David Jacobs, Ray Winstone
25 The Klansman Paramount Pictures Terence Young (director); Millard Kaufman, Samuel Fuller (screenplay); Lee Marvin, Richard Burton, Cameron Mitchell, O. J. Simpson, Lola Falana, David Huddleston, Linda Evans, Luciana Paluzzi, David Ladd, John Alderson, John Pearce, Virgil Frye, Larry Williams
31 Phantom of the Paradise 20th Century Fox / Harbor Productions Brian De Palma (director/screenplay); Paul Williams, William Finley, Jessica Harper, Gerrit Graham, Raymond Louis Kennedy, George Memmoli, Archie Hahn, Jeffrey Comanor, Peter Elbling, Rod Serling, Janus Blythe, Mary Margaret Amato, Cheryl Smith
The Four Musketeers Fox-Rank Richard Lester (director); George MacDonald Fraser (screenplay); Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain, Michael York, Frank Finlay, Christopher Lee, Geraldine Chaplin, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Simon Ward, Faye Dunaway, Charlton Heston, Roy Kinnear, Michael Gothard, Sybil Danning, Nicole Calfan
The Savage Is Loose Campbell Devon Films / The Savage Is Loose Company George C. Scott (director); Max Ehrlich, Frank De Felitta (screenplay); George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, John David Carson, Lee H. Montgomery
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6 Blood for Dracula Euro International Films / Compagnia Cinematografica Champion Paul Morrissey (director/screenplay); Joe Dallesandro, Udo Kier, Vittorio de Sica, Maxime McKendry, Arno Juerging, Milena Vukotic, Dominique Darel, Stefania Casini, Silvia Dionisio, Roman Polanski
7 The Little Prince Paramount Pictures / Stanley Donen Films Stanley Donen (director); Alan Jay Lerner (screenplay); Richard Kiley, Bob Fosse, Steven Warner, Gene Wilder, Donna McKechnie, Joss Ackland, Graham Crowden, Victor Spinetti, Clive Revill
8 Confessions of a Window Cleaner Columbia Pictures Val Guest (director/screenplay); Christopher Wood (screenplay); Robin Askwith, Antony Booth, Linda Hayden, Sheila White, Dandy Nichols
12 All the Kind Strangers ABC / Cinemation Industries Burt Kennedy (director); Clyde Ware (screenplay); Stacy Keach, Samantha Eggar, John Savage, Robby Benson, Arlene Farber, Tim Parkison, Patti Parkison, Brent Campbell, John Connell
13 The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams Sunn Classic Pictures / Sun International Richard Friedenberg (director); Lawrence Dobkin (screenplay); Dan Haggerty, Don Shanks, William Woodson, Lisa Jones, Marjorie Harper
The Trial of Billy Jack Warner Bros. / Taylor-Laughlin Tom Laughlin (director); Frank Christina, Teresa Christina (screenplay); Tom Laughlin, Delores Taylor, Riley Hall, Sacheen Littlefeather, Bong-Soo Han, Rolling Thunder, William Wellman Jr., Victor Izay, Teresa Kelly, Sara Lane, Geo Anne Sosa, Lynn Baker, Sparky Watt, Gus Greymountain, Michael Bolland, Jack Stanley
15 The Abdication Warner Bros. Anthony Harvey (director); Ruth Wolff (screenplay); Peter Finch, Liv Ullmann, Cyril Cusack, Paul Rogers, Graham Crowden, Michael Dunn, Kathleen Byron, Lewis Fiander, Harold Goldblatt, Tony Steedman, James Faulkner, Edward Underdown, Noel Trevarthen, Richard Cornish, Ania Marson, Franz Dargo, Suzanne Huddart, Debbie Nicholson
Earthquake Universal Pictures / The Filmakers Group Mark Robson (director); George Fox, Mario Puzo (screenplay); Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Lorne Greene, Geneviève Bujold, Richard Roundtree, Marjoe Gortner, Barry Sullivan, Lloyd Nolan, Victoria Principal, Walter Matthau
Lenny United Artists Bob Fosse (director); Julian Barry (screenplay); Dustin Hoffman, Valerie Perrine, Jan Miner, Stanley Beck, Gary Morton, Rashel Novikoff, Guy Rennie, Aldo Demeo
Seizure American International Pictures / Cinerama Releasing Corporation Oliver Stone (director/screenplay); Edward Mann (screenplay); Jonathan Frid, Martine Beswick, Hervé Villechaize, Henry Judd Baker, Joseph Sirola, Christina Pickles, Troy Donahue, Mary Woronov, Richard Cox, Alexis Kirk
21 Beyond the Door Variety Distribution / A Erre Cinematografica / Montoro Productions Ltd. Ovidio G. Assonitis, Roberto Piazzoli (directors/screenplay); Antonio Troisio, Giorgio Marini, Aldo Crudo, Alex Rebar, Christopher Cruise (screenplay); Juliet Mills, Gabriele Lavia, Richard Johnson, Carla Mancini, Edward L. Montoro, Nino Segurini, Elisabeth Turner, Barbara Fiorini, David Colin Jr., Jonathan T. Tran
22 Animals Are Beautiful People Warner Bros. Jamie Uys (director/screenplay); Paddy O'Byrne
Great Expectations ITC Entertainment / Transcontinental Film Productions Joseph Hardy (director); Sherman Yellen (screenplay); Michael York, Sarah Miles, James Mason, Margaret Leighton, Robert Morley, Anthony Quayle, Joss Ackland, Rachel Roberts, Andrew Ray, Heather Sears, Simon Gipps-Kent, James Faulkner, Peter Bull, John Clive, Patsy Smart, Maria Charles
The Tamarind Seed AVCO Embassy Pictures / Lorimar / ITC Entertainment / Jewel Productions / Pimlico Films Blake Edwards (director/screenplay); Julie Andrews, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quayle, Dan O'Herlihy, Sylvia Sims, Oskar Homolka, Bryan Marshall, Celia Bannerman, Sharon Duce, George Mikell, Kate O'Mara, Constantine Gregory, Janet Henfrey, David Baron, Roger Dann, John Sullivan, Terence Plummer, Leslie Crawford, Alexei Jawdokimov
A Woman Under the Influence Faces Distribution John Cassavetes (director/screenplay); Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk, Fred Draper, Lady Rowlands, Katherine Cassavetes, Matthew Labyorteaux, Mario Gallo, John Finnegan, Frank Richards, Hugh Hurd, Leon Wagner, Dominique Davalos, Xan Cassavetes, N.J. Cassavetes, Matthew Cassel, Christina Grisanti, Eddie Shaw, Charles Horvath, James Joyce
26 The 6 Ultra Brothers vs. the Monster Army (Japan)-(Thailand) Tsuburaya Productions / Chaiyo Productions Shohei Tōjō (director); Bunzo Wakatsuki, Sompote Sands (screenplay); Toshio Furukawa, Kohji Moritsugu, Jirō Dan, Saburō Shinoda, Ko Kaeoduendee, Anan Pricha, Yodchai Meksuwan, Pawana Chanajit, Sripouk, Srisuriya, Kan Booncho, Chan Wanpen, Somnouk, Hikaru Urano, Keiji Takamine, Taeko Kamisaka, Kunio Suzuki, Umeda Shinichi, Toru Kawai, Takeshi Watabe, Sakamoto Michihiro
29 The Phantom of Liberty 20th Century Fox / Greenwich Film Productions Luis Buñuel (director/screenplay); Jean-Claude Carrière (screenplay); Adriana Asti, Julien Bertheau, Jean Rochefort, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Piccoli, Adolfo Celi, Anne-Marie Deschodt, Paul Frankeur, Pierre Lary, Michael Lonsdale, Pierre Maguelon, François Maistre, Hélène Perdrière, Claude Piéplu, Bernard Verley, Monica Vitti, Marie-France Pisier, Milena Vukotic, Guy Montagné, Marcel Pérès, Paul Le Person, Bernard Musson, Chantal Ladesou
Murder on the Orient Express Paramount Pictures Sidney Lumet (director); Paul Dehn (screenplay); Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Sean Connery, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Anthony Perkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Rachel Roberts, Richard Widmark, Michael York, Colin Blakely, George Coulouris, Denis Quilley, Vernon Dobtcheff, Jeremy Lloyd, John Moffatt
The Land That Time Forgot American International Pictures / Amicus Productions Kevin Connor (director); Michael Moorcock, James Cawthorn (screenplay); Doug McClure, John McEnery, Susan Penhaligon, Keith Barron, Anthony Ainley, Godfrey James, Declan Mulholland, Roy Holder, Andrew McCulloch, Ron Pember, Brian Hall, Peter Sproule, Steve James
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The Marseille Contract American International Pictures / Kettledrum Films Robert Parrish (director); Judd Bernard (screenplay); Michael Caine, Anthony Quinn, James Mason, Maurice Ronet, Alexandra Stewart, Maureen Kerwin, Catherine Rouvel, Marcel Bozzuffi, André Oumansky
Soft Beds, Hard Battles The Rank Organisation Roy Boulting (director/screenplay); Leo Marks (screenplay); Peter Sellers, Lila Kedrova, Curd Jürgens, Béatrice Romand, Jenny Hanley, Gabriella Licudi, Françoise Pascal, Rula Lenska, Vernon Dobtcheff, Doug Sheldon, Thorley Walters, Timothy West, Philip Madoc, Patricia Burke, Basil Dignam, Stanley Lebor, Gertan Klauber, Windsor Davies, Nicholas Courtney, Rex Stallings, Daphne Lawson, Hylette Adolphe, Jean Charles Driant, Nicholas Loukes, Barry J. Gordon, Joan Baxter, Carolle Rousseau
5 The Photographer Embassy Pictures / Intro Media Productions Inc. / Destiny Worldwide Entertainment William Byron Hillman (director/screenplay); Michael Callan, Barbara Nichols, Harold J. Stone, Edward Andrews, Jed Allan, Spencer Milligan, Susan Damante, Liv Lindeland, Jennifer Leak, Isabel Sanford, Patty Bodeen, Betty Anne Rees, Ronda Copland, Rai Bartonious, Billy Hillman
9 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Warner Bros. Martin Scorsese (director); Robert Getchell (screenplay); Ellen Burstyn, Kris Kristofferson, Alfred Lutter, Billy "Green" Bush, Diane Ladd, Valerie Curtin, Lelia Goldoni, Lane Bradbury, Vic Tayback, Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel, Murray Moston, Harry Northup, Martin Scorsese, Laura Dern
14 F for Fake Planfilm / Specialty Films Orson Welles (director/screenplay); Oja Kodar (screenplay); Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, Elmyr de Hory, Joseph Cotten, François Reichenbach, Richard Wilson, Paul Stewart
The Towering Inferno 20th Century Fox / Irwin Allen Productions John Guillermin (director); Stirling Silliphant (screenplay); Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Susan Blakely, Richard Chamberlain, Jennifer Jones
15 Young Frankenstein 20th Century Fox / Gruskoff/Venture Films / Crossbow Productions, Inc. Mel Brooks (director/screenplay); Gene Wilder (screenplay); Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman, Teri Garr, Kenneth Mars, Madeline Kahn
18 The Front Page Universal Pictures Billy Wilder (director/screenplay); I.A.L. Diamond (screenplay); Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Vincent Gardenia, Susan Sarandon, Allen Garfield, David Wayne, Charles Durning, Austin Pendleton
20 Black Christmas Warner Bros. / Canadian Film Development Corporation / Film Funding Ltd. Bob Clark (director); A. Roy Moore (screenplay); Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, John Saxon, Andrea Martin, Doug McGrath, Art Hindle, Lynne Griffin, Leslie Carlson, Martha Gibson, Nick Mancuso, Bob Clark, Marian Waldman, James Edmond, Michael Rapport, John Rutter, Dave Clement, Julian Reed, Albert J. Dunk
The Godfather Part II Paramount Pictures / The Coppola Company Francis Ford Coppola (director/screenplay); Mario Puzo (screenplay); Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, Talia Shire, Morgana King, John Cazale, Marianna Hill, Lee Strasberg, Michael V. Gazzo, G.D. Spradlin, Richard Bright
Hearts and Minds Warner Bros. / Rainbow Releasing Peter Davis (director); Clark Clifford, John Foster Dulles, Georges Bidault, George Coker, Walt Rostow, J. W. Fulbright, J. Edgar Hoover, Joseph R. McCarthy
The Island at the Top of the World Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution Robert Stevenson (director); John Whedon (screenplay); Donald Sinden, David Hartman, Jacques Marin, Mako, David Gwillim, Agneta Eckemyr, Lasse Kolstad, Rolf Søder, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Denny Miller, Ivor Barry, Lee Paul, Gunnar Öhlund, Erik Silju, Torsten Wahlund, Niels Hinrichsen, Brendan Dillon, James Almanzar
The Man with the Golden Gun United Artists / Eon Productions Guy Hamilton (director); Richard Maibaum, Tom Mankiewicz (screenplay); Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Maud Adams, Hervé Villechaize, Clifton James, Richard Loo, Soon-Taik Oh, Marc Lawrence, Lois Maxwell, Marne Maitland, Desmond Llewelyn, James Cossins, Bernard Lee, Sonny Caldinez, Chan Yiu Lam, Francoise Therry
Swept Away (Italy) Medusa Distribuzione Lina Wertmüller (director/screenplay); Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Isa Danieli, Riccardo Salvino, Aldo Puglisi, Eros Pagni
25 Abby American International Pictures William Girdler (director); G. Cornell Layne (screenplay); Carol Speed, William Marshall, Terry Carter, Austin Stoker, Juanita Moore, Nathan Cook, Bob Holt, Charles Kissinger, Elliott Moffitt, Nancy Lee Owens, William P. Bradford
Freebie and the Bean Warner Bros. Richard Rush (director); Robert Kaufman (screenplay); James Caan, Alan Arkin, Loretta Swit, Jack Kruschen, Mike Kellin, Alex Rocco, Valerie Harper, Paul Koslo, Linda Marsh, Christopher Morley, Maurice Argent, Janice Karman, Evel Knievel, Sacheen Littlefeather
Where the Lilies Bloom United Artists / Radnitz/Mattel Productions William A. Graham (director); Earl Hamner Jr. (screenplay); Harry Dean Stanton, Rance Howard, Jan Smithers, Sudie Bond, Julie Gholson, Matthew Burrill, Helen Harmon, Tom Spratley, Helen Bragdon, Alice Beardsley, Bob Cole, Martha Nell Hardy, Resi Sinclair, Gregg Parrish, Janine Hughes, Karen Moody, Tom Guinn, Rev. George Stenhouse
28 ESPY (Japan) Toho Jun Fukuda (director); Ei Ogawa (screenplay); Hiroshi Fujioka, Kaoru Yumi, Masao Kusakari, Yuzo Kayama, Tomisaburo Wakayama, Katsumasa Uchida, Andrew Hughes, Eiji Okada, Gorō Mutsumi, Robert Dunham, Luna Takamura, Hatsuo Yamaya, Jimmy Shaw, Willie Dorsey, Steve Green, Ralph Jesser, Germal Liner, Franz Gruber, Bart Johanson

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  1. ^ Owned by American Zoetrope with Lionsgate Studios (via Lionsgate Films) handling distribution in North America and StudioCanal internationally

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References

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  1. ^ "North America (US and Canada) Domestic Movie Chart for 1974". The Numbers. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
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