21. The Towering Inferno
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John Guillermin, Irwin Allen
Actors: Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Susan Blakely
Plot: At the gala premiere opening of the world's tallest skyscraper, architect Doug Roberts discovers builders have installed shoddy wiring. Sure enough, a fire breaks out during the celebration and the world's tallest building becomes the world's tallest death trap.
22. Phantom of Liberty, The ( fantôme de la liberté, Le )
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Luis Buñuel
Actors: Adriana Asti, Julien Bertheau, Jean-Claude Brialy, Adolfo Celi, Paul Frankeur, Michael Lonsdale
Plot: Bunuel's enchanting surrealist film casts his usual jaundiced eye on the players and institutions of Western society through a series of loosely interconnected episodes.
23. California Split
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Altman
Actors: George Segal, Elliott Gould, Ann Prentiss, Gwen Welles, Edward Walsh, Jeff Goldblum
Plot: Two gamblers who have run into a string of bad luck decide to head to Reno
and change their fortune there.
24. Street Fighter, The ( Gekitotsu! Satsujin ken )
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: NC-17
Director: Shigehiro Ozawa
Actors: Sonny Chiba, Goichi Yamada, Yutaka Nakajima, Tony Cetera, Masafumi Suzuki, Masashi Ishibashi
Plot: Terry a tough mercenary and karate master is hired by the Mafia and Yakuza to kidnap the daughter of a wealthy oil magnate. When they refuse to meet his exorbitant price, he survives the attempt on his life and sells his service to protect the daughter instead.
25. The Parallax View
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Actors: Warren Beatty, Hume Cronyn, William Daniels, Paula Prentiss, Kenneth Mars, Kelly Thordsen
26. Céline and Julie Go Boating ( Céline et Julie vont en bateau )
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jacques Rivette
Actors: Juliet Berto, Dominique Labourier, Bulle Ogier, Marie-France Pisier, Barbet Schroeder, Nathalie Asnar
Plot: Celine and Julie are two friends that do random things including finding lovers and eating magic candy.
27. Planet Earth
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Marc Daniels
Actors: John Saxon, Janet Margolin, Ted Cassidy, Christopher Cary, Diana Muldaur, Sally Kemp
28. That's Entertainment
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Jack Haley Jr.
Actors: Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, Peter Lawford, Liza Minnelli, Frank Sinatra
29. Lenny
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bob Fosse
Actors: Dustin Hoffman, Valerie Perrine, Jan Miner , Stanley Beck, Frankie Man, Rashel Novikoff
30. Marketa Lazarová
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Czech
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Frantisek Vlácil
Actors: Josef Kemr, Magda Vásáryová, Nada Hejna, Jaroslav Moucka, Frantisek Velecký, Karel Vasicek
Plot: A minor Czech family survives by robbing travelers. When one such job goes south - the clan fears the wrath of the king. Calling on his neighbor to help - his persuasion fails and in anger and desperation, kidnaps his daughter as she leaves for the convent. Meanwhile the king gathers an army to take on the clan - a Medieval tale against the backdrop of Paganism shifting to Christianity.
