Films of 1974
1974 was the least spiritual year of its era.
Across 54 well-known films, 1974 reads lower on spirituality than the decade around it — 22.2 against 25.9, a gap of 3.7. Every year is measured against its own era rather than against all of cinema, because a slow trend is not a year’s signature.
The best-liked films of 1974
The Godfather Part II
8.6 / 10
We All Loved Each Other So Much
8.3 / 10
Chinatown
7.9 / 10
Young Frankenstein
7.9 / 10
A Woman Under the Influence
7.8 / 10
The Conversation
7.5 / 10
Badlands
7.5 / 10
Watch Out, We're Mad
7.5 / 10
Phantom of the Paradise
7.5 / 10
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
7.5 / 10
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
7.3 / 10
Blazing Saddles
7.2 / 10
The most singular films of 1974
Highest Cinnamon Scores of the year, leaving out anything already listed above. Not the best films of 1974 — the ones you cannot get anywhere else.
Black Christmas
Cinnamon 81
Murder on the Orient Express
Cinnamon 73
The Towering Inferno
Cinnamon 64
Going Places
Cinnamon 61
Death Wish
Cinnamon 59
Emmanuelle
Cinnamon 56
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Cinnamon 49
The Man with the Golden Gun
Cinnamon 46
Dark Star
Cinnamon 45
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Cinnamon 44
Zardoz
Cinnamon 34
The Great Gatsby
Cinnamon 34