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The Party at Kitty and Stud's
The Party at Kitty and Stud's, also known as The Italian Stallion, is a 1970 American softcore erotic film directed by Morton M. Lewis, starring Sylvester Stallone in his film debut as Stud, made for about $5,000 and re-released after Rocky.
The Reckoning
The Reckoning (1970) is a Jack Gold British drama, John McGrath screenplay from Patrick Hall's novel The Harp That Once, starring Nicol Williamson as London businessman Mick Marler returning to Liverpool to avenge his father's death; often compared with Get Carter.
The Spirit of the Beehive
The Spirit of the Beehive (El espíritu de la colmena) is Víctor Erice's 1973 Spanish debut drama, set in 1940 Castile, where young Ana becomes obsessed with Frankenstein's monster; it won the 1973 San Sebastián Concha de Oro and ranks in Sight and Sound's greatest films polls.
The Story of a Small Town (小城故事)
The Story of a Small Town (小城故事) is a 1979 Taiwanese drama by Li Hsing, produced by Ta Chung Motion Picture Company, set in Sanyi's woodcarving community, winner of four 1979 Golden Horse Awards and famous for Teresa Teng's theme song.
The Story of Adèle H.
The Story of Adèle H. (L'Histoire d'Adèle H.) is François Truffaut's 1975 French drama starring Isabelle Adjani as Victor Hugo's daughter, based on Frances Vernor Guille's journal reconstruction, released 8 October 1975.
The Truce
The Truce (La tregua) is Francesco Rosi's 1997 film adaptation of Primo Levi's 1963 memoir, starring John Turturro as Levi journeying home to Turin after Auschwitz's liberation; it competed at Cannes 1997 and won three David di Donatello awards.
The Wishing Tree
The Wishing Tree (Natvris khe, ნატვრის ხე) is Tengiz Abuladze's 1976 Georgian drama, second in his trilogy, adapting Giorgi Leonidze's stories about Marita's forced marriage; Karlovy Vary 1978 Special Prize winner.
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
The Working Class Goes to Heaven (La classe operaia va in paradiso, aka Lulu the Tool) is Elio Petri's 1971 Italian drama starring Gian Maria Volonté as piece worker Lulù Massa; it shared the 1972 Cannes Palme d'Or with The Mattei Affair.
Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets (書を捨てよ町へ出よう)
Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets (書を捨てよ町へ出よう) is Shūji Terayama's 1971 ATG debut feature, adapted from his 1967 essay collection and Tenjō Sajiki stage musical, San Remo grand prize winner.
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki (Le Voyage de la hyène) is Djibril Diop Mambéty's 1973 Senegalese debut feature, 89 minutes in Wolof and French, following Mory and Anta as they scheme to leave Dakar for Paris.
Tout va bien
Tout va bien ("Everything's All Right") is a 1972 French-Italian political film by Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin, starring Jane Fonda and Yves Montand as a couple sequestered during a sausage-factory strike, a post-1968 class-struggle critique.
Tristana
Tristana (1970) is Luis Buñuel's drama adapted from Benito Pérez Galdós's 1892 novel, starring Catherine Deneuve, Fernando Rey, and Franco Nero; filmed in Toledo after censorship battles, it earned Buñuel his first Oscar nomination.
Troubled Laughter
Troubled Laughter (苦恼人的笑) is a 1979 Shanghai Film Studio drama directed by Yang Yanjin and Deng Yimin, a landmark Chinese "scar film" about a journalist imprisoned for telling the truth during the Cultural Revolution.
Two English Girls
Two English Girls (Les deux Anglaises et le continent), François Truffaut's 1971 French romantic drama adapted from Henri-Pierre Roché's 1956 novel, starring Jean-Pierre Léaud, Kika Markham, and Stacey Tendeter in a turn-of-the-century love triangle; a 1971 box-office failure later reevaluated and restored in 4K in 2023.
Valentino (1977 film)
Valentino (1977) is Ken Russell's biographical drama about silent star Rudolph Valentino, starring ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev in his American film debut, with Leslie Caron and Michelle Phillips; a $5 million United Artists production that flopped critically and commercially.
Wake in Fright
Wake in Fright (1971), also released internationally as Outback, is a Ted Kotcheff Australian thriller based on Kenneth Cook's 1961 novel, starring Gary Bond and Donald Pleasence; its negative was found in Pittsburgh and the film restored in 2009 and 2024.
Wanda (1970 film)
Wanda (1970) is Barbara Loden's only feature as director, an American independent drama she wrote, directed, and starred in; it won the International Critics' Prize at Venice 1970 and ranks joint 48th in the 2022 Sight and Sound critics' poll.
Zabriskie Point (film)
Zabriskie Point is Michelangelo Antonioni's 1970 MGM drama, his first US-made feature, starring non-professionals Mark Frechette and Daria Halprin amid 1960s counterculture, with a Pink Floyd-linked soundtrack, a $7 million cost, commercial failure, and later cult status.