Best Male Performances - 1970s
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#1
as Officer Frank Serpico in "Serpico" (1973)#9
as Don Michael Corleone in "The Godfather Part II" (1974)#36
as Michael Corleone in "The Godfather" (1972)#47
as Sonny Wortzik in "Dog Day Afternoon" (1975)#70
as Arthur Kirkland in "...And Justice For All" (1979)
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#2
as Randal Patrick McMurphy in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975)#12
as JJ Gittes in "Chinatown" (1974)#34
as Robert Eroica Dupea in "Five Easy Pieces" (1970)#56
as David Locke in "The Passenger" (1975)#86
as Tom Logan in "The Missouri Breaks" (1976)
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#4
as Travis Bickle in "Taxi Driver" (1976)#6
as Vito Corleone in "The Godfather Part II" (1974)#23
as Michael in "The Deer Hunter" (1978)#50
as Johnny Boy in "Mean Streets" (1973)#61
as Bruce Pearson in "Bang the Drum Slowly" (1973)#83
as Jimmy Doyle in "New York, New York" (1977)
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#7
as Navin R. Johnson/Cat Juggler/Pig-Eye Jackson in "The Jerk" (1979)
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#8
as Jimmy Doyle in "The French Connection" (1971)#33
as Harry Caul in "The Conversation" (1974)#46
as Lex Luthor in "Superman" (1978)#81
as Mary Ann in "Prime Cut" (1972)
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#10
as Willy Wonka in "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" (1971)#73
as Dr. Frankenstein in "Young Frankenstein" (1974)
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#11
as Johnny Hooker in "The Sting" (1973)#19
as Bob Woodward in "All the Presidents Men" (1976)#54
as Bill McKay in "The Candidate" (1972)#80
as Jeremiah Johnson in "Jeremiah Johnson" (1972)#105
as Joseph Turner/The Condor in "3 Days of the Condor (1975)#114
as Hubbell Gardner in "The Way We Were" (1973)
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#13
as Lenny Bruce in "Lenny" (1974)#20
as Carl Bernstein in "All the Presidents Men" (1976)#39
as Babe in "Marathon Man" (1976)#62
as Ted Kramer in "Kramer vs. Kramer" (1979)
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#14
as Jack Carter in "Get Carter" (1971)#37
as Milo Tindle in "Sleuth" (1972)
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#15
as Don Vito Corleone in "The Godfather" (1972)#32
as Col. Walter E. Kurtz in "Apocalypse Now" (1979)#107
as Paul in "Last Tango in Paris" (1973)
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#17
as Doc McKoy in "The Getaway" (1972)#38
as Henri 'Papillon' Charriere in "Papillon" (1973)
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#18
as Henry Gondorff in "The Sting" (1973)#24
as Reggie Dunlop in "Slap Shot" (1977)#35
as Harper in "The Drowning Pool" (1975)
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#28
as Police Inspector Harry Callahan in "Dirty Harry" (1971)#42
as Philo Beddoe in "Every Which Way But Loose" (1978)#52
as Police Inspector Harry Callahan in "Magnum Force" (1973)#88
as Frank Morris in "Escape From Alcatraz" (1979)#108
as Josey Wales in "The Outlaw Josey Wales" (1976)
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#29
as Roy Neary in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)#48
as Elliot Garfield in "The Goodbye Girl" (1977)#74
as Matt Hooper in "Jaws" (1975)#92
as Curt in "American Graffiti" (1973)
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#44
as Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore in "Apocalypse Now" (1979)#64
as Tom Hagen in "The Godfather Part II" (1974)#75
as Tom Hagen in "The Godfather" (1972)#106
as Frank Hackett in "Network" (1976)
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#51
as Frodo Corleone in "The Godfather Part II" (1974)#67
as Stan in "The Conversation" (1974)#94
as Sal in "Dog Day Afternoon" (1975)#117
as Stan in "The Deer Hunter" (1978)
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#55
as Joe Pendlteton in "Heaven Can Wait" (1978)#76
as John McCabe in "McCabe & Mrs. Miller" (1971)#109
as George Roundy in "Shampoo" (1975)
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#57
as Alvy Singer in "Annie Hall" (1977)#110
as Isaac in "Manhattan" (1979)#118
as Allan in "Play it Again, Sam" (1972)
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#58
as Rocky Balboa in "Rocky" (1976)#79
as Rocky Balboa in "Rocky II" (1979)
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#59
as Barry Lyndon/Redmond Barry in "Barry Lyndon" (1975)#103
as Oliver Barrett IV in "Love Story" (1970)
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#65
as King Arthur/God/Middle Head & Others in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (1975)
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#66
as Danny Zuko in "Grease" (1978)#89
as Tony Manero in "Saturday Night Fever" (1977)
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#77
as Lt. Zachary Garber in "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" (1974)#93
as Willy Clark in "The Sunshine Boys" (1975)
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#84
as Duane Jackson in "The Last Picture Show" (1971)#101
as Lightfoot in "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" (1974)
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My favorite decade in film naturally hosted some of my favorite male performances with stars emerging (DeNiro, Pacino, Nicholson) old classics fading with one or two final solid roles (Lancaster, Wayne, Scott)
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