Beyond Easy Riders to Raging Bulls:The Second Tier

By: Elric

Lesser known works from the much celebrated period in American cinema (or the films Biskind left behind).

“If I’m not grounded pretty soon, I’m gonna go into orbit.” – G.T.O, Two-Lane Blacktop

• 01
  Scarecrow
  Jerry Schatzberg
• 02
  Two-Lane Blacktop
  Monte Hellman
• 03
  Cockfighter
  Monte Hellman
• 04
  Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
  Sam Peckinpah
• 05
  Straight Time
  Ulu Grosbard
• 06
  Electra Glide in Blue
  James William Guercio
• 07
  Wanda
  Barbara Loden
• 08
  Diary of a Mad Housewife
  Frank Perry
• 09
  Prime Cut
  Michael Ritchie
• 10
  California Split
  Robert Altman
• 11
  The Driver
  Walter Hill
• 12
  Cutter's Way
  Ivan Passer
• 13
  Out of the Blue
  Dennis Hopper
• 14
  Looking for Mr. Goodbar
  Richard Brooks
• 15
  Sorcerer
  William Friedkin
• 16
  Night Moves
  Arthur Penn
• 17
  Vanishing Point
  Richard C. Sarafian
• 18
  3 Women
  Robert Altman
• 19
  The Friends of Eddie Coyle
  Peter Yates
• 20
  Fat City
  John Huston
• 21
  The Stunt Man
  Richard Rush
• 22
  Play It As It Lays
  Frank Perry
• 23
  Wise Blood
  John Huston
• 24
  The Last of Sheila
  Herbert Ross
• 25
  Last Chants for a Slow Dance
  Jon Jost
• 26
  Mikey and Nicky
  Elaine May
• 27
  Coming Apart
  Milton Moses Ginsberg
• 28
  Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry
  John Hough
• 29
  Minnie and Moskowitz
  John Cassavetes
• 30
  Coffy
  Jack Hill
• 31
  Hickey & Boggs
  Robert Culp
• 32
  The Panic in Needle Park
  Jerry Schatzberg
• 33
  Hardcore
  Paul Schrader
• 34
  The Hired Hand
  Peter Fonda
• 35
  Prince of the City
  Sidney Lumet
• 36
  Interiors
  Woody Allen
• 37
  Payday
  Daryl Duke
• 38
  Klute
  Alan J. Pakula
• 39
  Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
  Sam Peckinpah
• 40
  The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
  Joseph Sargent
• 41
  The Parallax View
  Alan J. Pakula
• 42
  Little Murders
  Alan Arkin
• 43
  The Whole Shootin' Match
  Eagle Pennell
• 44
  Dillinger
  John Milius
• 45
  The King of Marvin Gardens
  Bob Rafelson
• 46
  Cruising
  William Friedkin
• 47
  Tracks
  Henry Jaglom
• 48
  Fingers
  James Toback
• 49
  The Last Movie
  Dennis Hopper
• 50
  Maidstone
  Norman Mailer
• 51
  Boxcar Bertha
  Martin Scorsese
• 52
  Cisco Pike
  Bill L. Norton
• 53
  Last Embrace
  Jonathan Demme
• 54
  China 9, Liberty 37
  Monte Hellman