Films of 1977

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Last Updated: 4/15/25
Total Films: 36
Note: The year of each film is according to IMDb. It sometimes changes without my knowledge. When I become aware, I will make adjustments. Like the Oscars, I select the best for each category: picture, actor, actress, supporting actor, supporting actress, director, cinematography, editing, original screenplay, adapted screenplay, and documentary. This is based on the movies I've actually seen, and miniseries and telefilms are fair game. Each winner is named along with the next four ordered runner-ups (which may be less) and honorable mentions (if any). Any of these categories may be left blank if I feel there's no deserving winner. A ranked list of films is presented afterwards.



Best Picture
Roots

2. Equus
3. Saturday Night Fever
4. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
5. Sorcerer
Honorable Mentions: None


Best Actor
Richard Burton (Equus)

2. John Travolta (Saturday Night Fever)
3. Gregory Peck (MacArthur)
4. Muhammad Ali (The Greatest)
5.
Honorable Mentions: None


Best Actress
Diane Keaton (Looking for Mr. Goodbar)

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3.
4.
5.
Honorable Mentions: None


Best Supporting Actor
Peter Firth (Equus)

2. Louis Gossett, Jr. (Roots)
3. Ben Vereen (Roots)
4. Colin Blakely (Equus)
5. Amidou and Bruno Cremer (Sorcerer)
Honorable Mentions: Jackie Gleason (Smokey and the Bandit) and François Truffaut (Close Encounters of the Third Kind)


Best Supporting Actress
Madge Sinclair (Roots)

2. Joan Plowright (Equus)
3. Eileen Atkins (Equus)
4. Sally Field (Smokey and the Bandit)
5. Linda Haynes (Rolling Thunder)
Honorable Mentions: None


Best Director
Marvin J. Chomsky, John Erman, David Greene, and Gilbert Moses (Roots)

2. Sidney Lumet (Equus)
3. William Friedkin (Sorcerer)
4. John Badham (Saturday Night Fever)
5.
Honorable Mentions: None


Best Cinematography
Gilbert Taylor (Star Wars)

2. Geoffrey Unsworth (A Bridge Too Far)
3. Ralf D. Bode (Saturday Night Fever)
4. Dick Bush and John M. Stephens (Sorcerer)
5. Joseph M. Wilcots and Stevan Larner (Roots)
Honorable Mentions: None


Best Editing
James T. Heckert, Peter Kirby, and Neil Travis (Roots)

2. Bud S. Smith and Robert K. Lambert (Sorcerer)
3. David Rawlins (Saturday Night Fever)
4. John Victor Smith (Equus)
5. Richard Chew, Paul Hirsch, and Marcia Lucas (Star Wars)
Honorable Mentions: Walter Hannemann and Angelo Ross (Smokey and the Bandit) and Michael Kahn (Close Encounters of the Third Kind)


Best Original Screenplay
Norman Wexler (Saturday Night Fever)

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5.
Honorable Mentions: None


Best Adapted Screenplay
Peter Shaffer (Equus)

2. Miguel Piñero (Short Eyes)
3. William Blinn, M. Charles Cohen, Alex Haley, Ernest Kinoy, and James Lee (Roots)
4. Ring Lardner, Jr. (The Greatest)
5.
Honorable Mentions: None


Best Documentary
Pumping Iron

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Honorable Mentions: None


Films Rated '10'
  1. Roots

  2. Equus

  3. Saturday Night Fever

  4. Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Films Rated '9'
  1. Sorcerer

  2. Black Sunday

Films Rated '8'
  1. MacArthur

  2. Star Wars

  3. The Greatest

  4. Smokey and the Bandit

  5. The Gauntlet

  6. Short Eyes

Films Rated '7'
  1. A Bridge Too Far

  2. Rolling Thunder

  3. Scum

  4. The Sentinel

  5. Slap Shot

  6. The Hills Have Eyes

Films Rated '6'
  1. The Spy Who Loved Me

  2. Audrey Rose

  3. Looking for Mr. Goodbar

  4. Cross of Iron

  5. Airport '77

Films Rated '5'
  1. Rollercoaster

  2. Orca

  3. The Late Show

  4. The Spell

Films Rated '4'
  1. The Duellists

Films Rated '3'
  1. High Anxiety

  2. Exorcist II: The Heretic

  3. The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training

  4. Annie Hall

Films Rated '2'
  1. Bobby Deerfield

  2. The Goodbye Girl

  3. Suspiria

Films Rated '1'
  1. Eraserhead