4. Sounder
(Ritt - U.S.A.)
5. Deliverance
(Boorman - U.S.A.)
6. The Sorrow and the Pity
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(Ophuls - France)
7. The Saragossa Manuscript
(Haas - Poland)
There are two films which might have made this list if I have seen them Tokyo Story and The Rulong Class. And a couple of others should be cited as intelligent entertainment--Sam Peckinpah's Bonner, hampered slightly by unbelievable dialogue but far superior in his latest piece of backwork (The Getaway) and Slaughterhouse-Five George Roy Hill's skilled adaptation of Vonnegut's novel.