List of American films of 1973

A list of American films released in 1973.
The Sting won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The highest-grossing film of the year was The Exorcist.
==Highest-grossing==
# The Exorcist
# The Sting
# American Graffiti
# Papillon
# The Way We Were
# Magnum Force
# Robin Hood
# Live and Let Die
# Walking Tall
# Serpico
==A–B==
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Note
40 Carats 	Milton Katselas 	Edward Albert, Liv Ullmann, Binnie Barnes, Gene Kelly 	Romantic comedy	Columbia. Based on the play
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies 	John Erman 	Cliff Robertson, Pamela Franklin 	Drama 	20th Century Fox
The All-American Boy 	Charles Eastman 	Jon Voight, Jeanne Cooper 	Drama 	Warner Bros.
American Graffiti 	George Lucas 	Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Candy Clark, Harrison Ford, Cindy Williams, Paul Le Mat, Mackenzie Phillips, Charles Martin Smith	Comedy 	Universal5 Academy Award nominations; Golden Globe Best Comedy
Arnold 	Georg Fenady 	Stella Stevens, Roddy McDowall, Elsa Lanchester, Shani Wallis 	Horror 	Cinerama Releasing Corporation
Arnold's Wrecking Co. 	Steven E. de Souza 	Barbara Hencheck 	Comedy 	
Ash Wednesday 	Larry Peerce 	Elizabeth Taylor, Henry Fonda 	Drama 	Paramount
The Baby 	Ted Post 	Anjanette Comer, Ruth Roman, Marianna Hill 	Horror 	
Badge 373 	Howard Koch 	Robert Duvall, Verna Bloom 	Crime 	Paramount. Script by Pete Hamill
Badlands 	Terrence Malick 	Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates 	Crime drama 	Warner Bros. Malick's first film
Bang the Drum Slowly 	John D. Hancock 	Robert De Niro, Michael Moriarty, Vincent Gardenia, Phil Foster 	Drama 	Paramount. Based on Mark Harris novel
Battle for the Planet of the Apes	J. Lee Thompson 	Roddy McDowall, John Huston, Claude Akins 	Science fiction	20th Century Fox. 3rd Planet of the Apes sequel
Black Caesar 	Larry Cohen 	Fred Williamson, Gloria Hendry 	Crime drama 	AIP. James Brown score
Black Snake 	Russ Meyer 	David Prowse, Anouska Hempel 	Adventure 	
Blackenstein 	William A. Levey 	John Hart, Liz Renay 	Blaxploitation 	
Blume in Love 	Paul Mazursky 	George Segal, Susan Anspach, Kris Kristofferson, Shelley Winters 	Romantic comedy	Warner Bros.
Book of Numbers 	Raymond St. Jacques 	Raymond St. Jacques, Philip Michael Thomas, Freda Payne, Hope Clarke 	Crime 	AVCO Embassy Pictures
The Boy Who Cried Wolf 	Nathan Juran, Elaine Devry	Robert J. Wilke 	Horror 	Universal
Breezy 	Clint Eastwood 	William Holden, Kay Lenz 	Romance 	Universal
Brother of the Wind 	John Mahon 	Dick Robinson 	 	Independent film
==C–G==
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Note
Cahill U.S. Marshal 	Andrew V. McLaglen 	John Wayne, Gary Grimes, George Kennedy, Neville Brand 	Western 	Warner Bros.
The Candy Snatchers 	Guerdon Trueblood 	Tiffany Bolling, Ben Piazza 	Exploitation 	Independent
Charley and the Angel 	Vincent McEveety 	Fred MacMurray, Cloris Leachman, Kurt Russell 	Family 	Disney
Charley One-Eye 	Don Chaffey 	Richard Roundtree, Roy Thinnes, Nigel Davenport 	Western 	Paramount. Co-produced with UK
Charley Varrick 	Don Siegel 	Walter Matthau, Joe Don Baker, John Vernon, Andrew Robinson, Felicia Farr, Norman Fell, Jacqueline Scott, Sheree North	Crime drama 	Universal. Based on a novel by John H. Reese
Charlotte's Web 	Charles A. Nichols 	Voices of Debbie Reynolds, Paul Lynde, Henry Gibson, Pamelyn Ferdin 	Animated 	Paramount. From E. B. White story
Cinderella Liberty 	Mark Rydell 	James Caan, Marsha Mason, Eli Wallach 	Drama 	20th Century Fox. Golden Globe for Mason; 3 Oscar nominations
Class of '44 	Paul Bogart 	Gary Grimes, Deborah Winters 	Drama 	Warner Bros. sequel to Summer of '42
Cleopatra Jones 	Jack Starrett 	Tamara Dobson, Antonio Fargas, Shelley Winters 	Crime drama 	Warner Bros.
Coffy 	Jack Hill 	Pam Grier, Booker Bradshaw 	Crime drama 	AIP
Cops and Robbers 	Aram Avakian 	Joseph Bologna, Cliff Gorman 	Crime, Comedy 	United Artists. Written by Donald E. Westlake
The Crazies 	George A. Romero 	Lynn Lowry, Lane Carroll 	Horror 	
The Day of the Dolphin 	Mike Nichols 	George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Paul Sorvino, Fritz Weaver 	Drama 	Embassy Pictures. Script by Buck Henry; 2 Oscar nominations
A Delicate Balance 	Tony Richardson 	Katharine Hepburn, Paul Scofield, Lee Remick 	Drama 	based on Edward Albee play
The Deadly Trackers 	Barry Shear 	Richard Harris, Rod Taylor 	Western 	
Detroit 9000 	Arthur Marks 	Alex Rocco, Hari Rhodes 	Crime drama 	
The Devil in Miss Jones 	Gerard Damiano 	Georgina Spelvin, Harry Reems, Gerard Damiano 	Adult 	released during Golden Age of Porn; reviewed by Roger Ebert
Dillinger 	John Milius 	Warren Oates, Harry Dean Stanton, Geoffrey Lewis, Ben Johnson, Richard Dreyfuss, Steve Kanaly, Cloris Leachman 	Biography, Crime drama	story of John Dillinger
The Doll Squad 	Ted Mikels 	Francine York, Anthony Eisley 	Drama 	
The Don Is Dead 	Richard Fleischer 	Anthony Quinn, Angel Tompkins, Robert Forster, Al Lettieri 	Crime drama 	Universal
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark 	John Newland 	Kim Darby, Jim Hutton, William Demarest 	Horror 	made for TV
Don't Play Us Cheap 	Melvin Van Peebles 	Esther Rolle 	Comedy 	
Electra Glide in Blue 	James William Guercio 	Robert Blake 	Crime drama 	United Artists
Emperor of the North 	Robert Aldrich 	Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Keith Carradine 	Drama 	aka Emperor of the North Pole
Encounter with the Unknown 	Harry Thomason 	Rod Serling, Robert Ginnaven 	Horror 	
Enter the Dragon 	Robert Clouse 	Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Jim Kelly 	Martial arts 	Hong Kong co-production
Executive Action 	David Miller 	Burt Lancaster, Will Geer 	Docudrama 	on John F. Kennedy`s assassination in 1963
The Exorcist 	William Friedkin 	Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Jason Miller, Max von Sydow, Kitty Winn, Lee J. Cobb 	Horror 	from William Peter Blatty novel; 10 Oscar nominations
Five on the Black Hand Side 	Oscar Williams 	D'Urville Martin, Glynn Turman 	Comedy 	United Artists
Forced Entry 	Shaun Costello 	Harry Reems 	Adult 	
The Forgotten aka Don't Look in the Basement 	S.F. Brownrigg 	Jessie Lee Fulton 	Horror 	
Frank Film 	Caroline Mouris, Frank Mouris	Frank Mouris 	Animated 	
The Friends of Eddie Coyle 	Peter Yates 	Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan, Steven Keats, Alex Rocco 	Crime drama 	from George V. Higgins novel
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler	Fielder Cook 	Ingrid Bergman 	Family 	from E. L. Konigsburg novel
Ganja & Hess 	Bill Gunn 	Bill Gunn, Duane Jones, Marlene Clark 	Horror 	
Godspell 	David Greene 	Victor Garber 	Musical 	based on stage show
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad 	Gordon Hessler 	John Phillip Law, Caroline Munro 	Adventure 	
Gordon's War 	Ossie Davis 	Paul Winfield 	Adventure 	20th Century Fox
==H–M==
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Note
Happy Mother's Day, Love George 	Darren McGavin 	Patricia Neal, Cloris Leachman, Bobby Darin 	Thriller 	
The Harrad Experiment 	Ted Post 	James Whitmore, Tippi Hedren, Don Johnson 	Drama 	from Robert Rimmer novel
Harry in Your Pocket 	Bruce Geller 	James Coburn, Michael Sarrazin 	Drama 	United Artists
Heavy Traffic 	Ralph Bakshi 	Joseph Kaufmann, Jamie Farr (voices) 	Animated 	Adult
Hell Up in Harlem 	Larry Cohen 	Fred Williamson, Julius Harris, Gloria Hendry 	Crime drama 	American International
High Plains Drifter 	Clint Eastwood 	Clint Eastwood, Geoffrey Lewis, Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill, Mitchell Ryan 	Western 	Universal
Hit! 	Sidney J. Furie 	Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor 	Action 	Paramount
The Iceman Cometh 	John Frankenheimer 	Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan 	Drama 	from Eugene O'Neill play
Idaho Transfer 	Peter Fonda 	Keith Carradine 	Sci-fi 	
Interval 	Daniel Mann 	Merle Oberon, Robert Wolders, Russ Conway 	Romance 	Oberon's final film
Invasion of the Bee Girls 	Denis Sanders 	Anitra Ford 	Sci-fi 	
Jesus Christ Superstar 	Norman Jewison 	Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson 	Musical 	based on Broadway show
Jeremy 	Arthur Barron 	Robby Benson, Glynnis O'Connor 	Romance 	
Jonathan Livingston Seagull 	Hall Bartlett 	James Franciscus, Juliet Mills 	 	from Richard Bach novella
Jory 	Jorge Fons 	Robby Benson 	Western 	
Kid Blue 	James Frawley 	Dennis Hopper, Warren Oates, Peter Boyle 	Western 	20th Century Fox
Lady Ice 	Tom Gries 	Donald Sutherland, Jennifer O'Neill 	Crime 	National General
The Last American Hero 	Lamont Johnson 	Jeff Bridges, Valerie Perrine, Ned Beatty 	Biography 	story of Junior Johnson
The Last Detail 	Hal Ashby 	Jack Nicholson, Otis Young, Randy Quaid 	Comedy, Drama 	3 Oscar nominations
The Last of Sheila 	Herbert Ross 	James Coburn, Raquel Welch, Dyan Cannon, James Mason, Joan Hackett, Richard Benjamin, Ian McShane 	Mystery 	script by Anthony Perkins and Stephen Sondheim
The Laughing Policeman 	Stuart Rosenberg 	Walter Matthau, Bruce Dern, Louis Gossett Jr., Joanna Cassidy, Cathy Lee Crosby 	Crime drama 	based on Swedish novel
Little Cigars 	Chris Christenberry	Angel Tompkins 	Comedy 	
Lolly-Madonna XXX 	Richard C. Sarafian	Rod Steiger, Robert Ryan, Jeff Bridges 	Drama 	based on a novel by Sue Grafton
The Long Goodbye 	Robert Altman 	Elliott Gould, Sterling Hayden, Henry Gibson, Nina van Pallandt, Jim Bouton, Mark Rydell 	Mystery 	based on Raymond Chandler novel
Lost Horizon 	Charles Jarrott 	Peter Finch, Liv Ullmann, Sally Kellerman, George Kennedy, Michael York, Olivia Hussey, Bobby Van, James Shigeta, Charles Boyer, John Gielgud	AdventureFantasyMusical	Columbia based on novel by James Hilton; remake of 1937 film
Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing	Alan J. Pakula 	Maggie Smith, Timothy Bottoms 	Drama 	Columbia
Luther 	Guy Green 	Stacy Keach, Patrick Magee 	Drama, Biography 	story of Martin Luther
The Mack 	Michael Campus 	Max Julien, Richard Pryor, Roger E. Mosley 	Crime drama 	AIP
The Mackintosh Man 	John Huston 	Paul Newman, James Mason 	Thriller 	based on Desmond Bagley novel
Magnum Force 	Ted Post 	Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, Tim Matheson, David Soul, Robert Urich 	Crime drama 	sequel to Dirty Harry
Manson 	Laurence Merrick 	Vincent Bugliosi 	Documentary 	story of Charles Manson
Maurie 	Daniel Mann 	Bernie Casey, Bo Svenson 	Sports drama 	
Mean Streets 	Martin Scorsese 	Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel 	Drama 	1st Scorsese-De Niro pairing
Messiah of Evil aka Dead People 	Willard Huyck 	Elisha Cook Jr., Anitra Ford 	Horror 	
==N–S==
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Note
The Neptune Factor 	Daniel Petrie 	Ben Gazzara, Yvette Mimieux, Walter Pidgeon 	Sci-fi 	20th Century Fox
The No Mercy Man 	Daniel Vance 	Sid Haig, Ron Thompson 	Action 	
Oklahoma Crude 	Stanley Kramer 	George C. Scott, Faye Dunaway, John Mills 	Drama 	Columbia
One Little Indian 	Bernard McEveety 	James Garner, Pat Hingle, Vera Miles 	Western 	Disney
The Outfit 	John Flynn 	Robert Duvall, Karen Black, Joe Don Baker, Sheree North, Robert Ryan 	Crime drama 	from Richard Stark novel
The Paper Chase 	James Bridges 	Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner, John Houseman 	Drama 	Oscar for Houseman
Paper Moon 	Peter Bogdanovich 	Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal, Madeline Kahn 	Comedy 	Oscar for Tatum O'Neal
Papillon 	Franklin J. Schaffner	Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman 	Adventure 	story of Henri Charrière
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid	Sam Peckinpah 	James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, John Beck, Slim Pickens, Katy Jurado, Jack Elam, Chill Wills 	Western, Biography	MGM
Please Don't Eat My Mother 	Carl Monson 	Buck Kartalian, Rene Bond 	Comedy 	
The Red Pony 	Robert Totten 	Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara, Ben Johnson 	DramaWestern 	Made for TV; Universal; Remake of 1949 film
The Return of Charlie Chan 	Daryl Duke 	Ross Martin, Richard Haydn 	Mystery 	
Robin Hood 	Wolfgang Reitherman 	voices of Peter Ustinov, Terry-Thomas 	Animated film 	Set in 1192
The Roommates 	Arthur Marks 	Marki Bey, Pat Woodell 	Thriller 	
Sssssss 	Bernard L. Kowalski 	Strother Martin 	Horror 	
Santee 	Gary Nelson 	Glenn Ford 	Western 	Crown International Pictures
Save the Tiger 	John G. Avildsen 	Jack Lemmon, Jack Gilford 	Drama 	Oscar for Lemmon
Scarecrow 	Jerry Schatzberg 	Gene Hackman, Al Pacino 	Drama 	Cannes Grand Prix award
Scorpio 	Michael Winner 	Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Paul Scofield 	Thriller 	
Scream Blacula Scream 	Bob Kelljan 	William Marshall, Pam Grier 	Horror 	sequel to Blacula
Serpico 	Sidney Lumet 	Al Pacino, John Randolph, Tony Roberts 	Crime, Biography 	from Peter Maas book; Golden Globe for Pacino
The Seven-Ups 	Philip D'Antoni 	Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco 	Crime drama 	20th Century Fox
Shaft in Africa 	John Guillermin 	Richard Roundtree 	Action 	sequel to Shaft
Shamus 	Buzz Kulik 	Burt Reynolds, Dyan Cannon 	Crime drama 	Columbia
Showdown 	George Seaton 	Rock Hudson, Dean Martin, Susan Clark 	Western 	Universal; Remake of 1963 film
Sisters 	Brian De Palma 	Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt 	Horror 	
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off 	Gordon Douglas 	Jim Brown, Ed McMahon, Brock Peters 	Blaxploitation 	sequel to 1972 film
Sleeper 	Woody Allen 	Woody Allen, Diane Keaton 	Sci-fi comedy 	United Artists
Slither 	Howard Zieff 	James Caan, Sally Kellerman, Peter Boyle 	Crime 	MGM
Some Call It Loving 	James B. Harris 	Zalman King, Richard Pryor 	Drama 	
Soylent Green 	Richard Fleischer 	Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors, Edward G. Robinson 	Science fiction 	Robinson's final film
The Spook Who Sat by the Door	Ivan Dixon 	Lawrence Cook, J. A. Preston 	Drama 	from book by Sam Greenlee
Steelyard Blues 	Alan Myerson 	Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Peter Boyle 	Comedy 	Warner Bros.
Sticks and Bones 	Robert Downey Sr. 	Cliff DeYoung 	Drama 	
The Sting 	George Roy Hill 	Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Eileen Brennan, Ray Walston, Jack Kehoe, Charles Durning, Dana Elcar, Harold Gould, Robert Earl Jones, Dimitra Arliss, Sally Kirkland	Crime, Comedy 	won 7 Academy Awards, including Best Picture
The Stone Killer 	Michael Winner 	Charles Bronson, Martin Balsam, Paul Koslo 	Crime 	Columbia
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams 	Gilbert Cates 	Joanne Woodward, Martin Balsam, Sylvia Sidney 	Drama 	2 Oscar nominations
Superdad 	Vincent McEveety 	Bob Crane, Barbara Rush, Kurt Russell 	Family 	Disney
Sweet Kill 	Curtis Hanson 	Tab Hunter, Isabel Jewell, John Aprea 	Thriller 	
==T–Z==
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Note
Terminal Island 	Stephanie Rothman 	Phyllis Davis, Marta Kristen 	Action 	
The Thief Who Came to Dinner	Bud Yorkin 	Ryan O'Neal, Jacqueline Bisset, Warren Oates, Ned Beatty, Jill Clayburgh 	Crime comedy 	Warner Bros.
The Three Musketeers (1973) 	Richard Lester 	Oliver Reed, Michael York, Richard Chamberlain, Raquel Welch 	Adventure 	from Alexandre Dumas story
Tom Sawyer 	Don Taylor 	Jodie Foster, Warren Oates 	Musical 	from Mark Twain novel
The Train Robbers 	Burt Kennedy 	John Wayne, Ann-Margret, Rod Taylor, Bobby Vinton 	Western 	Warner Bros.
Two People 	Robert Wise 	Peter Fonda, Lindsay Wagner 	Drama 	
Visions of Eight 	8 directors 	1972 Summer Olympics 	Documentary 	
Walking Tall 	Phil Karlson 	Joe Don Baker, Noah Beery Jr. 	Crime, Action 	story of Buford Pusser
The Way We Were 	Sydney Pollack 	Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Bradford Dillman, Susan Blakely, Patrick O'Neal, Lois Chiles	Romance 	6 Oscar nominations; won Golden Globe
The Werewolf of Washington 	Milton Moses Ginsberg	Dean Stockwell 	Horror, Comedy 	
Westworld 	Michael Crichton 	Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin 	Science fiction	MGM; written by Crichton
White Lightning 	Joseph Sargent 	Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Bo Hopkins 	Action 	followed by Gator
Wicked, Wicked 	Richard L. Bare 	David Bailey, Tiffany Bolling 	Horror 	
The World's Greatest Athlete	Robert Scheerer 	John Amos, Tim Conway, Jan-Michael Vincent 	Family 	Disney
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