Best award winning movies with intricate directing from 1973

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with intricate directing from 1973! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with intricate directing from 1973, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 The Sting (1973)

A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a fortune from a big-time mobster.

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1973-12-25 | Comedy / Crime

Cast

Paul Newman, Robert Redford

Rating

rating icon 8.022
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #32 for
    deservedly won awards
  2. Ranked #44 for
    scammer
  3. Ranked #95 for
    Oscar nomination deserving

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2 Amarcord (1973)

In an Italian seaside town, young Titta gets into trouble with his friends and watches various local eccentrics as they engage in often absurd behavior. Frequently clashing with his stern father and defended by his doting mother, Titta witnesses the actions of a wide range of characters, from his extended family to Fascist loyalists to sensual women, with certain moments shifting into fantastical scenarios.

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1973-12-18 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Bruno Zanin, Armando Brancia

Rating

rating icon 7.91
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #25 for
    bawdy
  2. Ranked #75 for
    cantankerous
  3. Ranked #136 for
    rambunctious

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3 Ludwig (1973)

Historical evocation of Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from his crowning in 1864 until his death in 1886, as a romantic hero. Fan of Richard Wagner, betrayed by him, in love with his cousin Elisabeth of Austria, abandoned by her, tormented by his homosexuality, he will little by little slip towards madness.

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1973-01-18 | Drama / History

Cast

Helmut Berger, Romy Schneider

Rating

rating icon 7.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #32 for
    bloated
  2. Ranked #71 for
    decadent
  3. Ranked #110 for
    glitzy

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4 Day for Night (1973)

A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.

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1973-05-24 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Léaud

Rating

rating icon 7.822
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #32 for
    with daddy issue
  2. Ranked #128 for
    flattering light
  3. Ranked #133 for
    for Valentine's Day

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5 The Day of the Jackal (1973)

An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.

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1973-05-16 | Action / Thriller

Cast

Edward Fox, Terence Alexander

Rating

rating icon 7.507
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #20 for
    cat-and-mouse
  2. Ranked #47 for
    gun-for-hire
  3. Ranked #61 for
    implacable

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6 Serpico (1973)

Frank Serpico is an idealistic New York City cop who refuses to take bribes, unlike the rest of the force. His actions get Frank shunned by the other officers, and often placed in dangerous situations by his partners. When his superiors ignore Frank's accusations of corruption, he decides to go public with the allegations. Although this causes the Knapp Commission to investigate his claims, Frank has also placed a target on himself.

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1973-12-18 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Al Pacino, John Randolph

Rating

rating icon 7.541
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #92 for
    like Scarface
  2. Ranked #121 for
    showing underbelly
  3. Ranked #140 for
    outside the laws

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7 Don't Look Now (1973)

While grieving a terrible loss, a married couple meet two mysterious sisters, one of whom gives them a message sent from the afterlife.

Info

1973-01-18 | Thriller / Drama

Cast

Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland

Rating

rating icon 6.924
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #62 for
    cross-cut editing
  2. Ranked #106 for
    opaque
  3. Ranked #133 for
    lovecraftian

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8 F for Fake (1973)

Documents the lives of infamous fakers Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving. De Hory, who later committed suicide to avoid more prison time, made his name by selling forged works of art by painters like Picasso and Matisse. Irving was infamous for writing a fake autobiography of Howard Hughes. Welles moves between documentary and fiction as he examines the fundamental elements of fraud and the people who commit fraud at the expense of others.

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1973-09-01 | Documentary

Cast

Orson Welles, Oja Kodar

Rating

rating icon 7.411
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #36 for
    with sleight of hand
  2. Ranked #46 for
    scammer
  3. Ranked #68 for
    disappearing acting

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9 The Last of Sheila (1973)

A year after Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run, her multimillionaire husband invites a group of friends to spend a week on his yacht playing a scavenger hunt-style mystery game — but the game turns out to be all too real and all too deadly.

Info

1973-06-14 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Richard Benjamin, Dyan Cannon

Rating

rating icon 6.946
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #25 for
    drama queen
  2. Ranked #30 for
    like Knives Out
  3. Ranked #56 for
    pin-up girl

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10 Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)

In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.

Info

1973-01-13 | Drama / Crime

Cast

Bunta Sugawara, Hiroki Matsukata

Rating

rating icon 7.38
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #32 for
    chivalry
  2. Ranked #98 for
    like Scarface
  3. Ranked #230 for
    cinema verite

Trailer

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