Graeme Ross gives his view of "The 10 best films of 1969"
10 They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (Sidney Pollack)
9 Women in Love (Ken Russell)8 Easy Rider (Dennis Hopper)
7 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill)
6 Medium Cool (Haskell Wexler) - [don't know this one]
5 Z (Costa-Gavras)
4 Midnight Cowboy (John Schlesinger)
3 Army of Shadows (Jean-Pierre Melville) - [don't know this one]
2 Kes (Ken Loach)
1The Wild Bunch (Sam Peckinpah)
An interesting list, I might not agree with the order, but the choice seems good.
It is from The Independent, the link is here
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/best-films-1969-midnight-cowboy-b1927197.html