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List activity. 9.8K views. 126 this week. Create a new list. List your movie, TV & celebrity picks. 40 titles. Sort by List order. 1. Badlands. 1973 1h 34m PG. 7.7 (79K) Rate. 93 Metascore. An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town, and her older greaser boyfriend, embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota Badlands.
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List your movie, TV & celebrity picks. 50 titles. Sort by List order. 1. Day for Night. 1973 1h 56m PG. 8.0 (25K) Rate. 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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30 titles. Sort by List order. 1. The Exorcist. 1973 2h 2m R. 8.1 (458K) Rate. 83 Metascore. When a young girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life. Director William Friedkin Stars Ellen Burstyn Max von Sydow Linda Blair. 2. Badlands. 1973 1h 34m PG. 7.7 (79K) Rate. 93 Metascore.
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When Charlie (Harvey Keitel), a young Italian-American man living in New York City, finds himself struggling to choose the right path as he deals with his family's Mafia ties and his self-destructive best friend, Johnny Boy (Robert De Niro). As more dangers surface, Charlie must decide how far he will go to save his friend. One of Martin Scorsese's...
When Sergeant Howie (Edward Woodward) arrives at a small Scottish island to investigate the disappearance of a young girl, he soon interacts with the strange locals. As their Pagan rituals clash with Howie's Christian views, he finds himself increasingly disturbed as he ventures further into darkness throughout his investigation. One of the best fo...
Everyone has heard of the tale of Robin Hood, and in 1973 Disney produced their own animated take on the character. Set in a world where animals are people, Robin Hood is a fox as he steals from the rich and gives to the poor. Joined by his loyal crew of Merry Men, Robin stands tall against the corrupt Sheriff of Nottingham. While initial reviews w...
Set in 1962, American Graffiti follows a group of teenage friends as they cruise around on the last night of summer vacation. About to set off for college, the young men find themselves at a crossroads regarding what they want to do with their lives, and this fateful night full of girls, punks, and street racing will help them see the light. Direct...
When martial artist Lee (Bruce Lee) is recruited by a British intelligence division, he goes undercover at a fighting tournament on a private island. As Lee makes new allies and competes in the tournament, he infiltrates the island before coming face to face with the man who murdered his sister. Enter the Dragon is Lee's most popular film, and is o...
When honest police officer Frank Serpico (Al Pacino) discovers that corruption is rampant in the New York Police Department, he wages a one-man operation to end it. But his fellow officers do not take kindly to him turning whistleblower, and soon Serpico will have to watch his back for both criminals and cops. Based on the story of the real Frank S...
When a safecracker nicknamed Papillon (Steve McQueen) is sentenced for murder, he is sent to a prison in the French jungle. As Papillon struggles to survive the harsh conditions and backbreaking labor, he befriends forger Louis Dega (Dustin Hoffman), and the pair hatch a plot to escape. Based on an autobiography written by the real Papillon, Papill...
Set in the 1930s, Paper Moon follows Moses Pray (Ryan O'Neal), a con artist who is forced to take care of his 9-year-old daughter Addie (Tatum O'Neal) after the death of her mother. As the pair travel across Kansas, Addie discovers a knack for her father's con artist ways, and the duo begin duping people for money across their road trip to Addie's ...
When young Regan MacNeil (Linda Blair) begins to exhibit horrific and demonic behavior, her mother Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn) seeks help from the priesthood. As a duo of priests confronts the deranged girl, they must contend with a night of frights as they battle to save the child's soul. Despite suffering one of the most cursed film sets of all...
After career criminal Johnny Hooker's (Robert Redford) partner is murdered, he vows revenge. Partnering with veteran con man Henry Gondorff (Paul Newman), the two swindlers concoct a plan to take everything from the one responsible in this highly-entertaining crime caper. The Sting would go on to win Best Picture, and is still held in high regard t...
- The Sting. Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw. 314 votes. Following the murder of a mutual friend, aspiring con man Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford) teams up with old pro Henry Gondorff (Paul Newman) to take revenge on the ruthless crime boss responsible, Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw).
- The Exorcist. Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Max von Sydow. 331 votes. In the heart-stopping horror classic The Exorcist, Regan MacNeil (Linda Blair), a young girl, becomes inexplicably ill.
- Magnum Force. Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, David Soul. 263 votes. Rogue San Francisco cop "Dirty Harry" Callahan (Clint Eastwood) doesn't believe in blind obedience to the rules, but when a vigilante group starts executing criminals who have escaped punishment on technicalities, that's going too far.
- Enter the Dragon. Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Jim Kelly. 288 votes. Bruce Lee plays a martial-arts expert determined to help capture the narcotics dealer whose gang was responsible for the death of his sister.
Mar 30, 2023 · It's 2023, and that means one thing, everything born or created in 1973 turns 50 this year! These great films are now half a century old.
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Feb 17, 2023 · Given the comparatively narrow nature of Hollywood’s more recent output, the variety of outstanding films released in 1973 is striking: a dynamic mix of human scale dramas, comedies, thrillers, and horror.
