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- ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ (1975) There were “midnight movies” before the big-screen version of Richard O’Brien’s tongue-in-cheek stage show, assembled from the spare parts of science fiction double features, musical theater and underlined passages of “Notes on Camp.”
- ‘Saturday Night Fever’ (1977) Meet Tony Manero, age 19, a native of Brooklyn’s Bay Ridge. During the day, this outer-borough everyguy sells paint and bickers with his Italian-American family.
- ‘Cooley High’ (1975) Set in 1964 at the height of the Civil Rights Movement and scored by Motown’s vibrant back catalog, this coming-of-age tale follows a group of young, Black high schoolers in Chicago — led by the burgeoning poet Preach (Glynn Turman) and his college bound best friend Cochise (Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs) — through a series of teenage hijinks (sneaking out of class, fights at house parties).
- ‘F for Fake’ (1973) Orson Welles is at his slipperiest in this essay film, as he imports his gift for telling plummy tall tales on the talk-show circuit to a feature-film format.
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- 'Apocalypse Now' (1979) Director: Francis Ford Coppola. It's easy to call Apocalypse Now a great war movie, but it's also more than just a war movie. It's a loose adaptation of the novella Heart of Darkness, following one man who's given the task of traveling deep into a jungle for the purposes of killing another who's said to have gone rogue, and therefore poses a threat.
- 'Chinatown' (1974) Director: Roman Polanski. Chinatown expertly brings the film noir genre into the 1970s, melding classic noir tropes and storytelling devices with a New Hollywood look/feel.
- 'The Conformist' (1970) Director: Bernardo Bertolucci. Though it's certainly not a musical (instead functioning more as a psychological drama), The Conformist is another early 1970s movie that joins Cabaret as a blunt, eye-opening exploration of Fascism.
- 'Jaws' (1975) Director: Steven Spielberg. Jaws wasn't the very first movie Steven Spielberg ever directed, but it was his first arguably perfect (or close to it) one.
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- The Godfather Part II (1974) View now at Amazon. Whenever the argument arises over the inferiority of sequels, Francis Ford Coppola’s first follow-up to The Godfather is commonly used as a classic example that bucks the trend.
- Star Wars (1977) View now at Amazon. After Jaws showcased just what mainstream audiences were looking for in the 70s, George Lucas took the idea of a blockbuster one step further.
- Jaws (1975) View now at Amazon. While Star Wars is often seen as the film which invented the summer blockbuster, it was actually Steven Spielberg’s terrifying tale of shark v man which changed how Hollywood viewed the warmer months.
- Alien (1979) View at Amazon now. One of the last films of the decade was also one of the most important. Blending sci-fi and horror in a way that hadn’t been done before (at least not quite as successfully), Ridley Scott’s terrifying thriller kicked off a franchise that’s still going today - a sequel to 2017’s Alien: Covenant is currently in the works.
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- The Godfather (1972) - Director: Francis Ford Coppola. - Stacker score: 100. - IMDb user rating: 9.2. - Metascore: 100. - Runtime: 175 minutes. The most popular film of the 1970s is also considered one of the greatest crime movies of all time.
- The Godfather: Part II (1974) - Director: Francis Ford Coppola. - Stacker score: 93.75. - IMDb user rating: 9.0. - Metascore: 90. - Runtime: 202 minutes. The mafia sequel based on Mario Puzo's book went back in time to show a younger Don Vito Corleone—with Robert De Niro playing the role Marlon Brando made famous—back in Italy, while his son Michael (Al Pacino) tightens his grip on his family in the present.
- Apocalypse Now (1979) - Director: Francis Ford Coppola. - Stacker score: 93.23. - IMDb user rating: 8.5. - Metascore: 94. - Runtime: 147 minutes. In the 1970s, it appeared that Francis Ford Coppola could do no wrong—"Apocalypse Now" is another example of that.
- The Conformist (1970) - Director: Bernardo Bertolucci. - Stacker score: 93.23. - IMDb user rating: 7.9. - Metascore: 100. - Runtime: 113 minutes. Legendary filmmakers like Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg, and the Coen brothers frequently cite Bernardo Bertolucci's "The Conformist" as having a significant impact on their own work, thanks to its distinctive techniques, arresting visuals, and unique storytelling methods.
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What were the most popular movies in 1970? 1. Love Story 2. Airport 3. MASH 4. Patton 5. Woodstock 6. The Aristocats 7. Little Big Man 8. Ryan’s Daughter 9. Tora! Tora! Tora! 10. Chariots of the Gods Who won the 1970 Academy Awards? Best Picture: Patton Best Director: Franklin J. Schaffner – Patton Best Actress: Glenda Jackson – Women in Love Best ...
What were the most popular movies in 1971? 1. Fiddler on the Roof 2. The French Connection 3. Diamonds Are Forever 4. Dirty Harry 5. Billy Jack 6. Summer of ’42 7. The Last Picture Show 8. Carnal Knowledge 9. A Clockwork Orange 10. Bedknobs and Broomsticks Who won the 1971 Academy Awards? Best Picture: The French Connection Best Director: William F...
What were the most popular movies in 1972? 1. The Godfather 2. The Poseidon Adventure 3. What’s Up, Doc? 4. Behind the Green Door 5. Deliverance 6. Jeremiah Johnson 7. Cabaret 8. The Getaway 9. Fritz the Cat 10. The Legend of Boggy Creek Who won the 1972 Academy Awards? Best Picture: The Godfather Best Director: Bob Fosse – Cabaret Best Actress: Li...
What were the most popular movies in 1973? 1. The Sting 2. The Exorcist 3. American Graffiti 4. Papillon 5. The Way We Were 6. Magnum Force 7. Last Tango in Paris 8. Live and Let Die 9. Robin Hood 10. Paper Moon Who won the 1973 Academy Awards? Best Picture: The Sting Best Director: George Roy Hill – The Sting Best Actress: Glenda Jackson – A Touch...
What were the most popular movies in 1974? 1. Blazing Saddles 2. The Towering Inferno 3. The Trial of Billy Jack 4. Young Frankenstein 5. Earthquake 6. The Godfather Part II 7. Airport 1975 8. The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams 9. The Longest Yard 10. Benji Who won the 1974 Academy Awards? Best Picture: The Godfather Part II Best Director: Francis...
What were the most popular movies in 1975? 1. Jaws 2. The Rocky Horror Picture Show 3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 4. Dog Day Afternoon 5. Shampoo 6. The Return of the Pink Panther 7. Funny Lady 8. The Apple Dumpling Gang 9. Aloha, Bobby and Rose 10. The Other Side of the Mountain Who won the 1975 Academy Awards? Best Picture: One Flew Over the...
What were the most popular movies in 1976? 1. Rocky 2. To Fly! 3. A Star Is Born 4. All the President’s Men 5. The Omen 6. In Search of Noah’s Ark 7. King Kong 8. Silver Streak 9. The Enforcer 10. Midway Who won the 1976 Academy Awards? Best Picture: Rocky Best Director: John G. Avildsen – Rocky Best Actress: Faye Dunaway – Network Best Actor: Pete...
What were the most popular movies in 1977? 1. Star Wars 2. Smokey and the Bandit 3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind 4. The Goodbye Girl 5. Saturday Night Fever 6. Oh, God! 7. A Bridge Too Far 8. The Deep 9. The Spy Who Loved Me 10. Annie Hall Who won the 1977 Academy Awards? Best Picture: Annie Hall Best Director: Woody Allen – Annie Hall Best A...
What were the most popular movies in 1978? 1. Grease 2. Superman 3. National Lampoon’s Animal House 4. Every Which Way but Loose 5. Heaven Can Wait 6. Hooper 7. Jaws 2 8. Revenge of the Pink Panther 9. The Deer Hunter 10. Halloween Who won the 1978 Academy Awards? Best Picture: The Deer Hunter Best Director: Michael Cimino – The Deer Hunter Best Ac...
What were the most popular movies in 1979? 1. Kramer vs. Kramer 2. The Amityville Horror 3. Rocky II 4. Apocalypse Now 5. Star Trek: The Motion Picture 6. Alien 7. 10 8. The Jerk 9. Moonraker 10. The Muppet Movie Who won the 1979 Academy Awards? Best Picture: Kramer vs. Kramer Best Director: Robert Benton – Kramer vs. Kramer Best Actress: Sally Fie...
An Asian cinema touchstone beginning in the early 1970s was traditional Hong Kong martial arts films which sparked a greater interest in Chinese martial arts across the world. Martial arts film reached the peak of its popularity largely due to its greatest icon, Bruce Lee. His films elevated the genre to a new level and sparked a greater ...
100 titles. 1. The Godfather (1972) R | 175 min | Crime, Drama. 9.2. Rate. 100 Metascore. The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son. Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton.
