MovieChat Forums > General Discussion > Favorite Movies of the 1970s

Favorite Movies of the 1970s

posted 5 years ago by BillHicksFan (10718)
53 replies | jump to latest

Feature films and documentaries

Harry and Tonto
Nashville
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Network
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
-Fat City
mikey and nicky
annie hall
johnny got his gun
harold and maude
taxi driver
a cloockwork orange
the godfather
the outlaw josey wales
last tango in paris
chinatown
barry lyndon
opening night
manhattan
dog day afternoon
Godfather Part II
-Scarecrow
-papillon
-an enemy of the people
-Place de la République
-A Special Day
-hardcore
-Sunflower
-sounder
-the blue hotel
-Autumn Sonata
-zandy's bride
-lies my father told me
-The Working Class Go To Heaven
the deer hunter
the last detail
and justice for all
the conversation
five easy pieces
-Joe
-paper moon
interiors
alice in the cities

[–] Quasimodo (16388) 5 years ago

Duel
Monty Python's Life of Brian
Three Days of the Condor

[–] CKid (3842) 5 years ago

And I shall add my second favorite film of all time ...
Jeremiah Johnson

[–] BillHicksFan (10718) 5 years ago

I always wished there was more time spent with the new family

[–] jriley555 (8557) 5 years ago

Godfather I & II
Deliverance
Taxi Driver
Annie Hall
Play It Again Sam
The Outlaw Josey Wales
McCabe & Mrs Miller
High Anxiety
The Exorcist
Alien
Yakuza
Enter The Dragon
Get Carter
straw dogs

there's a few...

[–] Mrmojo4700 (21723) 5 years ago

I recently compiled a personal top 50 list and 17 titles are from the 70’s:

Coffy (1973)
Jaws (1974)
Aguirre, the Wrath of 1972)
The Harder They Come (1972)
Lady Snowblood (1973)
Enter the Dragon (1973)
The Man From The Deep River (1972)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Rolling Thunder (1977)
House (1977)
The Deep (1977)
Suspiria (1977)
The Wild Geese (1978)
Apocalypse Now (1978)
The Deer Hunter (1978)

[–] Roguemail (1634) 5 years ago

No Charley Varrick...are you people insane...?

[–] Mrmojo4700 (21723) 5 years ago

Yes sir. Very much so sir. Obviously insane.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Alien
Mad Max
Harold and Maude
The Beguiled
Walkabout
Rocky
Carrie
Deliverance
The Omen
The Exorcist
The Boys From Brazil
Enter The Dragon
Wake In Fright
Escape From Alcatraz
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

[–] BillHicksFan (10718) 5 years ago

I also liked those Eastwood flicks, and would have made my list if I kept on going.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Yeah The Outlaw Josey Wales, Play Misty For Me and the Dirty Harry films would be in my extended list too. Eastwood owned the 70s.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

All the President’s Men
The Godfather
Saturday Night Fever
Jaws
Chinatown
American Graffiti
Rocky
Norma Rae
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Alien
An Unmarried Woman
The Bad News Bears

[–] yatzo376 (7755) 5 years ago

Solid well rounded list!

[–] slimone (7996) 5 years ago

In order:
Network
Taxi Driver
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Chinatown
The Sting
Five Easy Pieces
The Last Picture Show

[–] BillHicksFan (10718) 5 years ago

What a list. I haven't seen "The Sting" in 20 years, so I haven't rated it on IMDB, but I'd say the average rating is a 9/10.

[–] yatzo376 (7755) 5 years ago

Jaws
Klute
The Exorcist
Charley Varrick
Texas chainsaw massacre
French Connection
The seven ups
The Getaway
Dirty Harry
sorcerer
Straw dogs
Alien
Invasion of the body snatchers
Vanishing point
Deliverance