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Top 25 Movies of the 1970s

posted 5 years ago by BillHicksFan (10717)
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1. Harry and Tonto
2. Nashville
3. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
4. Network
5. A Woman Under The Influence
5. Harold and Maude
6. Mikey and Nicky
7. The Godfather
8. McCabe and Mrs. Miller
9. A Clockwork Orange
10. Taxi Driver
11. The Godfather: Part II
12. One Is A Lonely Number
13. Chitchat On The Nile
14. Fat City
15. Sunflower
16. Autumn Sonata
17. Five Easy Pieces
18. Stroszek
19. Annie Hall
20. A Brief Vacation
21. Next Stop, Greenwich Village
22. An Enemy of the People
23. Dog Day Afternoon
24. Barry Lyndon

(I just realized I made a mistake with two #5's, but my back hurts, and it was hard not only limiting my options to 25, and also tough using IMDB scores as a reference, and deviating from it based on how I feel right now)

[–] slimone (7996) 5 years ago

Network
Taxi Driver
Five Easy Pieces

Those are my favorites from your list.

[–] zaq123 (2389) 5 years ago

1. Young Frankenstein

2. Blazing Saddles

3. Animal House

4. Paper Moon

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

My top 30 films of the 70s:

1. Apocalypse Now (1979)
2. Taxi Driver (1976)
3. The Godfather (1972)
4. Nashville (1975)
5. Network (1976)
6. Star Wars (1977)
7. Annie Hall (1977)
8. Quadrophenia (1979)
9. Cries and Whispers (1972)
10. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
11. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
12. Black Moon (1975)
13. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
14. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
15. Autumn Sonata (1978)
16. Solaris (1972)
17. Walkabout (1971)
18. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
19. The Tin Drum (1979)
20. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
21. Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
22. The Last Picture Show (1971)
23. Days of Heaven (1978)
24. House (1977)
25. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
26. Badlands (1973)
27. The Exorcist (1973)
28. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
29. Alien (1979)
30. Lenny (1974)

[–] Jones70 (6875) 5 years ago

The French Connection
Dirty Harry
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
The Exorcist
The Sting
Dog Day Afternoon
Taxi Driver
The Getaway
A Clockwork Orange
Network
Escape From Alcatraz
Halloween
Alien
The Parallax View
The Day of The Jackal
3 Days of the Condor
Marathon Man
Deliverance
Saturday Night Fever
Slap Shot
Thieves Like Us
The Towering Inferno
The Onion Field
Jerimiah Johnson
One Flew Over the Coocoo's Nest

[–] zaq123 (2389) 5 years ago

How could you leave out Paper Moon?

[–] BillHicksFan (10717) 5 years ago

because I only had 25 spots.... I still gave it an 8/10.. Saw it twice, love it.

[–] CKid (3842) 5 years ago

In chronological order ...
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Patton (1070)
Klute (1971)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Straw Dogs (1971)
The Godfather (1972)
Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
Papillon (1973)
The Exorcist (1973)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Chinatown (1974)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
Shampoo (1975)
Nashville (1975)
Jaws (1975)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Taxi Driver (1976)
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
Annie Hall (1977)
Star Wars (1977)
The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
Big Wednesday (1978)
Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
10 (1979)

[–] tcrum (31863) 5 years ago

So many greats. I looked through IMDB and heres the ones I'd like to see again soon.

Coma..Wow that brings back memories so rare.
Orca..Extremely underrated
Walkabout
Picnic at hanging rock
Death on the Nile
One flew over the Cuckoos nest

[–] Mrmojo4700 (21721) 5 years ago

I love Orca. Richard Harris is a favorite of mine and Charlotte Rampling is absolutely beautiful.

[–] tcrum (31863) 5 years ago

I have loved this move for so many years. It always sticks in my mind. Probably one of my top 10.

[–] Mrmojo4700 (21721) 5 years ago

So many scenes are stuck in my head from seeing it as a kid. Bo Derek loosing her leg and the ending are amazing. I do agree with you that it’s so underrated.

[–] tcrum (31863) 5 years ago

Obviously I have found my movie twin. Do you also like soylent green:)

[–] Mrmojo4700 (21721) 5 years ago

Yes I do like Soylent Green and most everything with Heston in it for that matter. I was looking at your above list again and I see Coma listed and I’ve never seen that one.

[–] Mrmojo4700 (21721) 5 years ago

The 70’s is my favorite decade in film so this is a hard list to complete but this is current and in no order:

House (1977)
Killer Fish (1979)
The Wicker Man (1973)
Lady Snowblood (1973)
The Harder They Come (1972)
Jaws (1975)
Aguirre, The Wrath of God (1972)
The Driver (1978)
Death Wish (1974)
Man from Deep River (1972)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Zombie (1979)
The Wild Geese (1978)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Suspiria (1977)
Rolling Thunder (1977)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals (1977)
The Italian Connection (1972)
The Deep (1977)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Islands in the Stream (1977)
Foxy Brown (1974)
Golden Rendezvous (1977)