best films of the 70s. (1 Viewer)

[chris winters]

I was looking to catch some great films from the 70s that I may have overlooked. What are some must see overlooked classics besides the obvious JAWS or STARWARS that we all have seen. I know Ive seen the GODFATHER films, the CONVERSATION, and much of the classic horror films like EXORCIST and the OMAN series. What are some others great ones?

 

[JonZ]

Apocalypse Now
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
Deliverance
The Godfather Part 2
Straw Dogs
Superman The Movie
A Clockwork Orange
Nashville
Dog Day Afternoon
And Justice For All
Patton
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
The Bad News Bears
Enter The Dragon
Halloween
Breaking Away
Deer Hunter
Taxi Driver
Barry Lyndon
The Spy Who Loved Me
Manhattan
Chinatown
Looking For Mr Goodbar
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
Monty Python & The Life Of Brian
Dirty Harry
Kramer vs Kramer
Animal House


Thers lots of cult/cultural stuff - like Foxy Brown,Deep Throat,Pumping Iron,Shaft,Hair and such.

Plus theres lots of foreign - I especially love the Shaw Bros sword and martial arts films of the 70s.

 

[John Garcia]

All of those listed by Jon!

Alien

a dozen others I can't think of at the moment...

 

[Sam Favate]

Trying not to duplicate any films that have been listed:

Network
Rocky
MASH
The French Connection
American Graffiti
The Exorcist
Mean Streets
Chinatown
Annie Hall

Here is a web site that can help:
http://www.filmsite.org/70sintro.html

 

[Francois Caron]

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. Unfortunately the DVD is non-anamorphic. But it's still a great movie!

 

[Gary->dee]

Some of my favorite movies from the 70's not already mentioned:

Days of Heaven
The Boys from Brazil
Corvette Summer (videotape, laserdisc? not available on DVD yet)
FM
Jaws 2
1941
Gumball Rally (videotape, laserdisc? not available on DVD yet)
Bananas
Harold and Maude
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
King Kong(1976)
10
Oh God
Seems Like Old Times
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
ABBA: The Movie (coming soon to DVD)
Mad Max
THX-1138
Silent Movie (videotape, laserdisc)
A Star is Born(1978)
Saturday Night Fever
Thank God It's Friday
Earthquake
More American Grafitti
The Last Waltz

 

[Ocean Phoenix]

I recommend Five Easy Pieces. Out of the movies Jack Nicholson made in the 70s, it seems that most people like Chinatown better, but I found Five Easy Pieces much more enjoyable.

 

[Ernest Rister]

Young Frankenstein
Blazing Saddles
Silent Movie
High Anxiety

 

[Nathan V]

Badlands.
3 Women

 

[Justin_S]

A few of my 70s faves:

Black Christmas
The Sentinel
The Tenant
The Wicker Man
The Hills Have Eyes
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Shivers
Rabid
Don't Look Now
Eraserhead
Cannibal Holocaust
Solaris
3 Women
Long Weekend
Sisters
Four of the Apocalypse
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Phase IV
Assault on Precinct 13
Suspiria
Deathdream
A Boy and His Dog
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Martin
Blue Sunshine
That Obscure Object of Desire
The House with Laughing Windows
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie

 

[StephenA]

Dawn Of The Dead
Marathon Man

 

[StephenWE]

TheShining

 

[Ernest Rister]

Million Dollar Duck

 

[SteveGon]

John Huston's Fat City (stars Stacy Keach and Jeff Bridges)
James Tolback's Fingers (stars Harvey Keitel; similar to Taxi Driver)

Both are on DVD.

 

[Eric Peterson]

Avanti - One of the most tragically underrated comedies of all-time, and Billy Wilder's final GREAT film.

 

[chris winters]

whoa! so many great choices. Some of these I have already seen, but many I havent. Unfortunately Ill have to find a decent rental place that carries a wide selection of older films. Blockbuster aint gonna cut it.

 

[Sean A]

Nobody mentioned one of the best films from the 1970's
The Last Picture Show

 

[Chris Stainton]

Zardoz
Logan's Run
Soylent Green
The Deep
Time After Time
The Warriors
Westworld
Wizards
Swashbuckler

 

[Walter Kittel]

In addition to a lot of great films that have already been mentioned I'll add some others that I have enjoyed:

Little Big Man
Straight Time
Papillon
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
The Outlaw Josey Wales
The Seven-Ups
Vanishing Point
Being There
The Man Who Would Be King
All That Jazz

- Walter.

 

[Brian Sheffield]

I always liked the french connection.