Best 70s Movies - Let's make it a top 3

[Guest]

Most of the movies I know of that are greats were made in the 80s but there must be loads of cracking films from the 70s too. So in response to setreal's idea for a 70s movie thread, here we are.

 

I'm also adding a twist : a 70s movie that you personally haven't seen that might be considered a crime and others can persuade you to watch (optional as some may not know the films they haven't seen) as I'm hoping to discover some crackers like I discovered Chinatown through this site.

 

3

 

 

2

 

 

1

 

 

Not seen :

 

[Tony Moanero]

Dog Day Afternoon

Taxi Driver

Bugsy Malone

[Jim Lahey]

Alien

Taxi Driver

Westworld

[manwiththestick]

Alien

Rocky

Halloween

[Guest]

Dog Day Afternoon

Taxi Driver

Bugsy Malone

I've not seen that, will check it out. Isn't Bugsy Malone a musical?

[Greycellgreen]

The Conversation

The Devils

The Friends Of Eddie Coyle

[Tony Moanero]

I've not seen that, will check it out. Isn't Bugsy Malone a musical?

Yeah, it is. I’m generally not a fan of musicals but Bugsy Malone is brilliant, as is Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

[Mook]

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

The Godfather Part II

Taxi Driver

[cochyn]

Wow, probably the greatest decade for films...

 

1.One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

2. Life of Brian

3. Network

 

 

One to watch?

Five Easy Pieces

 

 

The Conversation is just brilliant. Gene Hackman is just so good in it, he upstages the actual plot - and it's one hell of a plot.

[setreal]

Chinatown

Cries and Whispers

Solyaris

 

 

One to watch: 

Barry Lyndon

[Bobby Hundreds]

Jaws for me. It's my favourite film of all time and I dont even like fish.

[A Red]

Airplane

[Guest]

Chinatown

Cries and Whispers

Solyaris

 

 

One to watch: 

 

Wow, probably the greatest decade for films...

 

1.One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

2. Life of Brian

3. Network

 

 

One to watch?

 

Five Easy Pieces

 

 

The Conversation is just brilliant. Gene Hackman is just so good in it, he upstages the actual plot - and it's one hell of a plot.

 

 

The Conversation

The Devils

The Friends Of Eddie Coyle

Not seen any of these, as I thought I hardly know anything about 70s movies other than the famous ones. Will put this right. And not even heard of Five Easy Pieces but with Jack Nicholson in this HAS to be good, right?

[Bjornebye]

Jaws

Rocky

Dog Day Afternoon

[The Golden Eel]

Alien

Halloween

Chinatown

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Godfather Part 2

Star Wars

Animal House

[cochyn]

Jaws

Rocky

Dog Day Afternoon

 

This narrowly missed the cut. It's up there with all the other greats mentioned here. Hell, the man sold his dog to help pay for the production (and cast the dog in the film).This is why I will always forgive Sly Stallone some of the absolute shit he's been in since. 

[Atticus Finch]

Jaws

Close encounters of the third kind

Deliverance

[VladimirIlyich]

The Godfather 1 and 2

The French Connection 1 and 2

The Deer Hunter.

[Jim Lahey]

The Godfather 1 and 2

The French Connection 1 and 2

The Deer Hunter.

Forgot about The Deer Hunter, great shout

[Atticus Finch]

Clockwork orange

Wicker man

West world

[Chip Butty]

Life of Brian

Blazing Saddles

The Jerk

[littletedwest]

Godfather

Godfather 2

Rocky

[mgw100]

The best decade for films, largely because directors held sway on the creative process more than any other time before or since.

[Juniper]

Jaws

Chinatown

Alien