MOVIES BY THE DECADE: Top 20 Films of the 1970s

[johnns]

Continuing with our series of threads ranking the best films of past decades . . .

1970s
1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
2. Star Wars (1977)
3. Taxi Driver (1976)
4. The Godfather (1972)
5. Apocalypse Now (1979)
6. Jaws (1975)
7. The Godfather Part II (1974)
8. American Graffiti (1973)
9. Chinatown (1974)
10. The Deer Hunter (1978)
11. Network (1976)
12. Alien (1979)
13. The French Connection (1971)
14. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974)
15. Superman (1978)
16. The Sting (1973)
17. Blazing Saddles (1974)
18. Rocky (1976)
19. Annie Hall (1977)
20. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

[Batman1980]

I've only even seen 9 of those and going by the average forum member age on here, I doubt a lot of other people have seen these movies either.

[jhiggy23]

I've seen 18 of those and it's a pretty damn good list. Haven't seen The Sting or American Graffiti

[jhiggy23]

Gotta add Days of Heaven, Dog Day Afternoon, and Badlands.

[J. J. Hunsecker]

American Graffiti
Bananas
Chinatown
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Conversation
Dog Day Afternoon
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
The Godfather
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Jaws
The Long Goodbye
Marathon Man
McCabe and Mrs. Miller
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Network
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Star Wars
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Taxi Driver
Young Frankenstein

This is a great decade for movies. I had to leave so many of my favorites off the list: Alien, Annie Hall, Apocalypse Now, Blazing Saddles, Carrie, The Conformist, The Deer Hunter, Deliverance, Duel, The French Connection, The Godfather Part II, The Hospital, Klute, Let's Scare Jessica to Death, Little Murders, Love and Death, Mean Streets, Nashville, The Panic in Needle Park, Shampoo, Sleeper, The Sugarland Express, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

[Stationary Explorer]

My favorite decade of film....


1. Taxi Driver (1976)
2. One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest (1975)
3. Rocky (1976)
4. Jaws (1975)
5. Five Easy Pieces (1970)
6. Chinatown (1974)
7. Apocalypse Now (1979)
8. Young Frankenstein (1974)
9. The Conversation (1974)
10. Mad Max (1979)
11. Dirty Harry (1971)
12. Sisters (1973)
13. Marathon Man (1975)
14. The French Connection (1972)
15. Foul Play (1978)
16. Badlands (1973)
17. Papillion (1973)
18. Watership Down (1978)
19. Over The Edge (1979)
20. Smokey & The Bandit (1977)

...so many others! Too many to mention!

[CZAR]

1. Halloween (1978)
2. Saturday Night Fever (1977)
3. The Exorcist (1973)
4. Midnight Express (1978)
5. Superman: The Movie (1978)
6. Carrie (1976)
7. Jaws (1975)
8. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
9. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
10. Phantasm (1979)
11. Cooley High (1975)
12. Suspiria (1977)
13. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
14. Escape From Alcatraz (1979)
15. The Amityville Horror (1979)
16. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
17. The Black Hole (1979)
18. Silver Streak (1976)
19. Lets Do it Again (1975)
20. Car Wash (1976)

Got Em!!

[sg123]

1. Godfather
2. Taxi Driver
3. Godfather 2
4. Apocalypse Now
5. Mean Streets
6. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
7. Dog Day Afternoon
8. The Deer Hunter
9. Network
10. Chinatown
11. Clockwork Orange
12. The Conversation
13. Rocky
14. Jaws
15. Alien
16. The Sting
17. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
18. Star Wars
19. All The President's Men
20. Serpico

[fgomike]

1. Godfather 2
2. Star Wars (1977)
3. The Godfather
4. Slap Shot
5. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
6. Jaws (1975)
7. Chinatown
8. Dog Day Afternoon
9. Alien
10. All The Presidents Men
11. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974)
12. Superman (1978)
13. The French Connection (1971)
14. Blazing Saddles
15. Young Frankensteen
16. The Sting (1973)
17. Rocky
18. Towering Inferno (I'm a sucker for disaster films)
19. Black Sunday
20. The Exorcist

[AKORIS]

okay, this is friggin impossible but here's what I could come up with... leaving off tons of great flicks

1] Jaws
2] Halloween
3] Monty Python And The Holy Grail
4] Dirty Harry
5] Death Wish
6] Carrie
7] Chinatown
8] Alien
9] Invasion Of The Body Snatchers
10] The Exorcist
11] Saturday Night Fever
12] National Lampoon's Animal House
13] Marathon Man
14] One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
15] The Spy Who Loved Me
16] Star Wars
17] Close Encounters
18] The Man Who Would Be King
19] Blazing Saddles
20] Apocalypse Now

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by CZAR

17. The Black Hole (1979)

Got Em!!

So far, of all the movies listed, this is the only one I have yet to see..... I guess I love 70's film!

I at least don't "think" I've seen this one.... I'm going to rent it right away though! Sounds like a scary-super-natural-sci-fi-thriller (And I'm basing that solely off of the name )

I'll google it....


EDIT:

Anthony Perkins, Ernest Borgnine, and Robert Forster.......

I'm seeing this FOR SURE now...........

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

So far, of all the movies listed, this is the only one I have yet to see..... I guess I love 70's film!

I at least don't "think" I've seen this one.... I'm going to rent it right away though! Sounds like a scary-super-natural-sci-fi-thriller (And I'm basing that solely off of the name )

I'll google it....


EDIT:

Anthony Perkins, Ernest Borgnine, and Robert Forster.......

I'm seeing this FOR SURE now...........

Haha wait hold up.......So u mean to tell me u have seen Cooley High, Lets Do it Again & Car Wash??? If so thats impressive!!!!

Anyway about the Black Hole, its not really a scary film but a cool space scifi film. It is or was supposed to be remade but havnt heard any thing lately. I havnt seen the original in a long while but remember loving it as a youngin. Let me know what u think. Got Em!!

[Belloche]

My 20 favorite of the seventies and I couldn't even squeeze a Godfather flick on there, for shame!

in no order

Dog Day Afternoon
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Alien
The Exorcist
Apocalypse Now
Taxi Driver
Badlands
Star Wars
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Straw Dogs
Dawn of the Dead
Saturday Night Fever
Enter the Dragon
Rocky
Days of Heaven
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Halloween
Jaws

[Travis]

Love this decade!

1. Alien
2. Apocalypse Now
3. Carrie
4. The Deer Hunter
5. Dirty Harry
6. Dog Day Afternoon
7. The Exorcist
8. The Godfather
9. The Godfather Part II
10. Halloween
11. Jaws
12. Mad Max
13. Midnight Express
14. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
15. Papillon
16. Pat Garret & Billy the Kid
17. Rocky
18. Star Wars
19. The Sting
20. Watership Down

The Omen, Deliverance, Dawn of the Dead, and The Amityville Horror almost made it.

[The Krouser]

Airport 1970 (Best Picture Nominee)
Fiddler On The Roof 1971 (Best Picture Nominee)
The Poseidon Adventure 1972
Cabaret 1972 (Best Picture Nominee)
The Godfather 1972 (Best Picture Winner)
American Graffiti 1973 (Best Picture Nominee)
The Exorcist 1973 (Best Picture Nominee)
The Towering Inferno 1974 (Best Picture Nominee)
Young Frankenstein 1974
The Godfather Part 2 1974 (Best Picture Winner)
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest 1975 (Best Picture Winner)
Jaws 1975 (Best Picture Nominee)
Rocky 1976 (Best Picture Winner)
Carrie 1976
Star Wars 1977 (Best Picture Nominee)
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind 1977
Superman The Movie 1978
Dawn Of The Dead 1978
Halloween 1978
Alien 1979

[Rodney-2187]

1.Star Wars
2.Alien
3.Network
4.The American Friend
5.Young Frankenstein
...............
6.Life of Brian
7.A Warm December
8.Harold and Maude
9.Sorcerer
10.Chinatown
...............
11.Annie Hall
12.Close Encounters of the Third Kind
13.Superman
14.Barry Lyndon
15.The Conformist
................
16.Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
17.High Anxiety
18.Lady Snowblood
19.Three Days of the Condor
20.The French Connection

[thedude23]

1. Star Wars
2. Taxi Driver
3. Rocky
4. A Clockwork Orange
5. Chinatown
6. Halloween
7. Jaws
8. Alien
9. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
10. Deliverance
11. The Exorcist
12. Young Frankenstein
13. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
14. The Outlaw Josey Whales
15. The Getaway
16. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
17. High Plains Drifter
18. Alice Doesn't Live Her Anymore
19. Network
20. Days of Heaven

[QuasidodoJr]

No particular order...

1. Star Wars
2. Chinatown
3. Young Frankenstein
4. The Last Picture Show
5. The Deer Hunter
6. Taxi Driver
7. The Sting
8. Alien
9. The French Connection
10. Animal House
11. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
12. Annie Hall
13. Network
14. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
15. A Clockwork Orange
16. Halloween
17. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
18. The Godfather part II
19. The Exorcist
20. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

[Haddonfield]

Originally Posted by QuasidodoJr

No particular order...

1. Star Wars
2. Chinatown
3. Young Frankenstein
4. The Last Picture Show
5. The Deer Hunter
6. Taxi Driver
7. The Sting
8. Alien
9. The French Connection
10. Animal House
11. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
12. Annie Hall
13. Network
14. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
15. A Clockwork Orange
16. Halloween
17. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
18. The Godfather part II
19. The Exorcist
20. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

I like your list better, even if its not it any order!

[Haddonfield]

You forgot about John Carpenter's "Halloween." It's only the tenth most successful independent film ever and it influenced horror movies throughout the next decades. Released in 1978, it was a smash hit!