Favorite Movies Of The 70's

[Babe Ruth]

North Dallas Forty

My favorite football movie..

A full generation until I saw a football movie I liked as much as North Dallas (for different reasons), We are Marshall..

 

[Spring in Fialta]

I'm terrible at lists, I've watched a ton of great films from that era but the one that popped immediately into my head is The Killing of a Chinese Bookie by John Cassavetes. It's such a great film. Mean Streets was amazing as well. Harold and Maude. Woody Allen had a fantastic run in the first half of that decade, particularly with Bananas and Love and Death. A Woman Under the Influence. A Clockwork Orange.

 

[Stylizer1]

You seriously didn't like animal house?

Not all movies age well.

 

[the squared circle]

So many fantastic ones listed already. I’ll throw in Mad Max , and Phantom of the Paradise

 

[Thedogo]

Not all movies age well.

Well to each his own, its just I've never thought someone would hate that movie, because its consider a classic .

 

[Stylizer1]

Well to each his own, its just I've never thought someone would hate that movie, because its consider a classic .

Back in the day adults thought the Three Stooges were hilarious. Nowadays people would think it's stupid.

 

[Thedogo]

Back in the day adults thought the Three Stooges were hilarious. Nowadays people would think it's stupid.

I actually like the three stooges

 

[Stylizer1]

I actually like the three stooges

Would you pay to go and see it in the movies today or would the general public? Would that studio even produce that type of movie today?

 

[Thedogo]

Would you pay to go and see it in the movies today or would the general public? Would that studio even produce that type of movie today?

Well normally I prefer stuff from back then because you could get away with more stuff (pre political correctness) look at Blazing Saddles that movie wouldn't be made today.

 

[Stylizer1]

Well normally I prefer stuff from back then because you could get away with more stuff (pre political correctness) look at Blazing Saddles that movie wouldn't be made today.

understood but my point was that what's shocking or entertaining to one generation is nothing to those in the future.

Elvis shaking hips was a obscene once upon a time.

 

[Thedogo]

understood but my point was that what's shocking or entertaining to one generation is nothing to those in the future.

Elvis shaking hips was a obscene once upon a time.

I suppose

 

[Fantomas]

In no particular order, I'll go with:

Spirit of the Beehive
Stalker
The Mirror
Chinatown
The Ascent (Shepitko)
Suspiria
Aguirre
3 Women
Don't Look Now
Walkabout
Siberiade
The Passenger
Annie Hall
The Desert of the Tartars
Autumn Marathon (Daneliya)
Hedgehog in the Fog
Scenes from a Marriage
The Red Circle
Alien
King Lear (Kozintsev)
Days of Heaven
The Hourglass Sanatorium (Has)
Debut (Panfilov)
Murder by Death (it's stupid but I love it)
Rock and Roll High School (kidding, but this brings me to 25)

I like Tarko and Roeg a lot. The Passenger is my second favorite Antonioni after Red Desert.

I also have a real affection for Rankin and Bass's The Hobbit. I don't even like the book, but I love old cartoons like this.

 

[Terry Yake]

no mention of the sting?

 

[darko]

Jaws, Dog Day Afternoon, Taxi Driver, Dirty Harry, Death Wish, Blazzing Saddles.

 

[KahunaBaby]

Kansas City Bomber
Prime Cut
Vanishing Point
Gone in 60 seconds
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry
Hooper
Gator
Roadie (1980)
Used Cars (1980)
Rollerball
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings
The Girl most likely to..
The Eiger Sanction
The Beast must die

 

[Guardian17]

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Logan's Run

Slap Shot

Blazing Saddles

 

[Osprey]

I opened this and the "Favorite buddy film" thread in tabs and thought that I was reading the latter. I was really confused by some of the film titles that the few of you listed. For example, I was like "How in the world is Death Wish a buddy film?"

 

[Acadmus]

Slapshot, Blazing Saddles (that movie wouldn't be made today), Star Wars and Animal House.

Slapshot wouldn't be made today either, for similar reasons. See, for instance, how Dunlop insults the team owner's young son as he's leaving her house. Great movie, though

 

[Thedogo]

Slapshot wouldn't be made today either, for similar reasons. See, for instance, how Dunlop insults the team owner's young son as he's leaving her house. Great movie, though

That's true.

 

[Say Hey Kid]

Jaws,
Alien,
Taxi Driver,
French Connection,
Clockwork Orange,
Godfather films,
The Conversation,
Apocalypse Now,
Young Frankenstein,
Cuckoos Nest,
Deer Hunter.

 

[Bixby Snyder]

Animal House
The Exorcist
A Clockwork Orange
Star Wars
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Slapshot
Alien
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Blazing Saddles
Mad Max
MASH
The Shining
Dawn of the Dead
Dirty Harry
Live and Let Die
Caligula
A Boy and His Dog
Life of Brian
The Outlaw Josey Wales

 

[TheAngryHank]

Mad max. .effing love this movie
Death race 2000 ,pure cheese
Many thats been listed, blues brothers was 1980 or I'd add it.

 

[TheAngryHank]

Animal House
The Exorcist
A Clockwork Orange
Star Wars
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Slapshot
Alien
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Blazing Saddles
Mad Max
MASH
The Shining
Dawn of the Dead
Dirty Harry
Live and Let Die
Caligula
A Boy and His Dog
Life of Brian
The Outlaw Josey Wales

Josey Wales is on my all time favs list.