Best Films of the 70's

Submitted by AfterHours on Fri, 08/21/2009 - 15:34
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  1. 9/10
  2. Chinatown-Polanski (1974)
  3. Nashville-Altman (1975)
  4. The Godfather, Part 2-Coppola (1974)
  5. Mirror-Tarkovsky (1974)
  6. The Traveling Players-Angelopoulus (1975)
  7. Stalker-Tarkovsky (1979)
  8. Taxi Driver-Scorsese (1976)
  9. The Deer Hunter-Cimino (1978)
  10. Zardoz-Boorman (1973)

  12. 8.5/10
  13. Days of Heaven-Malick (1979)
  14. The Godfather-Coppola (1972)
  15. Badlands-Malick (1973)

  17. 8/10
  18. Deliverance-Boorman (1971)
  19. Mean Streets-Scorsese (1973)
  20. Apocalypse Now-Coppola (1979)
  21. Eraserhead-Lynch (1976)
  22. Aguirre, Wrath of God-Herzog (1972)

  24. 7.5/10
  25. Star Wars-Lucas (1977)
  26. Close Encounters of the Third Kind-Spielberg (1977)
  27. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest-Forman (1975)
  28. Annie Hall-Allen (1977)
  29. The Holy Mountain-Jodorowsky (1973)
  30. Manhattan-Allen (1979)
  31. The Rocky Horror Picture Show-Sharman (1975)
  32. A Clockwork Orange-Kubrick (1971)
  33. The Exorcist-Friedkin (1973)
  34. Jaws-Spielberg (1975)
callanyvegetable08/21/2009

I totally agree that Chinatown owns that decade. Pretty solid list and makes me realize how much I need to see. Have not heard of Zardoz or The Traveling Players.

Suggestions: Blazing Saddles, Dawn of the Dead, Harold and Maude, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Network, Eraserhead, The Conversation, Carrie, and Halloween

AfterHours08/25/2009

Eraserhead is an obivous one I totally missed. Thanks.

Don't think I've seen Dawn of the Dead and amazingly enough I STILL haven't seen The Holy Grail (thanks for the reminder) and I am pretty sure I haven't seen The Conversation though at the same time I feel like I have...I'll check it out soon.

The rest are 7-ish, except blazing Saddles which I didn't care for. Carrie has a shot at 7.5 range.

The Traveling Players is long, methodic and thoroughly devastating while Zardoz is totally off the rails strange, drugged out, simultaneously futuristic and barbaric.

callanyvegetable08/25/2009

Holy Grail is one of the funniest movies of all time. Dawn of the Dead is a wonderful film if you love zombies, satire, the music of Goblin, and the premise of living in a shopping mall during the apocalypse. Zardoz sounds like my cup of meat.

Elston08/22/2009

Very nice. 70s were quite the decade indeed...although seeing Clockwork Orange taking it from both sides by Rocky Horror Picture Show and the Exorcist, while Jaws watches from the corner seems a little unsettling for this tender heart. Some you may or may not have seen, but recommended: Barry Lyndon, Slow Motion (Godard), Edvard Munch, Salo, Discreet Charm of Bourgeoisie, Alien

AfterHours08/25/2009

Yes, it was the decade where you could say all the film vanguards collided, even in the mainstream.

Thanks for the suggestions. The only one I've seen is Alien which I'd rate a 7/10.

callanyvegetable09/02/2009

I may prefer Holy Mountain myself, but El Topo is great too if you haven't seen it.

AfterHours09/03/2009

Thanks, I've heard of it and it sounds interesting.