A lot of great movies listed here, and there are s many more from the 70's.
I am a huge movie buff. one interesting fact about a movie from the 70's, "Smokey & The Bandit".
While SATB was probably not Oscar material, it was certainly funny. But what I find most interesting is that it would have been the #1 grossing film of 1977, except some guy named George made a movie called "Star Wars".
Now, there were other films credited with being higher earning for 1977, but they were released at the end of the year and actually earned their box office in 1978. (Close Encounters and Saturday Night Fever)
links to trailers of some of the movies mentioned in this thread, for those
youngsters out there that never heard of these movies. (lol, no Adam Sandler wasn't in the "real" Longest Yard) - It's hilarious how some of the trailers are. So cheesy. It's amazing anyone went to some of these movies, lol.
1970
Airport
MASH
Five Easy Pieces - with Toni Basil, too. Oh Mickey, you're so fine. You're so fine you blow my mind.
Patton
1971
The French Connection
Dirty Harry - You've got to ask yourself one question; Do I feel lucky?
A Clockwork Orange - I think Kubrick did a lot of LSD
Vanishing Point - Kowalski and his supercharged Challenger
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
Duel - Early Spielberg
Two Lane Blacktop
1972
The Godfather
The Poseiden Adventure - You see a lot of Hackman in the 70's.
Deliverance - Directed By john Boorman who did the excellent 1981 "
Excalibur" with Liam Neeson, Hellen Mirren, Nigel Terry.
The Getaway
1973
The Exorcist
The Sting
American Graffiti A lot of bad ass cars in there. Harrison Ford's Chevy, nice.
Magnum Force
Enter The Dragon
Serpico
High Plains Drifter
Don't Look Now
1974
Blazing Saddles lol, so non-politically correct the trailer wouldn't even play today!
Young Frankenstein - a big year for Gene Wilder
Godfather Part II
The Longest Yard
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (loved that they were the first to use the "this is a true story) angle on a fictional story)
Chinatown
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot TRANS AM appearance
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry
Death Wish
Gone In 60 Seconds
1975
Jaws - In my opinion, one of the best movies ever made
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Dog Day Afternoon
Three Days of the Condor - including the World Trade Center
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Monty Python & The Holy Grail
Death Race 2000
1976
Rocky - Garret Brown invented the "steadicam" to smoothly film Stallone running. Probably used in almost every movie since.
All the President's Men
the Omen
King Kong - Thank you, Jessica Lange, and whomever was in charge of wetting you down for this movie.
The Enforcer - "The dirtiest Harry of them all", lol.
The Bad News Bears - Buttermaker is every little league coach I remember from my childhood.
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Carrie
Taxi Driver - A good flick. I don't think I would shoot Reagan over it, but someone would.
Marathon Man
Logan's Run - A drive in classic
1977
Star Wars
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Smokey and the Bandit -
TRANS AM appearance
A Bridge Too Far
The Deep - Thank you Jacqueline Bisset, and the guy who wet down your t shirt.
The Gauntlet
Saturday Night Fever - Tell me you don't hear the Bee Gee's and get some swagger in your walk
Slapshot
1978
Animal House
Hooper -
TRANS AM appearance
Heaven Can Wait
Halloween
The Deer Hunter - Who knew, Meryl Streep was kinda hot
Midnight Express
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Dawn of the Dead
Force 10 From Navarone
Up In Smoke
Grease
Every Which Way But Loose
1979
Apocolypse Now
Alien
The Jerk
Mad Max
The Warriors