1970s in film
Movies in the 1970s came in a wide variety, as the socially-conscious young directors that emerged in the late '60s grew in different directions, influenced by music, literature, and the nature of crime and war. The early part of the decade focused on increasingly realistic, gritty movies, including Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather pictures and Robert Altman's M*A*S*H. A trend that lasted through the decade was the popularity of disaster movies, starting with Airport in 1970. Another trend was the birth of the big-budget horror film, initiated by William Friedkin's The Exorcist which spawned numerous imitators. A pivotal moment in movies was the 1975 release of Steven Spielberg's first major hit, Jaws, widely regarded as the birth of the blockbuster motion picture (a trend sealed two years later with the release of Star Wars. The end of the decade saw the first Vietnam War movies, from directors Michael Cimino (The Deer Hunter) and Coppola (Apocalypse Now).
List 1970s Movies
Movies made in the 1970s include:A-BAbbyAirportAlienAll That JazzAll the President's MenAmarcordAmerican GraffitiAnimal HouseAnnie HallApocalypse NowThe AristocatsBananasBedknobs and BroomsticksBlazing SaddlesBreaker MorantBring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
C-GCarnal KnowledgeCar WashCarrieCharlie Muffin (aka A Deadly Game)The China SyndromeChinatownA Clockwork OrangeClose Encounters of the Third KindComing HomeThe ConversationConvoyDays of HeavenDeadly WeaponsThe Deer HunterDeliveranceDiamonds Are ForeverDirty HarryDog Day AfternoonThe Eiger SanctionThe ExorcistFive Easy PiecesThe French ConnectionThe GodfatherThe Godfather Part IIGrease
H-SHalloweenJawsKramer vs. KramerLive and Let DieThe Man with the Golden GunM*A*S*HMonty Python and the Holy GrailMoonrakerNashvilleThe Omen One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestPattonPink FlamingosThe Poseidon AdventureThe RescuersRockyRocky IISaturday Night FeverShaftSilver StreakSoldier BlueThe Spy Who Loved MeStar Trek: The Motion PictureStar WarsThe StingSupermanSweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
TTaxi DriverThemroc...tick...tick...tickThree Days of the CondorThe Towering InfernoThe Greatest (Muhammad Ali's biography, with Ali playing himself)
Other Lists of MoviesList of 'years in film' in the 1970s*1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979Decades in Film:*1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000sList of moviesSee also History of cinema
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