Greatest 70s Movies

[Dave]

A variation on a theme:
http://www.ganymede.tv/forum/2008/12/greatest-80s-movies

I’m voting:

Alien
Being There
The China Syndrome
The Godfather
The Man Who Would Be King
The Omen
Walkabout
The Wicker Man
Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory
Don’t Look Now
Disney’s Robin Hood

Topic

[ChrisM]

I was going to add Planet of the Apes, but a bit of research later it was actually 1968. Couple of years out. Wow.

[hummingbird]

Solaris
Alien
Badlands
Cabaret
Star Wars
Monty Python’s Life of Brian
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Dog day afternoon
MASH

[James]

Mine would be in no order.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Annie Hall
American Graffiti
The Exorcist
Jaws
Star Wars
Taxi Driver
Young Frankenstein
Alien
Apocalypse Now
The French Connection

[Tarka Dal]

Rocky.

*Close thread*

[Phil]

Being There is by no means a perfect movie…it almost feels like it’s falling apart at the seams. But Sellers more than holds it together; he downright makes up for things the movie isn’t doing. I’d definitely put Sellers as Chauncy Gardener high on my list of portrayals, but I’d have a hard time being as enthusiastic about the film as a whole.

But I will second Willy Wonka, Life of Brian and Cuckoo’s Nest (underline the latter, editor) for now. Maybe more to come after I’ve given it some thought.

[Ben Paddon]

I loved Disney’s Robin Hood.

[peas_and_corn]

Johnny Got His Gun http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Got_His_Gun_(film)

[Pete Part Three]

The Spy Who Loved Me
Rocky
The Omen
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Star Wars

There are others, but I’m tired.

[Andrew]

In addition to those already listed:

Deliverance
The Exorcist
Close Encounters
Bugsy Malone
Martin (Romero’s best movie. Yes it really is.)
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Tommy
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Carrie
Blazing Saddles

[si]

The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

But I’m biased.

[Author]

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