Can you recommend any GREAT 70's or 80's films?

Question

It doesn't matter if I have seen them. I would be happy if you could tell me a classic film and what's it about. CHEERS!!!

Answer 1

70's-
One flew over the cuckoo's nest- a prisoner's scam to serve the rest of his term at a psychiatric institution. (Jack Nicholson)

Serpico- a policeman goes undercover to expose corruption within the police force. (Al Pacino)

Three Days of the Condor- when the right hand of the CIA doesn't know what the left hand is doing. (Robert Redford)

Day of the Jackal- a thriller about a professional assasin hired to kill Charles de Gaulle.

80's-
Platoon- a Vietnam war film based on director Oliver Stone's experiences there.

Answer 2

Top Rated "1970s" Titles

Rank Rating Title Votes

1. 9.1 The Godfather (1972) 192,604
2. 8.9 The Godfather: Part II (1974) 108,677
3. 8.8 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 99,786
4. 8.7 Star Wars (1977) 183,615
5. 8.5 Taxi Driver (1976) 70,161
6. 8.5 Apocalypse Now (1979) 91,326
7. 8.4 Chinatown (1974) 37,511
8. 8.4 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 85,998
9. 8.4 Alien (1979) 88,498
10. 8.4 A Clockwork Orange (1971) 93,745
11. 8.3 The Sting (1973) 33,385
12. 8.2 Jaws (1975) 67,728
13. 8.1 Annie Hall (1977) 31,341
14. 8.1 Life of Brian (1979) 47,730
15. 8.1 The Deer Hunter (1978) 41,557
16. 8.1 Sleuth (1972) 6,800
17. 8.1 The Conversation (1974) 15,212
18. 8.1 Stalker (1979) 6,741
19. 8.0 Patton (1970) 20,451
20. 8.0 Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 23,831
21. 8.0 Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (1972) 7,130
22. 8.0 Solyaris (1972) 8,152
23. 7.9 The Exorcist (1973) 49,446
24. 7.9 Manhattan (1979) 17,956
25. 7.9 The Man Who Would Be King (1975) 11,497
26. 7.9 Harold and Maude (1971) 13,736
27. 7.9 Young Frankenstein (1974) 31,350
28. 7.9 All the President's Men (1976) 18,551
29. 7.9 Network (1976) 14,055
30. 7.9 The Last Picture Show (1971) 7,586
31. 7.9 Barry Lyndon (1975) 18,820
32. 7.9 Papillon (1973) 14,038
33. 7.8 The French Connection (1971) 16,774
34. 7.8 Being There (1979) 14,803
35. 7.8 Deliverance (1972) 19,955
36. 7.8 Badlands (1973) 7,721
37. 7.8 The Day of the Jackal (1973) 7,544
38. 7.8 Amarcord (1973) 6,663
39. 7.8 Rocky (1976) 36,562
40. 7.7 MASH (1970) 19,051
41. 7.7 Dawn of the Dead (1978) 19,992
42. 7.7 Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 34,488
43. 7.7 Dirty Harry (1971) 16,849
44. 7.7 Halloween (1978) 27,989
45. 7.7 Little Big Man (1970) 8,379
46. 7.7 Blazing Saddles (1974) 24,140
47. 7.7 The Wicker Man (1973) 9,325
48. 7.7 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) 25,766
49. 7.6 The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) 10,631
50. 7.6 Straw Dogs (1971) 7,753

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Top Rated "1980s" Titles

Rank Rating Title Votes

1. 8.8 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 146,445
2. 8.7 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 126,198
3. 8.4 Boot, Das (1981) 39,837
4. 8.3 The Shining (1980) 76,026
5. 8.3 Raging Bull (1980) 40,581
6. 8.3 Aliens (1986) 87,191
7. 8.3 Amadeus (1984) 50,986
8. 8.3 Ran (1985) 17,792
9. 8.2 The Elephant Man (1980) 24,833
10. 8.2 Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988) 21,014
11. 8.2 Full Metal Jacket (1987) 69,395
12. 8.2 Blade Runner (1982) 99,174
13. 8.2 Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 30,434
14. 8.2 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 115,914
15. 8.1 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 84,270
16. 8.1 Back to the Future (1985) 97,211
17. 8.1 Gandhi (1982) 22,828
18. 8.1 The Princess Bride (1987) 72,568
19. 8.1 Platoon (1986) 51,527
20. 8.0 Stand by Me (1986) 43,898
21. 8.0 Glory (1989) 29,645
22. 8.0 Die Hard (1988) 81,729
23. 8.0 Hotaru no haka (1988) 13,271
24. 8.0 Manon des sources (1986) 5,676
25. 8.0 A Christmas Story (1983) 28,837
26. 7.9 Himmel über Berlin, Der (1987) 10,483
27. 7.9 The Killing Fields (1984) 13,189
28. 7.9 The Thing (1982) 29,272
29. 7.9 The Terminator (1984) 82,742
30. 7.9 Scarface (1983) 54,900
31. 7.9 Brazil (1985) 43,101
32. 7.9 Henry V (1989) 10,139
33. 7.9 Fanny och Alexander (1982) 7,039
34. 7.8 Rain Man (1988) 58,625
35. 7.8 Kagemusha (1980) 5,716
36. 7.8 The Untouchables (1987) 44,931
37. 7.8 Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) 10,339
38. 7.8 Kaze no tani no Naushika (1984) 7,222
39. 7.8 This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 29,611
40. 7.8 Tonari no Totoro (1988) 10,140
41. 7.8 Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta (1986) 8,992
42. 7.8 The Right Stuff (1983) 16,251
43. 7.8 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 59,012
44. 7.8 The Last Emperor (1987) 13,075
45. 7.8 Dip hyut shueng hung (1989) 12,196
46. 7.8 Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) 43,497
47. 7.8 Majo no takkyûbin (1989) 6,249
48. 7.7 The Blues Brothers (1980) 38,176
49. 7.7 Jean de Florette (1986) 7,594
50. 7.7 Airplane! (1980) 32,612

Answer 3

70s: Clockwork Orange, Apocalypse Now, Godfather I and II, Taxi Driver, Star Wars, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

80s: Raginig Bull, Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, The Shining, Raiders of the Lost Arc, etc.

Answer 4

Ok, 80's films are going to be a very hard choice for me...Do I go for classic great, comedy great or horror great? Ah what the heck! I love Breakfast Club!

Basically, great 80s soundtrack over a comedy about some teens in detention...and plus some of the greatest clothes of all time!

Answer 5

I enjoy the flicks like Breakfast Club, Footloose, Weird Science, Sixteen Candles. Most of "the Brat Pack" films.

Answer 6

Animal house
Ghandi
Tootsie
Breakfest Club
Electric Dreams (a movie most people dont remember)
Star Wars (all 3 parts)
The Pirate Movie (again a movie most people forgot)
TRON (great sci-fi movie)
Who framed rogger rabit
Batman
Saturday Night Fever
Bull Durham
Field of Dreams


thats a good start

Answer 7

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
About a bunch of inmates in an asylum, and how one man riles them up & makes them begin to live again. Jack Nicholson stars.
It's one of my favorites!

Answer 8

valley girl
fast time at ridgemont high (awesome)
Saturday Night Fever
Every way but Loose (Clint Eastwood, and funny)
National Lampoon's Vacation
Taxi Driver
Scarface
There are tons just go check out Blockbuster! Movie geeks work there and can show u every title you wish!
Hope i helped!

Answer 9

scarface, starwars 4,5,6, the godfather are one of the most populor 80's and 70's movies!

Answer 10

I thought that The Breakfast Club was very good and Dirty Dancing is one of my favorites..