what is your favorite movie(s) from the 1970s?

Question

what are some of your favorite movies from the 1970s, and can you leave just a brief summary about the film?

Answer 1

Carrie- scary Stephen King flick
The Deerhunter - cool movie about small town dealing with 'Nam
original Texas Chainsaw Massacre - scary - Leatherface!
Godfather- the alltime greatest mafia flick ever (except 2 & 3)
Superman - with Christopher Reeves
Star Wars
Deliverance - not sure it was made in 70's but that movie is awesome "Squeal like a pig boy!"

Answer 2

The French Connection, 1971
Serpico, 1973
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1975
Rocky, 1976
Raging Bull, 1979
Superman, 1978
The Omen, 1976
Annie Hall, 1977
Manhattan, 1979

Answer 3

Hi. My 2 favorite films from the 1970s are Tommy and Grease

TOMMY. (1975.)A movie.based on the rock opera by The Who. A young boy is traumatized after witnessing his fathers murder by his mothers lover and becomes psychologically deaf dumb and blind.He grows up and becomes a champion pin ball player Great songs and cameo apprearances by Elton John ,Eric Clapton ,Tina Turner and Jack Nicholson.

GREASE (1978) A movie musical about 1950s teenagers at a High School.with Olivia Newton-John and John Trovolta Great songs like Summer Nights.Your The One That I Want and Greased Lightning.

Answer 4

Rayn's Daughter - 1970 - R. Mitchum, S. Miles
David Lean's epic tale of forbidden love, set during the Irish Rebellion of 1916 tells the story of Charles Shaughnessy, a kind and gentle widower, who falls in love with and marries the much younger Rosy. On her wedding night, however, Rosy finds that her new husband does not make her romantic dreams come true

Kramer vs Kramer - 1979 M. Streep and D. Hoffman
Returning home late from work one night, a career-obsessed Ted Kramer is told by his wife, Joanna, that she is leaving him. After a lifetime of being "somebody's wife," she's going off to find herself, leaving Ted to care for their six-year-old son. Ted, while trying to hold down his job, gets to really know his son as few fathers do: cooking his meals, taking him to the park, understanding every need and fear. For the first time in his life he feels like a fulfilled parent. But then Joanna returns--and she wants her son back.

Jaws - 1975 - S. Spielberg
A giant great white shark arrives on the shores of a New England beach resort and wreaks havoc with bloody attacks on swimmers until a part-time sheriff teams up with a marine biologist and an old seafarer to hunt the monster down.

Answer 5

This is my favorite year of movies...............

The Godfather (1972)

The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.

The Godfather: Part II (1974)

The early life & career of Vito Corleone in 1920's New York is portrayed while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on his crime syndicate stretching from Lake Tahoe, Nevada to pre-Revolution 1958 Cuba.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

Upon arrival at a mental institution, a brash rebel rallies the patients together to take on the oppressive Nurse Ratched, a woman more a dictator than a nurse.

Star Wars (1977)

Luke Skywalker leaves his home planet, teams up with other rebels, and tries to save Princess Leia from the evil clutches of Darth Vader.

Taxi Driver (1976)

A mentally unstable Vietnam war veteran works as nighttime taxi driver in a city whose perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge to violently lash out.

Apocalypse Now (1979)

During the on-going Vietnam War, Captain Willard is sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade Green Beret who has set himself up as a God among a local tribe.

Chinatown (1974)

A private detective investigating an adultery case stumbles on to a scheme of murder that has something to do with water.

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

In future Britain, charismatic delinquent Alex DeLarge is jailed and later volunteers for an experimental aversion therapy developed by the government in an effort to solve society's crime problem... but not all goes to plan.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

King Arthur and his knights embark on a low-budget search for the Grail, encountering many very silly obstacles.

Alien (1979)

A mining ship, investigating a suspected SOS, lands on a distant planet. The crew discovers some strange creatures and investigates.

Jaws (1975)

When a gigantic great white begins to menace the small island community of Amity, a police chief, a marine scientist and grizzled fisherman set out to stop it.

The Sting (1973)

In 1930s Chicago, a young con man seeking revenge for his murdered partner teams up with a master of the big con to win a fortune from a criminal banker.

Answer 6

Carry on abroad made in the early 1970's, Sid James and Co go on a Spanish package holiday to a hotel that is not quite finished many things happen very funny.

Answer 7

Jaws, Raging Bull, The Godfather, Star Wars, Raiders of The Lost Ark.

Answer 8

Monty Python and The Holy Grail The Sting

Answer 9

Claudine is my favorite movie of the 70's. Claudine tries to provide for her six children in Harlem while on welfare. She has a romance with Roop, a cheerful garbageman she meets while working on the side as a maid. Written by Will Gilbert {[e-mail]}

Very good movie. Excellent soundtrack!!

Answer 10

Star Wars!