What are your top ten favorite movies from the 70s?

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• 10. Fiddler On The Roof
  
• 9. Raging Bull
  
• 8. Superman
  
• 7. Jaws 2
  
• 6. Rocky 2
  
• 5. Patton
  
• 4. Grease
  
• 3. The Muppet Movie
  
• 2. Rocky
  
• 1. Jaws
  

• 10. Jaws
  
• 9. Apocalypse Now
  
• 8. Phantasm
  
• 7. Grease
  
• 6. Carrie
  
• 5. The Boy In The Plastic Bubble
  i like it too! :)
• 4. The Exocist
  
• 3. The Omen
  
• 2. Last House On The Left
  corny but wes' first film
• 1. Halloween
  

• 10. Taxi Driver
  
• 9. Rocky
  
• 8. Grease
  
• 7. Superman
  
• 6. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
  
• 5. The Exorscist
  scary
• 4. The Jerk
  Also FUNNY
• 3. Godfather
  funny
• 2. JAWS
  
• 1. Starwars
  A must see.

• 10. Manhattan
  Allen does it again. Love, art, neurosis, stunning b&w photography and a Gershwin score. Even better this time around.
• 9. Annie Hall
  Brilliant comedy of mismatched lovers and modern identity crisis.
• 8. The Brood
  Pop psychology fad unleashes traumas and repressed impulses as literal monsters. Cronenberg's 1st major film and one of his best.
• 7. Marathon Man
  Tense chase and revenge thriller features emotionally troubled grad student/marathon runner against the international criminals who murdered his brother and think he has their ill gotten diamonds.
• 6. The French Connection
  No conventional good guys or bad guys in this subversive, existential cop story. No "uplifting" social message, either. Just grim urban conflict presented in an unflinchingly honest documentary style.
• 5. Dawn Of The Dead
  Society falls apart in the wake of a massive zombie invasion. Ironically the gangs of greedy, petty survivalists become more scary than the rather stupid undead monsters as they fight over the scraps of civilization.
• 4. Foxy Brown
  The ultimate in "Blaxploitation" revenge melodrama.
• 3. God Told Me To
  A series of random murders terrorizes New York--each killer claiming divine inspiration.
• 2. The Wicker Man
  A Scottish detective's investigation of a missing child takes him to a rural island community obsessed with ancient gods and fertility rites.
• 1. Taxi Driver
  Times Square before it was "cleaned up."

• 10. Rocky 2
  Sylvester Stallone
• 9. Raging Bull
  Martin Scorcese
• 8. The Muppet Movie
  James Frawley
• 7. Grease
  Randal Kleiser
• 6. Superman
  Richard Donner
• 5. Patton
  Franklin J. Schaffner
• 4. Willy Wonka And The Chocolate
  Mel Stuart
• 3. Fiddler On The Roof
  Norman Jewison
• 2. Rocky
  John G. Avildsen
• 1. Jaws
  Steven Spielberg

• 10. Rocky 2
  Sylvester Stallone
• 9. The Muppet Movie
  James Frawley
• 8. The Outlaw Josey Wales
  Clint Eastwood
• 7. Grease
  Randal Kleiser
• 6. Superman
  Richard Donner
• 5. Patton
  Franklin J. Schaffner
• 4. Willy Wonka And The Chocolate
  Mel Stuart
• 3. Fiddler On The Roof
  Norman Jewison
• 2. Rocky
  John G. Avildsen
• 1. Jaws
  Steven Spielberg

• 10. American Graffiti
  Great movie.
• 9. Saturday Night Fever
  The Movie of the 70's. Great soundtrack.
• 8. Dear Hunter
  Great movie depicting the Vietnam War.
• 7. Rocky
  The movie that made Sylvester Stallon.
• 6. The Shining
  The scariest movie ever made.
• 5. Star Wars
  The movie that made the 70's.
• 4. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
  Greatest movie Jack Nickelson ever made. Won Best picture, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Director Academy Awrads.
• 3. Chinatown
  Great storyline. One of the greatest movies ever made.
• 2. The Godfather
  One of Marlon Brando's greatest films. The film that made Al Pacino a star. Won best picture Oscar in 1972.
• 1. The Godfather Part 2
  The greatest movie ever made. The film that made Robert Denioro a star. This mobster movie is the only sequal to win the best picture Academy Award.

• 10. A Clockwork Orange
  The Best Sci-Fi movie ever made
• 9. Mad Max
  this might have come out in 1980, whatever
• 8. Assault On Precinct 13
  One of carpenter's best
• 7. The Wicker Man
  This one's about as disturbing as they get
• 6. Dog Day Afternoon
  Great Heist movie
• 5. Apocalypse Now
  This is three Coppola movies now, but he was on a fantastic streak then
• 4. Dawn Of The Dead
  Great George Romero Zombie film
• 3. The Godfather
  Of course, what 70s list wouldnt have it?
• 2. The Conversation
  Damn good hitchcockian thriller by Francis Ford Coppola
• 1. Five Easy Pieces
  I cant believe no one has mentioned this. Just goes to show it's one of the most underrated films around

• 10. Star Wars
  
• 9. King Kong
  
• 8. The Hindenburg
  
• 7. Carrie
  
• 6. The Exorcist
  
• 5. Smokey And The Bandit
  
• 4. Shaft
  
• 3. Jaws
  
• 2. Saturday Night Fever
  
• 1. Halloween
  

• 10. Airplane
  
• 9. Meatballs
  
• 8. Superman
  
• 7. Brian Song
  
• 6. Slap Shot
  
• 5. Deer Hunter
  
• 4. Halloween
  
• 3. Convoy
  
• 2. Rocky
  
• 1. Smokey And The Bandit
  

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