Top Ten Movies of the Seventies

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By: colin
  • 10. Taxi Driver
  • 9. Superman
  • 8. Halloween
  • 7. Saturday Night Fever
  • 6. Exorcist
  • 5. A Clockwork Orange
  • 4. Grease
  • 3. Jaws
  • 2. The Godfather 1/2
  • 1. Star Wars

By: Chontel,I am a Male
  • 10. Halloween
    RUN!!!!!!
  • 9. Silver Streak
    Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder.
  • 8. Up Town Saturday Night
    Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier.
  • 7. Car Wash.
    Working at the Car Wash,Sing the Song.
  • 6. The Muppet Movie.
    Moving Right Along.
  • 5. Lady Sings The Blues
    Diana Ross,Billy Dee Williams an Richard Pryor.
  • 4. Traveling All Stars.
    A Movie with Richard Pryor,Billy Dee Williams and James Earl Jones.
  • 3. Which Way is Up
    THE GREAT RICHARD PRYOR.
  • 2. Let's Do It Again.
    Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier.
  • 1. Cooley High.
    MAYBE NUMBER1 ALL TIME,It'So Hard Ta Say GoodBy To Yesterday.

By: Mark Gligros
  • 10. Let It Be
    The Beatles fueding, jamming, joking around in the studio and on the Apple roof in 1969.
  • 9. Saturday Night Fever
    Travolta struts his stuff on the dance floor.
  • 8. Kramer Vs. Kramer
    A classic tearjerker
  • 7. A Clockwork Orange
    FYI-- Kubrick originally cast Mick Jagger as Alex and The Rolling Stones as his droogs but changed because he thought that their fame would take away from the story.
  • 6. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
    Ken Kesey's classic book based on his observations of the "acid tests" of the 1960's
  • 5. Five Easy Pieces
    Jack Nicholson at his most dynamic.
  • 4. The Godfather
    Epic mob masterpiece.
  • 3. Taxi Driver
    Robert Deniro and Martin Scorscese's second and best collaboration.
  • 2. Star Wars
    Best sci-fi ever
  • 1. Rocky
    All time classic

By: Meghan
  • 10. Young Frankenstein
    I just love Gene Wilder.
  • 9. Halloween
    Good horror movie.
  • 8. Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory.
    Gene Wilder acted so well in this movie..and the candy was a plus.
  • 7. Blazing Saddles
    I loved this film.
  • 6. The Poseidon Adventure
    Suspenseful.
  • 5. Jaws
    A Classic.
  • 4. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
    Funny yet tragic at the end.
  • 3. Animal House
    All Characters were hilarious, and it's cool movie about college.
  • 2. Taxi Driver
    Travis Bickle/Robert DeNiro is awesome in this movie.
  • 1. The Deer Hunter
    The Russian Roulette scene was too suspenseful.

By: Jeremy
  • 10. Saturday Night Fever - 1977
    Travolta reigned supreme in his most famous movie.
  • 9. Live And Let Die - 1973
    Roger Moore's first Bond movie and his best. Ultra cool plot and characters.
  • 8. Alien - 1979
    The highlight of the movie was Sigourney Weaver.
  • 7. Star Wars - 1977
    Probably the most popular movie of the 20th century. Great action scenes.
  • 6. The Exorcist - 1973
    This movie is insane but probably the scariest ever made.
  • 5. Apocalypse Now - 1979
    Nothing like the smell of napalm in the morning!
  • 4. Jaws - 1975
    Should we swim in the ocean?
  • 3. Rocky - 1976
    The ultimate "I can do it" movie.
  • 2. The Godfather Part I - 1973
    Both Godfather 1 and 2 are the two best movies ever made. Period.
  • 1. The Godfather Part II - 1974
    In my opinion the sequel outdid #1 by just a little bit.

By: 80sFan
  • 10. Bananas
  • 9. Rocky 2
  • 8. 10
  • 7. Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory
  • 6. The Jerk
  • 5. Kramer Vs. Kramer
  • 4. Sleeper
  • 3. Taxi Driver
  • 2. Rocky 1
  • 1. Animal House

By: rosalind
  • 10. Liquid Sky
  • 9. Rosemary's Baby
  • 8. The Hunger
  • 7. Blade Runner
  • 6. West World
  • 5. Barbarella
  • 4. The Bird's
  • 3. The Big Cube
  • 2. Rollerball
  • 1. Logan's Run
If anyone likes my taste and has any superior 70s, sci-fi recommendations, please suggest them to me by all means!
By: Tory Smith
  • 10. American Gigolo
    I just like it.
  • 9. Grease
    Again its the musical thing with me.
  • 8. Superman
    I think it was a total fantasy and made the character come alive. Love this movie
  • 7. Rocky
    The best Boxing movie of all time.
  • 6. The Wiz
    My favorite cult classic, again its the musical thing with me.
  • 5. The Exorcist
    Spooky as hell.
  • 4. Deliverance
    It was absolutly shocking and very scary.
  • 3. Cabaret
    Again it was one of those films that i loved,and it has become one of my favorite musicals because of this film. Go Fosse!!!!
  • 2. Lady Sing The Blues
    Diana Ross was really, really, really good.
  • 1. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
    I think it was daring, ahead of its time,wonderful, amazing, sick, twisted, and funny all at the same time. Love it!!!!
Sounder,
By: Tory Smith
  • 10. American Gigolo
    I just like it.
  • 9. Grease
    Again its the musical thing with me.
  • 8. Superman
    I think it was a total fantasy and made the character come alive. Love this movie
  • 7. Rocky
    The best Boxing movie of all time.
  • 6. The Wiz
    My favorite cult classic, again its the musical thing with me.
  • 5. The Exorcist
    Spooky as hell.
  • 4. Deliverance
    It was absolutly shocking and very scary.
  • 3. Cabaret
    Again it was one of those films that i loved,and it has become one of my favorite musicals because of this film. Go Fosse!!!!
  • 2. Lady Sing the Blues
    Diana Ross was really, really, really good.
  • 1. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
    I think it was daring, ahead of its time,wonderful, amazing, sick, twisted, and funny all at the same time. Love it!!!!
Sounder,
By: Mark Nasuta
  • 10. Grease
    (1978) You can't help but like this movie.
  • 9. Raiders Of The Lost Ark
    (1979) Still one of the best Action/Adventure movies to date.
  • 8. Superman
    (1978) It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a Great Movie!!
  • 7. Rocky
    (1976) "Cut me Mic" Put Sly on the map.
  • 6. The Godfather & The Godfather II
    (1972)&(1974) Both of these have to be ranked together.
  • 5. Halloween
    (1978) The Grand-daddy of all "Slasher Movies."
  • 4. Star Wars
    (1977) What can you say, it changed the way movies are made.
  • 3. Saturday Night Fever
    (1977) As much as you HATE DISCO, Damn this was a good movie.
  • 2. The Exorcist
    (1973) You could never look at Pea Soup the same again.
  • 1. Jaws
    (1975) Arguable the greatest movie ever made.
Other contenders - Blazing Saddles, Apocalypse Now, Dirty Harry, One Flew Over the Cockoo's Nest, The Omen, The French Connection, Young Frankenstein, Smokey and the Bandit, Alien.

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