Your absolute favourite 1970's movies

toxic johnny · 04.13.2008, 08:05 AM

Okay I was inspired by GMKU's 1960's thread...

I think that the 70's is easily the best decade in the history of celluloid... when it was still possible to combine boundary pushing innovation (ie interesting ideas) with mainstream cinema.

Discuss, share etc...

Here are some of my favourites:

Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom
The Third Generation
Nashville
The Passenger
The King of Marvin Gardens
The American Friend
Performance
A Clockwork Orange
Amacord
Two-Lane Blacktop
Mean Streets
Heat
The Warriors
Play Misty For Me
Stroszek
Multiple Maniacs
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Exorcist
Dawn Of The Dead
Interiors
A Woman Under The Influence

Once again if a gun was put to my head I would say that Mean Streets is my absolute favourite...
but it is so, so difficult for me to make a final decision.

Danny Himself · 04.13.2008, 08:25 AM

"Warriorssssss... come out to plaayyyy!"

Spooky fucking shit.

atsonicpark · 04.13.2008, 08:29 AM

a lot of movies you mentioned, some superobscure horror movies you didn't mention, whatever. there's just too many. the 70's-80's were the best times for the movies i enjoy.

my all time favorite movies are taxi driver and el topo.

jon boy · 04.13.2008, 08:32 AM

there are literally too many to choose from.

04.13.2008, 08:34 AM

Too many and a big number is on your list already. One of my absolute favourite movies is ''Assault On Precinct 13'' that came out in 1976. The soundtrack to that is also ace.

jon boy · 04.13.2008, 08:40 AM

maybe taxi driver?

toxic johnny · 04.13.2008, 09:11 AM

Sorry guys... my enthusiasm for this subject led me to list too many films, which isn't much fun for you... so i have heavily edited my original list!

Torn Curtain · 04.13.2008, 09:46 AM

A woman under the influence

!@#$%! · 04.13.2008, 10:22 AM

oh hm i'd love to answer this but i need breakfast and i don't plant to stick around here today--

but i have a question-- are we going to count movies from the 70s regardless of the times they are set? if so, i'll throw a few

tarkovki: solaris

kubrick: a clockwork orange / barry lyndon

coppola: godfather 1 & 2 / apocalypse now

polanski: chinatown / tess

woody allen: sleeper / annie hall / manhattan

john waters: pink flamingos / female trouble / desperate living

a woman under the influence / (and i want to see the killing of a chinee bookie)

milos forman: one flew over the cuckoo's nest / hair

i havent's seen any 70s bergman, i've been working on his 40s stuff-- but cries & whispers & scenes from a marriage are asking to be seen

michael cimino: the deer hunter (one of the very best, he went to shit after)

mike hodges: get carter

peckinpah: pat garret & billy the kid, straw dogs, bring me the head of alfredo garcia

robert aldrich: ulzana's raid, emperor of the north pole

ok i give up, im too hungry

batreleaser · 04.13.2008, 11:29 AM

besides the ones you mentioned, taxi driver, the omen, the godfather 2, deerhunter, i duno, im way to hungover right now.

Toilet & Bowels · 04.13.2008, 11:40 AM

the exorcist
holy mountain
aguirre
texas chainsaw massacre

jon boy · 04.13.2008, 12:25 PM

texas chainsaw massacre for sure. its really hard to decide though because there are so many that i love. i cant come up with just a top ten!

Sonic Youth 37 · 04.13.2008, 12:27 PM

A Clockwork Orange
The Warriors (this might be my favorite non-Woody Allen New York movie, that being said)
every Woody Allen from the 70s, Annie Hall is tops
Godfather 1&2
Animal House

davenotdead · 04.13.2008, 02:07 PM

mean streets and taxi driver are so boss. solaris was awesome. and of course Clockwork Orange is huge

fugazifan · 04.13.2008, 02:37 PM

other than everything that has been metnioned, what about the Wicker man?

LifeDistortion · 04.13.2008, 03:00 PM

Le Cercle Rouge (1970)

The Getaway (1972)

The Harder They Come (1973)

Eraserhead (1977)

franz biberkopf · 04.14.2008, 03:29 AM

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Toilet & Bowels · 04.14.2008, 04:00 AM

star wars

04.13.2008, 08:05 AM	#1
toxic johnny expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London Posts: 1,657	Okay I was inspired by GMKU's 1960's thread... I think that the 70's is easily the best decade in the history of celluloid... when it was still possible to combine boundary pushing innovation (ie interesting ideas) with mainstream cinema. Discuss, share etc... Here are some of my favourites: Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom The Third Generation Nashville The Passenger The King of Marvin Gardens The American Friend Performance A Clockwork Orange Amacord Two-Lane Blacktop Mean Streets Heat The Warriors Play Misty For Me Stroszek Multiple Maniacs The Texas Chainsaw Massacre The Exorcist Dawn Of The Dead Interiors A Woman Under The Influence Once again if a gun was put to my head I would say that Mean Streets is my absolute favourite... but it is so, so difficult for me to make a final decision. __________________ Built Toxic J Tough Optic Disc
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	a lot of movies you mentioned, some superobscure horror movies you didn't mention, whatever. there's just too many. the 70's-80's were the best times for the movies i enjoy. my all time favorite movies are taxi driver and el topo. __________________
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jon boy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: psycho battery Posts: 12,161	there are literally too many to choose from. __________________ Sarcasm[A] is stating the opposite of an intended meaning especially in order to sneeringly, slyly, jest or mock a person, situation or thing \|@ <------- Euphoric brain cell just moments before expiration V _ \ / _ PING <-------- moments later / \ http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljhxq...isruo1_500.gif
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sarramkrop Posts: n/a	Too many and a big number is on your list already. One of my absolute favourite movies is ''Assault On Precinct 13'' that came out in 1976. The soundtrack to that is also ace.
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jon boy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: psycho battery Posts: 12,161	maybe taxi driver? __________________ Sarcasm[A] is stating the opposite of an intended meaning especially in order to sneeringly, slyly, jest or mock a person, situation or thing \|@ <------- Euphoric brain cell just moments before expiration V _ \ / _ PING <-------- moments later / \ http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljhxq...isruo1_500.gif
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toxic johnny expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London Posts: 1,657	Sorry guys... my enthusiasm for this subject led me to list too many films, which isn't much fun for you... so i have heavily edited my original list! __________________ Built Toxic J Tough Optic Disc
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!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,547	oh hm i'd love to answer this but i need breakfast and i don't plant to stick around here today-- but i have a question-- are we going to count movies from the 70s regardless of the times they are set? if so, i'll throw a few tarkovki: solaris kubrick: a clockwork orange / barry lyndon coppola: godfather 1 & 2 / apocalypse now polanski: chinatown / tess woody allen: sleeper / annie hall / manhattan john waters: pink flamingos / female trouble / desperate living a woman under the influence / (and i want to see the killing of a chinee bookie) milos forman: one flew over the cuckoo's nest / hair i havent's seen any 70s bergman, i've been working on his 40s stuff-- but cries & whispers & scenes from a marriage are asking to be seen michael cimino: the deer hunter (one of the very best, he went to shit after) mike hodges: get carter peckinpah: pat garret & billy the kid, straw dogs, bring me the head of alfredo garcia robert aldrich: ulzana's raid, emperor of the north pole ok i give up, im too hungry
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batreleaser invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 5,155	besides the ones you mentioned, taxi driver, the omen, the godfather 2, deerhunter, i duno, im way to hungover right now. __________________ listen to pink reason
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jon boy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: psycho battery Posts: 12,161	texas chainsaw massacre for sure. its really hard to decide though because there are so many that i love. i cant come up with just a top ten! __________________ Sarcasm[A] is stating the opposite of an intended meaning especially in order to sneeringly, slyly, jest or mock a person, situation or thing \|@ <------- Euphoric brain cell just moments before expiration V _ \ / _ PING <-------- moments later / \ http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljhxq...isruo1_500.gif
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Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	A Clockwork Orange The Warriors (this might be my favorite non-Woody Allen New York movie, that being said) every Woody Allen from the 70s, Annie Hall is tops Godfather 1&2 Animal House __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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LifeDistortion expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CA Posts: 2,457	Le Cercle Rouge (1970) The Getaway (1972) The Harder They Come (1973) Eraserhead (1977)
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