Film Decades: 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Each review will be linked to the title below.
(*seen originally in theaters)
(**seen rereleased in theaters)
- 3 Women – directed by Robert Altman, starring Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Janice Rule
- 21 Up, a TV made documentary film – (UK)
- ABBA: The Movie – directed by Lasse Hallström – (Sweden/Australia)
- Airport ’77 – starring Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant, Brenda Vaccaro, Christopher Lee, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten, James Stewart
- Alien Prey, directed by Norman J. Warren, starring Glory Annen – (UK)
- Alice or the Last Escapade (Alice ou la dernière fugue), directed by Claude Chabrol, starring Sylvia Kristel – (France)
- Allegro Non Troppo, a musical animated film – (Italy)
- Amar Akbar Anthony, starring Amitabh Bachchan – (India)
- The American Friend (Der amerikanische Freund), directed by Wim Wenders, starring Dennis Hopper and Bruno Ganz – (West Germany)
- Andy Warhol’s Bad, starring Carroll Baker and Perry King
- Annie Hall – directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane, Paul Simon, Christopher Walken
- Audrey Rose, directed by Robert Wise, starring Marsha Mason, Anthony Hopkins, John Beck
- The Ascent, directed by Larisa Shepitko – (USSR)
- An Average Little Man (Un borghese piccolo piccolo), directed by Mario Monicelli, starring Alberto Sordi – (Italy)
- Backroads, directed by Phillip Noyce – (Australia)
- The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training, starring Jackie Earle Haley and William Devane
- Black Joy, starring Norman Beaton – (UK)
- Black Sunday, directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern, Marthe Keller
- A Bridge Too Far – directed by Richard Attenborough, starring James Caan, Sean Connery, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Ryan O’Neal, Robert Redford – (US/UK)
- The Brothers Lionheart (Bröderna Lejonhjärta) – (Sweden)
- Candleshoe – starring David Niven, Helen Hayes, Jodie Foster
- The Car, starring James Brolin
- Ceddo, directed by Ousmane Sembène – (Senegal)
- Charleston, starring Bud Spencer, James Coco, Herbert Lom
- Checkered Flag or Cash – directed by Alan Gibson, starring Joe Don Baker, Susan Sarandon, Larry Hagman, Alan Vint, & Parnelli Jones
- The Chess Players (Shatranj Ke Khilari), directed by Satyajit Ray – (India)
- Chinatown Kid (Tang ren jie xiao zi), directed by Chang Cheh – (Hong Kong)
- The Choirboys, directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Charles Durning, Louis Gossett Jr., Perry King, Phyllis Davis, Barbara Rhoades
- Cinderella, starring Cheryl Rainbeaux Smith
- Circuit no Ōkami (The Circuit Wolf) – (Japan)
- Citizen’s Band – directed by Jonathan Demme, starring Paul Le Mat & Candy Clark
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind** – directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Bob Balaban, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr
- Cross of Iron – directed by Sam Peckinpah, starring James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason – (UK/West Germany)
- Crossed Swords, starring Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Rex Harrison, Charlton Heston, George C. Scott
- Damnation Alley, directed by Jack Smight, starring George Peppard and Jan-Michael Vincent
- Death of a President – Poland
- Death Promise – directed by Robert Warmflash, starring Charles Bonet, Speedy Leacock, Bill Louie, Thompson Kao Kang, Vincent Van Lynn, Thom Kendell, Abe Handy, David Kirk, Tony Liu, & Bob O’Connell
- The Deep, directed by Peter Yates, starring Robert Shaw, Jacqueline Bisset, Nick Nolte, Louis Gossett Jr.
- Demon Seed, directed by Donald Cammell, starring Julie Christie
- Desperate Living – directed by John Waters
- The Devil Probably (Le diable probablement), directed by Robert Bresson – (France)
- Dharam Veer, starring Dharmendra – (India)
- Dinner for Adele (Adéla ještě nevečeřela) – (Czechoslovakia)
- The Disappearance, starring Donald Sutherland and David Hemmings
- The Dog Who Loved Trains (Pas koji je voleo vozove) – (Yugoslavia)
- The Domino Principle – directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, Mickey Rooney, Eli Wallach, Richard Widmark
- Dot and the Kangaroo – (Australia)
- Double Murder, starring Marcello Mastroianni, Ursula Andress, Peter Ustinov
- The Duellists – directed by Ridley Scott, starring Keith Carradine & Harvey Keitel – (UK)
- Elisa, vida mía (Elisa, My Life), directed by Carlos Saura, starring Geraldine Chaplin and Fernando Rey – (Spain)
- Equus, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Richard Burton and Peter Firth – (US/UK)
- Eraserhead – directed by David Lynch, starring Jack Nance
- Executioners from Shaolin (Hong Xi Guan) – (Hong Kong)
- Exorcist II: The Heretic – directed by John Boorman, starring Richard Burton, Linda Blair, Louise Fletcher
- First Love, starring Susan Dey, William Katt, Beverly D’Angelo
- Full Circle (aka The Haunting of Julia) – starring Mia Farrow, Keir Dullea, Tom Conti
- Fun with Dick and Jane – directed by Ted Kotcheff, starring Jane Fonda & George Segal
- The Gauntlet – directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, with Sondra Locke
- The Getting of Wisdom, directed by Bruce Beresford – (Australia)
- Golden Rendezvous, starring Richard Harris, Ann Turkel, David Janssen
- The Goodbye Girl – directed by Herbert Ross, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings, & Paul Benedict
- Grand Theft Auto – directed by and starring Ron Howard with Nancy Morgan – produced by Roger Corman
- The Grateful Dead Movie, directed by Jerry Garcia and Leon Gast
- The Great Smokey Roadblock – directed by John Leone, Henry Fonda, Eileen Brennan, John Byner, Dub Taylor, Susan Sarandon, Robert Englund, & Daina House – aka The Goodbye Run, The Last of the Cowboys
- The Greatest, starring Muhammad Ali as himself
- Gulliver’s Travels
- Halloween with the New Addams Family
- Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, directed by Vincent McEveety, starring Dean Jones and Don Knotts
- Heroes – directed by Jeremy Paul Kagan, starring Henry Winkler, Sally Field, Harrison Ford
- High Anxiety – directed by and starring Mel Brooks, with Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Howard Morris, Cloris Leachman
- The Hills Have Eyes – directed by Wes Craven
- Hitler: A Film from Germany, directed by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg – (West Germany)
- The Hobbit, an animated film
- House (Hausu) – (Japan)
- The Hunters (Oi kynigoi), directed by Theodoros Angelopoulos – (Greece)
- I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, starring Kathleen Quinlan
- In the Name of the Pope King (In nome del papa re), starring Nino Manfredi – (Italy)
- In Search of Noah’s Ark
- Iphigenia, directed by Michael Cacoyannis – (Greece)
- The Iron Prefect (Il prefetto di ferro) – (Italy)
- The Iron-Fisted Monk (San De huo shang yu Chong Mi Liu), directed by and starring Sammo Hung – (Hong Kong)
- The Island of Dr. Moreau, starring Burt Lancaster, Michael York, Barbara Carrera
- Islands in the Stream, starring George C. Scott
- J.A. Martin Photographer (J.A. Martin photographe) – (Canada)
- Jabberwocky – directed by Terry Gilliam, starring Michael Palin, Harry H. Corbett, John Le Mesurier, & Warren Mitchell – (UK)
- Joseph Andrews, directed by Tony Richardson, starring Ann-Margret
- Jubilee, by Derek Jarman, starring Adam Ant, Toyah Willcox, Little Nell – (UK)
- Julia – directed by Fred Zinnemann, starring Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards
- The Kentucky Fried Movie, directed by John Landis, written by Jim Abrams, David Zucker, & Jerry Zucker, starring Bill Bixby & George Lazenby
- Kingdom of the Spiders, starring William Shatner and Tiffany Bolling
- The King of the Street Cleaners (Çöpçüler Kralı) – (Turkey)
- Die Konsequenz (The Consequence), directed by Wolfgang Petersen, starring Jürgen Prochnow – (West Germany)
- La Soufrière, a documentary film directed by Werner Herzog – (West Germany)
- The Lacemaker (La Dentellière), starring Isabelle Huppert – (France)
- The Last Remake of Beau Geste – directed by and starring Marty Feldman, with Michael York, Ann-Margret, Peter Ustinov, James Earl Jones, Trevor Howard, Henry Gibson, Roy Kinnear, Spike Milligan, & Terry-Thomas
- The Last Wave, directed by Peter Weir – (Australia)
- The Late Show – directed by Robert Benton, starring Art Carney, Lily Tomlin, Bill Macy, Eugene Roche, Joanna Cassidy
- A Little Night Music, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Lesley-Anne Down, Diana Rigg
- Looking for Mr. Goodbar – directed by Richard Brooks, starring Diane Keaton, Tuesday Weld, Richard Kiley, Richard Gere
- The Lorry (Le Camion), directed by and starring Marguerite Duras with Gérard Depardieu – (France)
- MacArthur, starring Gregory Peck
- Madame Rosa, starring Simone Signoret – Academy Award for Best Foreign Film – (France)
- The Magic Pony
- Ma-ma – (Romania/USSR/France)
- Mama, I’m Alive (Mama, ich lebe) – (East Germany)
- Man of Marble (Człowiek z marmuru), directed by Andrzej Wajda – (Poland)
- The Man Who Loved Women (L’Homme qui aimait les femmes) – directed by François Truffaut, starring Charles Denner, Brigitte Fossey, Leslie Caron – (France)
- Manly Times, directed by Eduard Zahariev, starring Grigor Vachkov, Mariana Dimitrova, Velko Kanev – (Bulgaria)
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
- March or Die – directed by Dick Richards, starring Gene Hackman, Catherine Deneuve, Max von Sydow
- Martin – directed by George A. Romero
- Mimino – (USSR)
- Mogliamante – (Wifemistress) – (Italy)
- Mr. Billion – starring Terence Hill, Valerie Perrine, Jackie Gleason
- Nenè – (Italy)
- New York, New York – directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Liza Minnelli & Robert De Niro
- A Nice Plate of Spinach (Což takhle dát si špenát) – (Czechoslovakia)
- Office Romance (Sluzhebnyy roman) – (USSR)
- Oh, God! – directed by Carl Reiner, starring George Burns, John Denver, Teri Garr, Paul Sorvino
- One on One, starring Robby Benson, Annette O’Toole, G.D. Spradlin
- One Sings, the Other Doesn’t (L’une chante, l’autre pas), directed by Agnès Varda – (France)
- Opening Night – directed by John Cassavetes, starring Gena Rowlands, Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara
- Orca, starring Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling, Bo Derek
- The Other Side of Midnight – directed by Charles Jarrott, starring Marie-France Pisier, John Beck, Susan Sarandon, Clu Gulaager, Raf Valone & Michael Learner
- Outlaw Blues, starring Peter Fonda and Susan Saint James
- Padre Padrone (Father and Master), directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani – (Italy) – Palme d’Or winner
- Pafnucio Santo – (Mexico)
- Pete’s Dragon, directed by Don Chaffey, starring Helen Reddy, Jim Dale, Mickey Rooney
- The Picture Show Man, starring Rod Taylor – (Australia)
- A Piece of the Action – directed by & starring Sidney Poitier, with Bill Cosby & James Earl Jones
- Plae Kao (The Scar) – (Thailand)
- Portrait of a Hitman – starring Jack Palance & Rod Steiger
- Providence, directed by Alain Resnais, starring John Gielgud, Dirk Bogarde, Ellen Burstyn – (France/Switzerland)
- Pumping Iron, a docudrama starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Rabid – directed by David Cronenberg, starring Marilyn Chambers (Canada)
- Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown
- Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure, an animated film with the voices of Didi Conn and Mark Baker
- Rembrandt 1669 – (Netherlands)
- The Report (Gozāresh), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – (Iran)
- The Rescuers, animated film with voices of Eva Gabor and Bob Newhart
- Rollercoaster – starring Timothy Bottoms, George Segal, Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda
- Rolling Thunder, starring William Devane
- Roots, TV mini-series, starring LeVar Burton, Louis Gossett Jr., John Amos, Cicely Tyson, Georg Stanford Brown, Olivia Cole, Ben Vereen
- Roseland – directed by James Ivory, starring Teresa Wright, Lou Jacobi, Geraldine Chaplin, Helen Gallagher, Joan Copeland, Christopher Walken, Conrad Janis, & Lila Skala – anthology
- Ruby, starring Piper Laurie
- Saturday Night Fever** – directed by John Badham, starring John Travolta & Karen Lynn Gorney
- Scott Joplin – starring Billy Dee Williams, Margaret Avery, Clifton Davis, Art Carney
- Semi-Tough – directed by Michael Ritchie, starring Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson, Jill Clayburgh, Robert Preston, Bert Convy
- The Sentinel, starring Chris Sarandon, Cristina Raines, José Ferrer, Martin Balsam, Ava Gardner
- September 30, 1955 – directed by James Bridges, starring Richard Thomas, Susan Tyrrell, Dennis Quaid, Tom Hulce, Dennis Christopher
- The Serpent’s Egg – directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring David Carradine & Liv Ullmann – (US/West Germany)
- Short Eyes, directed by Robert M. Young, starring Bruce Davison and Jose Perez
- Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, directed by Sam Wanamaker, starring Patrick Wayne and Jane Seymour – (US/UK)
- Slap Shot – directed by George Roy Hill, starring Paul Newman, Michael Ontkean, Lindsay Crouse, Strother Martin
- Smokey and the Bandit** – directed by Hal Needham, starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, Jackie Gleason
- Soldier of Orange (Soldaat van Oranje), directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Rutger Hauer – (Netherlands)
- Sorcerer, directed by William Friedkin, starring Roy Scheider
- A Special Day (Una giornata particolare), directed by Ettore Scola, starring Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, John Vernon – (Italy)
- Speedtrap, starring Joe Don Baker and Tyne Daly
- Spider-Man – starring Nicholas Hammond – TV movie
- The Spy Who Loved Me, starring Roger Moore (as James Bond) with Barbara Bach, Curd Jürgens, Richard Kiel – (UK)
- Starship Invasions, starring Christopher Lee, Robert Vaughn, Helen Shaver
- Star Wars** – directed by George Lucas, starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness, Peter Cushing
- Stroszek – directed by Werner Herzog, starring Bruno S. & Eva Mattes – (West Germany)
- Suspiria, directed by Dario Argento, starring Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Alida Valli – (Italy)
- Sweeney!, starring John Thaw and Dennis Waterman – (UK)
- A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness (Hishū monogatari) – (Japan)
- Telefon – directed by Don Siegel, starring Charles Bronson & Lee Remick
- Tenda dos Milagres (Tent of Miracles), directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos – (Brazil)
- Tentacles – starring John Huston, Shelley Winters, Henry Fonda
- That Obscure Object of Desire (Cet obscur objet du désir), directed by Luis Buñuel, starring Fernando Rey, Carole Bouquet, Ángela Molina – (France/Spain)
- That’s Carry On!, a compilation film featuring Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor – (UK)
- Thunder and Lightning – starring David Carradine & Kate Jackson
- Tomorrow I’ll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (Czech: Zítra vstanu a opařím se čajem) – (Czechoslovakia)
- Tongpan – (Thailand)
- The Turning Point – directed by Herbert Ross, starring Anne Bancroft, Shirley MacLaine, Tom Skerritt, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Leslie Browne, Martha Scott, Marshall Thompson, & Anthony Zerbe
- Twilight’s Last Gleaming – directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Charles Durning, Paul Winfield, Burt Young
- Unsichtbare Gegner directed by Valie Export – (Austria)
- Viva l’Italia! (I nuovi mostri), starring Vittorio Gassman and Ornella Muti – (Italy)
- Viva Knievel! – directed by Gordon Douglas, starring Evel Knievel, Gene Kelly, Lauren Hutton, Red Buttons, Leslie Nielsen, Cameron Mitchell, Frank Gifford, Dabney Coleman, & Marjoe Gortner
- The War in Space (Wakusei Daisensō: Za uō in Supesu) – (Japan)
- Which Way Is Up?, directed by Michael Schultz, starring Richard Pryor, Margaret Avery, Lonette McKee
- White Bim Black Ear (Belyy Bim, Chyornoe ukho) – (USSR)
- The White Buffalo – starring Charles Bronson, Jack Warden, Will Sampson, Slim Pickens, Kim Novak
- Wilma – starring Shirley Jo Finney, Cicely Tyson, Denzel Washington – TV movie
- The Wishing Tree (Drevo zhelania) – (USSR)
- Wizards – directed by Ralph Bakshi
- The World’s Greatest Lover – directed by and starring Gene Wilder, with Carol Kane, Dom DeLuise
- Wounded Game (Podranki) – (USSR)
- The Year of the Hare (Jäniksen vuosi) – (Finland)
- The Yellow Handkerchief (Shiawase no kiiroi hankachi) – (Japan)
- You Light Up My Life, starring Didi Conn