Top 10 Movies of the 70s⁣

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10. CHİNATOWN (1974) Directed by Roman Polanski

YOU GET TOUGH. YOU GET TENDER. YOU GET CLOSE TO EACH OTHER. MAYBE YOU EVEN GET CLOSE TO THE TRUTH.

Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband’s extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.

Stars: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston

9. ALIEN (1979) Directed by Ridley Scott

IN SPACE NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM.

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.

Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt

8. THE DEER HUNTER (1978) Directed by Michael Cimino

A group of working-class friends decides to enlist in the Army during the Vietnam War and finds it to be hellish chaos – not the noble venture they imagined. Before they left, Steven married his pregnant girlfriend – and Michael and Nick were in love with the same woman. But all three are different men upon their return.

Stars: Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, John Cazale

7. APOCALYPSE NOW (1979) Directed by Francis Ford Coppola

THIS IS THE END…

At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, “does not exist, nor will it ever exist.” His goal is to locate – and eliminate – a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.

Stars: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall

6. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST (1975) Directed by Miloš Forman

IF HE’S CRAZY, WHAT DOES THAT MAKE YOU?

While serving time for insanity at a state mental hospital, implacable rabble-rouser, Randle Patrick McMurphy, inspires his fellow patients to rebel against the authoritarian rule of head nurse, Mildred Ratched.

Stars: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Michael Berryman

5. STAR WARS (1977) Directed by George Lucas

A LONG TIME AGO IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY…

Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess and restore peace and justice in the Empire.

Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher

4. THE GODFATHER: PART II (1974) Directed by Francis Ford Coppola

I DON’T FEEL I HAVE TO WIPE EVERYBODY OUT, TOM. JUST MY ENEMIES.

In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.

Stars: Al Pacino, Robert De Ni ro,Robert D uvall

3. THE GODFATHER (1974) Directed by Francis Ford Coppola

AN OFFER YOU CAN’T REFUSE.

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.

Stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan

2. TAXI DRIVER (1976) Directed by Martin Scorsese

ON EVERY STREET IN EVERY CITY, THERE’S A NOBODY WHO DREAMS OF BEING A SOMEBODY.

A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feed his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.

Stars: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd

1. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971) Directed by Stanley Kubrick

BEING THE ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG MAN WHOSE PRINCIPAL INTERESTS ARE RAPE, ULTRA-VIOLENCE AND BEETHOVEN.

In a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please. When not destroying the lives of others, Alex swoons to the music of Beethoven. The state, eager to crack down on juvenile crime, gives an incarcerated Alex the option to undergo an invasive procedure that’ll rob him of all personal agency. In a time when conscience is a commodity, can Alex change his tune?