in the 70s - Top Ten Movies of the Seventies

Top Ten Movies of the Seventies

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

We also have pages on this topic devoted to the 80s and 90s

By: sheer

10. Deliverance
Squeal like a pig if you watch this!
9. Taxi Driver
NO!!!!
8. A Clockwork Orange
Singing in the rain with a real kick to it!
7. Midnight Express
I dont have any Turkish friends!
6. Star Wars
70's vesion of the man in the iron mask?
5. Apocalpyse Now
How to find a bald fat dude who crashed his river boat!
4. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Nurse RATSHIT!!
3. The Warriors
Why did you shoot Sirius, man? Because it was in the script!
2. The Exorcist
A real head turner!
1. Jaws
I used to go to the beach!

By: Stacy Peterson

10. Apocalypse Now
9. The Poseidon Adventure
8. The Omen
Not as scary as Halloween, but I still lost sleep over this one!!!
7. Smokey and the Bandit
This movie made us all want to drive a Trans Am!!
6. Saturday Night Fever
Great Music!!
5. JAWS
Another scary one!
4. Star Wars
An all time classic!
3. Xanadu
A great preteen movie of the 70's!
2. Halloween
The scariest movie I have ever seen!!! The newer horror movies are nothing compared to this one!!
1. Grease
By far the best movie of all time!!!! I think I watched that movie over 30 times in one summer growing up!!!

By: SCOTT KALINOWSKI

10. POSIEDON ADVENTURE
9. ONE FLEW OVER THE KOO KOOS NEST
8. HALLOWEEN
HALLOWEEN
7. SLAP SHOT
SLAP SHOT
6. DELIVERANCE
5. DEER HUNTER
4. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
3. ROCKY
2. JAWS
1. STAR WARS

SINCE NONE OF THEM MADE MY TOP TEN LIST, I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION ALL THE GREAT CLINT EASTWOOD MOVIES FROM THE 70S.

By: matt welter

10. Xanadu
Sure it had Olivia Newton John, but it was new wave.
9. Logan's Run
Farrah was wicked. Great concept.
8. Willy Wonka
Gene Wilder was the perfect Willy Wonka. Oompa Loompa songs were great. I love the "I want it all song. I cry when charlie give up the gobstopper.
7. Muppet Movie
I get teary when Kermit is singing the opening piece.
6. The Jerk
Steve Martins best film. Hey, that guy doesn't like cans! Mister, you shouldn't name your dog lifesaver...
5. Young Frankenstein
Other than 7 Year Itch, this is the funniest movie of all time. What knockers. Frah bluha. Aint got no body.
4. Blade Runner
Was this 79 or 80? The original cut was better than the directors, but at the time I saw it I didn't realize how great the movie was.
3. Videodrome
A total Mindfuck movie. The guys has been hallucinating since he first saw the videodrome signal. It's also the first thing that the audience sees.
2. Rocky Horror Picture Show
Great Music. Tim Curry has one of the most unique villians ever. I took my mom to this show.
1. Little Girl Who Lived Down the Lane
Creepy made for television movie with Jodi Foster. If your tea tastes like almonds, it's just the cookies.

Monty Python's Holy Grail, Planet of the Apes, Bill Cosby and Sidney Portier movies.

By: Jon

10. The Changeling
Lots of classic carsand '70s style in this great story about a haunted house with George C. Scott.
9. The Poseidon Adventure
Lots of action and fun in this thriller about a ship that turns upside down, and the passengers must find a way out.
8. The Omen
Haunting story about a possessed child. Very elegant look at the '70s.
7. Airport '77
An airplane sinks in the ocean and the passengers, including Jack Lemmon and Olivia DeHavilland are trapped! Olivia DeHavilland's part was originally offered to Joan Crawford. It's a shame she didn't accept it.
6. Omega Man
Creepy, weird movie about the end of the world. A must-see.
5. Chinatown
Awesome performances by Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway in this classic, ultra-stylish '70s noir.
4. Towering Inferno
Lavish disaster epic involving a new high rise, caught on fire, with all the rich people on the top floor (including Faye Dunaway.
3. Used Cars
Awesome movie about Used Car lots in the '70s! Watch for all the great '70s cars, disco dancing on cars, etc. Funny and Outrageous!
2. Sybil
1. The Godfather

Movies in the '70s were spectacular.

By: Stoked

10. Paper Moon
The secon Bogdanovich Flick on my list - he sure shaped the 70s.
9. The Wall
Geldof of all popstars as the star in a Pink Floyd flick. Shattering.
8. The French Connection
featuring a brilliant Gene Hackman
7. Rocky
Sly showed three outstanding performances in his career - Rocky (I), F.I.S.T. and Copland. Forget the rest.
6. The Deer Hunter
Very long, very dark, very gripping, very 70s
5. Harold and Maude
Bud Cort's suicide stunts make you laugh and weep alike. Awesome soundtrack.
4. Taxi Driver
For the love of the broken hero - "You tawkin' to me?"
3. Vanishing Point
See it - and hide under your mattress, should the lame 90's version of it be aired on a TV near you
2. Two-Lane Blacktop
Forget Easy Rider. This is the roadmovie to see - right up with my next favourite, "Vanishing Point"
1. The Last Picture Show
Awesome. And where on earth has Timothy Bottoms ben hiding between this masterpiece and its so-so- sequel, "Texasville"???

By: Joe Diaz

10. Canonball Run
Okay so it's not one of the ten best films, but I really enjoyed it then!
9. Logan's Run
A sci-fi classic
8. Soylent Green
Ewwwwwwww, People? It's made of people?
7. Deliverence
You sure got a pretty mouth!
6. Taxi Driver
Robert DeNiro plays an excellent psycho.
5. The Hunter
I think this is definitely Steve McQueen's best movie.
4. Deer Hunter
3. Star Wars
The greatest sci-fi movie of all time
2. Smokey and The Bandit
Funny, fast, cars, dumb police, and Sally Field when she was cute. Nuff said
1. Superman
Made us believe a man could fly

I was pretty young in the 70's but I saw quite a few movies with my parents, and these are the ones that really stood out in my mind when I think of the 70's movies i saw.

By: Lee Martin

10. The Poseiden Adventure
I was so shocked when what's his name died! Has Ernest Borgnine in it, which is the only reason I watched it in the first place(He was in Willard, the prequel to Ben)
9. Jaws
No one can go swimming without hearing that: bum bum bum bum ect.
8. Young Frankenstein
Possibly Mel Brookes best film ever! Gene Wilder rules the screen again! When he stabs himself in the leg in the beginning I just fell over laughing! What can I say? I'm easily amused! Oh and I love that at the end! It's too funny to type!!!
7. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Gene Wilder makes a GREAT Willy Wonka!!!!
6. The Omen
Reminds me of my cousin Justin...
5. House of Dark Shadows
Movie based on my favorite soap opera(Dark Shadows) Jonathan Frid is my all time favorite Vampire! I was sobbing when he got staked! But then at the end, when you think he's dead and he turns into a bat, my mom and I cheered!!! GO BARNABUS!!!!!!
4. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Been watching it since I was a kid. I still don't understand the plot. But it's one of my favorite movies anyway!
3. Escape from the Planet of the Apes
My Favorite out of the 5! I still cry at the end when Zira and Cornelius get shot!! NNNOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
2. Ben
Sequel to Willard. I still cry at the theme song, sung by a young Michael Jackson!!! Not many people knew that the Ben in that song was a rat! Ever since then I have wanted a pet rat, but my dad just wouldn't agree...
1. Phantom of the Paradise
What is there to say? The Phantom was my first crush!!!!!!! PHANTOM RULES!!!!!!!!! My all time favorite movie from the 70's!!!!

Ok, I'll admit it! I wasn't alive in the 70's! But that doesn't mean I can't like the movies! It just means I can't go see TRHPS(the rocky horror picture show)until it comes out in theaters again!

By: liz

10. Over the Edge
9. Sid and Nancy
8. All the President's Men
7. American Graffiti
6. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
5. Grease
4. The Omen
The second best film about the devil. (The Exorcist is the first.)
3. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Aliens from the planet Transsexual offer shelter to an engaged couple whose car has broken down.
2. A Clockwork Orange
A creepy look at the future, which could be very soon.
1. The Exorcist
THE BEST HORROR FILM EVER! What else can I say?

I know Sid and Nancy is from the 80s, but I forgot it on my 80s list. Sorry.

By: amanda

10. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
There were so many good movies in the 70s. I could barely pick an order for the first seven. Too many good movies.
9. Alien
8. Rocky Horror Picture Show
7. Animal house
6. Jaws
5. Rocky
4. Saturday Night Fever
3. Grease
2. Star Wars
1. Godfather