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

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• 10. Close Encounters Of The 3rd Kind
  
• 9. Star Wars
  
• 8. Billy Jack
  
• 7. Planet Of The Apes
  
• 6. Prom Night
  
• 5. Carrie
  
• 4. Animal House
  
• 3. Halloween
  
• 2. American Graffiti
  
• 1. Grease
  

• 10. Love And Death
  I like history mixed with satire and humour. I think Woody Allen does it better than Mel Brooks, and besides, who else is there?
• 9. All The Way Boys
  I saw this in Europe in '85. Sort of similar to buddy-buddy shoot 'em up flicks of the 80's, except this was made in Italy in '73. It takes place in Columbia, two guys who are bush pilots end up in a remote mining enclave, and clash with some hoodlums who are trying to keep all the business in their own hands. It has a lot of humour, and a lot of beautiful scenery. Recommended to anyone who liked Romancing the Stone.
• 8. West World
  Another great sci-fi golden. Two businessmen take a holiday in a resort populated by androids that reenact historical themes.
• 7. Logan's Run
  I Always forget there were other space movies than Star Wars. This one came out a year before, and has quite a different look, more like the worlds of Ray Bradbury's stories or Aldous Huxley's.
• 6. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
  A woman who loses her husband takes her son on a trip towards her home town, and ends up taking a waitressing job along the way.
• 5. S.O.B.
  This is the movie where Julie Andrews' character agrees to vanquish her clean family image by doing an x-rated flick to keep her director husband from going bankrupt.
• 4. Thief
  I can hardly believe this was made in 1980, it looks so modern, so timeless. Same goes for Times Square.
• 3. Gloria
  John Cassevetes is to grit and realism as Woody Allen is to intellectualism and humour.
• 2. Annie Hall
  This is the film that beat Star Wars for an oscar. I have never seen a movie quite like this one, and yet it seems natural.
• 1. Times Square
  Hard to believe, but this movie actually makes New York's populace seem tighter (closer) than a small town, in a believable, gripping way. One of a kind.

• 10. Three Days Of The Condor
  Robert Redford could be Brad Pitts father!
• 9. Papillon
  Oh my God - This is exellent!! Love Steve and Dustin!
• 8. Serpico
  Al Pacino looks handsome for a change! And he has some pretty cool clothes going on..!
• 7. The Marathon Man
  I love Dustin Hoffman, what can I say? Brilliant!
• 6. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
  This is simply horrific, I can't watch this without getting chills..grr..
• 5. Papillon
  Oh my good - This is exellent!!
• 4. Klute
  One word: Jane Fonda!!!
• 3. There's A Girl In My Soup
  I laugh my ass of when Peter Sellers Says "My God, but you're lovely!" And once again, I love his appartment - what an awsome bed!
• 2. Kramer vs Kramer
  This one make me feel so good, I don't quite know why, bu I am a BIG FAN OF THE SEVENTIES, and I love everything from location to clothes!
• 1. Foul Play
  I love this movie, and I have always loved Goldie! I find this both funny and thrilling!! All time favorite!! -And I also dig San Fransisco!!

• 10. All The President's Men
  
• 9. The Sting
  
• 8. Star Wars
  
• 7. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
  
• 6. The Deer Hunter
  
• 5. A Clockwork Orange
  
• 4. Chinatown
  
• 3. Apocalypse Now
  
• 2. Taxi Driver
  
• 1. The Godfather
  

• 10. Rocky
  Underdog story at its best
• 9. Jaws
  
• 8. Chinatown
  A true film noir
• 7. Kramer vs. Kramer
  
• 6. Deer Hunter
  
• 5. One Flew Over The Coo Coo's Nest
  
• 4. Taxi Driver
  Incredible. A true hero story, no matter how psychotic he is. Extremely clever psychoanalysis of a human mind.
• 3. Apocalypse Now
  The best Vietnam movie ever. In order to really like it u have to watch it many times. Way out of its time, maybe thats why many people misjudged it.
• 2. The Godfather
  Wow!
• 1. Godfather pt. 2
  A True Sequel, and thats hard to do since the first is considered to be in the top 3 best American movies ever.

• 10. Taxi Driver, 1976
  Deniros best performance besides raging bull
• 9. American Graffiti, 1972?
  If only lucas wouldve made six of these
• 8. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, 1975
  Nicholson, a sane man who slowly goes crazy after going into an insane asylum to get himself out of prison
• 7. The Sting, 1974?
  Great twists and turns of this movie with redford and newman are great, for some reason the women they like are dueces
• 6. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, 1977?
  Here Come Speilberg and Dreyfuss again in this psychological, out of this world fascinating movie
• 5. Jaws, 1975
  one of speilbergs earliest and finest
• 4. Mean Streets, 1973
  An early scorsese film with a young deniro playing a punk, shows the potential of scorsese with it's cinematography, plot and soundtrack
• 3. The Deer Hunter, 1978
  Long Movie but it does not ever bore, russian roulette scenes will turn your knuckles white
• 2. The Godfather, Part II, 1974
  close second to it's big brother, the flashbacks with deniro are the best part
• 1. The Godfather, 1972
  The dialouge, the plot, the actors and their characters, and francis ford coppola

• 10. The Godfather 1972
  
• 9. Rocky
  
• 8. Dawn Of The Dead 1978
  
• 7. Apocalypes Now 1979
  
• 6. Taxi Driver 1976
  
• 5. The Long Good Friday
  
• 4. One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest 1975
  
• 3. Dirty Harry 1971
  
• 2. The Deer Hunter
  
• 1. Get Carter 1971
  

• 10. The Exorcist
  Truly frightening film.
• 9. An Unmarried Woman
  My mom's favorite film, she introduced me to this classic and I can't imagine never watching it.
• 8. Kramer vs. Kramer
  A moving picture about two parents fighting for custody of their child.
• 7. Silent Movie
  A hilarious Mel Brooks' comedy!
• 6. Carrie
  To this day remains my personal favorite horror film.
• 5. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
  Phenomenal science fiction film.
• 4. A Clockwork Orange
  I can see a large majority of people disagreeing with me on this one, but this is one of my favorite films ever made.
• 3. Jaws
  Scary, exciting, and not to mention timeless!
• 2. Nashville
  I haven't seen this movie in years, but I remember that it was an amazing film after all these years.
• 1. The Godfather
  The best storytelling I've ever seen.

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