IMDb's 1970s Top 50
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Although the 1970s opened with Hollywood experiencing a financial and artistic depression, the decade became a creative high point in the US film industry. Restrictions on language, adult content and sexuality, and violence had loosened up, and these elements became more widespread. The counter-culture of the time had influenced Hollywood to be freer, to take more risks and to experiment with alternative, young film makers (nicknamed "Movie Brats"), as old Hollywood professionals and old-style moguls died out and a new generation of film makers arose and caused Hollywood to be renewed and reborn.
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The Godfather
1972, in 42 top lists Check -
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The Godfather Part II
1974, in 32 top lists Check -
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Hababam Sinifi Sinifta Kaldi
1975 — a.k.a. The Chaos Class Failed the Class, in 2 top lists Check -
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975, in 35 top lists Check -
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Star Wars
1977, in 40 top lists Check -
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Alien
1979, in 30 top lists Check -
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Selvi Boylum Al Yazmalim
1977 — a.k.a. The Girl with the Red Scarf, in 3 top lists Check -
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Apocalypse Now
1979, in 37 top lists Check -
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Flåklypa Grand Prix
1975 — a.k.a. The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Sting
1973, in 17 top lists Check -
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Taxi Driver
1976, in 34 top lists Check -
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A Clockwork Orange
1971, in 37 top lists Check -
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1975, in 23 top lists Check -
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Dersu Uzala
1975, in 11 top lists Check -
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Voskhozhdenie
1977 — a.k.a. The Ascent, in 14 top lists Check -
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Ivan Vasilevich menyaet professiyu
1973 — a.k.a. Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession, in 5 top lists Check -
17 +1
Jaws
1975, in 26 top lists Check -
18 -1
Rocky
1976, in 20 top lists Check -
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The Exorcist
1973, in 27 top lists Check -
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The Deer Hunter
1978, in 26 top lists Check -
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Chinatown
1974, in 31 top lists Check -
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Barry Lyndon
1975, in 24 top lists Check -
23 +1
Paper Moon
1973, in 8 top lists Check -
24 -1
Network
1976, in 14 top lists Check -
25 +1
The Message
1976 — a.k.a. Mohammad: Messenger of God, in 7 top lists Check -
26 +1
Höstsonaten
1978 — a.k.a. Autumn Sonata, in 9 top lists Check -
27 +1
Una giornata particolare
1977 — a.k.a. A Special Day, in 9 top lists Check -
28 -3
Sholay
1975 — a.k.a. Embers, in 12 top lists Check -
29 +1
Stalker
1979, in 22 top lists Check -
30 +4
Life of Brian
1979, in 18 top lists Check -
31 -2
The Last Picture Show
1971, in 21 top lists Check -
32 -1
Young Frankenstein
1974, in 14 top lists Check -
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Dog Day Afternoon
1975, in 23 top lists Check -
34 +1
Fiddler on the Roof
1971, in 9 top lists Check -
35 +2
Papillon
1973, in 6 top lists Check -
36 -4
A Woman Under the Influence
1974, in 15 top lists Check -
37 -1
Annie Hall
1977, in 34 top lists Check -
38 +1
La nuit américaine
1973 — a.k.a. Day for Night, in 19 top lists Check -
39 +1
Angst essen Seele auf
1974 — a.k.a. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, in 13 top lists Check -
40 -2
Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni...
1970 — a.k.a. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion, in 11 top lists Check -
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Solyaris
1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 24 top lists Check -
42 +1
All the President's Men
1976, in 21 top lists Check -
43 -1
Being There
1979, in 15 top lists Check -
44 +2
Zerkalo
1975 — a.k.a. Mirror, in 13 top lists Check -
45 -1
Harold and Maude
1971, in 22 top lists Check -
46 -1
Patton
1970, in 13 top lists Check -
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Il conformista
1970 — a.k.a. The Conformist, in 20 top lists Check -
48 +1
Viskningar och rop
1972 — a.k.a. Cries and Whispers, in 17 top lists Check -
49 +1
Sleuth
1972, in 4 top lists Check -
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Le cercle rouge
1970 — a.k.a. The Red Circle, in 11 top lists Check
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