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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  1. 50 -1

    Opening Night

    1977, in 5 top lists Check
  2. 23 -

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  3. 31 -

    Life of Brian

    1979 — a.k.a. Monty Python's Life of Brian, in 18 top lists Check
  4. 34 -2

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  5. 37 -

    Zerkalo

    1975 — a.k.a. Mirror, in 14 top lists Check
  6. 18 -

    Jaws

    1975, in 29 top lists Check
  7. 32 +1

    Dog Day Afternoon

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  8. 41 -

    Angst essen Seele auf

    1974 — a.k.a. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, in 13 top lists Check
  9. 38 -

    A Woman Under the Influence

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
  10. 17 +2

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  11. 30 +5

    Papillon

    1973, in 6 top lists Check
  12. 39 -

    Sleuth

    1972, in 4 top lists Check
  13. 20 +1

    Rocky

    1976, in 20 top lists Check
  14. 19 -2

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  15. 22 -

    Stalker

    1979, in 22 top lists Check
  16. 21 -1

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  17. 11 -

    The Sting

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  18. 12 -

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  19. 10 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  20. 8 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  21. 6 -

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  22. 4 -

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  23. 2 -

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  24. 1 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  25. 44 -

    All the President's Men

    1976, in 21 top lists Check
  26. 45 -

    Being There

    1979, in 15 top lists Check
  27. 49 +1

    Le cercle rouge

    1970 — a.k.a. The Red Circle, in 11 top lists Check
  28. 48 -

    Il conformista

    1970 — a.k.a. The Conformist, in 20 top lists Check
  29. 14 -

    Dersu Uzala

    1975, in 11 top lists Check
  30. 36 -2

    Fiddler on the Roof

    1971, in 9 top lists Check
  31. 9 -

    Flåklypa Grand Prix

    1975 — a.k.a. The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix, in 6 top lists Check
  32. 3 -

    Hababam Sinifi Sinifta Kaldi

    1975 — a.k.a. The Chaos Class Failed the Class, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 46 +1

    Harold and Maude

    1971, in 22 top lists Check
  34. 27 -

    Höstsonaten

    1978 — a.k.a. Autumn Sonata, in 9 top lists Check
  35. 43 -

    Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni...

    1970 — a.k.a. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion, in 12 top lists Check
  36. 16 -

    Ivan Vasilevich menyaet professiyu

    1973 — a.k.a. Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession, in 5 top lists Check
  37. 33 -4

    The Last Picture Show

    1971, in 21 top lists Check
  38. 25 +1

    The Message

    1976 — a.k.a. Mohammad: Messenger of God, in 7 top lists Check
  39. 13 -

    Monty Python and the Holy Grail

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  40. 24 -

    Network

    1976, in 14 top lists Check
  41. 42 -

    La nuit américaine

    1973 — a.k.a. Day for Night, in 19 top lists Check
  42. 26 -1

    Paper Moon

    1973, in 7 top lists Check
  43. 47 -1

    Patton

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  44. 7 -

    Selvi Boylum Al Yazmalim

    1977, in 4 top lists Check
  45. 28 -

    Sholay

    1975 — a.k.a. Embers, in 11 top lists Check
  46. 35 +1

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 28 top lists Check
  47. 5 -

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  48. 40 -

    Viskningar och rop

    1972 — a.k.a. Cries and Whispers, in 17 top lists Check
  49. 15 -

    Voskhozhdenie

    1977 — a.k.a. The Ascent, in 14 top lists Check
  50. 29 +1

    Young Frankenstein

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
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