1970’s Movies1970’s Movies
19701970
PattonPatton Won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Won Best Picture, Best Director, Best
Actor (George C. Scott) (7 Oscars)Actor (George C. Scott) (7 Oscars) About General in WWIIAbout General in WWII
Tora! Tora! Tora!Tora! Tora! Tora!
Love StoryLove Story Ali MacGraw, Ryan O’NealAli MacGraw, Ryan O’Neal
Love StoryLove Story
““Love means never having to say Love means never having to say you’re sorry.”- famous quote from you’re sorry.”- famous quote from moviemovie
Wife dies young in Wife dies young in
Movie, tearjerker filmMovie, tearjerker film
19711971
The French ConnectionThe French Connection Won Best Picture, Best Director, Won Best Picture, Best Director,
Best Actor (Gene Hackman)Best Actor (Gene Hackman) A Clockwork OrangeA Clockwork Orange ShaftShaft Dirty Harry (Clint Eastwood)Dirty Harry (Clint Eastwood)
The French ConnectionThe French Connection
Cops, drug smuggling Cops, drug smuggling Ring with a French Ring with a French ConnectionConnection
19721972
The Godfather The Godfather Won Best Picture, Best Actor Won Best Picture, Best Actor
(Marlon Brando)(Marlon Brando) Deliverance (Burt Reynolds)Deliverance (Burt Reynolds) Cabaret Cabaret Won Best Director and Best Actress Won Best Director and Best Actress
(Liza Minnelli)(Liza Minnelli)
The GodfatherThe Godfather
Leader of Leader of
Organized crime Organized crime
Family transfersFamily transfers
Control to his sonControl to his son
19731973
The Sting (Paul Newman, Robert The Sting (Paul Newman, Robert Redford) Best Picture, Best Director Redford) Best Picture, Best Director (7 Oscars)(7 Oscars)
American Graffiti (George Lucas)American Graffiti (George Lucas) The ExorcistThe Exorcist The Way We Were (Barbra The Way We Were (Barbra
Streisand, Robert Redford)Streisand, Robert Redford)
1930’s Chicago1930’s Chicago Con man seeks Con man seeks
Revenge for Revenge for
Murdered partnerMurdered partner Takes on criminalTakes on criminal
bankerbanker
The ExorcistThe Exorcist
Landmark ofLandmark of
Horror filmsHorror films Girl possessedGirl possessed Cleric called inCleric called in
As last hopeAs last hope
19741974
The Godfather, Part II (Al Pacino, The Godfather, Part II (Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton) Won Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton) Won Best Picture, Best DirectorBest Picture, Best Director
Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks, Gene Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder)Wilder)
Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks, Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder)Gene Wilder)
19751975
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Best Picture, Best Director, Best (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress Louis Fletcher, Best Actor Actress Louis Fletcher, Best Actor Jack Nicholson)Jack Nicholson)
Jaws (Steven Spielberg)Jaws (Steven Spielberg) Monty Python and the Holy GrailMonty Python and the Holy Grail
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s NestOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Randle P. McMurphyRandle P. McMurphy Playing crazy toPlaying crazy to
Avoid prison workAvoid prison work Sent to state mentalSent to state mental
hospital for evalhospital for eval
JawsJaws
Great White starts toGreat White starts to
Menace the people ofMenace the people of
Beach communityBeach community
““You'll never go in the You'll never go in the
water again!”water again!”
19761976
Rocky (Best Picture, Best Director) Rocky (Best Picture, Best Director) Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burgess MeredithBurgess Meredith
All the President’s Men (Dustin All the President’s Men (Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford)Hoffman, Robert Redford)
Taxi Driver (Robert De Niro, Cybill Taxi Driver (Robert De Niro, Cybill Shepherd)Shepherd)
RockyRocky A small time boxer gets a once in a A small time boxer gets a once in a
lifetime chance to fight the lifetime chance to fight the heavyweight champ in a heavyweight champ in a
bout in which he strives tobout in which he strives to
go the distance for his go the distance for his
self-respect. self-respect.
““His whole life was a His whole life was a
million-to-one shotmillion-to-one shot.” .”
Taxi DriverTaxi Driver
A mentally unstable A mentally unstable
Vietnam war veteran Vietnam war veteran
works as nighttime works as nighttime
taxi driver & has urge taxi driver & has urge
to violently lash out.to violently lash out.
““You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me?”talkin' to me?”
19771977
Annie Hall (Woody Allen, Diane Annie Hall (Woody Allen, Diane Keaton) Best Picture, Best Director, Keaton) Best Picture, Best Director, Best ActressBest Actress
The Goodbye Girl (Best Actor, The Goodbye Girl (Best Actor, Richard Dreyfuss)Richard Dreyfuss)
Star Wars (George Lucas) Mark Star Wars (George Lucas) Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie FisherHamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
Star WarsStar Wars
Luke Skywalker leaves Luke Skywalker leaves
his home planet, teams his home planet, teams
up with other rebels, and up with other rebels, and
tries to save Princess tries to save Princess
Leia from the evil Leia from the evil
clutches of Darth Vaderclutches of Darth Vader. .
Close Encounters of the Third Kind Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg)(Steven Spielberg)
Saturday Night Fever (John Travolta)Saturday Night Fever (John Travolta)
19781978
The Deer Hunter (Best Picture, Best The Deer Hunter (Best Picture, Best Director) Robert De Niro, Meryl Director) Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, Christopher WalkenStreep, Christopher Walken
Coming Home (Best Actress Jane Coming Home (Best Actress Jane Fonda, Best Actor Jon Voight)Fonda, Best Actor Jon Voight)
Grease (John Travolta, Olivia Grease (John Travolta, Olivia Newton-JohnNewton-John
Superman (Christopher Reeve, Superman (Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman)Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman)
National Lampoon’s Animal House National Lampoon’s Animal House (John Belushi, Donald Sutherland, (John Belushi, Donald Sutherland, Tim Matheson)Tim Matheson)
SupermanSuperman
An alien orphan is sent from An alien orphan is sent from
his dying planet to Earth, his dying planet to Earth,
where he grows up to become where he grows up to become
his adoptive home's his adoptive home's
first and greatest first and greatest
super-hero. super-hero.
19791979
Kramer vs Kramer (Best Picture, Kramer vs Kramer (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor Dustin Best Director, Best Actor Dustin Hoffman)Hoffman)
Apocalypse Now (Marlon Brando, Apocalypse Now (Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen)Martin Sheen)
Norma Rae (Sally Field- Best Norma Rae (Sally Field- Best Actress)Actress)
Kramer vs KramerKramer vs Kramer
A just divorced man A just divorced man
must learn to care must learn to care
for his son on his for his son on his
own, and then must own, and then must
fight in court to fight in court to
keep custody of him keep custody of him
Norma RaeNorma Rae
A young single mother A young single mother
and textile worker and textile worker
agrees to help unionize agrees to help unionize
her mill despite the her mill despite the
problems and dangers problems and dangers
involved involved