this decade saw Hollywood focus on the
harsh truths of war rich cinematography
and movies on a blockbuster scale
welcome to watchmojo.com and today in
this installment of our series on the
greatest movies of all time we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
movies of the 1970s for our series of
the best movies of all time we’ve chosen
10 movies per decade based on their
iconic status critical acclaim box
office success and watchability and just
so you know we’re not necessarily
choosing the movies your film studies
professor would pick so sit back and
relax as we make an offer you can’t
refuse in a galaxy far far away take
these two over to the garage where do I
want to clean up for dinner what I was
going into tosche station to pick up
some power converters these are the
exotic Gamble’s I was telling you about
he’s my friends culturally number 10
rocky the Italian stone it’s a true
underdog story
rocky embodies everything that’s great
about the American Dream and shows us
that opportunities can arise at any
moment rocky it’s the chance of a
lifetime
can’t pass it by rocky the Italian
stallion Balboa is just your average
small-time boxer
however when cocksure heavyweight
champion Apollo Creed decides he wants
to give a little guy a chance
Balboa steps into the ring
that makes for realistic fight scenes
plenty of Stallone grunting and an
overall truly heartwarming story
number nine the deer hunter
juxtaposing the lives of three friends
before and after their time in the
Vietnam War the deer hunter shows us the
true toll of a gruesome conflict don’t
do it what’s the matter with you don’t
you recognize me huh don’t you recognize
me as well as seeing the after-effects
of Nam we also experienced horrific
examples of the deadly games in which
American prisoners of war were forced to
participate The Deer Hunter lifts the
veil on sometimes glamorized depictions
of war and gives us an emotionally
draining perfectly acted ambitious
oscar-winning film I can go slower heads
come on down and jump some of this shit
number eight jaws you yell shark
we’ve got a panic on our hands on the
4th of July accompanied by a killer John
Williams soundtrack that chills to the
bone Steven Spielberg’s jaws is the
story of a great white shark that
terrorizes a small resort town and the
team that’s hired to take it out I’ll
catch this bird for you it ain’t gonna
be easy
bad fish I like going down the pond
chasing blue gills or Tommy Koch
infamous for its graphic and gruesome
scenes John’s became one of the
highest-grossing films ever but it’s not
all blood and guts jaws is respected
because it is not inhabited by
one-dimensional horror movie stereotypes
but by layered human characters
you want do your partner a big favor
take him home number seven Chinatown
look somebody’s gone to a lot of trouble
here in lawsuit or no lawsuit I intend
to find out I’m not supposed to be the
one who’s caught with his pants down not
only did this Roman Polanski film earn
an Oscar for its screenplay it also
cemented Jack Nicholson’s place in
Hollywood history pIJ Geddes specializes
in uncovering cases of infidelity so a
cheating husband is a regular case well
that little girlfriend she was pretty in
a cheap sort of way of course she’s
disappeared
maybe they disappeared together however
after a Miss Mulwray asks him to track
her high-profile husband he soon
realizes everything isn’t what it seems
spiraling into a web of deceit seduction
and murder we anxiously follow get us
every step of the way okay it’s
Chinatown
hey number six
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest I’m
talking about content I’m talking about
interrelationships I’m talking about God
the devil
he’ll heaven do you understand finally
huh this multiple Academy award-winning
movie tells the tale of Randall McMurphy
played by Jack Nicholson who fakes
mental illness to avoid prison and now
they’re telling me I’m crazy over here
as I don’t sit there like a goddamn
vegetable don’t make a bit of sense to
me ultimately becoming the rebellious
wild card of the loony bin
McMurphy searches new life into his
fellow patients and locks horns with the
oppressive nurse ratchet that music is
all they have
your hand is staining my window even
with Nicholson sometimes frenetic energy
it’s the gloomy atmosphere of this flick
that makes it truly engrossing from
start to finish
No number five a Clockwork Orange
there was me dies Alex and my three
dreams at his Pete Georgie and dim a bit
of the old ultraviolence anyone
following young Alex to large and his
gang of delinquent Drew’s Stanley
Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange is about
freewill as much as it is about mindless
anarchy it’s a stinking water because
that’s no longer anymore
hey stinky were the Dozen it’s the young
get onto the old it’s overt violence is
credited with helping to loosen cinema
standards when it came to the rough
stuff to the point where the filmmaker
himself questioned its content even so
it’s a landmark piece of filmmaking that
was nominated for multiple Oscars
number four taxi driver you talking to
me you talking to me one of the most
significant milestones in the martin
scorsese robert de niro partnership this
film is the story of a vietnam vet
who wants to clean up the streets of new
york as a vigilante cab driver here’s a
man who would not take it anymore a man
who stood up against the scum it’s the
dogs the filled the shit here is someone
who stood up although there is very
little action in the film we witnessed
the grueling underbelly of NYC
from the viewpoint of an obsessive and
fretful insomniac I don’t believe I’ve
ever met anyone quite like you
Scorsese storytelling and character
development really take over producing a
film that enthralls you to the end
suck on this I love the smell of napalm
in the morning
number three Apocalypse Now every minute
I stay in this room I get weaker in
every minute Charlie squats in the bush
he gets stronger set against the
backdrop of the gritty Vietnam War
Francis Ford Coppola Apocalypse Now
follows a group of soldiers who are
given the task of assassinating a row
Colonel they told me that you had gone
totally insane
and the gym methods were unsound its
master bleep executed war theme comes
accompanied with snappy dialogue as well
as horrific yet very realistic scenes of
plunder and destruction
by recreating the conflict instead of
scrutinizing it
Coppola managed to make what’s
considered the greatest Vietnam War film
in a decade full of them I find your
lack of faith disturbing
number two Star Wars Episode four a new
hope what a piece of junk to make point
five past light speed this financially
successful juggernaut made sci-fi a
phenomenon when the plans to destroy the
dreaded Death Star end up in the hands
of a farm boy we embark on a journey of
SIF versus Jedi lightsabers spaceships
robots and the force kid I flown from
one side of this galaxy to the other I
seen a lot of strange stuff but I never
seen anything to make me believe there’s
one all-powerful force controlling
everything not only was this space
adventure aesthetically impressive its
intricate storyline and characters also
built a hardcore fan base overnight and
influenced all who came after it and
it’ll continue to do so for a long long
time
before we unveil our pick for the best
movie of the 1970s here are a few
honorable mentions are so neat we’re
gonna give you our special prize you
want me to give it to you sweetheart if
surprises you I’m a ready kid we’ll get
Ben Turkey
Audrey
you shot mumbling sumbitch is here I saw
it I’m gonna get it Michael Francis
ritzy do you renounce Satan number one
The Godfather
you can act like a man by what you
brought to the big screen by Francis
Ford Coppola this blockbuster shattered
box office records earned Universal
critical praise and was even loaded by
mafia men for its realism following
Michael Corleone as he reluctantly yet
ruthlessly works his way to the top of
the mob this film and its sequels
changed cinema with their influence
you’ll set up a meeting with someone
that you absolutely trust guaranteeing
your safety not that meeting you’ll be
assassinated with undisputed violence
complex social hierarchies and pursuit
of the American dream as themes The
Godfather was a smash that audiences
also couldn’t refuse I want to make him
an awfully kind with you do you agree
with our list what’s your favorite movie
of the 70s for more thrilling top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
you
harsh truths of war rich cinematography
and movies on a blockbuster scale
welcome to watchmojo.com and today in
this installment of our series on the
greatest movies of all time we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
movies of the 1970s for our series of
the best movies of all time we’ve chosen
10 movies per decade based on their
iconic status critical acclaim box
office success and watchability and just
so you know we’re not necessarily
choosing the movies your film studies
professor would pick so sit back and
relax as we make an offer you can’t
refuse in a galaxy far far away take
these two over to the garage where do I
want to clean up for dinner what I was
going into tosche station to pick up
some power converters these are the
exotic Gamble’s I was telling you about
he’s my friends culturally number 10
rocky the Italian stone it’s a true
underdog story
rocky embodies everything that’s great
about the American Dream and shows us
that opportunities can arise at any
moment rocky it’s the chance of a
lifetime
can’t pass it by rocky the Italian
stallion Balboa is just your average
small-time boxer
however when cocksure heavyweight
champion Apollo Creed decides he wants
to give a little guy a chance
Balboa steps into the ring
that makes for realistic fight scenes
plenty of Stallone grunting and an
overall truly heartwarming story
number nine the deer hunter
juxtaposing the lives of three friends
before and after their time in the
Vietnam War the deer hunter shows us the
true toll of a gruesome conflict don’t
do it what’s the matter with you don’t
you recognize me huh don’t you recognize
me as well as seeing the after-effects
of Nam we also experienced horrific
examples of the deadly games in which
American prisoners of war were forced to
participate The Deer Hunter lifts the
veil on sometimes glamorized depictions
of war and gives us an emotionally
draining perfectly acted ambitious
oscar-winning film I can go slower heads
come on down and jump some of this shit
number eight jaws you yell shark
we’ve got a panic on our hands on the
4th of July accompanied by a killer John
Williams soundtrack that chills to the
bone Steven Spielberg’s jaws is the
story of a great white shark that
terrorizes a small resort town and the
team that’s hired to take it out I’ll
catch this bird for you it ain’t gonna
be easy
bad fish I like going down the pond
chasing blue gills or Tommy Koch
infamous for its graphic and gruesome
scenes John’s became one of the
highest-grossing films ever but it’s not
all blood and guts jaws is respected
because it is not inhabited by
one-dimensional horror movie stereotypes
but by layered human characters
you want do your partner a big favor
take him home number seven Chinatown
look somebody’s gone to a lot of trouble
here in lawsuit or no lawsuit I intend
to find out I’m not supposed to be the
one who’s caught with his pants down not
only did this Roman Polanski film earn
an Oscar for its screenplay it also
cemented Jack Nicholson’s place in
Hollywood history pIJ Geddes specializes
in uncovering cases of infidelity so a
cheating husband is a regular case well
that little girlfriend she was pretty in
a cheap sort of way of course she’s
disappeared
maybe they disappeared together however
after a Miss Mulwray asks him to track
her high-profile husband he soon
realizes everything isn’t what it seems
spiraling into a web of deceit seduction
and murder we anxiously follow get us
every step of the way okay it’s
Chinatown
hey number six
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest I’m
talking about content I’m talking about
interrelationships I’m talking about God
the devil
he’ll heaven do you understand finally
huh this multiple Academy award-winning
movie tells the tale of Randall McMurphy
played by Jack Nicholson who fakes
mental illness to avoid prison and now
they’re telling me I’m crazy over here
as I don’t sit there like a goddamn
vegetable don’t make a bit of sense to
me ultimately becoming the rebellious
wild card of the loony bin
McMurphy searches new life into his
fellow patients and locks horns with the
oppressive nurse ratchet that music is
all they have
your hand is staining my window even
with Nicholson sometimes frenetic energy
it’s the gloomy atmosphere of this flick
that makes it truly engrossing from
start to finish
No number five a Clockwork Orange
there was me dies Alex and my three
dreams at his Pete Georgie and dim a bit
of the old ultraviolence anyone
following young Alex to large and his
gang of delinquent Drew’s Stanley
Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange is about
freewill as much as it is about mindless
anarchy it’s a stinking water because
that’s no longer anymore
hey stinky were the Dozen it’s the young
get onto the old it’s overt violence is
credited with helping to loosen cinema
standards when it came to the rough
stuff to the point where the filmmaker
himself questioned its content even so
it’s a landmark piece of filmmaking that
was nominated for multiple Oscars
number four taxi driver you talking to
me you talking to me one of the most
significant milestones in the martin
scorsese robert de niro partnership this
film is the story of a vietnam vet
who wants to clean up the streets of new
york as a vigilante cab driver here’s a
man who would not take it anymore a man
who stood up against the scum it’s the
dogs the filled the shit here is someone
who stood up although there is very
little action in the film we witnessed
the grueling underbelly of NYC
from the viewpoint of an obsessive and
fretful insomniac I don’t believe I’ve
ever met anyone quite like you
Scorsese storytelling and character
development really take over producing a
film that enthralls you to the end
suck on this I love the smell of napalm
in the morning
number three Apocalypse Now every minute
I stay in this room I get weaker in
every minute Charlie squats in the bush
he gets stronger set against the
backdrop of the gritty Vietnam War
Francis Ford Coppola Apocalypse Now
follows a group of soldiers who are
given the task of assassinating a row
Colonel they told me that you had gone
totally insane
and the gym methods were unsound its
master bleep executed war theme comes
accompanied with snappy dialogue as well
as horrific yet very realistic scenes of
plunder and destruction
by recreating the conflict instead of
scrutinizing it
Coppola managed to make what’s
considered the greatest Vietnam War film
in a decade full of them I find your
lack of faith disturbing
number two Star Wars Episode four a new
hope what a piece of junk to make point
five past light speed this financially
successful juggernaut made sci-fi a
phenomenon when the plans to destroy the
dreaded Death Star end up in the hands
of a farm boy we embark on a journey of
SIF versus Jedi lightsabers spaceships
robots and the force kid I flown from
one side of this galaxy to the other I
seen a lot of strange stuff but I never
seen anything to make me believe there’s
one all-powerful force controlling
everything not only was this space
adventure aesthetically impressive its
intricate storyline and characters also
built a hardcore fan base overnight and
influenced all who came after it and
it’ll continue to do so for a long long
time
before we unveil our pick for the best
movie of the 1970s here are a few
honorable mentions are so neat we’re
gonna give you our special prize you
want me to give it to you sweetheart if
surprises you I’m a ready kid we’ll get
Ben Turkey
Audrey
you shot mumbling sumbitch is here I saw
it I’m gonna get it Michael Francis
ritzy do you renounce Satan number one
The Godfather
you can act like a man by what you
brought to the big screen by Francis
Ford Coppola this blockbuster shattered
box office records earned Universal
critical praise and was even loaded by
mafia men for its realism following
Michael Corleone as he reluctantly yet
ruthlessly works his way to the top of
the mob this film and its sequels
changed cinema with their influence
you’ll set up a meeting with someone
that you absolutely trust guaranteeing
your safety not that meeting you’ll be
assassinated with undisputed violence
complex social hierarchies and pursuit
of the American dream as themes The
Godfather was a smash that audiences
also couldn’t refuse I want to make him
an awfully kind with you do you agree
with our list what’s your favorite movie
of the 70s for more thrilling top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
you
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