Best film of the 1970´s

[noodles_leone]

I'm not sure you're supposed to answer with a list. To me the best film of the 70's, despite its many flaws, is Apocalypse Now.

[stanton]

But unfortunately, a bad decade for Westerns. The only 3 great Westerns that I have seen from the 70's are DYS, The Shootist, and McCabe & Mrs. Miller.

Sadly, the Western has been dead for many years. We get the occasional one here or there, but it seems like we'll never again have a time where there will be a steady stream of Westerns 

Up to 1976 there were still a lot of great westerns. And dozens of good westerns. So far the last great decade for the genre

It depends on the individual taste, but here are my favourites of the 70s:

1. Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
2. Little Big Man
3. Ulzana's Raid
4. McCabe & Mrs. Miller
5. My Name Is Nobody
6. Bad Company
7. Companeros
8. The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
9. Matalo!
10. There Was a Crooked Man
11. The Missouri Breaks
12. The Shootist
13. Monte Walsh
14. Blindman
15. Kid Blue

and many, many more
7.

[Prabal]

Here's my pick:

1. Duck you sucker
2. Street Law(Il cittadino si ribella)
3. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
4. Taxi Driver
5. Rocky
6. Godfather(both I and II)
7. Keoma
8. The Sting
9. Straw Dogs(1971)
10. Barry Lyndon
11. Dirty Harry

[Cusser]

Up to 1976 there were still a lot of great westerns. And dozens of good westerns. So far the last great decade for the genre

It depends on the individual taste, but here are my favourites of the 70s:

1. Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
2. Little Big Man
3. Ulzana's Raid
4. McCabe & Mrs. Miller
5. My Name Is Nobody
6. Bad Company
7. Companeros
8. The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
9. Matalo!
10. There Was a Crooked Man
11. The Missouri Breaks
12. The Shootist
13. Monte Walsh
14. Blindman
15. Kid Blue

and many, many more
7.

For westerns in the 1970s, don't forget Josey Wales.

[stanton]

For westerns in the 1970s, don't forget Josey Wales.

Yep, a pretty good one too.

[emmo26]

According to the IMDB 250.....24 films from that era are listed

The top 24...


1 (Alltime 2) The Godfather - 1972
2 (3) The Godfather part II - 1974
3 (13) One Flew over the Cuckoo´s nest - 1975
4 (16) Star Wars - 1977
5 (35) Apocalypse Now - 1979
6 (40) Alien - 1979
7 (55) Taxi Driver - 1976
8 (63) A Clockwork Orange - 1971
9 (81) Chinatown 1974
10 (85) Monty Python and the Holy Grail - 1975
11 (98) The Sting - 1973
12 (133) The Deer Hunter - 1978
13 (142) Jaws - 1975
14 (155) Annie Hall - 1977
15 (163) Life of Brian - 1979
16 (170) Network - 1976
17 (180) Dog Day Afternoon - 1975
18 (201) Rocky - 1976
19 (204) The Exorcist - 1973
20 (206) Sleuth - 1972
21 (209) Barry Lyndon - 1975
22 (213) Stalker - 1979
23 (239) Manhattan - 1979
24 (245) Papillon - 1973


NOTES
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"All the President's Men" and "The French Connection" which went on to win oscars are not featured.

[drinkanddestroy]

Here are the 70's movies I've seen that I would rate at least a 9/10

In alphabetical order:

The Day of the Jackal
Dirty Harry
Duck, You Sucker
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
Harry and Tonto
McCabe and Mrs. Miller
The Shootist
The Taking of Pelhan 123

I am adding to this list The Deer Hunter, Badlands, and The Last Picture Show

[Senza]

It definitely has to be Rocky for me.

[Senza]

I might actually put my top 15 in here, because I think there are other great movies from this decade:
1. Rocky I and II
2. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
3. Jaws
4. Superman
5. The French Connection I and II
6. The Exorcist
7. Duck, You Sucker
8. Black Sunday
9. Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory
10. The Godfather
11. Dirty Harry
12. Magnum Force
13. Assault At Precinct 13
14. The Omega Man
15. Game Of Death

[emmo26]

Also " The man who would be king" needs a shout out, because it did not even make the imdb 250

[Senza]

I should add MNIN.