The 1970s was a magic period for the movie industry. From Robert Redford and Al Pacino to Woody Allen and Steven Spielberg, a whole new crop of stars and directors have become household names. America was a different place after the turmoil of the 60s, including the civil law movement, the sexual violence, and the Vietnam war, and Hollywood reflected changing culture as the film mirror. Films began to explore new terrains in which sexual roles were changing, political mistrust and subversive comedies were changing. The result was a new era in American and international cinema.
This list was compiled to classify the best movies of the decade to celebrate the movie heyday of the 1970s. All 1970s films have been compiled, which have good IMDb scores. To qualify, the movie had to be released between 1970 and 1979, and it was ranked well by IMDb. As well, we compiled 1960s movies to enjoy the classic movies of the Hollywood industry.
So, let’s round up to this list of Top 10 70’s Movies!
10. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
The 1975 U.K. comedy film Monty Python and the Holy Grail reflects the Arthurian legend directed by Gilliam and Jones and performed in the comedy band Monty Python (Chapman, Cleese, Gilliam, Idle, Jones, and Palin). The New York Times named Monty Python and the Holy Grail, during their premiere, as “an incredibly special kind of lunatic effort,” a sentence that seems to define the British comedy film perfectly.
The movie is a parody of the legends of Holy Grail and King Arthur, written and directed by the Monty Python comedy troupe, a shock filled with laugh-off jokes, which have become permanent features of the Pop Culture Lexicon. In 2005, the cult classic became an award-winning Broadway show named “Spamalot,” slated to get a movie adaptation sometime this year.
9. Chinatown (1974)
Chinatown is an American neo-noir mystery film from Robert Towne’s screenplay directed by Roman Polanski, featuring Faye Dunaway and Jack Nicholson. The film was sparked by the California Water Wars at the beginning of the 20th century that ensured Los Angeles’ water rights in the Owens Valley, a series of strife around southern California’s water.
In 1974 Jack Nicholson played private detective Jake Gittes in the piece by Roman Polanski in Los Angeles in the early 20th century, capturing America’s attention to a film of noir murder, intrigue, and water rights. The film won Nicholson’s fourth Oscar nomination and was a critical and commercial success. So, we ranked this movie on number nine on our list of Best 70’s movies.
