Recommend Me Some Movies From the 1970s

Oh yeah not too bad Hun but not really ace. I'd watch the following if I came across them on tv : Day or the Jackal, Get Carter, The Wicker Man, Alien or Midnight Express, but wouldn't be fussed about the rest

I'm going to mention again Death Race 2000 for those who haven't seen it, fun film.

Are you British?

HK is british

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About to start Jaws. Here's hoping I like it more than Cabaret.

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Never watched Jaws?

I think you will quite like Jaws. Though I could be wrong.

No. Nor any of its sequels.

The 1970s is among the least explored decades for me (hence the creation of this thread) and I've never been a horror fan so it's not something that really piqued my interest.

I see. I also only watched Jaws about a year ago.

I consider it more thriller than horror.

Yup, I've never considered Jaws a horror film. I still don't.

Hope you enjoyed Jaws, MV.

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I did enjoy it, though perhaps not in the way Spielberg had intended. The mechanical shark was hilarious, especially when intercut with scenes of real great white sharks that were much, much smaller than it yet intended to be the same shark.

I just realized you could spend a TON of time with Fassbinder, he has loads of praised work in the 70s

Praised, but not necessarily good.

Another set of good 1970's movies that I would recommend:

Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)


Castle of Gagliostro (1979)


Galaxy Express 999 (1979)


Already mentioned but I think I must mention again (given that they are easily among the best of the best movies ever made):

The Mirror


Stalker


Though I think you might find these two movies rather boring. The three above are more fun though the first one is completely erratic.

Which ones have you seen?

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I admit it, I only said it for this reason. I was sure I'd get a big bite from the markfish.

FTR, I've seen The Marriage Of Maria Braun and tried to watch The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, but I couldn't get into it.

Has anyone ever seen Tora Tora Tora? Thinking about giving it a watch for the 70s list.

How could I forget, Bruce Lee's films:

Perhaps among the greatest martial arts films ever produced in the Greater China Area:

Enter The Dragon


Way of the Dragon


Game of Death


Fists of Fury


Great fun. Though besides the fighting scenes they don't have great qualities.

Well, China has been in a bit of a decline over the past century (certainly unusual for them), but I still think you should explore more, King Hu >> Bruce Lee.