MOVIE REVIEWS - 1970 to 1979

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1970 to 1979 movie highlights

The 1970s was a watershed decade for movies with Hollywood studios seizing on the idea of the "Blockbuster" that had emerged with the release of Steven Spielberg's JAWS in 1975 and George Lucas's STAR WARS two year later in 1977. 

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1970 movie highlights

crimes of
the future
​
science fiction
RELEASED: 1/01/70
(Usa)
TIME:  65 MINS
RATED: NR

colossus:
the fobin proect
​
science fiction
RELEASED: 1/01/70
(USA)
TIME: 100 MINS
​RATED: m

beneath the planet of the apes
​
science fiction
RELEASED: 26/05/70
(usa)
TIME: 106 MINS
​RATED: m

the bird with the crystal plumage
​
​horror
released: 12/06/70
(usa)
TIME: 98 MINS
RATED: m

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1971 movie highlights

thx 1138
​

science fiction
RELEASED: 11/03/71
(Usa)
TIME:  88 MINS
RATED: m

the
french connection

crime thriller
RELEASED: 9/10/71
(usa)
TIME: 104 MINS
​RATED: m

a
clockwork orange

science fiction
RELEASED: 19/12/71
(usa)
TIME: 137 MINS
​RATED: m

dirty
harry
​
​crime thriller
released: 24/12/71
(usa)
TIME: 103 MINS
RATED: mA 15+

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1972 movie highlights

solaris
​
​
science fiction
RELEASED: 5/02/72
(Ussr)
TIME:  165 MINS
RATED: m

silent
​running

science fiction
RELEASED: 10/03/72
(usa)
TIME: 90 MINS
​RATED: g

slaughterhouse five

science fiction
RELEASED: 15/03/72
(usa)
TIME: 104 MINS
​RATED: m

the last house
on the left
​
​horror
released: 30/08/72
(usa)
TIME: 83 MINS
RATED: M

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1973 movie highlights

soylent green
​
science fiction
RELEASED: 9/05/73
(Usa)
TIME:  97 MINS
RATED: pg

westworld
​
science fiction
RELEASED: 21/11/73
(usa)
TIME: 88 MINS
​RATED: PG

don't look now
​
thriller
RELEASED: 9/12/73
(usa)
TIME: 110 MINS
​RATED: m

the exorcist

​horror
released: 26/12/73
(usa)
TIME: 122 MINS
RATED: R

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1974 movie highlights

zardoz

​​
science fiction
RELEASED: 1/01/74
(Usa)
TIME:  110 MINS
RATED: m

dark star
​
​
science fiction
RELEASED: 1/04/74
(usa)
TIME: 83 MINS
​RATED: g

the texas
​chainsaw massacre

horror
RELEASED: 1/10/74
(usa)
TIME: 83 MINS
​RATED: m

black christmas

​
​horror
released: 20/12/74
(usa)
TIME: 93 MINS
RATED: m

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1975 movie highlights

rollerball
​
​
science fiction
RELEASED: 1/01/75
(Usa)
TIME:  129 MINS
RATED: R

death race
​2000
​
science fiction
RELEASED: 1/04/75
(usa)
TIME: 78 MINS
​RATED: r

jaws

​
thriller
RELEASED: 1/06/75
(usa)
TIME: 1124 MINS
​RATED: m

the rocky horror picture show
​
​science fiction
released: 25/09/76
(usa)
TIME: 100 MINS
RATED: m

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1976 movie highlights

taxi
​driver
​
crime thriller
RELEASED: 8/02/76
(Usa)
TIME:  112 MINS
RATED: r

the man who fell to earth

science fiction
RELEASED: 28/03/76
(usa)
TIME: 140 MINS
​RATED: R

logan's
run

science fiction
RELEASED: 23/06/76
(usa)
TIME: 120 MINS
​RATED: PG

assault on
precinct 13
​
​crime thriller
released: 5/11/76
(usa)
TIME: 91 MINS
RATED: r 18+

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1977 movie highlights

suspiria
​

horror
RELEASED: 1/02/77
(Usa)
TIME: 97 MINS
RATED: r

star 
wars

science fiction
RELEASED: 25/05/77
(usa)
TIME: 125 MINS
​RATED: pg

the spy who
​loved me

action spy-fi
RELEASED: 13/07/77
(usa)
TIME: 125 MINS
​RATED: m

close encounters of the third kind
​
​science fiction
released: 16/11/77
(usa)
TIME: 137 MINS
RATED: m

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1978 movie highlights

the boys
from brazil
​
action thriller
RELEASED: 5/10/78
(Usa)
TIME:  130 MINS
RATED: R

halloween


horror
RELEASED: 17/10/78
(usa)
TIME: 93 MINS
​RATED: R

superman:
the movie

science fiction
RELEASED: 15/12/78
(usa)
TIME: 142 MINS
​RATED: m

invasion of the body snatchers
​
​science fiction
released: 22/12/78
(usa)
TIME: 115 MINS
RATED: m

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1979 movie highlights

stalker


science fiction
RELEASED: 5/05/79
(Ussr)
TIME:  160 MINS
RATED: NR

alien


science fiction
RELEASED: 25/05/79
(usa)
TIME: 117 MINS
​RATED: R

apocalypse now
​

action thriller
RELEASED: 15/08/79
(usa)
TIME: 153 MINS
​RATED: r

STAR TEK:
THE MOTION PICTURE
​
​science fiction
released: 8/12/79
(usa)
TIME: 132 MINS
RATED: pg

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