Three best movies of the 70s

The decade universally considered the strongest in cinematic in history. Simply, what would you consider the three best movies of the decade?

IMO:

1. Godfather 1
2. Chinatown
3. Network

 

Your film threads are very similar to your boxing threads.

 

Godfather 1 and 2, not sure about the 3rd

 

Anyway...so many great films to choose from. Hard to pick just three.

I'll venture

Godfather 1
Jaws
Star Wars

 

Godfather 1/2

Jaws

One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest

 

I debated between Jaws and Network at the third spot. GF 1 and Chinatown were easy for me.

 

Every decade since the 60s is loaded with great films IMO. But yes, 70s was a very high standard. You can even add Alien, Rocky, Deer Hunter, Close encounters to the ones already listed.

 

The 50s is loaded with classics... namely 12 Angry Men, Vertigo, and Ben Hur.

 

True

 

The Godfather (1 & 2 counted as one epic saga)
Star Wars
Close Encounters of the third Kind

 

Apocalypse Now
Chinatown
The Excorcist

From a list littered with so many great, memorable and re-watchable movies (unlike Anthony's 1990s fixation) its really hard to pick three from 1970-79.

 

Nearly impossible

The Godfather
The French Connection
Dog Day Afternoon

But so many other amazing worthy candidates, several mentioned already

Clearly CLEARLY the best decade ever for film and it's not even remotely close ... when the artists held the most power, the way it should always be

 

Snob

 

Just because I didn't put some kid bullshit on there? GTFOH

 

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Yeah. Too many simpleton-dumb-fucks only like those types of movies these days.
Same as stuff like, running-in-a-straight-line for-100m.

 

cuuuuuuunt!

 

Surprised The Conversation didn't make your top 3.

The Conversation is a better movie than French Connection and Dog Day imo.

BTW, I can't give Sly too much flack for Jaws. Jaws truly is an incredible movie, and one of the most important movies in cinema history.

Star Wars is shit though. ALLLLLL of them.

 

Like I said it's basically impossible... I don't have a problem with someone ranking The Conversation higher

Jaws is a great movie... Star Wars not so much

I'm curious which of the three critically acclaimed and also extremely popular films I picked makes me a "snob" to him

 

You can't say that the first star wars is shit. That's a ridiculous statement.

 

I thought that it was understood that me calling you "snob" was an ongoing joke between us. I guess I was mistaken...

 

I'm seriously going to rape you!!!!

 

The only Star Wars that even flirts with being a great film is ESB

 

The first two are both legitimately great films. the first one changed cinema forever and gave us the most iconic villain in history.

 

Agreed! I've always said that. The rest are fucking stupid.

 

To little kids born between 1970 and 1985 or so

 

Cdogg, to be honest, I'm not THE BIGGEST French Connection fan.

I don't even think it was a top 2 movie that William Friedkin made in the decade.

I think both The Excorcist and Sorcerer are better, but that's just me.

Taxi Driver, though I've been critical of it in the past, is definitely somewhere in the top 10 of the 70s.

 

ESB is better than the original, but the original is also great.

You, however, are a cunt.

 

The French Connection is so much more than just its story ... it is a true FILM

The Excorcist? Good movie ... don't think it's a top 20 70s movie

 

Eh? It's one of the biggest & most significant movies of the 70s.

 

Sounds like you're evaluating something besides the content of the film

Using those adjectives, Star Wars qualifies even more