The Great Blitz Movie Survey…Favourite Movies Across The Years - The 1970s

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The Great Blitz Movie Survey continues.

Over the coming weeks I am looking to develop a comprehensive list of Blitzer’s favourite movies for each year from 1960 through to 2026.

I’ll break it down into threads by decades so you don’t have to spend ages on putting your favourites together.

I’m asking that you name your top five movies for each year…in order as your top movie will get five votes, 2nd favourite will get 4 votes, 3rd favourite will get 3 votes, 4th favourite will get 2 votes and 5th favourite will get 1 vote.

This is Part 2…The 1970s

If you missed Part 1…The 1960s, here is the link to that thread:

Year of release will be based on imdb release year.

Eg

1 - Fave Movie (5 votes)
2 - 2nd fave (4 votes)
3 - 3rd fave (3 votes)
4 -4th fave (2 votes)
5 - 5th fave (1 vote)

I’ll keep a tally and present the details later.

I’m aiming to keep voting open for a week or so, so get into it and have your say.

Format is simple:

Copy and paste the following data into your post…and then add the details

MOVIE NAME

1970

5 -
4 -
3 -
2 -
1 -

1971

5 -
4 -
3 -
2 -
1 -

1972

5 -
4 -
3 -
2 -
1 -

1973

5 -
4 -
3 -
2 -
1 -

1974

5 -
4 -
3 -
2 -
1 -

1975

5 -
4 -
3 -
2 -
1 -

1976

5 -
4 -
3 -
2 -
1 -

1977

5 -
4 -
3 -
2 -
1 -

1978

5 -
4 -
3 -
2 -
1 -

1979

5 -
4 -
3 -
2 -
1 -

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1970

5 - Kelly’s Heroes (one of my all time faves)
4 - Patton
3 - Two Mules For Sister Sara
2 - Tora! Tora! Tora!
1 - Chisum

1971

5 - Dirty Harry
4 - Diamonds Are Forever
3 - Duck, You Sucker
2 - Klute
1 - Bedknobs & Broomsticks

1972

5 - The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
4 - Deliverance
3 - Jeremiah Johnson
2 - The Getaway
1 - Joe Kidd

1973

5 - The Sting
4 - High Plains Drifter
3 - The Exorcist
2 - Serpico
1 - Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid

1974

5 - Blazing Saddles
4 - Chinatown
3 - Stone
2 - Petersen
1 - Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

1975

5 - Jaws
4 - Monty Python and the Holy Grail
3 - The Rocky Horror Picture Show
2 - One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
1 - The Man Who Would Be King

1976

5 - The Outlaw Josey Wales
4 - All The President’s Men
3 - Taxi Driver
2 - The Omen
1 - Rocky

1977

5 - A Bridge Too Far
4 - Star Wars
3 - Cross Of Iron
2 - Smokey and the Bandit
1 - The Gauntlet

1978

5 - Midnight Express
4 - Animal House
3 - The Deer Hunter
2 - Every Which Way But Loose
1 - The Last Waltz

1979

5 - Apocalypse Now
4 - Life of Brian
3 - Mad Max
2 - The Odd Angry Shot
1 - 1941

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1970

5 - Catch-22

4 - A Man Called Horse

3 - The Aristocats

2 -

1 -

1971

5 - Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory

4 - Dirty Harry

3 - And Now For Something Completely Different

2 - Bedknobs and Broomsticks

1 -

1972

5 - The Godfather

4 - Deliverance

3 -

2 -

1 -

1973

5 - Papillon

4 - The Exorcist

3 - Enter The Dragon

2 - Paper Moon

1 - The Sting

1974

5 - Watch Out We’re Mad

4 - The Godfather Part II

3 - Young Frankenstein

2 - Blazing Saddles

1 - The Towering Inferno

1975

5 -Jaws

4 - The Rocky Horror Picture Show

3 - One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest

2 - Monty Python And The Holy Grail

1 - Picnic At Hanging Rock.

1976

5 - Taxi Driver

4 - Storm Boy

3 - Rocky

2 - Carrie

1 - The Omen

1977

5 - Star Wars

4 - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

3 - Smokey And The Bandit

2 - The Spy Who Loved Me

1 - Orca

1978

5 - The Deer Hunter

4 - Midnight Express

3 - Superman

2 - Animal House

1 - Halloween

1979

5 - Alien

4 - The Warriors

3 - Mad Max

2 - The Life Of Brian

1 - Apocalypse Now

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Wow, forgot about that movie

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I loved it when I was a kid. That, and Who Finds A Friend Finds A Treasure.

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1970 was the hardest year yet, just a barren wasteland of films I’ve not seen, and I don’t even really care for the ones I’ve put in.

1970

5 - Patton
4 - M*A*S*H
3 - The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
2 -
1 -

1971

5 - A Clockwork Orange
4 - Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
3 - Harold and Maude
2 - Wake in Fright
1 - Straw Dogs

1972

5 - The Godfather
4 - Deliverance
3 - The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
2 - Super Fly
1 - Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

1973

5 - Serpico
4 - Lady Snowblood
3 - Enter The Dragon
2 - Paper Moon
1 - The Exorcist

1974

5 - The Godfather Part II
4 - The Conversation
3 - Chinatown
2 - Blazing Saddles
1 - Young Frankenstein

1975

5 - Dog Day Afternoon
4 - Monty Python and the Holy Grail
3 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
2 - Deep Red
1 - Love and Death

1976

5 - Taxi Driver
4 - All The President’s Men
3 - Network
2 - Rocky
1 - Storm Boy

1977

5 - Annie Hall
4 - Star Wars
3 - Suspiria
2 - Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1 - Eraserhead

1978

5 - Dawn of the Dead
4 - Grease
3 - The Deer Hunter
2 - The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
1 - Halloween

1979

5 - Alien
4 - Monty Python’s Life of Brian
3 - Apocalypse Now
2 - The Warriors
1 - Mad Max

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1970

5 - Kelly’s Heroes

4 - The Confession

3 - Waterloo

2 - Cromwell

1 - Patton

1971

5 - Dirty Harry

4 - Get Carter

3 - The French Connection

2 - A Clockwork Orange

1 - Straw Dogs

1972

5 - The Godfather

4 - The Getaway

3 - The Poseidon Adventure

2 - Fists of Fury

1 - Frenzy

1973

5 - Badlands

4 - The Exorcist

3 - High Plains Drifter

2 - Serpico

1 - Magnum Force

1974

5 - The Godfather Part II

4 - Young Frankenstein

3 - The Conversation

2 - Chinatown

1 - The Towering Inferno

1975

5 - Jaws

4 - Dog Day Afternoon

3 - Picnic at Hanging Rock

2 - The Rocky Horror Picture Show

1 - Barry Lyndon

1976

5 - Taxi Driver

4 - The Devil’s Playground

3 - Rocky

2 - The Eagle Has Landed

1 - Network

1977

5 - Star Wars - A New Hope

4 - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

3 - A Bridge Too Far

2 - Saturday Night Fever

1 - Pumping Iron

1978

5 - Days of Heaven

4 - Superman

3 - The Dear Hunter

2 - Halloween

1 - Revenge of the Pink Panther

1979

5 - Alien

4 - Apocalypse Now

3 - And Justice for All

2 - Mad Max

1 - My Brilliant Career

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Five Easy Pieces is a really good film.

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Yeah, I saw that listed on a search and couldn’t recall if I’d seen it.

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Cheers mate.

Thanks for picking Serpico as I had somehow overlooked it (have now included it in my selections).

And I must admit, I did not pick you as a Grease fan :grin:

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We watched it loads growing up. Seemed to always be on tv. One of those where the quotes find a place in the family vernacular.

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It’s one of those really popular movies that I’ve never seen.

(same goes for The Godfather and Alien movies…haven’t watched any of them).

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Really? Any plans to? Godfather and Alien movies, I mean.

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Not really…I’ve had the godfather movies on my watchlist on Netflix for ages…but never seem to feel like watching a three hour movie.

And I’ve never had any interest in Alien (or Grease :wink: ).

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Richard Harris as Cromwell and the great Sir Alec Guinness as the slimy King Charles I is fantastic.

Waterloo is one of the great historic epic war movies way before CGI which used 17,000 costumed extras. Both Rod Steiger as Napoleon and Christopher Plummer as the Duke of Wellington give fantastic performance.

George C Scott is brilliant as the charismatic but controversial WW2 general.

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I forgot about Grease. Great movie.

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Great Aussie movie

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5 – MAS*H
4 - Colossus: The Forbin Project
3 – The Vampire Lovers
2 - They Call Me Trinity
1 - Kes

1971

5 - Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
4 – Wake in Fright
3 – A Clockwork Orange
2 – Harold and Maude
1 – The Omega Man
HMs: Morning of the Earth, The Andromeda Strain, Fritz the Cat

1972

5 – The Godfather
4 – Solaris
3 – Silent Running
2 – Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask
1 - The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
HM: The Mechanic

1973

5 - The Exorcist
4 - The Day of the Jackal
3 - The Wicker Man
2 – Soyent Green
1 - Alvin Purple

1974

5 - The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
4 – Young Frankenstein
3 – Steppenwolf
2 - Stone
1 – Phantom of the Paradise

1975

5 - Jaws
4 – Dog Day Afternoon
3 - The Rocky Horror Picture Show
2 - Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1 – Sunday Too Far Away
HM: Tommy

1976

5 – Taxi Driver
4 - All The President’s Men
3 - The Omen
2 – Allegro non troppo
1 - Oz

1977

5 – The Eagle has Landed
4 - Sorcerer
3 - The Spy Who Loved Me
2 - Sweeney!
1 – Punk in London

1978

5 - Haloween
4 - Animal House
3 - The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
2 – Watership Down
1 – The Greatest

1979

5 - Alien
4 - Life of Brian
3 - Mad Max
2 – Neil Young and Crazy Horse: Rust Never Sleeps
1 – Norma Rae
HMs: Muppet Movie, The Jerk, The Warriors,

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Welcome to the thread mate…The Eagle Has Landed was released in 1976.

Could you please update your selections?

Cheers