Totally enjoyed your list and refreshing to see different titles. These lists are always a challenge because it's hard to separate "Great" movies from "Your Favorites." I noticed a trend in how many comedies there were, too! 1 Dirty Harry 1971 2 Rocky 1976 3 The Jerk 1979 4 Star Wars 1977 5 The Muppet Movie 1979 6 Animal House 1978 7 California Suite 1978 8 Meatballs 1979 9 Moonraker 1979 10 Blazing Saddles 1974 11 Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid 1973 12 Grease 1978 13 Logan’s Run 1976 14 Woodstock 1970 15 Shaft 1971 16 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 1975 17 Deliverance 1972 18 American Graffiti 1973 19 Frenzy 1972 20 Car Wash 1976 21 Poseidon Adventure 1972 22 Every Which Way But Loose 1978 23 Chinatown 1974 24 The Beguiled 1970 25 Solaris 1972 Honorable mentions Papillon Amitiyville horror Exorcist Smokey and the bandit Alien Close encounters
Thank you for the comments and also for sharing your list! You have a lot of great films on there. Logan's Run is an incredible sci-fi flick. I'm glad to see you're a fan of Chinatown, Deliverance, Woodstock and American Graffiti. It's always hard to distinguish between personal favorites and films that most people acknowledge as "best" or "classics" We all want to feel like we're in tune with the classics and the critical favorites. Several years ago, some friends and I were compiling our Top 100 favorites list. Now, that was tough! I may give that another try one of these days.
Lots of Criterions here! I never get tired of Alien as well. Harold and Maude is tremendous. So is American Graffiti - one of the movies I wish I could visit for a night and be in that world. For me, Young Frankenstein edges out Blazing Saddles. The Conversation is fantastic.
Thanks Kris! I would love to see a Top 25 list from you, just to see what your favorites are. That fantasy world created in American Graffiti looked familiar to me in many ways. We used to drive around endlessly in the 60s and early 70s, taking the same route through town that everyone else did. The music wasn't the same as in American Graffiti, and the cars were different, but the scene was still the same. I rode around with my best friend who drove this cool MG, and he really stood out from the crowd. Oh man, was I ever really that young?
Great rundown Mike. The 70’s is my favorite decade for films. Some nice picks here. I recently watched Quadrophenia and really enjoyed it. Such a well made film. With you all the way on Eraserhead, Deliverance, and Days of Heaven being a masterpiece. One of my all time favorites, top 20 for sure. Wicker Man is another classic I finally got to in the last year or so. Creepy flick! Have to say that Hal Ashby is one of my favorite directors. He didn’t make many movies but I just love everything he did. Opening Night is my favorite Cassavettes picture, too. Seen it 3 times. I recently rewatched the conversation and absolutely love it after a second viewing!! It’s now in my top 200 list. Really enjoy listening to you talk so effortlessly about your favorites. Great list!!
Jcrash, thanks so much for the great comments! I always enjoy hearing what you have to say. Glad to know Opening Night is your top Cassavetes film, and also that you love The Conversation. So, you just recently came under the spell of The Wicker Man! Amazing horror film, and one of Christopher Lee's best performances. You know, if Hal Ashby had only directed Harold and Maude and nothing else, he would still be a legendary director. Not that many people talk about Quadrophenia, but it deserves to get more attention. Thanks again for watching my video, and I hope everything is going well for you, my friend.
Great video Mike! I really enjoyed your discussion of each of the films. I have seen so few from this list, so it’s a very aspirational video for me. I could go on and on about how I really want to/need to see this one or that one. In terms of what I’ve seen The Conversation, Annie Hall, Eraserhead, and Alien are all classics and seemingly timeless films. Really glad to see videos coming from you and also that you took part in the challenge, as you lived the cinema world of the 70s, which is such a great perspective to hear/learn from!
Thanks Altaz! Great to hear from you, and I'm glad to know you also like The Conversation, Eraserhead and Annie Hall. Yes, I did live through the film culture of the 70s, as well as everything else that was going on. Somehow I managed to survive all of it!
My mom took me to see “The Emigrants” when it came out because her grandparents came over to America from Denmark in the same period that the film took place. I have not seen it since… I’ve never seen that Cassavetes film but all the others I have seen and they’re very worthy choices. Making a list like this would be hard for me because there were so many great movies in the seventies that I loved -too many to mention, but a couple off the top of my head that I loved then and still love now are “Play It Again Sam” and “Paper Moon”… Nice video Mike.
Thanks for commenting! It's nice that you saw The Emigrants with your mother, especially considering your background. My mother emigrated from the United Kingdom, and I wish now that I had taken more of an interest in that part of my heritage. There are other Cassavetes films that I love, but Opening Night stands out for me. Play it Again, Sam is a great film and I plan to make a video about it soon. I would love to see you make a list.
Nice to see Quadro and Shelter in your picks Mike. I probably wouldn't have thought to put those in my top 25 because they are music related. I always thought of Shelter as a documentary. But it is clearly a movie. I would add Rock & Roll High School to my list. Loved Harold and Maude. They have a Ruth Gordon Amphitheater here in my hometown. She was born in Quincy. I lived next door to the mayor for 25 years. So when he built this for her she came over to his house a few times. I did not get a chance to meet her because I was in the city at the time. But I did see the photos. She was so good. Anyways. Enough of me babbling. Enjoyed your picks Mike. You are so tuned into movies and I always respect your opinions, picks and thoughts~ Rob/Boston
Hi Rob! I hope your 2024 is off to a good start. I like your Ruth Gordon story, and yes, she was definitely someone very special. I love documentaries of all kinds, and to me they are on an equal plane with fictional films. gimme Shelter is chilling in some of the scenes. It's amazing what they were able to capture on film. And Quadrophenia has many scenes that look like documentaries. Maybe they used actual footage, I really don't know. Thanks so much for commenting. It's always good to hear from you.
I was born in the 1970s but didn't really see the 1970s films until the 1980s. I was never a great fan of Warren Beatty, but I did enjoy his performance in Alan J. Pakula's The Parallax View. It was said at the time that this film was part of the paranoia movement of the era, but The Parallax View is probably one of the finest examples of mainstream Hollywood producing a finely detailed story of one man's journey to find the truth behind the power curtain. It's the intricate yarn, but told very well, plus The Parallax View is beautifully shot by Gordon Willis. Another film was Electra Glide in Blue. I don't think I've seen such a remarkable film get shafted and forgotten about. Corruption, loss of direction, and the American Dream shot to pieces as a pipe dream. Another film that cleverly used metaphors through images about the state of America as a whole. Electra is probably more controversial than Easy Rider. Another film that casts an uneasy reality was Welcome Home, Soldier Boys. Pretty powerful stuff back then.
Thanks for the great comments. I have both The Parallax View and Electra Glide in Blue and enjoyed them both. I plan to rewatch them both and dig into the stories in more detail. Sometimes I tend to watch films on a kind of surface level the first time. Depends on the film. I love Easy Rider, but I haven't seen Welcome Home, Soldier Boys. I will check it out. Thanks for the recommendation.
I can't do lists because it would change from day to day or even hour to hour. But, what I can do is tell you my two favorite movies from that decade. Days of Heaven and Paper Moon. I love those two films and they are two of my favorite movies of all time not just the seventies. You have a good list Mike. Take care.
Thanks for commenting! I've only seen Paper Moon once, and that was just a few years ago when I picked up the Blu-ray. I liked the film, but I can't list it as a favorite. I do intend to watch it again. It's very likely that I will have a more positive opinion. Happens all the time!
These lists are always amazing. Thank you for doing another Top 25 list. I may have to do that some day. I’m pretty sure I know what my top 3 or 4 films would be from the 70s: the two Godfather films, Jaws and Star Wars. I’d have to think about it awhile to get the rest, but I guess knowing what my top films would be is a good start. Hope you’ll have a great night Mike, take care!
@@grey1951 lol yeah. I think for me, the 70s are my favorite time for film as there was a lot of independent films being made as well as a new wave of Hollywood films with blockbusters. So many excellent movies came out at that time, that it would take awhile for me to come up with a list of films I believe would be my favorites.
I still have yet to see the first Star Trek movie, I have seen pieces of it. I have to admit that I really like II and III and Undiscovered Country. Comedy movies don't exist anymore, Blazing Saddles was on the cancel list not too long ago. They only one that came out last year was No Hard Feelings and it was ok if you haven't seen it. Annie Hall is such a great film, I have to see it again, thanks for the reminder. That Days of Heaven Criterion is OOP, in case you didn't know. They don't make them like they used to. Nice list!
Well, I have to agree that nobody knows how to make a good comedy anymore. And yes, Blazing Saddles will end up being cancelled in some circles. Glad to hear you like Annie Hall, and I didn't know Days of Heaven was out of print. I will guard my copy with my life. The first Star Trek film is good in many ways but is rather slow in spots. The imagery is incredible. I hope you like it if you get a chance to see it.
Thank you! I just discovered your channel and subbed. I'll be exploring your videos soon. Take care, and I look forward to seeing your list for the 1970s.
Well someone is a Woody Allen fan I see. A good many films on your list I have never heard of. Some I have and own but haven't watched such as Chinatown and The Conversation. I have noticed a few people have The Conversation on their list so I definitely need to watch that one soon I guess. I got the blu-ray of that movie not too long ago. Well rounded list you had and I enjoy comedy movies as well. The genres I enjoy the most are action and comedy.
Thanks for commenting! Yeah, I am a big Woody Allen fan and have almost all of his films. You should definitely make it a point to see Chinatown and The Conversation. Both are excellent films. Let me know what you think after you see them. Take care!
Hi Mike! I love ST The Motion Picture! It's more true Trek than those silly 2009 films or any of the modern day series. The tour of the Enterprise that Scotty give Kirk is one of the most beautiful things in Sci Fi cinema. Alien is a great horror film that I wasn't even old enough to go see by myself when it came out but was not disappointed when I finally did. I like both versions of The Out of Towners. I was more than scratching my head when I saw Eraserhead, I was almost losing my lunch! Yuck! Heard of Wicker man for years but still haven't seen it. Deliverance is a very good movie. I love American Graffiti! I thought Star Wars should have beaten Annie hall at the Oscars for 1977 when I was watching back in the day...and I still do. But I've come to appreciate what a funny and clever film it really is. Not my favorite Allen film, but very good. Especially the joke at the end. A Brooks double bill and one of the best! No one screams eerily like Donald Sutherland! You've mentioned Interiors before and I still haven't seen it! Now that I've gotten so many film noirs, I'll have to give Chinatown another try. I love That's Entertainment because it gave me a nice little list of some great movies to seek out and watch. Close Encounters is amazing! What images! Pretty awesome list Mike!
Wow Rob...great comments!! I agree with you so much about the Star Trek TMP scene where Scotty is bringing Kirk to the Enterprise and showing him around. That's what makes me see the film as a meditation of and a celebration of the shole concept of Star Trek. Yes, you must see Interiors, The Wicker Man and Chinatown immediately. Drop whatever you're doing and have a triple feature movie night!! That's Entertainment is so special to me. I would go see it in the afternoon and then go back in the evening. It made me fall in love with classic films even more than I was already. Eraserhead is so totally weird, so unique and unexplainable, I was hooked after the first time I saw it. And Close Encounters is just pure magic!
Great list, Mike, with some surprises. Love all the comedies. But no Godfather and Jaws? I’m guessing those will be on 90+ % of the submitted lists. They wouldn’t be on mine either. Coincidentally, I participate in criterionforum’s yearly and decade lists and we just submitted our 50 favorites of the 1970s yesterday, the final results announced later today. I hesitate to unbeil my top ten for fear of seeming laughably pretentious but that is a somewhat high-brow board. Nevertheless these are my honest picks although they might change week to week. I am reading two terrific books on Fassbinder currently so that may account for his excessive number of placements. 01. The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant 02. Celine and Julie Go Boating 03. The Mother and the Whore 04. Who’ll Stop the Rain 05. The Marriage of Maria Braun 06. The Story of Adele H. 07. The Long Goodbye 08. The Passenger 09. Beware of a Holy Whore 10. Christ Stopped at Eboli (two whores in one list just doesn’t sound right)
Here’s the criterion forum top ten of the 70s 01. Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974) 02. The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman, 1973) 03. The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972) 04. Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976) 05. Nashville (Robert Altman, 1975) 06. Céline et Julie vont en bateau [Céline and Julie Go Boating] (Jacques Rivette, 1974) 07. Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick, 1975) 08. Paper Moon (Peter Bogdanovich, 1973) 09. Зеркало [Zerkalo] [Mirror] (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1975) 10. The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
Roger, I haven’t seen any of the films in your list yet, except Christ Stopped at Eboli. And I emphatically agree! I would add another starring Volonté, Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion.
Great comments, Roger! Yeah, I have no illusions that Jaws, Star Wars, and the two Godfather films will be included in most every other list and will most likely make the top 4 when the tabulations are completed. That's OK. I like all of those films myself, but they aren't in my top 25, although Godfather 2 came awfully close. I never heard of the criterionforum. I'll have to check it out. It's fun being high brow sometimes, although, in my case, I really have to work at it!!
My Favorite 25 Films of the 1970s : Five Easy Pieces Hard Times Dirty Harry Taxi Driver Get Carter Rocky The Godfather Smokey and the Bandit Deliverance The Spy Who Loved Me High Plains Drifter Star Wars Theatre of Blood Sorcerer The Texas Chain Saw Massacre The Driver Thunderbolt & Lightfoot Hooper Young Frankenstein Mad Max The Parallax View Apocalypse Now The Conversation Alien Jaws
Great list! Thanks so much for sharing! I'm glad to see Sorcerer on your list. I saw that a few years ago and it blew me away when they tried to get over that bridge. I can't even begin to imagine how they filmed that sequence. Also glad to see you like The Conversation, one of the best movies ever made.
In no particular order: Dirty Harry Smokey & the Bandit Logan's Run Star Wars Jaws Alien Star Trek the Motion Picture Hard Times The Warriors Invasion of the Body Snatchers The Cowboys The Shootist High Plains Drifter The Outlaw Josey Wales Superman The Godfather The Godfather II Rocky Jeremiah Johnson The Jerk Assault on Precinct 13 Halloween Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Mad Max Solaris
Excellent list! I could easily have included Logan's Run and Superman as well. There are a few I haven't seen: The Shootist, The Jerk, Hard Times and The Warriors. I do love both of the Godfather films, with a preference for #2. I see you are a major Clint Eastwood fan. Dirty Harry is terrific. Jeremiah Johnson is also an excellent film. Thanks for commenting!
Totally enjoyed your list and refreshing to see different titles.
These lists are always a challenge because it's hard to separate "Great" movies from "Your Favorites."
I noticed a trend in how many comedies there were, too!
1 Dirty Harry 1971
2 Rocky 1976
3 The Jerk 1979
4 Star Wars 1977
5 The Muppet Movie 1979
6 Animal House 1978
7 California Suite 1978
8 Meatballs 1979
9 Moonraker 1979
10 Blazing Saddles 1974
11 Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid 1973
12 Grease 1978
13 Logan’s Run 1976
14 Woodstock 1970
15 Shaft 1971
16 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 1975
17 Deliverance 1972
18 American Graffiti 1973
19 Frenzy 1972
20 Car Wash 1976
21 Poseidon Adventure 1972
22 Every Which Way But Loose 1978
23 Chinatown 1974
24 The Beguiled 1970
25 Solaris 1972
Honorable mentions
Papillon
Amitiyville horror
Exorcist
Smokey and the bandit
Alien
Close encounters
Thank you for the comments and also for sharing your list! You have a lot of great films on there. Logan's Run is an incredible sci-fi flick. I'm glad to see you're a fan of Chinatown, Deliverance, Woodstock and American Graffiti. It's always hard to distinguish between personal favorites and films that most people acknowledge as "best" or "classics" We all want to feel like we're in tune with the classics and the critical favorites. Several years ago, some friends and I were compiling our Top 100 favorites list. Now, that was tough! I may give that another try one of these days.
Lots of Criterions here! I never get tired of Alien as well. Harold and Maude is tremendous. So is American Graffiti - one of the movies I wish I could visit for a night and be in that world. For me, Young Frankenstein edges out Blazing Saddles. The Conversation is fantastic.
Thanks Kris! I would love to see a Top 25 list from you, just to see what your favorites are. That fantasy world created in American Graffiti looked familiar to me in many ways. We used to drive around endlessly in the 60s and early 70s, taking the same route through town that everyone else did. The music wasn't the same as in American Graffiti, and the cars were different, but the scene was still the same. I rode around with my best friend who drove this cool MG, and he really stood out from the crowd. Oh man, was I ever really that young?
Great rundown Mike. The 70’s is my favorite decade for films. Some nice picks here. I recently watched Quadrophenia and really enjoyed it. Such a well made film. With you all the way on Eraserhead, Deliverance, and Days of Heaven being a masterpiece. One of my all time favorites, top 20 for sure. Wicker Man is another classic I finally got to in the last year or so. Creepy flick! Have to say that Hal Ashby is one of my favorite directors. He didn’t make many movies but I just love everything he did. Opening Night is my favorite Cassavettes picture, too. Seen it 3 times. I recently rewatched the conversation and absolutely love it after a second viewing!! It’s now in my top 200 list. Really enjoy listening to you talk so effortlessly about your favorites. Great list!!
Jcrash, thanks so much for the great comments! I always enjoy hearing what you have to say. Glad to know Opening Night is your top Cassavetes film, and also that you love The Conversation. So, you just recently came under the spell of The Wicker Man! Amazing horror film, and one of Christopher Lee's best performances. You know, if Hal Ashby had only directed Harold and Maude and nothing else, he would still be a legendary director. Not that many people talk about Quadrophenia, but it deserves to get more attention. Thanks again for watching my video, and I hope everything is going well for you, my friend.
Some interesting choices there. Great to see some of my choices appear in your Top 25 too. 👍
Good to know we share similar tastes. Thank you for commenting!
Great video Mike! I really enjoyed your discussion of each of the films. I have seen so few from this list, so it’s a very aspirational video for me. I could go on and on about how I really want to/need to see this one or that one. In terms of what I’ve seen The Conversation, Annie Hall, Eraserhead, and Alien are all classics and seemingly timeless films. Really glad to see videos coming from you and also that you took part in the challenge, as you lived the cinema world of the 70s, which is such a great perspective to hear/learn from!
Thanks Altaz! Great to hear from you, and I'm glad to know you also like The Conversation, Eraserhead and Annie Hall. Yes, I did live through the film culture of the 70s, as well as everything else that was going on. Somehow I managed to survive all of it!
My mom took me to see “The Emigrants” when it came out because her grandparents came over to America from Denmark in the same period that the film took place. I have not seen it since… I’ve never seen that Cassavetes film but all the others I have seen and they’re very worthy choices. Making a list like this would be hard for me because there were so many great movies in the seventies that I loved -too many to mention, but a couple off the top of my head that I loved then and still love now are “Play It Again Sam” and “Paper Moon”… Nice video Mike.
Thanks for commenting! It's nice that you saw The Emigrants with your mother, especially considering your background. My mother emigrated from the United Kingdom, and I wish now that I had taken more of an interest in that part of my heritage. There are other Cassavetes films that I love, but Opening Night stands out for me. Play it Again, Sam is a great film and I plan to make a video about it soon. I would love to see you make a list.
Nice to see Quadro and Shelter in your picks Mike. I probably wouldn't have thought to put those in my top 25 because they are music related. I always thought of Shelter as a documentary. But it is clearly a movie. I would add Rock & Roll High School to my list. Loved Harold and Maude. They have a Ruth Gordon Amphitheater here in my hometown. She was born in Quincy. I lived next door to the mayor for 25 years. So when he built this for her she came over to his house a few times. I did not get a chance to meet her because I was in the city at the time. But I did see the photos. She was so good. Anyways. Enough of me babbling. Enjoyed your picks Mike. You are so tuned into movies and I always respect your opinions, picks and thoughts~
Rob/Boston
Hi Rob! I hope your 2024 is off to a good start. I like your Ruth Gordon story, and yes, she was definitely someone very special. I love documentaries of all kinds, and to me they are on an equal plane with fictional films. gimme Shelter is chilling in some of the scenes. It's amazing what they were able to capture on film. And Quadrophenia has many scenes that look like documentaries. Maybe they used actual footage, I really don't know. Thanks so much for commenting. It's always good to hear from you.
I was born in the 1970s but didn't really see the 1970s films until the 1980s. I was never a great fan of Warren Beatty, but I did enjoy his performance in Alan J. Pakula's The Parallax View. It was said at the time that this film was part of the paranoia movement of the era, but The Parallax View is probably one of the finest examples of mainstream Hollywood producing a finely detailed story of one man's journey to find the truth behind the power curtain. It's the intricate yarn, but told very well, plus The Parallax View is beautifully shot by Gordon Willis. Another film was Electra Glide in Blue. I don't think I've seen such a remarkable film get shafted and forgotten about. Corruption, loss of direction, and the American Dream shot to pieces as a pipe dream. Another film that cleverly used metaphors through images about the state of America as a whole. Electra is probably more controversial than Easy Rider. Another film that casts an uneasy reality was Welcome Home, Soldier Boys. Pretty powerful stuff back then.
Thanks for the great comments. I have both The Parallax View and Electra Glide in Blue and enjoyed them both. I plan to rewatch them both and dig into the stories in more detail. Sometimes I tend to watch films on a kind of surface level the first time. Depends on the film. I love Easy Rider, but I haven't seen Welcome Home, Soldier Boys. I will check it out. Thanks for the recommendation.
I can't do lists because it would change from day to day or even hour to hour. But, what I can do is tell you my two favorite movies from that decade. Days of Heaven and Paper Moon. I love those two films and they are two of my favorite movies of all time not just the seventies. You have a good list Mike. Take care.
Thanks for commenting! I've only seen Paper Moon once, and that was just a few years ago when I picked up the Blu-ray. I liked the film, but I can't list it as a favorite. I do intend to watch it again. It's very likely that I will have a more positive opinion. Happens all the time!
This is such a great list, Mike. Loved it
Why thank you! I hope you make a list of your own.
Well, there’s more in this list that I like than I thought there would be.
Hey, so we do have some things in common after all! Good to know! Thanks for watching, Sir Ian.
@@grey1951 There are enough films that we both like for a rum filled weekend of watching.🍹🥃
This is a great idea for a video. I may take a stab at this on Friday.
I hope you do. I would love to see your list!
These lists are always amazing. Thank you for doing another Top 25 list. I may have to do that some day. I’m pretty sure I know what my top 3 or 4 films would be from the 70s: the two Godfather films, Jaws and Star Wars. I’d have to think about it awhile to get the rest, but I guess knowing what my top films would be is a good start. Hope you’ll have a great night Mike, take care!
Thanks Jared! I would love to see you make a list. And I wasn't at all surprised by your top 4 choices!!
@@grey1951 lol yeah. I think for me, the 70s are my favorite time for film as there was a lot of independent films being made as well as a new wave of Hollywood films with blockbusters. So many excellent movies came out at that time, that it would take awhile for me to come up with a list of films I believe would be my favorites.
@@Jared_Wignall This list came together pretty fast for me. It took me longer to make the lists for the 80s and 90s.
I still have yet to see the first Star Trek movie, I have seen pieces of it. I have to admit that I really like II and III and Undiscovered Country. Comedy movies don't exist anymore, Blazing Saddles was on the cancel list not too long ago. They only one that came out last year was No Hard Feelings and it was ok if you haven't seen it. Annie Hall is such a great film, I have to see it again, thanks for the reminder. That Days of Heaven Criterion is OOP, in case you didn't know. They don't make them like they used to. Nice list!
Well, I have to agree that nobody knows how to make a good comedy anymore. And yes, Blazing Saddles will end up being cancelled in some circles. Glad to hear you like Annie Hall, and I didn't know Days of Heaven was out of print. I will guard my copy with my life. The first Star Trek film is good in many ways but is rather slow in spots. The imagery is incredible. I hope you like it if you get a chance to see it.
Great list. Thanks for sharing. I’m still thinking about my own list but it will include a few crossovers with yours.
Thank you! I just discovered your channel and subbed. I'll be exploring your videos soon. Take care, and I look forward to seeing your list for the 1970s.
Slaughterhouse-five is an interesting movie from 72… mixes comedy, drama, fantasy and war !
I confess that I haven't seen Slaughterhouse Five or read the novel. I will put both on the "to do" list!
Quadrophina is 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻 great list mate 🎥📺💿 👌🏻 close encounters is one of my favourite Spielberg movies 🎥📺💿👌🏻👌🏻
I'd love to see you do your top 25 too Stuart
@@MuckMan_Movies it's hurting my 🧠 just thinking about it lol 😆
Thanks for commenting! I also hope you decide to make a list.
Well someone is a Woody Allen fan I see. A good many films on your list I have never heard of. Some I have and own but haven't watched such as Chinatown and The Conversation. I have noticed a few people have The Conversation on their list so I definitely need to watch that one soon I guess. I got the blu-ray of that movie not too long ago. Well rounded list you had and I enjoy comedy movies as well. The genres I enjoy the most are action and comedy.
Thanks for commenting! Yeah, I am a big Woody Allen fan and have almost all of his films. You should definitely make it a point to see Chinatown and The Conversation. Both are excellent films. Let me know what you think after you see them. Take care!
Hi Mike! I love ST The Motion Picture! It's more true Trek than those silly 2009 films or any of the modern day series. The tour of the Enterprise that Scotty give Kirk is one of the most beautiful things in Sci Fi cinema. Alien is a great horror film that I wasn't even old enough to go see by myself when it came out but was not disappointed when I finally did. I like both versions of The Out of Towners. I was more than scratching my head when I saw Eraserhead, I was almost losing my lunch! Yuck! Heard of Wicker man for years but still haven't seen it. Deliverance is a very good movie. I love American Graffiti! I thought Star Wars should have beaten Annie hall at the Oscars for 1977 when I was watching back in the day...and I still do. But I've come to appreciate what a funny and clever film it really is. Not my favorite Allen film, but very good. Especially the joke at the end. A Brooks double bill and one of the best! No one screams eerily like Donald Sutherland! You've mentioned Interiors before and I still haven't seen it! Now that I've gotten so many film noirs, I'll have to give Chinatown another try. I love That's Entertainment because it gave me a nice little list of some great movies to seek out and watch. Close Encounters is amazing! What images! Pretty awesome list Mike!
Wow Rob...great comments!! I agree with you so much about the Star Trek TMP scene where Scotty is bringing Kirk to the Enterprise and showing him around. That's what makes me see the film as a meditation of and a celebration of the shole concept of Star Trek. Yes, you must see Interiors, The Wicker Man and Chinatown immediately. Drop whatever you're doing and have a triple feature movie night!! That's Entertainment is so special to me. I would go see it in the afternoon and then go back in the evening. It made me fall in love with classic films even more than I was already. Eraserhead is so totally weird, so unique and unexplainable, I was hooked after the first time I saw it. And Close Encounters is just pure magic!
good list ''' some i have '' and some i don;t. harold and maude is very good .
Thanks for watching, Bob! Yeah, I love Harold and Maude. Another film that I can watch again and again!
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Great list, Mike, with some surprises. Love all the comedies. But no Godfather and Jaws? I’m guessing those will be on 90+ % of the submitted lists. They wouldn’t be on mine either. Coincidentally, I participate in criterionforum’s yearly and decade lists and we just submitted our 50 favorites of the 1970s yesterday, the final results announced later today. I hesitate to unbeil my top ten for fear of seeming laughably pretentious but that is a somewhat high-brow board. Nevertheless these are my honest picks although they might change week to week. I am reading two terrific books on Fassbinder currently so that may account for his excessive number of placements.
01. The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
02. Celine and Julie Go Boating
03. The Mother and the Whore
04. Who’ll Stop the Rain
05. The Marriage of Maria Braun
06. The Story of Adele H.
07. The Long Goodbye
08. The Passenger
09. Beware of a Holy Whore
10. Christ Stopped at Eboli
(two whores in one list just doesn’t sound right)
Here’s the criterion forum top ten of the 70s
01. Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974)
02. The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman, 1973)
03. The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)
04. Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976)
05. Nashville (Robert Altman, 1975)
06. Céline et Julie vont en bateau [Céline and Julie Go Boating] (Jacques Rivette, 1974)
07. Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick, 1975)
08. Paper Moon (Peter Bogdanovich, 1973)
09. Зеркало [Zerkalo] [Mirror] (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1975)
10. The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
Roger, I haven’t seen any of the films in your list yet, except Christ Stopped at Eboli. And I emphatically agree! I would add another starring Volonté, Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion.
@@RogerKirby13 I haven't seen #6, 7, and 9, and I'm not a fan of The Long Goodbye. Otherwise, terrific list!
Great comments, Roger! Yeah, I have no illusions that Jaws, Star Wars, and the two Godfather films will be included in most every other list and will most likely make the top 4 when the tabulations are completed. That's OK. I like all of those films myself, but they aren't in my top 25, although Godfather 2 came awfully close. I never heard of the criterionforum. I'll have to check it out. It's fun being high brow sometimes, although, in my case, I really have to work at it!!
My Favorite 25 Films of the 1970s :
Five Easy Pieces Hard Times
Dirty Harry Taxi Driver
Get Carter Rocky
The Godfather Smokey and the Bandit
Deliverance The Spy Who Loved Me
High Plains Drifter Star Wars
Theatre of Blood Sorcerer
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre The Driver
Thunderbolt & Lightfoot Hooper
Young Frankenstein Mad Max
The Parallax View Apocalypse Now
The Conversation Alien
Jaws
Great list! Thanks so much for sharing! I'm glad to see Sorcerer on your list. I saw that a few years ago and it blew me away when they tried to get over that bridge. I can't even begin to imagine how they filmed that sequence. Also glad to see you like The Conversation, one of the best movies ever made.
@@grey1951Thank you. Yes. 'Sorcerer' and 'The Conversation' are two of the most remarkable Films of the 1970s !
In no particular order:
Dirty Harry
Smokey & the Bandit
Logan's Run
Star Wars
Jaws
Alien
Star Trek the Motion Picture
Hard Times
The Warriors
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
The Cowboys
The Shootist
High Plains Drifter
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Superman
The Godfather
The Godfather II
Rocky
Jeremiah Johnson
The Jerk
Assault on Precinct 13
Halloween
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Mad Max
Solaris
Excellent list! I could easily have included Logan's Run and Superman as well. There are a few I haven't seen: The Shootist, The Jerk, Hard Times and The Warriors. I do love both of the Godfather films, with a preference for #2. I see you are a major Clint Eastwood fan. Dirty Harry is terrific. Jeremiah Johnson is also an excellent film. Thanks for commenting!
Your list includes a great many that are on my top 25 list and some that just missed the cut.
You look great for your age.
Thank you. It's all done with creative lighting and regular Botox injections. And clean living, of course!!
Mike is keeping his fountain of youth hidden from all of us! Been trying to learn his secrets for a long time!
@@CineArtTherapy You are too kind, Altaz. 😊