BTMG's Top 20 Movies of the 70's

 

Soooo many great flicks from the 70’s – and it’s just as difficult to nail down another top twenty.  But I’m committed to giving you – if nothing else – a few really good additions to your NetFlix queue.

 

You’ll find below a list of some of the titles that were dangerously close to making my list.  On some, it even pained me to not include them…  Oh well.  It in no way diminishes their greatness in my heart.  You’ll no doubt find some stuff that you think I may have missed – if so, let me know…

 

For those interested, be sure and check out my Top 20 of the 80’s, Top 20 of the 90’s and Top 20 of the Aught’s.

 

Here are some of the titles that just missed the cut:

 

THE DEERHUNTER, MAD MAX, BEING THERE, MEAN STREETS, THE LAST PICTURE SHOW, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, THE DUELISTS, THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING, SERPICO, ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN, NASHVILLE, THE GETAWAY, MASH, A BRIDGE TOO FAR, ALL THAT JAZZ, THE SPY WHO LOVED ME, PETE’S DRAGON, DIRTY HARRY, FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE, JEREMIAH JOHNSON, PATTON, DOG DAY AFTERNOON, ROCKY II, THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR, REVENGE OF THE PINK PANTHER, THE RESCUERS, THE CANDIDATE, BLAZING SADDLES, TAXI DRIVER, CHINATOWN, BARRY LYNDON, BAD LANS, SILVER STREAK, HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER, BREAKING AWAY, MEATBALLS, REAL LIFE, THE IN-LAWS, THE WARRIORS and ANIMAL HOUSE

 

1. Star Wars (1977)

2. Jaws (1975)
3. The Godfather Part II (1974)
4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
5. The Sting (1973)
6. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
7. The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
8. The Godfather (1972)
9. Grease (1978)
10. The Muppet Movie (1979)
11. Alien (1979)
12. Network (1976)
13. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
14. Apocalypse Now (1979)
15. Superman (1978)
16. The Jerk (1979)
17. Annie Hall (1977)
18. American Graffiti (1973)
19. Rocky (1976)
20. The French Connection (1971)