Film Index
American cinema: 1970s
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Richard Attenborough
September, 1944. D-Day has come and gone but the allied advance has slowed to a crawl owing to over-extended supply lines...
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Richard Attenborough
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Stanley Kubrick
Alex DeLarge is a Beethoven-loving juvenile delinquent who spends his evenings indulging in orgies of violence with his droogies...
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Stanley Kubrick
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
Robert Fuest
England, 1925. When several eminent doctors die in mysterious and horrific circumstances it soon becomes clear that the murders are linked...
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Robert Fuest
Airport (1970)
George Seaton
Airport manager Mel Bakersfeld has his work cut out when a snow blizzard threatens to close his airport. As he deals with the small problem of an airliner stuck in a snowdrift, blocking a runaway, his wife threatens to divorce him, but that's fine because he's had enough of her social ambitions and he'd rather be with his public relations officer, Tanya Livingston...
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George Seaton
Alien (1979)
Ridley Scott
Commercial space freighter Nostromo is on its way back to Earth with a cargo of precious mineral ore. When the ship receives a distress call from a nearby planet, the crew - consisting of five men and two women - is revived from stasis and makes ready to investigate, in accordance with company procedure...
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Ridley Scott
American Graffiti (1973)
George Lucas
Modesto, California, 1962. After a party to celebrate the end of term, a group of high school graduates go cruising about town, and end up having a far more eventful night than they planned... [More...]
George Lucas
Modesto, California, 1962. After a party to celebrate the end of term, a group of high school graduates go cruising about town, and end up having a far more eventful night than they planned... [More...]
The Anderson Tapes (1971)
Sidney Lumet
Once he has completed a ten year stretch in prison for burglary, John Anderson returns to his girlfriend Ingrid, who now resides in an upmarket New York apartment block, at the expense of her latest admirer... [More...]
Sidney Lumet
Once he has completed a ten year stretch in prison for burglary, John Anderson returns to his girlfriend Ingrid, who now resides in an upmarket New York apartment block, at the expense of her latest admirer... [More...]
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
Robert Wise
Returning to Earth after probing the dark reaches of space, a satellite drifts off course and crashes into Piedmont, a small town in New Mexico... [More...]
Robert Wise
Returning to Earth after probing the dark reaches of space, a satellite drifts off course and crashes into Piedmont, a small town in New Mexico... [More...]
Annie Hall (1977)
Woody Allen
Alvy Singer is a New York stand-up comedian who is still obsessed with his former girlfriend Annie Hall, a year after their relationship ended... [More...]
Woody Allen
Alvy Singer is a New York stand-up comedian who is still obsessed with his former girlfriend Annie Hall, a year after their relationship ended... [More...]
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Francis Ford Coppola
Vietnam, 1969. Captain Willard, an American special operations agent, is in Saigon recuperating after a successful mission when intelligence officers approach him with a new assignment... [More...]
Francis Ford Coppola
Vietnam, 1969. Captain Willard, an American special operations agent, is in Saigon recuperating after a successful mission when intelligence officers approach him with a new assignment... [More...]
Badlands (1973)
Terrence Malick
Some time in the 1950s... In a small South Dakota town, 15-year-old Holly lives a dull but contented life with her father, a sign painter... [More...]
Terrence Malick
Some time in the 1950s... In a small South Dakota town, 15-year-old Holly lives a dull but contented life with her father, a sign painter... [More...]
Bananas (1971)
Woody Allen
Fielding Mellish is leading a humdrum and nauseatingly safe life as a products tester when social activist Nancy suddenly enters his world... [More...]
Woody Allen
Fielding Mellish is leading a humdrum and nauseatingly safe life as a products tester when social activist Nancy suddenly enters his world... [More...]
Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
J. Lee Thompson
In the aftermath of a devastating nuclear conflict, some time towards the end of the 20th Century, apes have supplanted humans as the dominant life-form on planet Earth... [More...]
J. Lee Thompson
In the aftermath of a devastating nuclear conflict, some time towards the end of the 20th Century, apes have supplanted humans as the dominant life-form on planet Earth... [More...]
Being There (1979)
Hal Ashby
Chance is a middle-aged man who has spent his entire life in a large house in Washington D.C. The only two people he knows are his benefactor, a successful business man, and a black woman who brings him his meals... [More...]
Hal Ashby
Chance is a middle-aged man who has spent his entire life in a large house in Washington D.C. The only two people he knows are his benefactor, a successful business man, and a black woman who brings him his meals... [More...]
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
Ted Post
Two astronauts crash-land on a seemingly deserted planet. They are Brent and Maddox, on a rescue mission to discover what happened to the crew of another spaceship led by a man named Taylor... [More...]
Ted Post
Two astronauts crash-land on a seemingly deserted planet. They are Brent and Maddox, on a rescue mission to discover what happened to the crew of another spaceship led by a man named Taylor... [More...]
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Mel Brooks
In 1874, construction work on a new U.S. railroad is halted when it runs into an area of quicksand. The State Attorney General, Hedley Lamarr, persuades Governor LePetomane to authorise a change of route that will see the railroad redirected through the town of Ridge Rock... [More...]
Mel Brooks
In 1874, construction work on a new U.S. railroad is halted when it runs into an area of quicksand. The State Attorney General, Hedley Lamarr, persuades Governor LePetomane to authorise a change of route that will see the railroad redirected through the town of Ridge Rock... [More...]
Cabaret (1972)
Bob Fosse
Berlin, 1931. Sally Bowles is a feisty young American who performs a popular cabaret act at the Kit Kat Club, one of the city's hottest nightspots, although she dreams of one day becoming a successful film actress... [More...]
Bob Fosse
Berlin, 1931. Sally Bowles is a feisty young American who performs a popular cabaret act at the Kit Kat Club, one of the city's hottest nightspots, although she dreams of one day becoming a successful film actress... [More...]
Chinatown (1974)
Roman Polanski
Jake Gittes is a Los Angeles private investigator who specialises in adultery cases. He is hired by Mrs Mulwray to provide her with evidence that her husband, who happens to be the head of the city's water department, is having an affair with a young woman... [More...]
Roman Polanski
Jake Gittes is a Los Angeles private investigator who specialises in adultery cases. He is hired by Mrs Mulwray to provide her with evidence that her husband, who happens to be the head of the city's water department, is having an affair with a young woman... [More...]
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Steven Spielberg
The scattered inhabitants of Muncie, a small rural community in Indiana, are visited by strange lights in the night sky. One evening, a mother watches in horror as her small child is abducted by a flying saucer... [More...]
Steven Spielberg
The scattered inhabitants of Muncie, a small rural community in Indiana, are visited by strange lights in the night sky. One evening, a mother watches in horror as her small child is abducted by a flying saucer... [More...]
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
J. Lee Thompson
In 1991, North America is run by an oppressively fascist regime. Eight years previously, a plague wiped out all domestic animals, and householders replaced these with apes... [More...]
J. Lee Thompson
In 1991, North America is run by an oppressively fascist regime. Eight years previously, a plague wiped out all domestic animals, and householders replaced these with apes... [More...]
Damien: Omen II (1978)
Don Taylor
After the brutal death of his parents, six-year-old Damien Thorn is adopted by his uncle, Richard Thorn, who sits at the head of a vast business empire... [More...]
Don Taylor
After the brutal death of his parents, six-year-old Damien Thorn is adopted by his uncle, Richard Thorn, who sits at the head of a vast business empire... [More...]
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
George A. Romero
The world is in the grip of an unexplained pandemic. The bodies of the dead have become reanimated and are preying on the flesh of the living, creating worldwide pandemonium... [More...]
George A. Romero
The world is in the grip of an unexplained pandemic. The bodies of the dead have become reanimated and are preying on the flesh of the living, creating worldwide pandemonium... [More...]
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Michael Cimino
A small working class town in Western Pennsylvania in the late 1960s. Michael, Nick and Steven are three close friends, in their late twenties, early thirties, who work at a steel mill... [More...]
Michael Cimino
A small working class town in Western Pennsylvania in the late 1960s. Michael, Nick and Steven are three close friends, in their late twenties, early thirties, who work at a steel mill... [More...]
Dirty Harry (1971)
Don Siegel
When a young woman is shot dead by a rooftop sniper, San Francisco police inspector Harry Callahan is tasked with finding the killer... [More...]
Don Siegel
When a young woman is shot dead by a rooftop sniper, San Francisco police inspector Harry Callahan is tasked with finding the killer... [More...]
Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)
Robert Fuest
England, 1928. Three years after his campaign to slaughter those responsible for his wife Victoria's death, Dr Anton Phibes awakes from suspended animation, to find that his London mansion has been destroyed... [More...]
Robert Fuest
England, 1928. Three years after his campaign to slaughter those responsible for his wife Victoria's death, Dr Anton Phibes awakes from suspended animation, to find that his London mansion has been destroyed... [More...]
Duel (1971)
Steven Spielberg
David Mann is driving his red Plymouth Valiant through the California desert on his way to a business meeting. The only other vehicle on the otherwise empty highway is a lumbering tanker truck which is expelling noxious black exhaust fumes in his direction... [More...]
Steven Spielberg
David Mann is driving his red Plymouth Valiant through the California desert on his way to a business meeting. The only other vehicle on the otherwise empty highway is a lumbering tanker truck which is expelling noxious black exhaust fumes in his direction... [More...]
Earthquake (1974)
Mark Robson
A junior employee at the California Seismological Institute has evidence that a major earthquake will hit Los Angeles within a day or two but his superiors are reluctant to make known his findings, through fear that this might cause widespread panic... [More...]
Mark Robson
A junior employee at the California Seismological Institute has evidence that a major earthquake will hit Los Angeles within a day or two but his superiors are reluctant to make known his findings, through fear that this might cause widespread panic... [More...]
The Enforcer (1976)
James Fargo
Inspector Callahan's sledgehammer methods of dealing with hoodlums again lands him in trouble with his superiors. No one thanks him for rescuing a pair of hostages from some gun-toting thugs... [More...]
James Fargo
Inspector Callahan's sledgehammer methods of dealing with hoodlums again lands him in trouble with his superiors. No one thanks him for rescuing a pair of hostages from some gun-toting thugs... [More...]
Equus (1977)
Sidney Lumet
Martin Dysart is a middle-aged psychiatrist who reluctantly takes on the case of Alan Strang, a withdrawn 17-year old who has recently blinded six horses for no apparent reason... [More...]
Sidney Lumet
Martin Dysart is a middle-aged psychiatrist who reluctantly takes on the case of Alan Strang, a withdrawn 17-year old who has recently blinded six horses for no apparent reason... [More...]
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
Don Taylor
In the early 1970s, a spaceship lands off the coast of California. As a party of US marines watch in anticipation, three astronauts emerge... [More...]
Don Taylor
In the early 1970s, a spaceship lands off the coast of California. As a party of US marines watch in anticipation, three astronauts emerge... [More...]