Post by Hey Man on Feb 1, 2015 15:58:16 GMT -5
What do you think was the greatest decade for movies? For me, nothing touches the 70's - best decade EVER for film.
Incredible filmmakers making landmark films:
Martin Scorsese
Sidney Lumet
Robert Altman
John Carpenter
Francis Ford Coppola
Bob Rafelson
William Friedkin
Alan Pakula
Terrence Malick
Brian De Palma
Peter Bogdanovich
Michael Cimino
Hal Ashby
Paul Schrader
John Milius
A Clockwork Orange - (1971, Stanley Kubrick)
A Woman Under the Influence - (1974, John Cassavetes)
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore - (1974, Martin Scorsese)
Alien - (1979, Ridley Scott)
All the President's Men - (1976, Alan J. Pakula)
American Graffiti - (1973, George Lucas)
Annie Hall - (1977, Woody Allen)
Apocalypse Now - (1979, Francis Ford Coppola)
Badlands - (1973, Terrence Malick)
Barry Lyndon - (1975, Stanley Kubrick)
Blazing Saddles - (1974, Mel Brooks)
Bring me the Head of Alfredo Garcia - (1974, Sam Peckinpah)
Cabaret - (1972, Bob Fosse)
The Candidate - (1972, Michael Ritchie)
Carrie - (1976, Brian De Palma)
Chinatown - (1974, Roman Polanski)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - (1977, Steven Spielberg)
The Conversation - (1974, Francis Ford Coppola)
Dawn of the Dead -(1978, George A. Romero)
Days of Heaven - (1978, Terrence Malick)
The Deer Hunter - (1978, Michael Cimino)
Dirty Harry - (1971, Don Siegel)
Dog Day Afternoon - (1975, Sydney Lumet)
The Exorcist - (1973, William Friedkin)
The French Connection - (1971, William Friedkin
The Godfather - (1972, Francis Ford Coppola)
The Godfather 2 - (1974, Francis Ford Coppola)
Harold and Maude - (1971, Hal Ashby)
Jaws - (1975, Steven Spielberg)
The Last Detail - (1973, Hal Ashby)
The Last Picture Show - (1971, Peter Bogdanovich)
Last Tango in Paris - (1972, Bernardo Bertolucci)
Lenny - (1974, Bob Fosse)
The Long Goodbye - (1973, Robert Altman)
Love and Death – (1975, Woody Allen)
M*A*S*H - (1970, Robert Altman)
Mean Streets - (1973, Martin Scorsese)
Nashville - (1975, Robert Altman)
National Lampoon's Animal House - (1978, John Landis)
Network - (1976, Sydney Lumet)
New York, New York - (1977, Martin Scorsese)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest - (1975, Milos Forman)
Patton - (1970, Franklin J. Schaffner)
Rock ‘n’ Roll High School - (1979, Allan Arkush)
Rocky - (1976, John G. Avildsen)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show - (1975, Jim Sharmon)
Serpico - (1973, Sydney Lumet)
Shaft - (1971, Gordon Parks)
Star Wars - (1977, George Lucas)
Straw Dogs - (1971, Sam Peckinpah)
Super Fly - (1972, Gordon Parks Jr.)
Taxi Driver - (1976, Martin Scorsese)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - (1974, Tobe Hooper)
Three Days of the Condor - (1975, Sydney Pollack)
Tora! Tora! Tora! - (1970, Richard Fleischer)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - (1971, Mel Stuart)
Young Frankenstein - (1974, Mel Brooks)
All That Jazz - (1979, Bob Fosse)
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes - (1978, John De Bello)
Bad News Bears – (1976, Michael Ritchie)
The Ballad of Cable Hogue - (1970, Sam Peckinpah)
Bananas - (1971, Woody Allen)
Being There - (1979, Hal Ashby)
Breaking Away - (1979, Peter Yates)
Coming Home - (1978, Hal Ashby)
Day of the Jackal - (1973, Fred Zinnemann)
Death Race 2000 - (1975, Paul Bartel)
Deliverance - (1972, John Boorman)
Eraserhead - (1977, David Lynch)
Fiddler on the Roof - (1971, Norman Jewison)
Five Easy Pieces - (1970, Bob Rafelson)
Foxy Brown - (1974, Jack Hill)
Fritz The Cat - (1972, Ralph Bakshi)
The Gambler - (1974, Karel Reisz)
Heaven Can Wait - (1978, Warren Beatty)
Jeremiah Johnson - (1972, Sydney Pollack)
Kelly’s Heroes - (1970, Brian G. Hutton)
Klute - (1971, Alan J. Pakula)
Kramer vs. Kramer - (1979, Robert Benton)
The Last Waltz – (1978, Martin Scorsese)
Little Big Man - (1970, Arthur Penn)
Logan’s Run – (1976, Michael Anderson)
The Longest Yard - (1974, Robert Aldrich)
Mad Max - (1979, George Miller)
Manhattan - (1979, Woody Allen)
Marathon Man - (1976, John Schlesinger)
Midnight Express - (1978, Alan Parker)
Norma Rae - (1979, Martin Ritt)
Omega Man - (1971, Boris Sagal)
The Omen - (1976, Richard Donner)
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976, Clint Eastwood)
Paper Moon - (1973, Peter Bogdanovich)
Phantom Of The Paradise - (1974, Brian De Palma)
Papillon - (1973, Franklin J. Schaffner)
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid - (1973, Sam Peckinpah)
The Poseidon Adventure - (1972, Ronald Neame)
Revenge of the Pink Panther - (1978, Blake Edwards)
Rocky II - (1979, Sylvester Stallone)
Rollerball - (1975, Norman Jewison)
Saturday Night Fever - (1977, John Badham)
Shampoo - (1975, Hal Ashby)
The Sting - (1973, George Roy Hill)
Straight Time - (1978, Ulu Grosbard)
The Sugarland Express – (1974, Steven Spielberg)
Superman The Movie - (1978, Richard Donner)
Sunday, Bloody Sunday - (1971, John Schlesinger)
Taking of Pelham One Two Three - (1974, Joseph Sargent)
The Towering Inferno - (1974, Irwin Allen)
Two Mules for Sister Sarah - (1970, Don Siegel)
The Warriors - (1979, Walter Hill)
Incredible filmmakers making landmark films:
Martin Scorsese
Sidney Lumet
Robert Altman
John Carpenter
Francis Ford Coppola
Bob Rafelson
William Friedkin
Alan Pakula
Terrence Malick
Brian De Palma
Peter Bogdanovich
Michael Cimino
Hal Ashby
Paul Schrader
John Milius
A Clockwork Orange - (1971, Stanley Kubrick)
A Woman Under the Influence - (1974, John Cassavetes)
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore - (1974, Martin Scorsese)
Alien - (1979, Ridley Scott)
All the President's Men - (1976, Alan J. Pakula)
American Graffiti - (1973, George Lucas)
Annie Hall - (1977, Woody Allen)
Apocalypse Now - (1979, Francis Ford Coppola)
Badlands - (1973, Terrence Malick)
Barry Lyndon - (1975, Stanley Kubrick)
Blazing Saddles - (1974, Mel Brooks)
Bring me the Head of Alfredo Garcia - (1974, Sam Peckinpah)
Cabaret - (1972, Bob Fosse)
The Candidate - (1972, Michael Ritchie)
Carrie - (1976, Brian De Palma)
Chinatown - (1974, Roman Polanski)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - (1977, Steven Spielberg)
The Conversation - (1974, Francis Ford Coppola)
Dawn of the Dead -(1978, George A. Romero)
Days of Heaven - (1978, Terrence Malick)
The Deer Hunter - (1978, Michael Cimino)
Dirty Harry - (1971, Don Siegel)
Dog Day Afternoon - (1975, Sydney Lumet)
The Exorcist - (1973, William Friedkin)
The French Connection - (1971, William Friedkin
The Godfather - (1972, Francis Ford Coppola)
The Godfather 2 - (1974, Francis Ford Coppola)
Harold and Maude - (1971, Hal Ashby)
Jaws - (1975, Steven Spielberg)
The Last Detail - (1973, Hal Ashby)
The Last Picture Show - (1971, Peter Bogdanovich)
Last Tango in Paris - (1972, Bernardo Bertolucci)
Lenny - (1974, Bob Fosse)
The Long Goodbye - (1973, Robert Altman)
Love and Death – (1975, Woody Allen)
M*A*S*H - (1970, Robert Altman)
Mean Streets - (1973, Martin Scorsese)
Nashville - (1975, Robert Altman)
National Lampoon's Animal House - (1978, John Landis)
Network - (1976, Sydney Lumet)
New York, New York - (1977, Martin Scorsese)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest - (1975, Milos Forman)
Patton - (1970, Franklin J. Schaffner)
Rock ‘n’ Roll High School - (1979, Allan Arkush)
Rocky - (1976, John G. Avildsen)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show - (1975, Jim Sharmon)
Serpico - (1973, Sydney Lumet)
Shaft - (1971, Gordon Parks)
Star Wars - (1977, George Lucas)
Straw Dogs - (1971, Sam Peckinpah)
Super Fly - (1972, Gordon Parks Jr.)
Taxi Driver - (1976, Martin Scorsese)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - (1974, Tobe Hooper)
Three Days of the Condor - (1975, Sydney Pollack)
Tora! Tora! Tora! - (1970, Richard Fleischer)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - (1971, Mel Stuart)
Young Frankenstein - (1974, Mel Brooks)
All That Jazz - (1979, Bob Fosse)
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes - (1978, John De Bello)
Bad News Bears – (1976, Michael Ritchie)
The Ballad of Cable Hogue - (1970, Sam Peckinpah)
Bananas - (1971, Woody Allen)
Being There - (1979, Hal Ashby)
Breaking Away - (1979, Peter Yates)
Coming Home - (1978, Hal Ashby)
Day of the Jackal - (1973, Fred Zinnemann)
Death Race 2000 - (1975, Paul Bartel)
Deliverance - (1972, John Boorman)
Eraserhead - (1977, David Lynch)
Fiddler on the Roof - (1971, Norman Jewison)
Five Easy Pieces - (1970, Bob Rafelson)
Foxy Brown - (1974, Jack Hill)
Fritz The Cat - (1972, Ralph Bakshi)
The Gambler - (1974, Karel Reisz)
Heaven Can Wait - (1978, Warren Beatty)
Jeremiah Johnson - (1972, Sydney Pollack)
Kelly’s Heroes - (1970, Brian G. Hutton)
Klute - (1971, Alan J. Pakula)
Kramer vs. Kramer - (1979, Robert Benton)
The Last Waltz – (1978, Martin Scorsese)
Little Big Man - (1970, Arthur Penn)
Logan’s Run – (1976, Michael Anderson)
The Longest Yard - (1974, Robert Aldrich)
Mad Max - (1979, George Miller)
Manhattan - (1979, Woody Allen)
Marathon Man - (1976, John Schlesinger)
Midnight Express - (1978, Alan Parker)
Norma Rae - (1979, Martin Ritt)
Omega Man - (1971, Boris Sagal)
The Omen - (1976, Richard Donner)
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976, Clint Eastwood)
Paper Moon - (1973, Peter Bogdanovich)
Phantom Of The Paradise - (1974, Brian De Palma)
Papillon - (1973, Franklin J. Schaffner)
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid - (1973, Sam Peckinpah)
The Poseidon Adventure - (1972, Ronald Neame)
Revenge of the Pink Panther - (1978, Blake Edwards)
Rocky II - (1979, Sylvester Stallone)
Rollerball - (1975, Norman Jewison)
Saturday Night Fever - (1977, John Badham)
Shampoo - (1975, Hal Ashby)
The Sting - (1973, George Roy Hill)
Straight Time - (1978, Ulu Grosbard)
The Sugarland Express – (1974, Steven Spielberg)
Superman The Movie - (1978, Richard Donner)
Sunday, Bloody Sunday - (1971, John Schlesinger)
Taking of Pelham One Two Three - (1974, Joseph Sargent)
The Towering Inferno - (1974, Irwin Allen)
Two Mules for Sister Sarah - (1970, Don Siegel)
The Warriors - (1979, Walter Hill)