This movie spawned several sequels, which were average to very good.ĥ. Andrew Robinson gives a memorable performance as Scorpio, one of 70s cinema’s most deranged killers. Harry is assigned a rookie partner (Reni Santoni) who does his best to keep up with him. Dirty Harry (1971, Dir: Don Siegel): Clint Eastwood stars in one of his most iconic roles as rebellious police detective Harry Callahan who uses his own style of law and order to take on San Francisco’s criminal elements. One of the film’s most memorable scenes takes place in a diner and involves a chicken salad sandwich.Ĥ. Bobby is a complex, volatile man who seems dissatisfied with every aspect of his life. After abruptly quitting, he and his ditzy but lovable girlfriend (Karen Black) pay a visit to see his family. Five Easy Pieces (1970, Dir: Bob Rafelson): Jack Nicholson is Bobby Dupea, a piano prodigy turned dropout who takes a job working an oil rig. Contains one of the most intense car chase sequencesever filmed.ģ. Gene Hackman gives one his most memorable performances as the raging, hard boiled Popeye. The French Connection (1971, Dir: William Friedkin): Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle (Gene Hackman) and Buddy “Cloudy” Russo (Roy Sheider) are two tough New York cops who on the trail of a French drug kingpin (Fernando Rey) who visits New York City with a shipment of heroin worth millions. Alex narrates his exploits as he gives us a guided tour through his twisted, violent world.Ģ. The film takes place in a dystopian future but it’s shot in such a way that seems very close to modern society. A Clockwork Orange (1971, Dir: Stanley Kubrick) Based on Anthony Burgess’ 1962 novella about a psychotic British thug named Alex DeLarge (Malcolm McDowell) and his band of milk swigging “droogs” who love to do a bit of the “old ultra violence” to satisfy their boredom. (Don’t forget to click on the bold links for some special features!).ġ.
You’ll find a nice mixture of genre and subgenre crime, horror, science fiction, action-adventure, comedy films and more! Our hope is that people will be inspired to take some time to revisit these films and enjoy them again. Some of these films are very well known while others are slightly more obscure. Furious Cinema has taken some time to compile for you and your reading pleasure a list of 50 of our favorite works of cinema from the 1970s. Chances are if you love movies, a good portion of some of your favorite titles were released in the decade that brought us a new wave of rebellious, edgy groundbreaking counter-culture cinema made by daring auteurs that had an eye for telling stories filled with excitement and thrills.
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