1970s Movie

The Seventies was the decade of the big comeback for the movies.  A combination of blockbuster movies and new technologies such as Panavision and Dolby sound brought the masses back from television to the movies.  The sci-fi adventure and spectacular special effects of Star Wars made it one of the highest grossing films ever. Rocky reaffirmed the American dream and gave people a hero with a "little guy comes out on top" plot.  The Godfather spawned multiple sequels.  There also was the terror of Steven Spielberg's Jaws,  the chilling Exorcist, and the moving  Kramer vs. Kramer. There was a definite public yearning for simpler, more innocent times as evidenced by the popularity of American Graffiti.  The nation's experience in the Vietnam War and its aftermath influenced the themes of several movies, including Coming Home, The Deer Hunter, and Apocalypse Now.

1975

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest won Best Picture at the Oscars while Jaws was #1 at the box office.  Jack Nicholson won Best Actor and Louise Fletcher won Best Acress, both for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Other major movies of 1975:

A Boy and His Dog
Barry Lyndon
Bite the Bullet
Dog Day Afternoon
Farewell, My Lovely
French Connection II
Grey Gardens
Hard Times
Love and Death
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Nashville
Night Moves
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Return of the Pink Panther
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Rooster Cogburn
The Day of the Locust
The Stepford Wives
The Sunshine Boys
The Wind and the Lion
The Man Who Would Be King
Three Days of the Condor