{"id":15324,"date":"2020-01-02T19:21:19","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T00:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=15324"},"modified":"2025-07-08T18:22:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T22:22:08","slug":"best-movies-of-the-1970s-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/best-movies-of-the-1970s-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Best movies of the 1970s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is an update to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/best-movies-of-the-1970s-2\/\">this<\/a> list.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best of the best<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fiddler on the Roof\n<ul>\n<li>Happy and sad, the music is top notch. A musical about Tevye and his family in Russia in 1905, when his daughters start thinking about getting married. Stars Topol.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Grease\n<ul>\n<li>The music will keep your toes tapping. A musical about two summer lovers who are surprised to find themselves at the same high school in the fall. Stars John Travola and Olivia Newton-John.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Sting\n<ul>\n<li>A great example of a long con, it&#8217;s lots of fun. Two friends con a mob boss in the 1930s. Stars Robert Redford and Paul Newman.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Runner ups<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Being There<\/li>\n<li>Beneath the Planet of the Apes<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/a-bridge-too-far\/\">A Bridge Too Far<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Capricorn One<\/li>\n<li>Catch-22<\/li>\n<li>Goin&#8217; South<\/li>\n<li>The Great Train Robbery<\/li>\n<li>Jaws<\/li>\n<li>Jesus Christ Superstar<\/li>\n<li>One Flew Over the Cuckoo&#8217;s Nest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Honourable mentions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alien<\/li>\n<li>A Boy and His Dog<\/li>\n<li>Dark Star<\/li>\n<li>Escape From the Planet of the Apes<\/li>\n<li>Mad Max<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/picnic-at-hanging-rock\/\">Picnic at Hanging Rock<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Slaughterhouse-Five<\/li>\n<li>Soylent Green<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/the-spy-who-loved-me\/\">The Spy Who Loved Me<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope<\/li>\n<li>THX 1138<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Worth watching once<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Battle for the Planet of the Apes<\/li>\n<li>A Clockwork Orange<\/li>\n<li>Close Encounters of the Third Kind<\/li>\n<li>Conquest of the Planet of the Apes<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/diamonds-are-forever\/\">Diamonds Are Forever<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/live-and-let-die\/\">Live and Let Die<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/the-man-with-the-golden-gun\/\">The Man with the Golden Gun<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Silent Running<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/star-trek-the-motion-picture\/\">Star Trek: The Motion Picture<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Superman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I previously listed the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/best-movies-of-the-1960s-2\/\">best movies of the 1960s<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is an update to this list. Best of the best Fiddler on the Roof Happy and sad, the music is top notch. A musical about Tevye and his family in Russia in 1905, when his daughters start thinking about getting married. Stars Topol. Grease The music will keep your toes tapping. 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