FabSwingers.com forum: Your favourite films from the 1970’s

By *ensuallover1000 OP Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Ahhhh….the 1970’s; A truly fantastic decade for films!

We had the big Summer blockbusters such as Jaws which made us all terrified to go into the water, Star Wars, which made us all want to own a light sabre and Saturday Night Fever which made us all yearn to don groovy bell bottoms and boogie on down on a multicoloured dance floor.

Then we had the glorious slew of disaster movies: The Towering Inferno, The Poseidon Adventure and Rollercoaster.

Animals turned upon us all in The Killer Bees, The Swarm and Grizzly and there were conspiracies aplenty in such classics as, Capricorn One, The Parallax View, Marathon Man and All The President’s Men.

Please list your favourite seventies movies here good folks

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Poseidon Adventure Have watched so many times, never gets boring.

Always remember The Champ not sure if it was that era but god so sad

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By *ensuallover1000 OP Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"The Poseidon Adventure Have watched so many times, never gets boring.

Always remember The Champ not sure if it was that era but god so sad"

Oh god yes - THAT ending was bloody heartbreaking

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Alien even though I wasn’t born it’s my favourite film from 80s/70s era

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By *ionelhutzMan
over a year ago

liverpool

The godfather part 1

Star wars

There is a really good book about that period aswell ,if that's your think,easy riders,raging bulls I think its called.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Poseidon Adventure Have watched so many times, never gets boring.

Always remember The Champ not sure if it was that era but god so sad"

How could I forget The Thomas Crown affair, loved the remake too

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By *ldtony4433Man
over a year ago

Worcester

Apocalypse Now, fantastic film.

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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT

King Kong

The Exorcist

Death on the Nile

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Rocky. Not a huge fan on many older films but that's my favourite one

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By *issAphroditeWoman
over a year ago

Norwich

Possibly Grease, 1979 I believe

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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT

Superman

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By *yron69Man
over a year ago

Fareham

Ryan’s Daughter

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

The Getaway

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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT

Alien

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

The long good Friday.

"You slag your right out of order, razor's cut him"

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Close Encounters Of The Third Kind

Roger Moore's best two Bonds - Live & Let Die and The Spy Who Loved Me

Grease

Possibly the last of the old style war films A Bridge Too Far

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Rocky

Life Of Brian/Monty Python & The Holy Grail

The Omen

Was a good decade for cinema for sure

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By *yron69Man
over a year ago

Fareham

Scum

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Smokey and the Bandit.

Best film? God no.

Favourite film? Hell yes

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dirty Harry

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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT

"Dirty bumhole"

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
over a year ago

BRIDPORT

The French Connection.

Convoy.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Dirty bumhole

That was in the 60’s not 70’s

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By *yron69Man
over a year ago

Fareham

Life of Brian

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By *yron69Man
over a year ago

Fareham

Paper Moon

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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT

"Dirty bumhole

That was in the 60’s not 70’s

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By *obbfcMan
over a year ago

Livingston

for me it was a film called 'The Warriors'

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By *ensuallover1000 OP Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"for me it was a film called 'The Warriors'"

‘Can you dig it?’

and….. ‘Warriors, come out to playyyyaaayyyy.’

An absolute classic!

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

Actually long good Friday was 1980 my bad.

In that case I nominate

The duel.

Quality thriller

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By *ensuallover1000 OP Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

The Boys From Brazil

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By *quirtyndirty!Couple
over a year ago

Nottingham

Was born in the 70s and absolutely loads of brilliant films amd music made in that decade. On film it looks a very sexy , exciting era and great fun although real life was probably very unglamorous and mundane particularly in the UK.

Thunderbolt and lightfoot is a great shout, the blaxploitation movies were good and bruce lee films. Bridge too far possibly the best war film ever made and obviously jaws.

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Quadrophenia

Blazing Saddles

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Shining has always been a fave of mine that no one has mentioned yet.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Shining has always been a fave of mine that no one has mentioned yet."

Possibly because it came out in 1980.

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By *itvclaireTV/TS
over a year ago

Birmingham

The Black Hole, quite possibly the darkest Disney film ever made.

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By *ensuallover1000 OP Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"The Black Hole, quite possibly the darkest Disney film ever made.

XX"

Followed in darkness quotient by the excellent, Dragon Slayer (1981)

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By *007ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

First Star Wars film changed my life as a kid. Me and everyone I knew thought it was the most amazing thing we had ever seen.

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By *lorious hole bs16Man
over a year ago

Bristol

Performance and fellini Satyricon.

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By *luebell888Woman
over a year ago

Glasgowish

Tommy

Jaws

Grease

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By *ensuallover1000 OP Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

West World - Yul Brynner was the surely original Terminator!

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By *ionelhutzMan
over a year ago

liverpool

"Scum"

Heavy film that

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By *ionelhutzMan
over a year ago

liverpool

"The Shining has always been a fave of mine that no one has mentioned yet.

Possibly because it came out in 1980."

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By *ionelhutzMan
over a year ago

liverpool

"for me it was a film called 'The Warriors'"

Boss

The wanderers aswell

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory

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By *trong Stocky Butt SweetMan
over a year ago

SNottingham

Up in Smoke

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By *ensuallover1000 OP Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Dracula AD 1972.

Ok so it wasn’t exactly a ‘quality’ film but by gum it was fun! (and Stephanie Beecham and Caroline Munro in it….Oh my throbbing thrill hammer god!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A few of the favourites in my collection and in no particular order:

Le Mans

Smokey and the Bandit

Vanishing Point

Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry

Two Lane Blacktop

Convoy

The Driver

Gone in 60 Seconds

Apocalypse Now

Mad Max

The Outlaw Josey Wales

The China Syndrome

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Rocky

Life of Brian

The French Connection

Papillon

High Plains Drifter

Deliverance

Kelly's Heroes

The Getaway

The Deer Hunter

Jaws

Hooper

American Graffit

Halloween

Dirty Harry

A Bridge Too Far

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By *quirtyndirty!Couple
over a year ago

Nottingham

Taxi driver

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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT

Amar akbar Anthony

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By *ionelhutzMan
over a year ago

liverpool

"Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory

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By *trong Stocky Butt SweetMan
over a year ago

SNottingham

Blues Brothers

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By *ensuallover1000 OP Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Ridley Scott’s first full length film, The Duellists.

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By *oroRick1027Man
over a year ago

Middlesbrough

"The Poseidon Adventure Have watched so many times, never gets boring.

Always remember The Champ not sure if it was that era but god so sad"

Don't die Champ

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By *ensuallover1000 OP Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

The original, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three and The Sunshine Boys, both starring the wonderful Walter Matthau

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By *ollycouple71Couple
over a year ago

manchester

Grease

Willy wonka and the chocolate factory xx

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By *ollycouple71Couple
over a year ago

manchester

"Grease

Willy wonka and the chocolate factory xx"
And Saturday night fever x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Sting & Kelly's Heros

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Kelly’s hero’s

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Y’all know The Godfather came out in the 70’s, right ?

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By *yron69Man
over a year ago

Fareham

Enter the Dragon, possibly the best Friday night movie ever.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Harold and Maude, dark comedy classic.

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By *etwifeandhim69Couple
over a year ago

Darlington

The definitive one has to be Star Wars. That movie that changed about cinema and even TV. It made sci fi and fantasy a modern mainstream.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Star Wars

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I was going to say Cool Hand Luke but apparently that was 60s. I"d go for the original Star Wars and Mad Max but I'm sure they are some I've missed as I only saw them later x

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By *yronMan
over a year ago

grangemouth

Star Wars

SCUM

Apocalypse Now

The Black Hole

Billy Jack

Alien

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Jaws

Rocky

godfather 1 & 2

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"for me it was a film called 'The Warriors'

‘Can you dig it?’

and….. ‘Warriors, come out to playyyyaaayyyy.’

An absolute classic! "

Do you remember the guy in a union jack t-shirt in one of the scenes.

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By *adyx4Woman
over a year ago

Durham

Midnight Express

Freaky Friday

Piranha

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mean Streets. Early Scorsese classic with De Niro and Harvey Keitel.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Convoy

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By *arakiss12TV/TS
over a year ago

Bedfuck

On the Buses films

Steptoe and Son films.

Frankie Howard films.

Carry On films

Confession films

Russ Meyer films

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Kelly's Heroes and I just love the sound track as well xx

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By *uenevereWoman
over a year ago

Scunthorpe

Grease is definitely my favourite 70s film.

Never get bored of it and a great soundtrack.

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch

The Deer Hunter

Papillon

Escape from Alcatraz

Midnight Express

Close Encounters

The Champ

So many good movies in that decade, I could go on and on

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

death wish

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By *itty9899Man
over a year ago

Bed waiting

Blazing saddles

Smokey and the bandit

Monty python holy grail

Rocky horror show.

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By *ionelhutzMan
over a year ago

liverpool

"Y’all know The Godfather came out in the 70’s, right ?

Is that a trick question?

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By *eaponOfAssDestructionMan
over a year ago

Leeds

Taxi Driver

Female Trouble

Halloween

The Warriors

The Offence

Black Christmas

Klute

The Hills Have Eyes

Dawn of the Dead

Martin

The Boys in the Band

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By *ollycouple71Couple
over a year ago

manchester

"Possibly Grease, 1979 I believe "
1978 xx

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By *exy Two-Shoes40Man
over a year ago

bolton

Apocalypse Now

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

The Godfather

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

All the no-wave road/dystopia movies. Started with Easy Rider, then through Vanishing Point, Duel, Electra Glide In Blue, Thieves Like Us, Badlands, Death Race 2000, Rollerball. Probably culminated in Taxi Driver.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A Man Called Horse hasn't had a mention yet,, awesome film

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By *ensuallover1000 OP Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"A Man Called Horse hasn't had a mention yet,, awesome film"

Oh yes! And The Return Of A Man Called Horse.

Do you remember the ritual scene wherein Richard Harris is strung up via bone hooks inserted into his chest and has to hang there until his flesh rips? Eeeee that scene still makes me wince!

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By *yron69Man
over a year ago

Fareham

The Man Who Would be King

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By *ensuallover1000 OP Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Doc Savage: The Man Of Bronze.

Oh come on, it was bloody good fun at least!

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By *yron69Man
over a year ago

Fareham

Caligula.

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By *aura4ukTV/TS
over a year ago

Motherwell

So many choices: -

French Connection

The Conversation

Deliverance

The Duellists

Apocalypse Now

Jaws

Alien

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Battle of Britain, Waterloo, Midnight Express. The first two were amazing for their time.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Two Kubrick masterpieces

Clockwork Orange

Barry Lyndon

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By *lanor the FairWoman
over a year ago

Birmingham

Suspiria

The Exorcist

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre has to be the beast horror of the decade

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By *quirtyndirty!Couple
over a year ago

Nottingham

Midnight express is a great shout

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By *nSeeNMan
over a year ago

Z'ha'dum

Enter the dragon, with star wars a close 2nd

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By *jl1972Man
over a year ago

Bournemouth

Westworld

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Saturday night fever

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By *ensuallover1000 OP Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Some horror classics to mention: The Wicker Man and the David Cronenberg classics, Rabid and Shivers.

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By *inister_SpinsterWoman
over a year ago

Manchester(ish).

Flash Gordon.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Most of the carry on films

ET (or is that later)

Star Wars

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Flash Gordon. "

Yes, I had the album by Queen ??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

American Graffiti - Still one of my favourite all time films.

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By *ionelhutzMan
over a year ago

liverpool

Most of the carry on films

ET (or is that later)

Star Wars

Et was 82 I think

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By *alking HeadMan
over a year ago

Bolton

The Magic Roundabouts "Dougal and the Blue Cat". A magnificent film in and of itself and also used as a cover by some cinemas that were actually showing A Clockwork Orange.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"American Graffiti - Still one of my favourite all time films. "

An absolute classic. Despite getting completely panned by the critics and being very different from the first one, More American Graffiti is still a guilty pleasure of mine.

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