Film Index
American cinema: 1970s
The Omega Man (1971)
Boris Sagal
Robert Neville believes he is the last surviving human of a worldwide catastrophe. Two years ago, a biological war between the Soviet Union and China unleashed a deadly plague that has wiped out most of humanity...
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Boris Sagal
The Omen (1976)
Richard Donner
When his son dies in childbirth, the wealthy American politician Robert Thorn agrees to adopt another child in its place, to spare his wife Katherine grief...
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Richard Donner
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Milos Forman
Convicted of statutory rape, Randle Patrick McMurphy is sentenced to work on a prison farm. When he rebels against the prison regime, McMurphy is sent to a mental institution for a period long enough for the experts to assess whether he has a mental illness...
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Milos Forman
Papillon (1973)
Franklin J. Schaffner
In the 1930s, a large group of prisoners are shipped from France to a tough penal colony in French Guiana. The party includes convicted murderer Henri Charrière, nicknamed Papillon, and big time stock swindler Louis Dega...
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Franklin J. Schaffner
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Blake Edwards
Charles Dreyfus, formerly Chief Inspector Dreyfus of the French National Police, is a changed man. He no longer harbours any homicidal feelings for Inspector Jacques Clouseau, the man who drove him insane and robbed him of his position...
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Blake Edwards
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
Ronald Neame
The ocean liner SS Poseidon is making her way across the Atlantic Ocean from New York to Athens, her final journey before being retired and sold for scrap... [More...]
Ronald Neame
The ocean liner SS Poseidon is making her way across the Atlantic Ocean from New York to Athens, her final journey before being retired and sold for scrap... [More...]
Pretty Baby (1978)
Louis Malle
12 year old Violet lives in a brothel with her mother, Hattie, in Storyille, the red-light district of New Orleans. The year is 1917, a few months away from the outlawing of prostitution and the end of Storyville... [More...]
Louis Malle
12 year old Violet lives in a brothel with her mother, Hattie, in Storyille, the red-light district of New Orleans. The year is 1917, a few months away from the outlawing of prostitution and the end of Storyville... [More...]
The Prince and the Pauper (1977)
Richard Fleischer
In the mid-16th century, Tom Canty is an urchin boy who is abused by his father and forced to steal to support his family... [More...]
Richard Fleischer
In the mid-16th century, Tom Canty is an urchin boy who is abused by his father and forced to steal to support his family... [More...]
Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
Blake Edwards
The seemingly respectable businessman Philippe Douvier is in fact the head of a crime syndicate known as the French Connection... [More...]
Blake Edwards
The seemingly respectable businessman Philippe Douvier is in fact the head of a crime syndicate known as the French Connection... [More...]
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Jim Sharman
One wet November evening, Brad Majors and his fiancée Janet Weiss find themselves stranded in the middle of nowhere when their car breaks down... [More...]
Jim Sharman
One wet November evening, Brad Majors and his fiancée Janet Weiss find themselves stranded in the middle of nowhere when their car breaks down... [More...]
Scorpio (1973)
Michael Winner
Cross is a CIA agent who is looking forward to a peaceful retirement with his wife Sarah. He doesn't know that his boss McLeod suspects he has been passing on secrets to the Soviets and intends to liquidate him... [More...]
Michael Winner
Cross is a CIA agent who is looking forward to a peaceful retirement with his wife Sarah. He doesn't know that his boss McLeod suspects he has been passing on secrets to the Soviets and intends to liquidate him... [More...]
The Serpent's Egg (1977)
Ingmar Bergman
In November 1923, American Jew Abel Rosenberg finds himself in Berlin. He is alone, unemployed, and finding it hard to keep his grip on reality, in a country that is heading for political and economic meltdown... [More...]
Ingmar Bergman
In November 1923, American Jew Abel Rosenberg finds himself in Berlin. He is alone, unemployed, and finding it hard to keep his grip on reality, in a country that is heading for political and economic meltdown... [More...]
Silent Movie (1976)
Mel Brooks
Mel Funn was once a great filmmaker, before changing audience tastes and galloping alcoholism took their toll. Determined to make a big comeback in the 1970s, Funn persuades the chief of Big Picture Studios to allow him to make a silent film... [More...]
Mel Brooks
Mel Funn was once a great filmmaker, before changing audience tastes and galloping alcoholism took their toll. Determined to make a big comeback in the 1970s, Funn persuades the chief of Big Picture Studios to allow him to make a silent film... [More...]
Silent Running (1972)
Douglas Trumbull
At the beginning of the 21st Century, every species of plant on Earth has become extinct. The last remaining specimens of plant life are housed in large dome-like structures attached to space freighters orbiting Saturn... [More...]
Douglas Trumbull
At the beginning of the 21st Century, every species of plant on Earth has become extinct. The last remaining specimens of plant life are housed in large dome-like structures attached to space freighters orbiting Saturn... [More...]
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)
Sam Wanamaker
Sinbad, Prince of Baghdad, sails to Charnak, to seek the hand in marriage of the Princess Farah. On his arrival, he learns that Farah's brother, the Prince Kassim, has been transformed into a baboon by their evil stepmother, the witch Zenobia... [More...]
Sam Wanamaker
Sinbad, Prince of Baghdad, sails to Charnak, to seek the hand in marriage of the Princess Farah. On his arrival, he learns that Farah's brother, the Prince Kassim, has been transformed into a baboon by their evil stepmother, the witch Zenobia... [More...]
Sleeper (1973)
Woody Allen
In 1973, Miles Monroe, a jazz musician and proprietor of the Happy Carrot health food store, goes into hospital for routine treatment on an ulcer... [More...]
Woody Allen
In 1973, Miles Monroe, a jazz musician and proprietor of the Happy Carrot health food store, goes into hospital for routine treatment on an ulcer... [More...]
Soylent Green (1973)
Richard Fleischer
It is 2022. Civilisation is falling apart and an over-crowded world faces imminent starvation. The Soylent Corporation offers hope, but it is struggling to keep up with the demand for its processed food tablets, the only source of nutrition available to most of the world's population... [More...]
Richard Fleischer
It is 2022. Civilisation is falling apart and an over-crowded world faces imminent starvation. The Soylent Corporation offers hope, but it is struggling to keep up with the demand for its processed food tablets, the only source of nutrition available to most of the world's population... [More...]
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Robert Wise
In the 23rd century, a monitoring station in deep space detects a mysterious energy cloud heading on a collision course with planet earth... [More...]
Robert Wise
In the 23rd century, a monitoring station in deep space detects a mysterious energy cloud heading on a collision course with planet earth... [More...]
Star Wars (1977)
George Lucas
In a distant galaxy, the Rebel Alliance has stolen the plans to the Galactic Empire's secret weapon, a space station named the Death Star that can destroy entire worlds... [More...]
George Lucas
In a distant galaxy, the Rebel Alliance has stolen the plans to the Galactic Empire's secret weapon, a space station named the Death Star that can destroy entire worlds... [More...]
The Stepford Wives (1975)
Bryan Forbes
Walter and Joanna Eberhart are a typical middleclass American couple. He is a successful lawyer, she is an aspiring photographer... [More...]
Bryan Forbes
Walter and Joanna Eberhart are a typical middleclass American couple. He is a successful lawyer, she is an aspiring photographer... [More...]
The Sting (1973)
George Roy Hill
Illinois, 1936. Johnny Hooker, a small time con artist, finds himself out of his league when he pilfers a wad of cash belonging to one of Chicago's biggest racketeers, Doyle Lonnegan... [More...]
George Roy Hill
Illinois, 1936. Johnny Hooker, a small time con artist, finds himself out of his league when he pilfers a wad of cash belonging to one of Chicago's biggest racketeers, Doyle Lonnegan... [More...]
The Swarm (1978)
Irwin Allen
When the personnel at a top secret nuclear missile base in Texas are mysteriously wiped out, the military are at a loss to explain what may have happened... [More...]
Irwin Allen
When the personnel at a top secret nuclear missile base in Texas are mysteriously wiped out, the military are at a loss to explain what may have happened... [More...]
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Joseph Sargent
Lieutenant Zachary Garber, a New York transit cop, is giving a guided tour of the New York subway control centre to a party of directors of the equivalent Tokyo rail system... [More...]
Joseph Sargent
Lieutenant Zachary Garber, a New York transit cop, is giving a guided tour of the New York subway control centre to a party of directors of the equivalent Tokyo rail system... [More...]
Tales from the Crypt (1972)
Freddie Francis
Visiting some ancient catacombs, five strangers are taken to the Crypt Keeper, a hooded old man who recounts a story in which each of them meets a gruesome demise... [More...]
Freddie Francis
Visiting some ancient catacombs, five strangers are taken to the Crypt Keeper, a hooded old man who recounts a story in which each of them meets a gruesome demise... [More...]
Taxi Driver (1976)
Martin Scorsese
Travis Bickle is a Vietnam War veteran whose return to civilian life in New York City is proving to be an ordeal. In a bid to cure himself of his insomnia, he finds work as a night time taxi driver, indifferent to the risks he runs as he covers the seedier districts of the city... [More...]
Martin Scorsese
Travis Bickle is a Vietnam War veteran whose return to civilian life in New York City is proving to be an ordeal. In a bid to cure himself of his insomnia, he finds work as a night time taxi driver, indifferent to the risks he runs as he covers the seedier districts of the city... [More...]
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Tobe Hooper
Worried that their grandfather's grave may have been desecrated by a maniac, Sally Hardesty and her wheelchair-bound brother Franklin visit the Texas cemetery where he is buried... [More...]
Tobe Hooper
Worried that their grandfather's grave may have been desecrated by a maniac, Sally Hardesty and her wheelchair-bound brother Franklin visit the Texas cemetery where he is buried... [More...]
THX 1138 (1971)
George Lucas
The inhabitants of a futuristic underground city live a highly regimented existence, kept in a docile state by compulsory drug consumption... [More...]
George Lucas
The inhabitants of a futuristic underground city live a highly regimented existence, kept in a docile state by compulsory drug consumption... [More...]
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Richard Fleischer
1941. In an attempt to weaken Japan after its seizure of Indochina, the United States imposes an embargo that will deprive the country of essential raw materials... [More...]
Richard Fleischer
1941. In an attempt to weaken Japan after its seizure of Indochina, the United States imposes an embargo that will deprive the country of essential raw materials... [More...]
The Towering Inferno (1974)
John Guillermin
The Glass Tower, San Francisco, is the crowning achievement in the career of architect Doug Roberts. At 138 storeys, it is the tallest building in the world, and to celebrate this fact an inaugural party is to be held at the top of the titanic superstructure... [More...]
John Guillermin
The Glass Tower, San Francisco, is the crowning achievement in the career of architect Doug Roberts. At 138 storeys, it is the tallest building in the world, and to celebrate this fact an inaugural party is to be held at the top of the titanic superstructure... [More...]
The Tragedy of Macbeth (1971)
Roman Polanski
Victorious in battle, the warriors Macbeth and Banquo are returning to their home in Scotland when they are met by three strange hags who greet them with fantastic prophesies... [More...]
Roman Polanski
Victorious in battle, the warriors Macbeth and Banquo are returning to their home in Scotland when they are met by three strange hags who greet them with fantastic prophesies... [More...]