What number of of those 11 hit films of the Nineteen Seventies are you able to guess from the picture? Keep in mind your quantity, as a result of we’ll inform you the way you scored on the finish.

1970

This was the No. 2 top-grossing film of 1970, with an all-star solid that included Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, George Kennedy, Helen Hayes, Jean Seberg and Jacqueline Bisset. It earned greater than $106 million on the field workplace.

Need a trace? Observe the background of the shot, and the place our stars are.

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1970 Reply: Airport

Coming in simply behind the top-grossing movie of Nineteen Seventies, Love Story, Airport adopted a formulation that The Poseidon Journey, The Towering Inferno, and different Nineteen Seventies catastrophe films would observe:

Take a bunch of A-list stars, put them in peril, and watch the sparks fly.

Burt Lancaster as soon as dismissed Airport as “the largest piece of junk ever made,” nevertheless it impressed three sequels and was later satirized, in fact, by 1980’s Airplane.

1971

This story of a Vietnam veteran, part-Navajo hapkido grasp was one of many greatest hits to come back out in 1971 — particularly after its re-release — and even beat Soiled Harry, the primary of Clint Eastwood’s 5 movies about San Francisco cop Harry Callahan.

Okay, yet another big trace: It starred Tom Laughlin within the title position, and was identified for the tune “One Tin Soldier.”

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1971 Reply: Billy Jack

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Sure, we all know it’s loopy, however Billy Jack actually did beat Soiled Harry. In fact, Billy Jack had the benefit of being based mostly on a personality audiences already knew: Billy Jack had made his debut within the 1967 outlaw biker hit The Born Losers (above).

Billy Jack stays one of many cult favourite films of the Nineteen Seventies.

1972

Marlon Brando starred in two of the High 10 films on the field workplace in 1972. The primary, as you in all probability guessed, was The Godfather.

Are you able to guess the second, wherein he starred with Maria Schneider (above)?

Trace: It has a metropolis in its title.

And the movie is…

1972 Reply: Final Tango in Paris

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Yep, it’s Final Tango in Paris, a movie that has been castigated lately due to Schneider’s allegations that she was mistreated by Brando and director Bernardo Bertolucci throughout an important scene involving butter.

It’s one of many films of the Nineteen Seventies that additionally made our listing of Intercourse Scenes Somebody Ought to Have Stopped.

1973

This one appears to be like like a basic movie from the Forties, not one of many hit films of the Nineteen Seventies, and that’s very a lot by design.

For those who’ve seen this absolute charmer, that includes the star of the largest hit of 1970 and his real-life daughter, you definitely bear in mind it.

It’s unhappy, but additionally an absolute charmer.

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1973 Reply: Paper Moon

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Paper Moon starred Ryan O’Neal, who additionally topped the field workplace reverse Ali MacGraw in 1970’s Love Story. For Paper Moon, a Despair-era story of a con man on a highway journey with a cantankerous baby who simply could be his daughter.

Director Peter Bogdanovich properly paired O’Neal along with his real-life daughter, Tatum, who deservedly received the Oscar for Finest Supporting Actress.

1974

1974 was an excellent 12 months for Mel Brooks: He launched not solely the Western satire Blazing Saddles, the highest movie of the 12 months, but additionally one other comedy, satirizing one other style.

We all know, for comedy followers, that is a simple one.

By the way in which, listed here are some Behind the Scenes Tales of Blazing Saddles.

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1974 Reply: Younger Frankenstein

The comedy basic Younger Frankenstein was nonetheless taking part in in theaters by way of 1975, when members of Aerosmith noticed it and borrowed among the finest jokes within the movie for the title of their hit “Stroll This Approach,” as we element on this listing of Basic Rock Songs Impressed by Films We Love.

So it isn’t simply one of many hit films of the Nineteen Seventies — it additionally helped encourage one of many greatest hit songs of the Nineteen Seventies.

1975

This one is a cult hit that also performs in theaters all around the nation as we speak.

For those who don’t know what it’s, please go see it instantly. Ideally at midnight.

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1975 Reply: The Rocky Horror Image Present

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Yep, it’s The Rocky Horror Image Present, starring Susan Sarandon, Tim Curry, and lots of extra.

Rocky Horror isn’t only a cult hit, but additionally a legit hit: It was solidly within the High 10 films of 1975, behind hits like Jaws, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and Shampoo.

All of these films are terrific, however they don’t encourage midnight singalongs throughout America.

1976

We will’t stress sufficient what a red-hot star Gene Wilder was within the Nineteen Seventies.

This was the primary of his 4 pairings with one of many best comics of all time, Richard Pryor.

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1976 Reply: Silver Streak

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Silver Streak casts Gene Wilder as harried guide editor George, who groups up with automobile thief Grover (Richard Pryor) after George is falsely accused of homicide.

Wilder and Pryor would pair up once more in 1980’s Stir Loopy, 1989’s See No Evil, Hear No Evil, and 1991’s One other You.

1977

1977 is in fact an important 12 months as a result of it was the 12 months of the unique Star Wars, a film that modified without end what sort of films get the inexperienced mild in Hollywood and was maybe had the best cultural influence of all of the hit films of the Nineteen Seventies.

The film above, whereas much less fashionable, obtained loads of consideration in 1977, thanks largely to its feminine lead.

We’ll provide you with one other trace: It was co-written by Peter Benchley, the author of the novel Jaws and co-writer of the movie.

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1977 Reply: The Deep

The Deep, starring Jaqueline Bissett and Nick Nolte, is a few pair of divers who uncover treasure after which must defend it.

The advertising targeted closely on underwater pictures of Bissett.

It earned $47.3 million, making it No. 6 on the listing of the ten prime films of 1977, by home field workplace, not adjusted for inflation.

1978

It is a very simple one in the event you have been round in 1978. It’s one of many greatest hit films of the Nineteen Seventies.

It starred a the Not Prepared for Prime Time Participant above, who can also be one of many topics of the latest Jason Reitman movie Saturday Evening.

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1978 Reply: Animal Home

This John Landis-directed Nationwide Lampoon movie was a breakout hit for John Belushi, the Saturday Evening Reside star who turned an prompt film star for his portrayal of the hard-partying Bluto.

In the identical 12 months he appeared in Animal Home, Belushi additionally appeared in Goin’ South, which Jack Nicholson starred in and directed.

Belushi felt like he didn’t have sufficient to do in Goin’ South, which Animal Home trounced on the field workplace.

1979

Margot Kidder starred in each the No. 1 and No. 2 films on the 1979 field workplace.

The No. 1 film was Superman.

Are you able to guess the No. 2 film, above?

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1979 Reply: The Amityville Horror

Margot Kidder starred with James Brolin within the Stuart Rosenberg-directed Amityville Horror, based mostly on Jay Anson’s 1979 guide of the identical identify concerning the Lutz household, who stated they endured paranormal exercise whereas residing in a house the place Ronald DeFeo murdered his household in 1974.

It was one in every of many movies concerning the Amityville story, which stays haunting as we speak — whether or not or not you consider the home is haunted.

And that ends the films of the Nineteen Seventies. Or does it?

Bonus: 1980

We’re including this one for these of you who contend {that a} decade ends in its tenth 12 months. And since we’re having enjoyable and don’t need this listing of hit films of the Nineteen Seventies to finish.

Although Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Again was simply the No. 1 film, the movie above, directed by Robert Redford, received Finest Image on the Oscars. Are you able to bear in mind its title?

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1980 Reply: Peculiar Folks

Peculiar Folks earned a really respectable $55 million in home field workplace in 1980, and cleaned up on the Oscars.

Apart from successful Finest Image, it earned Finest Director for Robert Redford, a Finest Supporting Actor for Timothy Hutton, and Finest Screenplay for Allen Sargent.

It has aged very effectively.

How’d You Rating?

What number of of those hits of the Nineteen Seventies did you acknowledge? Right here’s the way you rating:

9 or extra right… The Godfather

7 or extra right… Cleopatra Jones

5 or extra right… Soiled Harry

3 or extra right… Fozzie Bear

Fewer than 3 right… The Jerk

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Predominant picture: A promotional picture of Jaqueline Bisset for The Deep. Columbia Photos.