1. 1970’s Movies

2. 1970 Patton Won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (George C. Scott) (7 Oscars) Won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (George C. Scott) (7 Oscars) About General in WWII About General in WWII Tora! Tora! Tora! Love Story Ali MacGraw, Ryan O’Neal Ali MacGraw, Ryan O’Neal

3. Love Story “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.”- famous quote from movie “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.”- famous quote from movie Wife dies young in Movie, tearjerker film

4. 1971 The French Connection The French Connection Won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Gene Hackman) Won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Gene Hackman) A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange Shaft Shaft Dirty Harry (Clint Eastwood) Dirty Harry (Clint Eastwood)

5. The French Connection Cops, drug smuggling Cops, drug smuggling Ring with a French Ring with a French Connection Connection

6. 1972 The Godfather The Godfather Won Best Picture, Best Actor (Marlon Brando) Won Best Picture, Best Actor (Marlon Brando) Deliverance (Burt Reynolds) Deliverance (Burt Reynolds) Cabaret Cabaret Won Best Director and Best Actress (Liza Minnelli) Won Best Director and Best Actress (Liza Minnelli)

7. The Godfather Leader of Leader of Organized crime Family transfers Control to his son

8. 1973 The Sting (Paul Newman, Robert Redford) Best Picture, Best Director (7 Oscars) The Sting (Paul Newman, Robert Redford) Best Picture, Best Director (7 Oscars) American Graffiti (George Lucas) American Graffiti (George Lucas) The Exorcist The Exorcist The Way We Were (Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford) The Way We Were (Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford)

9. 1930’s Chicago 1930’s Chicago Con man seeks Con man seeks Revenge for Murdered partner Takes on criminal Takes on criminalbanker

10. The Exorcist Landmark of Landmark of Horror films Girl possessed Girl possessed Cleric called in Cleric called in As last hope

11. 1974 The Godfather, Part II (Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton) Won Best Picture, Best Director The Godfather, Part II (Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton) Won Best Picture, Best Director Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder) Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder) Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder) Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder)

12. 1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress Louis Fletcher, Best Actor Jack Nicholson) One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress Louis Fletcher, Best Actor Jack Nicholson) Jaws (Steven Spielberg) Jaws (Steven Spielberg) Monty Python and the Holy Grail Monty Python and the Holy Grail

13. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Randle P. McMurphy Randle P. McMurphy Playing crazy to Playing crazy to Avoid prison work Sent to state mental Sent to state mental hospital for eval

14. Jaws Great White starts to Great White starts to Menace the people of Beach community “You'll never go in the water again!”

15. 1976 Rocky (Best Picture, Best Director) Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burgess Meredith Rocky (Best Picture, Best Director) Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burgess Meredith All the President’s Men (Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford) All the President’s Men (Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford) Taxi Driver (Robert De Niro, Cybill Shepherd) Taxi Driver (Robert De Niro, Cybill Shepherd)

16. Rocky A small time boxer gets a once in a lifetime chance to fight the heavyweight champ in a A small time boxer gets a once in a lifetime chance to fight the heavyweight champ in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect. “His whole life was a million-to-one shot.”

17. Taxi Driver A mentally unstable A mentally unstable Vietnam war veteran works as nighttime taxi driver & has urge to violently lash out. “You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me?”

18. 1977 Annie Hall (Woody Allen, Diane Keaton) Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress Annie Hall (Woody Allen, Diane Keaton) Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress The Goodbye Girl (Best Actor, Richard Dreyfuss) The Goodbye Girl (Best Actor, Richard Dreyfuss) Star Wars (George Lucas) Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher Star Wars (George Lucas) Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher

19. Star Wars Luke Skywalker leaves Luke Skywalker leaves his home planet, teams up with other rebels, and tries to save Princess Leia from the evil clutches of Darth Vader.

20. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg) Saturday Night Fever (John Travolta) Saturday Night Fever (John Travolta)

21. 1978 The Deer Hunter (Best Picture, Best Director) Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken The Deer Hunter (Best Picture, Best Director) Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken Coming Home (Best Actress Jane Fonda, Best Actor Jon Voight) Coming Home (Best Actress Jane Fonda, Best Actor Jon Voight) Grease (John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John Grease (John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John

22. Superman (Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman) Superman (Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman) National Lampoon’s Animal House (John Belushi, Donald Sutherland, Tim Matheson) National Lampoon’s Animal House (John Belushi, Donald Sutherland, Tim Matheson)

23. Superman An alien orphan is sent from An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest super-hero.

24. 1979 Kramer vs Kramer (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor Dustin Hoffman) Kramer vs Kramer (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor Dustin Hoffman) Apocalypse Now (Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen) Apocalypse Now (Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen) Norma Rae (Sally Field- Best Actress) Norma Rae (Sally Field- Best Actress)

25. Kramer vs Kramer A just divorced man A just divorced man must learn to care for his son on his own, and then must fight in court to keep custody of him

26. Norma Rae A young single mother A young single mother and textile worker agrees to help unionize her mill despite the problems and dangers involved