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The Getaway
White Line Fever
Trucking and truckers were big in the movies in the '70s. Add '70s icon Jan Michael Vincent and you've got star material.
Convoy
Truck Turner
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Magnum Force
The Gauntlet
Vengeance
Dirty Harry
"Dirty" Harry Callahan is one of the most iconic movie characters in history. This scene is him delivering his famous "Do you feel lucky, punk?" line.
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The French Connection II
The Conversation
The French Connection
Those who think of Gene Hackman as a lovable curmudgeon need to see this movie. He's intense and riveting.
The Godfather II
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Enter the Dragon
This is Bruce Lee's tour de force, and also features action movie icon John Saxon. The final fight, featuring Bruce against a razor-handed baddie, is not to be missed.
Game of Death
Shaolin Fury
Return of the Dragon
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Smokey and the Bandit
Semi-Tough
Gator
Burt Reynolds was the smoothest star of the '70s, and that's put to good use here. He plays a con man used in an operation to bust a corrupt politician.
Hooper
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Chinese Hercules
New Fists of Fire
The Fearless Hyena
Drunken Master
Jackie Chan plays a young kung fu practitioner who learns that a few knocks of liquor make his style impenetrable. If only that worked for things like tax filings!
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A Touch of Zen
Female leads were a rare thing in '70s kung fu cinema. This artful work draws visual comparisons to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Cold Blade
Duel of Fists
Bamboo Gods and Iron Men
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The Killer Elite
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Everyone knows there were a lot of ... substances used in the '70s. This rambling action yarn might well be a result of that indulgence.
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry
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The Getaway
Vanishing Point
Get Carter
Long before he was Alfred the Butler, Michael Caine was one of the baddest Brits around. He deals out some serious punishment in this movie.
The Mackintosh Man
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The Getaway
Marathon Man
The Day of the Jackal
Three Days of the Condor
Robert Redford plays a bookish CIA agent who finds all his cohorts dead and has to sort the matter out. You can see here why he was such a titan in the '70s.
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Junior Bonner
Bonnie and Clyde
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry
The Getaway
Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw, one of the '70s iconic couples, shine in this tale of an ex-con and his wife on the lam.
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Game of Death
The Chinese Connection
The setup is classic for kung fu movies: A young man sets out to avenge the death of his teacher. Having Bruce Lee as the "young man" takes it to a whole new level.
Enter the Dragon
The Big Brawl
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Assault on Precinct 13
Cops and criminals defending a police station against gang members on New Year's Eve? What's not to like?
Live and Let Die
Vanishing Point
Slaughter
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Fists of Fury
Enter the Dragon
The Way of the Dragon
Bruce Lee takes his particular brand of lighting-quick butt-kicking to Italy for this flick. Best served with pasta.
Kung Fu Masters
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The Yakuza
Robert Mitchum plays a man who goes to Japan to rescue his friend's kidnapped daughter. Liam Neeson might have seen this movie at some point.
Hiroshima Death Match
Proxy War
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
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White Line Fever
The Highwaymen
Electra Glide in Blue
Vanishing Point
In what could be a precursor to movies like "Gone in 60 Seconds," this movie features a high-efficiency car thief known for delivering his wares on time ... but just ahead of the cops.
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Dirty Harry
Magnum Force
Dirty Harry's back again, this time going after crooked cops taking out shady characters. Long, sensitive conversations do NOT ensue.
The Enforcer
The Dead Pool
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Hard Times
Thief
The Driver
This one has an interesting premise, with the title character being a professional getaway driver. Wonder if he's a AAA member?
Breakout
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The Streetfighter
This fairly generic actioner featured the man who would become Sonny Chiba. No Zangief or Chun Li in sight!
Fists of Fury
Sister Street Fighter
Five Fingers of Death
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Rulers of the City
The Boss
There was a raft of '70s "mob" movies that grew out of the success of "The Godfather," many made in Italy and dubbed into English. This one involves a bombing, a kidnapping, and all manner of fun.
The Tough Ones
Caliber 9
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Fist of the Dragon
The Chinese Connection
The Big Boss
This lesser-known Bruce Lee work has the master as a young man devoted to nonviolence. That, of course, does not last.
The Big Brawl
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Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges might sound like the most unlikely of costars, but this movie works on every level. Eastwood's a bank robber and Bridges is his sidekick.
Play Misty for Me
The Eiger Sanction
The Big Heist
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The Man with the Golden Gun
Diamonds Are Forever
Octopussy
The Spy Who Loved Me
It's another Roger Moore Bond flick, this one most notable for an outstanding theme song and the appearance of Richard Kiel's "Jaws" character.
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Truck Turner
Across 110th Street
Yaphet Kotto and the legendary Anthony Quinn make an unlikely pair of New York cops trying to bust small-time thieves trying to rip off the Mob.
Coffy
Cold Sweat
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Walking Tall
The Outfit
Rolling Thunder
William Devane plays a Vietnam vet who comes home to a hero's welcome, but then it all goes awry. Tommy Lee Jones is the man who's going to help him set it right.
The Deerhunter
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Death Wish
Death Wish might not have invented the urban revenge genre, but it certainly perfected it. Charles Bronson plays a mild-mannered architect who goes on a rampage after a family tragedy.
The Mechanic
Mr. Majestyk
Vigilante
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Mr. Majestyk
The Mechanic
This time, Bronson plays an aging hitman who takes on an apprentice, only to find out someone's sold both of them out.
Vigilante
Hard Times
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Someone Behind the Door
Death Wish II
St. Ives
Cold Sweat
Charles Bronson, master of revenge flicks, this time plays a drug trader out for revenge.
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Junior Bonner
Mitchell
Walking Tall
Walking Tall is one of the most iconic of '70s movies, with Joe Don Baker taking justice into his own hands. Check out the remake with The Rock, as well.
Framed
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Karate Warriors
While a lot of '70s martial arts flicks focused on kung fu, karate had its time in the sun with this and other gritty films.
Return of the Street Fighter
Sister Street Fighter
Sonny Chiba's Dragon Princess
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Foxy Brown
Coffy
Pam Grier, the undisputed queen of '70s black cinema, plays a nurse out for revenge in this barn burner of a movie.
Black Mama, White Mama
Friday Foster
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Diamonds Are Forever
The Man with the Golden Gun
Live and Let Die
Jane Seymour as a Bond girl and one of most memorable theme songs (by Paul McCartney, no less) make this a standout Bond flick. Roger Moore's best work.
For Your Eyes Only
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The Seven-Ups
Before he moved to Amity Island, Roy Scheider played an elite NYC cop in this thriller. No sharks involved!
The Outfit
Electra Glide in Blue
Prime Cut
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Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry
Macon County Line
This low-budget law-and-order thriller had a cast of unknowns. It did feature future teen star and reality show maven Leif Garrett as a young punk.
The Wild Ones
The Country Boys
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Escape to Athena
A Bridge Too Far
Dogs of War
The Wild Geese
Richard Burton, Roger Moore and the great Richard Harris all in one movie? See this mercenary movie just for the talent pool.
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Rollercoaster
Airport
The Poseidon Adventure
Black Sunday
Terrorism reared its ugly head in this tense thriller involving a plot to explode a blimp over the Super Bowl. A standout '70s movie!
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Mr. Majestyk
Bronson plays a familiar character here, but this time he's a melon farmer going on the attack. Presumably, exploding cantaloupes are employed.
The Mechanic
Death Hunt
Chato's Land
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Dr. No
Live and Let Die
The Man with the Golden Gun
Those who only know Christopher Lee as Saruman need to see him here, playing a smooth villain out to steal solar technology. Britt Ekland and Maud Adams play Bond girls!
You Only Live Twice
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The Gauntlet
The Enforcer
Eastwood's back as Dirty Harry in this one, playing opposite a young Tyne Daly as a rookie female cop. A bit of humor here that's very welcome.
Every Which Way But Loose
Magnum Force
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Gone in 60 Seconds
Race with the Devil
Vanishing Point
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
Peter Fonda at his stoner-action hero best in this goofy tale, which involves two motorheads trying to steal enough money to build their dream car.
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Diamonds Are Forever
Sean Connery puts on his Bond face to chase diamond smugglers. Best Bond girl name ever: Plenty O'Toole.
Dr. No
You Only Live Twice
Never Say Never Again
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92 in the Shade
Fighting Mad
Race with the Devil
Two couples on an RV vacation through the Southwest witness murder during a Satanic ritual. Something tells me that wasn't in the tour guide.
Slaughter
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The New Centurions
Electra Glide in Blue
Robert Blake plays John Wintergreen, a desert motorcycle cop who dreams of being a homicide detective. Billy "Green" Bush plays his colleague, Zipper, who just wants to sit on his bike and read comic books while waiting for the occasional speeder. Then things get a bit more exciting.
Charlie Varrick
The Outfit
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Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin
Drunken Shaolin Master
Dragon Fist
Shaolin Wooden Men
Jackie Chan in one of his lesser-known roles as a generic shaolin novice who learns enough from various masters to beat the "wooden men" of the title. He's out to avenge the death of his father.
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Telefon
Charles Bronson as a Russian? If you can buy that, you'll love this film, with a twisty plot involving word-activated mindless assassins.
St. Ives
Borderline
The Evil That Men Do
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Shaft's Big Score
Shaft In Africa
Shaft
Richard Roundtree embodied one of the most iconic characters in black cinema as Shaft. He's the coolest private eye around.
King Shaft
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The Assassination
The Professional
Criminal Affair
The Outside Man
A French assassin involved with the American mob? That's not even close to the most twisty thing about this crime thriller.
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Dragon Flies
George Lazenby in a martial arts-based thriller? It actually works, as George shows a little-known sinister side.
Stone
Kung Fu Killers
Deathcheaters
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Truck Turner
Cotton Comes to Harlem
Two cops called Gravedigger and Coffin look for a bale of cotton with money inside it. Now that's good cinema, there!
Black Caesar
Hell Up In Harlem
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Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS
Diary of a Rape
Backwoods Betty
Thriller: A Cruel Picture
The premise for this movie was way beyond its time, involving a woman muted by a sexual assault as a child being trained as an assassin to take out her tormentors. The voluptuous star, Christina Lindberg, originally planned to be an archaeologist.
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