Compiled
by Robert E. YahnkeA list of recommended titles follows.
YEAR |
FILM |
DIRECTOR |
COUNTRY |
1968 |
The Swimmer |
Frank Perry |
USA |
1969 |
Bob and Ted and Carol and Alice |
Paul Mazursky |
USA |
1969 |
Midnight Cowboy |
John Schlesinger |
USA |
1969 |
Easy Rider |
Dennis Hopper |
USA |
1970 |
Carnal Knowledge |
Mike Nichols |
USA |
1970 |
Catch 22 |
Mike Nichols |
USA |
1970 |
Clockwork Orange, A |
Stanley Kubrick |
USA |
1970 |
Dodes 'Ka-den |
Akiru Kurosawa |
Japan |
1970 |
Five Easy Pieces |
Bo Rafelson |
USA |
1970 |
French Connection, The |
William Friedkin |
USA |
1970 |
M*A*S*H |
Robert Altman |
USA |
1970 |
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? |
Sydney Pollack |
USA |
1970 |
Woodstock |
Michael Woodleigh |
USA |
1971 |
Harold and Maude |
Hal Ashby |
USA |
1971 |
Claire's Knee |
Eric Rohmer |
France |
1971 |
Last Picture Show, The |
Peter Bogdanovich |
USA |
1971 |
Little Big Man |
Arthur Penn |
USA |
1971 |
Murmur of the Heart |
Louis Malle |
France |
1971 |
Sunday Bloody Sunday |
John Schlesinger |
England |
1972 |
Aguirre, the Wrath of God |
Werner Hertzog |
Germany |
1972 |
Cabaret |
Bob Fosse |
USA |
1972 |
Deliverance |
John Boorman |
USA |
1972 |
Godfather, The |
Francis Coppola |
USA |
1972 |
Last Tango in Paris |
Bernardo Bertolucci |
Italy |
1973 |
American Graffiti |
George Lucas |
USA |
1973 |
Cries and Whispers |
Ingmar Bergman |
Sweden |
1973 |
Exorcist, The |
William Friedkin |
USA |
1973 |
Serpico |
Sidney Lumet |
USA |
1974 |
Chinatown |
Roman Polanski |
USA |
1974 |
Conversation, The |
Francis Coppola |
USA |
1974 |
Godfather, The, Part II |
Francis Coppola |
USA |
1974 |
Woman Under the Influence, A |
John Cassavetes |
USA |
1975 |
Dog Day Afternoon |
Sidney Lumet |
USA |
1975 |
Jaws |
Steven Spielberg |
USA |
1975 |
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
Milos Foreman |
USA |
1975 |
Picnic at Hanging Rock |
Peter Weir |
Australia |
1976 |
All the President's Men |
Alan Pakula |
USA |
1976 |
Harlan County, USA |
Barbara Kopple |
USA |
For the next chapter in this Cinema History
See Chapter 8
The Late 1970's--Psychological
Portraits