List 5 films from your favorite decade in movies

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  1. Pizza

    Pizza With extra pepperoni Thread Starter

    Location:
    USA
    The seventies is mine. Honestly, so many films that I adore came out in this decade. I tried to list the ones that had the biggest impact on me.

    in no order:

    Jaws
    I saw it three times in its opening week. As much as I loved Duel, I didn’t expect the impact this film had on me.

    Star Wars
    Well, duh! The opening scene alone of the spaceship flying over head still gives me chills. Easily the most times I went back to see a movie in the theater.

    Young Frankenstein
    The hardest I ever laughed during a movie. The blind segment is the funniest scene I’ve ever watched.

    Superman
    One of the greatest comic book movies ever made. Perfectly directed by Richard Donner. So epic and big with a soaring score. And the best actor as Superman.

    Alien
    Genuinely frightening Sci-Fi movie. I was on a school field trip and snuck out and saw it on Broadway in its opening weekend at 6 am. I think it was the first flick to be shown 24 hours a day. I still remember the person behind me jumping up in their seat from the first face hugger attack.

    Believe me, there are plenty more movies I could put in my list and it would be different any other day. That’s why the seventies is my favorite decade!

    What’s yours favorite decade and current top 5 movies from it? Do your best to list just 5. Try to avoid listing more than 5 or adding honorable mentions. That’s part of the fun and challenge.
     
  2. GregM

    GregM The expanding man

    Location:
    Bay Area, CA
    I'll choose the '70s as well...only duplicating one of your five

    Godfather
    Godfather II
    Marathon Man
    Alien
    Mean Streets
     
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  3. jbmcb

    jbmcb Forum Resident

    Location:
    Troy, MI, USA
    1980's:

    Wargames
    Real Genius
    --- Two of my favorite movies of all time

    Blade Runner
    Akira
    Brazil
     
  4. If I Can Dream_23

    If I Can Dream_23 Forum Resident

    Location:
    United States
    The 1970's

    1. The Exorcist 1973
    2. Manhattan 1979
    3. Woodstock 1970
    4. Scenes From A Marriage 1973
    5. Jaws 1975
     
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  5. jwoverho

    jwoverho Licensed Drug Dealer

    Location:
    Mobile, AL USA
    The 70's- When major studios were willing to produce films that didn't always have a happy ending or a sympathetic lead.

    MCCABE AND MRS. MILLER
    A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
    STRAW DOGS
    CHINATOWN
    THE DEVILS
     
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  6. jwoverho

    jwoverho Licensed Drug Dealer

    Location:
    Mobile, AL USA
    I was 9 when STAR WARS was released. My mom dropped me off at the theatre with some friends, we got our tickets, sat down, and ended up sitting through two showings. No ushers came to check on patrons, so after the first showing, we sat there and waited for it to come on again. The opening scene with the spaceship filling up the screen, the lightsaber battles, and the cantina scene were all a real mind-blower for everyone in the theatre!
     
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  7. Ms. Daisy

    Ms. Daisy Forum Resident

    Location:
    Alabama
    I was 10 when it came out and remember going to a late night screening with my parents and best friend. The theater was crowded and we ended up having to sit in one of the first few rows so we practically had to watch the movie with our heads tilted back! That and Superman the next year still rank in my top movies list. Great time to be a kid!
     
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  8. JoeOnWheels

    JoeOnWheels Forum Resident

    Location:
    Loveland CO USA
    I'll take the 90's:
    Reversal of Fortune
    Nixon
    Crumb
    The Whole Wide World
    Jackie Brown
     
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  9. pig bodine

    pig bodine God’s Consolation Prize

    Location:
    Syracuse, NY USA
    It's probably the 70's, but since everyone else is doing that, I'll do the 60's
    Play Time
    The Saragossa Manuscript
    The World's Greatest Sinner
    The Pornographers
    Simon Of the Desert
     
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  10. RageRomano

    RageRomano Idiot

    Location:
    NJ
    Gotta go 90s, 70s a close second:

    Boogie Nights
    Fargo
    Being John Malkovich
    Pulp Fiction
    Se7en
     
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  11. finslaw

    finslaw muzak to my ears

    Location:
    Indiana
    1980's - colorful and crazy decade with delicious film grain.

    Labyrinth - LSD trip of a kids movie with subtext.
    Paperhouse - affecting little indie horror/drama.
    The Terminator - imaginative action.
    They Live - crazy paranoid action/comedy.
    This is Spinal Tap - funniest film ever made.
     
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  12. Mark B.

    Mark B. Forum Resident

    Location:
    Concord, NC
    ‘70s for me as well:
    American Graffiti
    The Sting
    Close Encounters
    Slap Shot
    M*A*S*H
     
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  13. Wildest cat from montana

    Wildest cat from montana Humble Reader

    Location:
    ontario canada
    Can't pick a favourite decade.
    Regrets.
     
  14. Morpheus

    Morpheus Forum Resident

    Location:
    Texas
    The 60s:

    2001: A Space Odyssey
    Planet of the Apes
    Night of the Living Dead
    Midnight Cowboy
    The Graduate
     
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  15. Strat-Mangler

    Strat-Mangler Personal Survival Daily Record-Breaker

    Location:
    Toronto
    The 90s for me. Here are 5 I really enjoy.

    Crimson Tide
    Shawshank Redemption
    Braveheart (in spite of its historical inaccuracies)
    Forrest Gump
    Misery

    And I can add many more I thoroughly enjoy;

    GoodFellas
    Dances With Wolves
    Awakenings
    South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut
    L.A. Confidential
    Heat
    Toy Story
    The Matrix
    Groundhog Day
    The Silence of the Lambs

    What a decade!
     
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  16. malcolm reynolds

    malcolm reynolds Handsome, Humble, Genius

    Location:
    Oklahoma
    1980'2

    Blade Runner
    Brazil
    Blue Velvet
    Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back
    Star Wars Return Of The Jedi
     
  17. Pizza

    Pizza With extra pepperoni Thread Starter

    Location:
    USA
    You look like a sixties fan to me.
     
  18. Siegmund

    Siegmund Vinyl Sceptic

    Location:
    Britain, Europe
    Easy for me. Barely have to think about it:

    This Sporting Life
    The Servant
    Blow Up
    Alfie
    The Producers
     
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  19. Wildest cat from montana

    Wildest cat from montana Humble Reader

    Location:
    ontario canada
    For movies? Not so sure.
     
  20. Michael

    Michael I LOVE WIDE S-T-E-R-E-O!

    Shawshank Redemption
    Braveheart
    Forrest Gump
    GoodFellas
    Heat
    Toy Story
    The Silence of the Lambs


    I had a hard time leaving out dozens more!
     
  21. polchik

    polchik Forum Resident

    70's ....

    the french connection
    the exorcist
    taxi driver
    a clockwork orange
    all that jazz
     
  22. Michael

    Michael I LOVE WIDE S-T-E-R-E-O!

    just to be clear... there is not a decade in movies that I do not like!
     
  23. DLD

    DLD Senior Member

    Location:
    Dallas, Tx
    '70s as well. Here's some that haven't been mentioned a lot


    One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
    Close Encounters
    Dirty Harry
    The Exorcist
    American Graffiti
     
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  24. NickySee

    NickySee Forum Resident

    Location:
    New York, NY
    20s

    Speedy (1928, Harold LLyod)
    The General (1926, Buster Keaton/Clyde Bruckman)
    Faust (1926, F.W. Murnau)
    The Ring (1927, Alfred Hitchcock)
    Napoleon (1927, Abel Gance)
     
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  25. Wildest cat from montana

    Wildest cat from montana Humble Reader

    Location:
    ontario canada
    I had the good fortune to see this on the big screen back in the early 80s.
    Tremendous film.
     
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