# What is the greatest Movie from the 70's?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 26, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-greatest-movie-from-the-70s/583333 "2011-05-26T18:51:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-greatest-movie-from-the-70s/583333/61 "2011-05-28T15:04:51Z")

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> [@Spoke](#):
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> [Oh no](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk7a_QVj-WI), [not true](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THf1HAU8Ji4&feature=related)! [Not true at all](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xj8GKENGG0&feature=related)!

AAAAAAAAAGHGGGGG!

I love it!

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**Author:** ![Snake\_Plissken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@Snake\_Plissken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snake_Plissken)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-greatest-movie-from-the-70s/583333/62 "2011-05-28T15:43:09Z")

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Vanishing Point was one of my favorites. I love the scene in the desert with Delaney and Bonnie.

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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-greatest-movie-from-the-70s/583333/63 "2011-05-28T18:35:34Z")

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Jaws

has to be seen on the big screen for full effect. Scared the crap out of me back then.

Carrie is a close second.

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**Author:** ![Docta\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Docta\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Docta_G)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2011, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-greatest-movie-from-the-70s/583333/64 "2011-05-28T18:59:46Z")

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_The Apple Dumpling Gang_

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-greatest-movie-from-the-70s/583333/65 "2011-05-30T18:52:45Z")

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By no means would I elevate [The Driver (1978)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077474/)to “greatest movie of the 70’s” but I watched it last night on one of those heavy-with-commercials bleep-out-the-fun-words channels and tend to agree with [Rotten Tomatoes](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/driver/) on its overall effect and value. I don’t think it deserves its own thread, but I would like to know if others share my opinion of it as an above average flick.

Ryan O’Neal atoning for the _Love Story_ image and Bruce Dern being the quintessential asshole. Excellent driving stunts and effects. Rivals _Bullitt_ in some respects and even has a few nods to the McQueen version of _The Getaway_. Not a total waste of 2 hours.

Anybody else know it and like it?

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