Best Movies of 1975
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Best Movies of 1975
TOP Movies: Jaws (1975), Rollerball (1975), The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), The Deadly Tower (1975), Barry Lyndon (1975), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Farewell, My Lovely (1975), The Naked Civil Servant (1975), Shivers (1975), Death Race 2000 (1975), Mandingo (1975), French Connection II (1975), Nashville (1975), Love Among the Ruins (1975), Rooster Cogburn (1975), Cooley High (1975), Smile (1975), The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975), Let's Do It Again (1975).
List of Best Movies
730K
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
An insatiable great white shark terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island, The police chief, an oceanographer and a grizzled shark hunter seek to destroy the bloodthirsty beast.
Style:
suspense, scary, classic horror, natural horror, sexy ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night, horror for children, adult
Plot:
shark, animal attack, shark attack, creature feature, ocean, beach, fear, killer shark, boat, monster, dangerous animal, great white shark ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
boston, fictional island, persia, oceania, long island ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
While serving time for insanity at a state mental hospital, implacable rabble-rouser, Randle Patrick McMurphy inspires his fellow patients to rebel against the authoritarian rule of head nurse, Mildred Ratched.
Style:
psychological, serious, thought provoking, dramatic, emotional ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
mental institution, mental illness, fighting the system, freedom, human spirit, insanity, society, mental patient, mental disorder, nurse, psychiatrist, schizophrenia ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1975, year 1963
Place:
oregon, eastern europe, america, persia
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game.
Style:
grindhouse, cult classic, apocalyptic, freeze frame, funny ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dystopia, cyberpunk, brutality, corporation, satire, fighting the system, fistfight, tournament, corporate executive, resentment, courage, conspiracy ...
Time:
future, 70s, near future, 2010s, year 1975 ...
Place:
houston texas, new york, tokyo, geneva switzerland, california
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A roving bachelor gets saddled with three children and a wealth of trouble when the youngsters stumble upon a huge gold nugget. They join forces with two bumbling outlaws to fend off the greedy townspeople and soon find themselves facing a surly ...
Style:
slapstick, family comedy, funny, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
orphan, youth, rich and poor, chase, rain, coming of age, humour, married, wild west, child in peril, bank, rescue ...
Time:
1870s, year 1975, 19th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
california, usa, new orleans
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When college professor Peter Proud begins to experience flashbacks from a previous incarnation, he is mysteriously drawn to a place he has never been before but which is troublingly familiar. As if drawn to her by cosmic force, he soon finds himself ...
Style:
psychotronic, grindhouse, classic horror, slasher, surreal ...
Plot:
college, father daughter sex, sex with father, rape, reincarnation, masturbation, female masturbation, seductive girl, sex scene, psychologist, university professor, marital rape ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s
Place:
persia, massachusetts
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite scientist. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker ...
Style:
parody, cult classic, sexy, homoerotic, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
lgbtq, mad scientist, gay interest, transvestite, gay, gender, homosexual, castle, rock and roll, wedding, surrealism, dance ...
Time:
20th century, year 1975, 70s
Place:
transylvania, ohio
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The real-life story of Charles Whitman's deadly shooting spree at the University of Texas is retold. In August 1966, after killing his wife and mother, Whitman climbed to the top of the school's tower and opened fire on passers-by, ...
Style:
realistic, rough, serious, disturbing, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
tower, sniper, murder, serial killer, true crime, danger, mental illness, obsession, investigation, mass murder, shooting, university ...
Time:
60s
Place:
texas, usa, austin texas
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202K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 185 min.
Story:
In the Eighteenth Century, in a small village in Ireland, Redmond Barry is a young farm boy in love with his cousin Nora Brady. When Nora engages to the British Captain John Quin, Barry challenges him for a duel of pistols. He wins and escapes to ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, epic, visually appealing, atmospheric ...
Plot:
nobility, rise and fall, aristocracy, opportunist, duel, card playing, british army, pistol duel, wealth, soldier, social climber, literary ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era, 20th century, year 1975, 19th century ...
Place:
ireland, england, prussia, berlin germany, britain ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A man robs a bank to pay for his lover's operation; it turns into a hostage situation and a media circus.
Style:
cerebral, tense, dark comedy, suspenseful, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bank robbery, hostage, bank, heist, lgbtq, hostage situation, bank robber, character study, heat wave, fbi agent, true crime, gay ...
Time:
20th century, year 1975, year 1972, 70s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, persia, usa, north america ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot and Sir Galahad the Pure. On the way, Arthur battles the Black ...
Style:
humorous, absurd, parody, spoof, surreal ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
monty python, medieval, knight, holy grail, satire, king arthur, arthurian legend, sword fight, surrealism, monk, absurd humor, camelot ...
Time:
medieval times, middle ages, 10th century, year 1975, 20th century ...
Place:
arizona, britain, europe, england, xian ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Los Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by paroled convict Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend Velma, former seedy nightclub dancer.
Style:
neo noir, detective, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
private detective, femme fatale, crime boss, missing person, murder, voice over narration, motel, interrogation, alcoholic, baseball, ex convict, investigation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1941, year 1975
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Story of the life of Quentin Crisp, an Englishman who was brave enough to live his life according to his own style even in the hostile days of WW2.
Style:
period piece, controversial, serious, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay interest, homosexual history, gay son, homosexual, lgbtq, biopic, subculture, publisher, revolt, lgbtqi ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe
Is relevant?
26K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The residents of a suburban high-rise apartment building are being infected by a strain of parasites that turn them into mindless, sex-crazed fiends out to infect others by the slightest sexual contact.
Style:
sexual, disturbing, grindhouse, suspense, erotic ...
Plot:
exploitation, parasite, sex maniac, rape, sex, insanity, body horror, gory, zombie, evil wins, lust, puffy nipples ...
Time:
70s, year 1975, 20th century
Place:
canada, montreal
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
In a boorish future, the government sponsors a popular, but bloody, cross-country race in which points are scored by mowing down pedestrians. Five teams, each comprised of a male and female, compete using cars equipped with deadly weapons. ...
Style:
grindhouse, road movie, black comedy, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot:
car, car chase, carsploitation, dystopia, satire, dark humor, dystopian future, racing, distopia, dystopic future, danger, chases and races ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 2000, 2000s, 70s ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A slave owner in the 1840s trains one of his slaves to be a bare-knuckle fighter.
Style:
sexy, realistic, serious, suspense, sexual ...
Plot:
interracial relations, slave trade, slavery, racism, black slave, interracial romance, plantation, white male black female relationship, interracial sex, sex slave, slave girl, slave ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s, year 1975
Place:
usa, america, new orleans, louisiana, turkey
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
"Popeye" Doyle travels to Marsailles to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler that eluded him in New York.
Style:
neo noir, detective, crime drama, fast, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug addiction, heroin, organized crime, cop, mafia, spy, car, police, shootout, narcotics, french police, intoxication ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
france, marseille, europe
Is relevant?
31K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
This movie tells the intersecting stories of various people connected to the music business in Nashville. Barbara Jean is the reigning queen of Nashville but is near collapse. Linnea and Delbert Reese have a shaky marriage and 2 deaf children. Opal ...
Style:
political, independent film, cult classic, stylized, anthology ...
Plot:
multiple storylines, satire, music, politics, musician, sexual content, country music, showbiz, election, government, american politics, parallel story ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s, 20th century
Place:
tennessee, nashville tennessee, usa, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An aging actress is being sued for breach of promise. She hires as her lawyer a man who was an ex-lover and is still in love with her, although she doesn't know it. She realizes that the only way to win this case and protect her assets is to ...
Style:
thrilling, semi serious, realistic, witty, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
lawyer, mature, age-gap relationship, lovers reunited, couples, family relations, actor's life, artists and showbiz, elderly, unlikely couple, opposites attract, legal ...
Time:
70s
Place:
europe, london, england
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
After a band of drunken thugs overruns a small Indian Nation town, killing Minister Goodnight and raping the women folk, Eula Goodnight enlists the aid of Marshal Cogburn to hunt them down and bring her father's killers to justice.
Style:
action adventure, spaghetti western, independent film, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
manly, family outing, girls' night
Plot:
courage, battle of the sexes, revenge, tough girl, u.s. marshal, spinster, shootout, teacher, outlaw gang, raft, pursuit, death of father ...
Time:
19th century, year 1975, 1880s, 70s
Place:
oregon, arkansas, usa, africa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the mid-1960s, a group of high school friends who live on the Near North Side of Chicago enjoy life to the fullest...parties, hanging out, meeting new friends. Then life changes for two of the guys when they meet a pair of career criminals and ...
Style:
independent film, hood, black comedy, cult classic, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, african american, high school, blaxploitation, teenager, black, urban, black history, exploitation, black cast, basketball, death of friend ...
Time:
year 1975, 60s, 20th century, 70s, year 1964
Place:
chicago, usa, africa
Is relevant?
3K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
It's time again for California's "Young American Miss" beauty pageant, the biggest event of the year for Big Bob Freelander and Brenda DiCarlo, who give their all to put on a successful pageant. But Brenda is having marital ...
Style:
dark comedy, biting, realistic, humorous, satirical ...
Plot:
satire, female nudity, showbiz, nude girl, bare breasts, choreographer, social relations, disorder, couples, family relations, youth, introspection ...
Time:
70s, year 1975, 20th century
Place:
california, usa
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Genre: Drama, History, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A dramatization of the famous 1893 Massachusetts trial of the woman accused of murdering her father and stepmother with an ax.
Style:
suspense, slasher, psychological thriller, psychotronic, crying
Plot:
stepmother stepdaughter relationship, lizzie borden, serial killer, macabre, murder, courtroom, courtroom drama, female villain, woman with a gun, evil woman, killing spree, jack the ripper ...
Time:
19th century, year 1983, 1890s, victorian era
Place:
new england, massachusetts
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Clyde Williams and Billy Foster are a couple of blue-collar workers in Atlanta who have promised to raise funds for their fraternal order, the Brothers and Sisters of Shaka. However, their method for raising the money involves travelling to New ...
Style:
black comedy, action comedy, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
blaxploitation, boxing, hypnosis, black, african american, gambling, urban, fight, church, gang, money, stoner ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s
Place:
new orleans, usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
At the beginning of the 20th century, a newspaper organizes an endurance horse race : 700 miles to run in a few days. 9 adventurers are competing, among them a woman, Miss Jones, a Mexican, an Englishman, a young cow-boy, an old one and two friends, ...
Style:
stylized, exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
friendship, horse, endurance, contests and competitions, rivalry, old west, unlikely partners, chases and races, civil war, horse race, ex prostitute, cowboy ...
Time:
1900s, 20th century, 19th century, year 1975, edwardian era ...
Place:
texas, california
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In this highly speculative historical thriller, Colonel Franz Ritter (George C. Scott), a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of security. As he races against the clock to ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, realistic, serious, detective ...
Plot:
disaster, aviation, natural disaster, zeppelin, terrorist, gestapo, conspiracy, world war two, nazi, technology, investigation, flying ...
Time:
1930s, year 1975, 20th century, year 1937, future ...
Place:
new jersey, usa, europe, new york, frankfurt germany ...
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Tia and Tony are two orphaned youngsters with extraordinary powers. Lucas Deranian poses as their uncle in order to get the kids into the clutches of Deranian's megalomaniacal boss, evil millionaire Aristotle Bolt, who wants to exploit them. ...
Style:
saga, epic, gothic, spiritual, mysterious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, teen drama ...
Plot:
orphan, alien, flying saucer, mansion, telekinesis, witch, boy, psionic power, magic, cat, child, bear ...
Time:
70s, 1930s
Place:
california, los angeles
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
1930s in New York – The famous singer Fanny Brice has divorced her first husband Nicky Arnstein. During the depression she has trouble finding work as an artist but meets Billy Rose, a newcomer who writes lyrics and owns his own nightclub.
Style:
humorous, sentimental, anamorphic, hilarious, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
biopic, singer, female protagonist, nightclub, actor's life, love and romance, lifestyle, human nature, artists and showbiz, couple relations, fall in love, couples ...
Time:
1930s, year 1975, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, cleveland ohio
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3K
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A tough marshal with political ambitions leads an elite posse to capture a notorious criminal. He succeeds, but instead of cheering him, the public turns against him.
Style:
philosophical, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cowboy, mexican bandit, marshal, ambition, cynicism, wild west, squad, gang, bank, turning the tables, political candidate, heroes ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s
Place:
new mexico, arizona, texas
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Cowardly rogue Harry Flashman's (Malcolm McDowell) schemes to gain entry to the royal circles of 19th-century Europe go nowhere until he meets a pair of devious nobles with their own agenda. At their urging, Flashman agrees to re-create himself ...
Style:
mind blowing, stylized, offbeat, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
sword fight, soldier, battles, cowardice, castle, foreplay, swashbuckler, sword duel, rescue, sex scene, kidnapping, sensuality ...
Time:
19th century, year 1975, 1800s, 1840s, victorian era
Place:
europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Steven Keats plays a Russian emigre who prides himself on the way he's molded himself into a real Yankee in the USA, though the world he lives in, New York's Lower East Side in the late 19th century, is almost exclusively populated by ...
Style:
black and white, independent film, romantic, historically accurate, aesthetic ...
Plot:
culture clash, rabbi, infidelity, immigrant, immigration, woman, marriage, u.s. constitution, street life, women's rights, machismo, jewish history ...
Time:
1890s, 19th century, year 1975, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
manhattan new york city, lower east side manhattan new york city, new york, usa, egypt ...
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