Best Movies You’ll Remember If You Grew Up in the ‘70s

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May 31, 2021 12:00 pm

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35. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
> Director: Clint Eastwood
> Starring: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Chief Dan George, Bill McKinney
> Domestic box office gross: $31.8 million — #62 highest out of 124 movies released in the 1970’s

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34. The French Connection (1971)
> Director: William Friedkin
> Starring: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco
> Domestic box office gross: $41.2 million — #52 highest out of 124 movies released in the 1970’s

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33. Halloween (1978)
> Director: John Carpenter
> Starring: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tony Moran, Nancy Kyes
> Domestic box office gross: $47.3 million — #44 highest out of 124 movies released in the 1970’s

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32. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
> Director: George A. Romero
> Starring: David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger, Gaylen Ross
> Domestic box office gross: $5.1 million — #106 highest out of 124 movies released in the 1970’s

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31. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
> Director: Stanley Kubrick
> Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke
> Domestic box office gross: $6.2 million — #104 highest out of 124 movies released in the 1970’s

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