Movies: 1970s

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In 1971, a mysterious man named Dan Cooper boards a commercial 727 airliner, carrying with him nothing but a briefcase and a small handwritten note....

István Szabó reveals a lesser-known side to the public in this work, which strings together eight shorts of Budapest into a single movie. In the piece interpretable as a declaration of love addressed to the capital there are numerous motifs that are ...

A deformed prince is forced into a life of sexual servitude and then becomes the rising symbol of the sexual freedom movement....

Interview-based documentary about the conditions for gays and lesbians in Danish society....

In the 1970s, a journalist who works for the most famous newspaper in his city becomes obsessed with one of the most dangerous killers of his time. When he decides to interview him to investigate his crimes, he realizes that the result of obsession c...

A film by Lee Rhoads uses unique archival photographs and footage of Los Angeles's love affair with automobiles. In the opening scene, a classic glimpse of Los Angeles and its car owners circa the 1970s is offered, and it deftly relates the transit h...

Vincent, now settled, recalls his past affiliations with the mob and the crime family he was initiated into....

Discusses the importance of the 55 mph speed limit established by the National Speed Limit Act of 1974, which has reportedly saved over 45,000 lives and conserved billions of gallons of gasoline. The film presents various perspectives on the speed li...

In 1970 on a sunny Spanish beach, a young man named Paco uses his young nephew to assist him in approaching bikini-clad beach girls, with mixed results....

Sien (74) leaves for her hideout on the captivating island of Vlieland. Here she recollects her memories on an old tape recorder of her turbulent life as a mother, life-drawing model, squatter and activist in Amsterdam in the sixties....

Anna, 12, lives in a village by the sea. She helps her dad in his shop, but does not like the summer guests in the village....

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In war-torn 1970s Vietnam, a resourceful young boy navigates his place in a chaotic world, guided by his grandmother’s wisdom while haunted by memories of his fractured family....

A short documentary about urban planning and the harmonisation of old and new building elements in Jerusalem of the 1970's, led by the architect Moshe Safdie....

In the confines of an office in the late 1970s, Brigitte, a young woman of just 20, bears witness alone to the tragic relationship between her older brother, Arnaud, and a young aqua-gym teacher and lifeguard, Valérie. Desires, glances and fantasies ...

An animated short about Baseball Player, Ryder Bloom, who is a victim of his father’s office supply store accident life is reshaped. He spends the rest of it living in the shadows as "Rubber-Band Man" and scourges the city for the culprit to avenge h...

L'amour (love). La mort (death). Two French words that could confuse a foreigner, but never a native. Messenger V writes for a company that sends out both love letters and death sentences. After going into work one day, she finds out her assigned re...

A short documentary on wet t-shirt contests at a Chicago bar....

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