1. "Grease"
   "Fiddler on the Roof"
2. "Bugsy Malone"
   "The Wiz"

John Travolta as greaser Danny Zuko has to shape up to win the affections of his wholesome summer fling Sandy, played by Olivia Newton-John when she unexpectedly transfers to Rydell High. With great performances and a hit soundtrack, "Grease" remains one of the most profitable musicals in history.

1. "Mean Streets"
   "The Godfather"
2. "Get Carter"
   "The Mechanic"

Marlon Brando and Al Pacino star as the leaders of a fictional New York crime family in Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 film adaptation of Mario Puzo's 1969 novel. Chronicling 10 years in the history of the Corleone family, the film was the first in the popular crime franchise.

1. "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
   "Saturday Night Fever"
2. "Can't Stop the Music"
   "Roller Boogie"

"Saturday Night Fever" launched John Travolta to superstardom and earned the Bee Gees a string of hits with its best-selling soundtrack. Travolta stars as Tony Manero, a working-class kid who spends his nights as disco king. "Saturday Night Fever" was a smash with critics and audiences alike.

1. "The Omen"
   "Rosemary's Baby"
2. "Beyond the Door"
   "The Exorcist"

Based on William Peter Blatty's 1971 novel, "The Exorcist" is the story of a young girl who becomes possessed after communicating with a demon through an Ouija board. Featuring spectacularly nauseating effects by Dick Smith, "The Exorcist" is one of the most frightening horror movies ever made.

1. "Smokey and the Bandit"
   "Gator"
2. "Hot Stuff"
   "Cannonball Run"

Burt Reynolds and Jerry Reed have 28 hours to get from Atlanta to Texarkana and back with 400 cases of Coors beer in this blockbuster 1978 action-comedy. Picking up reluctant bride-to-be Sally Field along the way, Reynolds and Reed face the wrath of lawman Buford T. Justice played by Jackie Gleason.

1. "Used Cars"
   "Animal House"
2. "The Kentucky Fried Movie"
   "Schlock"

The misfit frat brothers of Delta Tau Chi are at constant odds with the Dean Wormer of Faber College in "National Lampoon's Animal House." Staring Saturday Night Live's John Belushi as John "Bluto" Blutarsky, this wild college comedy chronicles Delta House's hilarious fight to stay on campus.

1. "No Place to Hide"
   "The Lords of Flatbush"
2. "Rocky"
   "F.I.S.T."

Sylvester Stallone became a pop culture icon with his 1976 boxing drama, "Rocky." Starring as small-time fighter Rocky Balboa who gets a shot at the world heavyweight championship, Stallone went the distance for five direct sequels and the spin-off franchise "Creed."

1. "Superman, The Movie"
   "Doc Savage"
2. "Supersonic Man"
   "Infra-Man"

The late Christopher Reeve turned in the definitive cinematic portrayal of DC Comics' Man of Steel with 1978's "Superman, The Movie." Directed by Richard Donner, the film retells and updates Superman's origin story and pits the caped hero against his nemesis Lex Luthor played by Gene Hackman.

1. "Silent Running"
   "Soylent Green"
2. "The Andromeda Strain"
   "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"

Steven Spielberg followed up his 1975 blockbuster "Jaws" with the epic "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." "Jaws" alum Richard Dreyfuss stars as electrical lineman Roy Neary who becomes obsessed with the Devil's Tower butte after an encounter with a UFO.

1. "The Fearless Vampire Killers"
   "Theatre of Blood"
2. "Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things"
   "Young Frankenstein"

Mel Brooks struck gold again in 1974 with "Young Frankenstein," giving horror the same irreverent treatment he gave the Western with "Blazing Saddles." Starring Gene Wilder as Frederick Frankenstein and Peter Boyle as the monster, the film is a hilarious homage to Universal's classic horror films.

1. "Lost in Space"
   "Twilight Zone: The Movie"
2. "A Boy and His Dog"
   "Star Trek: The Motion Picture"

Robert Wise directed this big-screen transplant of "Star Trek" from a story by author Alan Dean Foster. Featuring amazing special effects and brilliant, new musical score from composer Jerry Goldsmith, the film was largely considered a disappointment because of its ponderous pacing.

1. "The Last Detail"
   "Five Easy Pieces"
2. "The King of Marvin Gardens"
   "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"

Jack Nicholson turns in an Academy Award-winning performance as Randle McMurphy, a crook and conman who fakes insanity to avoid a prison sentence in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." Based on Ken Kesey's 1962 novel, the film swept the Oscars in 1975.

1. "Super Fly"
   "Coffy"
2. "Three the Hard Way"
   "Shaft"

Richard Roundtree plays private detective John Shaft in this 1971 blaxploitation favorite. Introducing a new kind of movie action hero, "Shaft" helped establish blaxploitation as a force to be reckoned with and changed the direction of how African Americans were portrayed in the film.

1. "American Graffiti"
   "THX-1138"
2. "Look at Life"
   "Finian's Rainbow"

Set over the course of a single night in 1962, George Lucas' semi-autobiographical "American Graffiti" is a nostalgic look back at teen cruising culture and rock 'n' roll. Featuring an ensemble cast headed up by a pre-"Happy Days" Ron Howard, the film met with near-universal critical acclaim.

1. "Blazing Saddles"
   "High Anxiety"
2. "The Villain"
   "Support Your Local Sheriff"

Mel Brooks skewers old Hollywood with his send-up of the Western genre, "Blazing Saddles." Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder take on Harvey Korman to save the town of Rock Ridge in this razor-witted satire. Co-written by Richard Pryor, "Blazing Saddles" is one of the greatest comedies of all time.

1. "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory"
   "Pete's Dragon"
2. "Bedknobs and Broomsticks"
   "Escape to Witch Mountain"

Based on Roald Dahl's children's classic "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," Gene Wilder turns in a charmingly deranged performance as master candy maker Willy Wonka. When five kids win a chance to tour Wonka's famous factory, all but the kind-hearted Charlie Bucket fall prey to their own greed.

1. "No Time For Sergeants"
   "Kelly's Heroes"
2. "1941"
   "M*A*S*H"

Robert Altman's 1970 comedy "M*A*S*H," based on Richard Hooker's novel "MASH: The Story of Three Army Doctors," stars Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould and Tom Skerritt as surgeons at a mobile army hospital during the Korean War. The hit film was the basis of the '70s sitcom "M*A*S*H."

1. "Dirty Harry"
   "The Getaway"
2. "The French Connection"
   "Death Wish"

William Friedkin, who would have another blockbuster with 1973's "The Exorcist," directed this intense action-thriller based on a true story. The film stars Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider as hard-boiled undercover cops Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle and Buddy "Cloudy" Russo out to bust a wealthy drug smuggler.

1. "The Big Boss"
   "Game of Death"
2. "Enter the Dragon"
   "Way of the Dragon"

Considered one of the greatest martial arts films of all time, "Enter the Dragon" was produced by and kung fu master Bruce Lee, who also stars in it. Released after Lee's death, "Enter the Dragon" would be the martial artist's last completed film project. Tragically, Lee died while filming 1973's "Game of Death."

1. "Alphaville"
   "Silent Running"
2. "Barry Lyndon"
   "A Clockwork Orange"

Based on Anthony Burgess' 1962 dystopian novel of the same name, "A Clockwork Orange" stars Malcolm McDowell as Alex DeLarge, the leader of a violent youth gang. Hooked on ultraviolence, drugged milk and Beethoven, Alex faces a torturous rehabilitation after he's arrested for murder.

1. "Love Story"
   "The Way We Were"
2. "The Goodbye Girl"
   "Annie Hall"

Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal star as doomed lovers in this 1970 drama. Oliver Barrett, played by O'Neal, is a Harvard student from a wealthy family who falls for McGraw's Jenny Cavilleri, a working-class student musician. The couple struggle against the odds until Jenny is diagnosed with a terminal illness.

1. "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"
   "Eraserhead"
2. "The Harder They Come"
   "Pink Flamingos"

A flop on its release in 1975, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" became the ultimate cult film when it was released as a midnight movie. Incorporating costumes and audience participation, "Rocky Horror" fans transformed the film version of Richard O'Brien's stage musical into a worldwide phenomenon.

1. "Every Which Way But Loose"
   "Bedtime for Bonzo"
2. "Play Misty For Me"
   "Bronco Billy"

Clint Eastwood stars as truck driver and underground bare-knuckle boxing champ Philo Beddoe in this 1978 action-comedy. With the help of his friends Clyde, an orangutan and Orville (Geoffrey Lewis), Philo tries to balance his violent side job and a romance with a country singer (Sondra Locke).

1. "Orca"
   "The Deep"
2. "Jaws"
   "The Bermuda Depths"

Steven Spielberg's blockbuster about a great white shark terrorizing a New England beach town made swimmers in the 1970s have second thoughts about taking a dip. With its iconic score by John Williams, Spielberg amped up the suspense by keeping the shark offscreen for most of the movie.

1. "Dark Star"
   "The Thing With Two Heads"
2. "The Cat From Outer Space"
   "Sleeper"

Director Woody Allen was at the top of his game with this 1973 science-fiction comedy. Starring Allen as a 20th-century health food store owner who's cryogenically frozen and revived in a totalitarian 22nd century, "Sleeper" blends sly social commentary with fall-down-laughing slapstick comedy.

1. "2001: A Space Odyssey"
   "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century"
2. "Battlestar Galactica"
   "Star Wars"

George Lucas created a worldwide phenomenon with "Star Wars" that resonates to this day. Bringing high adventure and pure escapism back to the movies, "Star Wars" and its many sequels and prequels continues to be an entertainment and marketing juggernaut decades after its release.

1. "Shampoo"
   "Heaven Can Wait"
2. "The Fortune"
   "McCabe and Mrs. Miller"

Set against the backdrop of the 1968 presidential election, Hal Ashby's "Shampoo" stars Warren Beatty as a handsome but womanizing Beverly Hills hairdresser. An exercise in dramatic irony, "Shampoo" is a pointed satire of late 1960s sexual politics.

1. "Fame"
   "Chicago"
2. "Cabaret"
   "Sweet Charity"

Set in pre-war Berlin, "Cabaret" is directed by Bob Fosse and stars Liza Minnelli as American expatriate Sally Bowles, a performer at the decadent Kit Kat Club who falls for a reserved Englishman named Brian Roberts (Michael York). The film earned Minnelli an Academy Award for Best Actress.

1. "Black Christmas"
   "Terror Train"
2. "Friday the 13th"
   "Halloween"

When a homicidal maniac escapes an asylum just before Halloween, the teens of Haddonfield have more to worry about than trick-or-treaters. Actress Jamie Lee Curtis shot to stardom with this suspenseful 1978 horror film from John Carpenter. Often imitated, "Halloween" is an unrivaled genre classic.

1. "Little Big Man"
   "High Plains Drifter"
2. "Two Mules For Sister Sara"
   "The Shootist"

Director Arthur Penn's 1970 revisionist Western "Little Big Man" stars Dustin Hoffman as the 121-year-old Jack Crabb, the oldest man in the world. When a historian visits Jack in a nursing home, he weaves a tale of his life in the Old West, including being witness to the Battle of Little Bighorn.

1. "The Blood on Satan's Claw"
   "The Wicker Man"
2. "Witchfinder General"
   "Curse of the Demon"

Robin Hardy's 1973 folk horror classic "The Wicker Man" has been called the "Citizen Kane" of the horror film. Featuring Edward Woodward as a pious policeman who stumbles onto the dark secret of the island of Summerisle while searching for a missing child, this film has a devastating ending.

1. "The Deer Hunter"
   "The Green Berets"
2. "The Boys in Company C"
   "Apocalypse Now"

Based on Joseph Conrad's "The Heart of Darkness," Francis Ford Coppola's Vietnam War epic, "Apocalypse Now" stars Martin Sheen as a soldier on a mission to kill an insane, renegade colonel (Marlon Brando). The film's grueling production is recounted in "Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse."

1. "The Hills Have Eyes"
   "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre"
2. "Helter Skelter"
   "Madhouse"

Both Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" and Tobe Hooper's "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" are loosely based on the real-life murderer and graverobber Ed Gein. While Hitchcock's Norman Bates mirrors Gein's mother obsession, Hooper's Leatherface shares Gein's penchant for wearing human skin.

1. "Taxi Driver"
   "The French Connection"
2. "Serpico"
   "Raging Bull"

"Taxi Driver," directed by Martin Scorsese from Paul Schrader's script, tracks a Vietnam veteran's slow descent into madness on the streets of New York City. Featuring a breakout performance from a 13-year-old Jodie Foster, "Taxi Driver" is a gritty, violent and utterly brilliant film.

1. "Nosferatu"
   "Vampire Circus"
2. "Dracula A.D. 1972"
   "Captain Kronos — Vampire Hunter"

In Christopher Lee's penultimate performance as Dracula for Britain's Hammer Studios, the legendary vampire finds himself resurrected by a modern-day disciple. Fellow Hammer horror veteran Peter Cushing also returns as a descendant of the Count's arch-nemesis, Van Helsing.

1. "Theatre of Blood"
   "Madhouse"
2. "The House of Long Shadows"
   "The Abominable Dr. Phibes"

Vincent Price stars as the vengeful Dr. Anton Phibes in this 1971 horror film. When Phibes' wife dies on the operating table, he exacts gruesome revenge on the doctors responsible for her death. Price's disfigured organist would return to wreak more havoc in 1972's "Dr. Phibes Rises Again."

1. "Camelot"
   "Excalibur"
2. "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"
   "And Now For Something Completely Different"

The Monty Python troupe bring their patented lunacy to the Middle Ages in this farce based on the Arthurian legends. Arthur and his gallant knights face French taunts, an unstoppable Black Knight, and the challenge of the Knights Who Say "Ni!" on their quest to find the Holy Grail.

1. "Grey Gardens"
   "Harlan County, USA"
2. "F for Fake"
   "The Kids Are Alright"

Orson Welles wrote, directed and appeared in this unique docudrama from 1973. Profiling notorious art forger Elmyr de Hory, Welles also examines de Hory's biographer Clifford Irving who was later indicted for fraud for his hoax biography of Howard Hughes.

1. "Tommy"
   "American Pop"
2. "The Phantom of the Paradise"
   "Rock & Rule"

Blending plot elements from "The Phantom of the Opera," "Faust" and "The Picture of Dorian Gray," "The Phantom of the Paradise," is the musical story of a disfigured songwriter's struggle with an evil record producer. Singer-songwriter Paul Williams steals the show as the diabolical Swan.

1. "Roller Boogie"
   "Thank God It's Friday"
2. "Disco Godfather"
   "Disco Fever"

"Thank God It's Friday" is probably best remembered for its show-stopping performance by disco queen Donna Summer; however, the cast also included an actress who would score as a new wave diva in the '80s. Terri Nunn of Berlin co-stars as a teen on a quest for KISS tickets in this dancefloor film.