Obscure and underrated 70s thrillers

Here's my other thread. Five replies and two of them are mine *sad face*

The Fan

The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3

The French Connection

The Seven Ups

The Conversation

The Parallax View

r2 I haven't seen THE SEVEN-UPS. I'll watch that this afternoon. Thank you!

The Conversation with Walter Matthau.

I actually saw THE FAN for the first time a few months back. Excellent. Also, it's been years since I saw THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123, so I may watch that again, if I can't find any others that I haven't seen before.

The Gambler

Get Carter is a great movie.

Dressed To Kill

Julia

Hopscotch

r6 Thank you! Not seen that one before. I know it was made in1981, but that reminds me of another film I'd like to re-watch: THIEF. Another thing I love, besides great thrillers, is movies with synth scores.

The 1970s were such a great decade for film.

Apparently, the majority of posters in this thread read the title as 'Very well known and critically heralded 70s thrillers'.

Thanks, r8. I've not seen HOPSCOTCH or JULIA. I'm thinking the latter will be more up my strasse, as the Matthau film is apparently a comedy-drama and I prefer thrillers sans the mirth.

I'm British, so I've seen (and loved) GET CARTER many times, but I may watch it again x

Dead Calm from 1989. Yes, that is Nicole Kidman - that’s her real face.

COPYCAT, 1990.

Thanks, guys. I'm about to watch THE LAST OF SHEILA, which I already had lined up, and then I'm going to watch THE SEVEN-UPS. There was a great thriller that was recommended here a few years back called THE SILENT PARTNER (1978), with Elliott Gould. I would really love to see more films like that. Anyway, thanks. Keep 'em coming!!

[quote]The Conversation with Walter Matthau.

Never saw that, but I did see The Conversation with Gene Hackman

[quote]There was a great thriller that was recommended here a few years back called THE SILENT PARTNER (1978), with Elliott Gould.

I was just getting ready to recommend that one, but I see now that you've already seen it. For anyone else who's interested, though, another recommendation is well deserved. Fantastic movie!

"Day of the Jackal" - love me some spy action.

Whoops, was thinking of "Eye of the Needle", but Jackal is still excellent.

The Reincarnation of Peter Proud

Frenzy

Burnt Offerings

The Nanny

Platy Misty for Me

Charley Varrick

The Long Goodbye

Night Moves

Busting

Are the Costa Gavras films, MISSING and STATE OF SIEGE particularly good thrillers?

^^ MISSING, with Jack Lemmon & Sissy Spacek, is excellent

Some of you beat me to The Silent Partner, The Long Goodbye, and Night Moves. I'll get you, my pretties. I'll be going through the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s because there are so many great movies out there.

Harper -1966

"Black Christmas" (1974)

OP, what did you think of Last of Sheila? I just watched it for the first time recently and wanted to discuss it but didn't find any takers.

If you haven't seen it, OP, I think "The China Syndrome" qualifies as a thriller. The performances by Lemmon, Fonda and Douglas alone make it worth seeing.

I've mentioned this one before - "The Silent Partner," with Elliott Gould and Christopher Plummer from 1978. Written by Curtis (L.A Confidential) Hanson and also featuring a very young John Candy

A terrific thriller, not well known, extremely under-appreciated.

Just watch out for the aquarium scene.

Marlowe - 1969

Gee, r28, what a novel suggestion

R30 It's well-loved. And you're welcome.

Sorcerer, with Roy Scheider.

[quote]OP, what did you think of Last of Sheila? I just watched it for the first time recently and wanted to discuss it but didn't find any takers.

I'm not OP, but I saw it a couple of weeks ago and really enjoyed it. It went on a bit too long, but the performances were fun (Dyan Cannon in particular) and James Coburn was great as a master manipulator.

The Hunger

The Drowning Pool - 1975

R33, I like her line when she's entering Coburn's room for a tryst and says, "Oh, you started without me."

52 Pickup

The Midnight Man, with Lancaster. Very atmospheric.

Point Blank - 1967

The greatest psychedelic thriller of all time.

Dario Argento's The Bird With the Crystal Plumage. Even the title's great. And Tony Musante was pretty hot,

Silent Scream

"The Baby."

The trailer will convince you ...

Black Sunday (1977)

Not John Frankenheimer best and it's let down by some awful rear projection in the Superbowl finale, but this early Thomas Harris adaptation is elevated by knockout performances from Bruce Dern (an aggrieved and psychotic Vietnam war vet) and Robert Shaw (a despairing yet utterly ruthless Mossad agent on the close trail of Dern). It also boasts a taut and powerful score from John Williams, who started work on Star Wars only 4 weeks later.

Here's a scene Quentin Tarantino would later pay homage to in Kill Bill. Unfortunately it's missing the pay-off, but you can guess what happens...

Chillng.

r33, what did you think about the revelation of the child molester? I was shocked at how casually it was mentioned and accepted by the other characters.

r43 — YES. So weird even by '70s standards. It was treated like any other minor vice, like shoplifting. The "homosexual" was portrayed as more shameful! Given that it was plotted by two queens (Sondheim and Perkins) ... really bizarre.

Madigan - 1968

Against All Odds. Hot Bridges.

Cutter's Way. Brilliant evocation of seedy druggy 70s LA, with more hot Bridges.

Race With The Devil

"Capricorn One", starring the two Mr. Streisands and killer extraordinaire O.J. Simpson.

By the way, the full movie is on Youtube, so watch it while you can.

Thanks, r44. I wondered how it was viewed at the time. Very odd.

R47 I loved Race With The Devil!

The Seduction with Morgan Fairchild (1982)

I loved Sharkey's Machine.

Burnt Offerings!! I love that film R20 and it's been over a decade since last seeing it. Thanks for the reminder :-)

Cutter's Way is a real 70s gem. I also kiked Who'll Stop the Rain with Tuesday Weld and Nick Nolte. The ending still haunts me. The film may be from the 80s but it has the 70s vibe.

Oops liked not kiked obviously...

Marathon Man.

The Initiation Of Sarah, with Morgan Fairchild, Kay Lenz, and Shelley Winters. That was 1978. For some reason the 70s was real big on witchcraft movies.

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

R40 I don't know if The Baby counts as a thriller. I saw it and I'd call it an unintentional comedy!

dirty harry.

[quote]Against All Odds.

Released in 1984.

[quote]Cutter's Way.

Released in 1981.

Duel starring Dennis Weaver, an excellent early effort from Steven Spielberg.

The Long Goodbye directed by Robert Altman.

The Mechanic (1972) Jan-Michael Vincent and Charles Bronson very homoerotic together

The Boys from Brazil (1978) Olivier hamming it up

Something for Everyone (1970) Michael York and Angela Lansbury

Madame Sin (1972) Bette Davis camp classic

Scorpio (1973) Alain Delon and Burt Lancaster

Black Sunday (1977)

Red Sun (1971) Delon, Bronson, Mifune

Le Cercle Rouge (1970) Delon again

Borsalino (1970) Delon and Belmondo

Mr. Klein (1976) Delon and Jeanne Moreau

R62 Yes ! Delon films were so great. And he was so gorgeous.

Excuse me for bumping an old thread, but anyone else want to share 70s thrillers?

Winter Kills (1979)

Murder By Decree (1979)

Coma (1978)

The Last Wave (1977)

The Late Show (1977)

Obsession (1976)

The Tenant (1976)

Night Moves (1975)

Martha (1974)

Private Parts (1972)

Sleuth (1972)

The Other (1972)

The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970)