What's everyone's top movies of 1977?

[TomServofan]

Since the year is now 40 years old, what are your top movies of that year?

My top 25:

1. Star Wars A New Hope.
2. Close Encounters of The Third Kind.
3. Annie Hall.
4. Suspiria.
5. The Spy Who loved Me.
6. The Kentucky Fried Movie.
7. Capricorn One.
8. The Rescuers.
9. Wizards.
10. Eraserhead.
11. Saturday Night Fever.
12. A Bridge Too Far.
13. The Hobbit.
14. The Hills Have Eyes.
15. The Gauntlet.
16. Rabid.
17. Shock Waves.
18. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.
19. Race for your Life Charlie Brown.
20. Smokey and the Bandit.
21. Sorcerer.
22. Pete's Dragon.
23. High Anxiety.
24. Martin.
25. Audrey Rose.

HMs: Jabberwocky. Pumping Iron. The Sentinel. Sinbad and the Eye of The Tiger. Cross of Iron. Airport 77. The Duelists.

Guilty pleasures: The Incredible Melting Man. Jungle Holocaust aka Last Cannibal World.

[AndrewCrossett]

Annie Hall
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Eraserhead
High Anxiety
The Hobbit (animated)
Jabberwocky
The Kentucky Fried Movie
The Many Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh
Oh, God!
Pete's Dragon
The Rescuers
Saturday Night Fever
Slap Shot
Star Wars (none of this "New Hope" nonsense in 1977)

[batnbreakfast]

Aw, crap. 2016 wishes it had as many interesting movies.
Some of those I've never heard of. Great thread. Now I plan to watch Annie Hall, Suspiria (ah, that's where Black Swan came from), The Gauntlet, Rabid, Shock Waves (for the Hellboy fan in me) and Audrey Rose.

[Kieran_Frost]

Close Encounter of the Third Kind is the only film of that year (from memory) that I truly love. It's inventive, beautifully told and wonderfully acted; a true gem of the genre. From 1977 I also greatly enjoy the Goodbye Girl; and (because of childhood memories) both the Rescuers and Star Wars hold a place in my heart (even if they are flawed).



P.S. the Spy Who Loved Me and Wizards would be my guilty pleasures

Annie Hall
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Eraserhead
High Anxiety
The Hobbit (animated)
Jabberwocky
The Kentucky Fried Movie
The Many Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh
Oh, God!
Pete's Dragon
The Rescuers
Saturday Night Fever
Slap Shot
Star Wars (none of this "New Hope" nonsense in 1977)

Awesome idea for a thread. Films from that year (which I have NOT) seen but want to would include A Bridge Too Far, Equus, the Hills Have Eyes (original), Julia, New York New York, Saturday Night Fever and the Turning Point

[TomServofan]

Close Encounter of the Third Kind is the only film of that year (from memory) that I truly love. It's inventive, beautifully told and wonderfully acted; a true gem of the genre. From 1977 I also greatly enjoy the Goodbye Girl; and (because of childhood memories) both the Rescuers and Star Wars hold a place in my heart (even if they are flawed).



P.S. the Spy Who Loved Me and Wizards would be my guilty pleasures


Awesome idea for a thread. Films from that year (which I have NOT) seen but want to would include A Bridge Too Far, Equus, the Hills Have Eyes (original), Julia, New York New York, Saturday Night Fever and the Turning Point

And do you think Empire is better than Star Wars?

[Scott Taylor]

That year I saw a double-feature of Star Wars and Close Encounters at my local theater.

Star Wars kind of eclipsed everything else for me in the year. Nothing came close.

[LoganAlpha30X33]

I've seen some of these movies but since I wasn't even born until 1979...

[Michael24]

Haven't seen a whole lot from '77 but I like these ones.

1. Star Wars
2. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
3. The Spy Who Loved Me
4. The Deep
5. Pete's Dragon
6. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

[Kieran_Frost]

And do you think Empire is better than Star Wars?

God, yes! The Empire Strikes Back is (in my eyes) brilliant.

I've seen some of these movies but since I wasn't even born until 1979...

I don't know why that is relevant??? Most people who have seen the Wizard of Oz weren't born in the 30s That's the difference between theatre and film; one is a unique moment in time, the other can be seen across the generations.

[numberthirty]

Close Encounter of the Third Kind is the only film of that year (from memory) that I truly love. It's inventive, beautifully told and wonderfully acted; a true gem of the genre. From 1977 I also greatly enjoy the Goodbye Girl; and (because of childhood memories) both the Rescuers and Star Wars hold a place in my heart (even if they are flawed).



P.S. the Spy Who Loved Me and Wizards would be my guilty pleasures


Awesome idea for a thread. Films from that year (which I have NOT) seen but want to would include A Bridge Too Far, Equus, the Hills Have Eyes (original), Julia, New York New York, Saturday Night Fever and the Turning Point

Ok.

I ain't seeing Suspiria anywhere in this post...

[numberthirty]

Now, for the "Left Of The Dial" stuff...

- The Shaw Brothers' film Executioners From Shaolin was released that year.
- The John Waters' film Desperate Living was released that year.
- The lesser known Romero film Martin was released that year.
- The lesser known Peckinpah film Cross Of Iron comes out that year. One year before Convoy...

Edit: Maybe Martin is '78 or '79?

[numberthirty]

Now that I'm thinking about it, Rabid is probably '77 or '78.

[TomServofan]

Martin and Rabid are 1977 films

[GreenLanternRanger]

Annie Hall & THE Original Stars War and are the only ones i'very seen more then once. Close Encounters is enjoyable as well and I have a nostalgic love for the old Winnie the Pooh.

[Scott Taylor]

- The lesser known Romero film Martin was released that year.

Good call. Very interesting flick, very unlike most horror films.