650 Films & TV Shows Set In North America During The 1970s
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The Gambler
New York Nevada The 1970sFor $10,000 they break your arms. For $20,000 they break your legs. Axel Freed owes $44,000. — New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling addiction that threatens to destroy him.
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Orders
Quebec The 1970sA fact-based account of ordinary citizens who found themselves arrested and imprisoned without charge for weeks during the October Crisis in 1970 Quebec.
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Crazy Joe
New York The 1970sNo killer of the streets ever gave it or got it like Crazy Joe! — The rise and fall of a Mafia gangster, based on the life of murdered New York gangster "Crazy" Joey Gallo.
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Law and Disorder
New York The 1970sLaugh until it hurts. — In crime ridden New York of the seventies two cops has had enough. They decide to take justice into their own hands. Things turn exciting and humorous. No hoodlum goes safe.
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A Poem Is a Naked Person
Oklahoma The 1970sLes Blank's first feature-length documentary captures music and other events at Leon Russell's Oklahoma recording studio during a three-year period (1972-1974).
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Action : The October Crisis of 1970
Quebec The 1970sA long and thoughtful look at those desperate days of October 1970, when Montréal awaited the outcome of FLQ terrorist acts. This film puts the October Crisis in the long perspective of history. Compiled from news and other films, it shows independence movements past and present, and their leaders; it reflects the mingled relief, dismay, defiance, when the Canadian army came to Montréal; and it shows how political leaders viewed the intervention.
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Houston, We've Got a Problem
Texas The 1970sStory of how NASA controllers fought to return the Apollo 13 space capsule to Earth after an on-board explosion damaged the craft.
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The Lord of the Universe
Texas The 1970s"If this guy is god, then this is the God the United States of America deserves." — He was the 16-year-old Guru Maharaj Ji and, as the Millennium approached, he promised to levitate the Huston Astrodome. It was the early Seventies and anything was possible so thousands flocked to his gathering. Follow him from his mansion in New York to the limousines in Houston, listen to his followers and watch the spectacle unfold just as TVTV did in this Alfred I. du Pont award wining documentary.
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Shaft in Africa
New York 🇫🇷 France 🇪🇹 Ethiopia The 1970sShaft is stickin' it...all the way. — Detective John Shaft travels incognito to Ethiopia, then France, to bust a human trafficking ring.
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The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
🇫🇷 France New York The 1970sIn this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted French factory owner, finds himself taken hostage by Slimane, an Arab rebel leader. The two dress up as rabbis as they try to elude not only assasins from Slimane's country, but also the police, who think Pivert is a murderer. Pivert ends up posing as Rabbi Jacob, a beloved figure who's returned to France for his first visit after 30 years in the United States. Adding to the confusion are Pivert's dentist-wife, who thinks her husband is leaving her for another woman, their daughter, who's about to get married, and a Parisian neighborhood filled with people eager to celebrate the return of Rabbi Jacob.
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Serpico
New York The 1970s The 1960sMany of his fellow officers considered him the most dangerous man alive - An honest cop. — Frank Serpico is an idealistic New York City cop who refuses to take bribes, unlike the rest of the force. His actions get Frank shunned by the other officers, and often placed in dangerous situations by his partners. When his superiors ignore Frank's accusations of corruption, he decides to go public with the allegations. Although this causes the Knapp Commission to investigate his claims, Frank has also placed a target on himself.
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Enter the Dragon
California Henan Province 🇭🇰 Hong Kong The 1970sTheir deadly mission: to crack the forbidden island of Han! — A martial artist agrees to spy on a reclusive crime lord using his invitation to a tournament there as cover.
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The Exorcist
🇮🇶 Iraq District of Columbia The 1970sSomething almost beyond comprehension is happening to a girl on this street, in this house… and a man has been sent for as a last resort. This man is The Exorcist. — 12-year-old Regan MacNeil begins to adapt an explicit new personality as strange events befall the local area of Georgetown. Her mother becomes torn between science and superstition in a desperate bid to save her daughter, and ultimately turns to her last hope: Father Damien Karras, a troubled priest who is struggling with his own faith.
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Magnum Force
California The 1970sA man's got to know his limitations. — "Dirty" Harry Callahan is a San Francisco Police Inspector on the trail of a group of rogue cops who have taken justice into their own hands. When shady characters are murdered one after another in grisly fashion, only Dirty Harry can stop them.
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The Paper Chase
Massachusetts The 1970sYou may be looking at a future President, Supreme Court Justice, Secretary of State or a dropout. — A first-year law student struggles with balancing his coursework and his relationship with the daughter of a stern professor.
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Massage Parlor Murders
New York The 1970sIf you've never been to a massage parlor, This is a visit you'll NEVER forget! — A vicious serial killer is stalking the streets of New York City, murdering Times Square massage girls in a variety of brutal ways. It's up to a rogue detective team to solve the case as the body count continues to rise!
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Heavy Traffic
New York The 1970sMore Spice from the makers of Fritz the Cat! — An "underground" cartoonist contends with life in the inner city, where various unsavory characters serve as inspiration for his artwork.
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The Night Strangler
Washington The 1970sAfter being run out of Las Vegas, Kolchak heads for Seattle and another reporting job with the local paper. It's not long before he is on the trail of another string of bizarre murders. It seems that every 21 years, for the past century, a killer kills a certain number of people, drains them of their blood and then disappears into the night. Kolchak is on his trail, but can he stop him?
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Ciao! Manhattan
New York The 1960s The 1970sThe very sad tale of socialite & Warhol muse Edie Sedgwick (1943-1971) who effectively plays herself in a film that follows her life in a large part from the time she left Warhol's 'factory' and what the life of excess drugs did to her sanity. Edie was such a beautiful fragile girl - who finally got her head together and got married (her wedding day video is edited into the end of the movie) but it was too late, her husband woke up on a morning in November 1971, only weeks after filming wrapped, and found her dead beside him. She had died in her sleep from overdosing on her medication she was 28.
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Godspell
New York The 1970sThe Gospel according to today. — A modern day musical telling of the ministry of Jesus Christ set in New York. The Apostles, portrayed as an acting troupe re-enact the parables and teachings of Jesus.
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The Spook Who Sat by the Door
Illinois The 1970sTheir first mistake was letting him in. Their biggest mistake was letting him out! — A black man plays Uncle Tom in order to gain access to CIA training, then uses that knowledge to plot a new American Revolution.
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Hell Up In Harlem
New York The 1970sBlack Godfather is back... and there's gonna be hell up in Harlem! — Tougher than Shaft and smoother than Superfly, this high-voltage sequel to Black Caesar explodes with enough action to incinerate New York City. Packed with machine-gun mayhem and riveting adventure, Hell Up in Harlem is nothing less than a modern-day tribute to the classic 30s gangster film. Fred Williamson is Tommy Gibbs, a fearless, bulletproof tough guy who blasts his way from the gutter to become the ultimate soul brother boss. Tommy steals a ledger with the name of every crooked cop and man in the city. Enlisting the aid of his father and an army of Harlem hoods, Gibbs goes from defense to offense, launching a deadly attack on his enemies that sets off a violent chain reaction from Harlem all the way to the Caribbean, climaxing in one of the hottest turf-war shoot-outs in Hollywood history.
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Deliverance
Georgia The 1970sWhat did happen on the Cahulawassee River? — Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.
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Silent Night, Bloody Night
Massachusetts The 1970s The 1950sThe mansion… the madness… the maniac… no escape. — On Christmas Eve 1950, Wilfred Butler dies in a burning accident outside his mansion in East Willard, Massachusetts. The residence is bequeathed to his grandson, Jeffrey. Twenty years later, lawyer John Carter arrives in East Willard on Christmas Eve with his assistant and mistress Ingrid, having been charged by Jeffrey (now registered as a patient in a mental asylum) to sell the house. The house, the town, even Jeffrey himself-- all hold dark secrets that will be brought to light.
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Blacula
California The 1970sBlacula! - Dracula's Soul Brother! — An 18th century African prince is turned into a vampire while visiting Transylvania. Two centuries later, he rises from his coffin attacking various residents of Los Angeles and meets Tina, a woman who he believes is the reincarnation of his deceased wife.
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