Anyone recommend any good cheesy 70s movies for my Netflix cue? Feeling nostalgic. Nothing really violent or sleazy. Think Omega Man or Phantom of the Paradise. Looking forward to the list. Cheers.
COMMENT 334875
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2012-10-23 07:55 PM |
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Logan's Run
haha
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ROGER DODGER
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2012-10-23 07:59 PM |
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Grove Tube, Kentucky Fried Movie, Foxy Brown, The Towering Inferno,
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PAMSB
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2012-10-23 08:07 PM |
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Not 70s (1987), but you can NEVER go wrong with "The Princess Bride"...:) For the 70s, how about "The Way We Were" or "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"?
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SHOREBIRD
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2012-10-23 08:09 PM |
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American graffiti.
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COMMENT 334886
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2012-10-23 08:11 PM |
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Rocky Horror Picture Show
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NATURE BOY
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2012-10-23 08:17 PM |
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1968, but "I Love You, Alice B. Toklas". Also "Shampoo" and "Heaven Can Wait", both with Warren Beatty and both good yet cheezy.
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COMMENT 334900
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2012-10-23 08:24 PM |
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"Love Story" and "Five Easy Pieces." Non-violent, no sleaze, two very different films from a very different era.
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COMMENT 334901
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2012-10-23 08:24 PM |
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Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)
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COMMENT 334903
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2012-10-23 08:28 PM |
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Young Frankenstein?
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COMMENT 334905P
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2012-10-23 08:29 PM |
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Silent Running
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MACSCIDOR
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2012-10-23 08:34 PM |
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Airplane! with Robert Hays (1980)
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COMMENT 334909P
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2012-10-23 08:35 PM |
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A Clockwork Orange, Soylent Green, THX 1138, Dark Star. Lots of great and campy SF in the 70s. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_science_fiction_films:_1970s for a pretty much full list.
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COMMENT 334911
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2012-10-23 08:37 PM |
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Very few of these are available on streaming Netflix. You'll need more than three hours but how about, "Heaven's Gate."
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BLUEB
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2012-10-23 08:38 PM |
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I'm a comedy lover, so these were some of my favorites from that era:
Airplane, Caddyshack, Blazing Saddles, The Goodbye Girl, Animal House, and my all-time favorite: Young Frankenstein
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COMMENT 334917
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2012-10-23 08:46 PM |
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Cannon Ball Run, Smokey and The Bear
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ELSPETH
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2012-10-23 09:05 PM |
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My favourite from the '50's is "High Society", with Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong. And, more recently, "Steel Magnolias" with Sally Field, Olympia Dukakis, Shirley Maclean and the debut of Julia Roberts.
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BLUEB
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2012-10-23 09:14 PM |
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I forgot to mention Harold & Maude. Eccentic, romantic, and delightful.
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D8VANILLA
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2012-10-23 09:22 PM |
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Ferris Beullars Day Off...... Beullar Buellar Buellar Breakfast Club Shirley Valentine www.rottentomatoes.com easy searches. Favorite movies list
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TWO ABBYS
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2012-10-23 09:25 PM |
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Nadine
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COMMENT 334934P
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2012-10-24 12:20 AM |
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Harold & Maude is a great, great flick. NOT cheesy. Here are some cheddar cheesy movies of the 70s (I looked them up): Blackula/ Star Wars (c'mon--cheesy)
Lipstick/ Day of the Dolphin
The Prophecy/ Three Days of the Condor
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes/ T. R. Baskin
It (supposedly one of the worst movies of all time!) These were only a few of the many I found on a"Cheesy Movies of the '70s" site. Personally, "Three Days of the Condor" is one of my favorite movies. T.R. Baskin is quintessential schmaltz. Perfect for a rainy evening and hot chocolate in front of the fire . . . Doubt if Netflix has it.
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COMMENT 334943P
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2012-10-24 01:24 AM |
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Foul Play and Seems Like Old Times
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GOBBLEDYGOOK
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2012-10-24 02:25 AM |
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Sleeper with Woody Allen, Diane Keaton and local actor John Beck.
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COMMENT 334950
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2012-10-24 06:46 AM |
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By Love Possessd. A real cheesy tear jerker with Lana Turner playing an abused society wife sashaying around in jodpurs and Efram Zimbalist playing a Lawyer struggling with a conscience. Isn't the latter an oxymoron ?
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COMMENT 334952
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2012-10-24 06:55 AM |
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Cheesy = "cheap, unpleasant, or blatantly inauthentic." Some movies recommended above may be offbeat or dated but few are truly cheesy. In the cheese category, I'd recommend Convoy. Or anything starring Burt Reynolds other than Deliverance, which is memorable but not cheesy.
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COMMENT 334957
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2012-10-24 07:12 AM |
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Anything with the words "Billy Jack" in the title!
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SEEDLADY
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2012-10-24 07:16 AM |
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Valley of the Dolls and anything with Patty Duke
Bob& Carol & Ted & Alice
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COMMENT 334965
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2012-10-24 07:32 AM |
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Two words, Car Wash.
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COMMENT 334969
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2012-10-24 07:35 AM |
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I'll be the Snarkey one today: Its spelled Queue not Cue
Any Cheech & Chong movie is great if your Conscious is altered properly
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COMMENT 334973P
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2012-10-24 07:43 AM |
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not sure if you'd consider this one sleazy, but classic 70's soft core erotic: Emannuelle. Lead actress just passed away.
Very Cheezy.
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COMMENT 334978
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2012-10-24 07:55 AM |
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Barbarella and Flash Gordon. 1968 and 1980, but close enough!
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COMMENT 334987P
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2012-10-24 08:18 AM |
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you mean Flesh Gordon! yessss! super cheese but oh-so-funny!
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NEIGHBOR
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2012-10-24 08:22 AM |
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Dan was correct that very few of these are available on streaming Netflix. I see though that the old 1940's (& earlier) "episodes" of Flash Gordon are available. I think I'll take a look at them when I have some time.
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MESARATS
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2012-10-24 08:24 AM |
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Repo Man, The Party or anything with Peter Sellers (Being There is not cheesy but a great movie) Airplane, Caveman, Mad Max, Shampoo, Saturday Night Fever, anything Monty Python or Mel Brooks, The Jerk
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SBJULES
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2012-10-24 08:47 AM |
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How abut The Color of Money.
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COMMENT 335007
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2012-10-24 08:50 AM |
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Definitely "Return to Me" with Minnie Driver and David Duchovny. LOVE that movie.
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COMMENT 335010
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2012-10-24 08:55 AM |
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OP says thank you. Queue is getting full. Dirty Mary Crazy Larry to the top. Also been digging the old VEGA$ episodes on DVD for that 70s fix!
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COMMENT 335019
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2012-10-24 09:03 AM |
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Did anyone mention Foul Play or Capricorn One?
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AQUAHOLIC
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2012-10-24 09:12 AM |
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JAWS
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COMMENT 335027
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2012-10-24 09:15 AM |
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Not exactly 70's but such a good movie - Spinal Tap!
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COMMENT 335054
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2012-10-24 09:41 AM |
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Alice's Restaurant, Bullitt, The Great Escape,
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COMMENT 335056
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2012-10-24 09:44 AM |
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Cannonball Run!
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COMMENT 335062
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2012-10-24 09:51 AM |
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Papillion
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ELAZ
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2012-10-24 09:57 AM |
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Goodbye Girl
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ELAZ
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2012-10-24 09:58 AM |
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Moscow on the Hudson
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COMMENT 335074
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2012-10-24 10:00 AM |
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Definitely queue up Dr. Strangelove! Silent Running is another personal fave 70's sci-fi, featuring Bruce Dern.
Enjoy!
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COMMENT 335116P
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2012-10-24 10:38 AM |
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Westworld
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COMMENT 335128
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2012-10-24 10:53 AM |
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Repo Man is the best!
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COMMENT 335137
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2012-10-24 11:07 AM |
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"Same Time Next Year," My very favorite.
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COMMENT 335166
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2012-10-24 11:48 AM |
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GREASE!
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COMMENT 335241
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2012-10-24 01:43 PM |
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Looks like D8VANILLA can't tell the difference between the 70's and the 80's.
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COMMENT 335244
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2012-10-24 01:45 PM |
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The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
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COMMENT 335323
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2012-10-24 04:10 PM |
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Reading comprehension amongst Edhat followers must be low. A summary of your suggestions for a good cheesy "70's" movie...... Return to Me (2000)
The Prophecy (1995)
It (1990)
Shirley Valentine (1989)
Steel Magnolias (1989)
Nadine (1987)
The Princess Bride (1987)
Ferris Beullars Day Off (1986)
The Color of Money (1986)
Breakfast Club (1985)
Repo Man (1984)
Cannon Ball Run (1981)
Caveman (1981)
Airplane (1980)
Caddyshack (1980)
Flash Gordon (1980)
Heaven's Gate (1980)
Seems Like Old Times (1980)
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)
Barbarella (1968)
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas (1968)
The Party (1968)
Valley of the Dolls (1967)
By Love Possessed (1961)
High Society (1956)
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COMMENT 335335
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2012-10-24 04:26 PM |
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7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
Telefon (1977)
Hopscotch (1980)
Hudson Hawk (1991)
Undercover Blues (1993) Sorry for the 90's flicks; but they fit your general description also. Anyway, you might want to check them out on IMDB(dot)com
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COMMENT 335347
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2012-10-24 04:46 PM |
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WILLARD!
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MACSCIDOR
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2012-10-24 05:20 PM |
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Hello 323 re: Reading comprehension! I was going to mention in my post that Airplane! WAS FILMED mostly during August 1979 ! I am pretty sure that COUNTS. My apologies for trying to keep things short. Mea culpa.
"Airplane! emerged in 1980 as a sharply perceptive parody of the big-budget disaster films that dominated Hollywood during the 1970s [and] introduced a much-needed deflating assessment of the tendency of theatrical film producers to push successful formulaic movie conventions beyond the point of logic".
—Library of Congress
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COMMENT 335383
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2012-10-24 06:25 PM |
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Blazing Saddles, Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
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SPARKEY
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2012-10-24 07:15 PM |
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Violence for the 70's is nothing compared to the 90's or today. You won't even find this low level violence on prime time. So check out Death Wish, Blazing Saddles or Pink Panther.
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COMMENT 335426P
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2012-10-25 03:09 AM |
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323: I'm gonna sue that "Cheesy Movies of the '70s" site that showed "The Prophecy" as a 70s flick. The nerve.
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COMMENT 335562P
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2012-10-25 12:45 PM |
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323: Making movies takes *time.* Release dates are sometimes different from production 'wraps.' Airplane! Filmed in August 1979 [released in 1980] Caddyshack: The film was shot over 11 weeks during the autumn of 1979. [released in 1980] Flash Gordon: During preliminary sessions for The Game in the summer of 1979, Queen were approached by Italian director Dino de Laurentiis, slated to direct a film adaptation of the 1930s comic hero, Flash Gordon. [released in 1980] Heaven's Gate: The film began shooting on April 16, 1979, in Glacier National Park, east of Kalispell, Montana, with the majority of the town scenes filmed in the Two Medicine area, north of the village of East Glacier Park. The film finished shooting in March 1980... [released in 1980]
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SEEDLADY
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2012-10-29 10:32 AM |
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actually, Mystic Pizza might be Julia Roberts' debut movie. And 323, you didn't wag your finger at Dr Strangelove, from the early 60's. Unless there was a remake?
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