SCI-FI MOVIES OF THE 1970s

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Ah, the 'Seventies. Bad fashions and disco - but also the true Golden Era for Hollywood-produced science fiction as heavy issues of the day such as overpopulation, environmental degradation and so forth are confronted. However, by the end of the decade the viewing public have had enough heaviness and were ready to embrace dumb special effects movies aimed at kids as proven by the spectacular box office success of a certain flick called Star Wars . . .

1971

A Clockwork Orange
The Andromeda Strain
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Silent Running
THX 1138
The Omega Man

1972

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Slaughterhouse-Five
Solaris

1973

Sleeper
Soylent Green
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Westworld

1974

The Cars That Ate Paris
Zardoz
The Stepford Wives
Dark Star

1975

A Boy and his Dog
Rollerball
Death Race 2000

1976

King Kong
Logan’s Run

1977

Star Wars
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Holocaust 2000 (The Chosen)
Eraserhead

1978

Invasion of the body Snatchers
Superman
Capricorn One
The Fury

1979

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Alien
Mad Max
The Black Hole
Star Trek: the Motion Picture
Moonraker
Time After Time