SCI-FI MOVIES OF THE 1970s

1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

"[1970s] Science fiction gas become much more seriously intentioned and, unfortunately, more pretentious. Much like the Western during the fifties and sixties, science fiction pictures like The Terminal Man, . . . A Clockwork Orange, Silent Running, and even the famous one like Soylent Green, pretend to greater themes . . . Many people simply do not enjoy seeing science fiction pictures." - John Carpenter (film director)

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