1970 – 1979
New Hollywood & Auteur Renaissance
"When directors took the keys to the kingdom."
Following the collapse of traditional studio systems in the late 1960s, a new generation of film-school educated mavericks captured the angst, paranoia, and raw human emotions of a shifting world. Characterized by moral ambiguity, location shooting, and iconic method acting.
Defining Directors: Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Stanley Kubrick, George Lucas
Acclaimed Films of the 1970s
Showing high-rated landmark works released between 1970 – 1979
