New Hollywood

The film-school generation — Coppola, Scorsese, Spielberg, Lucas, De Palma — make their first masterpieces. Then Star Wars and Jaws invent the blockbuster and the era ends.

Part of Films

38 moments in this segment.

1. 1971-10-07 — The French Connection. William Friedkin. The car-chasing-the-elevated-train sequence was shot without permits at 90mph. Gene Hackman as Popeye Doyle won Best Actor. First R-rated Best Picture.
2. 1971-10-07 — The French Connection (1971) Trailer #1 | Movieclips Classic Trailers. · 00:02:47
3. 1971-12-19 — A Clockwork Orange. Stanley Kubrick. Kubrick himself pulled it from UK distribution after copycat violence reports — it wasn't shown legally in Britain for 27 years. Defined the look of dystopian futurism.
4. 1971-12-19 — A Clockwork Orange | Trailer | Warner Bros. Entertainment. · 00:02:03
5. 1972-03-15 — The Godfather. Francis Ford Coppola. Brando as Vito Corleone; Pacino's coming-of-age as Michael. The greatest American film by general critical consensus. Made Mario Puzo's pulp novel into Greek tragedy.
6. 1972-12-19 — Last Tango in Paris. Bernardo Bertolucci. Brando and Maria Schneider. The film's reputation collapsed in 2016 when Schneider posthumously made clear she'd been blindsided by the butter scene. A case study in the cost of "art."
7. 1973-10-14 — Mean Streets. Martin Scorsese's breakthrough. Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro in Little Italy. The Stones on the soundtrack. Scorsese's lifelong project — Catholic guilt, low-level criminals, jukebox needle drops — begins here.
8. 1973-10-14 — Mean Streets - Original Theatrical Trailer. · 00:03:38
9. 1973-12-26 — The Exorcist. William Friedkin. Linda Blair's head spins. First horror film nominated for Best Picture. Reports of viewers fainting and vomiting in cinemas; the studio pretended it was unhappy.
10. 1974-04-07 — The Conversation. Francis Ford Coppola — made between the two Godfathers. Gene Hackman as a surveillance expert. Released months before Nixon resigned over Watergate. A film about wiretapping in a year about wiretapping.
11. 1974-04-07 — The Conversation (1974) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]. ] · 00:02:50
12. 1974-06-20 — Chinatown. Roman Polanski, script by Robert Towne. Jack Nicholson investigating the LA water wars. The pure neo-noir; Towne's screenplay is taught in every film school. "Forget it, Jake."
13. 1974-06-20 — Chinatown (1974) Trailer #1 | Movieclips Classic Trailers. · 00:03:16
14. 1974-12-12 — The Godfather Part II. Francis Ford Coppola. Pacino as the now-corrupted Michael; De Niro as the young Vito. First sequel to win Best Picture. Often argued to be the rare sequel that surpasses the original.
15. 1974-12-12 — The Godfather: Part II (1974) Trailer #1 | Movieclips Classic Trailers. · 00:04:11
16. 1975-06-20 — Jaws. Steven Spielberg, 27. First summer blockbuster — wide release + saturation TV ads. Broken animatronic shark forced Spielberg to keep the shark off-screen, which made it scarier. Killed beach attendance worldwide that summer.
17. 1975-06-20 — Jaws Official Trailer #1 - Richard Dreyfuss, Steven Spielberg Movie (1975) HD. · 00:03:22
18. 1975-11-19 — One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Miloš Forman. Jack Nicholson as McMurphy. Second film to sweep the Big Five Oscars (Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Screenplay) — and the only one in 40 years.
19. 1975-11-19 — One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975) Official Trailer #1 - Jack Nicholson Movie HD. · 00:02:35
20. 1976-02-08 — Taxi Driver. Scorsese, script by Paul Schrader. De Niro's Travis Bickle. "You talkin' to me?" John Hinckley Jr. tried to assassinate Reagan to impress Jodie Foster, who plays a 12-year-old prostitute in the film.
21. 1976-02-08 — TAXI DRIVER [1976] - Official Trailer (HD). ) · 00:03:05
22. 1976-11-21 — Rocky. John G. Avildsen. Stallone wrote it in three days, refused to sell unless he could star. Beat Taxi Driver and Network for Best Picture. Spawned an empire.
23. 1976-11-21 — ROCKY (1976) | Official Trailer | MGM. · 00:03:39
24. 1977-03-27 — Annie Hall. Woody Allen. Broke the fourth wall, used animated sequences and split-screen, won Best Picture over Star Wars. Defined the urban-neurotic romantic comedy for the next 30 years.
25. 1977-03-27 — Annie Hall Official Trailer #1 - Woody Allen Movie (1977) HD. · 00:02:09
26. 1977-05-25 — Star Wars. George Lucas. ILM invented modern visual effects to make it. Toy revenue Lucas had kept for himself made him a billionaire; merchandising became the studio business model overnight.
27. 1977-05-25 — Star Wars A New Hope 1977 Trailer. · 00:02:46
28. 1977-11-16 — Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Spielberg. First film to imagine extraterrestrials as benevolent. Five-note motif from John Williams. The mashed-potato mountain remains one of cinema's great images of obsession.
29. 1977-11-16 — CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND - Official Trailer. · 00:02:43
30. 1978-12-08 — The Deer Hunter. Michael Cimino. Russian-roulette Vietnam scene was historically dubious but devastating. Won Best Picture; first major Vietnam film by the New Hollywood generation.
31. 1979-05-10 — Apocalypse Now. Coppola in the Philippine jungle for 16 months — typhoons, heart attacks, Brando arriving overweight and unprepared. The making is its own legend (see Hearts of Darkness). "The horror, the horror."
32. 1979-05-10 — APOCALYPSE NOW | Official Trailer | Starring Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen. · 00:01:41
33. 1979-05-25 — Alien. Ridley Scott. H. R. Giger's xenomorph. Sigourney Weaver as Ripley — the action heroine the genre had been waiting for. Married horror and sci-fi for good.
34. 1979-05-25 — Alien Trailer HD (Original 1979 Ridley Scott Film) Sigourney Weaver. · 00:01:57
35. 2018-06-18 — THE DEER HUNTER - Official Trailer - Starring Robert De Niro. · 00:01:02
36. 2022-01-13 — THE GODFATHER | 50th Anniversary Trailer | Paramount Pictures. · 00:02:00
37. 2023-04-07 — LAST TANGO IN PARIS trailer NEW STAR στο STUDIO απο 20/4/23. · 00:02:27
38. 2023-08-01 — The Exorcist | 4K Ultra HD Official Trailer | Warner Bros. Entertainment. · 00:01:43