Movies of 1974
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1. Death Wish (1974)
R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad after his wife is murdered by street punks. In self-defense, the vengeful man kills muggers on the mean streets after dark.
Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Charles Bronson, Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia, Steven Keats
Votes: 44,020 | Gross: $22.00M
Release date July 24, 1974 Directed by Michael Winner Charles Bronson ... Paul Kersey Jeff Goldblum ... Freak #1
2. The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
PG | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond is targeted by the world's most expensive assassin, while he attempts to recover sensitive solar cell technology that is being sold to the highest bidder.
Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Maud Adams
Votes: 113,039 | Gross: $20.97M
Release date 19 December 1974 Directed by Guy Hamilton Roger Moore ... James Bond Christopher Lee ... Scaramanga Britt Ekland ... Goodnight Maud Adams ... Andrea Anders
3. Les quatre Charlots mousquetaires (1974)
110 min | Adventure, Comedy
D'Artagnan and his musketeer comrades must thwart the plans of Cardinal Richelieu to usurp King Louis XIII's power.
Director: André Hunebelle | Stars: Gérard Rinaldi, Gérard Filippelli, Jean Sarrus, Jean-Guy Fechner
Votes: 632
Release date February 13, 1974 Directed by André Hunebelle
4. Herbie Rides Again (1974)
Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
The living Volkswagen Beetle helps an old lady protect her home from a corrupt developer.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Helen Hayes, Ken Berry, Stefanie Powers, John McIntire
Votes: 8,840 | Gross: $38.23M
Release date June 6, 1974 Directed by Robert Stevenson Stefanie Powers ... Nicole
5. I'm Losing My Temper (1974)
PG | 92 min | Comedy
Pierre Durois, a teacher at a girls' boarding school, does journalism in his spare time. When a movie crew arrives in town, he writes a venomous note about an American movie star, the volcanic Jackie Logan.
Director: Claude Zidi | Stars: Pierre Richard, Jane Birkin, Claude Piéplu, Jean Martin
Votes: 1,526
Release date 9 October 1974 Directed by Claude Zidi Pierre Richard ... Pierre Durois Jane Birkin ... Jackie Logan
6. The Island at the Top of the World (1974)
G | 93 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
In 1907, four explorers discover a lost colony of Vikings in the Arctic.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: David Hartman, Donald Sinden, Jacques Marin, Mako
Votes: 3,162
Release date December 16, 1974
Directed by Robert Stevenson
Academy Awards, USA 1975
NOMINEE Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
7. Going Places (1974)
R | 117 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two thugs harass assault, steal, murder, Marie-Ange, a jaded, passive hairdresser, joins them as lover, cook, and mother confessor, on her own search for seemingly unattainable sexual pleasure.
Director: Bertrand Blier | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou, Patrick Dewaere, Christian Alers
Votes: 9,942 | Gross: $0.77M
Release date 20 March 1974 Directed by Bertrand Blier Gérard Depardieu ... Jean-Claude Miou-Miou ... Marie-Ange Isabelle Huppert ... Jacqueline Gérard Jugnot ... Un vacancier Thierry Lhermitte ... Voiturier
8. The Towering Inferno (1974)
PG | 165 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
At the opening party of a colossal, but poorly constructed, office building, a massive fire breaks out that threatens to destroy the tower and everyone in it.
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, William Holden, Faye Dunaway
Votes: 48,221 | Gross: $116.00M
Release date December 16, 1974
Directed by John Guillermin
Steve McQueen ... Chief O'Halloran
Paul Newman ... Doug Roberts
William Holden ... Jim Duncan
Faye Dunaway ... Susan
Jennifer Jones ... Lisolette
Academy Awards, USA 1975
NOMINEE Best Picture
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Fred Astaire)
NOMINEE Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
WINNER Best Cinematography
WINNER Best Film Editing
NOMINEE Best Music, Original Dramatic Score
WINNER Best Music, Original Song
NOMINEE Best Sound
9. Emmanuelle (1974)
Unrated | 95 min | Drama, Romance
The wife of a French diplomat in Bangkok embarks on a voyage of self-discovery.
Director: Just Jaeckin | Stars: Sylvia Kristel, Alain Cuny, Marika Green, Daniel Sarky
Votes: 11,058 | Gross: $8.72M
Release date 26 June 1974 Directed by Just Jaeckin Sylvia Kristel ... Emmanuelle Christine Boisson ... Marie-Ange
10. Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
R | 115 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organize a daring new heist.
Director: Michael Cimino | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, George Kennedy, Geoffrey Lewis
Votes: 28,692 | Gross: $25.00M
Release date May 22, 1974
Directed by Michael Cimino
Clint Eastwood ... Thunderbolt
Catherine Bach ... Melody
Academy Awards, USA 1975
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Jeff Bridges)
11. The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge (1974)
PG | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
The Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter.
Director: Richard Lester | Stars: Michael York, Raquel Welch, Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain
Votes: 11,702 | Gross: $19.10M
Release date 31 October 1974
Directed by Richard Lester
Raquel Welch ... Constance de Bonancieux
Christopher Lee ... Rochefort
Faye Dunaway ... Milady
Charlton Heston ... Cardinal Richelieu
Academy Awards, USA 1976
NOMINEE Best Costume Design
12. Watch Out, We're Mad (1974)
G | 102 min | Action, Comedy
After a tied first place in a local stunt race, two drivers start a contest to decide which of them will own the prize, a dune buggy. But when a mobster destroys the car, they are determined to get it back.
Director: Marcello Fondato | Stars: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, John Sharp, Patty Shepard
Votes: 13,908
Release date 29 March 1974 Directed by Marcello Fondato Terence Hill ... Kid Bud Spencer ... Ben
13. The Godfather Part II (1974)
R | 202 min | Crime, Drama
The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton
Votes: 1,363,500 | Gross: $57.30M
Release date December 12, 1974
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Al Pacino ... Michael
Diane Keaton ... Kay
Robert De Niro ... Vito Corleone
Talia Shire ... Connie Corleone
James Caan ... Sonny Corleone (uncredited)
Academy Awards, USA 1975
WINNER Best Picture
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Leading Role (Al Pacino)
WINNER Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Robert De Niro)
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Lee Strasberg)
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Michael V. Gazzo)
NOMINEE Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Talia Shire)
WINNER Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
NOMINEE Best Costume Design
WINNER Best Director
WINNER Best Music, Original Dramatic Score
WINNER Best Writing, Screenplay Adapted From Other Material
14. The Return of the Tall Blond Man (1974)
84 min | Comedy
With 'little captain' Cambrai raising serious doubts about the reality of the so-called "super spy", Colonel Toulouse kidnaps Christine and forces Francois to play again the character of "... See full summary »
Director: Yves Robert | Stars: Pierre Richard, Jean Carmet, Jean Rochefort, Mireille Darc
Votes: 4,071
Release date 18 December 1974 Directed by Yves Robert Pierre Richard ... François Perrin Jean Rochefort ... Louis, Marie, Alphonse Toulouse Mireille Darc ... Christine
15. Earthquake (1974)
PG | 122 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Lorne Greene
Votes: 17,879 | Gross: $79.70M
Release date November 15, 1974
Directed by Mark Robson
Charlton Heston ... Graff
Ava Gardner ... Remy
Geneviève Bujold ... Denise
Walter Matthau ... Drunk
Academy Awards, USA 1975
NOMINEE Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
NOMINEE Best Cinematography
NOMINEE Best Film Editing
WINNER Best Sound
Special Achievement Award
16. The Infernal Trio (1974)
107 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A cunning French legal adviser teams up with an unemployed German girl and her sister to commit murders in Marseille.
Director: Francis Girod | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider, Mascha Gonska, Philippe Brizard
Votes: 926
Release date 22 May 1974 Directed by Francis Girod Romy Schneider ... Philomena Schmidt
17. The Odessa File (1974)
PG | 130 min | Drama, Thriller
Following the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, a journalist in possession of the man's diary investigates the alleged sighting of a former S.S. Captain, who commanded a concentration camp during World War II.
Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Jon Voight, Maximilian Schell, Maria Schell, Mary Tamm
Votes: 12,068 | Gross: $1.11M
Release date 18 October 1974 Directed by Ronald Neame
18. The Slap (1974)
PG | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Geography professor Jean has divorced his wife. His mistress has also left him. He has to do everything he can to be able to win his young daughter Isabelle's love and affection.
Director: Claude Pinoteau | Stars: Lino Ventura, Annie Girardot, Isabelle Adjani, Nicole Courcel
Votes: 1,204
Release date 23 October 1974 Directed by Claude Pinoteau Lino Ventura ... Jean Douléan Isabelle Adjani ... Isabelle Douléan Nathalie Baye ... Christine Richard Berry ... Un élève (uncredited)
19. The Voyage (1974)
PG | 102 min | Drama, Romance
The charming Adriana gets sick after her husband's death. Her brother-in-law takes her on a journey to meet a doctor, while love overwhelms them.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Sophia Loren, Richard Burton, Ian Bannen, Barbara Pilavin
Votes: 672
Release date 11 March 1974 Directed by Vittorio De Sica Sophia Loren ... Adriana De Mauro Richard Burton ... Cesare Braggi
20. Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
PG | 128 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In December 1935, when his transcontinental luxury train is stranded by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before, with a multitude of suspects.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Sean Connery
Votes: 69,105 | Gross: $0.07M
Release date 21 November 1974
Directed by Sidney Lumet
Lauren Bacall ... Mrs. Hubbard
Ingrid Bergman ... Greta
Sean Connery ... Col. Arbuthnot
Vanessa Redgrave ... Mary Debenham
Academy Awards, USA 1975
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Leading Role (Albert Finney)
WINNER Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Ingrid Bergman)
NOMINEE Best Cinematography
NOMINEE Best Costume Design
NOMINEE Best Music, Original Dramatic Score
NOMINEE Best Writing, Screenplay Adapted From Other Material
21. Borsalino and Co. (1974)
Not Rated | 110 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Marseille. Heaps of flowers and funeral wreaths... "A man who no longer defends his colors is no longer a man."
Director: Jacques Deray | Stars: Alain Delon, Riccardo Cucciolla, Daniel Ivernel, Reinhard Kolldehoff
Votes: 2,433
Release date 23 October 1974 Directed by Jacques Deray Alain Delon ... Roch Siffredi Mireille Darc ... Une prostituée dans la rue
22. Chinatown (1974)
R | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez
Votes: 349,695
Release date June 20, 1974
Directed by Roman Polanski
Jack Nicholson ... J.J. Gittes
Faye Dunaway ... Evelyn Mulwray
Academy Awards, USA 1975
NOMINEE Best Picture
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Leading Role (Jack Nicholson)
NOMINEE Best Actress in a Leading Role (Faye Dunaway)
NOMINEE Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
NOMINEE Best Cinematography
NOMINEE Best Costume Design
NOMINEE Best Director
NOMINEE Best Film Editing
NOMINEE Best Music, Original Dramatic Score
NOMINEE Best Sound
WINNER Best Writing, Original Screenplay
23. Love at the Top (1974)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
A cynical tragicomedy focusing on the different ways of love in the times of the sexual revolution.
Director: Michel Deville | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Romy Schneider, Jane Birkin
Votes: 2,074
Release date 13 March 1974 Directed by Michel Deville Romy Schneider ... Roberte Groult Jane Birkin ... Marie-Paule Allard Christine Boisson ... Jeune fille nue chez Flora
24. The Night Porter (1974)
R | 118 min | Drama
A concentration camp survivor rekindles her sadomasochistic relationship with her lover, a former SS officer - now working as a night porter at a Vienna hotel - but his former Nazi associates begin stalking them.
Director: Liliana Cavani | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Charlotte Rampling, Philippe Leroy, Gabriele Ferzetti
Votes: 14,711 | Gross: $0.63M
Release date 3 April 1974 Directed by Liliana Cavani Dirk Bogarde ... Max Charlotte Rampling ... Lucia
25. House of 1000 Pleasures (1974)
R | 85 min | Drama
Marcel is a taxi driver who luckily pickups a gorgeous woman who begins to undress herself while in the back seat. Soon she leads him to a Private Club where he can pick any woman he wants ... See full summary »
Director: Max Pécas | Stars: Philippe Gasté, Denyse Roland, Chantal Arondel, Michel Vocoret
Votes: 93
Release date 16 January 1974 Directed by Max Pécas
26. The Spikes Gang (1974)
PG | 96 min | Drama, Western
Three farm boys in the Old West help a wounded bank robber who teaches them the trade.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Lee Marvin, Gary Grimes, Ron Howard, Charles Martin Smith
Votes: 1,924
Release date May 1, 1974 Directed by Richard Fleischer Lee Marvin ... Harry Spikes
27. Un amour de pluie (1974)
96 min | Drama, Romance
A married woman and her young daughter experience fleeting romances while on vacation in the French mountains.
Director: Jean-Claude Brialy | Stars: Romy Schneider, Nino Castelnuovo, Mehdi El Glaoui, Bénédicte Bucher
Votes: 262
Release date March 29, 1974 Directed by Jean-Claude Brialy Romy Schneider ... Elizabeth
28. The Front Page (1974)
PG | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A ruthless editor tries to get his top reporter to cover one more crime story before retirement.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Susan Sarandon, Vincent Gardenia
Votes: 15,288 | Gross: $17.30M
Release date December 18, 1974 Directed by Billy Wilder Jack Lemmon ... Hildy Johnson Walter Matthau ... Walter Burns Susan Sarandon ... Peggy Grant
29. Les bidasses s'en vont en guerre (1974)
90 min | Adventure, Comedy, War
Four young soldiers spend most of their army service under punishment for various pranks and jokes.
Director: Claude Zidi | Stars: Jean-Guy Fechner, Gérard Filippelli, Gérard Rinaldi, Jean Sarrus
Votes: 732
Release date December 11, 1974 Directed by Claude Zidi
30. A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
R | 155 min | Drama, Romance
Although wife and mother Mabel is loved by her husband Nick, her mental illness places a strain on the marriage.
Director: John Cassavetes | Stars: Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk, Fred Draper, Lady Rowlands
Votes: 28,686 | Gross: $13.34M
Release date November 18, 1974
Directed by John Cassavetes
Peter Falk ... Nick Longhetti
Gena Rowlands ... Mabel Longhetti
Academy Awards, USA 1975
NOMINEE Best Actress in a Leading Role (Gena Rowlands)
NOMINEE Best Director
31. The Demoniacs (1974)
R | 100 min | Horror
A gang of pirates rape the two sole survivors of a ship wreck. The violated girls are rescued by the strange inhabitants of a supposedly haunted island, where they are granted supernatural powers to strike revenge against the pirates.
Director: Jean Rollin | Stars: Joëlle Coeur, John Rico, Willy Braque, Paul Bisciglia
Votes: 1,536
Release date 5 December 1974 Directed by Jean Rollin
32. Laß jucken, Kumpel 3. Teil - Maloche, Bier und Bett (1974)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Franz Marischka | Stars: Hans-Henning Claer, Helga Bender, Johannes Buzalski, Ulrike Butz
Votes: 78
Release date May 23, 1974 Directed by Franz Marischka
33.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Publish or Perish
(1974)
TV-PG | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A publisher hires a bomb enthusiast to murder a bestselling author of detective novels. Lt. Columbo is on the case.
Director: Robert Butler | Stars: Peter Falk, Jack Cassidy, Mickey Spillane, Mariette Hartley
Votes: 2,499
Release date January 13, 1974 SEASON 3, EPISODE 5 Directed by Robert Butler Peter Falk ... Columbo
34.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Mind Over Mayhem
(1974)
TV-PG | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The director of a government institute that employs various scientific geniuses commits a clever murder. But another kind of genius is on the case: Lt. Columbo.
Director: Alf Kjellin | Stars: Peter Falk, José Ferrer, Lew Ayres, Robert Walker Jr.
Votes: 2,355
Release date February 10, 1974 SEASON 3, EPISODE 6 Directed by Alf Kjellin Peter Falk ... Columbo José Ferrer ... Dr. Marshall Cahill
35.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Swan Song
(1974)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A gospel singer wants to be rid of his zealous wife. But a murder made to look like an airplane accident does not fool the wily Lt. Columbo.
Director: Nicholas Colasanto | Stars: Peter Falk, Johnny Cash, Ida Lupino, John Dehner
Votes: 3,276
Release date March 3, 1974 SEASON 3, EPISODE 7 Directed by Nicholas Colasanto Peter Falk ... Columbo Ida Lupino ... Edna Basket Brown
36.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
A Friend in Deed
(1974)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A police commissioner provides a false alibi for a wife killer, but then expects an alibi in return.
Director: Ben Gazzara | Stars: Peter Falk, Richard Kiley, Rosemary Murphy, Michael McGuire
Votes: 2,850
Release date May 5, 1974 SEASON 3, EPISODE 8 Directed by Ben Gazzara Peter Falk ... Columbo
37.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
An Exercise in Fatality
(1974)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A health club owner murders one of his franchisees. Lt. Columbo is on the case.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Peter Falk, Robert Conrad, Gretchen Corbett, Pat Harrington Jr.
Votes: 2,720
Release date September 15, 1974 SEASON 4, EPISODE 1 Directed by Bernard Kowalski Peter Falk ... Columbo
38.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Negative Reaction
(1974)
Unrated | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A photographer murders his wife and blames her death on a bungled kidnapping. But Lt. Columbo has an even sharper eye than the Pulitzer Prize winner.
Director: Alf Kjellin | Stars: Peter Falk, Dick Van Dyke, Don Gordon, Larry Storch
Votes: 2,929
Release date October 14, 1974 SEASON 4, EPISODE 2 Directed by Alf Kjellin Peter Falk ... Columbo Dick Van Dyke ... Paul Galesko
39.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
By Dawn's Early Light
(1974)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The commandant of a military academy murders the chairman of the board, who wants to oust him. Lt. Columbo takes up residence in the barracks to expose the killer.
Director: Harvey Hart | Stars: Peter Falk, Patrick McGoohan, Burr DeBenning, Madeleine Sherwood
Votes: 2,872
Release date October 27, 1974 SEASON 4, EPISODE 3 Directed by Harvey Hart Peter Falk ... Columbo
40. Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family, Romance
The life and adventures of the Ingalls family in the nineteenth century American Midwest.
Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Rachel Lindsay Greenbush
Votes: 26,848
the complete 1st season Original release September 11, 1974 - May 7, 1975 Michael Landon ... Charles Ingalls Melissa Gilbert ... Laura Ingalls Ernest Borgnine ... Jonathan (episode 14) Anne Archer ... Kate Thorvald (episode 17)
41.
Top à... (1972–1974)
Episode:
Johnny Hallyday
(1974)
63 min | Music
Director: Bernard Lion | Stars: Johnny Hallyday, Michel Sardou, Love Machine, Sammy Davis Jr.
Season 3, Episode 22 Release date June 22, 1974 Directed by Bernard Lion Johnny Hallyday ... Self - Host Sylvie Vartan ... Self
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