1970s Campus Life
by krmickey | created - 08 Jan 2020 | updated - 23 Jul 2022 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
R | 109 min | Comedy
At a 1962 college, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.
Director: John Landis | Stars: John Belushi, Karen Allen, Tom Hulce, Stephen Furst
Votes: 129,356
2. Black Christmas (1974)
R | 98 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
During their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger.
Director: Bob Clark | Stars: Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, John Saxon
Votes: 48,369 | Gross: $4.05M
3. The Initiation of Sarah (1978 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Horror, Thriller
A withdrawn young girl joins an unpopular sorority in college. It turns out she has psychic and telekinetic powers, and she uses them against a rival sorority.
Director: Robert Day | Stars: Kay Lenz, Shelley Winters, Tony Bill, Kathryn Grant
Votes: 1,148
4. Carnal Knowledge (1971)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
Chronicling the lifelong sexual development of two men who meet and become friends in college.
Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Candice Bergen, Art Garfunkel, Ann-Margret
Votes: 14,898 | Gross: $28.62M
5. The Girl Most Likely to... (1973 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 64 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
After an accident causes an ugly duckling girl to undergo reconstructive surgery, she emerges from behind the bandages a ravishing beauty. It's payback time when she uses her new attractiveness to exact revenge on those who wronged her.
Director: Lee Philips | Stars: Stockard Channing, Edward Asner, Jim Backus, Joe Flynn
Votes: 1,556
6. Class of '44 (1973)
PG | 95 min | Drama
The "terrible trio" of "Summer of '42" has graduated high school. Now the real learning begins. For Benjy, 1944 is a time to serve his country.
Director: Paul Bogart | Stars: Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser, Oliver Conant, Deborah Winters
Votes: 614 | Gross: $13.84M
7. The Paper Chase (1973)
PG | 113 min | Comedy, Drama
A first-year law student at Harvard Law School struggles with balancing his coursework and a woman, unaware that she has a connection that affects their relationship.
Director: James Bridges | Stars: Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner, John Houseman, Graham Beckel
Votes: 8,693 | Gross: $1.85M
8. The Way We Were (1973)
PG | 118 min | Drama, Romance
During post-WWII McCarthyism, a diametrically opposed couple come together only to find out that genuine friendship and physical attraction is not enough to overcome fundamental societal beliefs.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Bradford Dillman, Lois Chiles
Votes: 27,481
9. Sisters of Death (1977)
PG | 87 min | Mystery, Thriller
During an all-girl secret society initiation, one of the new members is killed playing Russian Roulette. Many years later the survivors are invited for a reunion to a lavish estate.
Director: Joe Mazzuca | Stars: Arthur Franz, Claudia Jennings, Cheri Howell, Sherry Boucher
Votes: 1,231
10. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
R | 83 min | Horror
Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.
Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Marilyn Burns, Edwin Neal, Allen Danziger, Paul A. Partain
Votes: 183,700 | Gross: $30.86M
11. The Silent Scream (1979)
R | 87 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
During her first semester at college, a co-ed finds housing at a seaside mansion where, following the death of a fellow-student, she becomes entangled in a murder mystery surrounding the property and its secretive tenants.
Director: Denny Harris | Stars: Rebecca Balding, Cameron Mitchell, Avery Schreiber, Barbara Steele
Votes: 2,089
12. The Harrad Experiment (1973)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Based on the novel by Robert Rimmer. An Ivy League college incorporates a course on sexual relations into its curriculum.
Director: Ted Post | Stars: Don Johnson, James Whitmore, Tippi Hedren, Bruno Kirby
Votes: 932 | Gross: $0.18M
13. Saturday Night Fever (1977)
R | 118 min | Drama, Music
Anxious about his future after high school, a 19-year-old Italian-American from Brooklyn tries to escape the harsh reality of his bleak family life by dominating the dance floor at the local disco.
Director: John Badham | Stars: John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney, Barry Miller, Joseph Cali
Votes: 87,532 | Gross: $94.21M
14. Breaking Away (1979)
PG | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
A working-class Indiana teen obsessed with the Italian cycling team vies for the affections of a college girl while searching for life goals with his friends.
Director: Peter Yates | Stars: Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earle Haley
Votes: 25,482 | Gross: $16.42M
15. Love Story (1970)
PG | 100 min | Drama, Romance
A boy and a girl from different backgrounds fall in love regardless of their upbringing - and then tragedy strikes.
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal, John Marley, Ray Milland
Votes: 37,453 | Gross: $106.40M
16. The Swinging Cheerleaders (1974)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Sport
A college journalist infiltrates the campus' cheerleading squad to write an piece on female exploitation, but instead makes unlikely friendships and uncovers a conspiracy involving the football team's coach.
Director: Jack Hill | Stars: Jo Johnston, Cheryl Smith, Colleen Camp, Rosanne Katon
Votes: 1,293
17. The Student Nurses (1970)
R | 89 min | Drama
Sexy young nurses apply special therapy in their daily rounds.
Director: Stephanie Rothman | Stars: Elaine Giftos, Karen Carlson, Brioni Farrell, Barbara Leigh
Votes: 551
18. Fraternity Row (1977)
PG | 100 min | Drama
Story of an upper class college in the early '50s and how a "harmless" hazing resulted in a student's death.
Director: Thomas J. Tobin | Stars: Angela Aber, Scott Brown, Colleen Casey, Cher Chelton
Votes: 224
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