1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 3.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Milos Forman
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Louise Fletcher, William Redfield, Christopher Lloyd, Michael Berryman
Plot: A man who may not really be insane is admitted to an institution. He plays tricks on the nurse and rounds up the other trouble patients for a healthy dose of fun.
2. Jaws
Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Horror
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Carl Gottlieb
Plot: A killer great white terrorizes a small community in New England.
3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Terry Gilliam
Actors: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin
Plot: King Arthur is on a quest for the holy grail. Little do they know that they will encounter many stupid obsticles, and must complete the tasks at hands to find it. Join Gallahead, Robin, and the Knights of the Round Table as they follow their king on this quest.
4. Dog Day Afternoon
Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sidney Lumet
Actors: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Carol Kane, Charles Durning, James Broderick, Chris Sarandon
Plot: A man tries to rob a bank to pay for his girlfriend's surgery when it turns into a long hostage situation in which none of the crooks are very skilled at.
5. Barry Lyndon
Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Actors: Ryan O'Neal, Hardy Krüger, Steven Berkoff, Marisa Berenson, André Morell, Patrick Magee
Plot: A young man takes on a liberal approach to nobility when he gambles, duels, and fights his way to becoming a nobleman while winning the heart of a woman. Takes place during 18th Century Europe.
6. Dersu Uzala
Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Yuri Solomin, Maksim Munzuk, Svetlana Danilchenko, Vladimir Kremena, Suimenkul Chokmorov , Dmitri Korshikov
Plot: A Russian military officer betrays Dersu and must take responsibility to a
tragedy. He takes it upon himself to give Dersu a rifle which could give
insight to the end of the film.
7. Nashville
Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Musical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Altman
Actors: Ned Beatty, Karen Black, Shelley Duvall, Scott Glenn, Barbara Baxley, Keith Carradine
Plot: During a political convention a group of unrelated people learn secrets
and lies about what is really going on.
8. Sholay
Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Hindi
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ramesh Sippy
Actors: Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Hema Malini, Jaya Bhaduri, Amjad Khan
Plot: After his wife is murdered by an elusive bandit, a police officer recruits two criminals in order to hunt down the man so he can enact his revenge.
9. Love and Death
Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Georges Adet, Frank Adu, Edmond Ardisson, Féodor Atkine
Plot: A bumbling young man, in love with his beautiful cousin, sets off to fight for Mother Russia against the invading troops of Napoleon. Eventually, the couple hatches a madcap scheme to assassinate the warmongering leader, with hilarious, if not altogether successful, results.
10. The Man Who Would Be King
Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John Huston
Actors: Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Christopher Plummer, Jack May, Albert Moses, Saeed Jaffrey
Plot: A pair of British Soldiers retire from the Army and try to go where white man are not really allowed...or so it seems.
