Most cinephiles consider the 1970s a high point for American movies. By the end of the 1960s ... Those viewers should forget all that bloated baggage and go back to the original, written by ...

Some movies just sort of lose their luster. Some, but not all. Harkening back to the 1970s — to many the best decade of American movies — here are a selection of films that hold up and are ...

Thus, it’s worth looking at the best films set in the 1970s to see just how the US (and, to a lesser extent, the UK) has grappled with this fascinating period.