Top films and TV series from the 1970s

Top films of the 1970s (unadjusted domestic gross totals):

  1. Star Wars: Episode of a New Hope (1977)
  2. Jaws (1975)
  3. Grease (1978)
  4. The Sting (1973)
  5. Superman (1978)
  6. The Godfather (1972)
  7. The Exorcist (1973)
  8. Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
  9. (National Lampoon’s) Animal House (1978)
  10. Blazing Saddles (1974)
  11. Rocky (1976)
  12. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977/80)
  13. The Towering Inferno (1974)
  14. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
  15. One Flew Over the Cuckoos’ Nest (1975)
  16. Love Story (1970)
  17. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
  18. Airport (1970)
  19. American Graffiti (1973)
  20. Saturday Night Fever (1977)

*** Tim Dirks (2021). Box Office Hits of Decade and Year. All-time box office hits (domestic gross) by decade and year. Filmsite.  https://www.filmsite.org/boxoffice2.html

 

 

1970s TV series, released between 1970-0101 and 1979-12-31 (sorted by popularity ascending)

  1. Little House of the Prairie (1974-1983)
  2. Columbo (1971-2003)
  3. Saturday Night Live (1975 – )
  4. M*A*S*H (1972-1983)
  5. The Love Boat (1977-1987)
  6. Dallas (1978-1991)
  7. The Waltons (1972-1981)
  8. All Creatures Great and Small (1978-1990)
  9. Three’s Company (1976-1984)
  10. Happy Days (1974-1984)
  11. Charlie’s Angels (1976-1981)
  12. Mary Tyler Moore (1970-1977)
  13. The Facts of Life (1979-1988)
  14. The Young and the Restless (1973 – )
  15. CHIPs (1977-1983)
  16. Wonder Woman (1975-1979)
  17. Emergency! (1972-1979)
  18. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979-1981)
  19. The Dukes of Hazzard (1979-1985)
  20. Starsky and Hutch (1975-1979)

IMDb. (1990-2021). TV series, released between 1970-0101 and 1979-12-31. https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?sort=moviemeter&title_type=tv_series&year=1970,1979