# 70s American paranoia — the post-Watergate canon

> Surveillance, conspiracy, distrust of every institution. Pakula's trilogy, Coppola's wiretaps, Polanski's noir, the cop dramas where the cops are the problem. The decade where Hollywood briefly didn't believe its own myths.

Source: <https://nextmovie4u.com/canon/70s-american-paranoia/>

## 30 films in this list

- **[The Godfather](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-godfather-1972/)** (1972) — ★ 8.7 · 22,862 votes · bittersweet, epic, tender
- **[The Godfather Part II](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-godfather-part-ii-1974/)** (1974) — ★ 8.6 · 13,863 votes · bittersweet, cerebral, epic
- **[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/one-flew-over-the-cuckoo-s-nest-1975/)** (1975) — ★ 8.4 · 11,406 votes · gut-punch, outsider, paranoid
- **[Apocalypse Now](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/apocalypse-now-1979/)** (1979) — ★ 8.3 · 9,047 votes · dread, mindfuck, neon-soaked
- **[A Clockwork Orange](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/a-clockwork-orange-1971/)** (1971) — ★ 8.2 · 13,783 votes · dread, surreal
- **[Taxi Driver](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/taxi-driver-1976/)** (1976) — ★ 8.1 · 13,377 votes · dread, paranoid, raw
- **[The Sting](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-sting-1973/)** (1973) — ★ 8.0 · 2,957 votes · playful, uplifting
- **[Barry Lyndon](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/barry-lyndon-1975/)** (1975) — ★ 8.0 · 3,171 votes · bittersweet, epic, slow-burn
- **[The Deer Hunter](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-deer-hunter-1978/)** (1978) — ★ 8.0 · 4,216 votes · epic, gut-punch, raw
- **[Chinatown](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/chinatown-1974/)** (1974) — ★ 7.9 · 4,239 votes · cerebral, paranoid, slow-burn
- **[Paper Moon](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/paper-moon-1973/)** (1973) — ★ 7.9 · 822 votes
- **[Papillon](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/papillon-1973/)** (1973) — ★ 7.8 · 2,110 votes
- **[Dog Day Afternoon](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/dog-day-afternoon-1975/)** (1975) — ★ 7.8 · 3,350 votes · bittersweet, raw, tender
- **[Rocky](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/rocky-1976/)** (1976) — ★ 7.8 · 8,571 votes · bittersweet, tender, uplifting
- **[Network](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/network-1976/)** (1976) — ★ 7.8 · 2,011 votes
- **[A Woman Under the Influence](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/a-woman-under-the-influence-1974/)** (1974) — ★ 7.8 · 560 votes
- **[Fiddler on the Roof](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/fiddler-on-the-roof-1971/)** (1971) — ★ 7.8 · 630 votes
- **[The Exorcist](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-exorcist-1973/)** (1973) — ★ 7.7 · 8,594 votes · dread, slow-burn
- **[Annie Hall](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/annie-hall-1977/)** (1977) — ★ 7.7 · 4,223 votes · bittersweet, cerebral, playful
- **[Manhattan](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/manhattan-1979/)** (1979) — ★ 7.7 · 2,608 votes
- **[All the President's Men](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/all-the-president-s-men-1976/)** (1976) — ★ 7.7 · 2,061 votes
- **[Sleuth](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/sleuth-1972/)** (1972) — ★ 7.7 · 713 votes
- **[Jaws](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/jaws-1975/)** (1975) — ★ 7.7 · 11,484 votes · dread, slow-burn
- **[The Warriors](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-warriors-1979/)** (1979) — ★ 7.7 · 2,353 votes
- **[The Last Picture Show](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-last-picture-show-1971/)** (1971) — ★ 7.6 · 767 votes
- **[Harold and Maude](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/harold-and-maude-1971/)** (1971) — ★ 7.6 · 1,201 votes
- **[Opening Night](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/opening-night-1977/)** (1977) — ★ 7.6 · 258 votes
- **[Kramer vs. Kramer](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/kramer-vs-kramer-1979/)** (1979) — ★ 7.6 · 2,448 votes
- **[Halloween](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/halloween-1978/)** (1978) — ★ 7.6 · 6,150 votes · dread
- **[Serpico](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/serpico-1973/)** (1973) — ★ 7.5 · 2,176 votes

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