Movies Set in 1977

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Cruella(2021)

PG-13

| 2h 14min | Comedy, Crime, Kids & Family, Adventure

4.0/5 (with 4,710 votes)

In 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, a young grifter named Estella is determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to build a life for themselves on the London streets. One day, Estella’s flair for fashion catches the eye of the Baroness von Hellman, a fashion legend who is devastatingly chic and terrifyingly haute. But their relationship sets in motion a course of events and revelations that will cause Estella to embrace her wicked side and become the raucous, fashionable and revenge-bent Cruella.

Directed by Craig Gillespie - With Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Paul Walter Hauser, Joel Fry, Emily Beecham, Mark Strong, ...

Late Night with the Devil(2024)

| 1h 26min | Horror

3.6/5 (with 575 votes)

A live broadcast of a late-night talk show in 1977 goes horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation's living rooms.

Directed by Cameron Cairnes, Colin Cairnes - With David Dastmalchian, Laura Gordon, Ian Bliss, Fayssal Bazzi, Ingrid Torelli, Rhys Auteri, ...

The Conjuring 2(2016)

| 2h 14min | Horror

3.6/5 (with 4,230 votes)

Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.

Directed by James Wan - With Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Frances O'Connor, Simon McBurney, Franka Potente, Maria Doyle Kennedy, ...

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Elvis(2021)

2h 37min | Drama, Music

A biopic about Elvis Presley, with focus on his early years.

Directed by Baz Luhrmann - With Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Olivia DeJonge, Yola, Luke Bracey, Kelvin Harrison Jr., ...

Elvis(2022)

PG-13

| 2h 39min | Drama, Music

3.8/5 (with 1,427 votes)

The life story of Elvis Presley as seen through the complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker.

Directed by Baz Luhrmann - With Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Olivia DeJonge, Yola, Luke Bracey, Kelvin Harrison Jr., ...

Woman of the Hour(2024)

| 1h 29min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

3.3/5 (with 221 votes)

An aspiring actress crosses paths with a prolific serial killer in '70s LA when they're cast on an episode of "The Dating Game.".

Directed by Anna Kendrick - With Anna Kendrick, Daniel Zovatto, Nicolette Robinson, Kathryn Gallagher, Kelley Jakle, Tony Hale, ...

Life of Pi(2012)

| 2h 7min | Adventure, Drama

3.7/5 (with 6,246 votes)

The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.

Directed by Ang Lee - With Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Rafe Spall, Gérard Depardieu, Tabu, Adil Hussain, ...

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Suspiria(2018)

| 2h 32min | Horror, Mystery, Drama

3.5/5 (with 1,158 votes)

Young American dancer Susie Bannion arrives in 1970s Berlin to audition for the world-renowned Helena Markos Dance Company. When she vaults to the role of lead dancer, the woman she replaces breaks down and accuses the company's female directors of witchcraft. Meanwhile, an inquisitive psychotherapist and a member of the troupe uncover dark and sinister secrets as they probe the depths of the studio's hidden underground chambers.

Directed by Luca Guadagnino - With Dakota Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz, Tilda Swinton, Mia Goth, Angela Winkler, Ingrid Caven, ...

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Boogie Nights(1997)

| 2h 36min | Drama

3.8/5 (with 1,450 votes)

Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his craft to an art form. Horner discovers Eddie Adams, a hot young talent working as a busboy in a nightclub, and welcomes him into the extended family of movie-makers, misfits and hangers-on that are always around. Adams' rise from nobody to a celebrity adult entertainer is meteoric, and soon the whole world seems to know his porn alter ego, "Dirk Diggler". Now, when disco and drugs are in vogue, fashion is in flux and the party never seems to stop, Adams' dreams of turning sex into stardom are about to collide with cold, hard reality.

Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson - With Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, Heather Graham, Don Cheadle, ...

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The Nice Guys(2016)

| 1h 56min | Comedy, Crime, Action

3.5/5 (with 3,469 votes)

A private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy.

Directed by Shane Black - With Ryan Gosling, Russell Crowe, Matt Bomer, Kim Basinger, Margaret Qualley, Yaya DaCosta, ...

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Candyman(2021)

| 1h 31min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

3.0/5 (with 645 votes)

Anthony and his partner move into a loft in the now gentrified Cabrini-Green. After a chance encounter with an old-timer exposes Anthony to the true story behind Candyman, he unknowingly opens a door to a complex past that unravels his own sanity and unleashes a terrifying wave of violence.

Directed by Nia DaCosta - With Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo, Vanessa Estelle Williams, Rebecca Spence, ...

Snow Dogs(2002)

| 1h 39min | Comedy, Kids & Family, Adventure

2.8/5 (with 341 votes)

When a Miami dentist inherits a team of sled dogs, he's got to learn the trade or lose his pack to a crusty mountain man.

Directed by Brian Levant - With Cuba Gooding Jr., James Coburn, Joanna Bacalso, Nichelle Nichols, Sisqó, M. Emmet Walsh, ...

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When Harry Met Sally...(1989)

| 1h 36min | Comedy, Romance / Love, Drama

3.7/5 (with 1,743 votes)

During their travel from Chicago to New York, Harry and Sally debate whether or not sex ruins a friendship between a man and a woman. Eleven years later, and they're still no closer to finding the answer.

Directed by Rob Reiner - With Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, Bruno Kirby, Franc Luz, Harley Jane Kozak, ...

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House of 1000 Corpses(2003)

| 1h 29min | Horror, Crime

3.1/5 (with 707 votes)

Two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of serial killers end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.

Directed by Rob Zombie - With Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon Zombie, Karen Black, Chris Hardwick, Erin Daniels, ...

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Pete's Dragon(2016)

| 1h 43min | Adventure, Kids & Family, Fantasy

3.2/5 (with 1,000 votes)

For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To his daughter, Grace, who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than tall tales... until she meets Pete, a mysterious 10-year-old with no family and no home who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliott. And from Pete's descriptions, Elliott seems remarkably similar to the dragon from Mr. Meacham's stories. With the help of Natalie, an 11-year-old girl whose father Jack owns the local lumber mill, Grace sets out to determine where Pete came from, where he belongs, and the truth about this dragon.

Directed by David Lowery - With Oakes Fegley, Karl Urban, Bryce Dallas Howard, Wes Bentley, Oona Laurence, Robert Redford, ...

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Greed(2020)

| 1h 40min | Comedy, Drama

2.8/5 (with 54 votes)

A retail billionaire's 60th birthday party is celebrated in an exclusive hotel on the Greek island of Mykonos.

Directed by Michael Winterbottom

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy(2004)

PG-13

| 1h 35min | Comedy

3.4/5 (with 1,877 votes)

It's the 1970s and San Diego anchorman Ron Burgundy is the top dog in local TV, but that's all about to change when ambitious reporter Veronica Corningstone arrives as a new employee at his station.

Directed by Adam McKay - With Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, David Koechner, Fred Willard, ...

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W.(2008)

PG-13

| 2h 9min | Drama, History

3.1/5 (with 255 votes)

The story of the eventful life of George W. Bush—his struggles and triumphs, how he found both his wife and his faith—and the critical days leading up to his decision to invade Iraq.

Directed by Oliver Stone - With Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, James Cromwell, Richard Dreyfuss, Jeffrey Wright, Scott Glenn, ...

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Frost/Nixon(2008)

| 2h 2min | Drama, History

3.6/5 (with 590 votes)

For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. Nixon surprised everyone in selecting Frost as his televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy British showman and secure a place in the hearts and minds of Americans. Likewise, Frost's team harboured doubts about their boss's ability to hold his own. But as the cameras rolled, a charged battle of wits resulted.

Directed by Ron Howard - With Frank Langella, Kevin Bacon, Toby Jones, Oliver Platt, Michael Sheen, Sam Rockwell, ...

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Om Shanti Om(2007)

| 2h 42min | Comedy, Thriller, Drama

3.5/5 (with 141 votes)

Reincarnated 30 years after being killed in a suspicious on-set fire, a small-time actor is determined to punish the person who ignited the blaze.

Directed by Farah Khan - With Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Kirron Kher, Shreyas Talpade, Arjun Rampal, Yuvika Chaudhary, ...

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Big George Foreman(2023)

PG-13

| 2h 9min | History, Drama

3.8/5 (with 142 votes)

Fueled by an impoverished childhood, George Foreman channeled his anger into becoming an Olympic Gold medalist and World Heavyweight Champion, followed by a near-death experience that took him from the boxing ring to the pulpit. But when he sees his community struggling spiritually and financially, Foreman returns to the ring and makes history by reclaiming his title, becoming the oldest and most improbable World Heavyweight Boxing Champion ever.

Directed by George Tillman, Jr. - With Forest Whitaker, John Magaro, Khris Davis, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Sonja Sohn

Bad Education(2004)

NC-17

| 1h 46min | Drama, Crime

3.7/5 (with 482 votes)

Two children, Ignacio and Enrique, know love, the movies and fear in a religious school at the beginning of the 1960s. Father Manolo, director of the school and its professor of literature, is witness to and part of these discoveries. The three are followed through the next few decades, their reunion marking life and death.

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar - With Gael García Bernal, Fele Martínez, Lluís Homar, Javier Cámara, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Paco Maestre, ...

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Firebird(2021)

1h 47min | Drama, Romance / Love, War

3.3/5 (with 36 votes)

At the height of the Cold War, a troubled soldier forms a forbidden love triangle with a daring fighter pilot and his female comrade amid the dangerous surroundings of a Soviet Air Force Base.

Directed by Peeter Rebane - With Tom Prior, Nicholas Woodeson, Diana Pozharskaya, Kaspar Velberg, Henessi Schmidt, Sten Karpov, ...

The Monuments Men(2014)

PG-13

| 1h 58min | War, Drama, History, Action

3.0/5 (with 1,617 votes)

Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape museum directors, artists, architects, curators, and art historians who went to the front lines of WWII to rescue the world’s artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their rightful owners. With the art hidden behind enemy lines, how could these guys hope to succeed?

Directed by George Clooney - With Matt Damon, George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, ...

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The Omega Man(1971)

| 1h 38min | Science Fiction, Action

3.1/5 (with 276 votes)

Due to an experimental vaccine, Dr. Robert Neville is the only human survivor of an apocalyptic war waged with biological weapons. Besides him, only a few hundred deformed, nocturnal people remain - sensitive to light, and homicidally psychotic.

Directed by Boris Sagal - With Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Paul Koslo, Rosalind Cash, Eric Laneuville, Brian Tochi, ...

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Prison 77(2022)

2h 5min | Drama

3.7/5 (with 37 votes)

Modelo Prison. Barcelona, 1977. Manuel, a young accountant, imprisoned and awaiting trial for embezzlement, faces a sentence of 6 to 8 years, a disproportionate punishment for the crime committed. Together with his cellmate Pino, he joins forces with COPEL, a collective fighting for the rights of ordinary prisoners and amnesty. A war for freedom breaks out that will bring the Spanish prison system to its knees. If things are changing outside, they’ll have to do the same inside. A tale of friendship, solidarity and freedom, inspired in true events.

Directed by Alberto Rodríguez Librero - With Miguel Herrán, Javier Gutiérrez, Jesús Carroza, Fernando Tejero, Catalina Sopelana, Xavi Sáez, ...

Jobs(2013)

PG-13

| 2h 8min | Drama, History

3.1/5 (with 1,110 votes)

The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.

Directed by Joshua Michael Stern - With Ashton Kutcher, Josh Gad, Dermot Mulroney, Matthew Modine, J. K. Simmons, Lukas Haas, ...

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Wonderstruck(2017)

| 1h 55min | Drama

3.0/5 (with 180 votes)

The story of a young boy in the Midwest is told simultaneously with a tale about a young girl in New York from fifty years ago as they both seek the same mysterious connection.

Directed by Todd Haynes - With Julianne Moore, Michelle Williams, Oakes Fegley, Cory Michael Smith, Amy Hargreaves, ...

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Private Parts(1997)

| 1h 49min | Comedy, Drama

3.3/5 (with 143 votes)

The auto-biographical story of Howard Stern, the radio-rebel who is now also a TV-personality, an author and a movie star.

Directed by Betty Thomas - With Robin Quivers, Kelly Bishop, Henry Goodman, Michael Murphy, Richard Portnow, Paul Hecht, ...

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Ted Bundy(2002)

1h 39min | Crime, Drama, Horror

2.9/5 (with 66 votes)

Docu-drama based on the life of Ted Bundy, a serial killer who killed at least 19 young women during the 1970's (though some sources say as many as 30 to 35 were murdered). Set from his college student years, to his first victims, his capture, escape from prison (twice), his final killing spree to his trial, conviction and execution.

Directed by Matthew Bright - With Michael Reilly Burke, Boti Bliss, Steffani Brass, Eric Da Re, Tricia Dickson, Tracey Walter, ...

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Movies Set in 1977

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Cruella(2021)

Late Night with the Devil(2024)

The Conjuring 2(2016)

Elvis(2021)

Elvis(2022)

Woman of the Hour(2024)

Life of Pi(2012)

Suspiria(2018)

Boogie Nights(1997)

The Nice Guys(2016)

Candyman(2021)

Snow Dogs(2002)

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When Harry Met Sally...(1989)

House of 1000 Corpses(2003)

Pete's Dragon(2016)

Greed(2020)

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy(2004)

W.(2008)

Frost/Nixon(2008)

Om Shanti Om(2007)

Big George Foreman(2023)

Bad Education(2004)

Firebird(2021)

The Monuments Men(2014)

The Omega Man(1971)

Prison 77(2022)

Jobs(2013)

Wonderstruck(2017)

Private Parts(1997)

Ted Bundy(2002)

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