Tag Archives: 1970s

A chronicle of James Brown’s rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.

After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.

Der Baader Meinhof Komplex depicts the political turmoil in the period from 1967 to the bloody “Deutschen Herbst” in 1977. The movie ...

Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he ...

Elaine, a beautiful young witch, is determined to find a man to love her. In her gothic Victorian apartment she makes spells and potions, and ...

In the late 1970’s, the SETI project received a one time signal from outer space. It looked exactly as theorists thought a communication ...

“Lords of Dogtown” tells the radical true story behind three teenage surfers from Venice Beach, California, who took skateboarding to ...

Set in postwar America, a man watches his seemingly perfect life fall apart as his daughter’s new political affiliation threatens to ...

In the 1970s, Korea is under the absolute control of the President Park who controls the KCIA, the organization with an edge over any branch of ...

In 1978, a Kiss concert was an epoch-making event. For the three teen fans in Detroit Rock City getting tickets to the sold-out show becomes the ...

In 1976, Karen and Barry Mason had fallen on hard times and were looking for a way to support their young family when they answered an ad in the ...

A pair of teenagers in Western Australia looking to escape the monotony of life in a small town take up surfing lessons from a guy named Sando.

Two white South Africans, imprisoned for working on behalf of the ANC, are determined to escape from Pretoria’s notorious white man’s ...

A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of ...

The true story of the 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.

The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane’s successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing ...

An Irish mob story set in 1970s Hell’s Kitchen. After the mobsters are sentenced to jail, their wives take their place — and do as good of ...

Based on the extraordinary true story of the European city’s 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis that was documented in the 1974 New Yorker ...

Joan Jett and Cherie Currie, two rebellious teenagers from Southern California, become the frontwomen for the Runaways — the now-legendary ...

Two brothers, on either side of the law, face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s.

Once a known counterculture figure, June E. Leigh now lives in self-imposed exile in her South Bronx apartment during the incendiary ’77 ...

After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.

A young British soldier must find his way back to safety after his unit accidentally abandons him during a riot in the streets of Belfast.

Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the ...

A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the troupe’s artistic director, an ambitious young ...

The story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit’s attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974.

The story of Elton John’s life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical ...

In 1972, a gang of close-knit thieves from Youngstown, Ohio attempt to steal $30 million in illegal contributions. Based on the true story of the ...

Explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, primordial island.

The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire ...