1970s
Pieces Of A Man Spotify
Gil Scott-Heron
release date Jan. 12, 1971 publisher: BMG
Jan. 13, 2026 listened
Opening with the classic "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised", Scott-Heron's debut studio album delivers yet more great tracks like joyful ode to jazz "Lady Day & John Coltrane", the blistering drama of "Home is Where the Hatred Is" etc in this jazz-funk-soul magnum opus.
1970s Funk GilScottHeron Jazz JazzFunk
Funky Kingston Spotify
Toots & The Maytals
release date Jan. 10, 1973 publisher: © 1990 The Island Def Jam Music Group / ℗ 1990 The Island Def Jam Music Group
A Touch of Zen (1970) IMDb TMDB NeoDB WikiData Douban
俠女
8.4 (7 ratings) director: King Hu actor: Hsu Feng / Shih Chun
other title: A Touch of Zen - La fanciulla cavaliere errante / A Tocha de Zen
Gu Sheng-zhai, an artist in his early 30s, still lives with his mother, but he is suddenly shaken by the arrival of Yang Hui-zhen, a mysterious princess on the run. Yang brings Gu into her circle of protectors, including a nameless monk whose spiritual guidance transforms him into a valiant fighter.
Jan. 7, 2026 to watch Trigger:
https://ohai.social/@Wolfmanwalter13@c.im/109501147747752401
1970s KingHu MartialArts
Happy New Year (1973) TMDB IMDb WikiData
La Bonne Année
director: Claude Lelouch actor: Lino Ventura / Françoise Fabian
other title: Una donna e una canaglia / Feliz Ano Novo
Released from prison under a New Year amnesty, a criminal tries to pick up the threads of a life changed not only by his daring plan to rob a jewelry store in out-of-season Cannes, but also by a very special someone he met there.
The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! (1975) Douban NeoDB IMDb TMDB WikiData
Ирония судьбы, или С легким паром!
director: Eldar Ryazanov actor: Andrey Myagkov / Barbara Brylska
other title: Die Ironie des Schicksals, oder Genieße Dein Bad! / L'ironie du sort, ou profitez de votre bain !
A group of old friends have a tradition of going to a public bathing house on New Year's Eve. Occasionally too much vodka and beer makes two of them unconscious. The problem is that one of them (Sasha) has to go to Leningrad but another one (Zhenya) goes. Zhenya wakes up at Leningrad airport. Believing that he is still in Moscow he takes a taxi and goes home. The street name, building and even apartment number, the way an apartment complex looks the same and the key coincide completely - just typical Soviet-type 'economy' architecture. Imagine the surprise of Nadya when she enters her apartment and finds a man without trousers in her bed. What's more - Nadya's fiancé also finds him there...
Jan. 1, 2026 to watch Trigger:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/dec/31/best-films-to-watch-on-new-years-eve-when-harry-met-sally

Legit streams in MX:
None as of Dec 2025
1970s RomCom USSR
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978) NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
少林三十六房
director: Lau Kar-Leung actor: Gordon Liu Chia-Hui / Lo Lieh
other title: 36ª camera dello Shaolin / A Câmara 36 de Shaolin
During the Qing Dynasty, a fishmonger is killed by the reigning Manchu government for supporting the anti-government movement; his son manages to escape to Shaolin Temple, where he plans to learn its secretive brand of martial arts to seek revenge.
Jan. 3, 2026 watched
Absolute classic of kung fu movies by Lau Karleung, starring Gordon Liu & Lo Lieh.

First watched in the 90s, rewatched ahead of #KungFuSat watch party on Mastodon showing the loose sequel Disciples of the 36th Chamber.

Legit stream (as of Dec 2025):
https://youtu.be/NH4tL14PZvg
1970s GordonLiu HongKong KungFu LauKarleung
The Cars That Ate Paris (1974) NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Cars That Ate Paris
director: Peter Weir actor: John Meillon / Terry Camilleri
other title: Le macchine che distrussero Parigi / Die Autos die Paris auffraßen
The small town of Paris, Australia deliberately causes car accidents, then sells/salvages all valuables from the wrecks as a means of economy.
The Warriors (1979) NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Warriors
director: Walter Hill actor: Michael Beck / James Remar
other title: I guerrieri della notte / Krigerne
Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' death. Before you know it, the cops and every gangbanger in town is hot on the Warriors' trail.
Jan. 1, 2026 to watch Saw it last maybe early 80s. Definitely need to rewatch.

https://play.mercadolibre.com.mx/ver/los-guerreros/3f661545e2034f05968681fa2388930c
1970s Action BookAdaptation Crime DavidHarris
Laserblast (1978) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Laserblast
director: Michael Rae actor: Kim Milford / Cheryl Smith
other title: L'uomo laser / Laserkill - Todesstrahlen aus dem All
Happy go-lucky teen Billy Duncan discovers an otherworldly laser gun in the southern California desert, making him the target of a pair of aliens who had recently executed its previous owner.
Crippled Avengers (1978) NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
残缺
director: Chang Cheh actor: Chen Kuan-Tai / Phillip Kwok Chui
other title: Vier gnadenlose Rächer / La Vengeance des infirmes
A group of martial artists seek revenge after being crippled by Tu Tin-To, a martial arts master, and his son.
Evil of Dracula (1974) TMDB IMDb WikiData
血を吸う薔薇
director: Michio Yamamoto actor: Toshio Kurosawa / Mariko Mochizuki
other title: La rosa che succhia il sangue / Chi o suu bara
A professor takes up a new post at an all-girls school only to discover the principal concealing a dark secret.
Black Christmas (1974) TMDB IMDb WikiData Douban
Black Christmas
director: Bob Clark actor: Olivia Hussey / Keir Dullea
other title: Black Christmas (Un Natale rosso sangue) / En morder i dit hus
As the residents of the Pi Kappa Sigma sorority house prepare for the festive season, a stranger begins to harass them with a series of obscene phone calls.
The Crater Lake Monster (1977) IMDb WikiData
The Crater Lake Monster
director: William R. Stromberg actor: Richard Cardella / Glen Roberts
other title: El monstruo del lago
The heat of a meteor crashing into the lake incubates a prehistoric egg, which grows into a plesiosaur-like monster that terrifies the community.