1970s
Requiem for a Village (1975) IMDb TMDB ReviewDB
Requiem for a Village
director: David Gladwell actor: Vicki Smith
other title: 乡村挽歌
The idyllic, rural past of a Suffolk village comes to life through the memories of an old man who tends a country graveyard.
Spiritual Kung Fu (1978) IMDb WikiData NeoDB Douban
拳精
director: Lo Wei actor: Jackie Chan / James Tien Chun
other title: A Desforra do Herói / Meister aller Klassen 2
Jackie Chan plays the part of the class clown in a shaolin temple whose deadliest secret is stolen. All is lost until Jackie's character discovers dancing blue ghosts with bright red hair who haunt the library.
A Force of One (1979) WikiData IMDb TMDB
A Force of One
director: Paul Aaron actor: Jennifer O'Neill / Chuck Norris
other title: La polvere degli angeli / Karateeksperten
Karate champion Matt Logan is enlisted by the police to train officers in self-defense after narcotics agents are killed by an assailant using the martial arts.
Death Race 2000 (1975) TMDB
Death Race 2000
director: Paul Bartel actor: David Carradine / Simone Griffeth
other title: Anno 2000 - La corsa della morte / Dødsrace 2000
In a boorish future, the government sponsors a popular, but bloody, cross-country race in which points are scored by mowing down pedestrians. Five teams, each comprised of a male and female, compete using cars equipped with deadly weapons. Frankenstein, the mysterious returning champion, has become America's hero, but this time he has a passenger from the underground resistance.
Punishment Park (1971) Douban NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData
Punishment Park
director: Peter Watkins actor: Patrick Boland / Carmen Argenziano
other title: Strafpark
In this fictional documentary, U.S. prisons are at capacity, and President Nixon declares a state of emergency. All new prisoners, most of whom are connected to the antiwar movement, are now given the choice of jail time or spending three days in Punishment Park, where they will be hunted for sport by federal authorities. The prisoners invariably choose the latter option, but learn that, between the desert heat and the brutal police officers, their chances of survival are slim.
Africa Brasil Spotify
Jorge Ben Jor
release date Jan. 1, 1976 publisher: Universal
Oct. 1, 2025 listened
Jorge's experimentation combining Afro-Brazilian and Afro-US musical styles. With standout tracks like _Taj Mahal_, _Ponta de Lança Africano (Umbabarauma)_ and for me, _Xica da Silva_.
1970s Brazil JorgeBenJor
The Ruling Class (1972) IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Ruling Class
director: Peter Medak actor: Peter O'Toole / Alastair Sim
other title: La classe dirigente / Dieu et mon droit
When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the Gurney estate. Jack is not the average nobleman; he sings and dances across the estate and thinks he is Jesus reincarnated. Believing that Jack is mentally unfit to own the estate, the Gurney family plots to steal Jack's inheritance. As their outrageous schemes fail, the family strives to cure Jack of his bizarre behavior, with disastrous results.
Vampire Circus (1972) TMDB WikiData IMDb
Vampire Circus
director: Robert Young actor: Adrienne Corri / Thorley Walters
other title: La regina dei vampiri / O Circo do Vampiro
After a spate of murders, the villagers of Schtettel kill the depraved perpetrator, Count Mitterhouse. Fifteen years later the Circus of Nights appeared in the plague-ridden village and its performers include Mitterhouse's mistress, children and cousins. They have come to Schtettel to fulfil the Count's last words, an evil, vicious curse of death and destruction on those who participated in his impaling. The children of Schtettel become the targets for a brutal and devastating revenge as the Vampire Circus rehearses for its most deadly performance.
Black Sunday (1977) NeoDB IMDb Douban WikiData
Black Sunday
director: John Frankenheimer actor: Robert Shaw / Bruce Dern
other title: Sort søndag / Schwarzer Sonntag
An Israeli anti-terrorist agent must stop a disgruntled Vietnam vet cooperating in a Black September PLO plot to commit a terrorist attack at the Super Bowl.