1970s
decadeThe decade of paranoia, auteurs, and the birth of the blockbuster.
A Clockwork Orange
In a brutalist near-future Britain, charismatic delinquent Alex DeLarge leads his droogs through nights of 'ultra-violence' — until the state captures him and volunteers him for an experimental treatment that removes his ability to choose evil, and with it, his ability to choose at all.
Star Wars
A farm boy on a desert planet intercepts a distress call hidden in a droid, and is swept into a galactic rebellion alongside a cynical smuggler, a fugitive princess and the last of an ancient order of knights — with a moon-sized battle station waiting at the end of the run.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
After a close encounter with a UFO, Indiana power-company lineman Roy Neary becomes obsessed with a mountain shape he can't explain — one of hundreds of ordinary people worldwide being quietly invited to a rendezvous the government is racing to keep secret.
Alien
The commercial towing vessel Nostromo, hauling ore between stars, is diverted by company order to investigate a signal from a dead world. What the crew brings back aboard has a life cycle perfectly designed to use them — and their employer knew.