These are 8 of the best, most important movies of the 1970s

These are 8 of the best, most important movies of the 1970s

The 1970s, when the post-WWII consensus finally fell apart in the U.S., are remembered as a decade of groundbreaking movies with breathtakingly disillusioned themes. The ideas were embodied in the “New Hollywood” movement and the birth of the summer blockbuster. There are more classics than could be named here, but these eight masterpieces epitomize the decade’s social and political trajectory like no others.‘The Last Picture Show’ (1971)A quiet…