I'd be curious to know what the criteria for 'great' was. Like Wesley, some of them, such as "Jaws" were significant, but I wouldn't call them 'great' by a long shot. I wouldn't consider any of the Stars Wars movies great, myself. Great special effects and technological break throughs, but great movie? I don't think so.

Unlike Wesley, I'm not surprised at the number of movies from the 70's. I though the late 60's through the mid 70's, in particular, produced some stellar films. Some, many from that era, that I would have included are:

"Johnny Got His Gun"
"They Shoot Horses, Don't They"
"Wait Until Dark"
"The Heart is a Lonely Hunter"
"Rachael, Rachael"
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
"Monster" (currently under discussion on another thread)
"A Beautiful Mind"

Janie