Year 1973
"year 1973" Movies and TV Shows
#1
The Hill
Synopsis:
The story of Rickey Hill, who overcomes his physical disability and repairs his relationship with his father in a quest to become a major league baseball (MLB) player.
Starring:
Dennis Quaid,
Bonnie Bedelia,
Colin Ford
#2
The Wicker Man
Synopsis:
Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. Stranger still, however, are the rituals that take place there.
Starring:
Aubrey Morris,
Christopher Lee,
Britt Ekland
#3
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Synopsis:
When Sally hears that her grandfather's grave may have been vandalized, she and her paraplegic brother, Franklin, set out with their friends to investigate. After a detour to their family's old farmhouse, they discover a group of crazed, murderous outcasts living next door. As the group is attacked one by one by the chainsaw-wielding Leatherface, who wears a mask of human skin, the survivors must…
Starring:
Marilyn Burns,
Allen Danziger,
Paul A. Partain
Plot:
leatherface,
cannibal,
chainsaw,
rural setting,
american horror,
hitchhiker,
texas,
cannibalism,
independent film,
summer
...
#4
The Sum of All Fears
Synopsis:
When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight and advice on the situation. Then the unthinkable happens: a nuclear bomb explodes in a U.S. city, and America is quick to blame the Russians.
Starring:
Morgan Freeman,
Ben Affleck,
Ron Rifkin
#5
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
Synopsis:
A scientist builds a time machine and accidentally sends his apartment complex manager and a petty burglar to 16th century Moscow, while Tsar Ivan the Terrible travels to 1973.
Starring:
Aleksandr Demyanenko,
Yuriy Yakovlev,
Leonid Kuravlyov
#6
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Synopsis:
The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a spacecraft. Intrigued by their intelligence, humans use them for research - until the apes attempt to escape.
Starring:
Bradford Dillman,
Kim Hunter,
Roddy McDowall
Plot:
ape,
planet of the apes,
future,
fear,
spaceship,
spacecraft,
chimpanzee,
year 1973,
outer space,
cornelius character
...
#7
Casino
Synopsis:
In early-1970s Las Vegas, low-level mobster Sam "Ace" Rothstein gets tapped by his bosses to head the Tangiers Casino. At first, he's a great success in the job, but over the years, problems with his loose-cannon enforcer Nicky Santoro, his ex-hustler wife Ginger, her con-artist ex Lester Diamond and a handful of corrupt politicians put Sam in ever-increasing danger.
Starring:
Robert De Niro,
James Woods,
Joe Pesci
Plot:
crime epic,
las vegas nevada,
casino,
mafia,
gambling,
gambling syndicate,
rise and fall,
american mafia,
mob boss,
mafia boss
...
#8
All the President's Men
Synopsis:
During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.
Starring:
Robert Redford,
Dustin Hoffman,
Ned Beatty
#9
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Synopsis:
The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future.
Starring:
Michael Fassbender,
Ian McKellen,
James McAvoy
#10
World War Z
Synopsis:
Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this disease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and l…
Starring:
James Badge Dale,
Brad Pitt,
Ludi Boeken
Plot:
zombie,
walled city,
severed arm,
south korea,
white male lead in a diverse cast,
chaos,
pandemic,
infection,
disease,
antidote
...
#11
The Lovely Bones
Synopsis:
After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family -- and her killer. As she observes their daily lives, she must balance her thirst for revenge with her desire for her family to heal.
Starring:
Mark Wahlberg,
Stanley Tucci,
Michael Imperioli
Plot:
afterlife,
investigation,
serial murder,
sexual predator,
pedophile,
predator,
returning home,
1970s,
reference to coca cola,
rape
...
#12
The Curse of La Llorona
Synopsis:
A social worker dealing with the disappearance of two children fears for her own family after beginning the investigation.
Starring:
Tony Amendola,
Linda Cardellini,
Raymond Cruz
Plot:
ghost,
widow,
spin off,
folklore,
social worker,
priest,
church,
the conjuring universe,
folk horror,
jump scare
...
#13
Terminator Genisys
Synopsis:
The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the unknown future begin to emerge when TECOM spies reveal a new plot by SkyNet that will attack him from both fronts; past and future, and will ultimately change warfare forever.
Starring:
Jai Courtney,
J.K. Simmons,
Lee Byung-hun
#14
Space Jam
Synopsis:
Jokes fly as the Tune Squad takes on the Nerdlucks in a hardcourt game to decide if the Looney Tunes remain here... or become attractions at a far-off galactic off-ramp called Moron Mountain. The Nerdlucks have a monstrous secret weapon: they've stolen the skills of top NBA stars like Charles Barkley and Patrick Ewing and become Monstars. But that's not all, folks. The Tune Squad’s secret weapon …
Starring:
Theresa Randle,
Bill Murray,
Michael Jordan
#15
Kong: Skull Island
Synopsis:
Explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, primordial island.
Starring:
Brie Larson,
Corey Hawkins,
John Ortiz
#16
Freddy vs. Jason
Synopsis:
In an attempt to free himself from a state of forgotten limbo, evil dream-demon Freddy Krueger devises a plan to manipulate un-dead mass murderer Jason Voorhees into slicing-and-dicing his way through the teenage population of Springwood. But when the master of dreams loses control of his monster, a brutal fight to the death is the only way out.
Starring:
Robert Englund,
Lochlyn Munro,
Brendan Fletcher