10 Highest-Grossing Movies Of The 1970s

The highest-grossing movies of the 1970s span a number of genres, directors, and lead actors. The 1970s featured a new wave of edgier, grittier dramas, horrors, and action films that were influenced by the rise of prominent directors such as Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, and Martin Scorsese. In what would become known as the New Hollywood era of Western film history, the creative renaissance was influenced by the rise in popularity of film study as well as newfound access to international films that inspired a new generation of innovative filmmakers.