Best award winning movies with ratcheting up tension from 1975

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with ratcheting up tension from 1975! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with ratcheting up tension from 1975, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Jaws (1975)

When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police, a young marine biologist, and a grizzled hunter embark on a desperate quest to destroy the beast before it strikes again.

Info

1975-06-20 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw

Rating

rating icon 7.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #73 for
    crowd-pleaser
  2. Ranked #104 for
    most thrilling
  3. Ranked #156 for
    tent-pole film

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2 Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.

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1975-09-21 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Al Pacino, John Cazale

Rating

rating icon 7.84
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #33 for
    freak show
  2. Ranked #46 for
    haywire
  3. Ranked #79 for
    ad lib

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3 Three Days of the Condor (1975)

A bookish CIA researcher finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust.

Info

1975-09-24 | Thriller / Mystery

Cast

Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway

Rating

rating icon 7.296
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #60 for
    anachronistic
  2. Ranked #93 for
    wallflower
  3. Ranked #99 for
    dated

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4 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering nurse who runs the ward.

Info

1975-11-19 | Drama

Cast

Jack Nicholson, Brad Dourif

Rating

rating icon 8.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #15 for
    remarkable
  2. Ranked #40 for
    Oscar-worthy performance
  3. Ranked #75 for
    deservedly won awards

Trailer

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5 Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine's Day, the school's typically strict headmistress treats the girls to a picnic field trip to an unusual but scenic volcanic formation called Hanging Rock. Despite rules against it, Miranda and several other girls venture off. It's not until the end of the day that the faculty realizes the girls and one of the teachers have disappeared mysteriously.

Info

1975-09-02 | Drama / Mystery

Cast

Rachel Roberts, Vivean Gray

Rating

rating icon 7.204
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #62 for
    opaque
  2. Ranked #77 for
    impressionistic
  3. Ranked #111 for
    remaining unanswered

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6 Barry Lyndon (1975)

An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Barry into the noble Barry Lyndon.

Info

1975-12-18 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson

Rating

rating icon 8.009
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #56 for
    Period Drama
  2. Ranked #60 for
    natural light
  3. Ranked #61 for
    symmetry plots

Trailer

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7 Bug (1975)

An earthquake releases a strain of mutant cockroaches with the ability to start fires, which proceed to cause destructive chaos in a small town. The studies carried out by scientist James Parmiter, however, reveal an intent with much more far-reaching consequences.

Info

1975-06-06 | Science Fiction / Horror

Cast

Bradford Dillman, Joanna Miles

Rating

rating icon 5.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #51 for
    Monster Movie
  2. Ranked #110 for
    shenanigans
  3. Ranked #228 for
    giving willies

Trailer

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8 Nashville (1975)

The intersecting stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress—connect to the music business in Nashville, Tennessee.

Info

1975-06-11 | Drama / Music

Cast

David Arkin, Barbara Baxley

Rating

rating icon 7.234
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #37 for
    capturing the zeitgeist
  2. Ranked #47 for
    ad lib
  3. Ranked #78 for
    smug

Trailer

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9 The Ghoul (1975)

A former clergyman (Peter Cushing) in 1920s England tries to keep his cannibalistic son locked in the attic.

Info

1975-07-11 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Peter Cushing, John Hurt

Rating

rating icon 4.914
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #24 for
    misty
  2. Ranked #166 for
    plangent sound
  3. Ranked #206 for
    American Gothic

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10 Shampoo (1975)

George Roundy is a Beverly Hills hairstylist whose uncontrolled libido stands between him and his ambitions. He wants the security of a relationship. He wants to be a hairdressing "star" and open his own salon. But the fact that he beds down with the wife, daughter and mistress of a potential backer doesn't help. It also does little for his relationship with his current girlfriend.

Info

1975-02-11 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Warren Beatty, Julie Christie

Rating

rating icon 6.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #48 for
    devil-may-care
  2. Ranked #79 for
    capturing the zeitgeist
  3. Ranked #103 for
    sex-starving character

Trailer

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