Katie Tippel (1975)

Katie Tippel (1975)

[6] Paul Verhoeven (Turkish Delight, RoboCop) directs this story based on the book by Neel Doff, about an impoverished Dutch immigrant who turns to prostitution to make ends meet and winds up joining the socialist rebellion. Katie Tippel's plotline meanders…
Turkish Delight (1973)

Turkish Delight (1973)

[5] The second feature film from Paul Verhoeven (RoboCop, Basic Instinct) plays a lot like a Dutch version of Love Story. Rutger Hauer and Monique van de Ven star as the young lovers, whose relationship is founded completely on carnal…
What Am I Seeing? (aka Business is Business) (1971)

What Am I Seeing? (aka Business is Business) (1971)

[4] Blonde and Nel are prostitutes who share a house in Amsterdam's Red Light District where they entertain an endless parade of increasingly bizarre clientele. This is the first feature film from director Paul Verhoeven (RoboCop, Basic Instinct), and while…
The Getaway (1972)

The Getaway (1972)

[7] An ex-con and his wife are on the lam after a heist goes bad in this flick from Sam Peckinpah (Straw Dogs, The Wild Bunch). Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw star as the central couple. She has to sleep…
Earthquake (1974)

Earthquake (1974)

[5] Earthquake is one of many disaster films that came out in the early '70s -- the kind where a rag-tag team of waning celebrities band together to get thrown around for a couple of hours. In this one, Charlton…
The Rescuers (1977)

The Rescuers (1977)

[7] Bob Newhart and Eva Gabor provide the voices of two brave mice who volunteer to rescue a kidnapped orphan in this surprisingly dark and scary offering from Disney's animation department. I love the atmosphere this movie creates, especially around…
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)

Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)

[4] In this Sinbad adventure, the famed sailor is trying to wed a princess (imagine that), but can't get her brother's blessing until he reverses an evil spell that turned the brother into a baboon. The story isn't much, but…
Force 10 from Navarone (1978)

Force 10 from Navarone (1978)

[5] Robert Shaw and Edward Fox reprise the roles originated by Gregory Peck and David Niven in The Guns of Navarone for this matinee adventure sequel. Shaw and Fox are led by Harrison Ford as a U.S. Colonel and joined…
The Gauntlet (1977)

The Gauntlet (1977)

[8] Clint Eastwood and Sondra Locke's romantic but combative relationship fuels this road-trip action/adventure also directed by Eastwood. He's a cop trying to transfer her from one jail to another, but both the mob and the cops want her dead,…
Airport 1975 (1974)

Airport 1975 (1974)

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I don’t normally like bad movies. I don’t usually subscribe to the “so bad, it’s good” mentality. Bad is just bad. But there are rare exceptions and Airport 1975 is one them. First of all, the Airport franchise is ridiculous. I mean, they made four of these things, and it’s the same story every time: a plane full of celebrities falls into jeopardy and needs a’savin’. This is the second in the series — and the most enjoyable. How could it not be? Check this shit out: