1970s rediscovered films

Wake in Fright

Film Age rating: 17 Year: 1971 IMDB Rating: 7.6

After a bad gamble, a schoolteacher is stuck in an outback town whose eccentric inhabitants are only too eager to turn him into one of their own.

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Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire

Film Age rating: 12 Year: 2010 IMDB Rating: 7.6

"Bird on a Wire" follows Leonard Cohen on his 1972 European tour.

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Marjoe

Film Age rating: 10 Year: 1972 IMDB Rating: 7.5

Part documentary, part expose, this film follows one-time child evangelist Marjoe Gortner on the "church tent" Revivalist circuit, commenting on the showmanship of Evangelism and "the religion busines...

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Overlord

Film Age rating: 13 Year: 1975 IMDB Rating: 7.1

During World War II, a young man is called up and, with an increasing sense of foreboding, undertakes his army training ready for D-day, June 6th, 1944.

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Deranged

Film Age rating: 17 Year: 1974 IMDB Rating: 6.4

A man living in rural Wisconsin takes care of his bed-ridden mother, who is very domineering and teaches him that all women are evil. After she dies he misses her, so a year later he digs her up and t...

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The Amusement Park

Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2021 IMDB Rating: 6.3

An elderly gentleman sets out for what he thinks will be a normal day at an amusement park and is soon embroiled in a waking nightmare.

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Mitchell

Film Age rating: 14 Year: 1975 IMDB Rating: 2.7

A tough-guy cop pursues two drug runners across the city to bust a large syndicate. Very much an anti-hero, Mitchell often ignores the orders of his superiors and demonstrates disdain for by-the-book...

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