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Shaft's Big Score!
Shaft's Big Score! is a 1972 American blaxploitation crime action sequel directed by Gordon Parks, written by Ernest Tidyman, and starring Richard Roundtree as private eye John Shaft.
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Full Circle Killing
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Full Circle Killing (Nemuri Kyōshirō: Engetsugiri, 眠狂四郎円月斬り) is a 1964 Daiei chambara film, third in the Nemuri Kyoshiro series, directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda and starring Raizō Ichikawa.
Star Wars (film)
Star Wars (1977), later Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, is George Lucas's space-opera film produced by Lucasfilm for 20th Century-Fox; it became 1977's highest-grossing film and returns in its original cut in 2027.
Sweeney 2
Sweeney 2 (1978) is a British crime film, the second Sweeney! spin-off from The Sweeney TV series, directed by Tom Clegg, starring John Thaw and Dennis Waterman as Flying Squad detectives hunting a Malta-based bank robbery gang.
Sweeney!
Sweeney! (1977) is a British crime film spin-off of the ITV series The Sweeney, directed by David Wickes, starring John Thaw and Dennis Waterman as Flying Squad detectives in an oil-conspiracy plot; X-rated, Euston/EMI, followed by Sweeney 2.
The Ambushers
The Ambushers (1967) is the third of four Matt Helm spy spoofs, starring Dean Martin as agent Matt Helm, directed by Henry Levin, about a hijacked US flying saucer only women can pilot, filmed in Mexico.
The Concorde... Airport '79
The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979) is the fourth and final Universal Airport disaster film, directed by David Lowell Rich, starring Alain Delon, Susan Blakely, Robert Wagner, and George Kennedy as Joe Patroni, with a sabotaged Concorde flight as its plot.
The Enforcer (1976 film)
The Enforcer (1976) is the third Dirty Harry film, directed by James Fargo, starring Clint Eastwood as Harry Callahan and Tyne Daly as Kate Moore; grossed about $46.2 million, also known as Dirty Harry III or Moving Target.
The Man with the Golden Gun (film)
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), ninth Eon James Bond film and Roger Moore's second as 007, directed by Guy Hamilton, starring Christopher Lee as assassin Scaramanga; mixed reviews, 40% Tomatometer, about $97.6 million worldwide gross.
The Olsen Gang (1968 film)
Olsen-banden (The Olsen Gang), 1968 Danish crime comedy by Erik Balling and Henning Bahs for Nordisk Film, starring Ove Sprogøe, Morten Grunwald, and Poul Bundgaard; first of 14 films, remade in Norway and hugely popular in East Germany.
The Olsen Gang in Jutland
Olsen-banden i Jylland (The Olsen Gang in Jutland, 1971) is the third of 14 Danish Olsen Gang crime comedies, directed by Erik Balling, in which Egon, Benny, and Kjeld hunt a WWII treasure in a German bunker on the Jutland west coast.
The Olsen Gang Outwits the Police
Olsen-banden på spanden (The Olsen Gang Outwits the Police), 1969 Danish crime comedy, second Olsen Gang film, directed by Erik Balling; Egon tries to go straight but the gang is wrongly suspected of a National Bank robbery; introduced Dynamit-Harry, Bodil winner Preben Kaas.
The Olsen Gang Sees Red
Olsen-banden ser rødt (The Olsen Gang Sees Red) is the eighth Olsen Gang film, a 1976 Danish comedy by Erik Balling and Henning Bahs. Its Royal Theatre heist timed to Kuhlau's Elverhøj made it the most-watched Danish cinema film, 1,201,293 tickets.
The Olsen Gang's Big Score
The Olsen Gang's Big Score (Olsen-bandens store kup, 1972) is the fourth Danish Olsen-banden comedy, directed by Erik Balling, written with Henning Bahs, 1h39min, IMDb 6.7.
The Silencers
The Silencers (1966) is a Columbia spy comedy starring Dean Martin as Matt Helm, first of four Matt Helm films, directed by Phil Karlson, based on Donald Hamilton novels, earning about $7 million.
The Spy in the Green Hat
The Spy in the Green Hat (1967) is a 92-minute MGM feature cut from the Man from U.N.C.L.E. episode The Concrete Overcoat Affair, directed by Joseph Sargent, with Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Jack Palance, and Janet Leigh fighting a THRUSH plot to divert the Gulf Stream.
The Spy Who Loved Me (film)
The Spy Who Loved Me is a 1977 British spy film, the tenth James Bond entry, directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Roger Moore as agent 007.
The Wrecking Crew (1968 film)
The Wrecking Crew (1968) is the fourth and final Matt Helm spy comedy, directed by Phil Karlson, starring Dean Martin, Sharon Tate, Elke Sommer, and Nancy Kwan, with Bruce Lee as karate adviser; distinct from the 2015 music documentary and the 2026 Momoa-Bautista film.
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970) is the first sequel to In the Heat of the Night, directed by Gordon Douglas, with Sidney Poitier as San Francisco detective Virgil Tibbs investigating a prostitute's murder implicating his friend Reverend Sharpe (Martin Landau); music by Quincy Jones, followed by The Organization (1971).
Thunderball (film)
Thunderball (1965) is the fourth official James Bond film, directed by Terence Young with Sean Connery as 007, in which SPECTRE's Emilio Largo steals two NATO warheads for a £100 million ransom; famous for underwater sequences, Kevin McClory's rights dispute, and the 1983 remake Never Say Never Again.
Winnetou – 1. Teil
Winnetou – 1. Teil (1963) is a Harald Reinl Karl May western, first of the trilogy, with Pierre Brice as Winnetou and Lex Barker as Old Shatterhand, filmed in Yugoslavia and the top German film of 1963/64.
Winnetou – 2. Teil
Winnetou – 2. Teil (English title: Winnetou: Last of the Renegades) is a 1964 West German Western directed by Harald Reinl, starring Pierre Brice and Lex Barker.
Winnetou – 3. Teil
Winnetou – 3. Teil (The Desperado Trail) is a 1965 West German-Yugoslav Karl May western directed by Harald Reinl, starring Pierre Brice and Lex Barker, in which Winnetou dies from Rollins' bullet, ending the trilogy.
You Only Live Twice (film)
You Only Live Twice (007は二度死ぬ), the fifth Eon James Bond film (1967), directed by Lewis Gilbert with a Roald Dahl screenplay, starring Sean Connery; notable for Ken Adam's $1 million Pinewood volcano set, Nancy Sinatra's title song, and a $111.6 million worldwide gross.
Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (座頭市千両首)
Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (座頭市千両首, Zatoichi senryokubi) is a 1964 Daiei chambara film, sixth in the Zatoichi series, directed by Kazuo Ikehiro with Shintaro Katsu; Ichi is falsely accused of stealing a village's 1,000-ryo tax chest.
Zatoichi at Large (座頭市御用旅)
Zatoichi at Large (座頭市御用旅, Zatoichi goyotabi) is a 1972 Japanese chambara film, the 23rd Zatoichi entry, directed by Mori Kazuo and starring Shintaro Katsu, produced by Katsu Productions and distributed by Toho after Daiei's collapse.
Zatoichi Challenged (座頭市血煙り街道)
Zatoichi Challenged (Zatōichi chikemuri kaidō) is a 1967 Daiei Kyoto chambara film, the 17th Zatoichi movie: Shintaro Katsu's blind swordsman escorts a boy to his father, a painter forced into illegal erotica, and duels ronin Jushiro Konoe in snow.
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (座頭市あばれ火祭り)
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (座頭市あばれ火祭り, Zatoichi abare-himatsuri) is the 21st Zatoichi film, a 1970 chambara directed by Kenji Misumi, co-written by star Shintaro Katsu, with Tatsuya Nakadai as a vengeful ronin and a blind yakuza boss villain.
Zatoichi in Desperation (新座頭市物語・折れた杖)
Zatoichi in Desperation (新座頭市物語・折れた杖, Shin Zatoichi monogatari: Oreta tsue) is the 24th Zatoichi film, a 1972 Toho chambara directed by and starring Shintaro Katsu, his first as series director, in which the blind swordsman buys a prostitute's freedom and fights on with crushed hands.
Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman
Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (新座頭市 破れ！唐人剣, 1971), also called Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman, is a Golden Harvest-Daiei Japan-Hong Kong crossover, the 22nd Zatoichi film, pitting Shintaro Katsu against Jimmy Wang Yu with alternate endings reported.