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The 1970s: 1970–1979
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Nixon resigned over Watergate in 1974, Saigon fell in 1975, and oil shocks queued cars around blocks in 1973 and 1979. Britain fought inflation and the Sex Pistols, China buried Mao in 1976, and punk and disco split the decade's soundtrack.
1974 disgraced a president and 1975 evacuated an embassy roof. Scorsese's Taxi Driver prowls the New York of the decade, and Cruella relocates the Dalmatians' villain to the punk London of the 1970s. Open the 1970s on the StoryTerra map and explore its stories by place.
10 famous stories set in the 1970s
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Browse 1,167 books, 3,313 movies, 52 TV shows and 34 games set in the 1970s (1970–1979).
The Shining
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel where he along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness…
Taxi Driver
A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feed his urge for violent action.
Cruella
In 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution a young grifter named Estella is determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief and…
The Conjuring
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case…
The Exorcist
When a charming 12-year-old girl takes on the characteristics and voices of others doctors say there is nothing they can do. As people begin to die the girl's mother realizes her daughter has been possessed by the…
Rocky
An uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark is given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fight against the world heavyweight boxing champion.
Miracle in Cell No. 7
Separated from his daughter a father with an intellectual disability must prove his innocence when he is jailed for the death of a commander's child.
Jaws
When an insatiable great white shark terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island the police chief an oceanographer and a grizzled shark hunter seek to destroy the blood-thirsty beast.
The Conjuring 2
Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.
Casino
In early-1970s Las Vegas Sam "Ace" Rothstein gets tapped by his bosses to head the Tangiers Casino. At first he's a great success in the job but over the years problems with his loose-cannon enforcer Nicky Santoro his…
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