# List of Paramount Pictures films (1970–1979)

The following is a list of films originally produced and/or distributed theatrically by Paramount Pictures and released in the 1970s.

## 1970

| Release date | Title | Notes |
| February 6, 1970 | The Molly Maguires | |
| February 27, 1970 | Tropic of Cancer | co-production with Tropic Productions |
| March 10, 1970 | The Lawyer | |
| March 25, 1970 | The Adventurers | co-production with AVCO Embassy Pictures |
| May 1970 | Connecting Rooms | British film U.S. distribution only; produced by Hemdale |
| May 13, 1970 | Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon | co-production with Sigma Productions |
| May 29, 1970 | The Out-of-Towners | co-production with Jalem Productions |
| June 12, 1970 | On a Clear Day You Can See Forever | |
| June 24, 1970 | Catch 22 | co-production with Filmways |
| July 1, 1970 | Darling Lili | co-production with Geoffrey Productions |
| August 10, 1970 | Deep End | British |
| August 14, 1970 | Borsalino | French: co-production with Adel Productions, Marianne Productions and Mars Film Produzione |
| August 19, 1970 | WUSA | |
| October 14, 1970 | Aladdin and His Magic Lamp | French film; U.S. distribution only; produced by Films Jean Image |
| October 21, 1970 | Little Fauss and Big Halsy | co-production with Alfran Productions |
| October 23, 1970 | The Conformist | Italian/French film; distribution outside the U.K. only; produced by Mars Film Produzione, Marianne Productions and Maran Film |
| October 28, 1970 | Waterloo | Italian/Soviet Russian film; North and Latin American and Spanish distribution only; produced by Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica and Mosfilm |
| November 20, 1970 | Norwood | |
| December 11, 1970 | The Confession | France |
| December 16, 1970 | The Bear and the Doll | France |
| December 18, 1970 | Love Story | Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture co-production with Love Story Company |

## 1971

| Release date | Title | Notes |
| March 17, 1971 | A New Leaf | Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2019 |
| March 24, 1971 | Friends | British film; co-production with Lewis Gilbert Productions |
| May 12, 1971 | Plaza Suite | |
| June 9, 1971 | The Devil's Backbone | British film; U.S. distribution only; produced by Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica |
| June 13, 1971 | Unman, Wittering and Zigo | British film |
| June 30, 1971 | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory | theatrical distribution only; produced by Wolper Pictures, Ltd. and The Quaker Oats Company Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2014 |
| July 1, 1971 | Murphy's War | British film |
| August 6, 1971 | Let's Scare Jessica to Death | co-production with The Jessica Company |
| August 18, 1971 | A Gunfight | co-production with Joel Productions, Harvest Productions and Thoroughbred Productions |
| September 15, 1971 | Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me | |
| September 22, 1971 | Desperate Characters | North American distribution only; produced by ITC Entertainment |
| October 20, 1971 | T.R. Baskin | |
| October 22, 1971 | Joe Hill | North American distribution only; produced by Sagittarius Productions |
| November 5, 1971 | Hannie Caulder | British film; North American distribution only; produced by Tigon British Film Productions and Curtwel Productions |
| November 24, 1971 | Black Beauty | British film; North American distribution only; produced by Tigon British Film Productions |
| December 15, 1971 | Such Good Friends | co-production with Sigma Productions |
| December 17, 1971 | Four Flies on Grey Velvet | Italy |
| December 20, 1971 | Harold and Maude | co-production with Mildred Lewis and Colin Higgins Productions Inducted into the National Film Registry in 1997 |
| December 22, 1971 | Star Spangled Girl | |

## 1972

| Release date | Title | Notes |
| January 21, 1972 | Deadhead Miles | |
| March 3, 1972 | Brother Sun, Sister Moon | Italian film |
| March 17, 1972 | The Legend of Nigger Charley | co-production with Spangler & Sons Pictures |
| March 24, 1972 | The Godfather | Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture co-production with Alfran Productions. Inducted into the National Film Registry in 1990 |
| May 3, 1972 | The Pied Piper | British film; North American distribution only; produced by Sagittarius Productions Inc. and Goodtimes Enterprises |
| May 5, 1972 | Play It Again, Sam | co-production with APJAC Productions |
| May 19, 1972 | The Possession of Joel Delaney | British film; North American distribution only; produced by ITC Entertainment and Haworth Productions |
| May 24, 1972 | Z.P.G. | British film; North American distribution only; produced by Sagittarius Productions |
| July 19, 1972 | The Man | co-production with ABC Circle Films and Lorimar |
| August 18, 1972 | Last of the Red Hot Lovers | |
| September 13, 1972 | Fear Is the Key | British film; North American distribution only; produced by Anglo-EMI |
| September 27, 1972 | A Separate Peace | |
| October 13, 1972 | Lady Sings the Blues | co-production with Motown Productions |
| October 20, 1972 | Bad Company | |
| October 25, 1972 | Innocent Bystanders | British film; North American distribution only; produced by Sagittarius Productions |
| December 13, 1972 | Child's Play | |

## 1973

| Release date | Title | Notes |
| January 12, 1973 | The First Circle | North American distribution only; produced by Laterna Film and Tele-Cine Film |
| February 14, 1973 | Save the Tiger | co-production with Filmways |
| February 28, 1973 | Charlotte's Web | North American distribution only; produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Sagittarius Productions |
| April 18, 1973 | Charley One-Eye | co-produced by David Paradine Productions |
| May 4, 1973 | Hitler: The Last Ten Days | British film; North American distribution only; produced by Tomorrow Entertainment and West Film |
| May 8, 1973 | Paper Moon | co-production with The Directors Company |
| May 16, 1973 | The Soul of Nigger Charley | |
| May 20, 1973 | The Mattei Affair | |
| May 22, 1973 | A Doll's House | British film; North American distribution only |
| June 14, 1973 | Super Fly T.N.T. | |
| June 27, 1973 | The Friends of Eddie Coyle | |
| July 24, 1973 | Badge 373 | |
| August 22, 1973 | Bang the Drum Slowly | co-production with ANJA Films and BTDS Partnership |
| September 19, 1973 | Save the Children | |
| September 21, 1973 | Hit! | |
| October 17, 1973 | The Optimists | British film; North American distribution only; produced by Sagittarius Productions, Cheetah Productions and West One Film Producers |
| October 23, 1973 | Jonathan Livingston Seagull | |
| October 31, 1973 | Tales That Witness Madness | British film; co-production with World Film Services |
| November 7, 1973 | Ash Wednesday | North American distribution only; produced by Sagittarius Productions |
| November 14, 1973 | Scalawag | co-production with The Bryna Company |
| December 5, 1973 | Serpico | North American, U.K., French and Japanese distribution only; produced by Produzion De Laurentiis International Manufacturing Company S.P.A. and Artists Entertainments Complex, Inc. |
| December 17, 1973 | Alfredo, Alfredo | Italian film |

## 1974

| Release date | Title | Notes |
| January 25, 1974 | Don't Look Now | British film; North American distribution only; produced by British Lion Films, Casey Productions and Eldorado Films |
| February 27, 1974 | Man on a Swing | co-production with Jaffilms Inc. |
| March 15, 1974 | Three Tough Guys | North American and U.K. distribution only; produced by Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica |
| March 29, 1974 | The Great Gatsby | co-production with Newdon Productions |
| April 5, 1974 | The Conversation | Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture distribution only; produced by The Directors Company and The Coppola Company Inducted into the National Film Registry in 1995 |
| April 12, 1974 | Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell | British film; North American distribution only; produced by Hammer Films |
| May 22, 1974 | Daisy Miller | co-production with The Directors Company |
| June 5, 1974 | Malicious | Italy US distribution only |
| June 12, 1974 | Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter | British: co-produced by Hammer Films |
| June 14, 1974 | The Parallax View | co-production with Gus Productions, Harbor Productions and Doubleday Productions |
| June 21, 1974 | Chinatown | Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture co-production with Long Road Productions and Robert Evans Company Inducted into the National Film Registry in 1991 |
| July 12, 1974 | The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz | U.S. distribution only; produced by Astral-Bellevue-Pathé, Canadian Film Development Corporation and Famous Players |
| July 17, 1974 | The Education of Sonny Carson | |
| July 19, 1974 | The White Dawn | co-production with American Film Properties and Filmways |
| July 24, 1974 | Death Wish | North American and U.K. distribution only; produced by Dino De Laurentiis Corporation |
| August 30, 1974 | The Longest Yard | co-production with Albert S. Ruddy Productions and Long Road Productions |
| September 13, 1974 | The Dove | |
| September 27, 1974 | Phase IV | co-production with Alced Productions |
| October 2, 1974 | The Gambler | co-production with Chartoff-Winkler Productions, Inc. |
| October 9, 1974 | Shanks | |
| November 8, 1974 | The Little Prince | co-production with Stanley Donen Films |
| November 20, 1974 | The Klansman | co-produced by Atlanta Productions |
| November 22, 1974 | Murder on the Orient Express | British film; North American and Japanese distribution only; produced by EMI Films |
| December 20, 1974 | The Godfather Part II | Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture co-production with The Coppola Company Inducted into the National Film Registry in 1993 |

## 1975

| Release date | Title | Notes |
| April 30, 1975 | Dogpound Shuffle | U.S. distribution only; Canadian film; produced by ITC Entertainment |
| May 7, 1975 | The Day of the Locust | co-production with Long Road Productions |
| May 14, 1975 | Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York | |
| June 4, 1975 | Posse | co-production with Bryna Productions |
| June 6, 1975 | Bug | |
| June 11, 1975 | Nashville | Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture co-production with ABC Entertainment Inducted into the National Film Registry in 1992 |
| June 20, 1975 | Once Is Not Enough | |
| July 25, 1975 | Mandingo | North American and U.K. distribution only; produced by Dino De Laurentiis Company |
| August 15, 1975 | Framed | |
| September 25, 1975 | Three Days of the Condor | North American and U.K. distribution only; produced by Dino De Laurentiis Corporation |
| October 8, 1975 | Mahogany | co-production with Motown Productions |
| December 11, 1975 | The Fifth Offensive | Yugoslavian film; U.S. distribution only; produced by Bosna Film, Filmska Radna Zajednica, and Televizija Sarajevo |
| December 17, 1975 | Emmanuelle 2 | French film U.S. theatrical distribution only; produced by Parafrance Films |
| December 24, 1975 | Hustle | |

## 1976

| Release date | Title | Notes |
| March 17, 1976 | The First Nudie Musical | |
| April 2, 1976 | Lipstick | |
| April 5, 1976 | Face to Face | Swedish film North American, U.K. and French distribution only; produced by Cinematograph AB |
| April 7, 1976 | The Bad News Bears | |
| May 26, 1976 | Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood | |
| May 28, 1976 | Leadbelly | |
| June 11, 1976 | The Tenant | French film co-production with Marianne Productions |
| June 25, 1976 | The Big Bus | |
| July 21, 1976 | Lifeguard | |
| August 4, 1976 | Survive! | Mexican film; U.S. distribution only; produced by Avant Films S.A. |
| August 20, 1976 | The Shootist | co-production with Dino De Laurentiis Productions |
| September 15, 1976 | Bugsy Malone | North American distribution only; co-production with the Rank Organisation, Robert Stigwood Organisation and Goodtimes Enterprises |
| October 1, 1976 | The Memory of Justice | |
| October 8, 1976 | Marathon Man | |
| November 19, 1976 | The Last Tycoon | co-production with Academy Pictures Corporation |
| December 17, 1976 | King Kong | North American distribution only; produced by Dino De Laurentiis Company |
| December 22, 1976 | Mikey and Nicky | U.S. distrbution only; produced by Castle Hill Productions |

## 1977

| Release date | Title | Notes |
| February 11, 1977 | Thieves | theatrical distribution only; produced by Brut Productions |
| March 9, 1977 | Islands in the Stream | |
| March 11, 1977 | Black Sunday | |
| June 1, 1977 | Fraternity Row | |
| June 24, 1977 | Sorcerer | co-production with Universal Pictures and Film Properties International N.V. |
| July 8, 1977 | The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training | |
| July 15, 1977 | The Shadow of Chikara | theatrical distribution only |
| July 22, 1977 | Orca | North American distribution only; produced by Famous Films |
| August 24, 1977 | Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown | co-production with United Feature Syndicate, Lee Mendelson Film Productions and Bill Melendez Productions |
| September 29, 1977 | Handle with Care aka Citizen's Band | |
| October 19, 1977 | Looking for Mr. Goodbar | |
| November 4, 1977 | 1900 | Italy; North American distribution only; produced by Produzioni Europee Associati and Les Productions Artistes Associés |
| November 4, 1977 | First Love | |
| December 16, 1977 | Saturday Night Fever | co-production with Robert Stigwood Organization Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2010 |

## 1978

| Release date | Title | Notes |
| January 13, 1978 | The Duellists | British film co-production with Enigma Productions, Scott Free Enterprises and National Film Finance Consortium |
| February 3, 1978 | The One and Only | co-production with First Artists |
| February 15, 1978 | The Serpent's Egg | North American theatrical distribution only; produced by Dino De Laurentiis Productions |
| March 17, 1978 | American Hot Wax | |
| April 5, 1978 | Pretty Baby | |
| April 14, 1978 | Joseph Andrews | British film; North American distribution only; produced by Woodfall Film Productions |
| June 16, 1978 | Grease | co-production with Allan Carr Enterprises and Stigwood Group Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2020 |
| June 28, 1978 | Heaven Can Wait | Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture |
| June 30, 1978 | The Bad News Bears Go to Japan | |
| July 14, 1978 | Foul Play | |
| September 13, 1978 | Days of Heaven | Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2007 |
| September 15, 1978 | Up in Smoke | Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2024 |
| September 29, 1978 | Death on the Nile | British film; North American distribution only; produced by EMI Films |
| October 6, 1978 | Goin' South | |
| December 15, 1978 | Oliver's Story | |
| December 20, 1978 | King of the Gypsies | North American distribution only; produced by Dino De Laurentiis Company |

## 1979

| Release date | Title | Notes |
| February 9, 1979 | The Warriors | |
| March 23, 1979 | Real Life | |
| April 12, 1979 | Hurricane | North American distribution only; produced by Dino De Laurentiis Productions |
| April 27, 1979 | An Almost Perfect Affair | |
| June 8, 1979 | Players | |
| June 14, 1979 | The Kirlian Witness | distribution only; produced by CNI CINEMA |
| June 15, 1979 | Prophecy | |
| June 22, 1979 | Escape from Alcatraz | co-production with The Malpaso Company |
| June 29, 1979 | Meatballs | distribution only; produced by Haliburton Films, Famous Players and CFDC |
| June 29, 1979 | Bloodline | |
| August 3, 1979 | North Dallas Forty | |
| August 10, 1979 | Sunburn | North American distribution only; produced by Hemdale, Fawcett-Majors Productions, Tuesday Films and Bind Films |
| October 5, 1979 | Starting Over | |
| October 26, 1979 | French Postcards | co-production with NF Geria II Filmgesellschaft m.b.H. |
| December 7, 1979 | Star Trek: The Motion Picture | |