This is a list of films produced, co-produced, and/or distributed by Warner Bros. in the 1970s. This list does not include direct-to-video releases or films from New Line Cinema prior to its merger with Warner Bros. in 2008, nor does it include third-party films or films Warner gained the rights to as a result of mergers or acquisitions.
1970 edit
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| January 14, 1970 | Last of the Mobile Hot Shots | |
| February 4, 1970 | Start the Revolution Without Me | co-production with Norbud Productions |
| February 11, 1970 | Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed | British film co-production with Hammer Films |
| March 12, 1970 | Moon Zero Two | British film |
| March 26, 1970 | Woodstock | |
| May 6, 1970 | The Phynx | |
| May 13, 1970 | The Ballad of Cable Hogue | |
| June 7, 1970 | Taste the Blood of Dracula | British film co-production with Hammer Films |
| July 29, 1970 | Chisum | co-production with Batjac Productions |
| August 3, 1970 | Performance | British film co-production with Goodtimes Enterprises |
| September 4, 1970 | Which Way to the Front? | |
| October 20, 1970 | Rabbit, Run | |
| October 24, 1970 | Trog | British film |
| November 12, 1970 | The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer | British film co-production with David Paradine Productions and London Weekend Television |
| November 20, 1970 | Flap | co-production with Cine Vesta Associates |
| December 25, 1970 | There Was a Crooked Man... |
1971 edit
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| February 26, 1971 | The Priest's Wife | Italian/French film USA distribution only |
| March 11, 1971 | THX 1138 | co-production with American Zoetrope |
| March 17, 1971 | When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth | British film co-production with Hammer Films |
| April 9, 1971 | Summer of '42 | Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama co-production with Mulligan-Roth Productions |
| May 1, 1971 | Billy Jack | distribution only; produced by National Student Film Corporation |
| June 17, 1971 | Death in Venice | Italian film |
| June 24, 1971 | McCabe & Mrs. Miller | |
| June 25, 1971 | Klute | co-production with Gus Productions |
| July 14, 1971 | Dusty and Sweets McGee | |
| July 16, 1971 | The Devils | British film co-production with Russo Productions |
| August 1, 1971 | The Omega Man | co-production with Walter Seltzer Productions |
| August 11, 1971 | And the Crows Will Dig Your Grave | Spanish film distribution only |
| August 25, 1971 | Medicine Ball Caravan | |
| September 30, 1971 | Skin Game | |
| October 6, 1971 | Zeppelin | British film |
| November 24, 1971 | Man in the Wilderness | |
| December 19, 1971 | A Clockwork Orange | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama co-production with Polaris Productions and Hawk Films |
| December 23, 1971 | Dirty Harry | co-production with The Malpaso Company |
1972 edit
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| January 13, 1972 | The Cowboys | |
| February 2, 1972 | Snow Job | |
| February 25, 1972 | Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues | |
| March 10, 1972 | What's Up, Doc? | co-production with Saticoy Productions |
| May 24, 1972 | Malcolm X | |
| June 12, 1972 | Adam's Woman | |
| Get to Know Your Rabbit | ||
| June 19, 1972 | Portnoy's Complaint | co-production with Chenault Productions |
| June 29, 1972 | The Candidate | |
| Come Back, Charleston Blue | ||
| July 21, 1972 | A Fan's Notes | co-production with Coquihala |
| July 30, 1972 | Deliverance | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama co-production with Elmer Enterprises |
| August 1, 1972 | Cry for Me, Billy | distribution only; produced by Brut Productions |
| August 4, 1972 | Super Fly | co-production with Superfly Ltd. |
| September 21, 1972 | Cancel My Reservation | distribution only; produced by Naho Productions |
| September 24, 1972 | The Emigrants | Swedish film distribution only; produced by Svensk Filmindustri Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture |
| November 17, 1972 | Dracula A.D. 1972 | British film co-production with Hammer Film Productions |
| November 22, 1972 | Rage | |
| November 29, 1972 | Crescendo | British film co-production with Hammer Film Productions |
| December 21, 1972 | Jeremiah Johnson | co-production with Sanford Productions |
1973 edit
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| January 31, 1973 | Steelyard Blues | |
| February 7, 1973 | The Train Robbers | co-production with Batjac Productions |
| March 1, 1973 | The Thief Who Came to Dinner | co-production with Bud Yorkin Productions |
| March 21, 1973 | King Boxer[N 1] | distribution only; produced by Shaw Brothers Studio |
| April 10, 1973 | Class of '44 | |
| April 11, 1973 | Scarecrow | |
| June 14, 1973 | The Last of Sheila | co-production with Hera Productions |
| June 17, 1973 | Blume in Love | |
| June 20, 1973 | O Lucky Man! | British film |
| July 11, 1973 | Cahill U.S. Marshal | co-production with Batjac Productions |
| July 13, 1973 | Cleopatra Jones | |
| July 25, 1973 | The Mackintosh Man | British film co-production with Newman-Foreman Company |
| August 19, 1973 | Enter the Dragon[N 2] | co-production with Concord Production Inc. and distributed with Golden Harvest |
| September 7, 1973 | Day for Night | French film |
| October 14, 1973 | Mean Streets | USA/Latin America/Australia/Japan distribution only; co-production with Taplin-Perry-Scorsese Productions |
| October 15, 1973 | Badlands | |
| October 24, 1973 | The All-American Boy | |
| October 26, 1973 | The New Land | Swedish film distribution only; produced by Svensk Filmindustri |
| December 21, 1973 | Jimi Hendrix | |
| The Deadly Trackers | ||
| December 18, 1973 | Amarcord | Italian film distribution only |
| December 25, 1973 | Magnum Force | co-production with The Malpaso Company |
| December 26, 1973 | The Exorcist | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture Winner of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama co-production with Hoya Productions |
| December 31, 1973 | Treasure Island | produced by Filmation |
1974 edit
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| January 24, 1974 | Sacred Knives of Vengeance[N 1] | distribution only; produced by Shaw Brothers Studio |
| January 28, 1974 | Black Belt Jones | co-production with Sequoin Films |
| February 6, 1974 | McQ | co-production with Batjac Productions |
| February 7, 1974 | Blazing Saddles | co-production with Crossbow Productions |
| March 27, 1974 | Mame | co-production with ABC |
| April 10, 1974 | Our Time | |
| May 13, 1974 | Welcome to Arrow Beach | distribution only; produced by Brut Productions |
| May 17, 1974 | Black Eye | co-production with Pat Rooney Productions and Jerry Buss Presentations |
| May 19, 1974 | Zandy's Bride | |
| June 7, 1974 | Craze[N 3] | North American distribution only; produced by Harbour Productions Limited |
| June 19, 1974 | The Terminal Man | |
| July 10, 1974 | Oliver Twist | produced by Filmation |
| July 26, 1974 | Uptown Saturday Night | co-production with First Artists |
| August 14, 1974 | Black Samson | co-production with Omni Pictures |
| October 1, 1974 | It's Alive | co-production with Larco Productions |
| October 2, 1974 | Hangup | distribution only; produced by Brut Productions |
| October 3, 1974 | The Abdication | British film |
| November 19, 1974 | Animals Are Beautiful People | South African film |
| December 9, 1974 | Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | |
| December 14, 1974 | The Towering Inferno | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture International distribution only; co-production with 20th Century Fox and Irwin Allen Productions |
| December 20, 1974 | Black Christmas | USA distribution only; produced by Film Funding Ltd., Vision IV, Canadian Film Development Corporation and Famous Players |
| December 25, 1974 | Freebie and the Bean |
1975 edit
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| February 2, 1975 | Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins | |
| March 14, 1975 | The Prisoner of Second Avenue | |
| March 19, 1975 | The Yakuza | |
| May 23, 1975 | Lepke | co-production with AmeriEuro Corp |
| June 9, 1975 | Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze | |
| The Wicker Man[N 4] | USA distribution only; produced by British Lion Films | |
| June 11, 1975 | Night Moves | |
| June 25, 1975 | The Drowning Pool | co-production with First Artists |
| July 11, 1975 | Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold | |
| September 21, 1975 | Dog Day Afternoon | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama co-production with Artists Entertainment Complex |
| October 10, 1975 | Lisztomania | British film co-production with Goodtimes Enterprises and Visual Programme Systems |
| October 11, 1975 | Let's Do It Again | co-production with First Artists and Verdon Productions Limited |
| November 1, 1975 | Operation Daybreak | co-production with Howard R. Schuster, Inc., American Allied Studios and Barrandov Studios |
| November 2, 1975 | The Ultimate Warrior | |
| November 7, 1975 | From Beyond the Grave | British film co-production with Amicus Productions |
| December 18, 1975 | Barry Lyndon | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama co-production with Hawk Films and Peregrine Productions |
1976 edit
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| January 1976 | Inside Out | British film co-production with Kettledrum Films |
| February 25, 1976 | Catherine & Co. | French film |
| April 4, 1976 | Hot Potato | |
| April 7, 1976 | Sparkle | co-production with RSO |
| April 9, 1976 | All the President's Men | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama co-production with Wildwood Enterprises |
| June 4, 1976 | Ode to Billy Joe | |
| June 30, 1976 | The Outlaw Josey Wales | co-production with The Malpaso Company |
| July 28, 1976 | The Gumball Rally | co-production with First Artists |
| August 12, 1976 | The Ritz | Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy |
| September 1, 1976 | St. Ives | |
| October 31, 1976 | The Killer Inside Me | distribution only |
| October 20, 1976 | Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains the Same | |
| December 17, 1976 | A Star Is Born | Winner of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy co-production with First Artists and Barwood Films |
| December 22, 1976 | The Enforcer | co-production with The Malpaso Company |
1977 edit
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| February 10, 1977 | The Late Show | co-production with Lion's Gate Films |
| March 31, 1977 | Brothers | co-production with Edward Lewis Productions and Soho Productions |
| June 13, 1977 | Viva Knievel! | co-production with Sherrill C. Corwin Productions |
| June 17, 1977 | Exorcist II: The Heretic | |
| July 1, 1977 | Greased Lightning | |
| July 15, 1977 | Outlaw Blues | |
| August 3, 1977 | One on One | |
| September 29, 1977 | Bobby Deerfield | co-production with Columbia Pictures and First Artists |
| October 7, 1977 | Oh, God! | |
| A Piece of the Action | co-production with First Artists | |
| October 14, 1977 | Starship Invasions | distribution only; produced by Hal Roach Studios |
| November 20, 1977 | The Pack | |
| November 30, 1977 | The Goodbye Girl | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture Winner of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy co-production with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Rastar |
| December 21, 1977 | The Gauntlet | co-production with The Malpaso Company |
1978 edit
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| January 29, 1978 | A Night Full of Rain | |
| March 17, 1978 | An Enemy of the People | |
| Crossed Swords[N 4] | USA & Japan distribution only; produced by International Film Production and Prince and the Pauper Film Export A.G. | |
| March 18, 1978 | Straight Time | co-production with First Artists |
| April 14, 1978 | The Medusa Touch[N 5] | USA distribution only; produced by ITC Entertainment |
| May 10, 1978 | It Lives Again | co-production with Larco Productions |
| May 19, 1978 | The Sea Gypsies | co-production with A-Team Productions |
| May 26, 1978 | Big Wednesday | |
| June 2, 1978 | Capricorn One[N 5] | USA distribution only; produced by ITC Entertainment |
| July 14, 1978 | The Swarm | |
| Hooper | ||
| August 29, 1978 | Girlfriends | co-production with Cyclops Films |
| October 6, 1978 | Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? | distribution only; produced by Lorimar, Aldrich Company, Geria Productions and Bavaria Films |
| Bloodbrothers | ||
| November 1, 1978 | The Great Bank Hoax | |
| November 22, 1978 | Movie Movie[N 5] | Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy USA distribution only; produced by ITC Entertainment |
| December 15, 1978 | Superman | distribution only; produced by DC Comics, Dovemead Ltd., Film Export, A.G. and International Film Production |
| December 20, 1978 | Every Which Way but Loose | co-production with The Malpaso Company |
1979 edit
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| February 9, 1979 | Agatha | British film co-production with First Artists and Casablanca FilmWorks |
| March 23, 1979 | Boulevard Nights | |
| April 1979 | Ashanti | co-production with Columbia Pictures |
| Tilt | ||
| April 27, 1979 | A Little Romance | distribution only; produced by Orion Pictures |
| May 18, 1979 | Over the Edge | |
| May 25, 1979 | Beyond the Poseidon Adventure | |
| June 15, 1979 | The In-Laws | |
| June 22, 1979 | The Main Event | co-production with First Artists and Barwood Films |
| July 4, 1979 | The Wanderers | distribution only; produced by Orion Pictures |
| July 13, 1979 | The Frisco Kid | |
| August 17, 1979 | Life of Brian[N 6] | US distributor, with Orion Pictures; produced by Handmade Films |
| August 31, 1979 | Time After Time | distribution only; produced by Orion Pictures |
| September 30, 1979 | The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie | produced by Warner Bros. Animation, Chuck Jones Productions and DePatie-Freleng Enterprises |
| October 5, 1979 | 10 | Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy distribution only; produced by Orion Pictures |
| October 19, 1979 | Jesus | distribution only; produced by The Genesis Project |
| October 26, 1979 | The Great Santini | distribution only; produced by Orion Pictures and Bing Crosby Productions |
| November 2, 1979 | Promises in the Dark | distribution only; produced by Orion Pictures |
| December 1, 1979 | Going in Style |
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ a b Owned by Celestial Pictures
- ^ Rights currently shared with Fortune Star Media Limited
- ^ Owned by MGM (via Orion Pictures)
- ^ a b Owned by StudioCanal
- ^ a b c Owned by ITV Studios
- ^ Owned by Python (Monty) Pictures with Sony Pictures handling distribution