5 Forgotten '70s Movies on Prime Video That Have Aged Like Fine Wine

The 1970s were an exciting time in cinema. The pivotal period, dubbed “The New Hollywood Era,” saw a wave of fledgling directors and actors rise to the forefront as older icons retired and left the silver screen behind. Some of the most influential talents emerged, and they would set the tone for how the 1980s and even later decades of moviemaking would be formulated. Directors like Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Mel Brooks, George Lucas, and Steven Spielberg took the industry to new heights and were given the freedom to let their creativity push the medium into new, uncharted territory.