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A list of American films released in 1975 .
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest won the Academy Award for Best Picture . The highest-grossing film of 1975 was Jaws .
Title
Director
Cast
Genre/Note
92 in the Shade
Thomas McGuane
Peter Fonda , Margot Kidder , Warren Oates , Elizabeth Ashley
Drama
United Artists . From novel by McGuane
Aaron Loves Angela
Gordon Parks Jr.
Moses Gunn , Irene Cara , Kevin Hooks
Comedy, Drama
Columbia
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
Gene Wilder
Gene Wilder , Marty Feldman , Madeline Kahn , Leo McKern , Roy Kinnear , Dom DeLuise
Musical, Comedy
20th Century Fox
The Adventures of the Wilderness Family
Stewart Raffill
Robert Logan , Susan Damante-Shaw , George Buck Flower
Adventure, Family
Independent
Against a Crooked Sky
Earl Bellamy
Richard Boone , Henry Wilcoxon , Clint Ritchie
Western
Independent
Aloha, Bobby and Rose
Floyd Mutrux
Paul Le Mat , Tim McIntire , Leigh French
Road , Drama
Columbia
The Apple Dumpling Gang
Norman Tokar
Bill Bixby , Tim Conway , Don Knotts , Harry Morgan
Western, Comedy, Family
Disney
At Long Last Love
Peter Bogdanovich
Burt Reynolds , Cybill Shepherd , Madeline Kahn , Duilio Del Prete , Eileen Brennan , John Hillerman
Musical, Comedy
20th Century Fox
Best Friends
Noel Nosseck
Richard Hatch , Susanne Benton
Drama
Crown International Pictures
Bite the Bullet
Richard Brooks
Gene Hackman , James Coburn , Candice Bergen , Jan-Michael Vincent , Ben Johnson , Ian Bannen , Dabney Coleman
Western
Columbia
The Black Bird
David Giler
George Segal , Stéphane Audran , Elisha Cook Jr.
Comedy
Columbia
Black Fist
Richard Kaye
Richard Lawson , Dabney Coleman , Philip Michael Thomas
Action
Independent
Blazing Stewardesses
Al Adamson
Yvonne De Carlo , Regina Carrol , Robert Livingston
Sex Comedy
Independent
Boss Nigger
Jack Arnold
Fred Williamson , D'Urville Martin
Western, Blaxploitation
Dimension
A Boy and His Dog
L. Q. Jones
Don Johnson , Susanne Benton , Jason Robards
Black Comedy , Sci-Fi
Independent . Harlan Ellison story
Breakheart Pass
Tom Gries
Charles Bronson , Ben Johnson , Jill Ireland , Richard Crenna , Charles Durning
Western
United Artists . Alistair MacLean story
Breakout
Tom Gries
Charles Bronson , Robert Duvall , Jill Ireland , John Huston
Action
Columbia
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Philippe Mora
W. C. Fields , Clark Gable , Herbert Hoover
Documentary
Bucktown
Arthur Marks
Fred Williamson , Pam Grier , Thalmus Rasulala
Blaxploitation , Action, Crime
AIP
Bug
Jeannot Szwarc
Bradford Dillman , Joanna Miles , Richard Gilliland
Horror
Paramount
Bugs Bunny: Superstar
Larry Jackson
Narrated by Orson Welles
Documentary
United Artists
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Note
The Candy Tangerine Man
Matt Cimber
John Daniels , George Buck Flower , Eli Haines
Blaxploitation , Action, Adventure
Moonstone Entertainment
Capone
Steve Carver
Ben Gazzara , Susan Blakely , John Cassavetes , Sylvester Stallone
Biography, Crime
20th Century Fox . Story of Al Capone
Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold
Charles Bail
Tamara Dobson , Stella Stevens , Norman Fell
Action, Adventure
Warner Bros. Cleopatra Jones sequel
Cooley High
Michael Schultz
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs , Glynn Turman , Garrett Morris
Comedy
AIP
Coonskin
Ralph Bakshi
Voices of Philip Michael Thomas , Barry White , Scatman Crothers , Charles Gordone
Live-Action/Animated , Crime
Independent
Cornbread, Earl and Me
Joseph Manduke
Laurence Fishburne , Jamaal Wilkes , Moses Gunn
Crime, Drama
AIP
Cover Girl Models
Cirio H. Santiago
Pat Anderson , Lindsay Bloom , Tara Strohmeier
Exploitation , Thriller
New World
Crazy Mama
Jonathan Demme
Cloris Leachman , Stuart Whitman , Ann Sothern , Donny Most , Linda Purl
Action, Comedy
New World Pictures
Darktown Strutters
William Witney
Trina Parks , Shirley Washington , Roger E. Mosley
Blaxploitation , Musical, Action, Comedy
New World Pictures
The Day of the Locust
John Schlesinger
Donald Sutherland , Karen Black , William Atherton , Bo Hopkins , Burgess Meredith , Geraldine Page , Jackie Earle Haley , Richard Dysart , Pepe Serna , John Hillerman , John War Eagle
Drama
Paramount Pictures .
Deadly Hero
Ivan Nagy
Don Murray , Diahn Williams, James Earl Jones
Neo-Noir , Crime, Thriller
Avco Embassy
The Deadly Tower
Jerry Jameson
Kurt Russell , Richard Yniguez , Ned Beatty , Pernell Roberts , Clifton James , John Forsythe
Action, Drama, Thriller
Made-for-TV
Death Race 2000
Paul Bartel
David Carradine , Sylvester Stallone , Simone Griffeth
Sports , Sci-Fi, Action
New World Pictures
The Devil's Rain
Robert Fuest
Ernest Borgnine , Ida Lupino , William Shatner
Supernatural Horror
Bryanston Pictures
Diamonds
Menahem Golan
Robert Shaw , Richard Roundtree , Shelley Winters , Barbara Hershey
Heist , Crime
Avco Embassy
Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze
Michael Anderson
Ron Ely , Paul Gleason , William Lucking
Action, Adventure
Warner Bros.
Dog Day Afternoon
Sidney Lumet
Al Pacino , John Cazale , Charles Durning , Chris Sarandon , James Broderick
Biography, Crime Drama
Warner Bros. ; 6 Oscar nominations
Dolemite
D'Urville Martin
Rudy Ray Moore , D'Urville Martin , Hy Pyke
Blaxploitation , Crime Comedy
Dimension
The Drowning Pool
Stuart Rosenberg
Paul Newman , Joanne Woodward , Anthony Franciosa , Melanie Griffith
Mystery , Thriller
Warner Bros. Sequel to Harper
Dr. Minx
Hikmet Avedis
Edy Williams , Randy Boone , Marlene Schmidt
Sexploitation
Independent
The Eiger Sanction
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood , George Kennedy , Jack Cassidy , Vonetta McGee , Gregory Walcott
Action, Thriller
Universal . From novel by Trevanian
Escape to Witch Mountain
John Hough
Ray Milland , Donald Pleasence , Eddie Albert , Kim Richards , Denver Pyle , Ike Eisenmann
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Family
Disney
Farewell, My Lovely
Dick Richards
Robert Mitchum , Charlotte Rampling , John Ireland , Sylvia Miles , Harry Dean Stanton
Neo-Noir , Crime, Mystery , Thriller
Avco Embassy . From Raymond Chandler novel
Flash and the Firecat
Beverly Sebastian
Roger Davis , Joan Shawlee , Richard Kiel
Action
Independent
Fore Play
John G. Avildsen
Zero Mostel , Estelle Parsons
Anthology , Comedy
Troma
The Fortune
Mike Nichols
Warren Beatty , Jack Nicholson , Stockard Channing
Black Comedy
Columbia
The Four Deuces
William H. Bushnell
Jack Palance , Carol Lynley , Warren Berlinger
Comedy
Embassy
Framed
Phil Karlson
Joe Don Baker , Conny Van Dyke , John Marley
Neo-Noir , Crime
Paramount ; Remake of 1940 film
French Connection II
John Frankenheimer
Gene Hackman , Fernando Rey , Ed Lauter
Neo-Noir , Action, Thriller
20th Century Fox . The French Connection sequel
Friday Foster
Arthur Marks
Pam Grier , Yaphet Kotto , Eartha Kitt
Blaxploitation , Action
AIP ; based on the comic strip
Friendly Persuasion
Joseph Sargent
Richard Kiley , Shirley Knight
Drama
Made for TV
Funny Lady
Herbert Ross
Barbra Streisand , James Caan , Roddy McDowall
Biography, Musical, Comedy, Drama
Columbia . Funny Girl sequel
Gemini Affair
Matt Cimber
Marta Kristen , Anne Seymour , Victoria Carroll
Drama
Independent
The Giant Spider Invasion
Bill Rebane
Steve Brodie , Alan Hale Jr. , Leslie Parrish
Sci-Fi, Action, Horror
Independent
Give 'em Hell, Harry!
Steve Binder
James Whitmore
Biography
1-man show on Harry Truman ; Whitmore Oscar -nominated
Gone with the West
Bernard Girard
James Caan , Stefanie Powers
Western
The Great Waldo Pepper
George Roy Hill
Robert Redford , Susan Sarandon , Margot Kidder
Drama
Universal
Grey Gardens
Albert Maysles
Edith Bouvier Beale , Edith Ewing Bouvier
Documentary
inspired 2009 film
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Note
The Happy Hooker
Nicholas Sgarro
Lynn Redgrave , Jean-Pierre Aumont , Conrad Janis
Biography, Comedy
Cannon Films . Xaviera Hollander story
Hard Times
Walter Hill
Charles Bronson , James Coburn , Jill Ireland
Sports , Action, Drama
Columbia . Hill's first film
Hearts of the West
Howard Zieff
Jeff Bridges , Andy Griffith , Donald Pleasence
Comedy
MGM
Hester Street
Joan Micklin Silver
Carol Kane , Steven Keats , Doris Roberts
Romance, Drama
Independent . Kane Oscar -nominated
The Hiding Place
James F. Collier
Julie Harris , Eileen Heckart , Arthur O'Connell
Drama
Independent
The Hindenburg
Robert Wise
George C. Scott , Anne Bancroft , Roy Thinnes , Gig Young , Charles Durning
Disaster
Universal ; Based on 1937 air disaster; 2 Special Achievement Oscars
Hustle
Robert Aldrich
Burt Reynolds , Catherine Deneuve , Ben Johnson
Neo-Noir , Crime, Thriller
Paramount
The Intruder
Chris Robinson
Chris Robinson , Mickey Rooney , Yvonne De Carlo , Ted Cassidy
Horror
Independent
I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?
Steven Hilliard Stern
Bill Dana , Joanna Barnes Bob Dishy
Black Comedy
Independent
Jaws
Steven Spielberg
Roy Scheider , Robert Shaw , Richard Dreyfuss
Thriller, Adventure
Universal . Based on Peter Benchley novel; top-grossing film of 1975; won 3 Oscars
Johnny Firecloud
William Allen Castleman
Victor Mohica , Ralph Meeker , Christina Hart
Horror, Thriller
Independent
The Killer Elite
Sam Peckinpah
James Caan , Robert Duvall , Burt Young , Mako
Action, Thriller
United Artists
Lady Cocoa
Matt Cimber
Lola Falana , Millie Perkins , Alex Dreier
Blaxploitation , Crime, Drama
Independent
Las Vegas Lady
Noel Nosseck
Stella Stevens , Stuart Whitman , George DiCenzo
Crime
Crown International Pictures
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
Paul Wendkos
Elizabeth Montgomery , Don Porter , Hayden Rorke , Katherine Helmond , Fritz Weaver
Mystery , Historical Drama
Made-for-Television; Based on the life of Lizzie Borden
Lepke
Menahem Golan
Tony Curtis , Anjanette Comer , Michael Callan
Crime Drama
Warner Bros.
Let's Do It Again
Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier , Bill Cosby , Ossie Davis , John Amos
Sports , Action, Crime, Comedy
Warner Bros. |3rd Poitier-Cosby pairing; Remake of 1953 film
Let's Switch!
Alan Rafkin
Barbara Eden , Penny Marshall , Joyce Van Patten
Comedy
Made-for-TV
Love and Death
Woody Allen
Woody Allen , Diane Keaton , Olga Georges-Picot
Comedy
United Artists
Lucky Lady
Stanley Donen
Liza Minnelli , Burt Reynolds , Gene Hackman
Comedy, Drama
20th Century Fox
Mackintosh and T.J.
Marvin J. Chomsky
Roy Rogers , Joan Hackett , Andrew Robinson
Western
Independent . Rogers' final film
Mahogany
Berry Gordy , Tony Richardson
Diana Ross , Billy Dee Williams , Anthony Perkins
Romance, Drama
Paramount
Man Friday
Jack Gold
Peter O'Toole , Richard Roundtree , Peter Cellier
Adventure
Avco Embassy . Based on Robinson Crusoe
The Man in the Glass Booth
Arthur Hiller
Maximilian Schell , Lois Nettleton , Lawrence Pressman
Biography, Drama
Independent . Schell Oscar -nominated
The Man Who Would Be King
John Huston
Sean Connery , Michael Caine , Christopher Plummer
Adventure
Columbia . Rudyard Kipling story; 4 Oscar nominations
The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery
Dean Hargrove
Gabriel Dell , Huntz Hall , Jackie Coogan , Will Geer , Joyce Van Patten , Vincent Gardenia , Sorrell Booke
Comedy, Mystery
United Artists
Mandingo
Richard Fleischer
James Mason , Susan George , Ken Norton
Historical, Melodrama
Paramount . From Kyle Onstott novel
The Master Gunfighter
Frank Laughlin
Tom Laughlin , Ron O'Neal , Barbara Carrera
Western
Warner Bros.
Mitchell
Andrew V. McLaglen
Joe Don Baker , Martin Balsam , Linda Evans
Action
Allied Artists
Moonrunners
Gy Waldron
James Mitchum , Waylon Jennings , Joan Blackman
Action, Comedy
United Artists
Mr. Ricco
Paul Bogart
Dean Martin , Eugene Roche , Denise Nicholas
Crime Drama
MGM . Martin's last starring role
Mr. Sycamore
Pancho Kohner
Jason Robards , Sandy Dennis , Jean Simmons
Comedy, Drama
Independent
Murder on Flight 502
George McCowan
Robert Stack , Sonny Bono , Farrah Fawcett-Majors
Drama, Mystery , Thriller
Made-for-TV
Murph the Surf
Marvin J. Chomsky
Robert Conrad , Don Stroud , Donna Mills
Crime Comedy
AIP
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Note
Naked Came the Stranger
Radley Metzger (as Henry Paris)
Alan Marlow, Darby Lloyd Rains , David Savage
Adult , Erotic
VCA Pictures
Nashville
Robert Altman
Keith Carradine , Karen Black , Ned Beatty , Ronee Blakley , Barbara Harris , Lily Tomlin , Gwen Welles
Musical, Comedy, Drama
Paramount . 5 Oscar nominations; won for Best Song
Night Moves
Arthur Penn
Gene Hackman , Susan Clark , Melanie Griffith , James Woods , Jennifer Warren , Harris Yulin
Neo-Noir , Mystery
Warner Bros.
Once Is Not Enough
Guy Green
Kirk Douglas , Alexis Smith , David Janssen , Deborah Raffin , Brenda Vaccaro , George Hamilton
Romance, Drama
Paramount . Based on a novel by Jacqueline Susann
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Miloš Forman
Jack Nicholson , Louise Fletcher , Brad Dourif , Danny DeVito , William Redfield , Will Sampson
Psychological Drama
United Artists . Based on a novel by Ken Kesey ; won 5 Oscars
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Robert Stevenson
Peter Ustinov , Helen Hayes , Derek Nimmo
Comedy, Family
Disney
Operation Daybreak
Lewis Gilbert
Timothy Bottoms , Martin Shaw , Joss Ackland
War
Warner Bros.
The Other Side of the Mountain
Larry Peerce
Marilyn Hassett , Beau Bridges , Belinda Montgomery
Biography, Romance, Drama
Universal . Story of Jill Kinmont
Peeper
Peter Hyams
Michael Caine , Natalie Wood , Kitty Winn
Mystery , Comedy
20th Century Fox
Permission to Kill
Cyril Frankel
Dirk Bogarde , Ava Gardner , Timothy Dalton
Spy , Thriller
Avco Embassy
Poor Pretty Eddie
David Worth
Leslie Uggams , Shelley Winters , Michael Christian
Thriller
Independent
Posse
Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas , Bruce Dern , Bo Hopkins
Western
Paramount
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Melvin Frank
Jack Lemmon , Anne Bancroft , Gene Saks
Black Comedy , Drama
Warner Bros. Based on Neil Simon play
Psychic Killer
Ray Danton
Jim Hutton , Julie Adams , Paul Burke
Horror
Avco Embassy
Race with the Devil
Jack Starrett
Peter Fonda , Warren Oates , Loretta Swit
Action, Horror
20th Century Fox
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
Dick Richards
Sally Kellerman , Alan Arkin , Mackenzie Phillips
Comedy, Drama
Warner Bros.
Rancho Deluxe
Frank Perry
Jeff Bridges , Sam Waterston , Elizabeth Ashley , Harry Dean Stanton ,
Neo-Western , Comedy
United Artists . Written by Thomas McGuane
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
J. Lee Thompson
Michael Sarrazin , Margot Kidder , Jennifer O'Neill
Psychological Horror
AIP
Report to the Commissioner
Milton Katselas
Michael Moriarty , Yaphet Kotto , Susan Blakely , Héctor Elizondo
Crime Drama
United Artists
Return to Macon County
Richard Compton
Nick Nolte , Don Johnson , Robin Mattson
Action, Drama
AIP . Macon County Line sequel
Rollerball
Norman Jewison
James Caan , John Beck , John Houseman
Science Fiction, Sports , Action, Dystopian
United Artists . Remade in 2002
Rooster Cogburn
Stuart Millar
John Wayne , Katharine Hepburn , Richard Jordan
Western
Universal . Sequel to True Grit
Rosebud
Otto Preminger
Peter O'Toole , Peter Lawford , Richard Attenborough
Action, Suspense, Thriller
United Artists
Search for the Gods
Jud Taylor
Kurt Russell , Stephen McHattie , John War Eagle
Drama
Made-for-TV
Shampoo
Hal Ashby
Warren Beatty , Julie Christie , Goldie Hawn , Jack Warden , Lee Grant , Carrie Fisher , Tony Bill
Comedy, Drama
Columbia . Oscar for Grant; 4 nominations
Sharks' Treasure
Cornel Wilde
Cornel Wilde , Yaphet Kotto , Cliff Osmond
Adventure
United Artists
Sheba, Baby
William Girdler
Pam Grier , D'Urville Martin , Austin Stoker
Blaxploitation , Action
AIP
Sixpack Annie
Graydon F. David
Lindsay Bloom , Larry Mahan , Raymond Danton
Comedy
AIP
Smile
Michael Ritchie
Barbara Feldon , Bruce Dern
Comedy
United Artists
Smoke in the Wind
Joseph Kane
John Ashley , Walter Brennan , Myron Healey
Western
Independent
The Specialist
Howard Avedis
Adam West , John Anderson , Ahna Capri
Thriller
Crown International Pictures
The Stepford Wives
Bryan Forbes
Katharine Ross , Paula Prentiss , Tina Louise
Psychological Thriller
Columbia . Based on Ira Levin novel; remade in 2004
The Strongest Man in the World
Vincent McEveety
Kurt Russell , Joe Flynn , Cesar Romero , Michael McGreevey , Eve Arden , Phil Silvers , Dick Van Patten , Richard Bakalyan , William Schallert , James Gregory
Science Fiction, Comedy
Disney
The Sunshine Boys
Herbert Ross
Walter Matthau , George Burns , Richard Benjamin
Comedy
MGM . Oscar for Burns; based on play by Neil Simon
Supervixens
Russ Meyer
Charles Napier , Shari Eubank , Uschi Digard
Sexploitation
Independent
Switchblade Sisters
Jack Hill
Asher Brauner , Don Stark , Marlene Clark
Action
Independent
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Note
Take a Hard Ride
Antonio Margheriti
Jim Brown , Lee Van Cleef , Fred Williamson
Western
20th Century Fox
That's the Way of the World
Sig Shore
Harvey Keitel , Ed Nelson , Bert Parks
Musical
United Artists
Three Days of the Condor
Sydney Pollack
Robert Redford , Faye Dunaway , Cliff Robertson
Political Thriller
Paramount ; based on James Grady novel
Thundercrack!
Curt McDowell
Marion Eaton, George Kuchar
Adult , Horror
Independent
The Timber Tramps
Tay Garnett
Claude Akins , Leon Ames , Eve Brent
Adventure
Independent
Trucker's Woman
Will Zens
Michael Hawkins , Mary Cannon, Doodles Weaver
Action
Independent
Tubby the Tuba
Alexander Schure
Voices of Dick Van Dyke , Jack Gilford
Animation
Avco Embassy
The Ultimate Warrior
Robert Clouse
Yul Brynner , Max von Sydow , Joanna Miles
Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
Warner Bros.
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
John G. Avildsen
Burt Reynolds , Conny Van Dyke , Ned Beatty , Jerry Reed , James Hampton , Art Carney , Don Williams , Mel Tillis
Action, Comedy
20th Century Fox
Walking Tall Part 2
Earl Bellamy
Bo Svenson , Luke Askew , John Davis Chandler
Action, Crime
AIP . Sequel to 1973 film
Whiffs
Ted Post
Elliott Gould , Eddie Albert , Harry Guardino , Jennifer O'Neill
Comedy
20th Century Fox
White Line Fever
Jonathan Kaplan
Jan-Michael Vincent , Slim Pickens , L. Q. Jones
Neo-Noir , Action, Crime
Columbia
The Wild McCullochs
Max Baer
Forrest Tucker , Julie Adams , Don Grady
Drama
AIP
The Wild Party
James Ivory
Raquel Welch , James Coco , Perry King
Comedy, Drama
AIP
The Wind and the Lion
John Milius
Sean Connery , Candice Bergen , John Huston , Geoffrey Lewis , Brian Keith
Epic , Adventure
MGM ; 2 Oscar nominations
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