The following is a list of films produced and/or released by Columbia Pictures in 1970–1979. Most films listed here were distributed theatrically in the United States by the company's distribution division, Sony Pictures Releasing (formerly known as Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International) (1991–2005) and Warner-Columbia Films [1971-1987; a joint venture with Warner Bros.). It is one of the Big Five film studios. Columbia Pictures is a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Sony.
1970 Release date Title Notes January 1970 Land Raiders Co-Production with Morningside Productions February 4, 1970 The Looking Glass War Co-Production with Frankovich Productions February 5, 1970 The Virgin Soldiers co-production with High Road Productions and Open Road Films March 4, 1970 Loving March 18, 1970 The Liberation of L.B. Jones co-production with Liberation Company April 27, 1970 Riverrun May 13, 1970 Getting Straight May 27, 1970 Watermelon Man June 17, 1970 A Walk in the Spring Rain July 24, 1970 You Can't Win 'Em All co-production with SRO August 31, 1970 The Things of Life August 1970 The Olympics in Mexico Mexican film September 11, 1970 Sartana Kills Them All co-production with Medusa Distribuzione September 12, 1970 Five Easy Pieces Nominee for the Academy Award for Best PictureNominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama September 16, 1970 R.P.M. The Executioner co-production with Ameran Films October 12, 1970 The Mind of Mr. Soames co-production with Amicus Productions October 16, 1970 I Never Sang for My Father Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama October 23, 1970 Cromwell co-production with Irving Allen Productions November 3, 1970 The Owl and the Pussycat Co-production with Rastar November 18, 1970 I Walk the Line December 8, 1970 Husbands Co-production with Faces Music December 15, 1970 There's a Girl in My Soup December 16, 1970 Take a Girl Like You co-production with Albion Film Distributors December 25, 1970 The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun French film
1971 Release date Title Notes 1971 House of Evil Co-production with Azteca Films and Filmica Vergara S.A. January 19, 1971 The Reckoning February 3, 1971 Doctors' Wives Co-production with Frankovich Productions February 21, 1971 Claire's Knee February 23, 1971 The Pursuit of Happiness Co-production with E & R Productions and Belafonte Enterprises March 12, 1971 The Buttercup Chain co-production with Columbia British Productions March 24, 1971 Brother John March 28, 1971 A Severed Head March 31, 1971 Waterloo international distribution outside Latin America, Spain and the Soviet Union only; produced by Mosfilm and Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica, North and Latin American and Spanish distribution by Paramount Pictures March 1971 Isle of the Snake People April 2, 1971 Flight of the Doves April 8, 1971 The Professor Mexican film; co-production with Posa Films April 1971 The Incredible Invasion May 12, 1971 10 Rillington Place Co-production with Filmways Pictures June 6, 1971 Summertree Co-production with The Bryna Company June 9, 1971 A Man Called Sledge June 13, 1971 Drive, He Said co-production with BBS Productions and Drive Productions Inc. June 17, 1971 The Anderson Tapes co-production with Robert M. Weitman Productions June 23, 1971 Man and Boy Co-production with J. Cornelius Crean Films Inc. and Jemmin Inc. July 24, 1971 The Horsemen July 29, 1971 The Go-Between North American, French, Australian, New Zealand and Japanese distribution only; co-co-production with EMI Films August 18, 1971 Fools' Parade co-production with Stanmore Productions and Penbar Productions, Inc. August 27, 1971 The Love Machine Co-production with Sujac Productions and Frankovich Productions September 1, 1971 Creatures the World Forgot Co-production with Hammer Film Productions September 2, 1971 See No Evil Co-production with Filmways Pictures September 24, 1971 The Last Rebel September 29, 1971 The Brotherhood of Satan co-production with Four Star Excelsior and LQ/JAF September 1971 Fragment of Fear Dad's Army co-production with Norcon Film ProductionsWelcome to the Club October 1, 1971 A Safe Place co-production with BBS Productions October 13, 1971 Macbeth October 22, 1971 The Last Picture Show Nominee for the Academy Award for Best PictureNominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama October 28, 1971 Bless the Beasts and Children December 9, 1971 Happy Birthday, Wanda June co-production with Red Lion, Sourdough and The Filmakers Group December 13, 1971 Nicholas and Alexandra Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture December 17, 1971 $ Also known as Dollars, co-production with Frankovich Productions, Inc.
1972 Release date Title Notes January 1, 1972 J. W. Coop Co-production with Robertson and Associates January 14, 1972 Cisco Pike January 20, 1972 To Find a Man Co-production with Rastar January 21, 1972 X, Y, and Zee Co-production with Zee Company, Original British title: Zee and Co. March 21, 1972 Gumshoe Co-production with Memorial Enterprises April 28, 1972 Buck and the Preacher May 1972 Stand Up and Be Counted co-production with Frankovich Productions June 1, 1972 Glass Houses June 4, 1972 A Day in the Death of Joe Egg British film June 14, 1972 The Burglars French & Italian film July 6, 1972 Butterflies Are Free Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy July 12, 1972 Living Free British film July 26, 1972 Fat City Co-production with Rastar August 3, 1972 The New Centurions Co-production with Chartoff-Winkler Productions August 16, 1972 Pope Joan August 22, 1972 And Now for Something Completely Different Co-production with Playboy Productions September 29, 1972 Love in the Afternoon Co-production with Les Films du Losange October 10, 1972 Young Winston October 12, 1972 The King of Marvin Gardens November 17, 1972 1776 Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy November 1972 Dirty Little Billy December 18, 1972 Images distribution only; produced by Hemdale Film CorporationOwned by MGM December 19, 1972 Goodbye, Stork, Goodbye Co-production with Impala, Daga Films and Kalender Films International December 20, 1972 Black Gunn
1973 Release date Title Notes 1973 Andrei Rublev U.S. and select international distribution only January 31, 1973 Shamus February 4, 1973 Wattstax co-production with Wolper ProductionsCo-owned by Warner Bros. and Teatro della Pace Films and Stax Records February 9, 1973 The Creeping Flesh February 12, 1973 A Reflection of Fear February 22, 1973 Turkish Delight select international distribution only; produced by Rob Houwer Film Holland March 17, 1973 Lost Horizon co-production with Ross Hunter Productions March 21, 1973 Godspell April 19, 1973 Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing May 25, 1973 Let the Good Times Roll June 10, 1973 The Hireling June 28, 1973 40 Carats co-production with Frankovich Productions July 3, 1973 Oklahoma Crude co-production with Stanley Kramer Productions July 18, 1973 Siddhartha distribution only; produced by Lotus Films August 1973 White Sister Italian-Spanish-French filmco-production with Compagnia Cinematografica Champion, Les Films Concordia Midega Film and CIPI Cinematografica S.A. August 8, 1973 The Stone Killer co-production with De Laurentiis International Manufacturing and Company S.p.A. October 19, 1973 The Way We Were co-production with Rastar and Tom Ward Enterprises October 21, 1973 Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams co-production with Rastar December 5, 1973 Serpico select international distribution only; distributed by Paramount Pictures in the U.S., U.K., France and Japan; produced by Produzion De Laurentiis International Manufacturing Company S.P.A. and Artists Entertainments Complex, Inc. December 12, 1973 The Last Detail co-production with Bright-Persky Associates and Acrobat Productions December 14, 1973 Papillon international distribution only; co-production with Allied Artists Pictures, Les Films Corona and General Production Company
1974 Release date Title Notes February 15, 1974 Crazy Joe distribution outside Italy only; produced by Warner-Columbia Filmverleih, Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica, Persky-Bright Productions, Produzione Cinematografiche Inter.Ma.Co and Tom Ward Enterprises March 13, 1974 Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades U.S. distribution only; produced by Toho and Katsu Production Co. Ltd April 5, 1974 The Golden Voyage of Sinbad co-production by Morningside Productions and Ameran Films April 10, 1974 Thomasine & Bushrod co-production with Harvey Bernhard Enterprises April 14, 1974 Lovin' Molly North American distribution only; produced by S.J.F. Productions May 1, 1974 The Lords of Flatbush distribution only; produced by Ebbets Field May 24, 1974 Chosen SurvivorsOwned by Disney (via 20th Century Studios) distribution only; produced by Metromedia Producers Corporation, Alpine Productions Inc. and Churubusco Studios May 1974 The Take distribution only; produced by World Film Services June 16, 1974 The Gravy Train distribution only; produced by Tomorrow Entertainment For Pete's Sake co-production with Rastar and Barclay June 1974 Birds Do It, Bees Do It distribution only; produced by Romax Productions and Wolper Pictures July 24, 1974 Death WishCo-owned by StudioCanal select international distribution only; produced by Dino DeLaurentiis Cinematografica; distributed in the US and the UK by Paramount Pictures August 7, 1974 California Split co-production with Spelling-Goldberg and Won World August 23, 1974 Buster and Billie distribution only; produced by Black Creek Billie August 1974 Open Season North American, U.K., Irish, Australian and New Zealand distribution only; produced by Arpa Productions and Impala September 25, 1974 The Mutations distribution only; produced by Cyclone and Getty Pictures Corp. October 9, 1974 Law and Disorder U.S. distribution only; produced by Palomar Pictures International, Fadsin Cinema Associates, Leroy Street, Memorial Enterprises and Ugo October 17, 1974 Liberation U.S. distribution only October 18, 1974 The Odessa File co-production with John Woolf Productions, Domino Productions and Oceanic Filmproduktion November 8, 1974 Confessions of a Window Cleaner December 1974 Emmanuelle French filmU.S. distribution only
1975 Release date Title Notes February 12, 1975 The Stepford WivesOwned by Bristol Myers Squibb Theatrical distributor only March 13, 1975 Shampoo Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy March 15, 1975 Funny Lady Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy; co-production with Rastar March 19, 1975 Tommy North American distribution only; produced by Hemdale Film Corporation; co-production with Robert StigwoodNominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy April 24, 1975 Touch and Go French & Italian filmco-production with Les Films Ariane and Vides Cinematografica April 29, 1975 Aloha Bobby and Rose Co-production with Cine Artists International May 20, 1975 The Fortune May 22, 1975 Breakout The Wind and the Lion International distribution only; co-production with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; US distribution by United Artists June 20, 1975 Bite the Bullet July 16, 1975 White Line Fever co-production by International Cinemedia Center and White Line Fever Syndicate September 17, 1975 Swept Away distribution only; remade in 2002 October 8, 1975 Hard Times co-production with Lawrence Gordon Productions October 12, 1975 Lies My Father Told Me co-production with Canadian Film Development Corporation December 18, 1975 The Man Who Would Be King International distribution only; co-production with Allied Artists Pictures December 25, 1975 Aaron Loves Angela The Black Bird Co-production with Rastar
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