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The 1970s on film: 10 of the best from the disco era

1. Boogie Nights

Released 1997. Set in late 1970s and early 1980s
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, John C. Reilly, Heather Graham

2. The Ice Storm

Released in 1997. Set in 1973.
Director: Ang Lee
Starring: Kevin Kline, Tobey Maguire, Joan Allen, Signourney Weaver, Christina Ricci, Katie Holmes

3. Behind the Candelabra

Released in 2013. Set between 1977 and 1987.
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Michael Douglas,Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Eric Zuckerman, Eddie Jemison

4. Dazed and Confused

Released in 1993. Set in 1976.
Director: Richard Linklater
Starring: Jason London, Wiley Wiggins, Matthew McConaughey, Parker Posey

5. Casino

Released in 1995. Set in the late 1970s and the early 1980s.
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci

6. American Hustle

Released in 2013. Set in the late 1970s and the early 1980s.
Director: David O. Russell
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper and Jeremey Renner

7. 24 Hour Party People

Released in 2002. Set in 1976 and the ’80s and 90s.
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Starring: Steve Coogan, Paddy Considine, Andy Serkis, Paul Popplewell, Shirley Henderson

8. The Virgin Suicides

Released in 1999. Set during the 1970s.
Director: Sofia Coppola
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, Kathleen Turner, James Woods

9. My Girl

Released in 1991. Set in 1972.
Director: Howard Zieff
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Macaulay Culkin, Anna Chlumsky

10. Dogs in Space

Released in 1986. Set in 1978.
Director: Richard Lowenstein
Starring: Michael Hutchence, Saskia Post, Nique Needles

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