List of Columbia Pictures films (1970–1979)

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]). It is one of the Big Five film studios. Columbia Pictures is a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Sony.

Release date	Title	Notes
January 1970	Land Raiders
February 4, 1970	The Looking Glass War
February 5, 1970	The Virgin Soldiers
March 4, 1970	Loving
March 18, 1970	The Liberation of L.B. Jones
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
August 31, 1970	The Things of Life
August 1970	The Olympics in Mexico
September 11, 1970	Sartana Kills Them All
September 12, 1970	Five Easy Pieces	Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
September 16, 1970	R.P.M.
	The Executioner
October 12, 1970	The Mind of Mr. Soames
October 18, 1970	I Never Sang for My Father	Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
October 26, 1970	Cromwell
October 29, 1970	Machine Gun McCain
November 3, 1970	The Owl and the Pussycat	Co-production with Rastar
November 18, 1970	I Walk the Line
December 8, 1970	Husbands
December 15, 1970	There's a Girl in My Soup
December 16, 1970	Take a Girl Like You
December 20, 1970	Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
December 21, 1970	The Man with Connections
December 25, 1970	The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
1971	House of Evil	Co-production with Azteca Films and Filmica Vergara S.A.
January 19, 1971	The Reckoning
January 21, 1971	Bed and Board
February 3, 1971	Doctors' Wives
February 21, 1971	Claire's Knee
February 23, 1971	The Pursuit of Happiness
March 12, 1971	The Buttercup Chain
March 24, 1971	Brother John
March 28, 1971	A Severed Head
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 26, 1971	Super Colt 38	Co production with Filmica Vergara S.A.
April 1971	The Incredible Invasion
May 12, 1971	10 Rillington Place	Co-production with Filmways Pictures
June 6, 1971	Summertree
June 9, 1971	A Man Called Sledge
June 13, 1971	Drive, He Said
June 17, 1971	The Anderson Tapes
June 23, 1971	Man and Boy
July 24, 1971	The Horsemen
July 29, 1971	The Go-Between	distribution only; co-production with EMI Films
August 5, 1971	The Love Machine
August 6, 1971	The Brotherhood of Satan
August 18, 1971	Fools' Parade
September 1, 1971	Creatures the World Forgot
September 2, 1971	See No Evil	Co-production with Filmways Pictures
September 24, 1971	The Last Rebel
September 1971	Fragment of Fear
	Dad's Army	distribution only; produced by Norcon
	Welcome to the Club
October 1, 1971	A Safe Place
October 13, 1971	Macbeth
October 22, 1971	The Last Picture Show	Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture Nominee 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
December 13, 1971	Nicholas and Alexandra	Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture
December 17, 1971	$	Also known as Dollars
January 1, 1972	J.W. Coop
January 14, 1972	Cisco Pike
January 20, 1972	To Find a Man	Co-production with Rastar
January 21, 1972	X, Y, and Zee	Original British title: Zee and Co.
March 21, 1972	Gumshoe
April 28, 1972	Buck and the Preacher
April 29, 1972	Brian's Song	Television film, given release in theatres
May 1972	Stand Up and Be Counted
June 1, 1972	Glass Houses
June 4, 1972	A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
June 14, 1972	The Burglars
July 6, 1972	Butterflies Are Free	Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
July 12, 1972	Living Free
July 26, 1972	Fat City	Co-production with Rastar
August 3, 1972	The New Centurions
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
October 10, 1972	Young Winston
October 12, 1972	The King of Marvin Gardens
November 3, 1972	The Valachi Papers	distribution only; co-production with Dino De Laurentiis Company and Euro-France Films
November 17, 1972	1776	Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
November 1972	Dirty Little Billy
December 11, 1972	Trafic
December 18, 1972	Images	distribution only; produced by Hemdale Film Corporation
December 19, 1972	Goodbye, Stork, Goodbye	Co-production with Impala and Kalender Films International
December 20, 1972	Black Gunn
1973	Andrei Rublev	International distribution only
January 31, 1973	Shamus
February 4, 1973	Wattstax
February 9, 1973	The Creeping Flesh
February 12, 1973	A Reflection of Fear
March 11, 1973	The Sin
March 17, 1973	Lost Horizon
March 21, 1973	Godspell
March 25, 1973	Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me
March 1973	Fists of Fury
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
July 3, 1973	Oklahoma Crude
July 18, 1973	Siddhartha	U.S. distribution only; produced by Lotus Films
August 8, 1973	The Stone Killer
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 12, 1973	The Last Detail	Co-production with Bright-Persky Associates and Acrobat Productions
February 15, 1974	Crazy Joe	U.S. distribution 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
April 14, 1974	Lovin' Molly	distribution only; produced by S.J.F. Productions
May 1, 1974	The Lords of Flatbush	Co-production with Ebbets Field
May 22, 1974	Chosen Survivors	distribution only; co-production with Metromedia Producers Corporation, Alpine Productions Inc. and Churubusco Studios
May 1974	The Take	Co-production with World Film Services
June 16, 1974	The Gravy Train	distribution only; co-production with Tomorrow Entertainment
	For Pete's Sake	Co-production with Rastar and Barclay
June 1974	Birds Do It, Bees Do It	Co-production with Romax Productions and Wolper Pictures
August 7, 1974	California Split	Co-production with Spelling-Goldberg and Won World
August 21, 1974	Buster and Billie
September 25, 1974	The Mutations	Co-production with Cyclone and Getty Pictures Corp.
October 9, 1974	Law and Disorder	Co-production with Fadsin Cinema Associates, Leroy Street, Memorial Enterprises and Ugo
October 17, 1974	Liberation
October 18, 1974	The Odessa File
November 1, 1974	Open Season
November 8, 1974	Confessions of a Window Cleaner
November 1974	The Three Stooges Follies
December 3, 1974	Emmanuelle
February 12, 1975	The Stepford Wives	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	Co-production with Robert Stigwood and Hemdale Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
April 29, 1975	Aloha Bobby and Rose
May 20, 1975	The Fortune
May 22, 1975	Breakout
	The Wind and the Lion	International distribution only; produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
June 20, 1975	Bite the Bullet
July 16, 1975	White Line Fever
September 17, 1975	Swept Away	distribution only; Remake of 2002 film
October 8, 1975	Hard Times
October 12, 1975	Lies My Father Told Me
November 12, 1975	Stardust	distribution only; co-production with Goodtimes Enterprises
November 19, 1975	Fear Over the City	USA distribution of a French film
December 25, 1975	Aaron Loves Angela
	The Black Bird	Co-production with Rastar
February 8, 1976	Taxi Driver	Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture; co-production with Bill/Philips and Italo/Judeo Productions
February 13, 1976	Jack and the Beanstalk	U.S. distribution only; produced by Group TAC, Nippon Herald Films and Film-Rite Inc.
March 11, 1976	Robin and Marian	Co-production with Rastar
April 16, 1976	Countdown at Kusini	Co-production with DST Telecommunications, Nigeria Glipp Productions and Tam International Limited
April 1976	The Stranger and the Gunfighter	U.S. distribution only; produced by Champion Films, Compagnia Cinematografica Champion, Harbor Productions, Midega Film and The Shaw Brothers
May 5, 1976	Baby Blue Marine	Co-production with Spelling-Goldberg Productions
May 16, 1976	Grizzly	Worldwide distribution only with Film Ventures International
May 26, 1976	Drive-In	Co-production with George Litto Productions
May 1976	Watch Out, We're Mad	U.S. distribution only; produced by Filmayer, Capital Films and Rizzoli Film
June 6, 1976	The Last Woman	U.S. distribution only; produced by Les Productions Jaques Roitfield
June 17, 1976	Harry and Walter Go to New York	Co-production with Devlin-Gittes/Tony Bill
June 23, 1976	Murder by Death	Co-production with Rastar
July 1, 1976	The Minister and I	Mexican film; co-production with Rioma Films
July 14, 1976	Shadow of the Hawk	Co-production with International Cinemedia Center, Rising Road, The Canadian Film Development Corporation and The Odeon Theatres
August 1, 1976	Obsession	Co-production with Yellowbird Productions
September 17, 1976	The Front	co-production with Devon/Persky-Bright, Persky-Bright Productions and Rollins-Joffe Productions
December 21, 1976	Nickelodeon	distribution only; co-production with British Lion Films and EMI Films
February 9, 1977	Fun with Dick and Jane
March 9, 1977	The Farmer	Co-production with Milway Productions
April 2, 1977	The Eagle Has Landed	USA distribution only; produced by ITC Entertainment and Associated General Films
May 19, 1977	The Greatest	U.S. distribution only; Co-production with EMI Films and John Marshall Production
June 17, 1977	The Deep	distribution only; co-production with Cascablanca Filmworks and EMI Films
August 5, 1977	March or Die	U.S. distribution only, produced by ITC Entertainment, Sir Lew Grade and Associated General Films
August 12, 1977	Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger	Co-production with Andor Films
August 31, 1977	You Light Up My Life	Co-production with Mondial International Corporation
September 14, 1977	Spider-Man	International theatrical distribution only; Co-production with Danchuck Productions and Marvel Television
September 29, 1977	Bobby Deerfield	U.S. distribution only; produced by Warner Bros. and First Artists
November 16, 1977	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	distribution only; Co-production with Julia Philips and Michael Philips Productions and EMI Films
February 2, 1978	The Boys in Company C
February 1978	Remember My Name	Co-production with Lion's Gate Films
March 3, 1978	The Amsterdam Kill
March 17, 1978	Casey's Shadow	Co-production with Rastar
April 21, 1978	Silver Bears	distribution only; co-production with EMI Films and Raleigh Films
April 28, 1978	The Patrolman	Mexican film; co-production with Rioma Films
May 19, 1978	Thank God It's Friday	Co-production with Cascablanca Filmworks and Motown Productions
May 24, 1978	If Ever I See You Again
May 1978	Warlords of Atlantis	distribution only; co-production with EMI Films
June 23, 1978	The Cheap Detective	distribution only; co-production with EMI Films and Rastar Pictures
July 28, 1978	The Buddy Holly Story	co-production with Innovisions and ECA
August 2, 1978	Eyes of Laura Mars
September 29, 1978	Somebody Killed Her Husband	Co-production with Melvin Simon Productions and Fawcett-Major Productions
October 6, 1978	Midnight Express	Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture Winner of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama Co-production with Cascablanca Filmworks
December 8, 1978	Force 10 from Navarone	distribution only; co-production with Navarone Productions
December 15, 1978	California Suite	Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy; co-production with Rastar
December 21, 1978	Spider-Man Strikes Back	International theatrical distribution only; Co-production with Danchuck Productions and Marvel Television
December 31, 1978	Ice Castles
February 9, 1979	Hardcore
	When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
March 2, 1979	Fast Break	distribution only; co-production with Kings Road Entertainment
March 16, 1979	The China Syndrome
April 1979	Ashanti	International distribution only; produced by Warner Bros.
April 6, 1979	The Fifth Musketeer
May 18, 1979	Hanover Street
May 1979	Ravagers
June 8, 1979	Game of Death	USA theatrical distribution only, 20th Century Fox had USA home media distribution
June 22, 1979	Nightwing
July 13, 1979	Just You and Me, Kid
	Lost and Found
July 27, 1979	The Villain	Co-production with Rastar
August 10, 1979	No Sex Please, We're British
August 10, 1979	The National Health
	Hot Stuff	Co-production with Rastar
September 28, 1979	The Legacy	Uk distributor only; produced by Universal Pictures
October 19, 1979	...And Justice for All
October 26, 1979	When a Stranger Calls	U.S. distribution only
October 1979	Skatetown, U.S.A.	Co-production with Rastar
December 14, 1979	1941	distribution only; co-production with Universal Pictures and A-Team
	Chapter Two	Co-production with Rastar
December 17, 1979	Kramer vs. Kramer	Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture Nominee for the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
December 20, 1979	All That Jazz	Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture International distribution only; produced by 20th Century Fox
December 21, 1979	The Electric Horseman	distribution only; co-production with Universal Pictures and Wildwood Productions

See also

• List of film serials by studio § Columbia
• Columbia Pictures
• List of TriStar Pictures films
• List of Screen Gems films
• Sony Pictures Classics
• Category:Lists of films by studio

External links

• Columbia Pictures on IMDb

Category:Lists of films by studio Category:American films by studio * Category:Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group

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