List of American films of 1975

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.

A–B

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

C–G

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

H–M

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

N–S

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

T–Z

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
Train Ride to Hollywood	Charles R. Rondeau	Bloodstone, Guy Marks, Jay Lawrence	Musical	Crystal Jukebox Film Corp.
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

See also

• 1975 in the United States

External links

• 1975 films at the Internet Movie Database
• List of 1975 box office number-one films in the United States