20 Movies That Prove That The 1970s Was The Best Decade For Film

6. Harold And Maude

'This is Harold. Fully equipped to deal with life. This is Maude. Harold's girlfriend'. Harold And Maude, Hal Ashby's jet-black romantic comedy, was strange even by the standards of the seventies. When Ashby and Colin Higgins took the screenplay to Hollywood executives, they were told they were nuts. Nobody, they argued, wanted to see a romance between a 20-year-old man and a 79-year-old-woman. They also objected to the scenes of Harold faking his death and some other aspects of the story. And wouldn't you know it when the film came out many critics had issues with the black humour and the age difference between the two title characters. In recent years the film's reputation has been rehabilitated and it is now regarded as a cult classic and a midnight movie favourite. There's no denying the film's heart or its great Cat Stevens soundtrack.