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20 Box Office Hits That Turn 50 This Year

20 Box Office Hits That Turn 50 This Year

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The Man With the Golden Gun

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Death Wish

Image courtesy of Paramount Pictures

Chinatown

Source: Courtesy of Paramount Pictures

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

Image Courtesy of United Artists

The Great Gatsby

Image courtesy of Paramount Pictures

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Image courtesy of Bryanston Distributing

Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry

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Freebie and the Bean

Image courtesy of Warner Bros.

Benji

Image courtesy of Mulberry Square Releasing

Herbie Rides Again

Image courtesy of Buena Vista Distribution Company

Murder on the Orient Express

Source: Sean Connery as James Bond in Dr. No

The Longest Yard

Source: Courtesy of Paramount Pictures

The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams

Source: Michael Ochs Archives / Moviepix via Getty Images

Airport 1975

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The Godfather: Part II

Source: Courtesy of Paramount Pictures

Earthquake

Image courtesy of Universal Pictures

Young Frankenstein

Source:

The Trial of Billy Jack

Image courtesy of Taylor-Laughlin

The Towering Inferno

Image courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox

Blazing Saddles

Source: Courtesy of Warner Bros.

The Man With the Golden Gun
Death Wish
Chinatown
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
The Great Gatsby
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry
Freebie and the Bean
Benji
Herbie Rides Again
Murder on the Orient Express
The Longest Yard
The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams
Airport 1975
The Godfather: Part II
Earthquake
Young Frankenstein
The Trial of Billy Jack
The Towering Inferno
Blazing Saddles

It was a year that was packed with some of the most beloved films of all time. It's hard to believe that these top-billing movies from 1974 are turning 50 years old. Dramatic options like "Towering Inferno" and "The Great Gatsby" and cult classics "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" — all released in 1974 — are forever etched in film archives as some of the most memorable.

From "Benji" to "Blazing Saddles," here are both the well-known movies and the sleeper hits that took the top 20 spots on the box-office billing list from that year.

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