It's been fifty years since the term summer blockbuster entered the modern lexicon. That's largely attributed to Steven Spielberg's Jaws being one of the greatest box office success stories ever; as well as being culturally impactful, even today. Therefore, it would lay down the blueprint for event movies ever since.
Picks:
Autopsy (Armando Crispino)
Brannigan (Douglas Hickox)
Bucktown (Arthur Marks)
Countess Perverse (Jesús Franco)
Deep Red (Dario Argento)
The Devil's Rain (Robert Fuest)
The Eiger Sanction (Clint Eastwood)
Eyeball (Umberto Lenzi)
Footprints on the Moon (Luigi Bazzoni, Mario Fanelli)
French Connection II (John Frankenheimer)
Ilsa, She Wolf of the S.S. (Don Edmunds)*
Jaws (Steven Spielberg)
Lips of Blood (Jean Rollin)
The Man Who Would Be King (John Huston)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones)
Night of the Seagulls (Amando de Ossorio)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Milos Forman)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Peter Weir)
Race with the Devil (Jack Starrett)
Rollerball (Norman Jewison)
Shivers (David Cronenberg)
Supervixens (Russ Meyer)
Switchblade Sisters (Jack Hill)
Glaring Blind Spots:
Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet); Hard Times (Walter Hill); and Night Moves (Arthur Penn).
Could have added a few more to the list, like The Stepford Wives, but way too much time has passed since last seeing any of them. No idea if they still hold up.
* Still banned outright today by the BBFC.
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