In the 1970s, film directors such as Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola and Robert Altman were a vital component in what became known as "New Hollywood" or the "Hollywood Renaissance", grittier films influenced by French and Italian realist pictures of the post-war period.
I 1970'erne var filminstruktører som Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola og Robert Altman en vital del af, hvad der blev kaldt "New Hollywood" eller "Hollywoods Renæssance", med kompromisløs realisme påvirket af efterkrigstidens franske og italienske realismefilm.