Best movies of 1970s on prime

The Godfather(1972)

Combined Rating:
93
Combined Critics Rating: 89

The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.



Raging Bull(1980)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 78

An emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring destroys his life outside it.



Dressed to Kill(1980)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 63

A mysterious blonde woman kills one of a psychiatrist's patients, and then goes after the high-class call girl who witnessed the murder.



Hair(1979)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 62

Claude Bukowski leaves the family ranch in Oklahoma for New York where he is rapidly embraced into the hippie group of youngsters led by Berger, yet he's already been drafted. He soon falls in love with Sheila Franklin, a rich girl but still a rebel inside.



Rocky(1976)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 35

Rocky Balboa, a small-time boxer, gets a supremely rare chance to fight heavy-weight champion Apollo Creed in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.



Rocky II(1979)

Combined Rating:
44
Combined Critics Rating: 19

Rocky struggles in family life after his bout with Apollo Creed, while the embarrassed champ insistently goads him to accept a challenge for a rematch.



The Amityville Horror(1979)

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Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 24

Newlyweds move into a large house where a mass murder was committed, and experience strange manifestations which drive them away.



Fiddler on the Roof(1971)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 22

In prerevolutionary Russia, a Jewish peasant contends with marrying off three of his daughters while growing anti-Semitic sentiment threatens his village.



Mr. Majestyk(1974)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 39

A melon farmer battles organized crime and a hit man who wants to kill him.



A Bridge Too Far(1977)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 17

Operation Market Garden, September 1944: The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines. However, mismanagement and poor planning result in its failure.



Thunderbolt and Lightfoot(1974)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 18

With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organize a daring new heist.



Sholay(1975)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 9

After his family is murdered by a notorious and ruthless bandit, a former police officer enlists the services of two outlaws to capture the bandit.



The Pink Panther Strikes Again(1976)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 14

Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid of Clouseau once and for all.



Invasion of the Body Snatchers(1978)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 0

In San Francisco, a group of people discover the human race is being replaced one by one, with clones devoid of emotion.



Coffy(1973)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 15

A black nurse takes vigilante justice against inner-city drug dealers after her sister becomes their latest victim.



Anand(1971)

Combined Rating:
24
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The story of a terminally ill man who wishes to live life to the full before the inevitable occurs, as told by his best friend.



Piranha(1978)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 0

When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.



Gol Maal(1979)

Combined Rating:
22
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Ramprasad is a recent college graduate who finds a job with a finicky man, Bhavani Shankar, who believes that a man without a mustache is a man without a character. Bhavani Shankar is also ...



The Vampire Lovers(1970)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 11

Seductive vampire Carmilla Karnstein and her family target the beautiful and the rich in a remote area of late eighteenth-century Gemany.



Humanoids from the Deep(1980)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 8

Scientific experiments backfire and produce horrific mutations: half man, half fish, which terrorize a small fishing village by killing the men and raping the women.




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