Best movies of 1970s

The Lord of the Rings(1978)

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Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 23

The Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign over Middle-earth.



Escape from Alcatraz(1979)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 17

Alcatraz is the most secure prison of its time. It is believed that no one can ever escape from it, until three daring men make a possible successful attempt at escaping from one of the most infamous prisons in the world.



Tess(1979)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 31

A strong-willed young peasant girl becomes the affection of two men.



Cheech and Chong's Next Movie(1980)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 33

The two stoners and their friends go through another series of crazy, drug-influenced misadventures.



The Last House on the Left(1972)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 22

Two teenage girls head to a rock concert for one's birthday. While trying to score marijuana in the city, they are kidnapped and brutalized by a gang of psychotic convicts.



Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid(1973)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 27

An aging Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons--his sole purpose being to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.



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.



The Man Who Would Be King(1975)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 19

Two British former soldiers decide to set themselves up as kings in Kafiristan, a land where no white man has set foot since Alexander the Great.



Picnic at Hanging Rock(1975)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 22

During a rural summer picnic, a few students and a teacher from an Australian girls' school vanish without a trace. Their absence frustrates and haunts the people left behind.



The Enforcer(1976)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 20

Dirty Harry must foil a terrorist organization made up of disgruntled Vietnam veterans. But this time, he's teamed with a rookie female partner that he's not too excited to be working with.



Slap Shot(1977)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 20

A failing ice hockey team finds success using constant fighting and violence during games.



Midnight Express(1978)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 17

Billy Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.



All That Jazz(1979)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 23

Director/choreographer Bob Fosse tells his own life story as he details the sordid life of Joe Gideon, a womanizing, drug-using dancer.



Cruising(1980)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 27

A police detective goes undercover in the underground S&M gay subculture of New York City to catch a serial killer who is preying on gay men.



Le roi et l'oiseau(1980)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 44

A chimney sweep and a shepherdess seek to escape from the clutches of a tyrannical king.



El Topo(1970)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 23

A mysterious black-clad gunfighter wanders a mystical Western landscape encountering multiple bizarre characters.



Bedknobs and Broomsticks(1971)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 20

An apprentice witch, three kids and a cynical conman search for the missing component to a magic spell useful to the defense of Britain.



Get Carter(1971)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 21

When his brother dies under mysterious circumstances in a car accident, London gangster Jack Carter travels to Newcastle to investigate.



Pink Flamingos(1972)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 24

Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Filthiest Person Alive".



Siddhartha(1972)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 54

The story of a young Indian who embarks upon a journey to find the meaning of existence. Based on the novel by Hermann Hesse.




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