Best movies of 1970s

Frenzy(1972)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 22

A serial murderer is strangling women with a necktie. The London police have a suspect, but he is the wrong man.



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.



Paper Moon(1973)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 23

During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.



McCabe & Mrs. Miller(1971)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 26

A gambler and a prostitute become business partners in a remote Old West mining town, and their enterprise thrives until a large corporation arrives on the scene.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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 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.



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 China Syndrome(1979)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 22

A reporter finds what appears to be a cover-up of safety hazards at a nuclear power plant.



The Towering Inferno(1974)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 19

At the opening party of a colossal, but poorly constructed, office building, a massive fire breaks out that threatens to destroy the tower and everyone in it.



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.



High Plains Drifter(1973)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 18

A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago and is hired to bring the townsfolk together in an attempt to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.



Le roi et l'oiseau(1980)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 44

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



Magnum Force(1973)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 17

Dirty Harry is on the trail of vigilante cops who are not above going beyond the law to kill the city's undesirables.




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