Best movies of 1970s

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.



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.



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.



The Great Gatsby(1974)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 22

A Midwesterner becomes fascinated with his nouveau riche neighbor, who obsesses over his lost love.



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.



Watership Down(1978)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 19

A group of rabbits flee their doomed warren and face many dangers to find and protect their new home.



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 Omega Man(1971)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 19

Army doctor Robert Neville struggles to create a cure for the plague that wiped out most of the human race.



Walkabout(1971)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 22

Two young siblings are stranded in the Australian Outback and are forced to cope on their own. They meet an Australian boy on "walkabout": a ritual separation from his tribe.



Play Misty for Me(1971)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 21

A brief fling between a male disc jockey and an obsessed female fan takes a frightening, and perhaps even deadly turn when another woman enters the picture.



Klute(1971)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 23

A small-town detective searching for a missing man has only one lead: a connection with a New York prostitute.



Silent Running(1972)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 20

In a future where all flora is extinct on Earth, an astronaut is given orders to destroy the last of Earth's botany, kept in a greenhouse aboard a spacecraft.



What's Up, Doc?(1972)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 23

The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.



Death Wish(1974)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 18

A New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad after his wife is murdered by street punks in which he randomly goes out and kills would-be muggers on the mean streets after dark.



Death Race 2000(1975)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 21

In a dystopian future, a cross country automobile race requires contestants to run down innocent pedestrians to gain points that are tallied based on each kill's brutality.



New York, New York(1977)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 24

An egotistical saxophonist and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long, up-hill climb.



The Boys from Brazil(1978)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 20

A Nazi hunter in Paraguay discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.



Goin' South(1978)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 37

Due to the lack of men after the Civil War, a small western town allows a bachelorette with ulterior motives to save a horse-thief from the gallows by marrying him. They must deal with his old gang, the sheriff, the bank - and each other.



Heaven Can Wait(1978)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 24

A Los Angeles Rams quarterback, accidentally taken away from his body by an overanxious angel before he was meant to die, returns to life in the body of a recently murdered millionaire.



...and justice for all.(1979)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 19

A lawyer is forced to defend a guilty judge, while defending other innocent clients, and trying to find punishment for the guilty and provide justice for the innocent.




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