Best movies of 1970s

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.



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".



El Topo(1970)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 23

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



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.



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.



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.



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.



Watership Down(1978)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 19

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



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.



The Great Gatsby(1974)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 22

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



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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



...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.



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.



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.




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