Best movies of 1970s

Catch-22(1970)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 18

A man is trying desperately to be certified insane during World War II, so he can stop flying missions.



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.



The Parallax View(1974)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 22

An ambitious reporter gets in way-over-his-head trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.



French Connection II(1975)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 21

"Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseille to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler who eluded him in New York.



Every Which Way But Loose(1978)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 17

The San Fernando Valley adventures of trucker turned prize-fighter Philo Beddoe and his pet orangutan Clyde.



The Brood(1979)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 17

A man tries to uncover an unconventional psychologist's therapy techniques on his institutionalized wife, amidst a series of brutal murders.



Cannibal Holocaust(1980)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 12

During a rescue mission into the Amazon rainforest, a professor stumbles across lost film shot by a missing documentary crew.



Heaven's Gate(1980)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 24

A dramatization of the real-life Johnson County War in 1890 Wyoming, in which a Sheriff born into wealth, attempts to protect immigrant farmers from rich cattle interests.



The Changeling(1980)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 15

A man staying at a secluded historical mansion finds himself being haunted by the presence of a spectre.



Prom Night(1980)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 23

At a high school senior prom, a masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the accidental death of a classmate six years previously.



Stardust Memories(1980)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 18

While attending a retrospective of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.



The Abominable Dr. Phibes(1971)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 22

A doctor, scientist, organist, and biblical scholar, Anton Phibes, seeks revenge on the nine doctors he considers responsible for his wife's death.



Jeremiah Johnson(1972)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 14

A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians, and proves to be a match for their warriors in one-on-one combat on the early frontier.



A Woman Under the Influence(1974)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 18

Mabel, a wife and mother, is loved by her husband Nick but her mental illness proves to be a problem in the marriage.



Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia(1974)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 19

An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.



A Boy and His Dog(1975)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 20

A post-apocalyptic tale based on a novella by Harlan Ellison. A boy communicates telepathically with his dog as they scavenge for food and sex, and they stumble into an underground society ...



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.



Murder by Death(1976)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 13

Five famous literary detective characters and their sidekicks are invited to a bizarre mansion to solve an even stranger mystery.



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.



Die Marquise von O...(1976)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 43

A German Marquise has to deal with a pregnancy she cannot explain and an infatuated Russian Count.




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