Best movies of 1970s

Earthquake(1974)

Combined Rating:
33
Combined Critics Rating: 18

Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles.



Silent Movie(1976)

Combined Rating:
33
Combined Critics Rating: 17

A film director and his strange friends struggle to produce the first major silent feature film in forty years.



Bugsy Malone(1976)

Combined Rating:
33
Combined Critics Rating: 17

The classic gangster story of Bugsy Malone told with an all-child cast.



Out 1, noli me tangere(1971)

Combined Rating:
33
Combined Critics Rating: 44

"Out 1" is a very precise picture of post May 1968 malaise - when Utopian dreams of a new society had crashed and burned, radical terrorism was starting to emerge in unlikely places and a ...



Zabriskie Point(1970)

Combined Rating:
33
Combined Critics Rating: 18

At Zabriskie Point, United State's lowest point, two perfect strangers meet; an undergraduate dreamer and a young hippie student who start off an unrestrained romance, making love on the dusty terrain.



Phantom of the Paradise(1974)

Combined Rating:
33
Combined Critics Rating: 18

A disfigured composer sells his soul for the woman he loves so that she will perform his music. However, an evil record tycoon betrays him and steals his music to open his rock palace, The Paradise.



10(1979)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 16

A Hollywood composer goes through a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with a sexy, newly married woman.



Shampoo(1975)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 21

Lovers undo a hairdresser from Beverly Hills around Election Eve in 1968.



Carny(1980)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 39

Tired of her dull job as a waitress, Donna decides to join two carnival hustlers and see what life in their field is like.



Lenny(1974)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 17

The story of acerbic 1960s comic Lenny Bruce, whose groundbreaking, no-holds-barred style and social commentary was often deemed by the Establishment as too obscene for the public.



The Devils(1971)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 19

In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier seeks to protect the city of Loudun from the corrupt establishment of Cardinal Richelieu. Hysteria occurs within the city when he is accused of witchcraft by a sexually repressed nun.



The Tragedy of Macbeth(1971)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 18

A ruthlessly ambitious Scottish lord seizes the throne with the help of his scheming wife and a trio of witches.



The Stunt Man(1980)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 22

A fugitive stumbles on a movie set just when they need a new stunt man, takes the job as a way to hide out, and falls for the leading lady.



The Elephant Man(1980)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous facade, there is revealed a person of intelligence and sensitivity.



Robin and Marian(1976)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 20

Robin Hood, aging none too gracefully, returns exhausted from the Crusades to woo and win Maid Marian one last time.



Dersu Uzala(1975)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 11

The Russian army sends an explorer on an expedition to the snowy Siberian wilderness where he makes friends with a seasoned local hunter.



Day of the Woman(1978)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 10

An aspiring writer is repeatedly gang-raped, humiliated, and left for dead by four men whom she systematically hunts down to seek revenge.



Revenge of the Pink Panther(1978)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 13

To prove that he still is strong and powerful, Philippe Douvier decides to kill Clouseau. Once news of his "death" has been announced, Clouseau tries to take advantage of it and goes undercover with Cato to find out who tried to kill him.



Two Mules for Sister Sara(1970)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 11

Nun Sara is on the run in Mexico and is saved from cowboys by Hogan, who is preparing for a future mission to capture a French fort. The pair become good friends, but Sara never does tell him the true reason behind her being outlawed.



Where the Buffalo Roam(1980)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 17

Semi-biographical film based on the experiences of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.




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