Best movies of 1970s

Carnal Knowledge(1971)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 18

The concurrent sexual lives of best friends Jonathan and Sandy are presented, those lives which are affected by the sexual mores of the time and their own temperament, especially in ...



The Candidate(1972)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 19

Bill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he is willing to tweak the establishment.



Robin Hood(1973)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The story of the legendary outlaw is portrayed with the characters as humanoid animals.



Rabid(1977)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 16

A young woman develops a taste for human blood after undergoing experimental plastic surgery, and her victims turn into rabid, blood-thirsty zombies who proceed to infect others, which turns into a city-wide epidemic.



Coming Home(1978)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 17

A woman whose husband is fighting in Vietnam falls in love with another man who suffered a paralyzing combat injury there.



Force 10 from Navarone(1978)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 13

During World War II, several oddly assorted military experts are teamed in a mission to raid and destroy a bridge vital to enemy strategy.



Stalker(1979)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes.



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.



Beyond the Valley of the Dolls(1970)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 18

Three girls come to Hollywood to make it big, but find only sex, drugs and sleaze.



Performance(1970)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 20

Chas, a violent and psychotic East London gangster needs a place to lie low after a hit that should never have been carried out. He finds the perfect cover in the form of guest house run by...



The Beguiled(1971)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 13

While imprisoned in a Confederate girls' boarding school, an injured Union soldier cons his way into each of the lonely women's hearts, causing them to turn on each other, and eventually, on him.



A New Leaf(1971)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 29

Henry Graham lives the life of a playboy. When his lawyer tells him one day that his lifestyle has consumed all his funds, he needs an idea to avoid climbing down the social ladder. So he intends to marry a rich woman and - murder her.



Kanashimi no Beradonna(1973)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 35

After being banished from her village, a peasant woman makes a pact with the devil to gain magical ability.



A Star Is Born(1976)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 22

A has-been rock star falls in love with a young, up-and-coming songstress.



Midway(1976)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 11

A dramatization of the battle that was widely heralded as a turning point of the Pacific Theatre of World War II.



The Killing of a Chinese Bookie(1976)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 17

A proud strip club owner is forced to come to terms with himself as a man, when his gambling addiction gets him in hot water with the mob, who offer him only one alternative.



Du bi quan wang da po xue di zi(1976)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 29

Tien Wu Chu, Chung-Erh Lung, Yu Wang, Kang Chin,
Yu Wang,

After his students are killed by the One Armed Boxer, a vengeful and blind Kung Fu expert travels to a village where a martial arts contest is being held and vows to behead every one armed man he comes across.



Suspiria(1977)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A newcomer to a prestigious ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amidst a series of grisly murders.



Wizards(1977)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 17

On a post-apocalyptic Earth, a wizard and his faire folk comrades fight an evil wizard who's using technology in his bid for conquest.



The Goodbye Girl(1977)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 15

After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter are reluctantly forced to live with a struggling off-Broadway actor.




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