Best movies of 1970s

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.



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.



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 ...



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.



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.



Johnny Got His Gun(1971)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 14

A World War I soldier, rendered blind, deaf, limbless, and mute by a horrific artillery shell attack, finds a unique way of communicating with his doctors.



Robin Hood(1973)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 0

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



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.



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

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 29

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



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.



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.



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.



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.



'Breaker' Morant(1980)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 15

Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers.



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.



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.



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 Driver(1978)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 14

"The Driver" is a specialist in a rare business: he drives getaway cars in robberies. His exceptional talent prevented him from being caught yet. After another successful flight from the ...



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.




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