Best movies of 1970s

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes(1970)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 17

When a bored Holmes eagerly takes the case of Gabrielle Valladon after an attempt on her life, the search for her missing husband leads to Loch Ness and the legendary monster.



Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes(1972)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 0

In the 16th century, the ruthless and insane Don Lope de Aguirre leads a Spanish expedition in search of El Dorado.



The Paper Chase(1973)

Combined Rating:
28
Combined Critics Rating: 18

A first-year law student at Harvard Law School struggles with balancing his coursework and his relationship with the daughter of his sternest professor.



The Heartbreak Kid(1972)

Combined Rating:
28
Combined Critics Rating: 27

Three days into his Miami honeymoon, New York Jewish Lenny meets tall, blonde Kelly. This confirms him in his opinion that he has made a serious mistake and he decides he wants Kelly ...



The Buddy Holly Story(1978)

Combined Rating:
28
Combined Critics Rating: 18

The story of the life and career of the early rock and roll singer, from his meteoric rise to stardom, to his marriage and untimely death.



Fritz the Cat(1972)

Combined Rating:
28
Combined Critics Rating: 14

A hypocritical swinging college student cat raises hell in a satiric vision of various elements on the 1960s.



Slaughterhouse-Five(1972)

Combined Rating:
28
Combined Critics Rating: 12

A man named Billy Pilgrim tells the story of how he became unstuck in time and was abducted by aliens.



Une vraie jeune fille(1976)

Combined Rating:
28
Combined Critics Rating: 28

Reluctantly, a sulky adolescent returns to her parents' house for yet another boring summer vacation, dabbling in desire and the art of desirability, eventually mixing reality with vision, caged fantasies with the fierce female sexuality.



The Harder They Come(1972)

Combined Rating:
28
Combined Critics Rating: 22

Wishing to become a successful Reggae singer, a young Jamaican man finds himself tied to corrupt record producers and drug pushers.



Rio Lobo(1970)

Combined Rating:
28
Combined Critics Rating: 15

After the Civil War, Cord McNally searches for the traitor whose perfidy caused the defeat of McNally's unit and the loss of a close friend.



The Message(1976)

Combined Rating:
28
Combined Critics Rating: 0

In the 7th century, Mohammed, Peace Be Upon Him, is visited by Angel Gabriel who urges him to lead the people of Mecca and worship God. But they're exiled in Medina before returning to ...



The Champ(1979)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 16

Billy Flynn, a former boxing champion, is now horse trainer in Hialeah. He makes just enough money to raise his little boy T.J., over whom he got custody after his wife Annie left him seven...



Hopscotch(1980)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 18

Grounded with a desk job by incompetent superiors, a clever CIA agent retires and writes a tell all memoir that will embarrass his bosses, prompting him to go on the run and elude them.



Looking for Mr. Goodbar(1977)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 18

A dedicated schoolteacher spends her nights cruising bars, looking for abusive men with whom she can engage in progressively violent sexual encounters.



Opening Night(1977)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 17

An actress suffers an emotional uproar in her personal life after a fan dies trying to see her.



La cage aux folles(1978)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 14

Two gay men living in St. Tropez have their lives turned upside down when the son of one of the men announces he is getting married. They try to conceal their lifestyle and their ownership ...



Caligola(1979)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Details the graphic and shocking, yet undeniably tragic story of Rome's most infamous Caesar, Gaius Germanicus Caligula.



The Wanderers(1979)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 13

Set against the urban jungle of 1963 New York's gangland subculture, this coming of age teenage movie is set around the Italian gang the Wanderers. Slight comedy, slight High School angst ...



Zui quan(1978)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Wong Fei-Hung (Jackie Chan) is a mischievous, yet righteous young man, but after a series of incidents, his frustrated father has him disciplined by Beggar So (Yuen Siu-Tien), a master of drunken martial arts.



Demon Seed(1977)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 16

A scientist creates Proteus--an organic super computer with artificial intelligence which becomes obsessed with human beings, and in particular the creators wife.




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