Best movies of 1970s

Actors : Jüri Järvet, Natalya Bondarchuk, Vladislav Dvorzhetskiy, Donatas Banionis,
Directors : Andrei Tarkovsky,

A psychologist is sent to a station orbiting a distant planet in order to discover what has caused the crew to go insane.

Actors : Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning,
Directors : George Roy Hill,

In Chicago in September 1936, a young con man seeking revenge for his murdered partner teams up with a master of the big con to win a fortune from a criminal banker.

Actors : Martin Balsam, Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Chief Dan George,
Directors : Arthur Penn,

Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Native Americans and fighting with General Custer.

Actors : Bulle Ogier, Paul Frankeur, Delphine Seyrig, Fernando Rey,
Directors : Luis Buñuel,

A surreal, virtually plotless series of dreams centered around six middle-class people and their consistently interrupted attempts to have a meal together.

Actors : Dan O'Bannon, Dre Pahich, Brian Narelle, Cal Kuniholm,
Directors : John Carpenter,

In the far reaches of space, a small crew, 20 years into their solitary mission, find things beginning to go hilariously wrong.

Actors : Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese,
Directors : Terry Jones,

Brian is born on the original Christmas, in the stable next door. He spends his life being mistaken for a messiah.

Actors : Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tony Moran, Nancy Kyes,
Directors : John Carpenter,

Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield to kill again.

Actors : Darwin Joston, Martin West, Laurie Zimmer, Austin Stoker,
Directors : John Carpenter,

A police sergeant and an unlikely band of criminals defend a closing LA precinct office on New Years Eve against an army of gang members.

Actors : Stefania Sandrelli, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Gastone Moschin, Enzo Tarascio,
Directors : Bernardo Bertolucci,

A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.

Actors : Sissy Spacek, Janice Rule, Shelley Duvall, Robert Fortier,
Directors : Robert Altman,

Pinky is an awkward adolescent who starts work at a spa in the California desert. She becomes overly attached to fellow spa attendant, Millie when she becomes Millie's room-mate. Millie is ...

Actors : Jerry Reed, Sally Field, Burt Reynolds, Mike Henry,
Directors : Hal Needham,

The Bandit is hired on to run a tractor trailer full of beer over county lines in hot pursuit by a pesky sheriff.

Actors : Carl Weathers, Burt Young, Talia Shire, Sylvester Stallone,
Directors : John G. Avildsen,

Rocky Balboa, a small-time boxer, gets a supremely rare chance to fight heavy-weight champion Apollo Creed in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.

Actors : Irene Cara, Eddie Barth, Lee Curreri, Laura Dean,
Directors : Alan Parker,

A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.

Actors : Kurt Russell, Gerrit Graham, Frank McRae, Jack Warden,
Directors : Robert Zemeckis,

When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of the owner's ruthless brother and used-car rival.

Actors : Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Allen Danziger, Marilyn Burns,
Directors : Tobe Hooper,

Two siblings visit their grandfather's grave in Texas along with three of their friends and are attacked by a family of cannibalistic psychopaths.

Actors : Linda Harrison, Kim Hunter, James Franciscus, Maurice Evans,
Directors : Ted Post,

The sole survivor of an interplanetary rescue mission searches for the only survivor of the previous expedition. He discovers a planet ruled by apes and an underground city run by telepathic humans.

Actors : Phil Davis, Mark Wingett, Phil Daniels, Leslie Ash,
Directors : Franc Roddam,

Jimmy loathes his job and parents. He seeks solace with his mod clique, scooter riding, and drugs only to be disappointed.

Actors : David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger, Gaylen Ross,
Directors : George A. Romero,

Following an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia S.W.A.T. team members, a traffic reporter, and his television executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.

Actors : Tommy Chong, Strother Martin, Cheech Marin, Edie Adams,

Two stoners unknowingly smuggle a van - made entirely of marijuana - from Mexico to L.A., with incompetent Sgt. Stedenko on their trail.

Actors : Hector Elizondo, Lauren Hutton, Richard Gere, Nina van Pallandt,
Directors : Paul Schrader,

A Los Angeles male escort, who mostly caters to an older female clientèle, is accused of a murder which he did not commit.