Best movies of 1970s

Un flic(1972)

Combined Rating:
48
Combined Critics Rating: 50

Bank robbery in small town ends with one of the robbers being wounded. The loot from the robbery is just an asset for the even more spectacular heist. Simon, gang leader and Paris night ...



Enter the Dragon(1973)

Combined Rating:
48
Combined Critics Rating: 26

A martial artist agrees to spy on a reclusive crime lord using his invitation to a tournament there as cover.



American Graffiti(1973)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 26

A couple of high school grads spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.



The Wicker Man(1973)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 27

A police sergeant is sent to a Scottish island village in search of a missing girl whom the townsfolk claim never existed. Stranger still are the rites that take place there.



The Last Picture Show(1971)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 28

In 1951, a group of high schoolers come of age in a bleak, isolated, atrophied West Texas town that is slowly dying, both culturally and economically.



Harold and Maude(1971)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 25

Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral.



Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto(1970)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 45

A chief of detectives, homicide section, kills his mistress and deliberately leaves clues to prove his own responsibility for the crime.



Xanadu(1980)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 40

The story of a girl who makes dreams come true.



Scarecrow(1973)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 36

Max, an ex-con drifter with a penchant for brawling is amused by Lion, a homeless ex-sailor, and they partner up as they head east together.



Any Which Way You Can(1980)

Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 33

A trucker turned prize fighter, his brother and their pet orangutan have a series of misadventures involving the mob, corrupt cops, motorcycle gangs and pretty dames.



Nashville(1975)

Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 30

Over the course of a few hectic days, numerous interrelated people prepare for a political convention as secrets and lies are surfaced and revealed.



Nine to Five(1980)

Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 29

Three female employees of a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot find a way to turn the tables on him.



Somewhere in Time(1980)

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Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 29

A Chicago playwright uses self-hypnosis to travel back in time and meet the actress whose vintage portrait hangs in a grand hotel.



Seems Like Old Times(1980)

Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 42

Wrongfully accused of a bank robbery, a writer seeks the help of his ex-wife, who is now married to the soon-to-be D.A. of California.



Killer of Sheep(1978)

Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 47

Set in the Watts area of Los Angeles, a slaughterhouse worker must suspend his emotions to continue working at a job he finds repugnant, and then he finds he has little sensitivity for the family he works so hard to support.



Overlord(1975)

Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 57

During the Second World War a young lad is called up and, with an increasing sense of foreboding, undertakes his army training ready for D-day.



The First Great Train Robbery(1978)

Combined Rating:
44
Combined Critics Rating: 34

In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.



Rocky II(1979)

Combined Rating:
44
Combined Critics Rating: 19

Rocky struggles in family life after his bout with Apollo Creed, while the embarrassed champ insistently goads him to accept a challenge for a rematch.



The Jerk(1979)

Combined Rating:
44
Combined Critics Rating: 22

An idiotic man struggles to make it through life on his own in St. Louis.



Sorcerer(1977)

Combined Rating:
44
Combined Critics Rating: 34

Four unfortunate men from different parts of the globe agree to risk their lives transporting gallons of nitroglycerin across dangerous South American jungle.




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