Best Family movies of 1970s

The Muppet Movie(1979)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 62

Kermit and his newfound friends trek across America to find success in Hollywood, but a frog-legs merchant is after Kermit.



The Black Stallion(1979)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 61

While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion who is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it tragically sinks ...



My Bodyguard(1980)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 53

When a boy comes to a new school and gets harassed by a bully, he acquires the services of the school's most feared kid as a bodyguard.



The Bad News Bears(1976)

Combined Rating:
52
Combined Critics Rating: 42

An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.



Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory(1971)

Combined Rating:
49
Combined Critics Rating: 26

Charlie receives a golden ticket to a factory, his sweet tooth wants going into the lushing candy, it turns out there's an adventure in everything.



Popeye(1980)

Combined Rating:
48
Combined Critics Rating: 32

The adventures of the sailor man and his friends in the seaside town of Sweethaven.



Fiddler on the Roof(1971)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 22

In prerevolutionary Russia, a Jewish peasant contends with marrying off three of his daughters while growing anti-Semitic sentiment threatens his village.



Le roi et l'oiseau(1980)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 44

A chimney sweep and a shepherdess seek to escape from the clutches of a tyrannical king.



Freaky Friday(1976)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 26

A mother and daughter find their personalities switched and have to live each other's lives on one strange Friday.



The Wiz(1978)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 20

An adaptation of 'The Wizard of Oz' that tries to capture the essence of the African-American experience.



Peau d'âne(1970)

Combined Rating:
34
Combined Critics Rating: 35

A fairy godmother helps a princess disguise herself so she won't have to marry a man she doesn't love.



Bugsy Malone(1976)

Combined Rating:
34
Combined Critics Rating: 17

The classic gangster story of Bugsy Malone told with an all-child cast.



The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh(1977)

Combined Rating:
34
Combined Critics Rating: 12

A collection of animated shorts based on the stories and characters by A. A. Milne.



Rupan sansei: Kariosutoro no shiro(1979)

Combined Rating:
33
Combined Critics Rating: 14

A flamboyant thief and his gang struggle to free a princess from an evil count's clutches and to learn the hidden secret to a fabulous treasure that she holds part of a key to.



Escape to Witch Mountain(1975)

Combined Rating:
28
Combined Critics Rating: 15

Two mysterious orphan children have extraordinary powers and are chased by a scheming millionaire. But where do these kids really call home?



Hercules in New York(1970)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 6

Hercules (Schwarzenegger) is sent to Earth where he finds true love and starts a promising career in the bodybuilder business.



1776(1972)

Combined Rating:
25
Combined Critics Rating: 13

A musical retelling of the American Revolution's political struggle in the Continental Congress to declare independence.



Charlotte's Web(1973)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A gentle and wise grey spider with a flair for promotion pledges to save a young pig from slaughter for dinner food.



Süt Kardesler(1976)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Shaban is Ramadan's best friend whom he met whilst serving as a marine in the Ottoman navy forces. But things get really complicated when Ramadan falls in love with Shaban's milk sister, Gulshen Sonofbubik.



The Watcher in the Woods(1980)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 16

When a family moves to a country home, the young girls experience strange happenings that have a link to an occult event years past.




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