Best movies of 1970s

The Man Who Fell to Earth(1976)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 69

Thomas Jerome Newton is a humanoid alien who comes to Earth to get water for his dying planet. He starts a high technology company to get the billions of dollars he needs to build a return ...



Breaking Away(1979)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 68

A small-town boy obsessed with the Italian cycling team vies for the affections of a college girl.



Coal Miner's Daughter(1980)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 71

Biographical story of Loretta Lynn, a legendary country singer that came from poverty to worldwide fame. She rose from humble beginnings in Kentucky to superstardom and changing the sound and style of country music forever.



Ultimo tango a Parigi(1972)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 61

A young Parisian woman meets a middle-aged American businessman who demands their clandestine relationship be based only on sex.



Westworld(1973)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 61

A robot malfunction creates havoc and terror for unsuspecting vacationers at a futuristic, adult-themed amusement park.



Dressed to Kill(1980)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 64

A mysterious blonde woman kills one of a psychiatrist's patients, and then goes after the high-class call girl who witnessed the murder.



The Last Detail(1973)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 65

Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison but decide to show him one last good time along the way.



The Outlaw Josey Wales(1976)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 57

A Missouri farmer joins a Confederate guerrilla unit and winds up on the run from the Union soldiers who murdered his family.



The Warriors(1979)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 56

In the near future, a charismatic leader summons the street gangs of New York City in a bid to take it over. When he is killed, The Warriors are falsely blamed and now must fight their way home while every other gang is hunting them down.



Hair(1979)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 62

Claude Bukowski leaves the family ranch in Oklahoma for New York where he is rapidly embraced into the hippie group of youngsters led by Berger, yet he's already been drafted. He soon falls in love with Sheila Franklin, a rich girl but still a rebel inside.



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.



Diamonds Are Forever(1971)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 55

A diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas, where he uncovers an evil plot involving a rich business tycoon.



Sleeper(1973)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 59

A nerdish store owner is revived out of cryostasis into a future world to fight an oppressive government.



The Rocky Horror Picture Show(1975)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 53

A newly engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must pay a call to the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-N-Furter.



Love and Death(1975)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 59

In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.



The Spy Who Loved Me(1977)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 55

James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads, with the help of a K.G.B. Agent, whose lover he killed.



The Fog(1980)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 56

Legend says that Antonio Bay was built in 1880 with blood money obtained from shipwrecked lepers, which no one believes. On the eve of the town's centennial, many plan to attend the celebrations, including the murdered lepers.



Love Story(1970)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 60

A boy and a girl from different backgrounds fall in love regardless of their upbringing - and then tragedy strikes.



Live and Let Die(1973)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 53

007 is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organization and a reliable psychic tarot card reader.



The Day of the Jackal(1973)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 58

A professional assassin codenamed "Jackal" plots to kill Charles de Gaulle, the President of France.




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