Best movies of 1970s

High Anxiety(1977)

Combined Rating:
54
Combined Critics Rating: 46

Mel Brooks' parody of Alfred Hitchcock films.



American Gigolo(1980)

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Combined Rating:
54
Combined Critics Rating: 45

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



The Last Wave(1977)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 54

A Sydney lawyer defends five Aborigines in a ritualized taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing things about himself and premonitions.



Martin(1978)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 53

A young man, who believes himself to be a vampire, goes to live with his elderly and hostile cousin in a small Pennsylvania town where he tries to redeem his blood-craving urges.



Interiors(1978)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 45

Three sisters find their lives spinning out of control in the wake of their parents' sudden, unexpected divorce.



Moonraker(1979)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 33

James Bond investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle, and discovers a plot to commit global genocide.



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.



Once Upon a Time... the Revolution(1971)

Combined Rating:
52
Combined Critics Rating: 39

An I.R.A. explosives expert on the run in Mexico meets an amoral Mexican bandit; together they are drawn into the Mexican revolution.



Conquest of the Planet of the Apes(1972)

Combined Rating:
52
Combined Critics Rating: 39

In a futuristic world that has embraced ape slavery, Caesar, the son of the late simians Cornelius and Zira, surfaces after almost twenty years of hiding out from the authorities, and prepares for a slave revolt against humanity.



Barry Lyndon(1975)

Combined Rating:
52
Combined Critics Rating: 31

An Irish rogue wins the heart of a rich widow and assumes her dead husband's aristocratic position in 18th-century England.



The Eiger Sanction(1975)

Combined Rating:
52
Combined Critics Rating: 44

A classical art professor and collector, who doubles as a professional assassin, is coerced out of retirement to avenge the murder of an old friend.



The Omen(1976)

Combined Rating:
52
Combined Critics Rating: 31

Mysterious deaths surround an American ambassador. Could the child that he is raising actually be the Antichrist? The Devil's own son?



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.



Cet obscur objet du désir(1977)

Combined Rating:
52
Combined Critics Rating: 42

Recounted in flashback are the romantic perils of Mathieu, a middle-aged French sophisticate as he falls for his nineteen year-old former chambermaid Conchita.



Rock 'n' Roll High School(1979)

Combined Rating:
52
Combined Critics Rating: 52

A group of rock-music-loving students, with the help of the Ramones, take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administration.



Battle for the Planet of the Apes(1973)

Combined Rating:
51
Combined Critics Rating: 38

One decade after a worldwide series of ape revolutions and a brutal nuclear war among humans, Caesar must protect survivors of both species from an insidious human cult and a militant ape faction alike.



The Crazies(1973)

Combined Rating:
51
Combined Critics Rating: 48

The military attempts to contain a manmade combat virus that causes death and permanent insanity in those infected, as it overtakes a small Pennsylvania town.



El espíritu de la colmena(1973)

Combined Rating:
51
Combined Critics Rating: 44

In 1940, after watching and being traumatized by the movie Frankenstein (1931), a sensitive seven year-old girl living in a small Spanish village drifts into her own fantasy world.



Pete's Dragon(1977)

Combined Rating:
51
Combined Critics Rating: 40

An orphan boy and his magical dragon come to town with his abusive adoptive parents in pursuit.



Norma Rae(1979)

Combined Rating:
51
Combined Critics Rating: 49

A young single mother and textile worker agrees to help unionize her mill despite the problems and dangers involved.




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