Highest grossing movies of 1970s

Every Which Way But Loose(1978)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 17

The San Fernando Valley adventures of trucker turned prize-fighter Philo Beddoe and his pet orangutan Clyde.



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.



Jaws 2(1978)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 46

Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.



Stir Crazy(1980)

Combined Rating:
51
Combined Critics Rating: 39

Set up and wrongfully accused, two best friends will be sent to prison for a crime they didn't commit, however, no prison cell could keep them locked in.



Airport(1970)

Combined Rating:
44
Combined Critics Rating: 32

A bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.



Saturday Night Fever(1977)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 64

A Brooklyn teenager feels his only chance to succeed is as the king of the disco floor. His carefree youth and weekend dancing help him to forget the reality of his bleak life.



The Poseidon Adventure(1972)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 16

A group of passengers struggle to survive and escape when their ocean liner completely capsizes at sea.



Young Frankenstein(1974)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 70

An American grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that he is not as insane as people believe, is invited to Transylvania, where he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body.



The Amityville Horror(1979)

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Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 24

Newlyweds move into a large house where a mass murder was committed, and experience strange manifestations which drive them away.



Airplane!(1980)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 69

A man afraid to fly must ensure that a plane lands safely after the pilots become sick.



Star Trek: The Motion Picture(1979)

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Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 49

When an alien spacecraft of enormous power is spotted approaching Earth, Admiral Kirk resumes command of the Starship Enterprise in order to intercept, examine and hopefully stop the intruder.



MASH(1970)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 66

The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and high jinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.



Earthquake(1974)

Combined Rating:
33
Combined Critics Rating: 19

Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles.



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.



Alien(1979)

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Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 79

After a space merchant vessel perceives an unknown transmission as a distress call, its landing on the source moon finds one of the crew attacked by a mysterious life-form, and they soon realize that its life cycle has merely begun.



Apocalypse Now(1979)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 79

During the Vietnam War, Captain Willard is sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade colonel who has set himself up as a god among a local tribe.



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.



Private Benjamin(1980)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 20

A sheltered young high society woman joins the United States Army on a whim and finds herself in a more difficult situation than she ever expected.



Smokey and the Bandit II(1980)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 26

The Bandit goes on another cross-country run, transporting an elephant from Florida to Texas. And, once again, Sheriff Buford T. Justice is on his tail.



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.




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