Highest grossing movies of 1970s

The Godfather: Part II(1974)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 80

The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York is portrayed while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.



The Blues Brothers(1980)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 63

Jake Blues, just out from prison, puts together his old band to save the Catholic home where he and brother Elwood were raised.



Ordinary People(1980)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 78

The accidental death of the older son of an affluent family deeply strains the relationships among the bitter mother, the good-natured father, and the guilt-ridden younger son.



Papillon(1973)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 18

A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.



King Kong(1976)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A petroleum exploration expedition comes to an isolated island and encounters a colossal giant gorilla.



The Gods Must Be Crazy(1980)

Combined Rating:
65
Combined Critics Rating: 53

A comic allegory about a traveling Bushman who encounters modern civilization and its stranger aspects, including a clumsy scientist and a band of revolutionaries.



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.



A Bridge Too Far(1977)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 17

Operation Market Garden, September 1944: The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines. However, mismanagement and poor planning result in its failure.



Popeye(1980)

Combined Rating:
48
Combined Critics Rating: 32

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



Halloween(1978)

Combined Rating:
58
Combined Critics Rating: 39

Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield to kill again.



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.



Manhattan(1979)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 71

The life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.



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.



Meatballs(1979)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 21

Wacky hijinks of counselors and campers at a less-than-average summer camp.



Love at First Bite(1979)

Combined Rating:
24
Combined Critics Rating: 15

This vampire spoof has Count Dracula moving to New York to find his Bride, after being forced to move out of his Transylvanian castle. There with the aid of assistant Renfield, he stumbles ...



Cabaret(1972)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 64

A female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Republic era Berlin romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them.



Benji(1974)

Combined Rating:
15
Combined Critics Rating: 5

A stray dog saves two kidnapped children.



Annie Hall(1977)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 79

Neurotic New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditzy Annie Hall.



Caddyshack(1980)

Combined Rating:
65
Combined Critics Rating: 51

An exclusive golf course has to deal with a brash new member and a destructive dancing gopher.



Friday the 13th(1980)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 10

A group of camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp which, years before, was the site of a child's drowning.




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