The Godfather(1972)

Combined Rating:
93
Combined Critics Rating: 90

The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.



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 French Connection(1971)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 81

A pair of NYC cops in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a French connection.



Annie Hall(1977)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 79

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



Raging Bull(1980)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 78

An emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring destroys his life outside it.



Jaws(1975)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 77

A giant great white shark arrives on the shores of a New England beach resort and wreaks havoc with bloody attacks on swimmers, until a local sheriff teams up with a marine biologist and an old seafarer to hunt the monster down.



One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest(1975)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 77

A criminal pleads insanity after getting into trouble again and once in the mental institution rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients.



The Exorcist(1973)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 74

When a teenage girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her daughter.



Chinatown(1974)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 74

A private detective hired to expose an adulterer finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.



Network(1976)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 75

A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit.



The Deer Hunter(1978)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 73

An in-depth examination of the ways in which the U.S. Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of people in a small industrial town in Pennsylvania.



Kramer vs. Kramer(1979)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 73

Ted Kramer's wife leaves her husband, allowing for a lost bond to be rediscovered between Ted and his son, Billy. But a heated custody battle ensues over the divorced couple's son, deepening the wounds left by the separation.



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.



Patton(1970)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 71

The World War II phase of the career of the controversial American general, George S. Patton.



Serpico(1973)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 67

An honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.



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.



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.



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.



Rocky(1976)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 35

Rocky Balboa, a small-time boxer, gets a supremely rare chance to fight heavy-weight champion Apollo Creed in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.




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