Critically acclaimed movies of 1970s

The Shining(1980)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 65

A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future.



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.



Blazing Saddles(1974)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 64

In order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.



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.



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 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.



The Big Red One(1980)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 63

The story of a sergeant and the inner core members of his unit as they try to serve in and survive World War II.



Mad Max(1979)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 62

In a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang.



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.



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.



The Black Stallion(1979)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 61

While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion who is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it tragically sinks ...



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.



Phantasm(1979)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 60

A teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber known only as the Tall Man, who keeps a lethal arsenal of terrible weapons with him.



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.



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 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.



The Taking of Pelham One Two Three(1974)

Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 57

In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?



The Sugarland Express(1974)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 57

A woman attempts to reunite her family by helping her husband escape prison and together kidnapping their son. But things don't go as planned when they are forced to take a police hostage on the road.




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