Most popular movies of 1970s

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.



A Clockwork Orange(1971)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 71

In the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned.



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.



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 Texas Chain Saw Massacre(1974)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 38

Two siblings visit their grandfather's grave in Texas along with three of their friends and are attacked by a family of cannibalistic psychopaths.



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.



Taxi Driver(1976)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 81

A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, while attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.



Close Encounters of the Third Kind(1977)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 74

Following an accidental encounter with otherworldly vessels, an ordinary man follows a series of psychic clues to the first scheduled meeting between representatives of Earth and visitors from the cosmos.



Grease(1978)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 66

Good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. When they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance?



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.



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.



Kelly's Heroes(1970)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 15

A group of U.S. soldiers sneaks across enemy lines to get their hands on a secret stash of Nazi treasure.



Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory(1971)

Combined Rating:
49
Combined Critics Rating: 26

Charlie receives a golden ticket to a factory, his sweet tooth wants going into the lushing candy, it turns out there's an adventure in everything.



The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean(1972)

Combined Rating:
19
Combined Critics Rating: 6

A no account outlaw establishes his own particular brand of law and order and builds a town on the edges of civilization in this farcical western. With the aid of an old law text and ...



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.



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.



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.



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.



Star Wars(1977)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 84

Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee, and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle-station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the evil Darth Vader.



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.




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