Critically acclaimed movies of 1970s on amazon prime

10 Rillington Place(1971)

Combined Rating:
22
Combined Critics Rating: 10

Based on the real-life case of the British serial killer John Christie, and what happened to his neighbors Tim and Beryl Evans.



Butterflies Are Free(1972)

Combined Rating:
18
Combined Critics Rating: 10

A blind man moves into his own apartment against the wishes of his overprotective mother, and befriends the freethinking young woman next door.



The Lords of Flatbush(1974)

Combined Rating:
17
Combined Critics Rating: 10

A group of kids in Brooklyn form a gang. From this moment on they do everything together. This makes things easier but at the same time they have to face new problems.



The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane(1976)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 10

13-year-old Rynn Jacobs lives alone in a high-class Quebec small town, but unknown to the neighbors, she is leading a secret and dangerous life.



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.



God Told Me To(1976)

Combined Rating:
17
Combined Critics Rating: 9

A New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random New Yorkers who claim that "God told them to."



Getting Straight(1970)

Combined Rating:
8
Combined Critics Rating: 7

A Vietnam vet and former social radical is conflicted by his desire to become a teacher and his sympathy with anti-establishment student protests.



The Organization(1971)

Combined Rating:
9
Combined Critics Rating: 7

In San Francisco, Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs helps a group of idealistic vigilantes expose a drug ring controlled by powerful businessmen.



The Competition(1980)

Combined Rating:
11
Combined Critics Rating: 7

The movie centers on a piano competition whose winner is assured of success. It is Paul's last chance to compete, but newcomer Heidi may be a better pianist. Can romance be far away? Will ...



Cromwell(1970)

Combined Rating:
16
Combined Critics Rating: 6

Oliver Cromwell can no longer tolerate King Charles' policies, and the self-interest of the ruling class, and leads a civil war to install Parliament as the ultimate ruler of England.



White Lightning(1973)

Combined Rating:
14
Combined Critics Rating: 6

An ex con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring.



A Different Story(1978)

Combined Rating:
5
Combined Critics Rating: 6

A homosexual woman marries a gay male friend to prevent his deportation, but they soon fall in love.



Death Ship(1980)

Combined Rating:
13
Combined Critics Rating: 6

A mysterious ghostly freighter rams and sinks a modern day cruise ship whose survivors climb aboard the freighter and discover that it is a WW2 Nazi torture vessel.



Hanover Street(1979)

Combined Rating:
15
Combined Critics Rating: 5

Margaret is a nurse in England during WW2, and married to a secret agent. Things get complicated when she falls for David, an American pilot.



Evel Knievel(1971)

Combined Rating:
6
Combined Critics Rating: 4

Biography of the famed motorcycle daredevil, much of which was filmed in his home town of Butte, Montana. The film depicts Knievel reflecting on major events in his life just before a big ...



The Creeping Flesh(1973)

Combined Rating:
12
Combined Critics Rating: 4

A Victorian-age scientist returns to London with his paleontological bag-of-bones discovery from Papua New Guinea. Unfortunately, when exposed to water, flesh returns to the bones ...



You Light Up My Life(1977)

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Combined Rating:
5
Combined Critics Rating: 4

Laurie has been in show business since she was a child. Her dream is to be a singer, songwriter and actress. Her father wants her to be a comedian like him and Laurie only tries because it ...



Wuthering Heights(1970)

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Combined Rating:
6
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Doomed lovers Catherine and Heathcliff are torn apart by their own selfishness and hate.



The Looking Glass War(1970)

Combined Rating:
3
Combined Critics Rating: 0

From the John le Carré novel about a British spy, who sends a Polish defector to East Germany, to verify missile sites.



Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You(1970)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

An American playwright living in Rome consults a quack psychiatrist to combat his fears of balding and save his failing marriage.




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