The Best Movies From The 1970s
“What are the best 1970s Movies?” We looked at 278 of the top 1970s films, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!
The top 43 films, all appearing on 4 or more “Best 1970s” movie lists, are ranked below by how many times they appear. The remaining 225+ movies, as well as the sources we used, are in alphabetical order on the bottom of the page.
Happy Scrolling!
Top 43 Best 1970s Movies Ever Made
43 .) A Woman Under the Influence (1974) directed by John Cassavetes
Lists It Appears On:
- BFI
- IMDB
- Movie Mezzanine
- The Stacker
Mabel Longhetti, desperate and lonely, is married to a Los Angeles municipal construction worker, Nick. Increasingly unstable, especially in the company of others, she craves happiness, but her extremely volatile behavior convinces Nick that she poses a danger to their family and decides to commit her to an institution for six months. Alone with a trio of kids to raise on his own, he awaits her return, which holds more than a few surprises.
42 .) Barry Lyndon (1975) directed by Stanley Kubrick
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- The Stacker
Stanley Kubrick bent the conventions of the historical drama to his own will in this dazzling vision of brutal aristocracy, adapted from a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray. In picaresque detail, Barry Lyndon chronicles the adventures of an incorrigible trickster (Ryan O’Neal) whose opportunism takes him from an Irish farm to the battlefields of the Seven Years’ War and the parlors of high society.
41 .) Deliverance (1972) directed by John Boorman
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- MSN
- Short List
Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it’s turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they’ll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.
40 .) Five Easy Pieces (1970) directed by Bob Rafelson
Lists It Appears On:
- BFI
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
A drop-out from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil-rigs when his life isn’t spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest.
39 .) Harold and Maude (1971) directed by Hal Ashby
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- Movie Mezzanine
- Taste Of Cinema
- The Stacker
The young Harold lives in his own world of suicide-attempts and funeral visits to avoid the misery of his current family and home environment. Harold meets an 80-year-old woman named Maude who also lives in her own world yet one in which she is having the time of her life. When the two opposites meet they realize that their differences don’t matter and they become best friends and love each other.
38 .) Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) directed by Robert Benton
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- MSN
- Short List
- The Stacker
Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son Billy.
37 .) Mad Max (1979) directed by George Miller
Lists It Appears On:
- Movie Mezzanine
- Rolling Stone
- Taste Of Cinema
- Timothys Johnston
In a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang.
36 .) Manhattan (1979) directed by Woody Allen
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- Movie Mezzanine
- The Cinemaholic
- The Stacker
Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend’s mistress.
35 .) Patton (1970) directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- MSN
- The Stacker
“Patton” tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with patton’s career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton’s numerous faults such his temper and habit towards insubordination.
34 .) Saturday Night Fever (1977) directed by John Badham
Lists It Appears On:
- Harpers Bazaar
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
Tony Manero is a Brooklyn paint-store clerk who’d give anything to break out of his dead-end existence. In life, Tony is a peasant; on the disco dance floor, he’s a king. As the soundtrack plays one Bee Gees hit after another, white-suited Tony struts his stuff amidst flashing lights and sweaty, undulating bodies. Tony’s class aspirations are mirrored in his relationship with his dance partner, a secretary eager to move into the glamorous world of Manhattan.
33 .) Silent Running (1972) directed by Douglas Trumbull
Lists It Appears On:
- Big Red Hair
- IMDB
- Rolling Stone
- Timothys Johnston
In a future Earth barren of all flora and fauna, the planet’s ecosystems exist only in large pods attached to spacecraft. When word comes in that the pods are to be jettisoned into space and destroyed so that the spacecraft can be reused for commercial purposes, most of the crew of the Valley Forge rejoice at the prospect of going home. Not so for botanist Freeman Lowell who loves the forest and its creatures, so decides to take matters into his own hands to protect what he loves. ×
32 .) Superman (1978) directed by Richard Donner
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- Rolling Stone
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
31 .) Suspiria (1977) directed by Dario Argento
Lists It Appears On:
- Flickering Myth
- IMDB
- Movie Mezzanine
- Taste Of Cinema
From the moment she arrives in Freiberg, Germany, to attend the prestigious Tanz Academy, American ballet-dancer Suzy Bannion senses that something horribly evil lurks within the walls of the age-old institution.
30 .) The Last Picture Show (1971) directed by Peter Bogdanovich
Lists It Appears On:
- BFI
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- The Stacker
High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating local beauty, Jacy, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach’s wife, Ruth. As graduation nears, both boys contemplate their futures. While Duane eyes the army and Sonny takes over a local business, each boy struggles to figure out if he can escape this dead-end town and build a better life somewhere else.
29 .) Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) directed by Mel Stuart
Lists It Appears On:
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- Ranker
- The Stacker
Eccentric candy man Willy Wonka prompts a worldwide frenzy when he announces that golden tickets hidden inside five of his delicious candy bars will admit their lucky holders into his top-secret confectionary. But does Wonka have an agenda hidden amid a world of Oompa Loompas and chocolate rivers?
28 .) Badlands (1973) directed by Terrence Malick
Lists It Appears On:
- Flick Chart
- Flickering Myth
- IMDB
- Movie Mezzanine
- The Stacker
Dramatization of the Starkweather-Fugate killing spree of the 1950s, in which a teenage girl and her twenty-something boyfriend slaughtered her entire family and several others in the Dakota badlands.
27 .) Dirty Harry (1971) directed by Don Siegel
Lists It Appears On:
- Flickering Myth
- IMDB
- MSN
- Ranker
- The Stacker
When a madman dubbed ‘Scorpio’ terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath. Harry eventually collars Scorpio in the process of rescuing a kidnap victim, only to see him walk on technicalities. Now, the maverick detective is determined to nail the maniac himself.
26 .) Mean Streets (1973) directed by Martin Scorsese
Lists It Appears On:
- Flickering Myth
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- Short List
A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.
25 .) American Graffiti (1973) directed by George Lucas
Lists It Appears On:
- BFI
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- Ranker
- The Cinemaholic
A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.
24 .) Dog Day Afternoon (1975) directed by Sidney Lumet
Lists It Appears On:
- Flickering Myth
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- Ranker
- The Cinemaholic
- The Stacker
Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturale. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny’s motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.
23 .) Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) directed by Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
Lists It Appears On:
- Flick Chart
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- Ranker
- Taste Of Cinema
King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot and Sir Galahad the Pure. On the way, Arthur battles the Black Knight who, despite having had all his limbs chopped off, insists he can still fight. They reach Camelot, but Arthur decides not to enter, as “it is a silly place”.
22 .) Serpico (1973) directed by Sidney Lumet
Lists It Appears On:
- Flickering Myth
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- The Stacker
The real-life struggle of an honest New York City cop against a corrupt system.
21 .) Halloween (1978) directed by John Carpenter
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- Ranker
- Short List
- Taste Of Cinema
- The Stacker
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, Illinois to kill again.
20 .) Network (1976) directed by Sidney Lumet
Lists It Appears On:
- Flick Chart
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- The Cinemaholic
- The Stacker
When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he announces to viewers that he will kill himself during his farewell broadcast. Network executives rethink their decision when his fanatical tirade results in a spike in ratings.
19 .) The Conversation (1974) directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Lists It Appears On:
- Flick Chart
- Flickering Myth
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- Short List
- The Stacker
Surveillance expert Harry Caul is hired by a mysterious client’s brusque aide to tail a young couple. Tracking the pair through San Francisco’s Union Square, Caul and his associate Stan manage to record a cryptic conversation between them. Tormented by memories of a previous case that ended badly, Caul becomes obsessed with the resulting tape, trying to determine if the couple are in danger.
18 .) The Deer Hunter (1978) directed by Michael Cimino
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- Ranker
- Short List
- The Stacker
A group of working-class friends decides to enlist in the Army during the Vietnam War and finds it to be hellish chaos – not the noble venture they imagined. Before they left, Steven married his pregnant girlfriend – and Michael and Nick were in love with the same woman. But all three are different men upon their return.
17 .) The French Connection (1971) directed by William Friedkin
Lists It Appears On:
- Flickering Myth
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- Ranker
- Short List
- The Stacker
Tough narcotics detective ‘Popeye’ Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.
16 .) All the President’s Men (1976) directed by Alan J. Pakula
Lists It Appears On:
- BFI
- Flickering Myth
- IMDB
- Movie Mezzanine
- Ranker
- Short List
- The Cinemaholic
- The Stacker
In the run-up to the 1972 elections, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward covers what seems to be a minor break-in at the Democratic Party National Headquarters. He is surprised to find top lawyers already on the defense case, and the discovery of names and addresses of Republican fund organizers on the accused further arouses his suspicions. After the editor of the Post runs with the story and assigns Woodward and Carl Bernstein to it, they find the trail leading higher and higher in the Republican Party—and eventually into the White House itself. ×
15 .) The Exorcist (1973) directed by William Friedkin
Lists It Appears On:
- Flickering Myth
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- Ranker
- Short List
- The Stacker
12-year-old Regan MacNeil begins to adapt an explicit new personality as strange events befall the local area of Georgetown. Her mother becomes torn between science and superstition in a desperate bid to save her daughter, and ultimately turns to her last hope: Father Damien Karras, a troubled priest who is struggling with his own faith.
14 .) The Sting (1973) directed by George Roy Hill
Lists It Appears On:
- Flick Chart
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- Ranker
- Short List
- The Stacker
Set in the 1930s this intricate caper deals with an ambitious small-time crook and a veteran con man who seek revenge on a vicious crime lord who murdered one of their gang.
13 .) Annie Hall (1977) directed by Woody Allen
Lists It Appears On:
- Flick Chart
- Harpers Bazaar
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- Short List
- The Cinemaholic
- The Stacker
New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.
12 .) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) directed by Steven Spielberg
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- Ranker
- Rolling Stone
- Short List
- The Cinemaholic
- Timothys Johnston
After an encounter with UFOs, a line worker feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
11 .) Jaws (1975) directed by Steven Spielberg
Lists It Appears On:
- Flick Chart
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- Ranker
- Short List
- The Cinemaholic
- The Stacker
An insatiable great white shark terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island, The police chief, an oceanographer and a grizzled shark hunter seek to destroy the bloodthirsty beast.
10 .) One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) directed by Milos Forman
Lists It Appears On:
- Cheat Sheet
- Flick Chart
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- Ranker
- Short List
- The Cinemaholic
- The Stacker
While serving time for insanity at a state mental hospital, implacable rabble-rouser, Randle Patrick McMurphy, inspires his fellow patients to rebel against the authoritarian rule of head nurse, Mildred Ratched.
9 .) Rocky (1976) directed by John G. Avildsen
Lists It Appears On:
- Cheat Sheet
- Flick Chart
- Flickering Myth
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- Ranker
- Short List
- The Stacker
When world heavyweight boxing champion, Apollo Creed wants to give an unknown fighter a shot at the title as a publicity stunt, his handlers choose palooka Rocky Balboa, an uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark. Rocky teams up with trainer Mickey Goldmill to make the most of this once in a lifetime break.
8 .) Alien (1979) directed by Ridley Scott
Lists It Appears On:
- Big Red Hair
- Cheat Sheet
- Flick Chart
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- Ranker
- Rolling Stone
- Short List
- The Stacker
- Timothys Johnston
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.
7 .) Apocalypse Now (1979) directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Lists It Appears On:
- Cheat Sheet
- Flick Chart
- Flickering Myth
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- Ranker
- Short List
- The Cinemaholic
- The Stacker
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, “does not exist, nor will it ever exist.” His goal is to locate – and eliminate – a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.
6 .) Chinatown (1974) directed by Roman Polanski
Lists It Appears On:
- Cheat Sheet
- Flick Chart
- Flickering Myth
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- Ranker
- Short List
- The Cinemaholic
- The Stacker
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband’s extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.
5 .) The Godfather: Part II (1974) directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Lists It Appears On:
- BFI
- Cheat Sheet
- Flick Chart
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- Ranker
- Short List
- The Cinemaholic
- The Stacker
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
4 .) A Clockwork Orange (1971) directed by Stanley Kubrick
Lists It Appears On:
- Big Red Hair
- Cheat Sheet
- Flick Chart
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- Ranker
- Rolling Stone
- Short List
- The Cinemaholic
- The Stacker
Demonic gang-leader Alex goes on the spree of rape, mugging and murder with his pack of “droogs”. But he’s a boy who also likes Beethoven’s Ninth and a bit of “the old in-out, in-out”. He later finds himself at the mercy of the state and its brainwashing experiment designed to take violence off the streets.
3 .) Taxi Driver (1976) directed by Martin Scorsese
Lists It Appears On:
- BFI
- Cheat Sheet
- Flick Chart
- Flickering Myth
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- Ranker
- Short List
- The Cinemaholic
- The Stacker
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, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.
2 .) The Godfather (1972) directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Lists It Appears On:
- BFI
- Cheat Sheet
- Flick Chart
- Flickering Myth
- Harpers Bazaar
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- Ranker
- The Cinemaholic
- The Stacker
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
1 .) Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977) directed by George Lucas
Lists It Appears On:
- Big Red Hair
- Cheat Sheet
- Flick Chart
- Flickering Myth
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- Ranker
- Rolling Stone
- Short List
- The Cinemaholic
- The Stacker
- Timothys Johnston
Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess and restore peace and justice in the Empire.
The 225+ Additional Best 1970s Films
| # | Movies | Directors | Lists |
| 44 | Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972) | Flick Chart | |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 45 | Animal House (1978) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| – | – | – | Short List |
| 46 | Being There (1979) | Hal Ashby | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| – | – | – | The Stacker |
| 47 | Blazing Saddles (1974) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| – | – | – | The Stacker |
| 48 | Cabaret (1972) | Movie Mezzanine | |
| – | – | – | The Cinemaholic |
| – | – | – | The Stacker |
| 49 | Days of Heaven (1978) | Flick Chart | |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| – | – | – | The Stacker |
| 50 | Don’t Look Now (1973) | Nicolas Roeg | Flickering Myth |
| – | – | – | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 51 | Eraserhead (1977) | BFI | |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| – | – | – | Taste Of Cinema |
| 52 | Grease (1978) | Harpers Bazaar | |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| – | – | – | MSN |
| 53 |
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
|
Big Red Hair | |
| – | – | – | Rolling Stone |
| – | – | – | Timothys Johnston |
| 54 | Love and Death (1975) | Movie Mezzanine | |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| – | – | – | The Stacker |
| 55 | Marathon Man (1976) | John Schlesinger | Flickering Myth |
| – | – | – | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 56 | MASH (1970) | Robert Altman | IMDB |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| – | – | – | MSN |
| 57 | McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) | Robert Altman | IMDB |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 58 | Nashville (1975) | Robert Altman | IMDB |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 59 | Paper Moon (1973) | Peter Bogdanovich | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| – | – | – | The Stacker |
| 60 | Rollerball (1975) | Big Red Hair | |
| – | – | – | Rolling Stone |
| – | – | – | Timothys Johnston |
| 61 | Sleuth (1972) | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| – | – | – | The Stacker |
| 62 | Solaris (1972) | Movie Mezzanine | |
| – | – | – | MSN |
| – | – | – | Rolling Stone |
| 63 | Soylent Green (1973) | Big Red Hair | |
| – | – | – | Rolling Stone |
| – | – | – | Timothys Johnston |
| 64 | Stalker (1979) | Flick Chart | |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| – | – | – | Rolling Stone |
| 65 |
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
|
List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| – | – | – | Taste Of Cinema |
| 66 | The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) | Tobe Hooper | IMDB |
| – | – | – | MSN |
| – | – | – | Taste Of Cinema |
| 67 | Young Frankenstein (1974) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | Ranker |
| – | – | – | The Stacker |
| 68 | 3 Women (1977) | Movie Mezzanine | |
| – | – | – | The Stacker |
| 69 | All That Jazz (1979) | Bob Fosse | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 70 |
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
|
Rolling Stone | |
| – | – | – | Timothys Johnston |
| 71 |
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
|
Movie Mezzanine | |
| – | – | – | Taste Of Cinema |
| 72 | Black Sunday (1977) | John Frankenheimer | IMDB |
| – | – | – | The Cinemaholic |
| 73 | Blue Collar (1978) | Paul Schrader | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 74 | Breaking Away (1979) | Peter Yates | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 75 | Brewster McCloud (1970) | Movie Mezzanine | |
| – | – | – | Taste Of Cinema |
| 76 | Carnal Knowledge (1971) | Mike Nichols | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 77 | Carrie (1976) | Brian De Palma | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Short List |
| 78 | Coming Home (1978) | Hal Ashby | IMDB |
| – | – | – | The Cinemaholic |
| 79 |
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes’ (1972)
|
Big Red Hair | |
| – | – | – | Rolling Stone |
| 80 | Dawn of the Dead (1978) | Movie Mezzanine | |
| – | – | – | The Stacker |
| 81 | Duel (1971) | Steven Spielberg | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 82 | Enter the Dragon (1973) | Robert Clouse | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Taste Of Cinema |
| 83 | Get Carter | Flickering Myth | |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 84 | Killer of Sheep (1978) | BFI | |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 85 | Klute (1971) | Alan J. Pakula | Harpers Bazaar |
| – | – | – | IMDB |
| 86 | Last Tango in Paris (1972) | Bernardo Bertolucci | IMDB |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 87 | Logan’s Run’ (1976) | Rolling Stone | |
| – | – | – | Timothys Johnston |
| 88 | Love Story (1970) | Harpers Bazaar | |
| – | – | – | MSN |
| 89 | Midnight Express (1978) | Alan Parker | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Ranker |
| 90 | Papillon (1973) | Franklin J. Schaffner | IMDB |
| – | – | – | The Stacker |
| 91 | Piranha (1978) | Joe Dante | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Taste Of Cinema |
| 92 | Shampoo (1975) | Hal Ashby | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 93 |
Star Trek: The Motion Picture’ (1979)
|
Rolling Stone | |
| – | – | – | Timothys Johnston |
| 94 | Straw Dogs (1971) | Sam Peckinpah | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 95 | The Black Hole (1979) | Rolling Stone | |
| – | – | – | Timothys Johnston |
| 96 | The Brood (1979) | Movie Mezzanine | |
| – | – | – | Rolling Stone |
| 97 | The Holy Mountain (1973) | Movie Mezzanine | |
| – | – | – | The Stacker |
| 98 | The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) | John Cassavetes | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 99 | The Last Detail (1973) | Hal Ashby | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 100 | The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) | Big Red Hair | |
| – | – | – | Rolling Stone |
| 101 | The Omega Man (1971) | Rolling Stone | |
| – | – | – | Timothys Johnston |
| 102 | The Omen (1976) | Richard Donner | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 103 | The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) | Clint Eastwood | IMDB |
| – | – | – | The Stacker |
| 104 | The Passenger (1975) | Michelangelo Antonioni | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 105 | The Wicker Man (1973) | Robin Hardy | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 106 | Twitch of the Death Nerve (1971) | Movie Mezzanine | |
| – | – | – | Taste Of Cinema |
| 107 | Westworld’ (1973) | Big Red Hair | |
| – | – | – | Rolling Stone |
| 108 | Woodstock | Movie Mezzanine | |
| – | – | – | The Cinemaholic |
| 109 | 21 Up | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 110 | A Boy and His Dog’ (1975) | Rolling Stone | |
| 111 | A Touch of Class (1973) | Melvin Frank | IMDB |
| 112 | Airport (1970) | George Seaton | IMDB |
| 113 | Ali: Fear Eats the Soul | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 114 | Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974) | Martin Scorsese | IMDB |
| 115 | Amarcord | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 116 | An Unmarried Woman (1978) | Paul Mazursky | IMDB |
| 117 | Arabian Nights | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 118 | Assault On Precinct 13 | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 119 | Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978) | Taste Of Cinema | |
| 120 | Battlestar Galactica’ (1978) | Rolling Stone | |
| 121 | Bound for Glory (1976) | Hal Ashby | IMDB |
| 122 |
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century’ (1979)
|
Rolling Stone | |
| 123 | California Split | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 124 | Camera Buff | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 125 | Cannibal Holocaust (1979) | Taste Of Cinema | |
| 126 | CAPRICORN ONE (1977) | Timothys Johnston | |
| 127 | Celine and Julie Go Boating | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 128 | Charlotte’s Web | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 129 | Chinese Roulette | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 130 | Coffy (1973) | Taste Of Cinema | |
| 131 |
Colossus: The Forbin Project’ (1970)
|
Rolling Stone | |
| 132 | Cousin Cousine | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 133 | Cries and Whispers | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 134 | Crimes of the Future’ (1970) | Rolling Stone | |
| 135 | Damnation Alley’ (1977) | Rolling Stone | |
| 136 | Dark Star’ (1974) | Rolling Stone | |
| 137 | Day for Night | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 138 | Death Race 2000’ (1975) | Rolling Stone | |
| 139 | Death Wish | Flickering Myth | |
| 140 | Deathsport’ (1978) | Rolling Stone | |
| 141 | Deep End | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 142 | Deep Red | Flickering Myth | |
| 143 | Deep Throat, Debbie Does Dallas | Flickering Myth | |
| 144 | Demon Seed’ (1977) | Rolling Stone | |
| 145 | Downpour | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 146 | Duelle | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 147 | Earthquake (1974) | Mark Robson | IMDB |
| 148 | Edvard Munch | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 149 | El Topo (1971) | Taste Of Cinema | |
| 150 | Emmanuelle (1974) | Taste Of Cinema | |
| 151 |
Escape From the Planet of the Apes’ (1971)
|
Rolling Stone | |
| 152 | Every Which Way but Loose (1978) | James Fargo | IMDB |
| 153 | F for Fake | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 154 | Fantastic Planet’ (1973) | Rolling Stone | |
| 155 | Fiddler on the Roof (1971) | The Stacker | |
| 156 | Four Nights of a Dreamer | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 157 | Foxy Brown | Flickering Myth | |
| 158 | French Connection II (1975) | John Frankenheimer | IMDB |
| 159 | Futureworld’ (1976) | Rolling Stone | |
| 160 | Girlfriends (1978) | BFI | |
| 161 | God Told Me To’ (1976) | Rolling Stone | |
| 162 | Goodfellas | Flickering Myth | |
| 163 | Grey Gardens | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 164 | Hardware Wars’ (1978) | Rolling Stone | |
| 165 | Harlan County, USA | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 166 | Hi, Mom! | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 167 | Hickey and Boggs | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 168 | High Plains Drifter (1973) | Clint Eastwood | IMDB |
| 169 | Holy Mountain (1973) | Taste Of Cinema | |
| 170 | Hospital | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 171 |
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
|
Movie Mezzanine | |
| 172 | In the Realm of the Senses | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 173 | Interiors | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 174 |
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
|
Movie Mezzanine | |
| 175 | Johnny Got His Gun (1971) | The Stacker | |
| 176 | Kingdom of the Spiders (1977) | John ‘Bud’ Cardos | IMDB |
| 177 | Laserblast’ (1978) | Rolling Stone | |
| 178 | Last Picture Show | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 179 | Le Cercle Rouge | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 180 | Lenny (1974) | Bob Fosse | IMDB |
| 181 | Life of Brian | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 182 | Little Big Man (1970) | Arthur Penn | IMDB |
| 183 | Mahogany | Harpers Bazaar | |
| 184 | Manila in the Claw of Light | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 185 | Message From Space’ (1978) | Rolling Stone | |
| 186 | Mikey and Nicky | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 187 | National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978) | John Landis | IMDB |
| 188 | New York, New York | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 189 | Night Moves (1975) | Arthur Penn | IMDB |
| 190 | Night Porter | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 191 | No Lies | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 192 | Opening Night (1977) | The Stacker | |
| 193 | Pakeezah | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 194 | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973) | Sam Peckinpah | IMDB |
| 195 | Peeping Tom | Flickering Myth | |
| 196 | Perceval le Gallois | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 197 | Phantasm (1979) | Don Coscarelli | IMDB |
| 198 | Phantom of the Paradise (1974) | Taste Of Cinema | |
| 199 | Phase IV’ (1974) | Rolling Stone | |
| 200 | Picnic At Hanging Rock | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 201 | Pink Flamingos (1972) | Taste Of Cinema | |
| 202 | Play Misty for Me (1971) | Clint Eastwood | IMDB |
| 203 | Punishment Park (1971) | The Stacker | |
| 204 | Raging Bull | Flickering Myth | |
| 205 | Real Life | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 206 | Richard Pryor: Live In Concert | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 207 | Roller Boogie | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 208 | Rumble Fish | Flickering Myth | |
| 209 | Salem’s Lot (1979 TV Movie) | Tobe Hooper | IMDB |
| 210 | Scarecrow (1973) | Jerry Schatzberg | IMDB |
| 211 | Scenes from a Marriage | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 212 | Shaft | Flickering Myth | |
| 213 | Sholay | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 214 | Silver Streak (1976) | Arthur Hiller | IMDB |
| 215 | Sisters (1972) | Brian De Palma | IMDB |
| 216 | Slap Shot | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 217 | Slaughterhouse-Five’ (1972) | Rolling Stone | |
| 218 | Sleeper’ (1973) | Rolling Stone | |
| 219 | Smokey and the Bandit (1977) | Hal Needham | IMDB |
| 220 | Sounder | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 221 | Spirit of the Beehive | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 222 | Starcrash’ (1978) | Rolling Stone | |
| 223 | Stay Hungry (1976) | Bob Rafelson | IMDB |
| 224 | Still Life | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 225 | Straight Time (1978) | Ulu Grosbard | IMDB |
| 226 | Tale of Tales | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 227 | Taxi zum klo | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 228 | That Obscure Object of Desire | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 229 | The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) | Taste Of Cinema | |
| 230 | The Age of Medici | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 231 | The Andromeda Strain’ (1971) | Rolling Stone | |
| 232 | The Bad News Bears (1976) | Michael Ritchie | IMDB |
| 233 | The Castle of Cagliostro | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 234 | The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 235 | The Conformist | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 236 |
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
|
Movie Mezzanine | |
| 237 | The Eyes of Laura Mars | Harpers Bazaar | |
| 238 | The Getaway | Short List | |
| 239 | The Great Gatsby | Harpers Bazaar | |
| 240 | The Incredible Melting Man’ (1977) | Rolling Stone | |
| 241 | The Jerk | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 242 | The Long Goodybe | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 243 | The Main Event (1979) | Howard Zieff | IMDB |
| 244 |
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
|
The Stacker | |
| 245 | The Marriage of Maria Braun | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 246 | The Mirror | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 247 | The Night of Counting the Years | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 248 | The Obscure Object of Desire | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 249 | The Parallax View (1974) | Alan J. Pakula | IMDB |
| 250 | The Phantom of Liberty | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 251 | The Poseidon Adventure (1972) | Ronald Neame | IMDB |
| 252 | The Spirit of the Beehive | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 253 | The Stepford Wives | Harpers Bazaar | |
| 254 | The Taking of Pelham 123 | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 255 | The Terminal Man’ (1974) | Rolling Stone | |
| 256 | The Towering Inferno (1974) | John Guillermin | IMDB |
| 257 | The Warriors (1979) | Taste Of Cinema | |
| 258 | The Way We Were (1973) | Sydney Pollack | IMDB |
| 259 | The Wild Child | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 260 | Three Days of the Condor (1975) | Sydney Pollack | IMDB |
| 261 | THX 1138’ (1971) | Rolling Stone | |
| 262 | TIME AFTER TIME | Big Red Hair | |
| 263 | Time After Time’ (1979) | Rolling Stone | |
| 264 | Trilogy of Life | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 265 | Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) | Taste Of Cinema | |
| 266 | v | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 267 | Vampyros Lesbos (1971) | Taste Of Cinema | |
| 268 | W.R. Mysteries of the Organism | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 269 | Wake In Fright | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 270 | Watership Down | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 271 | Welcome to Blood City’ (1977) | Rolling Stone | |
| 272 | Welfare | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 273 | Wise Blood | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 274 | Wizards’ (1977) | Rolling Stone | |
| 275 | Woman Under the Influence | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 276 | World on a Wire | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 277 | Zardoz’ (1974) | Rolling Stone | |
| 278 | Zorns Lemma | Movie Mezzanine |
17 Best 1970s Film Sources/Lists
| Source | Article |
| BFI | 10 great American films of the 1970s |
| Big Red Hair | The Best Science Fiction Films of the 1970s |
| Cheat Sheet | The 10 Best Movies of the 1970s |
| Flick Chart | The Best Movies of the 1970s |
| Flickering Myth | The 1970s – The Best Era In Cinema History? |
| Harpers Bazaar | The ’70s Films That Every Fashion Girl Should Watch |
| IMDB | The 100 Best Films Of The 1970’s |
| List Challenges | 100 Greatest Movies of the 1970s |
| Movie Mezzanine | History of Film: The Best Movies of the 1970s |
| MSN | 30 movies from the 1970s you have to watch |
| Ranker | Best 70s Movies |
| Rolling Stone | 50 Best Sci-Fi Movies of the 1970s |
| Short List | The 25 greatest movies of the 70s |
| Taste Of Cinema | The 25 Best Cult Movies of the 1970s |
| The Cinemaholic | 70s Movies | 20 Best Movies of the 1970s |
| The Stacker | 50 best movies from the 1970s |
| Timothys Johnston | TSJ’s List of the Best Science Fiction Movies of the 1970’s |
