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Top Movies of the 1970's

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  • Paul Newman and Robert Redford in The Sting (1973)

    1. The Sting

    19732h 9mPG83Metascore
    8.2 (291K)
    Two grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con.
    DirectorGeorge Roy HillStarsPaul NewmanRobert RedfordRobert Shaw
    10/10
  • Marlon Brando in The Godfather (1972)

    2. The Godfather

    19722h 55mR100Metascore
    9.2 (2.1M)
    The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
    DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMarlon BrandoAl PacinoJames Caan
    10/10
  • Blaise Pascal (1972)

    3. Blaise Pascal

    19722h 15mTV Movie
    7.0 (675)
    Blaise Pascal struggles to understand the natural world around him, in addition to an inner quest for religious faith.
    DirectorRoberto RosselliniStarsPierre ArditiRita ForzanoGiuseppe Addobbati
    10/10
  • The Sentinel (1977)

    4. The Sentinel

    19771h 32mR19Metascore
    6.3 (13K)
    A young woman moves into an apartment in a building which houses a sinister evil.
    DirectorMichael WinnerStarsCristina RainesAva GardnerChris Sarandon
    10/10
  • Robert De Niro in The Deer Hunter (1978)

    5. The Deer Hunter

    19783h 3mR90Metascore
    8.1 (376K)
    An in-depth examination of the ways in which the Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of several friends in a small steel mill town in Pennsylvania.
    DirectorMichael CiminoStarsRobert De NiroChristopher WalkenJohn Cazale
    10/10
  • Alien (1979)

    6. Alien

    19791h 57mR89Metascore
    8.5 (1M)
    After investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin, the crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform.
    DirectorRidley ScottStarsSigourney WeaverTom SkerrittJohn Hurt
    10/10
  • Scavenger Hunt (1979)

    7. Scavenger Hunt

    19791h 56mPG
    5.8 (3.2K)
    To inherit a fortune, various addressees of a will must compete in a wild scavenger hunt to collect selected items, but cannot be simply bought.
    DirectorMichael SchultzStarsRichard BenjaminJames CocoScatman Crothers
    10/10
  • Pinocchio (1976)

    8. Pinocchio

    19761h 13mTV Movie
    5.9 (250)
    This is the classic story of a lonely woodcarver who carves a puppet as a son out of a block of wood that not only springs to life, but miraculously fulfills its dream to become a real boy.
    DirectorsRon FieldSid SmithStarsDanny KayeSandy DuncanFlip Wilson
    10/10
  • Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown (1977)

    9. Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown

    19771h 16mG55Metascore
    7.2 (4.1K)
    The Peanuts gang goes to summer camp, and they participate in a river-raft race against some cheating bullies.
    DirectorsBill MelendezPhil RomanStarsDuncan WatsonGreg FeltonStuart Brotman
    10/10
  • Bill Melendez in Snoopy Come Home (1972)

    10. Snoopy Come Home

    19721h 20mG66Metascore
    7.3 (5.5K)
    When Snoopy receives a letter from a girl named Lila, who's in a hospital, he goes on a journey with Woodstock to see her.
    DirectorBill MelendezStarsChad WebberRobin KohnStephen Shea
    10/10
  • Gene Wilder, Paris Themmen, Jack Albertson, Rudy Borgstaller, George Claydon, Julie Dawn Cole, Malcolm Dixon, Walker Edmiston, Günter Meisner, Denise Nickerson, and Peter Ostrum in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

    11. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

    19711h 40mG67Metascore
    7.8 (237K)
    A poor but hopeful boy seeks one of the five coveted golden tickets that will send him on a tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory.
    DirectorMel StuartStarsGene WilderJack AlbertsonPeter Ostrum
    10/10
  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972)

    12. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

    19721h 35mG
    5.7 (1.9K)
    Alice tumbles into Wonderland, a dream realm filled with peculiar characters like the White Rabbit, March Hare, Queen of Hearts, and Dormouse. As she seeks her way home, she meets strange beings and discovers herself.
    DirectorWilliam SterlingStarsFiona FullertonMichael JaystonHywel Bennett
    10/10
  • Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, and Harvey Stephens in The Omen (1976)

    13. The Omen

    19761h 51mR62Metascore
    7.5 (141K)
    Mysterious deaths surround an American ambassador. Could the child that he is raising actually be the Antichrist? The Devil's own son?
    DirectorRichard DonnerStarsGregory PeckLee RemickHarvey Stephens
    10/10
  • Suspiria (1977)

    14. Suspiria

    19771h 32mR79Metascore
    7.3 (112K)
    An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.
    DirectorDario ArgentoStarsJessica HarperStefania CasiniFlavio Bucci
    10/10
  • Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Ron Carey, Harvey Korman, and Howard Morris in High Anxiety (1977)

    15. High Anxiety

    19771h 34mPG55Metascore
    6.6 (25K)
    A psychiatrist with intense acrophobia (fear of heights) goes to work for a mental institution run by doctors who appear to be crazier than their patients, and have secrets that they are willing to commit murder to keep.
    DirectorMel BrooksStarsMel BrooksMadeline KahnCloris Leachman
    10/10
  • The Stepford Wives (1975)

    16. The Stepford Wives

    19751h 55mPG54Metascore
    6.9 (21K)
    Joanna Eberhart has come to the quaint little town of Stepford, Connecticut with her family, but soon discovers there lies a sinister truth in the all too perfect behavior of the female residents.
    DirectorBryan ForbesStarsKatharine RossPaula PrentissPeter Masterson
    10/10
  • Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

    17. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    19752h 13mR84Metascore
    8.7 (1.1M)
    A newly admitted mental patient helps his docile companions defy the tyrannical head nurse.
    DirectorMilos FormanStarsJack NicholsonLouise FletcherMichael Berryman
    10/10
  • Halloween (1978)

    18. Halloween

    19781h 31mR90Metascore
    7.7 (324K)
    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.
    DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsDonald PleasenceJamie Lee CurtisTony Moran
    10/10
  • Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver (1976)

    19. Taxi Driver

    19761h 54mR94Metascore
    8.2 (982K)
    A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action.
    DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroJodie FosterCybill Shepherd
    10/10
  • Black Christmas (1974)

    20. Black Christmas

    19741h 38mR65Metascore
    7.1 (53K)
    During their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger.
    DirectorBob ClarkStarsOlivia HusseyKeir DulleaMargot Kidder
    10/10
  • Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway in Chinatown (1974)

    21. Chinatown

    19742h 10mR92Metascore
    8.1 (366K)
    A private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.
    DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsJack NicholsonFaye DunawayJohn Huston
    10/10
  • Clint Eastwood and Jessica Walter in Play Misty for Me (1971)

    22. Play Misty for Me

    19711h 42mR78Metascore
    6.9 (34K)
    The life of a disc jockey is turned upside down after a romantic encounter with an obsessed fan.
    DirectorClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodJessica WalterDonna Mills
    10/10
  • William Finley, Margot Kidder, and Jennifer Salt in Sisters (1972)

    23. Sisters

    19721h 33mR70Metascore
    6.9 (22K)
    A small-time reporter tries to convince the police she saw a murder in the apartment across from hers.
    DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsMargot KidderJennifer SaltCharles Durning
    10/10
  • James Brolin, Rod Steiger, and Margot Kidder in The Amityville Horror (1979)

    24. The Amityville Horror

    19791h 57mR28Metascore
    6.2 (47K)
    Newlyweds and their children battle a demonic presence in their home.
    DirectorStuart RosenbergStarsJames BrolinMargot KidderRod Steiger
    10/10
  • Deliverance (1972)

    25. Deliverance

    19721h 49mR80Metascore
    7.6 (125K)
    Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's dammed and turned into a lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a canoeing trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.
    DirectorJohn BoormanStarsJon VoightBurt ReynoldsNed Beatty
    10/10

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