Best Movies of the 1970s
The 1970s might be cinema's best decade - directors ran the studios briefly, and it shows. Paranoid thrillers, crime sagas, the birth of the blockbuster and endings that don't flinch. The era's best films are ranked here; find where each streams and see how many you've survived.
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Star Wars (1977)
Alien (1979)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Stalker (1979)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
The Sting (1973)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Rocky (1976)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
Jaws (1975)
Annie Hall (1977)
Papillon (1973)
We All Loved Each Other So Much (1974)
Halloween (1978)
A Special Day (1977)
My Friends (1975)
Amarcord (1973)
Deep Red (1975)
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Paper Moon (1973)
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
Suspiria (1977)
Cries and Whispers (1972)
Fantozzi: White Collar Blues (1975)
Serpico (1973)
Grease (1978)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Dirty Harry (1971)
The French Connection (1971)
They Call Me Trinity (1970)
The Tenant (1976)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Being There (1979)
1900 (1976)
Duel (1971)
The Aristocats (1970)
Robin Hood (1973)
Enter the Dragon (1973)
Rocky II (1979)
Badlands (1974)
Day for Night (1973)
Sleuth (1972)
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Scenes from a Marriage (1974)
Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
Deliverance (1972)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
Love and Death (1975)
Superman (1978)
High Plains Drifter (1973)