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 Old Maid
1972
Promise at Dawn
1970
Cry of a Prostitute
1974
Arabian Adventure
1979
House of Whipcord
1974
Steppenwolf
1974
Fear Is the Key
1972
I Walk the Line
1970
For Pete's Sake
1974
Rape of Love
1978
Genesis II
1973
Metello
1970
Loot
1970
Aces High
1976
Deadly Strangers
1975
Deathcheaters
1976
Planet Earth
1974
Where Does It Hurt?
1972
The Naked Bunyip
1970
The Sell Out
1976
Mean Johnny Barrows
1975
Nothing to Report
1973
Hit!
1973
The Black Corsair
1976
Victory March
1976
Ash Wednesday
1973
The Purple Taxi
1977
Destruction Force
1977
The Telephone Book
1971
Give Her the Moon
1970
Out of Season
1975
Golden Rendezvous
1977
Love and Cool Water
1976
Mania
1974
Obscene Desire
1978