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.
Roller Boogie (1979)
A Perfect Couple (1979)
Psychic Killer (1975)
A Safe Place (1971)
The Student Body (1976)
Joyride to Nowhere (1977)
The Stranger and the Gunfighter (1974)
The Swiss Conspiracy (1976)
The Sex Machine (1975)
Cave of the Sharks (1978)
I due assi del guantone (1971)
Legend of the Werewolf (1975)
The Ballad of Tam Lin (1970)
Thunder and Lightning (1977)
Black Magic (1975)
The Stud (1970)
A Woman for All Men (1975)
The Fifth Floor (1978)
Moonshine County Express (1977)
The Girl in Room 2A (1974)
Love Me Strangely (1971)
The Woman Hunter (1972)
When the City Awakes (1975)
The Losers (1970)
Oasis of Fear (1971)
Playing with Fire (1975)
The Vampire Happening (1971)
Il gatto mammone (1975)
The Todd Killings (1971)
The Next Man (1976)
From Hong Kong with Love (1975)
Return from Witch Mountain (1978)
San Francisco International (1970)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)
The Two Big Cats O'Nine Tails... and a Half in Amsterdam (1972)
Brother Outlaw (1971)
Nocturnal Uproar (1979)
The Student Nurses (1970)
Catch Me a Spy (1971)
Rich Kids (1979)
Brass Target (1978)
Bonnie's Kids (1973)
Death Force (1978)
Doctors' Wives (1971)
Sex, Demons and Death (1975)
Valentina... The Virgin Wife (1975)
Touch and Go (1971)
Goodbye Gemini (1970)
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972)
Rings of Fear (1978)
The Bank Shot (1974)
Rancho Deluxe (1975)
Eagle's Wing (1979)
Fighting Mad (1976)
A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973)
Eyeball (1975)
Ben & Charlie (1972)
Can You Keep It Up for a Week? (1975)
Break Up (1978)
Black Fist (1977)