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.

Charleston (1977)

Rebel Rousers (1970)

Tutti a squola (1979)

The Christine Jorgensen Story (1970)

The Devil with Seven Faces (1971)

Evel Knievel (1971)

Crescendo (1970)

The Romantic Englishwoman (1975)

Man About the House (1974)

Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World (1973)

Some Too Quiet Gentlemen (1973)

The Twist (1976)

Appassionata (1974)

Act of Aggression (1975)

God Told Me To (1976)

Maidstone (1971)

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971)

Cyclone (1978)

Redneck (1973)

Battle of the Amazons (1973)

Roads to the South (1978)

Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972)

Welcome to L.A. (1976)

Game Show Models (1977)

El juez de la soga (1973)

Abar, the First Black Superman (1977)

Tigers in Lipstick (1979)

Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Fifth Floor Neighbour (1970)

Cuba (1979)

Cannabis (1970)

Five Dolls for an August Moon (1970)

The Notorious Cleopatra (1970)

Double Indemnity (1973)

Scoundrel in White (1972)

Escape to Athena (1979)

Stay Hungry (1976)

To Kill with Intrigue (1977)

A Town Called Bastard (1971)

The Possessed (1977)

At Long Last Love (1975)

The Shadow of Chikara (1977)

The Bottom Line (1976)

Every Home Should Have One (1970)

Goin' South (1978)

Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? (1971)

The Adolescent (1979)

California Dreaming (1979)

Vampira (1974)

Tragic Ceremony (1972)

And Then There Were None (1974)

Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1976)

Best Friends (1975)

Ravagers (1979)

Bruce Lee Fights Back from the Grave (1976)

The Demons (1973)

Black Snake (1973)

I, Monster (1971)

Great (1975)

End of the Game (1978)

Starhops (1978)