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.

Beware! The Blob (1972)

A Force of One (1979)

The Bermuda Triangle (1978)

Empire of the Ants (1977)

Captain America II: Death Too Soon (1979)

The Touch of Satan (1971)

Tentacles (1977)

Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)