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.
Up in Smoke (1978)
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
The Boys from Brazil (1978)
Deep End (1971)
The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
The New Monsters (1977)
Two Men in Town (1973)
Brancaleone at the Crusades (1970)
Sisters (1973)
Going Places (1974)
Many Wars Ago (1970)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Murmur of the Heart (1971)
Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia (1974)
The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)
The Champ (1979)
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
The First Great Train Robbery (1978)
Big Jake (1971)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
Coming Home (1978)
Soldier of Orange (1977)
The New Land (1972)
The Night Porter (1974)
The Three Musketeers (1973)
The Silent Partner (1978)
The Story of Adèle H. (1975)
The Longest Yard (1974)
Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Hardcore (1979)
Night Moves (1975)
The Stepford Wives (1975)
Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976)
Turkish Delight (1973)
The Sugarland Express (1974)
Dodes'ka-den (1970)
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
Big Wednesday (1978)
The Mechanic (1972)
The Gauntlet (1977)
Hard Times (1975)
Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others (1974)
Mikey and Nicky (1976)
The Goodbye Girl (1977)
Last Known Address (1970)
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Lacombe, Lucien (1974)
Over the Edge (1979)
The Last of Sheila (1973)
Rolling Thunder (1977)
Gol Maal (1979)
Soldier Blue (1970)
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (1974)
The Medusa Touch (1978)
Theatre of Blood (1973)
In the Name of the Italian People (1971)
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
Keoma (1976)
Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)