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.
Hi, Mom! (1970)
Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
Orca (1977)
The New Centurions (1972)
Tout Va Bien (1972)
Directed by John Ford (1971)
Las Poquianchis (1976)
Herbie Rides Again (1974)
The Married Couple of the Year Two (1971)
Brothers Till We Die (1977)
Nuts in May (1976)
The Last Train (1973)
Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin (1978)
Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space (1970)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
Velvet Hands (1979)
Out of It (1978)
The Fifth Cord (1971)
The Omega Man (1971)
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees (1975)
Thieves Like Us (1974)
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)
Why Was I Born a Woman? (1970)
Messiah of Evil (1975)
Borsalino and Co. (1974)
The Twelve Chairs (1970)
The Turning Point (1977)
Wise Blood (1979)
I Am Self-Sufficient (1976)
The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1974)
Free Hand for a Tough Cop (1976)
Death Race 2000 (1975)
Super Fly (1972)
The Day of the Locust (1975)
Let Joy Reign Supreme (1975)
When a Stranger Calls (1979)
Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon (1972)
A Warning to the Curious (1972)
Heavy Traffic (1973)
The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist (1977)
Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
Gray Lady Down (1978)
Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)
The Hindenburg (1975)
Execution Squad (1972)
The Last Tycoon (1976)
The Thirty Nine Steps (1978)
Hoffman (1970)
The Wiz (1978)
Same Time, Next Year (1978)
Stardust (1973)
The Train Robbers (1973)
The Last Samurai (1974)
The Signalman (1976)
The Flying Guillotine (1975)
Saint Jack (1979)
The Sunday Woman (1975)
The Assassination (1972)
Bad Company (1972)