The Top 250 Movies of the 1970s

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The Top 250 Movies of the 1970s
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Movie Title Release
Year
Director MPAA
Rating
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1 Star Wars 1977 George Lucas PG -
3 The Godfather 1972 Francis Ford Coppola R -
10 The Godfather Part II 1974 Francis Ford Coppola R -
18 Alien 1979 Ridley Scott R -
29 Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975 Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones PG -
32 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975 Milos Forman R -
47 Taxi Driver 1976 Martin Scorsese R -
59 Apocalypse Now 1979 Francis Ford Coppola R -
65 Chinatown 1974 Roman Polanski R -
66 Jaws 1975 Steven Spielberg PG -
70 A Clockwork Orange 1971 Stanley Kubrick R -
98 Rocky 1976 John G. Avildsen PG -
102 Network 1976 Sidney Lumet R -
103 Stalker 1979 Andrei Tarkovsky NR -
108 The Conversation 1974 Francis Ford Coppola PG -
120 Badlands 1973 Terrence Malick PG -
128 Aguirre: The Wrath of God 1972 Werner Herzog NR -
145 Days of Heaven 1978 Terrence Malick PG -
165 Annie Hall 1977 Woody Allen PG -
176 The Sting 1973 George Roy Hill PG -
179 All the President's Men 1976 Alan J. Pakula PG -
180 Dog Day Afternoon 1975 Sidney Lumet R -
191 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 1971 Mel Stuart G -
201 The Long Goodbye 1973 Robert Altman R -
210 The French Connection 1971 William Friedkin R -
214 Young Frankenstein 1974 Mel Brooks PG -
223 Life of Brian 1979 Terry Jones R -
227 Barry Lyndon 1975 Stanley Kubrick PG -
233 Manhattan 1979 Woody Allen R -
252 Paper Moon 1973 Peter Bogdanovich PG -
258 The Exorcist 1973 William Friedkin R -
259 The Last Picture Show 1971 Peter Bogdanovich R -
260 The Deer Hunter 1978 Michael Cimino R -
267 Suspiria 1977 Dario Argento R -
268 Blazing Saddles 1974 Mel Brooks R -
273 Le Cercle Rouge 1970 Jean-Pierre Melville R -
284 Solaris 1972 Andrei Tarkovsky PG -
289 McCabe & Mrs. Miller 1971 Robert Altman R -
301 Mean Streets 1973 Martin Scorsese R -
302 Harold and Maude 1971 Hal Ashby PG -
304 Nashville 1975 Robert Altman R -
308 Being There 1979 Hal Ashby PG -
324 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977 Steven Spielberg PG -
335 The Mirror 1975 Andrei Tarkovsky NR -
350 A Woman Under the Influence 1974 John Cassavetes R -
352 The Holy Mountain 1973 Alejandro Jodorowsky R -
356 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 1974 Joseph Sargent R -
367 Cries and Whispers 1972 Ingmar Bergman R -
376 The Outlaw Josey Wales 1976 Clint Eastwood PG -
385 Sorcerer 1977 William Friedkin PG -
391 The Conformist 1970 Bernardo Bertolucci R -
394 Dirty Harry 1971 Don Siegel R -
401 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie 1972 Luis Buñuel NR -
405 The Last Detail 1973 Hal Ashby R -
418 High Plains Drifter 1973 Clint Eastwood R -
440 Patton 1970 Franklin J. Schaffner PG -
441 All That Jazz 1979 Bob Fosse R -
452 The Man Who Would Be King 1975 John Huston PG -
465 Enter the Dragon 1973 Robert Clouse R -
482 Deep Red 1975 Dario Argento R -
486 Five Easy Pieces 1970 Bob Rafelson R -
492 F for Fake 1973 Orson Welles NR -
504 Straw Dogs 1971 Sam Peckinpah R -
505 The Warriors 1979 Walter Hill R -
506 Day for Night 1973 François Truffaut PG -
508 Serpico 1973 Sidney Lumet R -
512 Amarcord 1973 Federico Fellini R -
521 Animal House 1978 John Landis R -
543 Don't Look Now 1973 Nicolas Roeg R -
544 Dawn of the Dead 1978 George A. Romero NR -
545 Marathon Man 1976 John Schlesinger R -
548 Love and Death 1975 Woody Allen PG -
556 Picnic at Hanging Rock 1975 Peter Weir PG -
563 Three Days of the Condor 1975 Sydney Pollack R -
564 Eraserhead 1977 David Lynch NR -
571 3 Women 1977 Robert Altman PG -
576 Scenes from a Marriage 1973 Ingmar Bergman PG -
581 The Jerk 1979 Carl Reiner R -
591 Halloween 1978 John Carpenter R -
598 Duel 1971 Steven Spielberg PG -
608 House 1977 Nobuhiko Ôbayashi NR -
609 What's Up, Doc? 1972 Peter Bogdanovich G -
616 Sleuth 1972 Joseph L. Mankiewicz PG -
626 Autumn Sonata 1978 Ingmar Bergman NR -
632 The Wicker Man 1973 Robin Hardy R -
640 Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978 Philip Kaufman PG -
641 Ali: Fear Eats the Soul 1974 Rainer Werner Fassbinder NR -
651 Slap Shot 1977 George Roy Hill R -
652 Papillon 1973 Franklin J. Schaffner PG -
663 Walkabout 1971 Nicolas Roeg PG -
702 The Spirit of the Beehive 1973 Víctor Erice NR -
703 Black Christmas 1974 Bob Clark R -
706 American Graffiti 1973 George Lucas PG -
711 Cabaret 1972 Bob Fosse PG -
718 Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia 1974 Sam Peckinpah R -
719 Breaking Away 1979 Peter Yates PG -
723 The Day of the Jackal 1973 Fred Zinnemann PG -
726 Superman 1978 Richard Donner PG -
730 MASH 1970 Robert Altman R -
737 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 1974 Tobe Hooper R -
758 Deliverance 1972 John Boorman R -
787 Assault on Precinct 13 1976 John Carpenter R -
790 El Topo 1970 Alejandro Jodorowsky NR -
792 Get Carter 1971 Mike Hodges R -
821 Kramer vs. Kramer 1979 Robert Benton PG -
822 Phantom of the Paradise 1974 Brian De Palma PG -
823 The Muppet Movie 1979 James Frawley G -
859 Kelly's Heroes 1970 Brian G. Hutton PG -
869 Nosferatu the Vampyre 1979 Werner Herzog PG -
871 That Obscure Object of Desire 1977 Luis Buñuel NR -
875 Carrie 1976 Brian De Palma R -
882 The Devils 1971 Ken Russell NR -
894 Escape from Alcatraz 1979 Don Siegel PG -
908 Dersu Uzala 1975 Akira Kurosawa G -
929 The Omen 1976 Richard Donner R -
935 The Friends of Eddie Coyle 1973 Peter Yates R -
936 Mad Max 1979 George Miller R -
940 Jeremiah Johnson 1972 Sydney Pollack PG -
941 The Last Waltz 1978 Martin Scorsese PG -
942 Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro 1979 Hayao Miyazaki PG -
959 Duck, You Sucker 1971 Sergio Leone PG -
964 The Tenant 1976 Roman Polanski NR -
983 Sleeper 1973 Woody Allen PG -
1001 The 36th Chamber of Shaolin 1978 Chia-Liang Liu R -
1008 Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles 1975 Chantal Akerman NR -
1010 Rocky II 1979 Sylvester Stallone PG -
1019 The Getaway 1972 Sam Peckinpah PG -
1021 Fiddler on the Roof 1971 Norman Jewison NR -
1035 The Bird with the Crystal Plumage 1970 Dario Argento NR -
1037 Lady Snowblood 1973 Toshiya Fujita NR -
1038 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore 1974 Martin Scorsese PG -
1047 The Shootist 1976 Don Siegel PG -
1053 The Parallax View 1974 Alan J. Pakula R -
1089 Wake in Fright 1971 Ted Kotcheff R -
1093 Midnight Express 1978 Alan Parker R -
1100 The Killing of a Chinese Bookie 1976 John Cassavetes R -
1112 Play It Again, Sam 1972 Herbert Ross PG -
1120 The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser 1974 Werner Herzog NR -
1129 Night Moves 1975 Arthur Penn R -
1146 Sisters 1972 Brian De Palma R -
1158 The Passenger 1975 Michelangelo Antonioni PG -
1172 Murder on the Orient Express 1974 Sidney Lumet PG -
1177 A Bridge Too Far 1977 Richard Attenborough R -
1189 Stroszek 1977 Werner Herzog NR -
1193 Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid 1973 Sam Peckinpah R -
1200 Frenzy 1972 Alfred Hitchcock R -
1204 Magnum Force 1973 Ted Post R -
1226 Little Big Man 1970 Arthur Penn PG13 -
1239 The China Syndrome 1979 James Bridges PG -
1250 Klute 1971 Alan J. Pakula R -
1259 Grease 1978 Randal Kleiser PG -
1264 Robin Hood 1973 Wolfgang Reitherman G -
1279 The Brood 1979 David Cronenberg R -
1284 The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975 Jim Sharman R -
1287 Lenny 1974 Bob Fosse R -
1323 The Duellists 1977 Ridley Scott PG -
1331 Gimme Shelter 1970 Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin R -
1337 Bananas 1971 Woody Allen PG13 -
1343 Drunken Master 1978 Woo-ping Yuen PG13 -
1345 Time After Time 1979 Nicholas Meyer PG -
1394 Vanishing Point 1971 Richard C. Sarafian R -
1408 And Now for Something Completely Different 1971 Ian MacNaughton PG -
1415 Opening Night 1977 John Cassavetes PG13 -
1416 Fantastic Planet 1973 René Laloux PG -
1422 Grey Gardens 1975 Ellen Hovde, Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Muffie Meyer NR -
1446 Zombie 1979 Lucio Fulci R -
1452 Woodstock 1970 Michael Wadleigh R -
1457 The Driver 1978 Walter Hill R -
1460 ...and justice for all. 1979 Norman Jewison R -
1468 Murder by Death 1976 Robert Moore PG -
1471 The Spy Who Loved Me 1977 Lewis Gilbert PG -
1489 Westworld 1973 Michael Crichton PG -
1518 The Goodbye Girl 1977 Herbert Ross PG -
1522 Watership Down 1978 Martin Rosen PG -
1531 The Man Who Fell to Earth 1976 Nicolas Roeg R -
1549 Harlan County U.S.A. 1976 Barbara Kopple PG -
1551 Logan's Run 1976 Michael Anderson PG -
1557 Live and Let Die 1973 Guy Hamilton PG -
1563 Last Tango in Paris 1972 Bernardo Bertolucci NC17 -
1568 Soylent Green 1973 Richard Fleischer PG -
1571 The Abominable Dr. Phibes 1971 Robert Fuest PG13 -
1593 Phantasm 1979 Don Coscarelli R -
1610 Theater of Blood 1973 Douglas Hickox R -
1629 Catch-22 1970 Mike Nichols R -
1640 The Marriage of Maria Braun 1979 Rainer Werner Fassbinder R -
1657 THX 1138 1971 George Lucas R -
1665 The Ascent 1977 Larisa Shepitko NR -
1684 Smokey and the Bandit 1977 Hal Needham PG -
1695 Martin 1977 George A. Romero R -
1719 Charley Varrick 1973 Don Siegel R -
1732 The Poseidon Adventure 1972 Ronald Neame PG -
1787 Claire's Knee 1970 Eric Rohmer PG -
1802 The Big Boss 1971 Wei Lo R -
1816 The Tin Drum 1979 Volker Schlöndorff R -
1822 The Bad News Bears 1976 Michael Ritchie PG -
1835 Scarecrow 1973 Jerry Schatzberg R -
1837 A Touch of Zen 1971 King Hu NR -
1839 Thunderbolt and Lightfoot 1974 Michael Cimino R -
1842 Play Misty for Me 1971 Clint Eastwood R -
1867 The Phantom of Liberty 1974 Luis Buñuel R -
1871 The Longest Yard 1974 Robert Aldrich R -
1873 Coming Home 1978 Hal Ashby R -
1881 The Man with the Golden Gun 1974 Guy Hamilton PG -
1886 Death Race 2000 1975 Paul Bartel R -
1893 Silent Running 1972 Douglas Trumbull PG -
1929 The Way of the Dragon 1972 Bruce Lee R -
1964 The Andromeda Strain 1971 Robert Wise G -
1965 Two-Lane Blacktop 1971 Monte Hellman R -
1974 Carnal Knowledge 1971 Mike Nichols R -
1977 Blue Collar 1978 Paul Schrader R -
1979 My Name Is Nobody 1973 Tonino Valerii NR -
1980 The Boys From Brazil 1978 Franklin J. Schaffner R -
1982 The Ballad of Cable Hogue 1970 Sam Peckinpah NR -
1988 The Legend of Hell House 1973 John Hough PG -
2010 The In-Laws 1979 Arthur Hiller PG -
2011 Diamonds Are Forever 1971 Guy Hamilton PG -
2018 Celine and Julie Go Boating 1974 Jacques Rivette NR -
2030 Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion 1970 Elio Petri R -
2042 A New Leaf 1971 Elaine May G -
2049 Two Mules for Sister Sara 1970 Don Siegel PG -
2060 Death Wish 1974 Michael Winner R -
2065 The Cowboys 1972 Mark Rydell PG -
2079 Killer of Sheep 1978 Charles Burnett NR -
2084 The Enforcer 1976 James Fargo R -
2087 Fist of Fury 1972 Wei Lo R -
2105 Gates of Heaven 1978 Errol Morris PG -
2120 Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance 1972 Kenji Misumi NR -
2122 California Split 1974 Robert Altman R -
2123 World on a Wire 1973 Rainer Werner Fassbinder NR -
2146 The Front 1976 Martin Ritt PG -
2154 The Towering Inferno 1974 John Guillermin PG -
2158 Alice in the Cities 1974 Wim Wenders NR -
2160 Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970 Richard Fleischer PG -
2203 The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh 1977 Wolfgang Reitherman G -
2212 Interiors 1978 Woody Allen PG -
2216 Hardcore 1979 Paul Schrader R -
2220 Silver Streak 1976 Arthur Hiller PG -
2229 The Hills Have Eyes 1977 Wes Craven R -
2230 Death on the Nile 1978 John Guillermin PG -
2235 High Anxiety 1977 Mel Brooks PG -
2252 Norma Rae 1979 Martin Ritt PG -
2261 Mikey and Nicky 1976 Elaine May R -
2282 Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx 1972 Kenji Misumi NR -
2286 The Last of Sheila 1973 Herbert Ross PG -
2292 Coffy 1973 Jack Hill R -
2293 Rio Lobo 1970 Howard Hawks PG -
2309 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex... 1972 Woody Allen R -
2315 Cross of Iron 1977 Sam Peckinpah R -
2322 Foul Play 1978 Colin Higgins PG -
2343 Straight Time 1978 Ulu Grosbard R -

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