Top Movies of 1970s


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91. Nosferatu the Vampyre ( Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht )

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Werner Herzog
Actors: Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz, Roland Topor, Walter Ladengast, Martje Grohmann
Plot: Jonathan Harker is sent to Count Dracula, who is looking to buy a house in Varna. Upon seeing a photo of Lucy, Jonathan's wife, he makes the trip - with death following in his footsteps.

92. Red Circle, The ( cercle rouge, Le )

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Actors: Alain Delon, Bourvil, Gian Maria Volontè, Yves Montand, Paul Crauchet, Paul Amiot
Plot: An aristocratic just-paroled thief, an escaped murderer and an alcoholic ex-police sharpshooter form an unlikely trio bent on pulling off a daring jewel heist. Standing in their way is a vengeful mob boss, a persistent police superintendent. In this world, no on is innocent.

93. 3 Women

Year of Release: 1977
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Robert Altman
Actors: Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Janice Rule, Robert Fortier, Ruth Nelson, John Cromwell
Plot: A quiet, mousy young girl (Sissy Spacek), new to L.A., is befriended by her annoyingly chatty co-worker (Shelley Duvall). After the two become roommates, Spacek's personality begins to overcome Duvall's, eventually leading to tragedy.

94. The Cowboys

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Western
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Mark Rydell
Actors: John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern, Robert Carradine, Colleen Dewhurst, Alfred Barker Jr.
Plot: A veteran rancher risks everything when he recruits schoolboys to man a dangerous cattle drive.

95. Being There

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Hal Ashby
Actors: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard Dysart, Richard Basehart
Plot: A simple gardener has to leave the only home he has ever known when the owner dies. Out on the D.C. streets alone, only speaking what he has learned from TV, he none-the-less comes into contact with a wealthy lobbyist, who is dying himself. Soon he is the toast of town, but remains the simple man he has always been.

96. The Man Who Would Be King

Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John Huston
Actors: Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Christopher Plummer, Jack May, Albert Moses, Saeed Jaffrey
Plot: A pair of British Soldiers retire from the Army and try to go where white man are not really allowed...or so it seems.

97. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tobe Hooper
Actors: Marilyn Burns, Allen Danziger, Paul A. Partain, William Vail, Teri McMinn, Jim Siedow
Plot: A group of five friends travel through rural Texas when they pick up a strange hitchhiker. Things go from bad to worse when they end up at an old farm house that is home to a cannibalistic family.

98. Duel

Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Horror
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Dennis Weaver, Eddie Firestone, Gene Dynarski, Tim Herbert, Charles Seel, Shirley O'Hara
Plot: A man plays a deadly game of cat and mouse with a driver of an 18-wheeler.

99. The Last Detail

Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Hal Ashby
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Otis Young, Randy Quaid, Clifton James, Carol Kane, Michael Moriarty
Plot: Two tough Navy lifers are tasked with bringing a young pilferer to justice - where he will serve eight years for petty theft. After witnessing the somewhat sad sack, the two decide to show him a good time before he he has to serve his time.

100. Mouchette

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Bresson
Actors: Nadine Nortier, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Marie Cardinal, Paul Hebert, Jean Vimenet, Marie Susini
Plot: Fourteen-year-old Mouchette's mother is an invalid and her father is a mean drunk. Her bleak existence doesn't improve as she searches for security.

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