Top Movies of 1970s


The top movies of 1970s list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

131. The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jim Sharman
Actors: Tim Curry, Barry Bostwick, Susan Sarandon, Meat Loaf, Patricia Quinn, Richard O'Brien
Plot: A couple's vehicle breaks down and they are forced to contact some one don't even know when the couple are instituted in a weird place.

132. Spirit of the Beehive, The ( espíritu de la colmena, El )

Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Víctor Erice
Actors: Teresa Gimpera, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Ketty de la Cámara, Ana Torrent, Juan Margallo
Plot: Visually beautiful film about a young girl in fascist Spain who, after seeing a traveling exhibition of James Whale's classic "Frankenstein," believes the monster is hiding out in an abandoned barn.

133. Gates of Heaven

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Errol Morris
Actors: Lucille Billingsley, Zella Graham, Cal Harberts, Dan Harberts, Mike Koewler, Floyd McClure
Plot: A documentary about pet cemeteries (successful and not) and the people who both run the business and those who have their pets buried within.

134. Jesus of Nazareth

Year of Release: 1977
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Actors: Robert Powell, Anne Bancroft, Ernest Borgnine, Ian McShane, James Earl Jones, Christopher Plummer
Plot: A reverent depiction of the life of Christ using the Gospel accounts.

135. Butcher, The ( boucher, Le )

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Claude Chabrol
Actors: Stéphane Audran, Jean Yanne, Antonio Passalia, Pascal Ferone, Mario Beccara, William Guérault
Plot: A working-class butcher strikes up an unlikely friendship with a repressed schoolteacher. A series of gristly murders around town have everyone on edge.

136. Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro ( Rupan sansei: Kariosutoro no shiro )

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Actors: Bob Bergen, Yasuo Yamada, Eiko Masuyama, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Gorô Naya, Tarô Ishida
Plot: A princess kept in the clutches of an evil count holds the key to finding a fabulous treasure. Master thief Lupin III and his gang hatch a plan to free the princess and get their hands on the riches.

137. Charlotte's Web

Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Charles A. Nichols
Actors: Debbie Reynolds, Paul Lynde, Henry Gibson, Rex Allen

138. Seven Beauties ( Pasqualino Settebellezze )

Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lina Wertmüller
Actors: Giancarlo Giannini, Fernando Rey, Shirley Stoler, Elena Fiore, Piero Di Iorio, Enzo Vitale
Plot: Pasqualino is just an Italian man trying to get by - but after deserting the army during WWII, he finds himself in a German prison camp, where he will do anything to get by. Looking back on his life, we see him living with his seven sisters, the accidental murder of one of their suitors - his trial, getting sent to an asylum, raping a patient, volunteering for the army to escape the asylum - all leading to his German camp.

139. Days and Nights in the Forest ( Aranyer Din Ratri )

Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Bengali
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Satyajit Ray
Actors: Sharmila Tagore, Kaberi Bose, Simi Garewal, Soumitra Chatterjee, Subhendu Chatterjee, Robi Ghosh
Plot: Follows four middle-class workers as leave their jobs behind for a week and visit the forest. Meeting up with another group, they begin flirting with women.

140. 10 Rillington Place

Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Richard Fleischer
Actors: Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, John Hurt, Pat Heywood, Isobel Black, Miss Riley
Plot: A depraved, socially maladroit man murders the young women to who he lets the upstairs of his London flat, while one of his other boarders is imprisoned for the crimes. Based on the true story of John Christie, serial killer in WWII-era England.

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