11. Passion of Anna, The ( passion, En )
Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Actors: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Bibi Andersson, Erland Josephson, Erik Hell, Sigge Fürst
Plot: Andreas is emotionally isolated following the demise of his marriage. Seeking solace, he finds Anna, a woman grieving the deaths of her husband and son. While the two pursue a relationship - things cannot work out between them as Anna's zealous search for the truth uncovers her delusions and Andreas cannot overcome his disconnect.
12. Little Big Man
Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Arthur Penn
Actors: Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Chief Dan George, Martin Balsam, Richard Mulligan, Jeff Corey
Plot: The 121-year-old Jack Crabb reflects on his life of being raised by Indians, watching his wife die at the hands of Custer and being the sole survivor of Little Big Horn.
13. 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.
14. Milky Way, The ( voie lactée, La )
Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Luis Buñuel
Actors: Paul Frankeur, Laurent Terzieff, Alain Cuny, Edith Scob, Bernard Verley, Michel Piccoli
15. Ryan's Daughter
Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Lean
Actors: Robert Mitchum, Trevor Howard, Christopher Jones, John Mills, Leo McKern, Sarah Miles
Plot: WWI seems worlds away from Ireland's Dingle peninsula. A young, conflicted British officer finds himself in the pub - the only customer - while Rosy Ryan Shaughnessy tends bar. The two have a magnetic attraction - but one night a group of Irish revolutionaries expecting a shipment of guns arrives at the pub and everything will come crashing down.
16. Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer ( Ningen no joken III )
Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Actors: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Yusuke Kawazu, Taketoshi Naitô, Kyôko Kishida, Reiko Hitomi
Plot: The final part in the trilogy: Kaji and his remaining men flee following a Russian defeat as he plans to lead his men back home. But behind enemy lines, he faces new dangers and, ultimately, winds up as a POW - prisoner of the Russians whose communist ideals he once held are far different than what he ever expected.
17. This Man Must Die ( Que la bête meure )
Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Claude Chabrol
Actors: Michel Duchaussoy, Caroline Cellier, Jean Yanne, Anouk Ferjac, Marc Di Napoli, Louise Chevalier
Plot: A single father will stop at nothing to avenge the hit and run death of his daughter. When he learns an actress was in the car - he poses as a screenwriter to get close to her - willing to kill her if she was the driver. But as he get more and more involved with her life, his empathy causes him to change his outlook.
18. Kes
Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ken Loach
Actors: David Bradley, Freddie Fletcher, Lynne Perrie, Colin Welland, Brian Glover, Bob Bowes
Plot: A working-class Yorkshire boy, with a troubled home and school life, finds peace and purpose when his English teach encourages him tame and train a pet falcon.
19. The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Actors: Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, David Warner, Strother Martin, Slim Pickens, Peter Whitney
Plot: Left for dead in the desert, Hogue stumbles upon a spring that not only saves his life, but proves lucrative as it is the perfect way station for local stagecoaches. A local whore moves in with him and all seems well... until the advent of the automobile changes everything.
20. Burn! ( Queimada )
Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
Actors: Marlon Brando, Evaristo Márquez, Norman Hill, Thomas Lyons, Renato Salvatore, Valeria Ferran Wanani
Plot: A British secret agent arrives in the Caribbean to take control of a sugar
cane plantation. Exposed to the struggles of the locals, he insights a
revolution, which spirals out of control.
