Top Movies of 1975


The top movies of 1975 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

11. 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.

12. Three Days of the Condor

Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sydney Pollack
Actors: Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, Max von Sydow, John Houseman, Addison Powell
Plot: A bookish CIA researcher finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust.

13. 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.

14. The Wicker Man

Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robin Hardy
Actors: Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento, Britt Ekland, Ingrid Pitt, Lindsay Kemp
Plot: A police seargent investigates Summerisle after the disappearence of a young girl. The locals are preparing for a local festival and are unhelpful, but he won't stop until he gets to the bottom of crime.

15. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Martin Scorsese
Actors: Ellen Burstyn, Alfred Lutter III, Harvey Keitel, Diane Ladd, Kris Kristofferson, Jodie Foster
Plot: After the death of her husband, Alice and her 11-year-old son leave their Socorro, New Mexico home and plan to make it to Monterrey, California. Alice is a singer and, in order to fund the trip, plans to take odd jobs along the way - but she eventually finds herself as a waitress.

16. Lost Honor of Katharina Blum, The ( Verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum oder: Wie Gewalt entstehen und wohin sie führen kann, Die )

Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Volker Schlöndorff, Margarethe von Trotta
Actors: Angela Winkler, Mario Adorf, Dieter Laser, Jürgen Prochnow, Heinz Bennent, Hannelore Hoger
Plot: Katharina Blum is a young, German maid who meets Ludwig and finds herself falling in love at first site. Yet one night of passion leads to a nightmare morning - as police break in - Ludwig is a terrorist. Katharina is subject to humiliation and threats - from both police and press - even as she proclaims her innocence.

17. The Stepford Wives

Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Horror
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Bryan Forbes
Actors: Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson, Nanette Newman, Tina Louise, Carol Eve Rossen
Plot: Bobbie and Joanna move to the suburb of Stepford, Connecticut - a place where the men are content and the women seem oddly submissive. Soon enough, Bobbie learns the truth - the women are actually robots, and he wants in on the action.

18. Deep Red ( Profondo rosso )

Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Horror/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Dario Argento
Actors: David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia, Macha Méril, Eros Pagni, Giuliana Calandra
Plot: A jazz musician witnesses a horrible murder and tracks down the killer himself.

19. Magic Flute, The ( Trollflöjten )

Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Actors: Josef Köstlinger, Irma Urrila, Håkan Hagegård, Elisabeth Erikson, Britt-Marie Aruhn, Birgit Nordin
Plot: Bergman's filmed version of Mozart's opera. The Queen of the Night sends a handsome prince to rescue her daughter, who is being held captive by a sorcerer. The prince and his sidekick, a well-meaning but dizzy woodsman, have many strange adventures on their quest.

20. Passenger, The ( Professione: reporter )

Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Maria Schneider, Jenny Runacre, Ian Hendry, Steven Berkoff, Ambroise Bia
Plot: A reporter in Northern Africa decides to take the place of the man who died in the room next to his. But as he continues to pose as the dead man, keeping the man's appointments, he gets drawn into a world darker than he anticipated.

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