Highest Graded Films from the 1970s


  1. (97) Chinatown (1974) review
  2. (96) The Godfather, Part II (1974) review
  3. (95) The Godfather (1972) review
  4. (94) Five Easy Pieces (1970) review
  5. (94) Barry Lyndon (1975) review
  6. (92) Days of Heaven (1978) review
  7. (90) Over the Edge (1979) review
  8. (90) Manhattan (1979) review
  9. (90) Paper Moon (1973) review
  10. (90) O Lucky Man! (1973) review
  11. (90) Star Wars (1977) review
  12. (89) The Wanderers (1979) review
  13. (89) Little Big Man (1970) review
  14. (89) Patton (1970) review
  15. (89) The Tin Drum (1979) review
  16. (87) Mean Streets (1973) review
  17. (87) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) review
  18. (87) Network (1976) review
  19. (87) Papillon (1973) review
  20. (86) The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) review
  21. (86) A Clockwork Orange (1971) review
  22. (85) Jaws (1975) review
  23. (83) The Great Waldo Pepper (1975) review
  24. (83) National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) review
  25. (83) The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) review
  26. (83) Dersu Uzala (1975) review
  27. (83) The Front (1976) review
  28. (83) Play It Again, Sam (1972) review
  29. (83) All the President's Men (1976) review
  30. (81) Mousey (1974) review
  31. (81) MASH (1970) review
  32. (80) The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) review
  33. (80) Sleuth (1972) review
  34. (80) Helter Skelter (1976) review
  35. (79) Annie Hall (1977) review
  36. (79) Sounder (1972) review
  37. (79) Claudine (1974) review
  38. (78) Alien (1979) review
  39. (77) Breaking Away (1979) review
  40. (77) The Parallax View (1974) review
  41. (77) That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) review
  42. (77) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) review
  43. (77) Deliverance (1972) review
  44. (77) The Tenant (1976) review
  45. (76) THX 1138 (1970) review
  46. (76) Straw Dogs (1971) review
  47. (76) High Plains Drifter (1973) review
  48. (76) Julia (1977) review
  49. (76) The Four Musketeers (1974) review
  50. (76) The French Connection (1971) review
  51. (76) The Goodbye Girl (1977) review
  52. (76) Tess (1979) review
  53. (75) The Day of the Locust (1975) review
  54. (75) The Deer Hunter (1978) review
  55. (75) Nashville (1975) review
  56. (75) I Never Sang for My Father (1970) review
  57. (75) Suspiria (1977) review
  58. (74) Serpico (1973) review
  59. (75) Harry and Tonto (1974) review
  60. (75) Harlan County U.S.A. (1976) review
  61. (74) Hester Street (1975) review
  62. (74) Sorcerer (1977) review
  63. (74) The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970) review
  64. (74) Smile (1975)
  65. (74) Coming Home (1978) review
  66. (74) Mad Max (1979) review
  67. (74) An Unmarried Woman (1978) review
  68. (74) The Wicker Man (1973) review
  69. (74) The Three Musketeers (1973) review
  70. (74) The Panic in Needle Park (1971) review
  71. (73) Death in Venice (1971) review
  72. (73) Zeppelin (1971) review
  73. (73) The Last Picture Show (1971) review
  74. (73) Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979) review
  75. (73) Day for Night (1973) review
  76. (72) The New Land (1972) review
  77. (72) Watership Down (1978) review
  78. (72) Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) review
  79. (72) The Harder They Come (1972) review
  80. (72) Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) review
  81. (72) Duck, You Sucker (1971) review
  82. (72) Elvis: That's the Way It Is (1970) review
  83. (72) 10 Rillington Place (1971) review
  84. (72) Bananas (1971) review
  85. (72) Gimme Shelter (1970) review
  86. (71) The Wild Child (1970) review
  87. (71) Three Days of the Condor (1975) review
  88. (71) Heartland (1979) review
  89. (71) The Fury (1978) review
  90. (70) I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978) review
  91. (70) Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) review
  92. (70) Live and Let Die (1973) review
  93. (70) Carrie (1976) review
  94. (70) Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) review
  95. (69) The Late Show (1977) review
  96. (69) The Exorcist (1973) review
  97. (69) Emperor of the North Pole (1973)
  98. (69) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) review
  99. (69) The Long Goodbye (1973) review
  100. (69) $ (Dollars) (1971) review
  101. (68) Midnight Express (1978) review
  102. (68) The Last Waltz (1978) review
  103. (68) Electra Glide in Blue (1973) review
  104. (68) Tomorrow (1972) review
  105. (68) The Kids Are Alright (1979) review
  106. (68) The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976) review
  107. (68) Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) review
  108. (68) Death on the Nile (1978) review
  109. (68) McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) review
  110. (68) Enter the Dragon (1973) review
  111. (68) The Man Who Would Be King (1975) review
  112. (68) Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) review
  113. (67) Shampoo (1975) review
  114. (67) Taxi Driver (1976) review
  115. (67) Harold and Maude (1972) review
  116. (67) The Anderson Tapes (1971) review
  117. (67) Charley Varrick (1973) review
  118. (66) Rocky (1976) review
  119. (66) Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask) (1972) review
  120. (66) Lenny (1974) review
  121. (66) The Sting (1973) review
  122. (66) The Last Wave (1977) review
  123. (66) Midnight Express (1978) review
  124. (66) Deep End (1971) review
  125. (66) Tristana (1970) review
  126. (66) Klute (1971) review
  127. (65) Apocalypse Now (1979) review
  128. (65) Get Carter (1971) review
  129. (65) Ode to Billy Joe (1976) review
  130. (65) Elvis (1979) review
  131. (65) The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
  132. (65) The China Syndrome (1979) review
  133. (65) Bite the Bullet (1975) review
  134. (65) Fat City (1972) review
  135. (65) Sleeper (1973) review
  136. (65) The Way We Were (1973) review
  137. (65) Saint Jack (1979) review
  138. (64) Going in Style (1979) review
  139. (64) The Day of the Jackal (1973)
  140. (64) Last Tango in Paris (1972) review
  141. (64) The Conversation (1974) review
  142. (64) Dirty Harry (1971) review
  143. (64) The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) review
  144. (64) Saturday Night Fever (1977) review
  145. (63) The Beguiled (1971) review
  146. (63) A Woman Under the Influence (1974) review
  147. (63) Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972) review
  148. (63) Badlands (1973) review
  149. (62) Bound for Glory (1976) review
  150. (62) Dodesukaden (1970) review
  151. (62) Woodstock (1970) review
  152. (61) The King of Marvin Gardens (1972) review
  153. (61) That's Entertainment! (1974)
  154. (61) The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
  155. (61) Murder on the Orient Express (1974) review
  156. (61) The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974) review
  157. (61) The Spirit of the Beehive (1973) review
  158. (61) What's Up, Doc? (1972) review
  159. (60) The Iceman Cometh (1973) review
  160. (60) Frenzy (1972) review
  161. (60) Diamonds Are Forever (1971) review
  162. (60) Zandy's Bride (1974) review
  163. (60) The Hot Rock (1972) review
  164. (59) That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
  165. (59) Thieves Like Us (1974)
  166. (59) California Suite (1978) review
  167. (59) F for Fake (1973) review
  168. (58) Cabaret (1972)
  169. (57) Dawn of the Dead (1978) review
  170. (57) Fiddler on the Roof (1971) review
  171. (57) Junior Bonner (1972) review
  172. (57) Marathon Man (1976) review
  173. (56) The Last Detail (1973) review
  174. (56) Wild Rovers (1971) review
  175. (56) Walkabout (1971) review
  176. (55) Tommy (1975) review
  177. (55) The Laughing Policeman (1973) review
  178. (55) Hearts and Minds (1974) review
  179. (55) Lacombe, Lucien (1974) review
  180. (54) Young Frankenstein (1974) review
  181. (54) Coma (1978)
  182. (54) Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970) review
  183. (54) American Graffiti (1973) review
  184. (54) Autumn Sonata (1978) review
  185. (54) The Mother and the Whore (1973) review
  186. (54) Being There (1979) review
  187. (53) Airport (1970) review
  188. (53) The Omen (1976) review
  189. (52) Superman (1978)
  190. (52) Love and Death (1975) review
  191. (52) Brian's Song (1971) review
  192. (52) Amarcord (1973) review
  193. (52) Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) review
  194. (52) The Shootist (1976) review
  195. (52) Life of Brian (1979) review
  196. (52) Dog Day Afternoon (1975) review
  197. (52) Solaris (1972) review
  198. (52) Blazing Saddles (1974) review
  199. (52) The Stepford Wives (1975) review
  200. (52) Fantastic Planet (1973) review
  201. (51) The Mirror (1975)
  202. (51) Halloween (1978) review
  203. (50) Avanti! (1972) review
  204. (50) A Little Romance (1979) review
  205. (49) Lovers and Other Strangers (1970) review
  206. (49) Foul Play (1978) review
  207. (49) Scenes from a Marriage (1973) review
  208. (48) Stalker (1979) review
  209. (47) The Conformist (1970) review
  210. (47) Moonraker (1979) review
  211. (47) Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Buxelles (1975) review
  212. (43) The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) review
  213. (41) The Black Stallion (1979)
  214. (41) The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) review
  215. (39) Interiors (1978) review
  216. (39) Images (1972) review
  217. (37) Grease (1978) review
  218. (35) Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)

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