Highest Graded Films from the 1970s


  1. (97) Chinatown (1974) review
  2. (95) The Godfather (1972) review
  3. (95) The Godfather Part II (1974) 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) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) review
  17. (87) Network (1976) review
  18. (87) Papillon (1973) review
  19. (86) A Clockwork Orange (1971) review
  20. (86) Mean Streets (1973) review
  21. (85) Jaws (1975) review
  22. (83) The Great Waldo Pepper (1975) review
  23. (83) National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) review
  24. (83) The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) review
  25. (83) Dersu Uzala (1975) review
  26. (83) The Front (1976) review
  27. (83) Play It Again, Sam (1972) review
  28. (83) All the President's Men (1976) review
  29. (81) MASH (1970) review
  30. (81) The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) review
  31. (80) The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) review
  32. (80) Sleuth (1972) review
  33. (80) Helter Skelter (1976) review
  34. (79) Annie Hall (1977) review
  35. (79) Sounder (1972) review
  36. (79) Claudine (1974) review
  37. (78) Alien (1979) review
  38. (77) Breaking Away (1979) review
  39. (77) The Parallax View (1974) review
  40. (77) That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) review
  41. (77) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) review
  42. (77) Deliverance (1972) review
  43. (77) The Tenant (1976) review
  44. (76) THX 1138 (1970) review
  45. (76) Straw Dogs (1971) review
  46. (76) High Plains Drifter (1973) review
  47. (76) Julia (1977) review
  48. (76) The Four Musketeers (1974) review
  49. (76) The French Connection (1971) review
  50. (76) The Goodbye Girl (1977) review
  51. (76) Tess (1979) review
  52. (75) The Day of the Locust (1975) review
  53. (75) The Deer Hunter (1978) review
  54. (75) Nashville (1975) review
  55. (75) I Never Sang for My Father (1970) review
  56. (75) Suspiria (1977) review
  57. (74) Serpico (1973) review
  58. (75) Harry and Tonto (1974) review
  59. (75) Harlan County U.S.A. (1976) review
  60. (75) Mousey (1974) review
  61. (74) Hester Street (1975) review
  62. (74) The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970) review
  63. (74) Smile (1975)
  64. (74) Coming Home (1978) review
  65. (74) Mad Max (1979) review
  66. (74) An Unmarried Woman (1978) review
  67. (74) The Wicker Man (1973) review
  68. (74) The Three Musketeers (1973) review
  69. (74) The Panic in Needle Park (1971) review
  70. (74) Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) review
  71. (74) The Go-Between (1971) review
  72. (73) Death in Venice (1971) review
  73. (73) Zeppelin (1971) review
  74. (73) The Last Picture Show (1971) review
  75. (73) Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979) review
  76. (73) Day for Night (1973) review
  77. (73) Sorcerer (1977) review
  78. (72) The New Land (1972) review
  79. (72) Watership Down (1978) review
  80. (72) Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) review
  81. (72) The Harder They Come (1972) review
  82. (72) Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) review
  83. (72) Duck, You Sucker (1971) review
  84. (72) Elvis: That's the Way It Is (1970) review
  85. (72) 10 Rillington Place (1971) review
  86. (72) Bananas (1971) review
  87. (72) Gimme Shelter (1970) review
  88. (72) The Exorcist (1973) review
  89. (71) The Wild Child (1970) review
  90. (71) Heartland (1979) review
  91. (71) The Fury (1978) review
  92. (71) Wake in Fright (1971) review
  93. (70) I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978) review
  94. (70) Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) review
  95. (70) Live and Let Die (1973) review
  96. (70) Carrie (1976) review
  97. (70) Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) review
  98. (69) The Late Show (1977) review
  99. (69) Emperor of the North Pole (1973)
  100. (69) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) review
  101. (69) The Long Goodbye (1973) review
  102. (69) $ (Dollars) (1971) review
  103. (69) The Red Cicle (1970) review
  104. (69) Three Days of the Condor (1975) review
  105. (68) Midnight Express (1978) review
  106. (68) The Last Waltz (1978) review
  107. (68) Electra Glide in Blue (1973) review
  108. (68) Tomorrow (1972) review
  109. (68) The Kids Are Alright (1979) review
  110. (68) The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976) review
  111. (68) Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) review
  112. (68) Death on the Nile (1978) review
  113. (68) McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) review
  114. (68) Enter the Dragon (1973) review
  115. (68) The Man Who Would Be King (1975) review
  116. (68) Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) review
  117. (67) Shampoo (1975) review
  118. (67) Taxi Driver (1976) review
  119. (67) Harold and Maude (1972) review
  120. (67) The Anderson Tapes (1971) review
  121. (67) Charley Varrick (1973) review
  122. (66) Rocky (1976) review
  123. (66) Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask) (1972) review
  124. (66) Lenny (1974) review
  125. (66) The Sting (1973) review
  126. (66) The Last Wave (1977) review
  127. (66) Midnight Express (1978) review
  128. (66) Deep End (1971) review
  129. (66) Tristana (1970) review
  130. (66) Klute (1971) review
  131. (65) Apocalypse Now (1979) review
  132. (65) Get Carter (1971) review
  133. (65) Ode to Billy Joe (1976) review
  134. (65) Elvis (1979) review
  135. (65) The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
  136. (65) The China Syndrome (1979) review
  137. (65) Bite the Bullet (1975) review
  138. (65) Fat City (1972) review
  139. (65) Sleeper (1973) review
  140. (65) The Way We Were (1973) review
  141. (65) Saint Jack (1979) review
  142. (64) The Day of the Jackal (1973)
  143. (64) Last Tango in Paris (1972) review
  144. (64) The Conversation (1974) review
  145. (64) Dirty Harry (1971) review
  146. (64) The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) review
  147. (64) Saturday Night Fever (1977) review
  148. (63) The Beguiled (1971) review
  149. (63) A Woman Under the Influence (1974) review
  150. (63) Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972) review
  151. (63) Badlands (1973) review
  152. (63) Going in Style (1979) review
  153. (62) Bound for Glory (1976) review
  154. (62) Dodesukaden (1970) review
  155. (62) Woodstock (1970) review
  156. (61) The King of Marvin Gardens (1972) review
  157. (61) That's Entertainment! (1974)
  158. (61) Murder on the Orient Express (1974) review
  159. (61) The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974) review
  160. (61) The Spirit of the Beehive (1973) review
  161. (61) What's Up, Doc? (1972) review
  162. (60) The Iceman Cometh (1973) review
  163. (60) Frenzy (1972) review
  164. (60) Diamonds Are Forever (1971) review
  165. (60) Zandy's Bride (1974) review
  166. (60) The Hot Rock (1972) review
  167. (60) The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) review
  168. (59) That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
  169. (59) Thieves Like Us (1974)
  170. (59) California Suite (1978) review
  171. (59) F for Fake (1973) review
  172. (58) Cabaret (1972)
  173. (57) Dawn of the Dead (1978) review
  174. (57) Fiddler on the Roof (1971) review
  175. (57) Junior Bonner (1972) review
  176. (57) Marathon Man (1976) review
  177. (56) The Last Detail (1973) review
  178. (56) Wild Rovers (1971) review
  179. (56) Walkabout (1971) review
  180. (55) Tommy (1975) review
  181. (55) The Laughing Policeman (1973) review
  182. (55) Hearts and Minds (1974) review
  183. (55) Lacombe, Lucien (1974) review
  184. (54) Young Frankenstein (1974) review
  185. (54) Coma (1978)
  186. (54) Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970) review
  187. (54) American Graffiti (1973) review
  188. (54) Autumn Sonata (1978) review
  189. (54) The Mother and the Whore (1973) review
  190. (54) Being There (1979) review
  191. (53) Airport (1970) review
  192. (53) The Omen (1976) review
  193. (52) Love and Death (1975) review
  194. (52) Brian's Song (1971) review
  195. (52) Amarcord (1973) review
  196. (52) Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) review
  197. (52) The Shootist (1976) review
  198. (52) Life of Brian (1979) review
  199. (52) Dog Day Afternoon (1975) review
  200. (52) Solaris (1972) review
  201. (52) Blazing Saddles (1974) review
  202. (52) The Stepford Wives (1975) review
  203. (52) Fantastic Planet (1973) review
  204. (51) The Mirror (1975)
  205. (51) Halloween (1978) review
  206. (51) Superman (1978) review
  207. (50) Avanti! (1972) review
  208. (50) A Little Romance (1979) review
  209. (49) Lovers and Other Strangers (1970) review
  210. (49) Foul Play (1978) review
  211. (49) Scenes from a Marriage (1973) review
  212. (48) Stalker (1979) review
  213. (47) The Conformist (1970) review
  214. (47) Moonraker (1979) review
  215. (47) Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Buxelles (1975) review
  216. (43) The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) review
  217. (41) The Black Stallion (1979)
  218. (41) The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) review
  219. (39) Interiors (1978) review
  220. (39) Images (1972) review
  221. (37) Grease (1978) review
  222. (35) Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)

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