Best movies of the 1970s
252 movies ranked according to 1,009 lists from 202 publishers
Ranks are positions on the all-time list, not a separate vote among 1970s movies.
817
The Go-BetweenJoseph Losey1971
922
Beyond the Valley of the DollsRuss Meyer1970
936
The StingGeorge Roy Hill1973
940
Wise BloodJohn Huston1979
947
SleuthJoseph L. Mankiewicz1972
950
Bed and Board1970
951
Love on the Run1979
960
My ChildhoodBill Douglas1972
961
Assault on Precinct 13John Carpenter1976
1029
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss SongMelvin Van Peebles1971
1039
My Brilliant CareerGillian Armstrong1979
1047
Animal HouseJohn Landis1978
1054
Mikey and NickyElaine May1976
1058
The TenantRoman Polanski1976
1059
SleeperWoody Allen1973
1073
Straw DogsSam Peckinpah1971
1080
Kramer vs. KramerRobert Benton1979
1081
The AscentLarisa Shepitko1977
1085
Zabriskie PointMichelangelo Antonioni1970
1086
Breaking AwayPeter Yates1979
1088
Alice Doesn't Live Here AnymoreMartin Scorsese1974
1104
My Ain Folk1973
1108
My Way Home1978
1145
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith1978
1163
Murmur of the Heart1971
1173
The ShootistDon Siegel1976
1184
Sunday Bloody SundayJohn Schlesinger1971
1212
Alice in the CitiesWim Wenders1974
1232
Lacombe LucienLouis Malle1974
1243
The WarriorsWalter Hill1979
1244
Jubilee1977
1282
Doomed Love1978
1305
We All Loved Each Other So MuchEttore Scola1974
1311
The Last WaltzMartin Scorsese1978
1312
Seven BeautiesLina Wertmüller1975
1314
West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of LibertyMed Hondo1979
1322
Dark StarJohn Carpenter1974
1336
Grey GardensEllen Hovde, Albert and David Maysles, and Muffie Meyer1975
1346
The Harder They ComePerry Henzell1972
1350
O Lucky Man!Lindsay Anderson1973
1353
The Sugarland Express1974
1372
Marathon ManJohn Schlesinger1976
1375
SholayRamesh Sippy1975
1382
Turkish Delight1973
1383
Face to Face1976
1392
Distant Thunder1973
1442
Days and Nights in the Forest1970
1448
The Ruling Class1972
1452
Man of MarbleAndrzej Wajda1977
1457
Smile1975
1463
The Day of the JackalFred Zinnemann1973
1464
Blue CollarPaul Schrader1978
1473
Soldier of Orange1977
1475
Charley VarrickDon Siegel1973
1490
The Private Life of Sherlock HolmesBilly Wilder1970
1505
Bad Company1972
1519
Chloe in the Afternoon1972
1522
Je, tu, il, elleChantal Akerman1974
1536
Hitler, a film from GermanyHans Jürgen Syberberg1977
1537
StroszekWerner Herzog1977
1538
Ulzana's RaidRobert Aldrich1972
1540
SerpicoSidney Lumet1973
1575
Deep RedDario Argento1975
1579
DuelSteven Spielberg1971
1591
Soylent GreenRichard Fleischer1973
1599
DODES'KA-DENAkira Kurosawa1970
1604
Mad MaxGeorge Miller1979
1605
GreaseRandal Kleiser1978
1607
What's Up, Doc?Peter Bogdanovich1972
1612
ShaftGordon Parks1971
1618
The Last DetailHal Ashby1973
1619
ArrebatoIván Zulueta1979
1633
Opening NightJohn Cassavetes1977
1640
Tale of TalesYuriy Norshteyn1979
1709
WelfareFrederick Wiseman1975
1758
News from HomeChantal Akerman1976
1803
(Nostalgia)Hollis Frampton1971
1804
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman1971
1805
CeddoOusmane Sembene1977
1806
Four Nights of a Dreamer1971
1808
The Man Who Fell to EarthNicolas Roeg1976
1810
Richard Pryor:Live in Concert1979
1811
The JerkCarl Reiner1979
1812
ShampooHal Ashby1975
1814
Carnal KnowledgeMike Nichols1971
1816
Fantastic PlanetRené Laloux1973
1818
The Taking of Pelham One Two ThreeJoseph Sargent1974
1819
Night MovesArthur Penn1975
1881
Reminiscences of a Journey to LithuaniaJonas Mekas1972
1882
Real Life1979
1884
Last Chants for a Slow DanceJon Jost1977
1885
The Way We WereSydney Pollack1973
1886
10Blake Edwards1979
1887
Citizen's Band1977
1888
High Plains DrifterClint Eastwood1973
1889
The American FriendWim Wenders1977
1891
PapillonFranklin J. Schaffner1973
1892
FrenzyAlfred Hitchcock1972
1900
Zorns LemmaHollis Frampton1970
1905
A New LeafElaine May1971
1917
Red Psalm1971
1924
The Spider's Strategem1970
1949
The Ballad of Cable HogueSam Peckinpah1970
1965
Catch-22Mike Nichols1970
2058
In a Year of 13 MoonsRainer Werner Fassbinder1978
2084
SupermanRichard Donner1978
2085
Silent RunningDouglas Trumbull1972
2089
QuadropheniaFranc Roddam1979
2096
The OmenRichard Donner1976
2109
Superfly1972
2124
El TopoAlejandro Jodorowsky1970
2166
Cría CuervosCarlos Saura1976
2223
Rock 'n' Roll High SchoolAllan Arkush1979
2224
Gates of HeavenErrol Morris1978
2225
Hester StreetJoan Micklin Silver1974
2226
Manila in the Claws of Light1975
2227
Ganja & HessBill Gunn1973
2306
Big WednesdayJohn Milius1978
2325
Edvard MunchPeter Watkins1974
2326
Story of Adele H, The/Histoire de Adele H., L’1975
2328
La Région CentraleMichael Snow1971